SurvivorAU contestant Mark 'Tarzan' Herlaar

Mark 'Tarzan' Herlaar on social media: twitter | Instagram

Seasons: 2 | Days: 57 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1

SurvivorAU: 2017 (2017) - 21st place, 4th out.

Idoled out, [0]-3-1, in Episode 4 (Day 11).

SurvivorAU: All-Stars (2020) - 5th place, 20th out - 7th juror.

Voted out in Episode 22 (Day 46).

'Tarzan' Herlaar - Career statistics
	Challenge stats	Tribal council stats	Jury stats
Season	ChW	ChA	ChW%	VFB	VAP	TCA	TC%	wTCR	JVF	TotJ	JV%	SurvSc	SurvAv
AU2: 2017	0.45	0.73	0.61	1	3	3	0.30	1.33	-	-	-	0.76	1.78
AU5: All-Stars	1.41	13.89	0.10	10	3	14	0.71	2.86	-	-	-	0.81	4.27
Career	1.86	14.87	0.13	11	6	17	0.64	2.59	-	-	-	0.77	3.52

SurvivorAU: 2017 challenges (click to expand/collapse)
Tribal/team challenge record (5-for-8):
- AU: 2017, Ep.1 RC (Race for rice) - Helps carry the raft and try to get rice, and Samatau wins.
- AU: 2017, Ep.1 IC (Obstacles, crates, puzzle) - Crosses obstacles and moves crates, and Samatau wins again.
- AU: 2017, Ep.2 RC (Water slide) - Beats Ben for a point, and Samatau wins, 7-5.
- AU: 2017, Ep.2 IC (Three little pigs OC, war clubs) - Crosses the obstacles, but Samatau blows a lead, loses.
- AU: 2017, Ep.3 RC (Big balls) - Helps push the ball, gets yelled at by Locky; Samatau wins.
- AU: 2017, Ep.3 IC (Rafts, bamboo tower) - Paddles and stacks bamboo, but Samatau loses.
- AU: 2017, Ep.4 RC (Coconuts, surfing) - Helps gather coconuts and move the raft; Samatau wins.
- AU: 2017, Ep.4 IC (Builders & runners) - Holds up and carries people, but Samatau loses.
Individual challenge record (0-for-0):
- AU: 2017: None.
Duel/ hero challenge record (0-for-1): (Mean % finish: 50.0%)
- AU: 2017, Ep. 1 HC - With Adam, makes fire quickly, but somehow they don't win.
AU: All-Stars challenges (click to expand/collapse)
Tribal/team challenge record (12-for-23; 5 sit-outs):
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 1 RC: (Sled, bonfire) - Helps haul the sled, stacks sticks, but Vakama loses.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 1 IC: (Obstacles, balls) - Steadies stepping poles, smashes boxes, holds rope, and Vakama wins!
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 2 RC: (Team wrestling) - Not shown competing, but Vakama wins, 3-1.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 2 IC: (Barrels, sandbags) - Sits out officially, as Vakama loses.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 3 RC: (Three-in-one) - Not shown competing; Vakama loses again.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 3 IC: "Chinese Checkers" - Tackles Henry at the goal line, aiding Vakama's only point; Vakama loses.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 4 RC: (Push the crate) - Scores the winning point vs. Harry, and Vakama wins, 3-1.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 4 IC: (Hold up the barrel) - Holds the barrel, and eventually, Vakama wins.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 5 RC: "Idol Hands" - Not shown competing; Vakama loses, 4-1.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 5 IC: (Logs, spikes, catapult) - Moves logs, pounds a spike, and Vakama wins.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 6 RC: Pairs tethered "Backed Up" - Sits out, as Vakama wins.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 6 IC: (Water obstacles, balls) - Swims and dives for Vakama, and Vakama wins.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 7 RC: (Tug of war) - Now with Mokuta; not shown competing, but Mokuta wins.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 7 IC: (Cart, cube puzzle) - Helps pull the cart and work the puzzle, Mokuta wins.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 9 IC: Pairs seated "When It Rains" - Paired with Lee, second Mokuta pair out; Mokuta wins.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 10 RC: (Swim to the flag) - Not shown competing; Mokuta wins, 3-1.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 10 IC: (Staircase, keys, puzzle) - Crosses obstacles, rolls the cube, but Mokuta wins again.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 11 RC: (Tug-of-war, pool) - Sits out, as Mokuta finally loses, 3-2.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 11 IC: (Pairs arch over mud) - Paired with David, final Mokuta pair to drop out, and Mokuta loses.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 12 IC: (Obstacles, slingshot) - Sits out, as Mokuta wins, 5-3.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 13 RC: (Water obstacles, puzzle) - Runs out, climbs the pole, and Mokuta wins.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 13 IC: Team "A Bit Tipsy" - Sits out again, as Mokuta loses.
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 16 RC: (Water slide, basketball) - Loses a point vs. David for the losing yellow team.
Individual challenge record (0-for-11):
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 8 IC: "This Much" - Lasts over 30 minutes, sixth Mokuta to drop out (4th/9).
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 14 RC: (Hold up the pot) - Fifth person to drop out, about 40 minutes in (8th/12).
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 14 IC: (See-saw stack) - One of 11 people to get far fewer tiles stacked than Shonee (tie-2nd/12).
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 15 IC: (Hold up sandbags) - Sixth person to drop out, at over 15 minutes in (6th/11).
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 16 IC: (Treading water) - Fifth person to drop out, at over 5 minutes in (5th/9).
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 17 IC: (Ball on paddle) - One of five people with two or fewer balls placed (tie-2nd/6).
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 19 RC: "Push Me, Pull You" - Second person to drop out, fairly quickly (7th/8).
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 19 IC: (Ropes, pole, puzzle) - Makes it to the final stage, but fades on the puzzle (3rd/8).
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 20 IC: (Seated chimney) - Fifth person out, circa 15 minutes in (3rd/7).
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 21 IC: (Water obstacles, word puzzle) - Third to the word puzzle, but does not win (tie-2nd/6).
- AU: All-Stars Ep. 22 IC: (Trip obstacle, tiles) - Not close to challenging Brooke's lead (tie-2nd/5).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- AU: All-Stars: None.

