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Australian Survivor - Brains Vs Brawn II Week 2 (w/ Jayden Masciulli)

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Jayden is back on the Cringe this week to talk week 2 of Australian Survivor Brains Vs Brawn II, and what a doozy of a week it was! Sausage sizzles, speedos and silly moves plague our players this week. Paulie claims the crown as star of the show, Ally reveals her true personality as.. kinda annoying.. and Max flames out the bomb squad. Sam and Jayden also chat The Traitors, Neighbours and The White Lotus.

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This podcast was produced on the land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

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Welcome to Australia. Someone who is such a connoisseur of reality television, the content is hideous.

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Oh my god. Jade and Julie. That's me. It's my back-to-back Italian guests.

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Italians only on the pod.

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It's honestly there's it's a high ratio between you, Lorelei, Paul Mitzi, Gene Litzer. Like you're kidding me with these surnames?

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Oh yeah. Oh yeah. It's fabulous. We've got them in the bag.

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You guys could start like some fucking mafia shit.

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Maybe we already started. You're like, don't stop, don't we?

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Don't say any more. Oh my god. How you going? I'm I'm doing okay. Yeah. I'm good.

Wrapping up on Ramsay Street

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You're about to rap on Ramsey Street.

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I know, I know. It's it's a little sad. I know. Um I look, I've still got a few months. I'm there till June. Cool. Um, so I'm not having been walked out of the doors. I haven't evicted you from the premises. No, not yet. Unless I do something really bad. Um You're gonna miss that catering, yeah? I'm gonna miss the catering, yeah. Probably most of all. Um dedicated lunch is at work is.

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Like when you told me about that, literally of all of the of all of the things that I could be excited about, knowing someone that's like writing on neighbors, it was the catering. It was, yeah.

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I mean it's always like, what do you eat today? And I'm like, well, today there was like pulled pork. It's like Mexican day, you know? There's got a bit of everything. It's incredible. Um and that'll be no more, unfortunately.

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Are you gonna write in any like secret Easter eggs before you leave? Like some some last minute chaos.

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Um, I wish I had that kind of power to write as much chaos as I can, but um, I do I do throw some of my own Easter eggs to my own personal life in there as well. I like naming characters after my friends. Yes! I'm like or like friends who are actors, and I like name it after them in the hopes they will get cast, and then it doesn't happen. I love that.

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You're you're basically Mike White at this point.

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Oh my god, I wish. Don't start me.

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Well he's he's big on the Easter eggs. Mind you, they're pretty overt this season.

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Yes. I'm

The White Lotus Season 3

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it's and it's very interesting this season, and I feel like it's coping a lot of uh criticism from a lot of people. But I'm also like it's only we're only two episodes in, and I think there is a a plan for everything. Of course. I don't think he's doing like one of the first lines, I think you mentioned it last week, one of the first lines of uh him saying it's like Hawaii got with monkeys. I was like, I don't think he's done that just by happenstance. I think it's a very deliberate choice that he's doing that, and I think there is a lot of you know, he's alluding to a lot of stuff that's happened in season one.

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People need to calm the fuck down.

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People need to calm the fuck down.

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Like they're like, oh my god, everything has a meaning, and I'm reading into I'm like, guys, it's like it's a show. Like it's good, yeah. But like calm on.

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And the show every season has been like a slow burn. Yeah, you know, like it it like takes you're getting used to it. You're you know, you're sinking into it every week. And I'm like, just be patient. That's why we can't have nice things. I don't know.

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It's like this hype cycles, it's like they get things get too big and good. Yeah. I'm thinking about Game of Thrones, oh yeah, you know, and then it's like they the writers like stress and they're like, Well, how the fuck like all these people are obsessed with this now? How do we like finish it without someone like chucking a silly about like I don't know, the dumbest thing. I know, you know, but I'm gonna not gonna lie, I I love I say that, and then what I'm about to say is that I thought episode two was a little snooze. I'm not gonna lie.

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Um uh yeah, I mean I loved I loved I love the three the Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan three. So I'm just like if this show was just all I'd be happy, I'd be very happy. So I was obsessed with that.

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That's why we watch Housewives.

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Because it is basically but them just like bitching about each other, fabulous behind each other's back, so good, and too relatable, like we all know it. Um and yeah, it's my favourite was when they're like, Oh, she looks so tired.

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Yeah.

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But like in a good They're being nice, like, oh I just I'm really worried about it. Oh, doesn't she look terrible?

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That was good. It's oh it's so funny. And um I love and yeah, I'm still not sure on what um Natasha Rothwell's character's doing. Um it feels like she hasn't had a lot yet, and it feels like it's just to connect Greg to everything. And I'm like, I hope there is more than a lot of things. I'm just strapping in for the run.

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Are you pro-incest or uh I'm always pro-incest, baby? Yeah, and you can just isolate that. Yeah, yeah. That'll be the soundbite.

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Well, is it incest yet? That's why everyone keeps saying incest, and I'm like, well, they haven't fucked yet. So it's actually not incest at this point.

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That and this is what is the genius of this show. It's like you thought it. They were just having you know what I mean? It's like they were just talking about sex. There's something going on. Um well, because they kinda incest, but didn't last season as well. Because was it like his uncle, but then it kind of wasn't his uncle. It was just like, yeah, he was.

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Although he was never it was never like actively confirmed. I mean, it was assumed that he was a Renboy, but it was like could have been his true.

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Like there you go. Yeah, it's up to you. The incest is up to you.

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Like all incest, it's up to you.

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Isolate that clip as well. That's just actu like yeah. Sometimes it actually is.

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But I um I am really enjoying it, and I'm enjoying the setting of Thailand and the the world of it. Yeah, it's the like wellness angle of it. It's really fun.

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And

The Traitors US Season 3

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you've been watching the traitors as well.

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Oh my god, I love the traitors so much. That's good. It's unfortunately been a sad week.

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I know, I don't know how I'm gonna go without Carolyn. It's gonna be very quiet. Oh, yeah.

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It's not like Daniel.

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The facial expressions she does.

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It's isn't Danielle just a fucking demon.

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I've never hated anyone more than I should. She is is truly has. She truly has. And just the the constant flipping of um all like of what she said. I was like, you are driving me nuts. Have you seen the Santa Showdown clip?

