Challenges: MPF percentile
26%
Seasons: 1 | Days played: 27 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 0
- SurvivorAU 12: Redemption (2026) - 12th place, 13th out.
- Voted out in Episode 14, "The Soul Collector" (Day 27).
Richard Skimin 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 | 0.91 | 6.20 | 0.15 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 0.72 | 1.85 | - | - | - | 0.87 | 2.86 |
| Career | 0.91 | 6.20 | 0.15 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 0.72 | 1.85 | - | - | - | 0.87 | 2.86 |
Richard Skimin - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
82%
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.
Richard Skimin - Challenge record
AU:
Redemption challenges
Tribal/team challenge record (8-for-18):
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 1 RC: (Pyramid, track, torch) - Helps carry pieces and push the pyramid along the track; Purple tribe wins!
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 1 IC: (Octagonal wheels) - Helps haul the wheels, but the Bounty tribe loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 2 RC: (Sumo-style tunnel run) - Scores a point, but Bounty loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 2 IC: (Crates, frame, sandbags) - Helps haul the crates, Bounty wins!
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 3 RC: (Wrecking ball, barrels) - Helps hold and release the rope twice; Bounty wins coffee and donuts.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 3 IC: (Lots of barrels) - Rolls barrels, crosses obstacles, but Bounty loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 4 RC: (Tug of War) - Pulls sled at least twice; Bounty wins cake.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 4 IC: (Boulders, balls) - Helps roll the boulder, but Bounty loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 5 IC: (Sled, hanging puzzle) - Works the puzzle with Aisha, but Bounty loses again.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 6 RC: (Slingshot water dodgeball) - Attacker twice, target once; Bounty wins.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 6 IC: (Crates, snake track) - Helps carry crates, and Bounty wins.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 7 RC: (Muddy "Always on the Run") - Not shown competing, but Bounty wins.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 7 IC: (Bridge, cart, tiles) - Crosses obstacles, but New Bounty loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 8 IC: (Obstacles, letter block puzzle) - Crosses obstacles, moves blocks, but Bounty loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 10 IC: (Tethered tunnels, table maze) - Goes through the tunnels, and Bounty wins.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 11 IC: (Obstacle puzzle piece retrieval) - Helps retrieve pieces, but Bounty can't land the monkey's fist, loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 12 IC: (Nut Bucket plus) - Bounty's lackadaisical coconut retrieval is very slow, then Mark throws. Bounty loses.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 14 RC: (Rope-A-Dope, Mat Finish) - Lands his buoy, but Mark Does not, so purple team loses.
Individual challenge record (0-for-3): (Mean % finish: 48.4%)
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 5 ind. IC: (Roller ball + pegs) - Third person to drop out, very quickly (6th/8).
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 9 IC: (Pairs "Crocodile Rock") - With Brooke, last pair to drop out (2nd/7; not counted for MPF).
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 13 RC: (Spool, barrel) - Fourth person to drop out, on lower footholds (10th/13).
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 13 IC: "Drop a Log" - Tenth person out, on the final section of rope (4th/13).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- AU: Redemption: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 8 |
| Played: | 18 |
| Win %: | 0.44 |
| Sat out: | - |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 3 |
| Win %: | 0.00 |
| Mean % Finish: | 48.4% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win %: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
Richard Skimin - Tribal Council record
AU:
Redemption Tribal 
Idols held/played (0/0):
- AU: Redemption: None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (8/11):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep1 | Daniel | Daniel Lindberg (voted out, 11-1) | Yes |
| Ep3 | Eliza | Eliza Reilly (voted out, 8-3) | Yes |
| Ep4 | Paula | Paula Drew (voted out, 7-2-1) | Yes |
| Ep5 | Harry | Harry Hills (voted out, 7-1-1) | Yes |
| Ep7 | Don | Don Rogers (voted out, 6-2-1) | Yes |
| Ep8 | Caleb | Lyndl Kean (voted out, 3-2-2-1) | - |
| Ep9 | Tez | Tez Vlamis (voted out, 3-2-2-1) | Yes |
| Ep11 | Keeley | Keeley Jenkinson (voted to Redemption, 3-2-1) | Yes |
| Ep12 | Sally | Faith Setiawan (voted out, 2-2; 3-0) | - |
| Ep13 | Lottie | Lottie Rae (voted out, 9-3-1) | Yes |
| Ep14 | Mark | Richard Skimin (idoled out, [0]-4-1) | - |
| 11 | TOTALS | 8 | |
VAP - Votes against (7):
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 5: One vote, from Harry.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 8: Two votes, from Mark and Sally.