Career challenge totals

Team/tribal challenges
Wins:	17
Played:	31
Win%:	0.55
Sat out:	5

Individual challenges
Wins:	0
Played:	11
Win%:	0.00
Mean% Finish:	54.4%

Duels
Wins:	0
Played:	1
Win%:	0.00
Mean% Finish:	50%

AU: 2017 Tribal (click to expand/collapse)
Idols held/played (1/0):
- AU: 2017, Ep. 4: Hunts for an idol after the IC, and finds it. He gives it to Tessa to use. She does so at the following Tribal, which ends up voiding six votes, leaving Tarzan with the next-highest total (3), booting him (Day 11).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (1/3):
- AU: 2017, Ep. 3: Kate Temby (voted out, 5-4-2).
VAP - Votes against (3):
- AU: 2017, Ep. 4: Three votes, from Jarrad, Locky, and Peter (idoled out, [0]-3-1).
Jury votes made (0/0):
- AU: 2017: None.
AU: All-Stars Tribal (click to expand/collapse)
Idols held/played (0/0):
- AU: All-Stars: None yet.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (10/14):
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 3: Daisy Richardson (idoled out, [0]-4-2).
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 11: Phoebe Timmins (voted out, 5-5; 5-2 on revote).
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 13: Nick Iadanza (voted out, 7-1).
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 14: Locky Gilbert (voted out, 7-5).
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 15: Harry Hills (voted out, 5-4-2).
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 16: A.K. Knight (voted to Exile, 3-3-3).
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 17: Shonee Fairfax (voted to Exile, 2-2-1-1).
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 19: Jacqui Patterson (voted out, 4-4; 3-3, 6-0 on revote).
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 20: Shonee Fairfax (voted out, 4-3).
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 21: A.K. Knight (voted out, 4-2).
VAP - Votes against (3):
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 22: Received three votes, from David, Moana, and Sharn (voted out, 3-1-[0]).
Jury votes made (1/1):
- AU: All-Stars, Ep. 24: Voted for David Genat, who won, 8-1.

Career Tribal Council totals

Hidden idols
Found:	1
Played:	0
Votes voided:	--

Voting record
VFB:	11
Tribals:	17
VAP:	6

Jury votes
Made:	1
For winners:	1
Received:	--

AU: 2017 image gallery (click to expand/collapse)

SurvivorAU: 2017 intro shot

SurvivorAU: 2017 intro shot

Opening sequence confessional

Greeting Jonathan, Day 1

The Samatau tribe

Bringing the raft in, opening RC

Samatau wins the rice reward

Talking about the victory

Arriving in camp

Samatau meet and greet

Reading the firemaking challenge treemail

Samatau firemakers, ready to go

First to mke smoke...