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The Santa Showdown. I'll send it to you. You're gonna have your world. So you know how she's got like a beef with Brittany, and they keep referring to it. Yep, yep, yeah. So the beef with Britney was not on like Big Brother Normal, it was on a Christmas special. Oh my god, no. Which makes it so much uh fucking stupider. Oh my god. And it's so there's this clip that a friend sent me, and it's like Daniel, it's like Britney. She's like, Dan, the president I choose to send to the Santa Slay showdown is Danielle. It's like it's like they're wearing like Santa hats, and it's literally like that's it. That's all that's happened. No, and that's what they're referring to.

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Oh my god. Okay, please send me that clip. Oh, it's honestly incredible.

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But yeah, imagine if they didn't make Danielle a traitor. And she just got murdered in week two, like what should have properly.

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So much better. I'm I'm curious to see what happens next with Britney because I feel like Britney's got a good chance to like throw Danielle under the bus and um take over, but I also don't want that. I'm fully team faithful now, I'm fully team Dylan and Gabby.

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You're not team Tom Sandoval. Like I am. No, I want I want Sandoval to like stumble his way to the end and win. Or I mean, obviously, baby girl Dylan.

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Yeah. That would be cute. That would be cute. I feel like they're sending him up for a win. I feel like this whole time I've been like, I feel like they've edited him in a way. Yeah. Um, but I do love Gabby as well. I love her boys.

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Gabby's God. She's kind sometimes every now and then she's like accidentally onto it. Yes. And I get excited. And then she'll be like, It's Tom. And then she, you know, then she just like completely spirals off and you're like, no.

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Um but yeah, it should be. I have really enjoyed this season. I feel like it's been different to every other season of the traders, and that I feel like I haven't been on the trader's side. This I've only been on Carolyn's side. Yeah.

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But like it feels like and everyone's playing the game in a different way, so it's been by that you mean to say they're not in the game at all, and they don't and they're all there for the screen time.

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Exactly. Oh, absolutely, absolutely. But they are talking more in survivor terms. I think the survivor people are like, we gotta get the numbers, we gotta do it. I'm like, I think they're thinking about it more in uh in terms of it, again, even if they're not good at it.

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And your girl Chriselle from Roundsey Street, she um she made it kind of far.

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She made it pretty far.

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Bless Chriselle, she was so bad at the doing this when she got uh face-to-face murdered, and her ex her response was oh yeah. Well that's the problem. Give me a like She's an actress. Come on, she should have she should have been full melodrama.

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Absolutely. I mean, she was in the church with the candles and the dress and everything. I was like, she didn't do everything.

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She didn't even go, oh my god, it's you, Carolyn, it's you, Daniel. She just went, Oh, I'm really upset. It was so fucking true.

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And then they had to like touch that to with her like confessional after when she was like, I was surprised by Carolyn that to like teed off with that. I was like, but she did not react in the moment.

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In the moment she would not have cared less. Like, I know.

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Yeah, uh, yeah. Bless her. Bless her. Bless her, Cotton Zocks. I know.

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She does have great hair.

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Oh

Chrishell and G-Flip On A Catering Date

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my god, she is the most beautiful well, as you know, I work her neighbours and she was roaming the halls of nana wading. Um, she's truly the most beautiful. Oh my god. And just it was kind of like embarrassing. I'm like, you're so G on set. G was on set one day. Oh my god. I watched them have breakfast together. It was very cute. They did have catering together. Oh my god. What did they have? Was it pork day? Well, it was actually green curry day. It was the Thai day. Okay. I'm getting vegan vibes from those two. No, she definitely Chriselle. I was next to Chriselle in the lunch line and I was too scared to talk to her. Um but we we both we both scooped out that chicken green curry together, so um she's confirmed not vegan, I guess.

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It's a similar um catering setup on the traders. Like how they just had the main that it kind of froze the the May Marie's in the castle. I'm like, can't um come on.

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I'm sorry, but the the catering of neighbours is a million times better than what I'm seeing on the traders. The little like electric yeah, do you know what I mean? But I'm like, why am I seeing that? I shouldn't be seeing it. It should be like in another room. I don't want to see them eat dinner.

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I think it's because like they can't be left alone to discuss anything without cameras or something, but it's like I don't know, make them starve like every other show. Yeah, exactly. Give them wine and notes. That's all I want.

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That is all I want.

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Or they could like divert some of the funds from like Alan's wardrobe next season to because how camp would it be if there was like butlers roaming the castle with like canopes.

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Oh my god, actually that feels like that would suit the world so much more than them scooping out and Alan could like be really inappropriate with them.

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Yeah, like because they would obviously be like hot guys.

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Exactly.

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If you're listening, Peacock, you can have that one for free. That's all yours. Oh my god. Well, should we talk about a show that needs no notes in the production department?

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Absolutely none and hasn't needed notes for 10 years.

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Well, maybe the occasional note, but like, yeah, they're doing pretty good. We're of course here today to talk about

Australian Survivor Brains Vs Brawn II Week 2 Recap

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week two of Australian Survivor, Brains V Brawn 2. It's Brains V Brawn 2, just what we needed. How do you find them in the season so far?

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I am having a great time. I'm loving it. I I am blown away by the casting. They've really found some absolute kooks to put in this show. I I'm like compared, I feel like that's always my problem every year, is that you they always have a few real standouts, and then there's like 12 football players behind them. I'm like out of blonde girls.

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I mean, it's it's still a little bit like that, but we keep discovering each week that even the blonde girlies are insane. Yeah, oh yeah, and about you, Ellie. Um we will get there. But yeah, because even from last because like from how I felt about everyone and everything last this time last week to now is completely different. Oh yeah, like everything has changed. I have I have formal apologies to issue today. Like dedicated time to that. It's like keep up, yeah, girls. Yeah, this show is like blink and you've missed like a whole storyline.

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And I completely believe next week I'll have a completely different opinion on everyone.

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So whatever I say today, I will I don't stand by it until um all right, should we just get into it? Yeah, let's do it. Yeah, episode four was called Perplexed. Perplexed.

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Episodes always had titles in this weird way, like so.

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Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't.

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Okay, because the American one's always like a quote, which I like I know that it's like it's always a quote that someone says, but the Australian one this year there's like perplexed, there's like bomb squad exclamation mark. I'm like, what's happening?

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And then sometimes it's like episode six, and you're like, Okay, it's the gay channel tening term's job, and sometimes he has a big night out at circuit and then forgets to put upload the titles the next day. So we don't blame him for that. Exactly. Uh we start up Braun. Pauli, our girl, is feeling bad about keeping his idol from his ride or diet noons. Are you living for the Pauli noons of it all?

