Challenges: MPF percentile
38%
Seasons: 1 | Days played: 42 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1
- SurvivorAU 3: Champions v Contenders (2018) - 7th place, 18th out - 5th juror.
- Voted out in Episode 20 (Day 42).
Steve Willis 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 |
| AU3: Champs v Contenders | 1.67 | 10.80 | 0.15 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 0.63 | 1.78 | - | - | - | 0.79 | 3.45 |
| Career | 1.67 | 10.80 | 0.15 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 0.63 | 1.78 | - | - | - | 0.79 | 3.45 |
Steve Willis - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
72%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
78%
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.
Steve Willis - Challenge record
AU3: Champs v Contenders challenges
Tribal/team challenge record (15-for-23):
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 1 RC: Loses a bag of rice to Zach. Both tribes win stuff.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 1 IC: Helps carry the battering ram; Champions win.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 2 RC: "Sumo at Sea" - Loses his bout to Zach again; Champions win, 7-3.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 2 IC: Dives to retrieve a buoy, but the Champions lose, 8-4.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 3 RC: Not shown competing; Champions win, 7-4.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 3 IC: Helps push the giant cart, but the Champions lose.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 4 RC: "Kicking and Screaming" - Loses a point to Robbie & Benji; Champions win.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 4 IC: Chops the rope, helps move giant ball; Champions win.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 5 RC: Crosses the planks and barrels; Champions win.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 5 IC: Helps paddle the canoe, Champions win, 3-1.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 6 RC: Beats Zach, Champions win, 7-2, but loses the bonus reward match to Mat.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 6 IC: Helps carry the two cages, but the Champions lose.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 7 IC: Competes in one point-scoring, one losing round; Champions win, 3-2.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 8 RC: Runs once and scores; the Champions win, 3-1.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 8 IC: Outlasts all of the Contenders; Champions win again.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 9 IC: Slides and fills the bucket; Champions win again.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 10 RC: Jumps, grabs rope, climbs the ramp, but the Champions lose.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 10 IC: Holds (and eventually drops) a Champs' basket; Champions win.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 11 IC: Paired with Mat, they drop at circa 10 min.; new Champions lose.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 12 RC: Wins his match vs. Sharn, but the new Champions lose, 3-1.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 12 IC: Carries wheels across the monkey bars, but Champions lose again.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 13 IC: Hauls one of the buckets, and the Champions win.
- Champions v. Contenders Ep. 18 IC: Loses his match vs. Brian, and the black team loses, 3-2.
Individual challenge record (0-for-8): (Mean % finish: 53.1%)
- Champions v. Contenders, Ep. 14 IC: "Get a Grip" - Fifth person out, lasts over an hour (8th/12).
- Champions v. Contenders, Ep. 15 IC: Sixth person to drop out, over 5 minutes in (6th/11).
- Champions v. Contenders, Ep. 16 RC: Second person eliminated, voluntarily (9th/10).
- Champions v. Contenders, Ep. 16 IC: "Last Gasp" - Lasts 50 minutes, but third person out (8th/10).
- Champions v. Contenders, Ep. 17 IC: Eliminated on the second-round puzzle (tie-4th/9).
- Champions v. Contenders, Ep. 18 IC: Lasts over an hour, but eventually loses his showdown with Brian (2nd/8).
- Champions v. Contenders, Ep. 19 IC: Fourth person to drop out, at around 10 minutes (4th/7).
- Champions v. Contenders, Ep. 20 IC: Has a lead until the final stage, does not win (tie-2nd/7).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- Champions v. Contenders: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 15 |
| Played: | 23 |
| Win%: | 0.65 |
| Sat out: | - |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 8 |
| Win%: | 0.00 |
| Mean% Finish: | 53.1% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean% Finish: | - |
Steve Willis - Tribal Council record
AU3: Champs v Contenders Tribal 
Idols held/played (0/0):
- Champions v. Contenders: None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (7/11*):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep2 | Jackie | Russell Hantz (voted out, 4-4-2-2; 9-1) | - |
| Ep3 | Jackie | Damien Thomlinson (voted out, 8-2-1) | - |
| Ep6 | Moana | Moana Hope (voted out, 7-[0]) | Yes |
| Ep11 | Jackie | Jackie Glazier (voted out, 4-2-1-1) | Yes |
| Ep12 | Tegan | Tegan Gasior (voted out, 3-2-2; and again 5-2) | Yes |
| Ep14 | Lydia | Lydia Lassila (voted out, 9-3) | Yes |
| Ep15 | Robbie | Robbie Skibicki (voted out, 9-1-1) | Yes |
| Ep16 | Samuel | Samuel Hinton (voted out, 8-2) | Yes |
| Ep17 | Brian | Mat Rogers (voted out, 5-4) | - |
| Ep18 | Benji | Benji Wilson (voted out, 4-4; 5-1) | Yes |
| Ep19 | Fenella | Steve Willis (voted DMW, 4-3) | - |
| Ep20 | -* | Steve Willis (voted out, 2-2-2; 3-1-0) | - |
| 11* | TOTALS | 7 | |
*Due to the Dead Man Walking twist, Steve was unable to vote (and was voted against) at the Ep.20 Tribal Council; no TCA charged.
