AusSurvivor 6

### Season Summary

24 Americans set sail into the Fijian islands, where they were divided into 3 tribes based off of one of their traits that gets them through their every day life: Brain, Brawn, and Beauty. The blue Brain Tribe won the first 6 immunity challenges, but the divide between the older, more methodical and the younger, more spontaneous emerged. On the pink Brawn tribe, there was immediate tensions between Lowell and Michelle, which dictated the course of the votes in the early game, leading to Lowell, his ally Adam F., and finally Michelle to be voted out. On the gold Beauty tribe, Jaze immediately found himself on the outs, with only Aspen reaching out to make a connection. However, that put a target on her back after Jaze was voted out. Angela hastily made a female alliance to save Aspen and eliminate Azzy, but only resulted in Angela getting blindsided on Day 15 for her over-strategizing.

On Day 16, the tribes were mixed up. On the new Taieri tribe, the Browns and Beauties wanted to get rid of the original Brains, and teamed up to take out power couple Josh and Lindsey, who were the leaders of the old Brain tribe. A surprise kidnapping twist gave the Taieri tribe the ability to take one of the Kawai members to even their numbers. While Adam M was considered for his strength in challenges, the majority decided on Elizabeth to have a buffer for the next few votes. On the Kawai tribe, Adam M. and Sarah began their relationship, and pulled in Moua to create an alliance. But Justin worked hard to gather his own numbers, leading the charge to Sarah's blindside. Fearing his safety, Adam M. played his idol to save himself, but took out his only ally Moua, believing everyone was splitting.

The Taieri tribe had to go to Tribal Council on Day 28, and the tribe was split between Brandon, Kaitlin, Kylee, and Mark, who wanted to take Elizabeth out for her challenge inability and likable personality & Aspen, Elizabeth, Julie, and Matt, targeting Brandon for being untrustworthy. After the votes deadlocked, Elizabeth's allies flipped on her, and Brandon was voted out at the following Tribal.

On Day 31, the tribes merged. There were multiple alliances: Former beauty girl Kaytie, Aspen, & Mikayla stuck together, Former brawn alliance Adam, Kylee, and Kaitlin reunited, the bromance of Hunter and Justin, and the newfound alliance of Ashlee and Matt. Justin scraped together Matt, Ashlee, Julie, Hunter, and Mark to reign over the other alliances and voted Kaytie out. After tribal, Mikayla got into a heated argument with the entire tribe, specifically Adam, who she felt was playing the biggest game. Her attempts to get rid of Adam were thwarted when Adam won the next immunity challenge, resulting in Mikayla becoming the first jury member.

Aspen's social game proved to save herself, finding a way into the majority 6, convincing them that breaking up the Brawn Trio was in their best interest. Alliance leader Justin agreed, leading Kaitlin and Adam being voted out next. Kylee, without an alliance, tried to get Justin to make a big move to save her. Justin, knowing of Mark's and Hunter's idol, decided to not only flush both of the idols, but also take out his best friend Hunter, believing it was only a matter of time until Hunter flipped. Justin got his alliance to vote Mark, who was the next target of the majority of the alliance anyway, and convinced Aspen to get Mark and herself to vote against him for theatrics. Justin, who wanted Hunter to play his idol on him, staged a fight with Mark at Tribal Council in order to convey that Mark was targeting Justin. Mark played his idol, told by Justin to do so, and Hunter, fearing his bromance's safety, played his idol on Justin. Justin and Kylee pinned their votes on Hunter, resulting in a shocking blindside, showing that people are playing hard.
Matt, who was tightly aligned with Ashlee, felt as if she was his biggest threat, and swiftly blindsided her to put something on his resumé. Mark was then unanimously voted out after being targeted for several days, becoming the last Brain to be voted out.

The Final 5 was a tossup. Julie had played a relatively quiet strategic game, but has used her social ability to stay off of everyone's radar, not receiving a single vote. Justin has played a loud strategic game, blindsiding his closest ally in a theatric manner, making flashy moves, and has become the biggest target. Kylee, has played a loyal game, but has not been afraid to throw anyone under the bus in order to further herself. Matt has been playing his game based on friendship and believability, hiding his villainous strategy from sight. Aspen's master social game has kept her alive for the entire game, being a key part of several blindsides.

On Day 46, Julie won immunity, and everyone else's name was on the table. Aspen and Julie targeted Justin for his threat level, while Justin, who needed to take sole credit for his moves, targeted Kylee, who he believed could take partial credit for his moves, along with her social game, and win over the jury. Kylee was approached by the girl to vote out Justin, but refused, going along with Justin's fake plan to vote Aspen out, while he and Matt would vote Kylee. When the voted tied between Justina dn Kylee, Justin convinced Julie and Aspen to save him, pointing out Kylee's untrustworthiness. He succeeded, and Kylee was blindsided in tears, becoming the 7th juror. At the final 4, it was boys vs. girls, and Justin beat Julie in the fire-making tie breaker, leaving Aspen against Justin and Matt. Justin ended up winning the final immunity challenge, eliminating Aspen.

At the final tribal, Justin was criticized by Kylee, Ashlee, and Mikayla for his lack of social awareness and brash personality, and Matt was chastised by Mark and Adam for not making any big moves. Ashlee and Kylee questioned the betrayals by the closest allies, each claiming that it was the best move for them to do. Justin told the jury that if he made it to the end, he needed to be able to claim every single move, which is why Adam, Hunter, Mark, Kylee, and Aspen needed to be voted out. At the live reunion, Justin beat out Matt in a close 5-4 vote, becoming the 6th Sole Survivor, and winning $1,000,000.