Australian Survivor - Eighth Season

Previously on Australian Survivor:

when Dani, Flick, Gerald, Laura and Wai

won a visit to the Survivor Outback Pub...

Dani saw her chance to make another game-changing move.

If Emmett lost in individual community...

Have to vote him out.

And at the immunity challenge,

when Emmett couldn't manage four in a row...

Oh.

Andrew wins individual immunity.

..it was game on.

It's super important, Emmett has no idea

that this blindside is coming.

Back at camp

Gerald and Flick were staying loyal to Emmett.

And they had a plan of their own.

- Yeah. - I agree.

But George was ready to defect for good.

The Brawn are turning on each other.

I see an opportunity

to get the Brains to pick them off one by one.

I think we should vote for Gerald

because he won't have an idol played for him

and we take control either way.

Today's the day that the Brains take control.

At tribal council...

- Playing it for Emmett tonight. - Thanks, Flick.

..Flick played her idol unnecessarily.

Gerald. That's four votes Gerald.

And George and the Brains joined forces...

15th person voted out of this game and second member of our jury:

..with a blindside

Oh, my God.

..that blew the others away.

Nine are left. Who will be going home tonight?

Oh, pain, pain, so much pain.

Here you go.

Oh...

And that is the whale.

There you go.

- Did you invent that? - Yeah.

I've done it in a lot of nightclubs and been thrown out too.

- What's your dance move? Go on. - I don't have a dance move.

Yes, you do. The reverse duck one.

Now it's like a robot thing.

You've gotta do it better than that, with the hands.

My hamstrings are dead.

It's Day 34. The betrayal,

the backstabbing sabotage in this game.

I got totally outplayed by George.

Let me try like this.

George told the other side

that Flick was playing the idol for me and they all voted Gerald.

So Gerald went home.

So majority is George, Andrew,

Hayley, Laura and Wai.

And this is an official marker

that OG Brawn has crumbled to pieces.

You got me good, eh.

It's like he lied, staring straight into my eyes.

I'll never forget those little cockroachy eyeballs.

Now that I'm in a minority,

it's been a long time since I've been in this position.

There's only three OG Brawn left - myself Flick and Dani.

Flick and I tried to get rid of Dani.

So Dani is not happy with Flick and I.

Flick and myself are in a lot of trouble.

We've called a truce before, remember?

Last night, I was literally the person at the bus stop

that was chasing after the bus.

I had no idea. Just hailing.

Just like, "Don't leave me behind."

Turns out they were just like, "We got you.

"We'll come back round for you next time."

So, yeah, I'm happy to see Gerald gone.

Underdog.

It's got a ring to it.

I'm definitely the minority inside the minority,

which leaves me in a very vulnerable position.

Stop bad things from happening,

which is what I saw was about to happen.

Yes.

And you would have been the victim of treachery.

If I don't win the immunity necklace today,

I am guaranteed to be on the chopping block

next tribal council.

And, you know, if they're firing stray bullets everywhere,

one of them might actually hit.

Yeah.

After last night's tribal and voting for Dani

and her still being here in the game,

I'm realising it was probably a really dumb move.

My position in the tribe has always been Brawn strong,

and I've lost my way a bit by voting for Dani.

My integrity is really important to me,

and I have really relied on making genuine connections.

I pride myself on that.

I just... I love you, hey? I honestly do.

Except for the winning.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Final three, maybe.

- But honestly, I love you so much. - I love you, too.

I think this is one of the things that I struggle with the most

with this game.

You do things out here

that in the real world are usually considered bad,

like lying, cheating, manipulating.

And at the same time

you're also forging these relationships with people.

And it's really hard to distinguish

between what's the game and what's real.

I'll always love you, no matter what.

I could walk away with 500,000, I could walk away with nothing,

and I still know that I walk away with you.

Yes.

The more you get to know these people,

the more they become like your family.

I've sacrificed a lot to be here and I am here for my family.

I'm missing them a lot.

Knowing that I have my brothers, my dad

back home, all rooting for me...

..definitely gives me the strength to keep on going.

But I couldn't be prouder of where I am right now in the game.

And I know my mum would feel the same.

We got together as a family before I came here

and had to make all those hard decisions and...

For the last six years now,

my mum has been living with early-onset dementia.

She's in a home and is non-verbal.

My mum has been definitely one of my biggest inspirations.

Yeah, exactly.

That's what I thought, too.

Like, if we're going to be able to raise awareness about it

and especially even just dementia itself.

I'm out here doing this for my mum.

Hello, family.

A diagnosis like this puts everything into perspective,

- You're wonderful. - Thanks.

It makes you really realise what's important, which is family,

and to make every day count, every moment count

because nothing is guaranteed.

Hang in there, mate.

There's been so many points in this game

where I have been at breaking point,

but I know that my mum would have wanted me to stay.

And that's what I've drawn on as inspiration

to keep going in the game.

I know.

Whoo.

How are you feeling, Dani?

- Oh, I feel great. - Mmm.

I know the feeling. Trust me. So does Laura.

- Scrape it out. - So does Wai.

And Hayley of course, who's gone and come back.

When I got voted out, I burnt my bridges

with my original Brain alliance.

And so now I'm in this game

it's all about building up my trust.

Having come back from Redemption Rock, I'm trying to redeem myself.

So, last night I voted with George to get rid of Gerald,

but I never know if George is just going to turn on me tomorrow.

So, you've got to be careful with everything.

I don't attack people, but I'm happy to launch a very swift counterattack

if I see it happening.

And I did see it happening.

I like people like George who want to play big, bombastic games.

That's how I think that you should play Survivor.

- I'll be back in a second. - OK.

George loves this game and he wants to sit at the end

with this huge resume of these interesting things that he's done.

But I'm hoping that George is flying a bit too close to the sun right now

by exposing himself as this incredible game player,

because all of us can quite simply come together and vote him out.

Every step of the way now things can change the game.

This game is ramping up

because people can see the finish line is just ahead.

It's within their reach and they all want to be the person to win.

"Secret power in this game has been hiding in plain sight.

"The key to obtaining this power is hidden in camp.

"Find a double trunk tree in the clearing near the well,

"dig at its base and find what you need to unlock a power

"that can turn the tables in your favour."

Double trunk tree near the well.

Oh, my God.

"This is a key to an immunity idol hidden at tribal council.

"In the voting hut underneath the voting papers is a keyhole.

"Insert this key, an idol will pop up that can be played in secret."

"You can play for yourself or anyone else."

This key to the secret idol,

it's going to keep me safe.

Or I could play it for someone else, keep them safe,

and no-one will know it's because of me.

"To play correctly you must write the name of the person

"you'd like to use it on the back of the idol

"and place it in the voting urn."

With hidden immunity idols, you have to stand up and play it.

But this secret idol has no risk.

I can do it in secret.

"The power could shift the game in your favour

"and you could walk away with clean hands. Good luck." Yes.