LOS ANGELES - Danny Bonaduce will not be charged with battery for tossing "Survivor" contestant Jonny Fairplay to the stage during an award show this week.

Fairplay jumped on Bonaduce at the Fox Reality Channel award show Tuesday night. Bonaduce tossed Fairplay over his shoulders, sending him face-first onto the stage. He reportedly lost one tooth and broke another.

But prosecutors said Bonaduce won't be charged because Fairplay "initiated contact and acted offensively."

According to a district attorney's report, Bonaduce's actions "fell within the realm of self-defence."

Fairplay, a former wrestler whose real name is Jon Dalton, came in third on the 2003 CBS show "Survivor: Pearl Islands" but was roundly condemned by viewers for concocting a lie that his grandmother was dead to win sympathy from competitors.

Bonaduce, 48, the centre of the 2005 reality show "Breaking Bonaduce" that detailed his efforts to repair his marriage and recover from alcohol and other problems, most recently has been co-hosting Adam Carolla's radio show. He first became a star at age 10 on "The Partridge Family."