‘Australian Survivor: All Stars’ Fans Are Furious After Phoebe Spilled Some Spicy Tea About Moana
Australian Survivor: All Stars just keeps getting better and while the series may have wrapped filming months ago, the drama is still going down on Twitter.
Wednesday night’s episode saw the infamous Survivor Auction return and the first mystery item on the menu was quickly claimed by Phoebe, who seemed to up the bids from $240 to $500 out of nowhere — which took a massive chunk out of her tribe’s $2k spending budget.
It was low-key evil and I lived for it.
Soz not soz 💁♀️ #SurvivorAU pic.twitter.com/N5b238by0Q
— Australian Survivor (@Survivor_AU) February 19, 2020
Phoebe’s really annoying me now. #SurvivorAU
— Phantom Destroyer (@phantomdestroy_) February 19, 2020
Moana is not impressed with Phoebe coz she spent $500 at the auction 😂 But even if she didnt Moana would still be targeting her coz she didnt go home at the previous tribal council #SurvivorAU
— Anthea (@RavinEmerald) February 19, 2020
Her move was seen by many as an act of revenge after Phoebe was voted out by her tribe on Tuesday night’s episode and only saved by winning the fire-making challenge against Lydia.
But it turns out that what we saw during the episode wasn’t exactly what happened. Phoebe took to Twitter after Wednesday night’s episode and dropped a massive bombshell: the reason the bids jumped to $500 was because of Moana. She apparently later withdrew her bid but none of this was shown.
Moana bid 500 out of nowhere and that was edited out. I responded with 500. As if I would jump to 500! She withdrew when JLP said that means it would be 1000. I was not allowed to go back to the 250 we were at and thought the scroll would be an advantage in the game. #SurvivorAU
— Phoebe (@Phoebe_Timmins) February 19, 2020
Shooketh. Fellow Australian Survivor star Shonee added her two cents, backing up exactly what Phoebe tweeted.
I blue tick verify this! Mo withdrew her $500 bid when she realised it would cost the tribe $1000. Phoebe and Mo would have had to draw rocks to see who actually got the scroll. Also, why is no one complaining that Lee spent $420 on a parma? https://t.co/Pl95WzXKZO
— Shoneefairfax (@shoneefairfax) February 19, 2020
This is actually wild, especially given that Moana was later seen in her confessional complaining that Phoebe had shown the rest of her tribe how selfish she was for spending so much of their money pool.
Yes
— Shoneefairfax (@shoneefairfax) February 19, 2020
Moana’s confessional isn’t cute given this. #SurvivorAU https://t.co/7reTpuWUlA
— Sonny Hatton (@HattonSonny) February 19, 2020
Moana’s ‘confessional’ knowing the truth #SurvivorAU pic.twitter.com/rjFjH0GdxM
— Kiera (@UnderYourPorch) February 19, 2020
Fans are pretty furious that the episode made it seem like Phoebe was the villain in this situation – rather than Moana – which arguably misled viewers.
You guys did @Phoebe_Timmins rotten with the edit. You can make someone look like a villain without tearing at their reputation.
And you make Moana a hero whilst showing their flaws. #SurvivorAU
— Matthew Davis (@davis_matt1993) February 20, 2020
I know the social media team obviously don’t edit episodes. But please pass on the feedback. Viewers don’t like being lied to about events. Understand you don’t have time to show everything – e.g Sharn pulling out of John blindside and Moana bidding 500 should’ve been shown!
— Clust Trusters (@JudgeJury34) February 20, 2020
Not too happy with the editing so far. Phoebe gets edited as being selfish when Moana bidded the same in the challenge which was cut out, and Flick is getting no content at all.
— • Dån • (@DanTM2019) February 20, 2020
We reached out to the reality series for comment over the editing of the episode and Endemol Shine Australia released the following statement:
“Australian Survivor is filmed 24 hours a day, seven days a week with 24 contestants talking and strategizing. Due to the nature of the show, not everything makes it to air but it is a true representation of what happens on the island.”