Hayley Leake

**Hayley Beth Leake** is the Sole Survivor of *Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn*. She later competed on *Australian Survivor: Heroes v Villains*.

Hayley proved to be a well-rounded player throughout her time in the game, both dominating several votes and winning multiple Immunity Challenges. She was able to orchestrate different early moves, including the eliminations of Joey McCann and Kez McGee. However, revealing George Mladenov as a double agent would lead to her being voted out unanimously due to the other players being too naive to see George's threat. She would be saved by the surprise Redemption Rock twist, upon which she would course correct and emerge as a dominant physical player, being immune at five Tribal Councils and defeating several of the season's most physical players. In the end, the jury would respect her game more than that of the purely-strategic George, granting her a decisive 7-2 win at the Final Two.

Returning with arguably the greatest target in *Heroes v Villains*, Hayley focused on making subtle moves and staying under the radar until the merge. There, she joined up with her fellow *Brains v Brawn* castmate George to take control of the Fa'amolemole tribe. Hoping to separate her moves from George's, Hayley took advantage of a split vote to blindside Shaun Hampson instead of George's intended target Simon Mee. However, this backfired when Nina Twine revealed Hayley's duplicity to George, who then led the charge to blindside Hayley at the final seven.

## Profile

*Retrieved from 10play.com.au*

* Brains v Brawn
* Heroes v Villains

**Pain Researcher, 31**

Master charmer and academic researcher Hayley is a switched-on *Australian Survivor* superfan who plans to excel in the game of competitive manipulation. As a professional Pain Researcher, her job is to administer placebo psychological therapy to patients and test the brain's response to treatment. Also wielding a degree in physiotherapy, Hayley plans to make friends with her healing hands.

After winning *Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn* in the Outback, Hayley knows coming into this game, she'll have a target on her back. She says, "In *Survivor*, the worst thing is to think you’re invincible. I know my weaknesses, and I know how to use them. I've already been through the worst in *Survivor*. Everyone voted me out, sent me to Redemption Rock, and I thought there was no hope of winning. And I came back and won the game.

"I'm really glad to be back here as a Hero. I'm hoping my tribe sees me as a Hero of *Survivor*, and not as a Villain. Even though I obviously can be a little bit of a Villain. It was a dream come true to play Survivor once, let alone to win the game! I can't believe that happened and I'm still, a year later, processing it, and now I'm on a gorgeous island in paradise and I've got a chance to win it again. It is a fan’s dream come true."

Famous for her ability to push through excruciating pain and strategise a strong game play at the same time, Hayley has experience taking out a few Villains in her time but is also ready to hold onto her crown, saying, "A few people have won *Australian Survivor* now, but no one's done it twice. And if anybody's going to do that, it's gonna be me.
## Australian Survivor

### Brains v Brawn

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#### Voting History

**^1** In "Episode 6", the Brains were subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the player they voted out was switched to the other tribe, intended to save George or Cara.
**^2** In "Episode 14", Hayley became ineligible to vote after losing the Immunity Challenge.
**^3** In "Episode 17", George used a producer-given Hidden Immunity Idol on Cara, negating Hayley's vote against her.
**^4** In "Episode 21", the vote ended with a 2-2-2 tie between Cara, Dani, and Flick, forcing a revote. Hayley changed her vote to Dani on the revote.
**^5** In "Episode 22", Flick used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Hayley's vote against her.

### Heroes v Villains

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#### Voting History

**^1** In "Episode 5", the Heroes were subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the player they voted out was switched to the other tribe.
**^2** In "Episode 10", the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Jordie and Sam, forcing a revote. Hayley changed her vote to Jordie on the revote.
**^3** In "Episode 12", rather than voting out a member of the tribe, the Villains were given the chance for one castaway to mutiny to the Heroes. Hayley did not choose to mutiny.

## Post-Survivor

* On October 18, 2021, Hayley announced her engagement to Jimmy Meegan. They were married on April 1, 2023.

## Redemption Island

### Days spent on Redemption Island:

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* Hayley is the second winner of *Australian Survivor* and the first in the *Network 10* incarnation to be voted out and return to the game, after Guy Leech in *Celebrity Survivor Australia*.
* Hayley is tied with Brooke Jowett and Emmett Pugh for the most individual Immunity Challenges won in a single season, with five. However, unlike Brooke and Emmett, Hayley won all of her Immunity Challenges exclusively in the post-merge.
* Hayley won the most individual Immunity Challenges in *Brains v Brawn*.
* Hayley has won the most individual Immunity Challenges of any winner of *Australian Survivor*, breaking the record of three wins previously set by David Genat in *All Stars*.
* Hayley is the first former winner of *Australian Survivor* who survived their first Tribal Council as a returning player.
	+ By extension, she is the first former winner of *Australian Survivor* to reach the merge as a returning player.
	+ Hayley has survived the most days as a returning winner, at 39 days.
* Both times Hayley competed:
	+ Her starting tribe was yellow.
	+ She successfully voted out Flick Palmateer.
	+ One of the votes to successfully vote her out was from George Mladenov.
* Hayley is the first former winner to be a jury member in a subsequent attempt of *Australian Survivor*.

## References

1. ↑ https://10play.com.au/australian-survivor/participants/season-6-brains-v-brawn/hayley/pa210711gbiyu
2. ↑ https://10play.com.au/australian-survivor/participants/season-8-heroes-v-villains/hayley/pa221221azofg
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CVBsfbQBnuS
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CqiQrBqpZi0/

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