Operation: Shut Your Pie Hole

Operation: Shut Your Pie Hole
Episode Information
Version	Australia
Season	Brains v Brawn II
Episode Number	18/24 (239)
Original Release	March 25, 2025
Episode Chronology
Previous	"G-R-I-M"
Next	"The Magic Number"
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Operation: Shut Your Pie Hole is the eighteenth episode of Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn II.

Story

“	Someone's feeling unstoppable but can they survive an explosive Tribal Council? Whose game will go up in flames?	”
—Episode Synopsis

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Domino Effect
The castaways will draw rocks to divide into four pairs. Each member of the pair will hold up a rope connected to an arc-shaped table, and both will simultaneously stack domino tiles along their own table. If at any point a block drops, they must bring it back to the beginning before resuming. Once all the tiles have been stacked, the pair will hitch their ropes, and one member will knock over the tiles. The first pair to knock over all of their tiles wins.
Reward: Spit roast with trimmings and red wine and cranberry juice
Winners: Blue Team (AJ Antonios and Kristin Alston) (shared with Kaelan Lockhart and Logan Johannisen)

Challenge: The Obstacle Course
This challenge is run in three continuous phases. In the first phase, the castaways will use a rope to help them walk on a barrel to reach the finish line. They will then place the barrel upright and attempt to land three sandbags on the barrel before moving on to one of five stations in the second phase. The last four players to do so are eliminated.

In the second phase, the castaways will toss a monkey's fist to the other end of a long balance beam, before using the rope to help them cross the beam. They will then race up and down an A-frame to reach one of three puzzle tables. The last two players to do so are eliminated.

In the final phase, the castaways will race to finish a jigsaw puzzle depicting the season logo. The first person to finish their puzzle wins.
Winner: Kaelan Lockhart

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 18: Malosi
Voted Against	Voter
Karin (5 votes)	AJ, Kaelan, Kristin, Logan, Myles
Zara (3 votes)	Karin, Kate, Morgan
Myles (1 vote)	Zara
VOTED OUT: Karin Gunatilake

Voting Confessionals

AJ, Karin, and Zara's confessionals were shown. Kristin and Myles' confessionals were shown during Karin's final words.

	AJ	“	(voting against Karin) This would've been such a fun blindside, but I guess these things get leaked.	”

	Zara	“	(voting against Myles) I'm just doing what my ride or die told me.	”

	Karin	“	(voting against Zara) I want to see what happens.	”

	Kristin	“	(voting against Karin) What happened?! This could've been a lot different.	”

	Myles	“	(voting against Karin) Karin, if you're going to swing at the Rat King, don't miss.	”

Final Words

	Karin	“	Look, I knew there was a blindside coming. I figured I'd do a big Hail Mary, blow everything up, see what would happen. Unfortunately, no-one... no-one took the bait. I want them to have fun, do something interesting, stop playing it so safe. I have my... bet on the Jungle Rat. I think he can snake his way through. I want to see someone that deserves to win win.	”

Still in the Running

Candy 24th	Indy 23rd	Zen 22nd	Kent 21st	Nash 20th	Ally 19th	Rich 18th	Ursula 17th
Max 16th	Noonan 15th	Ben 14th	Jesse 13th	PD 12th	Laura 11th	Paulie 10th	Karin 9th
AJ Malosi	Kaelan Malosi	Kate Malosi	Kristin Malosi	Logan Malosi	Morgan Malosi	Myles Malosi	Zara Malosi

Trivia

The Jury Villa

• The Jury Villa: Karin

Other

• After this episode, Kaelan is the only player left who has not received a vote.