VAP - Votes against (6):
- Champions v. Contenders, Ep. 19: Four votes, from Brian, Fenella, Monika, and Shonee (voted Dead Man Walking, 4-3).
- Champions v. Contenders, Ep. 20: Two votes, from Brian and Monika (voted out, 2-2-2 [3-1]).
Jury votes made (0/1):
- Champions v. Contenders, Ep. 24: Voted for Sharn Coombes, who finished second (5-4).
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Found: | 0 |
| Played: | - |
| Votes voided: | - |
| VFB: | 7 |
| Tribals: | 11* |
| VAP: | 6 |
| Made: | 1 |
| For winners: | 0 |
| Received: | - |
Steve Willis - Pictures
AU3: Champs v Contenders image gallery -
Champions v. Contenders intro shot -
Champions v. Contenders intro shot -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 RC -
Watching Shane vs. Paige -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC -
Listening to Jonathan -
Champions win! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC -
Ready to take on Zach -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 IC -
Starting line -
Supporting Sam's buoy retrieval -
More buoy retrieval -
Looking at the celebrating Contenders -
Heading to Tribal -
Champions, Ep2 Tribal Council -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC -
Watching Sam vs. Benji -
Champions win reward! -
We get fish. Yum! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 IC -
Listening to Jonathan -
Starting line -
Pushing the giant cart -
Champions trailing... -
Champions lose -
Not willing to vote out Damien -
Consulting with Moana and Mat -
Trying to convince Sam -
Champions, Ep3 Tribal Council -
Listening to Mat -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC -
Getting dragged -
The alliance, back in camp -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC -
Moving the ball along -
Waiting to scale the wall -
Champions win! -
Complaining about Brian's lack of effort in camp, Ep5 -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 RC -
Starting line -
Champions leading -
Champions win! -
Pretty excited about beer and meat pies -
Looking at the memory board at the reward "pub" -
Reward feasting -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 IC -
Starting line -
Champions win! -
With the jury, Final Tribal Council -
Reunion show, waiting for the vote reveal -
Reunion show
Steve Willis - Interviews
AU3: Champs v Contenders interviews Pre-game interviews
- Official SurvivorAU "Meet Steve W" pre-game interview (YouTube)
Post-game interviews
- None found.
Steve Willis - Bio
AU3: Champs v Contenders bio Excerpts from Steve W's official bio page (7/31/18):
"Known all over Australia as the ‘Commando,’ Steve is one of the country’s most recognized and respected fitness experts. For six consecutive years, he was a key trainer on TEN’s family entertainment program The Biggest Loser. ...
Steve has four kids, including one with his current partner, fellow television personality and fitness trainer Michelle Bridges. While he may be a tough guy, living without his family will test Steve’s willpower.
“I love my family more than anything. Leaving them is going to be the hardest part of this whole experience for sure. I believe I can handle the game, I can handle the physical challenges and I think I’ll get along with everyone as well but not having contact with my family is going to be very, very tough.”
Joining the army in the 1990s, Steve started in the infantry before joining the special forces. He left the army in 2004 and got involved in Crossfit becoming a trainer. In 2009, he came 4th in the World Crossfit Games out of 75 male competitors who are among the best in the world.
With all his qualifications in the fitness world, Steve is ready to take on his next adventure.
“Survivor is the ultimate. It’s physical, it’s mental and it’s hard because you have to play dirty to win. I’m going to play as honest a game as I can but I know that it won’t be an easy win but it’s one that I want to win.” "