Survivor: San Juan del Sur

[Jin Wah]

LaPaglia has filled the Jeff Probst role as the host down under since 2016, when Network 10 officially revived the competition. He is an actor and TV personality who is perhaps best known to United States citizens for playing time traveler Frank B. Parker in UPN’s “Seven Days,” Detective Kevin Debreno in CBS’s “The District” and Detective Tommy McNamara in Fox’s “New York Undercover.”

If this season’s theme sounds familiar, that’s because it’s borrowed from two of America’s most beloved installments: Season 27’s “Survivor: Blood vs. Water” (2013) and Season 29’s “Survivor: San Juan del Sur” (2014). Pairs of loved ones enter the game together, but they are split apart and put on opposite tribes where they must battle against each other in challenges. Once the merge hits around the halfway mark, the loved ones are reunited and can choose to play together.

Australian Survivor Season 9 Episode 1
Australian Survivor Blood V Water Season 9 Episode 1