Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn Episode 17

Episode 17
Episode Information
Version	Australia
Season	Brains v Brawn (2021)
Episode Number	17/24 (143)
Original Release	August 23, 2021
Episode Chronology
Previous	Episode 16
Next	Episode 18
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This is the seventeenth episode of Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn (2021).

Challenges

Reward/Immunity Challenge: TBA
The contestants will run up a hill and collect a bundle of puzzle pieces, which they will race back down and leave at their puzzle station before running back up. Once they have collected all four bundles of puzzle pieces, they will match each puzzle piece to each space on their vertical puzzle board such that the holes in the puzzle pieces fit the pegs on their board. The first five contestants to complete their puzzle win.
Reward: The first-place finisher will win an Extra Vote at the next Tribal Council.
Winners (in order of finish): Andrew Ucles, Hayley Leake, Emmett Pugh, Flick Palmateer, and George Mladenov

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 17: Fire
Voted Against	Voter (Andrew used Extra Vote advantage)
Cara (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	Andrew (x2), Dani, Emmett, Flick, George, Hayley, Laura, Wai (votes not counted)
Laura (1 vote)	Cara
VOTED OUT: Laura Wells

Voting Confessionals

Laura was shown writing down Cara's name. Andrew was shown writing down a "K". George was shown writing down Cara's name on the parchment and on the Hidden Immunity Idol; part of his confessional was aired during Laura's final words, while the other was shown in the next episode.

	George	“	(voting against Cara) You've looked after me and what goes around comes around. You'll survive one more vote.	”

Final Words

	Laura	“	Bloody Cara, she really is the phoenix that keeps on rising. I don't think she was seeing that coming tonight, but my name was the only other one on that card tonight and here I am, I'm going.	”

Still in the Running

Phil 24th	Janelle 23rd	Gavin 22nd	Benny 21st	Mitch 20th	Joey 19th	Daini 18th	Shannon 17th
Georgia 16th	Rachel 15th	Simon 14th	Kez 13th	Chelsea 12th	Baden 11th	Gerald 10th	Laura 9th
Andrew Fire	Cara Fire	Dani Fire	Emmett Fire	Flick Fire	George Fire	Hayley Fire	Wai Fire

Trivia

The Jury Villa

• The Jury Villa: Laura

Behind the Scenes

• According to Talking Tribal host Shannon Guss, Andrew received an extra vote for finishing first in the Immunity Challenge. Because his vote did not affect the outcome of the vote, this was not mentioned in the episode.

Other

• The episode was dedicated to Flick's mother Pauline Burggraaf, who passed away during the filming of the episode.
• This episode's Immunity Challenge was later reused in "A Steady Ship" in Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts.