Australian Survivor - Eighth Season

Previously on Australian Survivor...

..with her idol still in her pocket...

..Hayley continued to shake things up at the new Brawn tribe...

- I'm gonna need help to pull it off. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

..but Simon was holding on to his own secret.

Two hidden immunity idols.

I am unstoppable in this game.

At the immunity challenge...

Push it! Push it! Push it!

..Brawn couldn't be seen for dust...

Andrew wins immunity for Brawn!

..and Brains was off to yet another tribal.

Here we go again, team.

Back at camp, Rachel and Laura were sitting ducks

but they weren't cooked yet.

Ooh.

Rachel appealed to the politician in George.

We can go in there tonight

and we can turn this whole game that's happening here upside down.

But at tribal council...

The factions on this tribe haven't changed and somebody has to go.

..George stuck with the numbers...

Rachel, the tribe has spoken.

..and Laura was left out in the cold.

- Game on, moles! - Bye!

14 are left. Who will be going home tonight?

I think, last night, despite the lack of wind, was the coldest night.

Well, last night was the first night that my feet have been cold

in me boots.

Really?

Day 24!

Halfway! Yoo!

Tribal last night,

Rachel had her plan to bring George on side to blindside Emmett.

And George didn't want a bar of it.

So, Rachel, unfortunately, went home last night

and for me now that means that I am

the last one on the very bottom of this tribe,

waiting to get kicked out.

There's only six of us left, and five of them are in a very tight alliance.

Emmett, Gerald, Kez, Cara and George.

And then there's me, all by myself.

I'm gonna keep fighting.

I'm here, there's no point in wasting time,

so I want to see if I can find some cracks,

and that one crack could send you from the bottom straight to the top.

Should I go check on Laura?

If you want to, mate. Go for it.

Alright, I'm gonna go check on Laura.

The dynamic is quite simple.

In the Brains tribe it's clear that we have a big five plus Laura.

Oh, perfect timing.

Just on time.

I know where I stand in the pecking order.

Emmett's first, followed by Gerald and Kez,

then Cara, then George.

It suited me great working with these people

picking off the ex-Brains members.

But they're almost all picked off.

And if we lose two immunity challenges,

Laura will go, then I'd go.

I think this will be the only chance I'll get to talk to you.

Just talk here?

So I'm gonna focus on reaching out to Laura today.

Laura's been loyal to her people

and I hold no ill will with Laura

and I want her to know that.

So, Emmett thinks I've come to supervise you.

Really I need to have like a decent chat with you.

Yeah.

I'll be very quick

because they're gonna think we're gonna walk back soon.

It's you, then me.

I know we haven't been on the same side, maybe not yet.

- I don't rule out anything. - Yeah.

I have no ill will or bad blood with you.

- ..depending on what happens. - I'm down for that.

Exactly, which is why I wanted to pull you aside

whilst I'm supervising you on Emmett's instruction.

Alright, well, let's go.

So, let's just go. Good supervising done.

And...

George has flipped back and forth like a dead fish on the sand.

I don't trust him.

So, for me, I'll always be wary of George and what his intentions are.

Oh! Oh, dear.

All that hard work makes me gassy.

I need to find myself a hidden immunity idol fast.

Hey, check out this kangaroo down here.

Like, going down for a drink. It's fully on the rocks.

Oh, wow. Yeah, look at him.

He's a big boy.

To reach the halfway point is amazing

and I've worked my butt off to get there.

I can be a little bit reflective and look back

and be quite proud of what I have achieved

and where I sit at the moment.

I have two idols in my pocket.

I am a proven challenge beast.

I have an alliance of three,

which is probably the strongest alliance in this game at the moment

with myself, Dani and Chelsea,

combining with Hayley, Baden and Wai

to form a really strong six.

Flick's gonna be the obvious vote

and I feel like we'll be able to combine together

to get her out of here pretty quickly.

One, two, three, four. Slip, slip. Roll. Roll.

Yeah!

I've found myself as a leader and the alpha male within this tribe.

I have carried my team through almost every single challenge

that we have been in.

And I have stepped up to the plate

and I have delivered time and time again.

So, to now be here, have those idols in my pocket,

my claws of fire... and fury.

To have a good alliance...

Slip, slip, duck, duck. Rip, uppercut. Yes.

..it's a pretty good spot to be in.

I am feeling pretty untouchable.

One, two, three, four. Slip, slip, duck, duck.

- Uppercut. - Oi!

Yeah, that looks terrible.

Dani's not supposed to punch me in the guts.

Dani, Chelsea and I are really close.

- Water? I'll do a well run. - Yep.

There's a long way to this endgame.

These are my two tickets to half a million dollars

and I need these girls to help me get there.

So, I think now is the right time to bring Dani and Chelsea in

on my second idol.

Can I let you guys in on a secret?

I have two idols.

Interesting, hey?

- I need you by my side in the final three. - Yeah.

Yeah, I'd love for us to go final three.

Yeah.

But we're the only ones that know about your double idol.

- Yes, and that has to stay... - Yeah, yeah. 100%

- Ooh. Let's do this double. - Yep.

- We hold the power. - Yeah.

It's huge.

Oh, my God. Simon just made a huge mistake.

Having one idol was, you know,

yeah, that's OK, that's normal, we can deal with that.

Having two idols...

..he's now the biggest threat in the game.

He's got too much power, and if he does make it to merge,

he's got everything he needs to win this competition.

Can you do the one pec, two pec thing?

Getting there.

Simon clearly trusts me completely.

But, little does he know,

my whole game plan from the beginning

was to stick close to the alpha, right by his side as his 2IC.

So that when the crucial moment comes,

I'm close enough to swing the sword and take his head off.

And a crucial moment has come.

Bye-bye, Simon.

Come on in, guys!

Brawn getting your first look at the new Brain tribe.

Emmett, Laura.

Where's George? George.

- Yep. - George is there.

Rachel voted out at last night's tribal council.

Wow.

- Hello, hello. - Good morning.

Hello.

How was family therapy?

Fantastic.

Hayley, does Rachel being voted out give you any insight

as to what's going on over at Brains?

It looks like that the new Brain is voting off the old Brain one by one.

I hope that there's a mix-up soon

because that would be a pretty dull way to see the game play.

So, Dani, we're halfway through the game today.

If you could switch out rice for anything, what would it be?

I'm glad you asked.

Burgers, beers and chippies, please.

George, what would you like to see on the menu?

Everything that Dani said, plus sweets, desserts, cakes, doughnuts,

vanilla slices.

Anything you ask, Jonathan, I'm happy to receive.

Alright, you guys ready to get to today's reward challenge?

Yeah!

For today's challenge,

on my go,

you're gonna row out to collect rings from pontoons.

When you have all your rings, you'll make your way back to shore

and attempt to land them on a series of paddles.

First tribe to land all their rings and spell 'reward' wins reward.

Want to know what you're playing for?

Yes!

A trip to the Survivor...

..candy store.

Brownies.

Chock-full of treats for every sweet tooth.

Worth playing for?

Yes!

Definitely worth playing for. Can't wait.