Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn II | |
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Season 12 | |
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Presented by | Jonathan LaPaglia |
No. of days | 47 |
No. of castaways | 24 |
Winner | Myles Kuah |
Runner-up | Kaelan Lockhart |
Location | Upolu, Samoa |
No. of episodes | 24 |
Release | |
Original network | Network 10 |
Original release | 17 February – 14 April 2025 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | 29 July – 13 September 2024 |
Season chronology |
Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn II is the twelfth season of Australian Survivor , which premiered on Network 10 on 17 February 2025 and is based on the international reality competition franchise Survivor . In this season, twenty-four contestants were stranded in Samoa and divided into two tribes: "Brains" and "Brawn", similar to the format of the eighth season. Myles Kuah was named the winner of the season, defeating Kaelan Lockhart in a 7–1 vote.
On 17 May 2024, Daniel Monaghan, Paramount Australia and New Zealand's senior vice president of content and programming, confirmed that Australian Survivor would start filming the next season, with the theme Brains vs Brawn, in July. [1] [2] [3]
The 24 contestants are divided into two tribes based on their intellect or strength. The cast includes Logan Johannisen, the wife of Jason Johannisen, Olympian Morgan Mitchell and former Ambulance Australia paramedic Paulie Hlaihel. [4]
Contestant | Original tribe | Post-Swap tribe | Shuffled tribe | Post shuffled tribe | Merged tribe | Finish |
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Candice "Candy" Rule 26, Sydney, NSW | Brawn | 1st voted out Day 2 | ||||
Indy Saleh 45, Townsville, QLD | Brains | 2nd voted out Day 5 | ||||
Zen Heaton 21, Gold Coast, QLD | Brawn | Medically evacuated Day 7 | ||||
Kent Miller-Randle 53, Melbourne, VIC | Brains | 3rd voted out Day 7 | ||||
Nash Gendo 36, Sydney, NSW | Brawn | 4th voted out Day 9 | ||||
Ally Kettle 31, Goovigen, QLD | Brains | Brains | 5th voted out Day 14 | |||
Richard "Rich" Hughes 38, Melbourne, VIC | Brains | Brawn | Brawn | 6th voted out Day 16 | ||
Ursula Rose 35, Canberra, ACT | Brawn | Brawn | Brawn | 7th voted out Day 18 | ||
Max Wills 28, Gold Coast, QLD | Brains | Brains | Brains | 8th voted out Day 19 | ||
Laura Noonan 27, Melbourne, VIC | Brawn | Brawn | Brawn | 9th voted out Day 21 | ||
Ben Bylett 45, Mount Coolum, QLD | Brawn | Brawn | Brains | Brains | Left Day 25 | |
Jesse Noonan 33, Gold Coast, QLD | Brawn | Brawn | Brains | Brains | Malosi | 10th voted out Day 28 |
Paul "PD" Dee 49, Rockdale, NSW | Brawn | Brawn | Brains | Brains | 11th voted out Day 29 | |
Laura Darras 25, Melbourne, VIC | Brains | Brains | Brains | Brains | 12th voted out 1st jury member Day 31 | |
Paul "Paulie" Hlaihel 36, Sydney, NSW | Brawn | Brawn | Brawn | Brawn | 13th voted out 2nd jury member Day 35 | |
Karin Gunatilake 30, Melbourne, VIC | Brains | Brains | Brawn | Brawn | 14th voted out 3rd jury member Day 37 | |
Logan Johannisen 27, Melbourne, VIC | Brains | Brains | Brawn | Brawn | 15th voted out 4th jury member Day 39 | |
Kristin Alston 43, Sydney, NSW | Brawn | Brawn | Brawn | Brawn | 16th voted out 5th jury member Day 41 | |
Morgan Mitchell 29, Melbourne, VIC | Brawn | Brawn | Brains | Brains | 17th voted out [a] Day 43 | |
Kate Gloufchis 26, Melbourne, VIC | Brawn | Brawn | Brains | Brains | 18th voted out 6th jury member Day 44 | |
Zara Callianiotis 43, Brisbane, QLD | Brains | Brains | Brains | Brawn | 19th voted out 7th jury member Day 45 | |
Alexander "AJ" Antonios 35, Sydney, NSW | Brains | Brains | Brawn | Brawn | 20th voted out 8th jury member Day 46 | |
Kaelan Lockhart 27, Brisbane, QLD | Brains | Brains | Brawn | Brawn | Runner-up Day 47 | |
Myles Kuah 23, Sydney, NSW | Brains | Brains | Brains | Brains | Sole Survivor Day 47 | |
Twenty-four new contestants were divided into two tribes: "Brains", known for their intellect, and "Brawn", known for their strength.
