Overview

• Network 10 announced that Survivor: Australia v The World will be Jonathan La Paglia’s last season after a decade as host.
• La Paglia said he was blindsided by the decision and revealed he was told on a phone call that the network was "going in a different direction."
• In its statement, the network thanked him for bringing authority, intelligence and empathy to the show over ten years.
• No successor has been confirmed, though media reports and industry insiders have tipped David Genat as the likely replacement.
• Fans launched petitions and flooded social media in protest, calling La Paglia “irreplaceable” and urging Network 10 to reverse the decision.