Australian Survivor season 2
The second season of Australian Survivor, also known as Australian Celebrity Survivor and Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu, is a television series based on the international reality game show franchise Survivor. The season featured 12 Australian celebrity contestants competing on the Vanuatuan island of Éfaté over 25 days for a grand prize of A$100,000 for the winner's chosen charity. It was hosted by television personality and former record company executive Ian "Dicko" Dickson.
| Australian Survivor | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Presented by | Ian "Dicko" Dickson |
| No. of days | 25 |
| No. of castaways | 12 |
| Winner | Guy Leech |
| Runner-up | Justin Melvey |
| Location | Efate, Shefa Province, Vanuatu |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original release | 17 August – 2 November 2006 |
| Additional information | |
| Filming dates | May – June 2006 |
| Season chronology | |
After 25 days on the island, surf lifesaving champion Guy Leech was named the "Sole Survivor" in a 3–2 jury vote over actor Justin Melvey. Guy donated his A$100,000 charity prize to Ride Aid Inc while the charities of the other players each received a donation of A$5,000.
The season aired on the Seven Network in 2006, the same year the network aired other celebrity-oriented reality programs including It Takes Two and Dancing with the Stars. Although better received than the Nine Network's 2002 season, Seven's Celebrity Survivor series was still only a modest success in the ratings and was not renewed by the Seven Network. A third Australian Survivor was not produced until 10 years later when Network Ten picked up the rights to the franchise and produced a third season which aired in 2016.