Almost there? (nope)

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC

Listening to Jonathan

Watching the puzzle stage

Samatau wins!

Idoled up

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC

Appreciating the new canoe

Muddy, about to move on to the war clubs stage

The losing Samataus

Samatau, Ep2 Tribal Council

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC

Samatau starting line

Samatau wins reward!

Talking about Locky yelling at him

Paddling out, Ep3 IC

Samatau, no longer leading

Samatau loses

The three on the bottom

Samatau, Ep3 Tribal Council

Listening to Tara

Watching the sunrise with Tessa, Ep4

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC

Running out

Bringing the coconut raft back in

Samatau wins reward!

Faced with a dilemma: cookies for himself, or wood for his tribe?

Just brought the wood back to camp

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC

With Locky, carrying AK

Watching the sandbag tossing

The losing Samataus

Locky wants to pile all the votes on Tessa

Maybe I'll look for an idol, then

Ah, there it is

You two can probably stop looking for idols...

Just gave the idol to Tessa

Heading to Tribal

Samatau, Ep4 Tribal Council

The two on the outs

Tessa plays the idol for herself...

Three votes, that's enough ... fourth person voted out

Snuffed, Day 11 (Episode 4)
AU: All-Stars image gallery (click to expand/collapse)

All-Stars intro shot

All-Stars intro shot

Headshot, pre-season ad

Talking about his first season

All-Stars arrival lineup

Freshly sorted into the Vakama tribe

Pushing the sled

First to fire, at least...

Arrival at Vakama camp

Chatting with David and AK

Talking about his plans for the game

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC

Starting line

Helping with the stepping poles

Vakama wins!

Chatting with Jacqui and Mat, Ep2

Vakama has fire (without flint), Night 3

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC

Watching the wrestling

Vakama wins!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 IC

Watching from the sidelines

The losing Vakamas

Vakama, Ep2 Tribal Council

The older people alliance

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 IC

Fighting over balls

Vakama, Ep3 Tribal Council

With the soon-to-be victorious four

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC

Watching the box shoving

Taking on Harry for match point

Discovering the hard-won fish and chips are "DIY"

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC

Starting line

Vakama wins!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 RC

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 IC

Rolling logs

Watching Locky catapult

Vakama wins!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 RC

Watching Vakama's win from the sidelines

Reward feasting

Excited about the food and chatting

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 IC

Rebounding as AK shoots

Time to swap things up, Ep7

With the new Mokuta tribe

Watching the tug-of-war

Heading to the new camp

Listening to the Pandora's Box note

Jacqui found a key!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7 IC

Pulling the cart

Mokuta wins!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 IC

Starting line

So far, so good...

Vakama AND Mokuta, Ep8 Tribal Council

The Mokutas

Listening to Moana

Watching the Phoebe vs. Lydia firemaking

Pre-auction lineup, Ep9

Watching Lee buy food

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep9 IC

Paired up with Lee

Mokuta wins!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 RC

Watching the swimming

Learning the cake reward must be enjoyed one at a time

Cake was good, didn't find an idol

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 IC

Crossing obstacles

Mokuta wins!

Enjoying Mokuta's talent show, Ep11

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep11 RC

Watching the rope pulling from the sidelines

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep11 IC

Starting line

Last Mokutas standing

The losing Mokutas

Mokuta, Ep11 Tribal Council

Listening to Jonathan

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep12 IC

Watching from the sidelines

Mokuta wins!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep13 RC

Running out

Mokuta wins!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep13 IC

Watching from the sit-out bench again

Sigh, Mokuta loses

The losing Mokutas

Mokuta, Ep13 Tribal Council

Listening to David

Pre-merge lineup, Ep14

The new Kalokalo tribe

Starting line, Ep14 RC

Pleased to have made the merge

Merge feasting

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep14 IC

Starting line

Heading to Tribal

Kalokalo, Ep14 Tribal Council

The Mokuta seven

Listening to Sharn

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep15 IC

Starting line

Kalokalo, Ep15 Tribal Council

Listening to Jacqui

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep16 RC

Losing a point to David

Bathtime with Lee

Saying goodbye to Lee

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep16 IC

Starting line

So far, so good...

