- I wasn't confident I could beat Baden, but I knew I had a pretty good shot. So I just wanted to remind the jury of the really strong game I'd played early on. I think there were points in the game - from Simon being voted out, to Abbey being voted out - where I couldn't make massive moves because I was absolutely on the bottom and I was struggling to survive. So, I tried to pitch the moves I had made, things like the alliances I made and how we got Abbey out, the Dave blindside, how I played in challenges and even how I'd managed to survive in tribal council that first week! It was really funny because Baden and I really dished each other out, but we'd told each other we were going to do that. Before we started we were like 'apologies in advance for anything I say!' And as soon as it was done, we hugged each other and yeah, we're all there because we understand Survivor, and we love Survivor. And so, none of this was personal. It was about all of us playing the best game we could, because if you go out there and play it half-assed you're sort of disrespecting all of the fans who would love a shot at it.
- Exactly, you have to respect the game of Survivor. You've got to make the right strategic choices about how you get further in the game.
- On Survivor; I was so upset after that last tribal, so I didn't sleep much because I was just feeling so many emotions. It was really hard to get to sleep. So the next day, arriving at the challenge, I was really nervous because I was over tired and still super emotional. But once you see your family and you realise that you're fighting to win for them, it all changes and I just went in to battle mode.
- Yeah it was super emotional just seeing my kids after that long, I'd been dreaming of their little faces. I couldn't wait to see them, and then I had to do that mum thing like 'don't cry, don't cry.' And then seeing my husband, having him there at the challenge, really pushed me further. I kept going because having that support there was just amazing. You're really all alone on Survivor, so having family there in the end was overwhelming.
- Oh, being on Survivor has been a dream of mine for 20 years so, it's amazing! Like, I'm the Sole Survivor, that's huge. That was incredible, and obviously I've got a young family and I'm an Australian actor, we don't get paid much... It will be life-changing for us, just like it would be for any other normal Australian family.
- Bloody hell, I don't think I'm gonna work as an actor again, so the money will probably just get me by! Honestly, I don't know what's going to happen to me now. You know, we're a normal Aussie family with a mortgage, and we work hard to pay it. Australian actors don't get paid much.
- But as far as my career goes, I definitely felt like I had more to lose than gain from this. And it has been a rocky road for me - people have really come at me at times, which has been a shock. I've just tried to hold my head high and play a game with a lot of integrity.
- On winning Survivor AU: It's a bit overwhelming for me at the moment, and I haven't really thought about it
- I thought this would make me a better person, a better mother. Just change me, because I live quite safe and stay in my routine.
- You don't know if it's going to keep going. But since I put that post up on Instagram, I've been having lots of conversations with people in my messages who also have it. I hope it's helpful for them because it's definitely helpful for me to not feel so alone.
- And I tried to keep that promise because having one truthful relationship is really important because everyone is trying to get you! We had a really good friendship and it wasn't all gameplay-based. We spent a lot of times sitting around camp and talking about our lives.
- If I'm really honest I felt like professionally I had more to lose, than to gain. It was a big risk for me. I'm not someone who courts the spotlight too much. I'm pretty happy plodding along doing really great TV with good producers. So it wasn't like I was looking to change my career.
- I was prepared play ruthlessly but at some point I promised her I wouldn't vote her out or lie to her. I said 'I'll keep things from you but I won't vote you out.
- Mentally I was prepared for the rain, but not for so many nights of cold. It's really tough when you can't find shelter, or you go 3 or 4 days when you are absolutely saturated and freezing. When the rains come it's for a few days. It's not like a shower that passes. So you're in it for the long haul.
- [on Survivor]; I had a chat to the producers a couple of times and talked to my agent. Everyone seemed to think it was a really good idea. It was one of those things where logically I thought 'I don't know if I can do this' but I couldn't get it out of my head.
- We went out for lunch the other day and all these people were going nuts. She said, 'What's going on?' and I said 'I think we're Reality TV stars now!'
- There is crew everywhere but by the time to you are 20 days in you forget the crew are there. I would talk about stuff and then think 'I can't believe I just said that!'
- He asks pointed questions but a lot of the time if you're trying to blindside someone you're not necessarily answering truthfully. So his job is to try and prod you until you crack.
- I made a promise to myself to be truthful and not to and be anything that I wasn't. So I just tried to forget I was an actor and just be Pia.
- But I'm very much an actor who hangs with the crew a lot. But they don't hang out, they don't look at you on Survivor.
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