Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn

Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn is the sixth season of the Network Ten incarnation of the competitive reality TV show Australian Survivor.
After 48 days, Hayley Leake defeated George Mladenov in a 7-2 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor. To date, four castaways from Brains v Brawn (Flick Palmateer, George Mladenov, Hayley Leake, and Simon Mee) have returned for a future season.
==Production==
The season was originally planned to be filmed back-to-back with in Savusavu, Fiji,https://www.who.com.au/the-new-season-of-australian-survivor-called-off-covid-19-pandemic but production was called off due to the travel restrictions imposed in Fiji due to the . The season was instead produced locally in the outback in Cloncurry, Queensland one year later.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-11/australian-survivor-season-six-filmed-in-cloncurry/13143180
==Twists/Changes==
* Brains v Brawn: As the theme implies, the castaways are sorted into tribes based on their most prominent attribute of each castaway, intelligence or strength.
* Shorter Game: This season lasted for 48 days, two days less than the previous three seasons.
*Safety Without Power: At the first Tribal Council, the castaway holding this advantage can send themselves and 5 other tribemates back to camp before the vote, granting them immunity at the cost of their vote.
* Hidden Immunity Idol: A Hidden Immunity Idol for each tribe is hidden at each camp. 
** Idol Hidden at Challenge Site: On Day 16, a public idol was put into play at the site of the Immunity Challenge. Jonathan announced the existence of this idol to all remaining castaways, giving them the opportunity to break away to find the idol instead of helping their tribes with the challenge.
**Secret Hidden Immunity Idol: A clue is hidden at camp, leading the castaway to a key; that key will allow the castaway to unlock a secret compartment at Tribal Council which contains a Hidden Immunity Idol. Once unlocked, the castaway writes the name of the person they want to use it for on the back of the idol and places it in the urn, allowing the idol to be played anonymously.
** Idol Transfer Rules: Continuing from the rules set in , an idol can be transferred to another player after its holder is voted out.
* Mock Vote: On Day 14, under the pretense that the Brains tribe voted a member out for losing the Immunity Challenge, they unknowingly sent the person "voted out" (Cara) to the Brawn tribe instead to be its newest member.
* Double Tribal Council: On Day 19, the two tribes competed for individual immunity, with two members of each tribe being immune from that night's vote. Each tribe would then vote out one member. As a final twist, the four Immunity Challenge winners were tasked to unanimously decide which of the two contestants that were voted out to permanently eliminate. If they could not come to a consensus, those two contestants would compete in a fire-making challenge to determine the elimination.
* VIP Ticket: At the Survivor candy shop reward on Day 24, an advantage was hidden that allowed its holder to send two members of the tribe that won the Immunity Challenge to attend and vote at the losers' Tribal Council, without being eligible to receive votes themselves.
* Merge: For the first time since , the merged phase of the game commenced with thirteen players left in the game.
*Unilateral Vote: At the Day 29 Immunity Challenge, the castaways were told three people had a chance to win individual immunity, and only those three would be eligible to vote someone out. At Tribal Council, instead of all three of the castaways casting votes as expected, they each competed in a firemaking challenge, with the winner casting the sole vote to eliminate.
*Redemption Rock: On Day 29 and 30, the person voted out will not be sent home but will be sent to Redemption Rock to face each other to earn their spot back into the game.
*Limited Voting Options: At the Day 35 Immunity Challenge, the castaways were told the first five to complete the challenge would be safe, while the four contestants who did not complete the challenge would be the only people eligible to receive votes at the next Tribal Council.
*Save Scroll: On Day 39, four urns were placed at Tribal Council, one of which contained a "Save" scroll. The contestants voted out at each Tribal Council would select one urn to break, and if they found the "Save" scroll, they would return to the game. The twist is over once the Scroll has been found.
==Castaways==
Contestant	Contestant 	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Finish	VotesAgainst
Contestant	Contestant 	Original Tribe 	Post-Swap Tribe 	Switched Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Finish	VotesAgainst
 	Phil Ferguson28, Melbourne, VICArtist 	 	 	 	 	 	5
 	Janelle Durso43, Townsville, QLDCleaner 	 	 	 	 	 	7
 	Gavin Wanganeen48, Adelaide, SAAFL Legend 	 	 	 	 	 	6
 	Benny Burdo38, Los Angeles, CAEntrepreneur 	 	 	 	 	 	11
 	Mitch Shaw33, Brisbane, QLDDoctor 	 	 	 	 	 	6
 	Joey McCann35, Sydney, NSWHead of Partnerships 	 	 	 	 	 	5
 	Daini Tuiqere26, Sydney, NSWPersonal Trainer 	 	 	 	 	 	3
 	Shannon Lawson30, Sydney, NSWModel 	 	 	 	 	 	14
 	Georgia Ray35, Noosaville, QLDForensic Psychologist 	 	 	 	 	 	7
 	Rachel Downie50, Buderim, QLDTeacher/Businesswoman 	 	 	 	 	 	6
 	Simon Mee31, Brisbane, QLDCarpenter 	 	 	 	 	 	13
 	Kez McGee25, Busselton, WABodybuilder 	 	 	 	rowspan="14" 	 	9
 	Chelsea Hackett22, Gold Coast, QLDMMA Fighter 	 	 	 	 	2 	
 	Baden Cooke42, Melbourne, VICEx-Pro Cyclist 	 	 	 	 	1 	
 	Gerald Youles26, Kilcoy, QLDChampion Wood Chopper 	 	 	 	 	5 	
 	Laura Wells36, Sydney, NSWEnvironmental Advocate 	 	 	 	 	21 	
 	Emmett Pugh31, Perth, WAHealth Coach 	 	 	 	 	8 	
 	Andrew Ucles33, Alice Springs, NTSurvival Expert 	 	 	 	 	5 	
 	Dani Beale34, Sydney, NSWCorrections Officer 	 	 	 	 	13 	
 	Wai Chim38, Sydney, NSWAuthor 	 	 	 	 	3 	
 	Cara Atchison47, Sydney, NSWReal Estate Agent 	 	 	 	 	19 	
 	Flick Palmateer28, Margaret River, WABig Wave Surfer	 	 	 	 	12 	
 	George Mladenov31, Sydney, NSWPublic Servant 	 	 	 	Runner-Up 	13 	
 	Hayley Leake31, Sydney, NSWPain Researcher 	 	 	 	 	11 	
Notes: Baden and Hayley were voted out and sent to Redemption Rock, where they competed in a challenge to re-enter the game.
==Season Summary==
==Voting History==
==Trivia==
* Brains v Brawn marks the second time Australian Survivor filmed locally, following the first season in 2002, which was filmed in Port Lincoln, South Australia.
*Brains v Brawn contains the most LGBT contestants of any season, with 5 (Dani, Flick, George, Phil, and Rachel).
**Brains v Brawn is the first season in Australian Survivor to cast a non-binary contestant.
* The chyrons shown during the transition screens between tribes display the local temperature.
==References==
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