Australian Survivor: All Stars Episode 8

Episode 8
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	All Stars
Episode Number	8/24 (110)
Original Release	February 18, 2020
Episode Chronology
Previous	Episode 7
Next	Episode 9
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This is the eighth episode of Australian Survivor: All Stars.

Story

At the Immunity Challenge, it was revealed that both tribes would be going to Tribal Council, and each tribe playing for individual immunity. During the challenge, Moana made a pitch to David to work together when they both made the merge, telling him she could be his Luke Toki, and that no one would suspect it. Brooke and Jacqui both won.

At Vakama, Shonee hoped to continue her plan of revenge by taking out Lydia. The majority alliance intended to split the votes on Lydia and John. Unwilling to go down without a fight, Lydia pitched a blindside on Mat, who had a Hidden Immunity Idol with him. Appealing to the egos of AK and Harry, Lydia told her them that voting her out was too lazy for an All Stars season. Lydia also relied on misinformation, telling Locky and Brooke that Mat had been throwing his name out.

Meanwhile at Mokuta, several voting blocks emerged. An early pitch by Nick was to take out Moana. Looking to take out the original snake, David told Moana to vote for Nick, sure he had the numbers for a blindside. But looking to make a move of her own, Moana looked to her tribe to blindside Phoebe, so she could weaken David.

At Tribal Council, host Jonathan revealed one final twist: the two contestants voted off their tribe would receive one final lifeline. They would duel in a fire-making challenge, with the winner returning to their tribe. Vakama sent Lydia into fire over John in a 5-4 vote. Meanwhile Mokuta's votes saw Phoebe eliminated over Nick and Moana in a 4-3-2. During the challenge, Phoebe was able to catch a blaze much faster than Lydia who never caught a spark, returning her into the game and sending Lydia to get her torch snuffed, making her the first returning player in Australian Survivor history to never make it to the jury phase of the game.

Challenges

Immunity Challenge: This Much
Winners: Brooke Jowett and Jacqui Patterson

Tribal Council

Vakama

Tribal Council 8: Vakama
Voted Against	Voter
Lydia (5 votes)	AK, Harry, John, Locky, Mat
John (4 votes)	Brooke, Flick, Lydia, Shonee
VOTED OUT: Lydia Lassila (sent to Fire-Making Challenge)

Voting Confessionals

	Mat	“	(voting against Lydia) Good luck in the fire challenge, Lydia. I reckon you'll win it.	”

Mokuta

Tribal Council 9: Mokuta
Voted Against	Voter
Phoebe (4 votes)	Jacqui, Lee, Moana, Sharn
Nick (3 votes)	David, Tarzan, Zach
Moana (2 votes)	Nick, Phoebe
VOTED OUT: Phoebe Timmins (sent to Fire-Making Challenge)

Voting Confessionals

	Phoebe	“	(voting against Moana) I really hope it's you tonight.	”

	David	“	(voting against Nick) Nick, man, you paved the way for all future snakes in this game. For that, I salute you. Good luck in the fire-making challenge.	”

Fire-Making Challenge

Fire-Making Challenge: Lydia vs. Phoebe
Participant	Result
Lydia	Lost
Phoebe	Won
Returns to Game: Phoebe Timmins
ELIMINATED: Lydia Lassila

Final Words

	Lydia	“	Survivor: All-Stars is-is definitely the Olympics of Survivor. But at least I did not get blindsided this time, I knew the votes were coming my way. It would have been nice to pay back a blindside to the Godfather, but that wasn't gonna happen when he is sitting nice and cushy on his idol. There's so many deserving people that could win the title. It's anyone's game at this point. I was hoping to go out in a blaze of glory instead of falling flat on my butt.	”

Still in the Running

Shane 24th	Jericho 23rd	Daisy 22nd	Michelle 21st	Henry 20th	Abbey 19th	Lydia 18th	AK Vakama
Brooke Vakama	David Mokuta	Flick Vakama	Harry Vakama	Jacqui Mokuta	John Vakama	Lee Mokuta	Locky Vakama
Mat Vakama	Moana Mokuta	Nick Mokuta	Phoebe Mokuta	Sharn Mokuta	Shonee Vakama	Tarzan Mokuta	Zach Mokuta

Trivia

Other

• With 18 contestants in attendance, this episode's Double Tribal Council marks the greatest number of players present at the same Tribal Council.
• Lydia's elimination makes her the first returning player to never reach the jury phase of the game.
  • Coincidentally, Phoebe, the other person voted out in this episode, would become the second returning player with that distinction.