Challenges: MPF percentile
11%
Seasons: 1 | Days played: 32 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1
- SurvivorAU 12: Redemption (2026) - 10th place, 15th out - 2nd juror.
- Voted out in Episode 16, "" (Day 32).
Blanche Cruz on social media: Instagram
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| AU12: Redemption | 1.02 | 7.60 | 0.13 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -0.01 | 0.00 | - | - | - | 0.13 | 1.02 |
| Career | 1.02 | 7.60 | 0.13 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -0.01 | 0.00 | - | - | - | 0.13 | 1.02 |
Blanche Cruz - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
3
Tribal: rVAP percentile
74%
Performance ranks are a quick visual measure of the contestant's season vs. historical data from all prior contestants, in three basic (scorable) categories:
1. Performance in individual challenges (MPF), as a measure of "physical game";
2. Ability to vote people out consistently (VFB%, or VFB/TCA), or "strategic game"; and
3. Ability to avoid being voted against (rVAP, or TCA-VAP) - which scales better than a percentage would - for "social/strategic game."
See also: Full glossary for all these abbreviations.
Blanche Cruz - Challenge record
AU:
Redemption challenges
Tribal/team challenge record (8-for-20; 1 sit-out):
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 1 RC: (Pyramid, track, torch) - Helps carry pieces and push the pyramid along the track, but Green loses, becomes Barren.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 1 IC: (Octagonal wheels) - Hauls and rolls the wheels, and Barren wins!
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 2 RC: (Sumo-style tunnel run) - With Cat, scores the final point, and Barren wins!.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 2 IC: (Crates, frame, sandbags) - Helps haul the crates, but Barren loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 3 RC: (Wrecking ball, barrels) - Helps pull and release the rope, but Barren loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 3 IC: (Lots of barrels) - Crosses obstacles, then Barren wins.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 4 RC: (Tug of War) - Pulling the rope on the final point; Barren loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 4 IC: (Boulders, balls) - Pushes the boulder; Barren wins.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 5 IC: (Sled, hanging puzzle) - Sits out, as Barren wins.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 6 RC: (Slingshot water dodgeball) - Hit as a target, attacker on final point; Barren loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 6 IC: (Crates, snake track) - Helps haul crates, but Barren loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 7 RC: (Muddy "Always on the Run") - Not shown competing; Barren loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 7 IC: (Bridge, cart, tiles) - Crosses obstacles, but New Barren wins.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 8 IC: (Obstacles, letter block puzzle) - Crosses obstacles, Barren wins again.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 10 IC: (Tethered tunnels, table maze) - Sits out, as Barren loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 11 IC: (Obstacle puzzle piece retrieval) - Helps move puzzle pieces, Barren wins.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 12 IC: (Nut Bucket plus) - Sits out again, Bounty is throwing, so Barren wins.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 14 RC: (Rope-A-Dope, Mat Finish) - Mark is unable to land his buoy, so purple team loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 15 RC: (Jailbreak, slingshots) - Part of the losing purple team that never retrieves its key.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 16 RC: Cylinder "Discy Business" - Struggles on the balance beam portion, blue team loses.
Individual challenge record (0-for-4): (Mean % finish: 40.0%)
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 9 IC: (Pairs "Crocodile Rock") - With Tez, third pair out (5th/7; not counted for MPF).
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 13 RC: (Spool, barrel) - Second person out, fairly quickly (12th/13).
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 13 IC: "Drop a Log" - Ninth person out, on the last piece of rope (5th/13).
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 15 IC: "Bow Diddley" - Fifth person out, on the second section (7th/11).
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 16 IC: (Crossbar) - Third person out, in under 4 minutes (8th/10).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- AU: Redemption: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 8 |
| Played: | 20 |
| Win %: | 0.40 |
| Sat out: | 2 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 4 |
| Win %: | 0.00 |
| Mean % Finish: | 40.0% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win %: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
Blanche Cruz - Tribal Council record
AU:
Redemption Tribal 
Idols held/played (0/0):
- AU: Redemption: None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (0/7):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep2 | Sally | Cat Hooker (voted out, 7-2-2-1) | - |
| Ep6 | Don | Johnson Ashak (voted out, 7-4) | - |
| Ep10 | Brooke | Aisha Wighton (voted out, 4-[0]-1-1) | - |
| Ep13 | Ben | Lottie Rae (voted out, 9-3-1) | - |
| Ep14 | Mark | Richard Skimin (idoled out, [0]-4-1) | - |
| Ep15 | Keeley | Mark Warnock (voted out, 5-4-2) | - |
| Ep16 | Keeley | Blanche Cruz (idoled out, [0]-3-2-1) | - |
| 7 | TOTALS | 0 | |
VAP - Votes against (3):
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 16: Three votes, from Ben, Cameron, and Jackson (idoled out, [0]-3-2-1).
