The tribe has spoken and Australian Survivor is returning to local television screens, this time as part of Ten Network Holdings' 2016 line-up, in addition to Nigella Lawson joining MasterChef and a new drama starring Jessica Marais.
Ten will launch six new shows in 2016, building on the five it launched this year, as it attempts to woo viewers and ultimately advertisers to the free-to-air network. 
"It's important for advertisers to see that we're growing, we've had growth for two years now, the momentum certainly gives us a better story to talk to advertisers about," Ten chief programming officer Beverley McGarvey said.
"It's definitely a good thing for us to be growing and we want to continue that into next year."
In   June last year, Ten's advertising revenue share hit 18 per cent. It has since improved to 23.3 per cent in the past month, according to Standard Media Index data.
Australian Survivor is a significant gamble for Ten; earlier iterations at Nine in the early 2000s, and later a celebrity version on Seven failed to gain traction in the local market. Nine also airs the United States version on its digital channel Go!.
However, Ms McGarvey said it was the right time to bring the show back.
"It's one of the best reality shows in the world. It plays in 50 countries, it's in its 31st season on CBS and something with that much pedigree and success cannot be ignored," she said.
"We're really excited about that and we think it's the right time to do it. We think it will really resonate with Australian audiences. It's also something a bit different. There's a lot of similar-type content on TV at the minute."
Other new shows Ten announced on Thursday night at its "upfronts" - where it pitches its schedule for next year - included Long Lost Family, a factual family series hosted by Anh Do and Chrissie Swan; a new drama starring Packed to the Rafters star Jessica Marais called The Wrong Girl; a television miniseries on the life on V8 supercars legend Peter Brock; and All Star Family Feud.
Returning to Ten in 2016 will be Offspring starring Asher Keddie; MasterChef, including guest chefs Nigella Lawson and Heston Blumenthal; The Bachelor; I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!; Shark Tank; The Great Australian Spelling Bee; Gogglebox; and The Bachelorette.
"One of the things that we are incredibly cognisant of is to have that consistency of schedule across the year. We start with Celebrity, MasterChef plays in winter and then coming towards the back of next year we'll be having Survivor in those high-profile 7.30 slots," Ms McGarvey said.
"Given that a lot of the shows are returning and performed very successfully last year, a lot of the incumbent sponsors and clients are obviously engaged with the shows they have been in previous years."
Ten chief executive Paul Anderson told the Screen Forever conference in Melbourne on Wednesday that the free-to-air broadcaster is no longer "hiding from the other networks" and will look to build on this year's ratings momentum with six new shows next year.
"I feel that Ten is now back to running its own race, programming the channel for itself and not sort of looking over its shoulder and running around the schedule hiding from the other networks," Mr Anderson said.