Aubry Bracco/Kaôh Rōng

Aubry Bracco is a contestant from Survivor: Kaôh Rōng.

Starting the game as an outsider on the Chan Loh tribe, Aubry managed to emerge from her shell to become a major strategic player, despite losing close allies Neal Gottlieb and Joe del Campo to medical evacuations. Once the tribes merged, she worked with close ally Cydney Gillon to found the dominating alliance of the season. She eventually pulled in and formed a close relationship with Tai Trang, convincing him to flip on his allies, which helped to give her a spot in the Final Tribal Council. However, her social game proved to be lacking to her competitor, Michele Fitzgerald's, and cost her the victory in the end.

Profile[]

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Name (Age): Aubry Bracco (29)
Tribe Designation: Brains
Current Residence: Cambridge, Mass.
Occupation: Social Media Marketer
Personal Claim to Fame: My name (it means "leader of the elves") and the way I pursued my education with my own style. I convinced my advisors at Brown University to let me write a children's book about a manatee instead of a 50-page thesis and went on to graduate with honors.
Inspiration in Life: My grandmother, Madeline. She dealt with a crazy Brooklyn Italian family and was a hard worker. She was the first Woman of the Year at the New York Daily News and never let anything get her down (she once went back to work the day after a major car accident). She also had a wacky personality—as kids she told us she didn't eat chicken because "their legs were too close to their butts."
Hobbies: Crayon art, running, meeting locals in new places and astrology.
Pet Peeves: People who are not self-aware, don't know how to listen actively or give fake compliments. Close second: scented things covering bad smells.
3 Words to Describe You: Beguiling, intuitive and relentless.
If You Could Have 3 Things on the Island What Would They Be and Why? 1. Crayons – (preferably a 64-pack with built-in sharpener) to hold an art therapy session to calm everyone down. Plus, they smell good. 2. Camera – to document the adventure. 3. Astrology books – I want to know who I'm dealing with and what motivates people.
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: Love child of Sophie and Cochran. Hair of Shambo.
Reason for Being on Survivor: I love Survivor. Since I was 15, I've watched. As complicated as the game is, there's something so simple, authentic and raw. I have deep respect for the timelessness and evolution of the game.
Why You Think You'll "Survive" Survivor: I'm a hard worker who never gives up, and I'd entertain people by pulling a Greg Buis and being a weirdo. People would think I was doing this to be funny and pass time, but I'd actually be extracting key details. After living in Salem, MA during several Halloweens, I've learned to embrace my quirkiness and work with outlandish personalities.
Why You Think You Will Be the Sole Survivor: I'm an expert listener and a journalist at heart so I'm inherently observant and social. I look for the most genuine and self-aware person in the room so I can connect with them, and I'm on the prowl for the most fake person in the room so I know what I'm dealing with. I want to prove to myself that I have what it takes to manage personalities under pressure with $1,000,000 on the line.^[1]

Survivor[]

Assigned to the Chan Loh "Brains" tribe, Aubry was initially overwhelmed by the experience and considered quitting the game. But after some words of encouragement from her tribe, Aubry proved to be a dominant force, winning the first Immunity Challenge for her tribe. She did not attend Tribal Council until Day 9 after Chan Loh narrowly lost the third Immunity Challenge.

At that point, she found that her former allies, Liz Markham and Peter Baggenstos, had been plotting against her and Neal Gottlieb. Debbie Wanner took advantage of the situation and leaked the information to Aubry. Aubry and Neal decided to join up with Debbie and Joe del Campo in executing a split vote plan to blindside either of the deceitful duo. When it came time to decide which of the two to target first, Aubry was more worried about Peter long term, though he was stronger in challenges than Liz. At Tribal Council, Aubry made the right decision to join with her new allies. Even though Liz and Peter had cast their votes against her, Debbie, Joe, and Neal saved her by blindsiding Liz to leave Peter on the bottom of the tribe. Chan Loh won the next Immunity Challenge and remaining in tact with five members until the swap.

On Day 12, the tribes switched. Aubry was separated from most of her allies and was placed on the new Gondol tribe with Joe and nonaligned Peter. The three Brains decided to put their past conflict aside in order to blindside Anna Khait at Gondol's first Tribal Council so as to prevent the Beauties from gaining a numbers advantage due to Julia joining the tribe that would lose the next challenge. Gondol won the next Reward Challenge but lost the Immunity Challenge due to Peter's poor stacking strategy.

The Gondol Alliance approached Aubry for her vote by throwing Peter under the bus. Aubry contemplated flipping, but her ally Joe was adamant about sticking to tribal lines despite having been targeted by Peter and Aubry found herself as the swing vote between Julia Sokolowski and Peter. At Tribal Council, she initially wrote Julia's name down, but infamously struck it out, ultimately changing her vote to Peter. This not only created tension between her and Joe but also between her and the Gondol Alliance, which she had just helped. Scot Pollard found her to be overly fickle and vowed to get either of the surviving Brains out at Gondol's next possible opportunity. Fortunately for Aubry, the tribes merged into the Dara tribe the very next day, allowing her to be reunited with allies Neal and Debbie.

However, Debbie utilized strong-arm tactics in order to get the Beauties to vote with the Brains, and this alienated the entire group of Brains. The Beauties decided to gang up with the Brawns and set their eyes on Aubry and Neal. Aubry failed to win immunity, and she prepared for the worst. However, Neal was evacuated due to a knee infection. Despite being saved for that vote, Aubry was devastated that her main ally in the game had been taken away from her and that he had departed without passing on his Hidden Immunity Idol to her.

