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Rob Has a Podcast | Survivor 50, The Traitors & Reality TV - RHAP

Why We’re Excited about Survivor AU vs The World

Rob Has a Podcast | Survivor 50, The Traitors & Reality TV - RHAP

Rob Cesternino, Survivor Know-It-All and The Traitors, | RHAP Productions

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, After Shows

4.8 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Why We’re Excited about Survivor AU vs The World

Rob Cesternino and the world’s most qualified international Survivor correspondent, Shannon Guss, are thrilled to announce we’re less than a week away from the premiere of Survivor Australia versus the World! This highly anticipated “once-in-a-lifetime event” has been in the making for almost a year, promising an insane, but exciting, 16-day season filmed in Samoa.

Shannon has been preparing extensively, even watching the 67-episode Survivor Quebec and Survivor Finland seasons to bring unparalleled insights into all the global legends. This season features an Australian tribe of legends against a global tribe including three US players, and others from South Africa, New Zealand, Finland, and Quebec. Rob and Shannon anticipate a season of “big moves” and “big characters,” typical of Australian Survivor, but amplified by the shorter format, which favors game-heavy play over long-term social bonding.

RHAP is going all-in with comprehensive coverage! As your hosts, Rob and Shannon will reunite weekly on Wednesdays to discuss the week’s events. You can also expect Shannon’s recap partners—Chappelle, Pooya, and Mike Bloom—to provide recaps after every new episode, alongside exit interviews with voted-out contestants.

Don’t miss a moment! Catch up on Shannon’s individual player previews available on YouTube and the We Know Global Survivor podcast feed. The premiere is Sunday night in Australia, meaning Sunday morning for US fans. Make sure to join the global community and stay tuned with RHAP!

Aussie Tribe

  • David Genat (Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders II; All Stars winner)
  • George Mladenov (Brains v Brawn; Heroes v Villains)
  • Janine Allis (Champions v Contenders 2019)
  • Kirby Bentley (Titans v Rebels)
  • Luke Toki (Australian Survivor 2017; Champions v Contenders 2019)
  • Sarah Tilleke (Australian Survivor 2017)
  • Shonee Bowtell (Champions v Contenders 2018; All Stars; Heroes v Villains)

World Tribe

  • Cirie Fields (Survivor US: Panama, Micronesia, Heroes v Villains, Game Changers)
  • Parvati Shallow (Survivor US: Cook Islands, Micronesia—winner, Heroes v Villains, Winners at War)
  • Tony Vlachos (Survivor US: Cagayan, Game Changers, Winners at War – two-time winner)
  • Kass Bastarache (Survivor Québec 2024 runner-up)
  • Lisa Holmes (Survivor New Zealand: Thailand winner)
  • Rob Bentele (Survivor South Africa: Island of Secrets – winner)
  • Tommi Manninen (Selviytyjät Suomi Season 7 – runner-up)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, what's going on? Rob Sester Nino, back with you to kick off.

0:06.4

Or maybe my guest today might say like, what do you mean kickoff?

0:10.1

I've kicked this off three months ago, but we are less than a week away from the premiere

0:16.0

of Survivor, Australia versus the world.

0:20.0

And I am so grateful to be here with the world's most

0:24.7

qualified person to talk about all of the international survivor stars who have gone to Samoa

0:32.3

to play a game, we'll never forget. It is our chief international survivor correspondent. Shannon Gus,

0:40.1

Shannon, how are you? Rob, I'm great. We kicked this off last year. Me and you. Yes, we did.

0:47.3

Do you remember that? We did a podcast, like emergency podcast. It was like a Sunday night. I had gone to my favorite, I love to go to bed early on a Sunday night. That's like my, you know, like keys to the week. Sto to bed early on Sunday night. And I woke up on Monday morning. I think that I had like a frantic message that, like an overnight that it had, they had announced. No, I think I want to to say from sam and it was they had announced australian survivor versus the world and it was happening and then we did a podcast then and since then we have been waiting with bated breath counting down the days to get here and shannon we are less than a week away from the kick, from the actual start of this

1:33.2

once in a lifetime event.

1:35.8

Yeah.

1:36.1

So I think that it was not this year.

1:38.1

It was, I think, like, almost a year ago.

1:40.5

They announced AUV World.

1:42.3

Sure.

1:42.6

Like when they filmed it.

1:44.4

Yeah. Yeah. So they announced A they filmed it. Yeah, yeah.

1:45.3

So they announced AUV World.

1:46.9

You know how many babies have been born

1:48.0

from people on this cast since filming?

1:50.8

I'm going to guess one?

1:52.7

Yes, one, but multiple people are pregnant.

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