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I love it. Pauli and noons are probably my two favourite people on the show. I'm obsessed with them. Um it's it's so funny that I feel like Paulie's found himself in this lie where he's like, I'm gonna I'm not gonna tell you about the idol. It's a half-lie. It's a half lie, and I was he's probably like, I should have just told her or like. She's smart too.

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She'll clock it, she'll figure it out, I think.

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I think so as well. But it's just funny, it's just like, oh no, I've gotta like what do I do about this idol?

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These two are me with every girl in high school. Like, it's so good. Um, love this like fag hag alliance. I've really I'm rooting for those two like a lot.

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Yep, yep, yep.

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Um, and they're pretty much the only two that I have not changed my mind about. Just to say that. I've had it, yeah. In fact, I'm like loving them both even more this week. Yeah, definitely, definitely, definitely brains. Um, they've got no fire. They're like, man, and it's so funny because oh fucking Kent. So we lost Kent last week, and then he was like, have fun with you know fire, and I was like, they'll be fine, and then I hate this for us that they then it like literally cuts to them not having a fire.

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Kent was the guy who kept the fire going. I was like, oh my god, he should not have the last laugh. I hated that man.

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How do you go on this show and not know how to make fire?

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You've got yeah, it's like if I was going on, I would be spending two weeks beforehand learning how to make fire. Like, because I mean people never want to be in that situation. Where I'm like, oh my god. But what hang on, now I'm confused because I know they took away they already lit the fire for them but didn't give them a flint. Have they been given flints now? No, no, no. Still no, I don't think so. Still no, but they can use the torches from Tribal Council, I believe.

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Is that right? Who knows? JLP is playing fast and loose with these rules. I love they highlighted it as it though it was a big change, like a new era game. Like, we're not giving you flint, but it's like okay, okay, cool, sure.

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Cool, you never really talk about the camp in anyway.

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Those are the bits that I'm just like, whatever. Whatever.

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As long as it's at the point in the show where no one actually cares anymore. Exactly.

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Yeah. Um, Logan has the best line here. She says, um, it's not her fault that she's cute and fun.

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I completely forgot about that.

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Because AJ's kind of like fucked up. Like AJ knows that he took a swing and it didn't quite work out. So last week I fully thought AJ was like giving school shooter. Yeah. Um, like just kind of bare but like scheming on his own. Yeah. And this week I've come around, mainly over my mutual disdain for Allie.

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Yeah, we can all agree on that. It was like he was saying something that we were not privy to earlier. Um I love AJ too. I think I was Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. I did not say love.

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He's I'm tolerating AJ. You're in a you're in the window of of tolerance. Okay.

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Well, I'm on board. I'm on board. I respect I I respect his game. I was upset at first because he was going after the the coven, and I was like, can we please just have an all-females alliance for once in this fucking show? So I was upset at that, but when they started imploding, I was like, okay, I respect what he is doing. And he's also the only person who's wearing appropriate clothes.

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I mean he's still oh true.

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He's got like he's got jackets, he's got t-shirts, wearing them very often.

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He's not wearing very much. Which like I'm not mad about.

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I know. He's also surprised ripped when he like I was like he's like a ripped nerd.

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Yeah. Which I'm like kind of here for. Yeah, absolutely.

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He's like, I play poker and I guess I'm jacked like this. I'm like, in your nut. Yeah, it was pretty weird.

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We get a flashback to last night of AJ spreading rumours and nastiness to Rich who like Rich, like what are you what are your thoughts about this?

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Oh my god, Rich. That like gaslighting line, the first thing he says, he's like, I'm proud of being called a gaslighter. I'm like, do you know what that means?

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Do you know who I I think I figured it out? Yeah, he's Dave Hughes. Like his voice, he's like, oh yeah, he's got a huesy lilt. Yes, definitely. Which I just you know, as a queer find inherently terrifying. So it's like, I don't know.

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It's on the wrong side. My favourite bit of editing in this whole show, this is jumping around, but right at the end when he like struggles to read that advantage.

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Oh, and they when they left that in. They left that in, I was like, but that when they do that, they want us to be like because they used to do it all the time with Simon May, who is just like yeah, lovable hottie. Lovable doofus. And like it made you want to like so I feel like they're trying to get us to like reach. And look, kind of worked a little bit on me this week. I'm not gonna lie.

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I'm not there. I feel like he's been tarred by that. Literally, the first thing he said.

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I'm watching maps. This this guy is not that's nothing. He's an angel compared to the fucking douchebags they've got going on over there on nine. Oh no, yeah, and the VB Alliance, like, I actually think I I actually think I would get on with Rich in the real world. Because like the V I know the VB Alliance is quite camp.

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Yep. Yep. Yeah, fair enough. I think it's yeah, I think it's it's enough of a hodgepodge of people that you could worm your way in somewhere.

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Um enter chaos queen of the season, AJ. Like honestly, like at this point, I was like, AJ is so chaotic. The scrambling, yeah, they're just like he obviously wants to make big moves and be an icon legend. He wants he's going for the Mount Rushmore of Australian Survivor next to King George. Who who else is on Rushmore do you think for Australia? Golden God. Oh yeah.

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Shawnee, oh yeah.

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It's too early to say if like a a Ferris or a Kirby would be on there, but I think Ferris. Is it for gameplay or like iconicness?

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Iconic, yeah. Well, is Mount Rushmore the president's A for iconicness?

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I don't even know who's on that.

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No, I think you're right with George. I always loved Haley too. I feel like you kind of George without Hayley. Sorry. Hayley slips my brain. Yeah. Because she's just so nice. She's so nice. It's just not why I watch TV. Why she's not Rushmore. But yeah, I think you're I'm with you on Shiny and Golden Gord. Golden Gord.

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And Hurricane Kelly, of course. She'd be on there.

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No, she's the hurricane that like destroys that, I think.

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The guy that destroys it. Oh my god. Uh, back at Braun, uh, hot skater dad Jesse does a rap in honor of Zen. Am I the only one? Right in if you're also getting hard for Jesse. Hard for Jesse. Just me. Um look, I haven't really thought about it. Okay, it's not him on his own. It's the coven of hot dads on the brawn tribe. You've got Ben, you got PD. Yes. You've got PD. PD. What is going on?

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Still hasn't had a confessional.

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Step on my face, PD. He is like barely you barely see him, but when you do, when you do it, it's hot. Uh you got Ben, you got Jesse, you got who are they're all like 40 plus hotties.

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It is interesting because they there's not many, like Paulie's the only one that feels like a young, like a young, ripped dude, as opposed to like the the rest are like they are kind of like an older brawny. Yeah. Tribe. Where it's all the young'uns are kind of on the brains. Yeah.

