The REAL Reason Australian Survivor is Ending! The Bitter LaPaglia Feud That Destroyed the Show Will Leave You Speechless!

How on-set tensions with Jonathan LaPaglia led to his sacking and doomed the show.

Australian Survivor is set to film its final season as insiders reveal how tensions on set with Jonathan LaPaglia led to his sacking.

NO CHANCE OF SURVIVAL

Channel 10 is gearing up to shoot what is likely the final season of Australian Survivor.

With a change of location to Malaysia, sources tell me production company Endemol Shine is struggling to make a reduced budget work, and the whole thing is already turning into a sh*t show.

Media McKnight can also reveal that the theme for the season will be ‘rivals’.

After the sacking of original host Jonathan LaPaglia, the show is set to finish on a whimper with audiences tuning out from the series hosted by his replacement, David Genat.

The decision to cast Genat has led to lower ratings – and lower advertising revenue.

Now angry insiders are revealing what went on behind the scenes during LaPaglia’s time on the show… and it turns out it certainly wasn’t a case of happy campers.

And this year’s theme of rivals is apt considering what I’m now hearing about the production of the show.

Multiple sources have revealed to Media McKnight that tensions were high between LaPaglia and a high-level Producer working on the show.

As one source told me…

“Jonathan wanted to be involved in the show’s creative process and often pitched ideas he believed would improve the program. However, Production rarely entertained them. They wanted a host who would simply deliver the lines and direction they envisioned, but Jonathan wasn’t that person”.

Apparently, that led to a showdown between the two, and their relationship never recovered.

In fact, it’s alleged there were some seasons where the two barely talked, and sources claim on one occasion the two argued in front of constants, who had to be taken away.

Endemol Shine Australia denies the claims, but I’ve been ringing around, and it seems the hostility between the two was common knowledge.

Look, that certainly can happen when a host and Producer have different ideas about content.

And one of my sources even acknowledged that, saying:

“Was Jonathan difficult at times? Certainly. But many who worked on the show believed that stemmed from the way he was treated by Endemol executives rather than from his personality alone”.

How – and whether – those tensions led to LaPaglia’s sacking is up for debate, but sacking a popular host is always a risk.

Sometimes you can do it and everything just continues as normal – but that probably says a lot more about the host you already had.

In the case of Australian Survivor, there’s no doubt LaPaglia was loved by viewers.

Now, they’ve tuned out and the show is hanging by a thread… unlikely to survive the next season.