Twenty-four new Australians arrive on the tropical island of Samoa ready to outwit, outplay and outlast each other in order to win the A$500,000 prize and the title of Sole Survivor.
The perfect storm is brewing in Samoa as the tribes fight to protect their supplies and maintain their fire under adverse conditions. How will the prospect of a possible idol in play tamper with the newly-formed friendships?
As a major alliance crumbles, one tribe scrambles to avoid elimination. The other tribe become frustrated with two of its members and make moves to ensure that they are the next to go.
Food is the only thing on the castaways' minds as one person from each tribe faces a moral dilemma which could have dramatic ramifications for their own games and for the other castaways.
Tensions run high as the castaways endure further wind and rain without fire and shelter, then face an Immunity Challenge that requires endurance and sends the losing tribe to Tribal Council.
Some blatant lies at the previous Tribal Council have put everyone in one of the camps on edge. Will they be able to put their differences aside to win the Reward Challenge, or will they leave hungry?
The previous night's brutal Tribal Council has left one castaway on the war path seeking retribution. At the Immunity Challenge, the tribes must take part in a physical Sumo-an contest.
As both tribes appear to reach their wits' end, the prospect of a luxurious and cleansing reward could be enough to keep the castaways in the game for weeks to come.
Winning Immunity has never been so vital to resettling the balance within each of the tribes, and when the challenge to win it is highly competitive and encourages fair contact, things are certain to get feisty.
Social divisions begin to exhaust the castaways as one tribe breaks down before the Immunity Challenge. Will they be able to come together and avoid another visit to Tribal Council?
An alliance of castaways find themselves at each other's throats over who is doing enough work around their camp, but is one player deliberately acting lazy in order to divide the tribe?
A surprise challenge sees one castaway return to camp with an unexpected power that could push tensions to breaking point. Will the past of a castaway come back to haunt them at Tribal Council?
The alliances continue to flip as a former power player finds themselves at the bottom of their tribe, and a last-minute scramble to return to their former glory will turn friend against friend.
Betrayal runs rampant within both tribes as deceptive clues to hidden Immunity Idols and relentless strategising begins to place targets on the backs of castaways who had previously flown under the radar.
Change is in the air as the time comes for the game's biggest event so far, as the two tribes merge into one. Emotions continue to run high when a particularly difficult Reward Challenge offers a deeply sentimental prize to its winners.
The fallout from the merged tribe's first Tribal Council tears a rift in the middle of the tribe and results in a big clash of alliances. Who will be the next castaway to be voted out?
A shock display of power at the previous Tribal Council immediately puts a target on the back of one castaway. Will the next shift in the camp's dynamics be enough to remove a prolific player from the game?
A scheming conversation is overheard, putting one castaway in the firing line, and an alliance is shattered, leading to one of the most divided Tribal Councils of the series.
Another alliance is in jeopardy as one contestant decides to flip on a fellow tribesman, planning the biggest blindside this season, but an unexpected turn of events forces the castaway to reconsider.
The battle for individual immunity is at an all-time high and contestants must compete in a fast-paced memory challenge to secure their safety for another day going into tribal council.
With alliances crumbling and paranoia setting in, all six castaways are determined to win the next Immunity Challenge. One castaway holds the power at an explosive Tribal Council, but who will they choose?
The final five castaways in the running for the title of Sole Survivor and the A$500,000 prize have spent seven weeks on the Samoan island. Which of them will be the next member of the jury?
After 50 testing days on the island of Samoa, the final four contestants go into the challenge, not for immunity but for an advantage: to eliminate a member of the jury at Tribal Council.
The final four castaways begin to plan and collude on who they will vote out at the next Tribal Council, but such is the nature of the game that any one of them could win Immunity.
The final three castaways face a final Immunity Challenge before the jury decides which of the finalists will win the A$500,000 prize and the title of Sole Survivor.
