The Rat King

The Rat King
Episode Information
Version	Australia
Season	Brains v Brawn II
Episode Number	15/24 (236)
Original Release	March 18, 2025
Episode Chronology
Previous	"The Buddy System"
Next	"Pickled"
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The Rat King is the fifteenth episode of Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn II.

Story

“	It's all-out War! An old partnership is reformed, but all is not as it seems.	”
—Episode Synopsis

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Game of Throw-Ins
Each team will divide into pairs and be tethered together. One pair from each team will race across a shallow pool to retrieve their team-colored ball. They will then run back into their start zone and shoot the ball into a basket. If they miss, the ball will bounce away from the shooters, forcing them to chase after the ball. The first team to score four points wins.
Reward: American feast with all-you-can-eat burgers and milkshakes
Winner: Blue Team (AJ Antonios, Karin Gunatilake, Kate Gloufchis, Kristin Alston, Myles Kuah, and Paulie Michael)

Challenge: Last Gasp
The castaways must swim under a steel grate and keep their head above water. As the tide rises, they will run out of breathing room. If the fear of drowning becomes too much, they can bail out. The last person still under the grate wins the challenge.
Winner: Kaelan Lockhart

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 15: Malosi
Voted Against	Voter
Logan (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	Karin, Kate, Kristin, Morgan, Myles, Zara (votes not counted)
Laura (3 votes)	AJ, Kaelan, Paulie
AJ (2 votes)	Laura, Logan
VOTED OUT: Laura Darras

Voting Confessionals

Myles, Logan, and Karin's confessionals were shown. Karin's vote was not shown during her confessional. Kristin's confessional was shown during Laura's final words. Full voting confessionals were posted on the 10Play website.

Myles “ (voting against Logan) At the start of the game, you wanted to vote me out, because you thought I was a threat and you were scared of me. Well, you were right to be scared. ” AJ “ (voting against Laura) Let's hope I'm on the right side of the numbers. I don't mind if you go home or Logan. ” Paulie “ (voting against Laura) I need to start building up trust with my new alliance. Your time is up. Sorry, babes. ” Kate “ (voting against Logan) I'm voting for Logan. Love the girl, but I need to get Laura back. ” Morgan “ (voting against Logan) Just over your fake alliances and all your lies, I'm sorry. ” Kaelan “ (voting against Laura) Laura, you floated around between alliances, like myself, but you also paired that with aggressive gameplay, and I think that might be sending you home tonight. ” Zara “ (voting against Logan) This is the second time I have intentionally written down one of the Coven members' names. ” Laura “ (voting against AJ) A little birdie told me that you've been running around saying what an amazing game I'm playing. Thanks for that. Now I need you to say that to every incoming jury member. ” Logan “ (voting against AJ) Checkmate. ” Kristin “ (voting against Logan) Sorry Logan. You and Laura were just next on the buddy hit list. ” Karin “ (voting against Logan) I really hope you listen to me. ”

Final Words

	Laura	“	Think they were trying to get out a threat; clearly they were gunning for Logan and Logan had the Idol and I didn't. I feel so sorry for those guys right now that they're going to have to face the wrath of Logan now that her BFF is gone. I think these guys may have made a big mistake.	”

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

Trivia

The Jury Villa

• The Jury Villa: Laura

Secret Scenes

• Myles's Big Move: The castaways talk about Myles's big move and how it effected [sic] everyone.
• Extended Tribal Council

Other

• The episode's title is lifted from Myles' confessional about his rise in power after playing from the bottom during the early stages of the game.