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Alone Australia is an Australian survival competition series on SBS which premiered on 29 March 2023. It follows the self-documented daily struggles of 10 individuals as they survive alone in the wilderness for as long as possible using a limited amount of survival equipment. With the exception of medical check-ins, the participants are isolated from each other and all other humans, with the participants having to self-document and film their experiences themselves. They may "tap out" at any time, or be removed due to failing a medical check-in. The contestant who remains the longest wins a grand prize of $250,000

In quite early 2022, an Australian version was announced by SBS following the success of the American version on the network and its streaming counterpart SBS On Demand. The series is produced by ITV Studios Australia, with the series taking place around a remote lake in Tasmania's West Coast during winter 2022. The American version of the show also airs on Pay-TV channel A&E via Foxtel. An Alone pop-up channel began broadcasting on Foxtel on 24 February 2023 and ceased broadcasting on 20 March 2023.

The first season was won by Gina Chick after surviving 67 days alone, making her only the second female and oldest contestant in the history of the series worldwide to win..

Contestants

Series overview

Episodes

Notes

Reception

Critical reception

The series received positive reviews in its first season. David Knox of TV Tonight rated the series 4½ out of 5 stating, "Above all, there’s nothing else like this on television and that -alone- makes it worth checking out". Wenlei Ma of News.com.au gave a positive review stating, "That insight into human nature at its limit is the gem in this series."

Viewership

Although overnight ratings for the first two episodes, played as double episode, averaged 212,000 viewers, total numbers reached 761,000, an increase of 138%, making it one of SBS most watched series for 2023 (thus far). The third episode averaged 195,000 viewers overnight, and reached 791,000 in total numbers. The fourth episode averaged 205,000 viewers overnight, and reached 826,000 in total numbers.

See also

• Australian Survivor
• List of Australian television series
• Survivorman
• Wilderness survival

References

1. "'Alone Australia': SBS reveals release date of global hit series". sbs.com.au. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
2. Cain, Sian (28 March 2023). "'It was horrible. It was glorious': Alone – the most gruelling show on TV – comes to Australia". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
3. "Alone". Foxtel.
4. Perry, Kevin (26 January 2023). "FOX FUNNY, NAT GEO and NAT GEO WILD channels to be removed from FOXTEL and FETCH platforms". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
5. https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/05/gina-wins-alone-australia.html
6. Knox, David (14 February 2023). "Alone Australia: meet the cast". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
7. Knox, David (26 March 2023). "Alone Australia review". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
8. Ma, Wenlei (31 March 2023). "Alone Australia captures humans at their absolute limit". News.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
9. Knox, David (6 April 2023). "Alone Australia becomes biggest show of the year for SBS". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
10. Knox, David (6 April 2023). "Wednesday 5 April 2023". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
11. Knox, David (13 April 2023). "Wednesday 12 April 2023". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Alone Australia at IMDb

• 2023 Australian television series debuts
• 2020s Australian reality television series
• Adventure reality television series
• Australian television series based on American television series
• Reality competition television series
• Special Broadcasting Service original programming
• Works about survival skills