Jury votes made (0/0):
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 24: None yet.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Found: | 0 |
| Played: | - |
| Votes voided: | - |
| VFB: | 0 |
| Tribals: | 7 |
| VAP: | 3 |
| Made: | 0 |
| For winners: | - |
| Received: | - |
Blanche Cruz - Pictures
AU: Redemption image gallery -
AU: Redemption intro shot -
AU: Redemption intro shot -
Opening sequence confessional -
Green tribe, pre-Ep1 RC -
Building the pyramid puzzle -
Talking about the new Barren tribe -
Hauling wheels, Ep1 IC -
Barren wins! -
Safe from Tribal Council tonight -
About to score the winning point, Ep2 RC -
Checking out the Survivor shop, with Ben -
This is hard! -
Hauling chests, Ep2 IC -
Talking about the vote with Ben, Johnson, and Cat -
Barren tribe, Ep2 Tribal -
Listening to Cat -
Moving barrels around, Ep3 IC -
Watching Don throw -
Barren wins! -
Scaling boulders, Ep4 IC -
Watching Mark make the winning shot -
Being a target, Ep6 RC -
Starting line, Ep6 IC -
Watching Johnson work the snake track -
Barren, Ep6 Tribal -
Listening to Mark -
Watching Brooke score, Ep7 RC -
The new Barren tribe, Ep7 swap -
Showing the camp to the new tribemates -
Excited to get to work with new people -
Talking to Cameron -
Bonding with Aisha -
Barren leading, Ep7 IC -
Barren wins! -
Still delighted to be with the old Bounty people, Ep8 -
Plotting with Aisha -
Crossing obstacles, Ep8 IC -
Barren wins! -
Starting line, Ep9 IC -
Tez, spilling the tea -
Making plans with Aisha and Cameron -
Barren AND Bounty, Ep9 Tribal -
Watching Simon hand off his necklace to Richard -
How Bold is Your Bluff?-ing, Ep10 -
Found something in her sandwich -
It's a scroll! But what does it mean? -
Recruiting Aisha's help -
Idol found! -
Sitting out, Ep10 IC -
Excited about the plan to take out Brooke -
Barren, Ep10 Tribal -
Brooke idoled out Aisha?! -
Asking to see the manager, Ep11 -
Barren is back to winning, Ep11 IC -
Ready to watch the duel, Ep12 -
Loading coconuts, Ep12 IC -
Barren wins again! -
It's the merge! Ep13 -
Starting line, Ep13 RC -
David: Oh, and there's a feast... -
Merge feasting -
Outlasting Jackson, Ep13 IC -
Richard points out Brooke always wins the merge IC -
Togiola tribe, Ep13 Tribal -
Listening to Mark -
Nothing but net, Ep14 RC -
Togiola, Ep14 Tribal -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep15 RC -
Purple team trailing -
Starting line, Ep15 IC -
Togiola, Ep15 Tribal -
The anti-Mark bloc -
Cameron has doubts about Ben and Jackson, Ep16 -
Placing a cylinder, Ep16 RC -
Starting line, Ep16 IC -
Togiola, Ep16 Tribal -
Recalculating... -
Full speed ahead! -
15th person voted out, and our second juror... -
Snuffed, Day 32 (Episode 16)
Blanche Cruz - Interviews
AU: Redemption interviews Pre-game interviews
- None yet.
Post-game interviews
- None yet.
Blanche Cruz - Bio
AU: Redemption bio Official Ten AU: Redemption bio excerpts (2/20/26):
"A vibrant force of nature, Blanche is loud, energetic, playful, and ready to stir things up on the island.
“I have a fire burning so fierce inside me that I know that I'm here for a higher purpose. I'm not here to float through life. I'm here to change the world.”
A former fitness instructor and gym owner, Blanche, 47, is now an acupuncturist and hopes to use her skills to make connections with her fellow competitors.
Raised on a farm in regional Victoria, Blanche fondly recalls an idyllic childhood with horses, cows and collecting tadpoles from the dam. At 15, the family moved to the Gold Coast, where she learned to surf, igniting a lifelong passion for the ocean.
A single mum to four daughters, Blanche admits she’s competitive with boundless energy and a passion for life. Determined to live her mantra to shine like a disco ball, she says she’s driven to show the world what she’s made of.
“My redemption story is the mum who had to start her whole entire life over at 40, and I can show all those mums out there that you can do it. You can go to Uni at 40. You can completely and utterly rewrite your story.”"