Sam Molineaux was a physical force to be reckoned with on The Summit; however, after racing his kayak, he was outgunned to a duffle bag full of cash by Alex Silvagni and his dreams of reaching the pinnacle came tumbling down.
The May 23 episode of Nine’s hit show wrapped Molineaux’s journey, leaving him with a bittersweet taste after scoring a cool $10k. But, the owner of MoveWell Training in Sydney’s Bondi didn’t climb to the summit just for the cash, thirsting for the ultimate adventure.
“It was right up my alley,” the 29-year-old told Chattr in an interview before his elimination.
“I’ve done a lot of cycling through New Zealand and around a lot of the world but I’ll usually leave my pack and I’ll usually run the trails where I’m like, I wonder how quickly I can do it?”
Sam Molineaux felt “backstabbed” by his fellow Trekkers
Silvagni played bouncer in the personal trainer’s goodbye show, kicking Molineaux to the curb alongside Isaac Compton, Brooke Kilowsky, and Lulu Hawton.
“Alex led the conversation and I know it was Alex’s voice at large,” he said. “Looking back and seeing the other episodes, I also knew Isaac wanted to get rid of me for a long time, irrespective of how much I helped him through the grit. I had so many chats with Isaac about helping to motivate and keep him on track and keep him going when he wanted to pull out and I felt absolutely backstabbed. Every single person’s hand went up to send me home at that point.
“Not a single one of them could look me in the eye as their hand went up and I was just going through the group and I thought, ‘this is an escalating mutiny’.”
Sam Molineaux had a target on his back from the get-go
Molineaux’s strength is pushing clients to be their best! Sadly, as soon as he landed on The Summit, everyone knew it was going to be tough to beat him.
“I knew that I wasn’t going to be able to play it low-key and playoff that physical side,” he admitted. “I’m an extremely energetic person and I’m enthusiastic and I have a really hard time dulling that side of me down. I completely thought it was going to come down to physicality and helping every single person out that needed it.”
Fans weren’t oblivious to Molineaux’s assumptions, because let’s face it, you can’t climb a mountain in two weeks without some serious physical gumption!
“Every single time we saw a Jai [Courtney], he was emphasising how slow we were going, emphasising how much we have to make up,” he said. “And he was pretty clear. If you don’t make it in time, you will get nothing. That was scary and really infuriating when I got voted off, and I was looking around, thinking I’m definitely not the weakest link.”
“I didn’t work on alliances and hiding who I was or how I was going to play the field. Had I done it again, I probably would have played a little bit differently.”
The Summit continues on Sunday, May 28 at 7.30 pm on 9 and 9Now.
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