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It's like iCast this season. They looked in my preferences. Are you the gay intern of channel 2? I hey, don't out me. It's his I. The mischievous guy. Yeah, it's good. Paulie, yeah, Paulie's just like living it up with the hot dads.

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Oh yeah, he's having the best time.

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I'm gonna need to know which one he's the most into. Oh yeah. We'll have to Paulie will talk offline. Send a letter. Um then oh Nash, fuck Nash is still here. Nash has a sook on the beach. Yeah, he's going for Belle Gibson at this point. He's like pretending to cry about his kids. Your kids are watching this, mate.

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I know.

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And then he's like, haha, I don't even care about those cards.

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Absolutely. He's trying to do a Johnny Fairplay and it's not working.

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It was like a Johnny or in that news. Did you say that Johnny Fairplay's grandma died? Like this year. Oh, I didn't say it. Yeah. Oh, how good.

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That's finally. You kind of even call it carbon. It's like 25 years later. But it finally happens. But it finally happens. So now he you walk out.

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Our condolences to Johnny Fairplay. I did giggle when I saw that pop up on Reddit.

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Oh my god, I can't believe that. That's also, yeah, that reminds me of Johnny Fairplay. I can't bel and no mention of it. Kent burning Max's hat was, I was like, and there was no reference to Sandra doing the same thing to Russell in America. I was like, what are we like? What I was like, you're doing all these very iconic US Survivor things and no one's calling it out. I was like, you're just these. Maybe they're not at this.

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Maybe it's part of the Jeff JLP rivalry, and they're not allowed to mention American Survivor. Because I would love someone to do like a Nayanka and like pour, didn't she like pour the rice on the fire or something? Yeah, like throughout all the rice. Throughout all the rice, yeah, yeah, yeah. So good. So good.

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Yeah, we need some of that. Um, but I mean we literally had Sandra on the show. So I was like, yeah, he referenced Sandra burning Russell. He wouldn't know. I think that's he just probably wouldn't know.

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No, they had um Russell. Oh no, they did have Russell.

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Oh my god, we did, yes.

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Oh, yeah, we had both of us.

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He was the first, yes, and he lasted like two hot seconds.

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Because if that was back when they cast people that would have just been like, oh no, yeah, this bloke knows what he's doing. Yeah, they got him out straight away.

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Yeah. Um, reward challenge, and it's like a torture one already. It's like the pegs standing on the pegs. I was like, wow, a bit early for that, but I know.

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Go on. I always hate those challenges because I personally don't like looking at people's face. Yeah, feet, yeah. And when they're yeah on the mat, and when they're in that position, they're like, it's just not.

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Maybe that's why they're doing it though, because a lot of people do like feet.

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They're like we're bringing it in early, we've got to keep those ratings up. Exactly.

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Paulie asks about the flint. Um to which I'm like, finally, someone's talking about the flint. Finally, thank god. Will they, won't they? Uh and JLP's like, Flint, or what about a motherfucking sausage sizzle? And this is I actually snag city. I loved this reward so much.

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Of all the things I think if I was on Survivor that I'd want to eat, a sausage sizzle is probably number one. It'd be perfect. Perfect, perfect. It was so many sausages.

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It was so snag town. Uh and then Paulie's like, yeah, do anything for a snag. Which I was like obsessed with. Um they slide on the pecks by butt, but brains win in the end. They do. And they get two uh and it was thanks to Logan mainly, I think, and someone else. They really stuck in there. Yeah, yeah. The ladies always slay the endurance challenges. Absolutely. They absolutely do. And then they get the biggest ultimatum of the season. Flint or Snag City. What would you have done?

SPEAKER_03

I probably would have gone snags, just because I think I know, because I'm like, I feel like the Flint's gonna come at any point.

SPEAKER_02

I'm not gonna let you die. Like take the snags, and of course and this is what this is where I see a lot of myself enrich.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, because he's like, oh he's like fucking sausages, like he's he's snags.

SPEAKER_02

He's have exactly he's having like a Dave Hughes meltdown in the background. Um, and then they take a vote, which I thought was so funny. Yeah, it was democracy sausage. Um and the power of the sausage chisel, of course, won. It won over. It won over.

SPEAKER_03

I think like I I do believe they made the right choice because that amount of food would last you a few days, and then I'm like, you'll probably get a flint, something will happen. Or like an idol clue. Yeah, you'll get something like that. It's like, do that. If it was like, if it was like sometimes they do like all the like the loaded fries thing. If it was that, I might say no to that, because that would probably make me feel sick, but yeah, snags.

SPEAKER_02

The loaded fries was insane. I loved it. These were like loaded snags.

SPEAKER_00

Allie is no fun, and she's like, idiots, like sausages over flint, like it really started to turn on her in this moment.

SPEAKER_03

Who is she? Like, where have you come from?

SPEAKER_02

Last week she was delightful, or did we just not see enough?

SPEAKER_03

I just don't think we saw enough. I think that it was just like coven, woo, and I don't think we saw them really individually, but things really changed. Oh, honey. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Um my to liken more contestants with comedians, Miles is Sam Campbell. He they have the same voice. He's like, Young yung! Oh I'm going like he's got a he's got Sam Campbell's voice.

SPEAKER_03

He's got that energy too. He's like, We're gonna do the thing.

SPEAKER_02

Which is very cute. It's great. I did find there's someone on Reddit that's like so thirsty for miles. Oh my god. In the in a like really not okay way. To that person, I'm like, go get him on the pod. Yeah, so good. Um Rich is worried about the gender divide in this group, and probably just in his uh general life, it seems seems like something he thinks about quite a lot, and then he's like, um I'm I want to flip the script because every line has to do with being in film. Yeah, um, and then the bomb squad is born. Bomb squad.

SPEAKER_03

Sorry, what? Which turns out was just a name AJ gave his work friends, and I guess is it put it that's Survivor? That is some tech bro bullshit. That is, it really is.

SPEAKER_02

It really is crypto pro nonsense. Yeah, it was horrendous. It was horrendous. Um they got dragged online, like I loved, I was like on Blue Sky during the episode, and everyone was just like, This is the worst name.

SPEAKER_00

It was like a pilot, and then everyone was like, Yeah, shittest name ever.

SPEAKER_02

Like, oh that's perfect, yeah. Uh at Braun, um we get an unhinged Nash who now decides to reveal that he threw the first challenge. Which did he? I think it's such crap.