Kalokalo, Ep16 Tribal Council

Listening to David

Chatting with Zach and David, Ep17

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep17 IC

Starting line

Talking about the vote

Kalokalo, Ep17 Tribal Council

Watching the first re-entry duel, Ep18

Brooke and Moana are back

Heading to Tribal

Kalokalo, Ep18 Tribal Council

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep19 RC

Starting line

Excited to join Dave and Moana on the spa reward

Reward relaxation

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep19 IC

Starting line, first stage

Moving on to the second stage

Final stage, working on the puzzle

Kalokalo, Ep19 Tribal Council

Listening to David

Talking to Moana, Ep20

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep20 IC

Starting line

Kalokalo, Ep20 Tribal Council

Listening to David

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep21 IC

Diving off the starting line

Starting on the word puzzle

Kalokalo, Ep21 Tribal Council

The majority four, enjoying things

Watching Mo vs. AK in firemaking

Made it to the final five! Ep22

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep22 IC

Trailing Brooke, as usual

Heading to Tribal

Kalokalo, Ep22 Tribal Council

20th person voted out, and our 7th juror...

Snuffed, Day 46 (Episode 22)

With the jury, Final Tribal Council

Reunion, waiting for the vote reveal

AU: 2017 interviews (click to expand/collapse)
Pre-game interviews
- None found.
Post-game interviews
- Ashling Lee at popsugar.com.au (8/7/17): "Let's All Celebrate Mark H, the Most Selfless Person Survivor Has Ever Seen"
- Ryan Brink at Brink of Reality (8/6/17): "Mark 'Tarzan' Herlaar Exit Interview | Australian Survivor 2017 Episode 4 August 6th Podcast"
AU: All-Stars interviews (click to expand/collapse)
Pre-game interviews
- None yet.
Post-game interviews
- Shannon Guss at RHAP (3/25/20): "Australian Survivor All Stars | Week 8 Exit Interviews"

AU: 2017 bio (click to expand/collapse)

Official Ten SurvivorAU: 2017 bio excerpts (July, 2017):

"With his beloved wife, two children and six grandchildren at home cheering him on, lime farmer Mark is going to play hard and will not let his age stop him from giving the younger contestants a run for their money.

Mark owned and built a multi-million dollar insulation business but lost it all when the Government introduced the rebate scheme, so he decided to rebuild his life as a regional lime farmer. The hardworking farmer has also sold firewood, worked in flea markets and invested in property and the stockmarket.

While he may have achieved a lot professionally, Mark’s family means more to him.

“My kids and my wife are amazing people and so full of love for each other and that’s pretty significant. For my grandkids to sit there and see Poppy on television and be like ‘That’s my Poppy’, I want to win it for that.”

Getting into the island vibe, Mark was recently in Vanuatu with his son where they built a grass hut and ate coconuts for two days. “We roughed it but I don’t know how I’m going to do it for 55 days. I don’t like sleeping on the ground,” he said.

“I keep fit everyday by working and at least three times a week, I’ll do a long walk. I’m pretty good for 51, I think. I should be ready to take on these kids.”

Mark is a firm believer in doing the right thing but knows that when it comes to Australian Survivor, his moral compass may start to falter.

“My word is my bond and I teach my children and grandchildren that and we never break that. But this is a game. The door to the universe is wide open so I will jump in and see where I land. I have every faith in myself to do it. I don’t know how but I will do it.”"
AU: All-Stars bio (click to expand/collapse)

Official Ten SurvivorAU: All-Stars bio excerpts (February 3, 2020):

"The sweet lime farmer from Queensland, Tarzan may not be the biggest strategist but he’s one of the most loved players in Australian Survivor history. Tarzan, aka Mark, became a father figure to his tribe and even gave up an Immunity Idol that he found to help his mate, Tessa.

This time, he’s learnt a few more tricks to playing the game but will still be the Tarzan people know and love. “My Survivor game plan is to become all things to all men and women, gain their confidence and have them take me as far in the game as possible. I might have to turn on people at some point, but I really will try not to and will kill me to do it.

“My biggest goal in all of this is to be in it from day 1 to 50 – either in the final two or somewhere in the Jury. I just want to be part of it all!”

Leaving his family at home, Tarzan likes to make the most of life and feels like Australian Survivor is the same. “I see this as an opportunity as the preparation for life. If you can do this at any level, you can do anything. I feel like it’s meant to be coming back for another round, I won’t take it for granted and I’m excited to see everything that might come from it.”"