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Timeline | Original release date | |
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247 | 1 | "Premiere" | Days 1–2 | 17 February 2025 | |
This season, 12 intelligent Brains take on 12 strong Brawn for an epic rematch of the initial Brains V Brawn eighth season. Both tribes began the game with their fires already lit at camp. However, they did not start with flint. The tribes immediately competed in their first reward challenge when they met.
Brawn win reward and return to camp to introduce themselves. Nash takes charge of getting the tribe to start constructing a shelter. Ben and Jesse initiate building while the others are mainly socializing. Nash immediately finds the first immunity idol of the season. He returns to camp flaunting his necklace for the whole tribe to see, immediately creating chatter and division around camp. At the Brains beach, begin introducing themselves and discuss how to move on from their loss at the first reward challenge. Laura, Logan, Zara, and Karin click and create the first alliance of the season, calling themselves "The Coven." Kent takes charge of building the shelter and creates tension amongst the rest of the Brains tribe. During the first night, he secretly throws Max's cowboy hat into the fire.
Brains win immunity. Nash is immediately targeted for his performance during the puzzle portion of the immunity challenge. Nash pulls in PD, Ursula, and Kristin to target Candy. A group forms to still target Nash even though he has his immunity idol. A plan is formed to split votes between Nash, Candy, and Ursula. At Tribal Council, Nash's immunity idol is the main point of discussion. Most players call it arrogant, pointless, and a dumb move on his part. Candy and Ursula voice reasons to keep them in the game for challenge strengths. Before the votes are read, Nash plays his hidden immunity idol for himself, negating three votes against him. Candy is blindsided 5–4 over Ursula, making her the first person voted out of the game. | |||||
248 | 2 | "The Praying Mantis" | Days 3–5 | 18 February 2025 | |
At the Brawn tribe, Nash starts feeling on the outs after the votes last night and investigates who voted for him. Zen lets him know he was one of the votes. At the Brains camp, Kent starts planting seeds that Myles is the biggest target and should be out first. Other tribe mates are still wary of Kent. Indy notices the women are close and suspects a girls' alliance has already formed without her. Kristen and Logan plan to pull in some guys for safety in numbers. Rich and Max take the bait but plan to use the women to further their game.
Brains win rewards. They choose the fishing gear over the large tuna fish. Aly and Karin attempt to get the guys to help finish building the shelter. The girls are growing tired of the men not pulling their weight at camp. They plan to target Rich first. Indy is a bit suspicious of her placement within the girls' alliance.
Brawn win immunity. Immediately when they get back to camp, Kent targets Myles. Suspecting all is good with his plan, he goes into the woods alone until tribal council. Indy voices she does not want to be just a number for the women but a contributor to the conversation. She goes to the boys to vote out Karin instead. The boys do not fully trust her and return to the woman with her plan. The coven does not think Indy is a trustworthy partner. This leaves the tribe unknown on who to vote out, Rich, Myles, or Indy. At Tribal Council, Kent spills that he burned Max's hat on night one. He planned to pin the burning on Myles. Indy comes under fire for spilling the Rich plan to the men. She stands her ground that the women were the ones who wanted Rich out. They all wanted a "women strong" game but are still unsure after Indy decides to fracture the plan. When the votes are read, Indy and Kent vote for Myles while the rest of the tribe vote for Indy. She becomes the second person voted out in a 10–2 vote. | |||||
249 | 3 | "Stoic" | Days 6–7 | 19 February 2025 | |
At the Brains camp, Max is hurt after Kent admitted to throwing his hat into the fire. The Coven host a meeting at the water well to talk about how to stay in the majority and whether to get rid of Kent or Rich next. AJ and Kaelen are beginning to pick up on the girls' alliance and have talks on how to keep them in the minority.
