It’s no secret Survivor is one of the world’s toughest games.
Aside from facing insanely difficult physical challenges while battling for rewards and immunity and dodging sneaky tactics and strategic moves to stay in the game, the lack of food takes a toll on the players’ bodies.
For the most part, Survivor players eat only a modest amount of beans and rice each day. If they’re lucky, they might find coconuts or other fruit on the beach or are able to catch a fish.
Unsurprisingly, by the time their torches are extinguished, many contestants find their bodies have taken a battering.
Following their eliminations, several of the show’s stars have opened up to Now To Love about exactly how much weight they’ve lost in their fight to outwit, outplay and outlast their rivals.
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Scroll on to see the Australian Survivor: All Stars‘ weight loss journey in 2020.
Harry Hills
Harry Hills
“I went into my first season at about 100, or 98 kilos, and I went down to about 81kg when I came out,” Harry told Now to Love.
“So I lost a huge chunk of weight, and then to try and have to get that back in about 6 weeks is nearly impossible. So I was just eating everything, like, lifting weights as hard as I could, swimming, and I only managed to get myself back up to about 90, and at no where near the same strength.”
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Abbey Holmes
Abbey Holmes
“Season four, I lost eight kilos and All Stars I lost five. So five kilos in 16 days is big,” Abbey revealed.
“You definitely get used to being hungry. The first week it was really heightened because it’s a new situation, that adjustment but that’s why we all go crazy when there’s rewards – you’re just craving a burger or craving ice cream or whatever it might be.”
She admitted: “My body is hating me at the moment.”
Nick Iadanza
Nick Iadanza
“This time I lost five kilos in 28 days. Last time I lost seven kilos in 37 days,” Nick “the snake” said.
“I ate way less this time because the first season I was on, we were winning a hell of a lot of rewards. So five kilos this time which has trimmed the stomach down, but don’t worry the dad bod is back!”
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Daisy Richardson
Daisy Richardson
Though Daisy lost 4.2kg in season four, this time around on All Stars, things were a little different when she was voted out early.
“I didn’t lose a thing this season,” she laughed. “When you’re only on it for seven days, I think your body just thinks ‘what is going on?'”
Lydia Lassila
Lydia Lassila
“I think I lost five kilos in 18 days,” Lydia said, admitting she had a strategy around weight going in to All Stars.
“I didn’t want to come out too skinny because I tried to put on weight going in, just to make myself look a bit unthreatening so I’m back to my normal weight, really.”
