We're back! But please don't get excited. There's really a lot of TV to watch to do this Podcast. Really? 90 minute episodes? 3 episodes a week? You're killing us here! Make it tighter! Anyway here's our thoughts on week one. Will we be back? M

Week 10: FINALE FINALE FINALE FINALE FINALE

Oct 25th, 2016 1h 1m

This is it - the end of Survivor Mates for series 1 (well, series 3 - but who counts the first attempt on Channel 9 or the celebrity version?) of Australian Survivor. We have a winner - it's Kristie. That's fine... I guess. What we don't have i

Week 9: The Bromance is over, there's some actual romance, Matt finally realises what is happening

Oct 23rd, 2016 46m 12s

Here we go! Penultimate episode of Survivor Mates! As we head into finale week here's how it looks. Lee and El are inseparable and in ❤️. Flick is important but needs to not be their third. Matt has finally realised what is going on. Kristie is

Week 8: Finally a big move! Matt's a secret magician, Pillow talk with Lee and Sam, Tim Tams!

Oct 16th, 2016 46m 23s

Week 8! 45 days down! 8 become 7 become 6. Well, this week is exciting because there was one boring episode where nothing unpredictable happened then one really good episode where HEAPS happened. Vale Brooke! You were definitely going to win if

Week 7: Boring power alliance, Matt's silly, JL becomes an unlikely hero

Oct 8th, 2016 38m 55s

Wow... we're unimpressed with how boring the power alliance has become. Noone seems to be challenging the Brooke, Flick, El, Lee, Sam quintet at all. In fact people are openly happy to sit outside it and on the bottom: I'm looking at you Matt a

Week 6: friendship bracelets, bye-bye baby Connor, merges and juries!

Oct 1st, 2016 45m 52s

Now Australian Survivor is being compared to US Survivor. No evacuations for us this week - just pink symbollic gestures of alliances via friendship bracelets. Vavau's decimation finally ends with the merge. Tears were shed when castaways recei

Week 5: Phoebe tries her best, there's another no-eviction tribal, more product placement

Sep 21st, 2016 49m 38s

Whoa! Power players are falling like flies. First of all Phoebe orchestrates the blindside of the game and gets ride of Craig, then runs out of lives and is evicted. Also Sue heads off to Sanapu after a tribal council without an eviction (again

Week 4: Mud and Chocolate, Craig gives more side-eye, Seeya Villains!

Sep 18th, 2016 45m 14s

Finally! Australian Survivor is starting to get good! JP is hosting up a storm and knows how to add some tension into tribal councisl. There's all kinds of brown things featured this week (i.e. mud and chocolate). Craig throws some shade and ta

Week 3: Nick's a villain, boils are poppin', the merge-ish thing

Sep 9th, 2016 44m 11s

Matt & Amberly discuss the multitude of weekly television that is Australian Survivor. Nick's a villain, boils are being drained, there's a thing that's kind of a merge but don't call it that.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Week 2: More baffling strategies, Kat is not kicked out, we learn the hosts name!

Sep 2nd, 2016 1h 1m

Recap of Week 2 of Australian Survivor by Matt and Amberly. We dissect another batch of baffling strategies, remain dumbfounded that Kat is not kicked out yet and we finally learn the hosts name! It's JP!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

Week One: Strange strategies, potential winners, is the Aussie version OK?

Aug 23rd, 2016 50m 21s

Welcome to Survivor Mates! We look at episode 1 and 2 of the new Australian series airing on Channel 10. We go through our favourite contestants, some odd strategy choices and question some of the differences between the Australian version and

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