The remaining Brains trio seemed to be facing insurmountable odds. To make matters worse, Aubry's team lost the following Reward Challenge, which served to cripple her morale even more. She recouped, however, and was thankful for the miracle which came when Cydney Gillon grew paranoid of her own alliance. Cydney decided to form a women's alliance, and the Brains were given a new lease on life. At Dara's first Tribal Council, Nick Maiorano was shocked by his blindside, which left the remaining men other than Joe surprised and Scot and Jason in particular looking for revenge. The turn of events opened a rift between the women and the men of the tribe. Aubry was shocked when Julia showed openness to the prospect of flipping to the less likable group of men, who had burned their bridges with their antics. Aubry led a charge against her, but her plan was thwarted by Julia's immunity win. She saw that Debbie was feeding information to the double agent, and shifted the target to her (though needing her then target Julia's help), resulting in yet another blindside.

Aubry later formed a close relationship with Tai Trang and was able to convince him to abandon his alliance by pointing out the lack in personality similarities between the easy going and likeable Tai compared to the tougher exteriors in Scot and Jason. Aubry's connection with Tai immediately paid off by withholding his Hidden Immunity Idol, blindsiding Jason and Scot when the latter looked to Tai for protection. Not only did this prevent Aubry from being voted out due to the Super Idol, but this also allowed Aubry's alliance to take Julia and Jason out in the next two Tribal Councils.

At the final five, Aubry ostracized Michele Fitzgerald when she picked long-time ally Cydney for the reward - a trip to a spa - which Joe had won. While the three enjoyed their reward, Joe gorged excessively on the meats. This came back to haunt him when he was ailed by an issue with his urinary tract. Aubry faced déjà vu when Joe was pulled from the game, losing yet another close ally to an untimely evacuation, and making her friendship with Tai that much more vital to surviving the next vote should she not win immunity.

Aubry won the final four Reward Challenge and opted to take Cydney with her on the reward. Michele and Tai plotted against them while they enjoyed their meal. Aubry and Cydney decided to dispose of Michele - a major jury threat - with Tai's help. However, when Michele won immunity, they had to turn on each other. Michele and Cydney were in agreement that Aubry was the bigger threat than Tai. However, Aubry secured Tai's support, and he was able to force a tie. Aubry and Cydney competed in a fire-making tiebreaker, and a victorious Aubry emotionally eliminated Cydney. However, she was glad to find herself in the Final Three.

Michele won the final Reward Challenge, which gave her the right to deny a juror of his or her voting rights. Aubry campaigned for Scot's ouster in order to keep her two guaranteed votes - Neal and Joe - on the jury box. Ultimately, Michele decided to remove Neal, who she found to be an eloquent and avid supporter of Aubry.

Aubry entered Final Tribal Council as a major strategist of the season. However, the jurors deemed Aubry's social connections with them to be severely lacking in comparison to Michele's. Scot openly advocated for Michele citing that Aubry's game became less impressive near the end while Michele finished strong. Aubry earned Joe and Nick's jury votes but lost to Michele in a 5-2-0 final vote.

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Chan Loh	Wooden Ships	Reward/Immunity	No	1st
2		Dragging the River	Reward/Immunity	No	2nd
3		Rice Race	Reward/Immunity	Yes	Lost
4		Dig It	Reward	No	1st
4		Snake, Rattle & Roll	Immunity	No	1st
Switched Tribes, Day 12
5	Gondol	New School	Immunity	No	Lost
6		Baba Buoys	Reward	No	Won
6		Get Over It	Immunity	No	Lost
Tribes Merged, Day 17
7	Dara	Roller Ball	Immunity		Lost
8		United We Stand	Reward		Lost
8		Uncomfortably Numb	Immunity		Lost
9		Knot Your Fault	Reward	No	Lost
9		Backed Up	Immunity		Lost
10		Free Will	Reward		Lost
10		This Much	Immunity		Lost
11		The Hook	Reward		Invited
11		Running the Numbers	Immunity		Lost
12		Weight and Sea	Reward		Lost
12		Got a Hunch	Immunity		Lost
13		5x5	Reward		Invited
14		Home Stretch	Reward		Won
		Gimme Three Steps	Immunity		Lost
		Stacked Up	Reward		Lost
Runner-Up, Day 39
Notes: ^1 The Dara tribe divided themselves into two teams of four, with Joe sitting out of the challenge. However, if he guessed the winning team correctly, he would win reward as well. Joe guessed incorrectly.

Episode	Aubry's Votes	Voted Against Aubry
1	Chan Loh Tribe Immune
2	Chan Loh Tribe Immune
3	Peter; Ineligible	Liz, Peter; -¹
4	Chan Loh Tribe Immune
5	Anna	-
6	Peter	-
7	No Tribal Council
8	Nick	Jason, Scot
9	Debbie	-
10	Scot	Jason, Scot
11	Julia	-
12	Jason	-
13	No Tribal Council
14	Cydney	Cydney, Michele²
Jury Votes for Aubry	Joe, Nick
Runner-Up, Day 39

^1 In "The Circle of Life", the vote ended with a 2-2-2 tie between Aubry, Liz, and Peter, forcing a revote. On the revote, Aubry did not receive any votes to be eliminated.
^2 In "Not Going Down Without a Fight", the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Aubry and Cydney, forcing a fire-making tiebreaker. Aubry won the tiebreaker and remained in the game.

Trivia[]

Every time Aubry had her name written down at Tribal Council in Kaôh Rōng, she received two votes. This includes the Final Tribal Council.
Aubry and Alecia Holden tied for the most votes cast against them in Kaôh Rōng, with 8 each.
Aubry is the first "Brain" in a Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty season to reach the Final Tribal Council.