Myles Kuah Crowned As First Queer Winner Of Australian Survivor
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Overnight season ten of Australian Survivor Brains V Brawn 2聽came to a dramatic conclusion, crowning their first ever queer winner, Myles Kuah.
Season ten of the hit show wrapped up with Myles Kuah, AJ Antonios and Kaelan Lockhart battling it out to be the sole survivor.
After a tense final tribal council a historic winner was crowned.
A first for Australian Survivor
Over ten seasons Australian Survivor has seen a range of different LGBTQIA+ contestants on the program, each with a different story to tell.
From Craig I’Anson in season one, through to iconic players like George Mladenov and Kirby Bentley in recent seasons.
However unlike the US season which has seen four openly queer winners, including season one champion Richard Hatch, no queer player has ever snatched the title in Australia.
This year saw three openly queer players in Paulie Michael, Laura Noonan and Myles Kuah who represented three very different parts of queer life.
Monday nights finale saw Myles Kuah as the last remaining queer contestant make it to the final three of the program, where he ultimately joined the final two beside the seasons loveable Kaelan Lockhart.
After a tense final tribal council the jury voted and awarded Myles the title of Sole Survivor and the $500,000 prize that comes with it.
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While Myles was known for his remarkable game play during the show, he also captivated audiences with his quirky personality throughout the series.
Early on in the series in a throwaway line he quipped that he was 鈥淚鈥檓 biracial, bisexual, and bitribal鈥� opening the door for more bisexual visibility on our screens, however this was never even his intention.
When speaking to the Star Observer early in the season he said 鈥淚t was a funny line, and I was glad it made the edit. It鈥檚 cool if someone sees that and thinks, 鈥楬ey, there鈥檚 a bit of representation for me.鈥欌��
Myles was just happy to be playing the game as his authentic self, 鈥淚鈥檓 not out there screaming from the rooftops about it, but I鈥檓 also not trying to hide it. It鈥檚 just part of who I am” he said.
While other contestants sexuality sometimes formed a distinct part of the narrative, for Myles it was a lot more subtle 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 often get a big, emotional scene where someone鈥檚 like, 鈥楢nd this is when I realised I was bisexual,鈥欌�� he recalled.
Gay contestants have often had much for visible representation on the program, but for the bisexual community it’s not been something as visible.聽 鈥淭here鈥檚 definitely been lots of people on Survivor who are bisexual, but it鈥檚 not something people tend to talk about,鈥� he says. 鈥淵ou usually know who the gay contestants are because it becomes part of their storyline, but bisexual people often just slide under the radar.鈥�
As a young bisexual man, at only twenty three years old, Myles represents a different generation of queer people “I鈥檓 more of a weird, nerdy, Gen Z queer. It鈥檚 nice to have different kinds of representation” he said.
鈥淚 love that I can represent different groups鈥攚hether it鈥檚 being Asian, a nerd, bisexual, or even a pole dancer,鈥� he says. 鈥淚f someone out there sees me and thinks, 鈥楬ey, that鈥檚 a little bit like me,鈥� then that鈥檚 pretty cool.鈥�
Myles is now the tenth winner of the series, since the reboot in 2016 and now the proud owner of the title of Sole Survivor and healthy prize package of $500,000.
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