SPEAKER_03

I think he just had no idea how to do a puzzle, and that was him just calling it a good game move. Because no one he couldn't get an when he said that, everyone was like, but why would you he's like, I just wanted to vote someone out at Trouble Council, and they were like, but why on the first one where there's 12 people like Soz, babe?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I wasn't sold, but sure. I look like the messiness, I'm I'm here. Oh yeah, absolutely so fun. Absolutely. But also, I was like, okay, I hope this storyline for him is like wrapping up. Yeah, let's I think we're done here. Um yeah, exactly, which were good. P D hot dad does not buy, he doesn't buy it. He's like, nah, nah, she's full of shit. Um, because then also why would he throw a challenge? Because he had the idol, so it's like you threw a challenge so you could waste your own idol.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, it doesn't make any sense. That was just him covering his eyes.

SPEAKER_02

He's a Muppet. Yeah. Uh Ursula is like, I'm gonna spill the tea on this later on, uh, which she does. Bless Ursula. Immunity challenge is the soccer one in the water. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03

This was heaven. This was so good. Miles got his own like music.

SPEAKER_02

He had his own he had his own theme. And it was like carnival. It was like I was in Guzmani Gomez uh waiting, waiting a very long time, may I add, for an average burrito.

SPEAKER_03

Absolutely, and I I'll never think otherwise. He was and he was so he was so good, it was incredible, and everyone was like, Oh, Miles won't be good at kicking. He won't be a good kicker.

SPEAKER_02

He won't be a good kicker.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, he's just like a palancer.

SPEAKER_02

He might be a good kicker. I died, and this is why I love this show. These moments, like just oh dumb white people getting like this shit shoved in their faces, like, yes.

SPEAKER_03

Absolutely. It's the best. It reminded me of when do you remember Way? I think that was the other brain's best bronze season, that like immunity challenge that she won on her own. It was like the she came back and did a puzzle in like two seconds and won immunity, and it was like the most exciting moment. And I was like, that's never underestimate these people.

SPEAKER_02

Never.

SPEAKER_03

It's so good.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, that was a great moment. The Goldenfoot baby was born. Of course, they have to like wrap it. Everything's branded, everything's nicknamed. Just stop. It's just and PD, like soccer coach?

SPEAKER_03

No, yep, okay. Not very good. He can be sorry, not very good because he's only done it in porn in my dreams.

SPEAKER_02

Because he missed the first kick, and that and it was the first opportunity anyone had, yeah, and everyone on the sidelines are like, oh, it must be really hard. Because he fucked up. But no, it turns out he's just a bit shit. And Miles is yeah, it's all right, pity. Miles is the good kicker. Yeah, he's a good kicker. You're a pretty daddy, so you don't have to kick well, that's fine. Um, Braun, Noons is bummed. Oh, so who won the challenge? What? Oh, Golden Footbaby. Down at Braun, Noons is bummed. Uh that a pole dancer beat sportsman PD. And to Noons I say, Welcome to Survivor. Next it'll be a DD challenge, and you're all fucked.

SPEAKER_03

Actually, no, Miles will fuck it and P will be like, I actually love this.

SPEAKER_02

Um Ursula spills the tea, um, the aforementioned tea, about Nash throwing the challenge, and everyone is like, what?

SPEAKER_03

What do you mean? Um that was Ursula being like, please get me out of this alliance. I can't take this anymore. I don't know. I think I just spoke to him first and now I'm stuck here. Please vote out Nash.

SPEAKER_02

And this was the point where everyone at home was like, please vote out Nash as well. Everyone's in unanimous agreement. Um Noonan is like to Paulie, go look for the idol. And he's like, Oh yeah, oh yes, I just haven't I just haven't had time. I've been really busy. I don't know, there's a lot going on. Yeah, haven't had a chance. So good. Also, I think I checked and I couldn't find it. So Oh my god, Nash is so stupid. Then he goes to Paulie, oh, we should get rid of Morgan because she's not strong enough. It's like, mate, look at you and then look at Morgan, an actual Olympian. Like, no shade.

SPEAKER_03

You know what? I'm like, come on. Is this also around when Nash said he has the best social game? Oh yes, yes.

SPEAKER_02

He's like, look, guys, why you're gonna want to keep me is I have the best social game ever.

SPEAKER_03

Do you really think that? And he's like, yes.

SPEAKER_02

And no, Paulie, and then Paulie goes, I love that you have such a great view of yourself. That you go and in that moment, I was like, Pauly, I'm impressed with the your patience and the way you wear that.

SPEAKER_03

I would have just straight up been like, girl, like you're a delusional fucking idiot. Well bless Paulie, he's playing the game. Oh, Paulie's a delight. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_02

Uh yeah, we get to tribal, no surprises here. Nash does not know his audience, and he just like puts his foot in it, and it's just kind of all over. Yeah, he's done. But he pulls this stunt, doesn't he? He's like, I've got something. Oh, yeah. I've got a thing that I found that's may or may not be an advantage. Yeah. And I think even JLP was like, God, like, we gotta make this guy go. What are you talking about? And the queen of the show, Paulie, goes, Well, alright, then flop it out.

SPEAKER_03

I did clock that and I was like, okay, Paul's giving JLP a run for his money.

SPEAKER_02

And nothing is flopped out. Nothing is flopped. Which is great. And then they call his buff and we say butter Nash.

SPEAKER_03

Goodbye, Nash. I'm so glad. I was actually, I thought he was already gone when I came into this podcast. And I was like, oh no, that was Sunday night. Damn, okay. Yeah. I had to think about Nash more than I expected to. Don't lie, it's gone. The rash is gone. The rash is gone. Cleared up. That's the only nickname I'll allow at this point. That in the cover. Nash the rash. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Episode five was the bum squad.

SPEAKER_03

Boop's gone. That was um, Escobage mod. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Nash the rash is gone, and I love when we get these like relief scenes.

SPEAKER_01

Everyone's like, it's like they're all happy. Whoa. Okay.

SPEAKER_03

It's good because it rarely happens.

SPEAKER_02

It's all we're gonna try it is actually like Ursula isn't thrilled because her name was out there last night and she didn't really know what was going on. Like, I think Ursula is, yeah, arriving late to the group chat.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, yeah, definitely, definitely. I don't think she's gonna last very long, but you know what? She's in a I feel like you're in a good position when you're like kind of on your own because you can just kind of like choose where you want to go. And sometimes you end up being the deciding vote. So if she plays it correctly, which I don't think she will, she could be, you know, kind of powerful. But she could also crush us.

SPEAKER_02

So I don't want to say anything about um about um love you, babe.