Brawn wins reward. Heading back to camp, Zen notices his fingers are a little sore from the challenge but is not too worried. At the reward, Paulie finds a map to an advantage printed on his napkin. He sneaks away from camp and finds a hidden immunity idol. Zen discovers his hand has swollen up since being back from the challenge and decides to get medical to check it out. Before the Immunity challenge begins, Zen returns to the mat and lets the tribes know of his condition. Because of the fracture being to the bone, Zen is medically pulled from the game.
Brawn wins immunity. Back at the Brains camp, Myles is still annoyed by how Kent acts towards him. The women want the tribe to pile votes onto Kent. AJ wants to blindside the women by pulling in people to vote for Logan as she has a major swing with a lot of tribe mates. When he chats with Ally, she gets the wrong read that he wants Rich out instead. This sends the rest of the women spiraling to get on the same page. When AJ lets Ally know Logan is his target, she immediately turns it down. When it gets back to Logan that AJ was targeting her, she wants tonight's vote to be AJ, instead of Kent. At Tribal Council, Logan voices that it is hard to see if some tribe mates are 100% with each other or have something else going on the side. Myles says he does not want to make any waves at the moment and that he was given a name and is just going with that. Kent still feels comfortable and questions if what he has been told is something he should trust. When the votes are read, Kent receives the most votes, becoming the third person voted out, 8–3. | |||||
250 | 4 | "Perplexed Dimension" | Days 8–9 | 23 February 2025 | |
251 | 5 | "Bomb Squad!" | Days 10–12 | 24 February 2025 | |
252 | 6 | "The Pest Problem" | Days 13–14 | 25 February 2025 | |
253 | 7 | "A Date with JLP" | Days 15–16 | 2 March 2025 | |
254 | 8 | "Maggot in the Rice" | Day 18 | 3 March 2025 | |
255 | 9 | "Hostages" | Day 19 | 4 March 2025 | |
256 | 10 | "The Vault" | Days 20–21 | 9 March 2025 | |
257 | 11 | "The Strong-Arm" | Days 22–23 | 10 March 2025 | |
258 | 12 | "Just What the Doctor Ordered" | Days 24–25 | 11 March 2025 | |
259 | 13 | "Vengeance" | Days 26–28 | 16 March 2025 | |
260 | 14 | "The Buddy System" | Day 29 | 17 March 2025 | |
261 | 15 | "The Rat King" | Days 30-31 | 18 March 2025 | |
262 | 16 | "Pickled" | Days 32-33 | 23 March 2025 | |
263 | 17 | "G-R-I-M" | Days 34-35 | 24 March 2025 | |
264 | 18 | "Operation: Shut Your Pie Hole" | Days 35-37 | 25 March 2025 | |
265 | 19 | "The Magic Number" | Days 38-39 | 30 March 2025 | |
266 | 20 | "The Reaper is Coming" | Days 40-41 | 31 March 2025 | |
267 | 21 | "House of Cards" | Days 42-43 | 6 April 2025 | |
268 | 22 | "Polarising the Outcome" | Day 44 | 7 April 2025 | |
269 | 23 | "Fired Up!" | Day 45 | 13 April 2025 | |
270 | 24 | "Go with your Heart" | Days 46-47 | 14 April 2025 |
Original Tribes | First Swap | Second Swap | Final Swap | |||||||||||||
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Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Day # | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | ||||
Eliminated | Candy | Indy | Zen | Kent | Nash | Rich [a] | Ally | Rich | Ursula | Max | Noonan | Zara [b] | Ben | |||
Votes | 5–4–0 [c] | 10–2 | Evacuated | 8–3 | 7–2–1 | 9–1 | 4–3 | 7–1–1 | 6–2 | 4–1–0 [d] | 2–0–0 [e] [f] | 4–2–2 | Left [g] | |||
Voter | Vote | |||||||||||||||
Myles | Indy | Kent | Rich | Ally | Kate | Zara | ||||||||||
Kaelan | Indy | Myles | Rich | Ally | Rich | Ursula | ||||||||||
AJ | Indy | Kent | Rich | Ally | Rich | Ursula | ||||||||||
Zara | Indy | Kent | Rich | Ally | Myles | |||||||||||
