Australian Survivor fans were left devastated when Luke Toki was cruelly voted out of the competition on Monday night – missing out on once again on being crowned champion after having first competed on the show in 2017.
Fans were up in arms after Pia – who went on to be crowned champion – cast her vote against ally Luke, and now, the father -of-three has shed some light into what really happened during his eviction.
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“First I heard Baden start speaking and I thought ‘Ooh, Pia’s gonna get done here’, but then he just dropped the ball on some things that Simon asked him, he stumbled his words,” Luke told 10 Daily.
He added that he’d been extremely close to Baden since the tribes merged and that they’d “done a lot together” strategically.
So if anyone was going to vote for Baden it was gonna be me.
“Unfortunately, he just cooked his game, his speech wasn’t as emotional. It was quite… like he’d written it down on a piece of paper and said it,” Luke explained.
Luke also admitted that Baden’s refusal to work with his after Harry’s first immunity win pushed him to go back to Jury Villa and divulge some secrets.
“I was like, ‘Alright well I’m going to spill the beans that you stole the rice with me’, and then he was carrying on at other tribemates about eating more rice than others,” Luke confessed.
The FIFO worker also touched on Pia’s strong speech.
“Pia’s speech definitely nailed it, she went for the jugular. She said, ‘everyone wants to sit next to you, you’re the shi**est’.
“I said, ‘One of youse has come here to lose so show us who wants it!” Luke said.
“And Pia just came out like, bang, bang, bang! Next minute there was blood and guts on the floor and Baden was dead.”
Last night, Luke delivered a heartfelt message to fans after over $250,000 was raised via GoFundMe to help his family.
“It’s extremely humbling,” he said, adding, “Much love to everyone that’s donated.”
The GoFundMe page was set up by Australian Survivor superfan Dave Skow, with the goal of raising the $500,000 prize money that would have gone to Luke had he not been eliminated from the competition on Monday night.
“With two young sons with autism and a baby girl with cystic fibrosis, $500k would be a life-changing amount for the Toki’s,” Dave wrote in the GoFundMe’s description.
“Whilst Luke stumbled near the finish line and was voted out in the top four, true Survivor fans will recognise that he is the greatest Australian player ever to grace our screens,” he continued.
“So let’s rally behind this Aussie legend and change this awesome young family’s life.”
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