BIANCA Anderson scrambled as soon as she knew she was on the chopping block, but it wasn’t enough to save the Victorian private investigator from becoming the second person eliminated from Australian Survivor.

Anderson, 36, believes being on the outer of a five strong alliance — consisting of Brooke Jowett, Conner Behune, Sam Webb, Matt Tarrant and Flick Egginton — on the Saanapu tribe from the beginning was her downfall.

“That group of five are all in their twenties and I was on the wrong side of 30 to be part of that,” she said.

“I wasn’t surprised.

“I was only surprised that I thought it would be Pete (Peter Fiegehen) before me.”

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Going into tribal council as another tribe member on the outer, Melbourne firefighter Kylie Evans, also thought it was Fiegehen who was going.

Fiegehen, 62, has struggled since the beginning of the show and was vocal to the tribe that he was a liability.

But after Anderson put it out there that the powerful friendship of Jowett and Egginton was a threat, it put the target on her back and the girls came together to vote her out — with the help of the three boys.

While heartbroken to leave, Anderson said she understood the reasons why.

“It’s a game, and if they weren’t voting me, I would be voting for them,” she said.

“This is what happens.

“I take no personal offence to that.”

The Saanapu tribe found themselves at tribal council after a shock challenge loss where they had a lead.

Anderson believes the tribe, who were the strongest from the beginning, could have been a little complacent.

“We had quite good camaraderie at the beginning, but I think one of the reasons why we lost on day five was that people were too cocky,” she said.

“There was an expectation that we were going to win.

“That’s a nice expectation to have, but it’s not always the reality.

“Although there were arguments about what our strategy for the challenge should be, and the wrong strategy was chosen.”

Anderson believes while it is all sweet and nice between the Sanaapu tribe, there are signs of conflict already.

“I think conflict will start to emerge,” she said.

“If my tribe stays intact, without there being shifts and separations with new tribes starting to emerge, there are some very strong personalities.

“When I say strong personalities, I mean Kylie, Sam and Matt.

“There had been some conversations I could see might become heated and conflict emerging between those three.

“They are very strong, and leaders in their own way, and you can’t have three leaders.”

Anderson hopes it’s not the last time she will do Australian Survivor, she would come back in a heart beat if she was asked.

Des is the first person to be voted off Australian Survivor — Courtesy Channel 10 Des is the first person to be voted off Australian Survivor — Courtesy Channel 10

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