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Contestants who sign up to Australian Survivor are under no illusion that they are headed for a luxury island escape.
There’s nothing to eat but rice and coconuts, you’re subjected to gruelling challenges on next to no sleep and there’s not a hot shower in sight.
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But, contestants aside, there's someone else we need to make sure is sleeping well at night: our host, and Australia's newest national treasure, Jonathan LaPaglia.