SPEAKER_03

She can also crush us. Crush us. Oh, crush us. Oh, do you think I said crush us? I thought you said crush us. I was like, how's that bad? She could probably do that too. She could do whatever she wants. Absolutely, yeah. You're like, crush us? I was like, finish your thought. What are you saying? Us, crush us. Oh, yeah. She could absolutely go up with just like one leg, she'd be like, bang. I'd be like, oh no.

SPEAKER_02

Exactly. We get some housewives fashionista vibes from um uh Zara. She's like, I'm in Camilla. The irony of her name being Zara. Yeah, it's I died. It was like Camilla by Zara. I was like, This is so good. She says she's a housewife, she's on the beach. We get her backstory. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

I found it really the the package was very she was like, I'm a brain because I have a law degree and now I'm a stay-at-home mum. And then it's like brains. It's like, okay.

SPEAKER_02

I don't know if that's really hitting what you want, but the thin veil of this thing was well and truly thrown in the bit in this.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god, it is beyond. The theme is so arbitrary. I'm like, if you're gonna do brains vs. Brawns, give me uh give me 12 personal trainers and 12 scientists. That's what I want to see. Like, just I don't I don't hate these lines. Brawn tribe is just both I know, and then like you know, Kalen, love Kalen, but I'm like, he's so b- I'm like you have brawn. I know he's got a PhD, but we haven't even got to Kalen. We'll get to him. Holy shit. Unbelievable. It's unbelievable. And there also is this thing on Survivor, which um it's it's actually unhealthy, but as it goes on, they get hot they do get they get hotter, they get dirtier and merrier, and they do just get and more dehydrated, so everything's popping. And I'm like, Kaylin, it's just getting better.

SPEAKER_02

But the dump truck is still in touch. It is still there, and I don't think it's ever going away. He's a very gorgeous boy.

SPEAKER_03

I buy that he's a brain, like oh yeah, he is drop flying drones into Antarctica. I do buy that. I do buy that. It's fine. I just like I just try and I'm like, why have you?

SPEAKER_02

You want them to all to be skinny.

SPEAKER_03

I want them to be, yeah, and then like I'm like not skinny.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, you want them to look like Dweebs.

SPEAKER_03

I want them to be dweebs, and then so then you have and then have a challenge that's literally just like three puzzles in a row, and then let's see what happens, you know? It's like they're always it's like always mixed up, and I'm like, you're just these and then you're we're gonna tribe swap next week, and it's like this is all for nothing. What is the point?

SPEAKER_02

I'm actually really glad they're tribe swapping like in week three. I think it's yeah, I think it's time. I think it feels right to me.

SPEAKER_03

I agree.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, uh, we get this awkward moment of Allie and AJ sitting in a literal tree, yeah, but that's where that metaphor ends because they're not having a good time together. Uh she is on one. She just comes up to him and she's like, Oi, AJ, what's going on with the whole like you're weird thing? I was like, excuse me. Why are you being sad in a tree? Someone came up to you and they're like, What's going on? Why are you weird? You'd be like, get fucked. What are you fucking talking about? And then she reads him for filth, which like for the first two seconds, I'm not gonna lie, I was like kind of living. Then I was like, Oh, you're being mean.

SPEAKER_03

Oh yeah, she was she just feels like a bully, like absolutely. Yeah. What did she say to him in this moment? I'm like mixing up.

SPEAKER_02

There there's this bit, and then there's another bit later. Yeah, she just is like telling she's like telling him everything that's wrong with his game. She's like, This is what you're doing wrong. Yeah, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. It's giving Nash saying, I've got the best social game ever.

SPEAKER_03

Oh yeah, absolutely. And I was like, Do you know how this show works, girl? Like, your alliance will crumble very soon. Yeah, which will do it.

SPEAKER_02

But then he goes straight to Kaylin and he's like, Oh, this woman's like lecturing me, and that bit I was like not that cool with, but then later on, I was like, Oh, actually, she kind of was lecturing you, you know.

SPEAKER_03

She was, she was. So I do, I do have to respect. Yeah. This also I just realized their names were Ali and AJ.

SPEAKER_02

When you say it like that, I was like, oh my god, Ali and AJ. Ali is an AI expert, so it's A I V A J. Yeah, which I love. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yep, yep, yep. We get to the horniest challenge of the season, the mud pit.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god, the mud pit. Again, they've really gone for it immediately.

SPEAKER_02

I've got some quotes. Um Ursula dumps a huge load for Braun. JLP took her to a place of dumping loads.

SPEAKER_03

Oh no. You just don't get that.

SPEAKER_02

Into the trough. That's amazing. Like, yeah, we're back. We're back.

SPEAKER_03

I think if you were worried JLP was gone, he was very much back this week. I really was. He really was.

SPEAKER_02

I was about to write in. Oh my god. Yeah, this challenge was kind of nuts, but yeah. I like that they're like they're still like the Channel 10 prop department still have it in them. Do you know what I mean? Like it's there's been five million seasons of Survivor Worldwide, but they're like, no, no, no, we will find something new. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Good on them. Yeah. And they're always so well set up and thought through. I'm like, they'll always feel like a proper challenge. I feel like a lot of the US ones you are like, oh, it's like a bit luck-based, or it's doesn't it goes for two seconds or whatever. They look a bit cheap.

SPEAKER_02

They look the same as well. Like every set, you're like, oh, cool, it's a it's always like obstacle course format. Yeah, yeah, definitely. With always a puzzle at the end.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, always.

SPEAKER_02

Which like which is fine, but yeah.

SPEAKER_03

But yeah, these this was yeah, such a fun one. And I was like, I love this. More mud.

SPEAKER_02

I think it's funny because like if I was on the show, this would terrify me. Yeah. The one-on-one challenges. Oh, yeah, but they're the as a viewer, they're the best. So they're the only ones I'm like, yeah, they're the ones they're the ones I'm like glued to the TV because it's yeah, you get character bits, you get like later on Karen and Ursula being like, don't trust Rich. Don't trust Rich. We're gonna stay grappled for 20 minutes. Yeah, that's good. We yeah, we need more.

SPEAKER_03

But if I was there, I'd be like, I don't want to do this. Yeah, yeah, but I'd be scared because I would go up and I'd be up against like Kaylin. Yeah. I'm dead. Like, he's not gonna just knock me off, I'll die.

SPEAKER_02

Like, do you want to cuddle instead? Which was someone said that. Was it noons? Nah. Noons is a unit. Noons is a unit. Obsessed with noons. Um, where are we? Mud Challenge Brawn Smash It. This was for reward. Yep. Um the reward was the spa day. The spa. Girls day. Spa day. Girls day spa.

