He was known on Australian Survivor for his dedication to 'mateship and loyalty.'

And in a new interview with Daily Mail Australia, Lee Carseldine insists that he has 'no regrets' over how he played the game - despite losing to the neurotic Kristie Bennett in the end.

'Some people want to see the American ruthless and calculating style, and then some people want to see more of an Australia type winner as well which is probably where I came into it,' said the 41-year-old.

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'Mateship and loyalty': Australian Survivor's Lee Carseldine told Daily Mail Australia that he has 'no regrets' over how he played the game

He added: 'I suppose that’s the beauty of the game… it’s up to the jury’s discretion who they want to choose. There was obviously a tide of emotion against me on that final jury and it didn’t go my way.'

The former professional cricketer also highlighted the differences between the Australian way of playing Survivor compared to the 'ruthless' American version.

'You have to choose the style of game you want to play, whether you want to be that American-style ruthless and switching on alliances, lying and cheating,' explained the moralistic star.

'I was so naive when I went in!' Lee admitted that he'd barely watched Survivor before playing

'Some people want to see the American, ruthless, calculating style, and some people want to see more of an Australian type winner as well which is probably where I came into it,' said Lee

He continued: 'Or, do you want to play the Australian way which is sort of like that ANZAC spirit – mateship and loyalty and things like that.'

The father-of-two also revealed that he only watched one season of Survivor before appearing on the Australian version.

'I was so naive when I went in,' he revealed.

'You have to choose the style of game you want to play, whether you want to be that American style-ruthless and switching on alliances, lying and cheating,' explained the moralistic star

'Or, do you want to play the Australian way which is sort of like that ANZAC spirit – mateship and loyalty and things like that,' he added

'I watched one season but I purposefully didn’t binge because I didn’t want to have any preconceived ideas and I think that worked in my favour, because I wanted to play as myself I wasn’t trying to be someone else.'

Despite missing out on the $500,000 prize money, Lee was lucky enough to find love on the show with castmate El Rowland.

The couple are currently in Darwin to promote the Million Dollar Fish competition through Tourism Northern Territory.

The best prize of all? Despite missing out on the $500,000 prize money, Lee was lucky enough to find love on the show with castmate El Rowland