Survivor may be heading full steam ahead towards its 42nd season, but the Down Under version made headlines this week as two-time American Survivor winner, Sandra Diaz Twine had her torch snuffed by the Aussie castaways she was playing with during Australian Survivor: Blood Vs. Water.
In a lesson Laura Morett learned during American Survivors’ Blood vs. Water season, Sandra discovered blood isn’t thicker than water. This week she was blindsided by her daughter, Nina Twine post-merge.
When Nina wrote down her mother’s name, she spoke to the camera saying, “You always told me to stick with the majority. Unfortunately, it looks like the majority is coming after you.” She added, “I wish we could have played together longer.”
‘Australian Survivor’ Ejects Queen Sandra Diaz-Twine In A Truly BRUTAL Way
Sandra hugged her daughter after host, Jonathan LaPaglia read out the votes against her, telling Nina, “Don’t even worry about it”. She then told Jonathan “I’m not even mad. I’ve played for 166 consecutive days. No one can take that away from me.” She also thanked the Australian production team for inviting her to play.
The tribe applauded the double winner as her flame was extinguished.
Sandra isn’t the first American Survivor winner to be cast in the Australian version. Villainous winner, Russell Hantz played against the Aussies during their Champions vs. Contenders season. He was the second Castaway to be voted off.
While Sandra says she had no hard feelings toward her daughter’s backstabbing, she did say she was unimpressed with how the Australian Survivor production team had her and Nina enter the show.
After the castaways, all assembled to meet Johnathon and each other for the first time, they were then informed of two additional players soon to join them- one being a very special guest. Sandra and Nina then landed on the island by helicopter.
“I didn’t choose that, and I would’ve never agreed to it,” Sandra said of the OTT stunt.
Given her position in the game’s hall of fame, the Queen of Survivor knew she wouldn’t exactly be able to slip into the game unnoticed. However, she did wish the Twines were treated like all the other castaways.
“I hoped that nobody would even know (Nina) was my daughter and she could play her own game,” she said.
With her reputation already putting a target on their backs, she added “it didn’t help that we got there on the helicopter. That was horrible”
Sandra also concluded that her 16 days in the Australian Outback were tougher than when she filmed her 3 previous US Survivor seasons in tropical locations like Samoa and Fiji.
“It was a brutal game – the hardest game I ever played, both mentally and physically,” she said, citing the stifling daytime heat and freezing desert nights. She also noted that Australian Survivor has a lot more focus on physical strength and performance in the challenges rather than strategy, Sandra’s strong suit.
While Sandra is no longer in contention to become a three-time winner, her daughter Nina continues in the game.
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