SPEAKER_03

And I was hoping the coven were gonna take it, but sadly not. Um I did love how this mud challenge was the reward was like getting to clean your stuff up. I was like, that's really fun. That was quite fun.

SPEAKER_02

And then the girlies. The like housewives that wanted to like clean them up, like had to go back to get with this house and water. It was good.

SPEAKER_03

It was good. Oh yeah. Get a shower head. Like what was that about? Come on. We can set up all this other stuff. There was like cheese and dips. Yeah. You've got I mean Ikea is a sponsor. I can guess we're all in an hourhead. So good. So good. It's such a it was like a jump scare anyway.

SPEAKER_02

It's like this week we had funnings in form of a socialist series and Ikea. It's like we're just doing all the big box stores, which is pretty like fuzzy.

SPEAKER_03

Absolutely. It was more of that. More of that. Um I also loved with this child in Logan like being in tears that they they lost and then that she didn't get picked. It was the best. She's like, I really didn't. She's like, yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, that's right. They pick who do they pick? AJ. No, the Ali, who goes, I'm getting their names messed up now.

SPEAKER_03

Um goes and just fucking just tells everything about her their her tribe to them. I'm like, oh girl, what are you doing? It was fucked.

SPEAKER_02

It was it was absolutely not even one sip of the champagne. And she's already like, oh yeah, girls are all together, it's called the coven. Um yep, uh, it's this many people. Oh, but this we're solid. We're definitely not about to like fuck it up and break up. We're solid. We're like the spice girls.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god, so bad. And you could tell the rest of the tribe, the prawns were just like, we have Polly was living.

SPEAKER_02

Polly was like, give the girl another glass, top her up. She earned that champagne.

SPEAKER_03

She absolutely, absolutely, absolutely. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

She does not know. She was good. She was not aware of what was going on.

SPEAKER_02

Then an idol hunt breaks out at the reward, and AJ gets one. Oh yeah. Which I forgot about. So I'm glad I wrote that down. I absolutely forgot about that too. He finds one, and I'm like, here we go.

SPEAKER_03

And knowing AJ, he's not gonna use it for a long time.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, he's actually gonna do it, use it properly. But I think this is good. Like, these are the players that you want to have. Yeah, these things because yeah, he's gonna use it for maximum carnage later on.

SPEAKER_03

So it's him and Paulie that have the idols at the moment. Love that. The boys.

SPEAKER_02

The boys. Um, immunity challenge was the cube puzzle. Oh yeah. And Paulie and Noonan tell JLP um about Ali being a bit chatty. And the Coven are like, What? It's easy, what? They're like, yeah, because they that's right, it just goes back-to-back challenges on this edge. Yeah, yeah. It's like, okay, we didn't even get like Ali going back. Like the first time we see her is it challenge? And the Coven's faces are like, hang on. It made me think it was like the same day. Like it was morning and afternoon. Still buzzing from the bubbles. Yeah. Yeah. Uh oh, JLP says, um, pull the crank to release that nutsack.

SPEAKER_03

I'm so glad you wrote that down because I was like, there was one in particular that on blew my mind. Fire. I was like, I this should not be on at the time. Release that nutsack. Release the nutsack.

SPEAKER_02

Um fuck. Allie and Laura fumble the fire making bow. Like the fucked it.

SPEAKER_03

Fucked it so bad. And I feel for them that also learn to make fire. Like it's you gotta learn.

SPEAKER_02

And then Hot Dad Ben is like such a good throw. Yeah. He's just piffing stuff. There's too many piffing stuff challenges, and then he gets there and it's just like boom. Bang, bang, bang, bang. Is that because he's like a stonemason?

SPEAKER_03

That he's good at piffing stuff. Yeah, I don't know. I guess.

SPEAKER_02

Maybe he's like dart. Maybe he's into darts.

SPEAKER_03

I don't know what was Ben's backstory. Now Jesse's the secret. He's Stonemason.

SPEAKER_02

We haven't got too much. Stonemason. We haven't had like a package for him. He's a secret hottie. Um, that's about it.

SPEAKER_03

That was it. Yeah. There's still like a couple, mainly on the bronze, I think, that haven't had their like moment. I think that I'm like there's another woman too, I think Kristen.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, Kristen. She popped up for one second on who the fuck. But we need that's classic. That's good, yeah.

SPEAKER_03

I I feel like I will say they've done a better job this year of introducing everyone. Because I feel like I have there's only like two this year that I'm like, I don't know who you are. Whereas in previous seasons I've been like, yeah, there's like five people back there we have not met.

SPEAKER_02

Also, Kristen, work harder. If you want screen time, throw champagne at someone. Throw a challenge, burn someone's hat.

SPEAKER_03

Burn a hat. Like release an art cycle too. Come on.

SPEAKER_02

Kristen, girl, this is your wake-up call. This is it. Get to it. Come on. Um, who won? Oh, obviously, Bron. Sending um Brains back to Tribal. This is when it's now starting to get a little one-sided, and you're like, ah, yeah. But yeah. Stems the rules. That's it. Pre-tribal at Brains. Richie's like, bomb squad's ready to go.

SPEAKER_00

Ready to pop squad.

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Fuck this fucking bomb squad.

SPEAKER_02

And this is when there's trouble in the coven starting, like cracks in the coven starting to emerge. Were you devo?

SPEAKER_03

I mean, I I I was a little devo, but also I could could not stand Ali all of a sudden, so I was like, break this fucking coven up immediately. Um, yeah.

SPEAKER_02

They get really picky about who they want out.

SPEAKER_03

Which I'm like, and it's also like they seem to be like, we are five strong, and then as soon as that's over, we're done. Where it's like you can also like maybe one week, you can maybe split it up a bit and then be but know that they're there, like if you wanted to change that if you because you they weren't really targeting each other, it was just like different people they wanted to target. So I was like, you can kind of like split it now and then come back to it.

SPEAKER_02

Do you think no one wants to be a sheep and they're all wanting to be in charge? I th I think so. I think it was a bit of that. For resume for resume purposes, maybe yeah, because no one wants to get to the end and then you're like, I just went along with everything Laura said. But the game is a good thing. So what if you did?

SPEAKER_03

Like it's early days, so long. It's like you can hold back, you can like chill out right now, it's okay. You can be like Caitlin, you can just hang out. Love Caitlin. Um, yeah, so they're just going, yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Bomb squad have Ali in their sides though, which I'm like, that I can get behind. This was when I couldn't believe it, but I literally flipped and I was just like, get her out.

