The Buddy System

For the Survivor: Redemption Island episode of the same name, see The Buddy System.

The Buddy System
Episode Information
Version	Australia
Season	Brains v Brawn II
Episode Number	14/24 (235)
Original Release	March 17, 2025
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Vengeance"
Next	"The Rat King"
Subpages

The Buddy System is the fourteenth episode of Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn II.

Story

“	A game changing advantage will be unleashed, and the consequences will ring out across the island.	”
—Episode Synopsis

Challenges

Immunity Challenge: Crocodile Rock
The castaways will hold down a bar. If they let go of the bar, a contraption is released, dropping a spool and eliminating them from the challenge. The last person with their spool left on their contraption wins.
Winner: Kaelan Lockhart

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 14: Malosi
Voted Against	Voter
Paulie (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	Kaelan, Karin, Kate, Kristin, Laura, Logan, Morgan, PD, Zara (votes not counted)
PD (3 votes)	AJ, Myles, Paulie
VOTED OUT: PD Dee

Voting Confessionals

Kate's confessional was shown. Kristin and Morgan were shown writing down Paulie's name. Kristin, Myles, and Paulie's confessionals were shown during PD's final words. Full voting confessionals were posted on the 10Play website.

Paulie “ (voting against PD) I'm so sorry, but this is what I have to do to start building trust. ” Kristin “ (voting against Paulie) Let's go with fourth time's the charm! ” PD “ (voting against Paulie) Not sure how this one's gonna go. ” Morgan “ (voting against Paulie) I really didn't want to do this, but I had to stay on the girls' side for a little bit longer. ” Kate “ (voting against Paulie) You're a fabulous person, but your gameplay is tragic. ” Zara “ (voting against Paulie) You told me you would never trust me if I voted for you, but then you voted for me first, so here's this one back at ya. ” Logan “ (voting against Paulie) Take two. ” Karin “ (voting against Paulie) Here's hoping this one sticks. ” Kaelan “ (voting against Paulie) Sorry to keep doing this to you, mate. ” Laura “ (voting against Paulie) I have to go off the opinions of my allies and those opinions are not great. ” Myles “ (voting against PD) Sorry PD, but I wanna find myself a new buddy, the snake and the rat. ” AJ “ (voting against PD) This is gonna be such a fun vote. I'm happy for you, Myles. ”

Final Words

	PD	“	I haven't had enough time to digest it, but that was a great Idol play from Myles. I'm disappointed I didn't get to continue in the game, but as a true fan of the game, uh, there's probably no better way to go out. I think my advice to my closest allies would be: underestimate Myles at your own peril.	”

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	AJ Malosi	Kaelan Malosi	Karin Malosi
Kate Malosi	Kristin Malosi	Laura Malosi	Logan Malosi	Morgan Malosi	Myles Malosi	Paulie Malosi	Zara Malosi

Trivia

Secret Scenes

• AJ Gets Lit: Too many cocktails make AJ a liability.
• Extended Tribal Council

Other

• This episode marks the first time in the franchise that the Knowledge is Power advantage was correctly played.
• With PD's elimination, Paulie is the last remaining male member of the original Brawn tribe.