Kate Gloufchis

Kate Gloufchis is a contestant from Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn II.

Laying low at the early stages, Kate's ability to integrate in the good graces of the Brawn tribe placed her in a solid position, and formed an unbreakable bond with her main ally Morgan Mitchell. After placing a successful hit on her biggest threat in Jesse Noonan at the merge in an attempt to connect with other potential allies, she eventually found herself at the mercy of the Brains majority as the last remaining Brawn and was voted off in a surprising flip by Zara Callianiotis, who deemed Kate as her primary threat at the remaining Immunity Challenges.

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Kate (Brawn)

Dancer/DJ

Melbourne based DJ and dancer, Kate is bubbly, bright and that's exactly how she wants people to see her.

Wearing one of her dancer style outfits for Survivor might confuse her fellow tribemates but she knows what she's doing. Kate says, "Look at what I'm wearing on the first day – it's rhinestone and denim. My whole outfit is just to look like a girly girl. I think they are gonna get the wrong perception, I think they're not gonna think that I'm here for the right reasons which is totally fine with me.

"I do like people to see me as my Instagram self, rather than my real self. Because then they're just going to go, oh, she's not a threat, we'll keep her in for now. And then I'm just going to be like, boom! I am here to push myself and see how far I can get."

She admits she will play an emotional game but hopes they won't see it as a weakness and know it's her passion that is driving her.

Pushing herself is something Kate knows a lot about as she suffers from OCD which can be mentally draining and physically demanding.

Kate says, "My OCD is something that really, really causes a bit of hardship on my life. I find that it really challenges me. So I know what it's like to feel challenged mentally, but also physically. I'm constantly walking in and out of doors, sitting up and down on my bed.

"My perception of Brawn is my mental strength. It sometimes takes me 10 goes to pick up a drink or sitting down on my bed can sometimes take me a whole hour. But I push through, and I won't let it stop me."^[1]

Australian Survivor[]

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Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Brawn	(No title)	Reward	No	Won
1		Serpent Turf	Immunity	No	Lost
2		Floating Puzzle	Reward	No	Lost
2		Get Barreled	Immunity	No	Won
3		In the Trenches	Reward	No	Won
3		Losing Face	Immunity	No	Won
4		Holy Hell	Reward	No	Lost
4		Footbrawl	Immunity	No	Lost
5		Mud Slinging	Reward	No	Won
5		Fire Starter	Immunity	No	Won
6		Sumo at Sea	Reward	Yes	Won
6		(No title)	Immunity	No	Won
Switched Tribes, Day 15
7	Brains	Box Your Mind	Reward	No	Lost
7		(No title)	Immunity	No	Won
8		Cling Ons	Immunity	No	Won
9		Matt Finish	Immunity	Yes	Lost
10		Idol Hands	Reward	No	Won
10		(No title)	Immunity	No	Won
11		Shower Caddies	Immunity	Yes	Lost
12		Slip, Slop, Slap	Reward	No	Won
12		Discy Business	Immunity	No	Won
Tribes Merged, Day 26
13	Malosi	Vampire Bats	Reward		Won
13		Roller Ball	Immunity		Lost
14		Crocodile Rock	Immunity		Lost
15		Game of Throw-Ins	Reward		Won
15		Last Gasp	Immunity		Lost
16		Survivor Auction
16		A Leg Up	Immunity		Won
17		Get a Grip	Immunity		Won
18		Domino Effect	Reward	No	Lost
18		The Obstacle Course	Immunity		Lost
19		Sea Legs	Reward		Lost
19		Sacrificial Lamb	Immunity		Lost
20		Hanging by a Thread	Immunity		Lost
21		(No title)	Immunity		Lost
21		Teeter Tower	Immunity		Won
22		On Shaky Ground	Immunity		Lost
Voted Out, Day 44

Episode	Kate's Votes	Voted Against Kate
1	Candy	-
2	Brawn Tribe Immune
3	Brawn Tribe Immune
4	Nash	-
5	Brawn Tribe Immune
6	Brawn Tribe Immune
7	Brains Tribe Immune
8	Brains Tribe Immune
9	Max	Myles
10	Brains Tribe Immune
11	Mock Vote¹
12	Brains Tribe Immune
13	Jesse	-
14	~~Paulie~~²	-
15	~~Logan~~³	-
16	No Elimination⁴
17	~~Myles~~⁵	Individual Immunity
18	Zara	-
19	Zara; Zara; Logan⁶	-
20	Myles	-
21	Myles	Individual Immunity
22	Kaelan	AJ, Zara
Voted Out, Day 44
Voted for Sole Survivor	Myles

^1 In "The Strong-Arm", the Brains were subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the player they voted out was switched to the other tribe.
^2 In "The Buddy System", Myles used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Paulie, negating Kate's vote against him.
^3 In "The Rat King", Logan used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Kate's vote against her.
^4 In "Pickled", instead of voting a castaway out of the game, the Malosi tribe voted to send two castaways to Barren. Kate had won individual immunity and could not be voted to be sent to Barren.
^5 In "G-R-I-M", Myles used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Kate's vote against him.
^6 In "The Magic Number", the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Logan and Zara, forcing a revote. Nobody changed their vote on the revote, forcing a unanimous decision tiebreaker. Kate changed her vote to Logan on the tiebreaker.

Post-Survivor[]

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Trivia[]

Kate is the highest-placing member of the original Brawn tribe.
According to Kate's post-game interviews, the main reason she decided to apply in Australian Survivor is to raise awareness on obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD, a condition she has been struggling with. This was also something she openly discussed about with her fellow contestants during the game.^[2]