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Australian Survivor’s Rianna explains what it takes to become a Challenge Beast

"I love to push myself harder than the average person"

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WRITTEN BY Danica Baker / Edited BY Danica Baker
12 March 2024 , 3 minutes to read

Having claimed multiple Immunity Wins throughout Australian Survivor 2024, Rianna Bowley was overwhelmingly considered the number one Challenge Beast of the season.

That – along with being Kirby’s “right-hand man” – saw a huge target on Rianna’s back, and she was finally voted off the tribe on Monday night’s episode.

But what does it take to become a Survivor Challenge Beast? During an exclusive interview with Chattr, the 31-year-old broke it down.

Rianna and Kirby at Tribal Council. Ten.

“The Challenge Beast stuff, I’m so privileged to be called that, but I feel like it’s cumulative of things I’ve done in my life,” she explained.

“I’ve always done heaps of hiking, and I’ve always been into the gym. And back in the day, I played every sport under the sun that you can think of, I think just doing all those things over time.

“I love to push myself harder than the average person. Say, when I’m on a treadmill I’ll be like, ‘No, I cannot leave until I get this far.'”

In episode 17, Rianna and tribemate Alex were the last castaways standing at the Immunity Challenge, and it turned into a showdown between the two, with Rianna taking out the win.

“I have to beat everyone,” she said. “I’m a little bit stubborn, and I hate losing, so I get really competitive. I think that happened in Survivor a little bit with poor Alex, I was like, “Nope I’m not letting you win.”

Alex and Rianna in the Survivor Immunity Challenge. Ten.

How did Rianna prepare for Survivor?

It’s no secret that the Survivor Immunity Challenges are extremely gruelling, with some lasting hours at a time.

However, Rianna said that she didn’t do anything special to prepare physically for the show.

“I actually didn’t do anything specifically before I left,” she laughed. “Especially because it’s only about three weeks before I left that they told me that I was actually going, so you really need to already have your fitness up to scratch before then.”

Rianna on Survivor. Ten.

However, she did say that a lot of the challenges require core strength, which was something that worked to her advantage.

“Pilates, all the core things that I do, I think they help a lot, I think it was just lucky that a lot of the stuff had already done just really helped in the challenges that I was given on Survivor.“

Stream Survivor Australia 2024 Sundays – Tuesdays at 7:30pm on Channel 10 and 10Play.

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