Kate | Candy | Nash | Max | Laura | ||||||||||||
Morgan | Candy | Nash | Max | Laura | ||||||||||||
Kristin | Candy | Nash | Rich | Noonan | Noonan | |||||||||||
Logan | Indy | Kent | Rich | Myles | Rich | Ursula | ||||||||||
Karin | Indy | Kent | Rich | Immune [h] | Rich | Ursula | ||||||||||
Paulie | Ursula | Nash | Rich | Ursula | Noonan | |||||||||||
Laura | Indy | Kent | Rich | Immune [h] | Myles | |||||||||||
PD | Nash | Zara | ||||||||||||||
Jesse | Ursula | Ursula | Max | Zara | ||||||||||||
Ben | Ursula | Nash | Max | Zara | ||||||||||||
Noonan | Ursula | Ursula | Rich | Ursula | ||||||||||||
Max | Indy | Kent | Rich | Myles | ||||||||||||
Ursula | Candy | Nash | Noonan | Noonan | ||||||||||||
Rich | Indy | Myles | Max | Logan | ||||||||||||
Ally | Indy | Kent | Rich | Myles | ||||||||||||
Nash | Candy | Morgan | ||||||||||||||
Kent | Myles | Myles | ||||||||||||||
Zen | ||||||||||||||||
Indy | Myles | |||||||||||||||
Candy |
Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Episode # | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||||||||
Day # | 28 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 41 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | ||||||||
Eliminated | Jesse | PD | Laura | Paulie [i] | Logan [j] | Kaelan, Kristin, & Myles [k] | Paulie | Karin | Tie [l] | Tie [m] | Logan | Kristin | Morgan | Kate | Zara | AJ | ||||
Votes | 6–5–2 | 3–0 [n] | 3–2–0 [o] | 4–3–3 | 5–3 | Rock Draw | 3–1–1–0 [p] | 5–3–1 | 4–4 | 3–3 | Consensus [q] | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–1–1–0 [r] | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||||
Voter | Vote | |||||||||||||||||||
Myles | Paulie | PD | Paulie | Logan | White Rock | Kristin | Karin | Logan | Logan | Logan | Kristin | Morgan | AJ | Zara | None [s] | |||||
Kaelan | Jesse | Laura | Logan | Logan | White Rock | Paulie | Karin | Logan | Logan | Logan | Kristin | Morgan | Zara | AJ | ||||||
AJ | Paulie | PD | Laura | Paulie | None [t] | Black Rock | Karin | Logan | Logan | Logan | Kristin | Morgan | Kate | Zara | None [s] | |||||
Zara | Jesse | Logan | Logan | Black Rock | Myles | Logan | None [u] | None [v] | Kristin | Morgan | Kate | AJ | ||||||||
Kate | Jesse | Paulie | Logan | Bounty Tribe | Zara | Zara | Zara | Logan | Myles | Myles | Kaelan | |||||||||
Morgan | Jesse | Logan | Logan | Bounty Tribe | Zara | Zara | Zara | Logan | Myles | Myles | ||||||||||
Kristin | Paulie | Paulie | AJ | White Rock | Paulie | Karin | Zara | Zara | Logan | Myles | ||||||||||
Logan | Jesse | AJ | AJ | None [t] | Barren Tribe | Paulie | Karin | Zara | None [u] | None [v] | ||||||||||
Karin | Jesse | AJ | AJ | Black Rock | Zara | |||||||||||||||
Paulie | Zara | PD | Laura | AJ | AJ | Barren Tribe | Logan | |||||||||||||
Laura | Paulie | AJ | ||||||||||||||||||
PD | Paulie | |||||||||||||||||||
Jesse | Zara |
Final vote | ||
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Episode # | 24 | |
Day # | 47 | |
Finalist | Myles | Kaelan |
Vote | 7–1 | |
Juror | Vote | |
AJ | Myles | |
Zara | Myles | |
Kate | Myles | |
Morgan | None [w] | |
Kristin | Kaelan | |
Logan | Myles | |
Karin | Myles | |
Paulie | Myles | |
Laura | Myles |
Notes
Wk | Episode | Airdate | Timeslot | Overnight | 7 Day Timeshift | Source | |||||
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Reach viewers | Total viewers | Rank | Reach viewers | Total viewers | Rank | ||||||
1 | 1 | "Premiere" | 17 February 2025 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,021,000 | 527,000 | 12 | 1,404,000 | 836,000 | 9 | [5] [6] |
