Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn Episode 9

Episode 9
Episode Information
Version	Australia
Season	Brains v Brawn (2021)
Episode Number	9/24 (135)
Original Release	August 3, 2021
Episode Chronology
Previous	Episode 8
Next	Episode 10
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This is the ninth episode of Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn (2021).

Challenges

Reward/Immunity Challenge: A Quick Affair
The tribes will race over a high-step obstacle and get over an A-frame. Then, tribe members will pair up to cross a balance beam. Working in pairs, they will toss a rope, attempting to latch a ring onto a hook before pulling down a gate. Then, while one member of the pair pulls on a lever to tauten a tightrope, their partner will cross the rope to a final station, where each player will attempt to land two sandbags on their respective table. The first two members of each tribe to land their sandbags win.
Reward: A trip to Kimi's Oasis, where the winners will enjoy champagne and a luxurious spread of food
Additional Stipulation: After each tribe has voted one person out, the four challenge winners will have to unanimously decide on which of the two voted-out contestants to eliminate from the game. If they cannot come to a consensus, the two contestants will compete in a fire-making challenge to decide who stays in the game.
Winners (in order of finish): Andrew Ucles, Wai Chim, Emmett Pugh, and Rachel Downie

Tribal Council

• Brains
• Brawn
• Consensus

Tribal Council 9: Brains
Voted Against	Voter (Georgia ineligible to vote)
Laura (5 votes)	Cara, Emmett, George, Gerald, Kez
Cara (2 votes)	Laura, Rachel
VOTED OUT: Laura Wells

Tribal Council 9: Brawn
Voted Against	Voter
Shannon (6 votes)	Andrew, Chelsea, Dani, Hayley, Simon, Wai
Chelsea (2 votes)	Flick, Shannon
Flick (1 vote)	Baden
VOTED OUT: Shannon Lawson

Consensus (only Andrew, Emmett, Rachel, & Wai voting)
Voted Against	Voter
Shannon (4 votes)	Andrew, Emmett, Rachel, Wai
Laura (0 votes)	None
VOTED OUT: Shannon Lawson

Voting Confessionals

• Brains
• Brawn

Rachel was shown writing down Cara's name.

	Laura	“	(voting against Cara) Tonight I'm voting for Cara and hopefully I'm with the majority of the new Brains tribe.	”

	Cara	“	(voting against Laura) You're a very formidable opponent, but yesterday's Plan B is today's Plan A.	”

Dani and Wai's confessionals were aired during Shannon's final words.

	Simon	“	(voting against Shannon) Shannon, you're a smart girl, but I can't believe you tried to sell me a plan which involved flushing my own idol.	”

	Wai	“	(voting against Shannon) It's been really wonderful getting to know you these past few couple days, um, this is just to keep my all-Brains strong.	”

	Dani	“	(voting against Shannon) Tonight I'm voting for Shannon. You think you're the Queen of this game and that I'm some silly little pawn. Guess what, checkmate.	”

	Shannon	“	(voting against Chelsea) Sadly tonight I'm putting your name in the urn, because you're too close to Simon, and my end-goal is to get Simon out before I go home.	”

Final Words

	Shannon	“	I went in there playing a game that I wanted to play and it bit me in the arse, but it was my dream come true. I went in overly confident with a plan, hoping that you know, forming new alliances with the Brains was going to work in my favor and Simon saw right through it. If I could've got Simon, that would've been me winning Survivor.	”

Still in the Running

Phil 24th	Janelle 23rd	Gavin 22nd	Benny 21st	Mitch 20th	Joey 19th	Daini 18th	Shannon 17th
Andrew Brawn	Baden Brawn	Cara Brains	Chelsea Brawn	Dani Brawn	Emmett Brains	Flick Brawn	George Brains
Georgia Brains	Gerald Brains	Hayley Brawn	Kez Brains	Laura Brains	Rachel Brains	Simon Brawn	Wai Brawn

Trivia

Other

• This is the first episode since episode 2 where no new Hidden Immunity Idols were found.
• Baden's vote for Flick was not revealed during the episode.