Australian Survivor: Brains v. Brawn: Who has left the island?

After making her big move against Ursula early in the game, Noonan quickly became a target among the Brawn tribe.

With tensions starting to bubble in camp, Paulie suddenly cut his alliance with Noonan ahead of the tribal council – a move that he believed could backfire.

Playing his immunity idol following their vote, Paulie managed to save his place in the competition for another week, with Noonan being eliminated.

Despite making allegiances in Team Brains, following a sudden tribe swap, Max quickly found his name on the chopping block.

With his social game and strategy showing their strength during Ally’s elimination, his plans to rally his ‘Bomb Squad’ were quickly foiled after rival Myles discovered an idol.

Although Max also had an immunity trick up his sleeve, his decision not to play his hand saw him voted from the island.

After putting her brawn to the test in a wrestling challenge, Ursula’s successful performance quickly won over her tribemates.

Despite delivering a great result for Team Brawn, not everyone on the island was convinced, with Ursula’s fellow tribemate Noonan rallying to vote her out of the competition.

“Noonan had written my name down every single tribal council prior to that, so my only gut feeling going into that tribal council was, well, she’s done it before… she’s going to do it again,” she told Ten, adding that the football fan “had it out for me from day one.”

While most of the tribe was looking to form new alliances, Nash maintained his search for an immunity idol – becoming the earliest person to find a hidden idol in Survivor Australia history.

After playing his idol in the first tribal council, Nash attempted to tap into the classic Survivor mindgames by tricking Team Brawn into thinking he had a second idol up his sleeve.

Sadly for Nash, his bluff quickly became a blunder, with the tribe voting him off the island.

While being on Team Brains may have its advantages, being on the receiving end of some cleverly orchestrated blindsides is one major downside of this calculating tribe.

Despite the entire tribe being aware that Max possessed an advantage, he still managed to pull off a major blindside – voting to save Laura and Karin rather than himself and AJ in an attempt to vote out Myles.

Although he may have tried to pull some big moves, the newly-formed Coven alliance still possessed the majority, with Ally ending up on the receiving end of their group vote.

Survivor Australia challenges are notorious for being physically challenging, and after facing off against the Brains tribe, Zen, unfortunately, suffered an injury to his hand that brought a premature end to his game.

“I’ve been with the medical team all day, and I’ve fractured my finger, but it’s all the way down to the bone so I have to be in a cast … and they’ve actually pulled me from the game,” he told the camera.

With Laura putting her witchy magic to work to form her alliance, ‘The Coven’ of Team Brains quickly teamed up to put their plan into action, and with the talk of blindsides galore swirling around the tribe, Indy was keen to keep her name off the chopping block.

Despite trying to break into the alliance by revealing the Coven’s plan to blindside Rich, her deception was exposed during the tribal council. With tensions high, Team Brains rallied together to vote Indy out of the tribe.

For Survivor super-fan Candy, her time on the island was short-lived, with the model becoming the first tribemate to fall victim to the franchise’s trademark blindside.

After discovering a hidden immunity idol on his first day in camp, Nash quickly got to work rallying Team Brawn against Candy, telling his new tribe, “I haven’t connected with her, and I just don’t think she’s anyone I can align with moving forward.”

While he may not have managed to have the entire tribe on his side, Nash was still able to rally a majority – making Candy the first contestant to be eliminated.