# Australian Survivor's Final Season? Inside the LaPaglia Feud That Sank the Show

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Podcast: [McKnight Tonight & Media McKnight](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mcknight-tonight-media-mcknight-487884)
Published: 2026-07-08T02:11:09+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/tv-blackbox/episodes/au-australian-survivors-final-season-inside-the-lapaglia-feu
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Australian Survivor's Final Season? Inside the LaPaglia Feud That Sank the Show | NRL's $5.3B Deal | Hey Hey Snubbed This week on Media McKnight: insiders reveal the behind-the-scenes tension between sacked Australian Survivor host Jonathan LaPaglia and production that led to the show's downfall, as it shoots what could be its final season in Malaysia. Plus — Peter V'landys locks in a record $5.3 billion NRL rights deal, but does it breach anti-siphoning laws? Daryl Somers responds to Hey Hey It's Saturday's shock TV Week snub. The National Press Club's embarrassing YouTube quality problem. And Channel 10 teaches staff to weave instead of chasing ratings. 🎬 Topics this week: Australian Survivor's feud-plagued final season NRL's $5.3B rights deal — and the anti-siphoning question nobody's asking Daryl Somers on the Hey Hey TV Week snub National Press Club's 480p problem Channel 10's weaving workshops amid $566m in losses 📺 Media McKnight drops every Tuesday. #MediaMcKnight #AustralianSurvivor #JonathanLaPaglia #Channel10 #NRL #PeterVlandys #NineNetwork #Foxtel #HeyHeyItsSaturday #DarylSomers #PaulineHanson #NationalPressClub #AustralianTV #TVRatings #MediaNews #TVIndustry Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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