Georgia's Soul Sister

A Shorty treat for her Survivor muse!

- Ashleigh Mcenaney

When Georgia Bergerson got the call saying she’d made it on to Survivor NZ, the singer and dancer from Palmerston North couldn’t wait to tell her family the exciting news – but her big sister Jessica didn’t share the same enthusiasm.

“When I told her I was going to be on TV, her first response was, ‘Oh, my gosh, on Shortland Street?’ I could sense her disappointment when I told her no,” smiles newly eliminated contestant Georgia, 26, whose 28-year-old sister was born with Down syndrome. “I’m lucky she wasn’t forced to choose between the two because I know exactly where her loyalties would lie.”