Australian Survivor: Heroes v Villains Episode 16

Episode 16
Episode Information
Version	Australia
Season	Heroes v Villains
Episode Number	16/24 (190)
Original Release	March 5, 2023
Episode Chronology
Previous	Episode 15
Next	Episode 17
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This is the sixteenth episode of Australian Survivor: Heroes v Villains.

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Get a Grip
Competing in pairs, the castaways would hold onto a pole while standing barefoot on two foot pegs. Every 15 minutes, the castaways would move down to smaller foot pegs. When the castaways reached the third set of foot pegs, they would try to remain on them as long as they could. The last pair standing wins.
Reward: A KFC feast
Winner: George Mladenov and Hayley Leake (shared with Gerry Geltch and Shonee Bowtell)

Challenge: A Bit Tipsy
The castaways must hold on to a rope attached to an unbalanced shelf to keep the shelf level. Holding onto the rope, they must then return to their starting mat to retrieve one of sixteen wooden blocks. Once each block is retrieved, the castaway would have to place the block on the shelf, repeating this one block at a time until they have spelled "HEROES VS VILLAINS". The first person to stack all their blocks and return to their starting position wins.
Winner: Simon Mee

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 16: Fa'amolemole
Voted Against	Voter
Sam (6 votes)	George, Gerry, Hayley, Liz, Matt, Shonee
George (4 votes)	Nina, Sam, Shaun, Simon
Nina (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	None
Shaun (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	None
VOTED OUT: Sam Webb

Voting Confessionals

Gerry and Matt were shown writing down Sam's name. Nina was shown writing down George's name. Shonee's confessional was aired during Sam's final words. Full voting confessionals were posted to the Channel 10 YouTube channel; Gerry did not have a voting confessional.

Hayley “ (voting against Sam) Sam, I threw a message in a bottle off our ship, and I hope you got it and have an idol to play. ” Liz “ (voting against Sam) The game of Survivor has evolved since 2016, but you're still playing like it's season 1. ” Matt “ (voting against Sam) Unfortunately, tonight's your night. Enjoy Jury Villa, and we'll see you on the other side. ” George “ (voting against Sam) Sam, you're just not keeping up pace with this game and, d'you know what, you might not have watched an episode of Survivor in your life—you can tell. ” Shonee “ (voting against Sam) Tonight we're gonna find out if we have a leak in our Vigilante alliance. ” Shaun “ (voting against George) I hope to the Survivor gods that this sticks, so I can see that repugnant little smirk get wiped off your face. ” Sam “ (voting against George) You are the weakest link. Goodbye. ” Nina “ (voting against George) For David and Flick, next stop on Cruise Vigilante—Jury Villa. Bye bye, George. ” Simon “ (voting against George) Scurry on back to Bankstown, your village is missing their idiot. ”

Final Words

	Sam	“	Oh my God. Everything that could have gone wrong, just went wrong in Tribal Council. […] I told Shaun to play his idol for me; I was trying to look at body language and I saw Hayley down the very end, man if I had my chance again. Augh, that's hectic!	”

Still in the Running

Jackie 24th	Anjali 23rd	Michael 22nd	Mimi 21st	Rogue 20th	Sarah 19th	Fraser 18th	Sharni 17th
Paige 16th	Jordie 15th	Benjamin 14th	Stevie 13th	David 12th	Flick 11th	Sam 10th	George Fa'amolemole
Gerry Fa'amolemole	Hayley Fa'amolemole	Liz Fa'amolemole	Matt Fa'amolemole	Nina Fa'amolemole	Shaun Fa'amolemole	Shonee Fa'amolemole	Simon Fa'amolemole

Trivia

The Jury Villa

• The Jury Villa: Sam

Behind the Scenes

• As George revealed in a post-game interview, Shonee found her third idol during the events of this episode, but this was presented as occurring in the following episode.