2 | "The Praying Mantis" | 18 February 2025 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 962,000 | 512,000 | 12 | 1,326,000 | 798,000 | 9 | [7] [8] | |
3 | "Stoic" | 19 February 2025 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 993,000 | 486,000 | 14 | 1,291,000 | 776,000 | 10 | [9] [10] | |
2 | 4 | "Perplexed Dimension" | 23 February 2025 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 1,097,000 | 554,000 | 10 | 1,455,000 | 806,000 | 7 | [11] [12] |
5 | "Bomb Squad!" | 24 February 2025 | Monday 7:30 pm | 973,000 | 520,000 | 13 | 1,297,000 | 759,000 | 11 | [13] [14] | |
6 | "The Pest Problem" | 25 February 2025 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 1,025,000 | 525,000 | 12 | 1,342,000 | 774,000 | 7 | [15] [16] | |
3 | 7 | "A Date with JLP" | 2 March 2025 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 1,048,000 | 543,000 | 10 | 1,333,000 | 763,000 | 7 | [17] [18] |
8 | "Maggot in the Rice" | 3 March 2025 | Monday 7:30 pm | 910,000 | 559,000 | 17 | 1,172,000 | 770,000 | 13 | [19] [20] | |
9 | "Hostages" | 4 March 2025 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 979,000 | 505,000 | 13 | 1,290,000 | 737,000 | 10 | [21] [22] | |
4 | 10 | "The Vault" | 9 March 2025 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 1,011,000 | 555,000 | 13 | 1,307,000 | 767,000 | 9 | [23] [24] |
11 | "The Strong-Arm" | 10 March 2025 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,023,000 | 612,000 | 13 | 1,277,000 | 821,000 | 10 | [25] [26] | |
12 | "Just What the Doctor Ordered" | 11 March 2025 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 1,027,000 | 555,000 | 14 | 1,332,000 | 786,000 | 9 | [27] [28] | |
5 | 13 | "Vengeance" | 16 March 2025 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 1,223,000 | 600,000 | 14 | 1,461,000 | 814,000 | 8 | [29] [30] |
14 | "The Buddy System" | 17 March 2025 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,241,000 | 654,000 | 10 | 1,454,000 | 836,000 | 8 | [31] [32] | |
15 | "The Rat King" | 18 March 2025 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 1,107,000 | 568,000 | 13 | 1,396,000 | 780,000 | 8 | [33] [34] | |
6 | 16 | "Pickled" | 23 March 2025 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 1,022,000 | 601,000 | 11 | 1,333,000 | 815,000 | 6 | [35] [36] |
17 | "G-R-I-M" | 24 March 2025 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,233,000 | 658,000 | 11 | 1,499,000 | 853,000 | 7 | [37] [38] | |
18 | "Operation: Shut Your Pie Hole" | 25 March 2025 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 1,201,000 | 622,000 | 11 | 1,557,000 | 855,000 | 5 | [39] [40] | |
7 | 19 | "The Magic Number" | 30 March 2025 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 1,133,000 | 629,000 | 9 | 1,408,000 | 820,000 | 6 | [41] [42] |
20 | "The Reaper Is Coming" | 31 March 2025 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,109,000 | 630,000 | 12 | 1,302,000 | 824,000 | 9 | [43] [44] | |
8 | 21 | "House of Cards" | 6 April 2025 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 1,082,000 | 617,000 | 10 | 1,275,000 | 799,000 | 9 | [45] [46] |
22 | "Polarising The Outcome" | 7 April 2025 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,040,000 | 615,000 | 14 | 1,298,000 | 808,000 | 11 | [47] [48] | |
9 | 23 | "Fired Up!" | 13 April 2025 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 1,053,000 | 643,000 | 8 | 1,250,000 | 796,000 | 5 | [49] [50] |
24 | "Go With Your Heart" | 14 April 2025 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,368,000 | 764,000 | 6 | 1,551,000 | 932,000 | 5 | [51] [52] | |
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2025 | TV Week Logies | Best Competition Reality Program | Nominated | [53] |