AUSTRALIAN Survivor’s fan favourite Craig I’Anson is out of the show, and he went out like he wanted to — with a blazing blindside.

The Queenslander left after Phoebe Timmins survived yet another day in the depleted Vavau tribe, by playing her immunity idol and voting him out, with her ally Kristie Bennett.

“Literally a heartbeat before my name was read, I had a feeling,” I’Anson said.

“I didn’t look at Jonathan (LaPaglia) as he was reading, I was looking at the fire.

“When I heard my name, my heart sunk.

“Then the excitement of the game play boosted in, and I thought it was fabulous.

“It was exactly how I wanted it to happen, completely unaware, in a fabulous tribal council.”

I’Anson said Timmins, who executed him out ofAustralian Survivor, was one of his favourite players in Samoa.

“Being able to watch her and everyone else, and seeing some of the game play she plays, the girl is switched on.

“She knew exactly what she is doing.

“She plays hard, I think she is a brilliant player. No hard felling for me.

“When I left I gave her a massive cuddle and she said ‘I’m really sorry’, and I said I wrote your name down, you wrote my name down — it was a fantastic play, you got me.”

Timmins played the situation perfectly, not letting anyone else know she had the immunity idol, other then Bennett.

Once again the Vavau tribe lost immunity to the much more physically stronger Saanapu tribe, which has led to some fans suggesting Saanapu are unfairly stacked with strong players.

I’Anson said that’s just the way theAustralian Survivorgame goes sometimes.

“Survivor throws those curve balls at you, you can’t judge the game, you have to accept it.

“Yes, on paper they did have two of the strongest guys in the team, but it’s not necessarily physical strength that is needed to do well, it’s cohesiveness.

“If you look at the beginning of the game, on paper Vavau were not the physically stronger tribe, but we didn’t lose until day 12.”

However he did think the tribe swap earlier on in the series didn’t go his way, especially after loosing his best friend to Saanapu, Jennah-Louise Salkeld.

“When the tribe swap happened and my girl, Queen of Vavau, Jenna-Louise was taken from me, my heart sunk,” he said.

“It was crazy, I had to regroup.

“She was my number one support, a strategist who I was playing with from the beginning.”

I’Anson however said he had respect for his former tribe mate Nick Iadanza, who orchestrated Salkeld’s swap.

“I have to give it to Nick, he is a good character on the show,” he said.

“Did I like him when I was on the island? Oh hell no.

“But to watch him, he is gold.”

Throughout his 27 days in Samoa, I’Anson gained the respect of his fellow players by out performing many of them in the physical challenges.

“I knew that going in I was going to be underestimated, I was just waiting for one of those moment where I could putt out and just go, here I am, and look out,” he said.

“The boys were gobsmacked.”

After leaving Samoa, I’Anson said it took a while to come back to reality, but he is in a good place now.

‘This was a 16 year dream for myself to be on the show,” he said.

“Once I came back, I thought I achieved a lot of things I wanted to achieve, but I still feel there is unfinished business with me on Survivor.

“Whether that gets addressed again? I don’t know.

“It was a bit of a roller coaster with my head space after I came back, but I expected that.”