- AU: Redemption, Ep. 13: Four votes, from Brooke, Keeley, Mark, and Simon (idoled out, [0]-4-1).
Jury votes made (0/0):
- AU: Redemption: None.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Found: | 0 |
| Played: | - |
| Votes voided: | - |
| VFB: | 8 |
| Tribals: | 11 |
| VAP: | 7 |
| Made: | 0 |
| For winners: | - |
| Received: | - |
Richard Skimin - Pictures
AU: Redemption image gallery -
AU: Redemption intro shot -
AU: Redemption intro shot -
Purple wins, becomes Bounty -
Returnees days are numbered -
Pre-challenge snacking, Ep1 IC -
Hauling wheels -
The losing Bountys -
Plotting with Cameron and Aisha -
Bounty, Ep1 Tribal -
Listening to David -
About to score for Bounty, Ep2 RC -
Hauling chests, Ep2 IC -
Bounty wins! -
Knocking over barrels, Ep3 RC -
Bounty leading, Ep3 IC -
Bounty, Ep3 Tribal -
Listening to Harry -
Pulling the sled, Ep4 RC -
Bounty wins! -
Talking about learning he has the unlucky role of assigning the cake slices -
Everyone gets cake ... except Cameron -
Moving boulders around, Ep4 IC -
Bounty, Ep4 Tribal -
Listening to Cameron -
Bounty is ... wrong! Ep5 IC -
Learning there's a snap individual IC, post-challenge -
Starting line -
Bounty, ep5 Tribal -
Reward feasting, Ep6 -
Working the snake track with Simon, Ep6 IC -
Bounty finally wins immunity! -
The new Bounty and Barren tribes, Ep7 swap -
A bit worried that it's just him and Lyndl vs all Barrens -
Greeting the new tribemates -
Connecting with Mark, speaking Thai -
Bounty trailing, Ep7 IC -
Bounty, Ep7 Tribal -
Talking to David -
Pre-challenge plotting with Simon, Ep8 IC -
Bounty loses again -
Tez wants to make a move -
Options at Tribal? -
Bounty, Ep8 Tribal -
Talking about being outnumbered -
Starting line, mixed pairs Ep9 individual IC -
Trying to convince Simon and/or Faith to drop -
Barren AND Bounty, Ep9 Tribal -
Connecting with Keeley, Ep10 -
Awww, Ep10 quasi-auction -
Keeley and Mark making the last handoff, Ep10 IC -
Bounty wins! -
Bounty trailing again, Ep11 IC -
That's great -
Bounty, Ep11 Tribal -
Just sent Keeley to Redemption Beach -
Ready to watch the Ep12 duel -
Loading coconuts, Ep12 IC -
Bounty loses again (Mark was throwing) -
Mark has a plan -
Bounty, Ep12 Tribal -
Listening to Faith -
It's the merge! Ep13 -
Starting line, Ep13 RC -
Dave reveals there's also a feast! -
Merge feasting -
Getting a strat catch-up from Lottie -
Starting line, Ep13 IC -
Outlasting Jackson -
Revealing that Brooke has won the merge IC every time she's played -
Togiola, Ep13 Tribal -
Talking to David -
Purple team lost, so having to watch the Ep14 IC from the mat -
Listening to plans -
Considering the idea -
Warning Simon -
Togiola, Ep14 Tribal -
13th person voted out... -
Snuffed, Day 27 (Episode 14) -
Full cast (except Cat), live reunion in Sydney
Richard Skimin - Interviews
AU: Redemption interviews Pre-game interviews
- None yet.
Post-game interviews
- Mike Bloom at RHAP (3/25/26): "Survivor AU: Redemption Week 5 Exit Interviews"
Richard Skimin - Bio
AU: Redemption bio Official Ten AU: Redemption bio excerpts (2/20/26):
"When blindsiding his fellow contestants, Richard need only lean on his motto – it’s not personal, it’s business.
Climbing the corporate ladder for more than 25 years, Richard has built an impressive resume in corporate strategy and investment banking, and now works as a CEO.
Born and raised in Sydney, Richard, 46, is a sharp and experienced leader, and a family man, motivated to inspire his two teenage daughters. Resilient and driven to endure, he’s also a long-distance runner who has competed in ultramarathons.
“This is going to be my toughest challenge. When you're running an ultramarathon, it's just one step after another. When you're running a business, the goal's pretty clear about what you've got to deliver. But out here, this is one of the most complicated strategic and social games that's ever existed.”
“My story has been one about helping other people, being the loyal corporate servant, being the reliable son, being the dependable friend. But that stops now. I'm out here to play a new game. I'm playing it for myself. I'm playing by my own rules, taking my own risks and taking on bigger challenges. That's my redemption.”"