SPEAKER_03

Get her again. I've I've never like turned on someone so quickly. I was like, get her. Get she's done. What's she still on my screen for? Get rid of her.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. Um, Allie continues to lecture AJ, and he's just like, Oh my god, what are you doing? This was that was a crazy moment. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then but AJ throws some shade back, but only in confessional. He's been very to her face, he's just like, he's stoic. He's stoic. And um then in confessional, he's just like, I don't think she knows what's going on at all. And he's like, Cool story, Allie. Um, Miles gets taken in by Karan and Zara. Yeah. And he's like, wants to suck up to them for some reason. He's like, Oh, cool, I'll get in with them. That was a bit like Miles, play your own game.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. Yeah, I didn't know, I didn't really understand that either. I feel like he's just kind of playing the field a bit.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. I was really excited for this drive all because I wanted maybe alley out or some shit to go down, but unfortunately, well, I mean, it was still kind of good. There was a twist. Yeah. Um, someone just gets voted on to the other tribe, but they also get a sexy little scroll. Sexy little scroll. Did you do you like a twist?

SPEAKER_03

Um if it's done well, I don't I don't always like it. This one was fine for me because I feel like it's now canon that Australian Survivor has these, so it's like you can play knowing that there might be a twist coming up. And I like this one where it's like normally they just send someone to the other tribe. This was nice because it was like you're not coming back, and also you get an advantage. And I was like, that's kind of really fun, and I love that.

SPEAKER_02

I was into it, and I think because normally they kind of do them later on down the track, but I was happy for an earlier one, just get one out of the way, and also like I hate when it meddles with when the game's getting really good at the point in and they do some fuckery, and you're like, no. I agree. But I don't know. Do you think they were trying to keep Rally in? Because she was gonna go right.

SPEAKER_03

She'd seem like, yeah, she was. Um I don't know. I do believe that the the twists are like predetermined. I don't I don't think they throw it in later. I do not believe that. You don't believe that? I do believe I have to have some.

SPEAKER_02

I think there's options of when to do it. Because also someone could get Medivac, which happened already. Yeah. So that gives them one of these non-alim episodes, opens up. Oh, yeah. And I reckon they've I reckon they've like scheduled one, but then they would have to add more. Yeah, as we go along. Yeah, the numbers.

SPEAKER_03

I just think because the show is filmed kind of in a tight turnaround, like it's like days as opposed to the weeks that we're watching it. I am like, I feel like so much has to be pre-prepared that I'm like, I I just don't believe I mean if any producers want to confirm or deny, please do things on the fly. I don't know. I don't want to know how the sausage is. Yeah, maybe not.

SPEAKER_02

Maybe both um AJ V AI, boom, but unfortunately, yeah, twist happens, and then they are all like, I wanna go. Richie's like, no, I want to go.

SPEAKER_03

And then two, everyone is too came. AJ when he immediately put his hand up straight away. Don't be so keen. It's obvious. Oh my god, it was it was I was like, don't don't highlight that you're like not with these people. Just like just chill out. They might have just sent you over there anyway.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, he was he lost his chill for one split second there, I think. But also like Yeah, would you wanna show tell everyone that you're happy leaving them?

SPEAKER_03

Absolutely not. Yeah, no way. You gotta play it like uh, you know, if I have to, I will do it.

SPEAKER_02

But not being like, please send me over, I'll do it. But I feel like the mateship days are over on this show. I think that doesn't seem to be as much like, but we're a team, like BS.

SPEAKER_03

I think, yeah, and I I feel like a lot of that this year is because we finally had a female alliance for fucking ones in this show. I was like, great, like that. I was like, we've got that, there's a bit of difference going on, but then that the bomb squad, unfortunately, they don't feel like a bro alliance, like we've had all the footy plays in the past do. So I'm like, I feel like they will, you know, they're not gonna I'll allow it, they're not gonna be bomb squad strong till the end.

SPEAKER_02

No. Well, Rich gets voted over to Braun and tries to read the complicated rules of the scroll. So we do get him reading them on his way out, which I was like, oh, you're not gonna like blue ball us with that turn. That was nice. That was nice, thank you, channel 10. And then episode six is called the pest problem. He reminds us of the scroll rules. So the the power is you get to take two people out of the next tribal, yes, like regardless of who's going to the next tribal. Two people are gonna leave. It's either gonna be you doing it or you can give it to someone else if you're not like involved in that tribal. Is that a good power?

SPEAKER_03

Is it a good I think it's a great power, really? Especially because it's like I mean it's handing you immunity, really, if you want to take it. True. Um, which Max did not, but it's like a I think it's pretty good, but it's immunity not being there. Yeah, yeah, that's true.

SPEAKER_02

Missing out on some some action. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Um yeah, I guess it's good. If there's a clear division and you know everyone's voting and you can knock two people out and it will swing it to your side, I think it's very smart to play, but yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Rich is loving life on the Braun Tribe, apparently he's found his people.

SPEAKER_03

They do that every season when they go over, they're like, I actually love it over here. Like, this is my new starter. Yeah. And I'm like, this is getting old.

SPEAKER_02

Did they send last year Infiltrate and then they fucked it up? Oh my god, who was it? Jerry. No. Oh my god. Like, I know. I literally forget the name. It's just second the season finishes, the names exit my brain.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Tales Old as Time. Uh over at Brains, the coven is done. Uh like it's official. Yeah. Like they've unfollowed each other. Like it's it's fucking the girls are not girling.

SPEAKER_03

The girls are not girling. The girls are not girling.

SPEAKER_02

They even say it like it's Kyron's like, it's official. Like the girl band is split up. Didn't last long. Oh my god. And then we cut to the IKEA challenge.

SPEAKER_03

Bless this sponsorship deal.

SPEAKER_02

So good. Um, there's a bit of banter at the start about Rich stopping. He does the oh, I love these guys thing, and the girl is like, whatever. Uh, it's a one-on-one with the like I don't know, punching bat thing. What do you call that thing? Um, I don't know. Like a this one would be fun.

SPEAKER_03

This would be fun. This would be super fun.

SPEAKER_02

It's when they're literally just like, there's like a knife in the middle of the thing and they're like, go. Like, that's scary. It's crazy.

SPEAKER_03

Well, the one, yeah, whatever thing I broke his, whatever Zen broke his finger on. That was like a oh yeah, that was literally just like run at each other on this net. And I was like, that's someone's gonna break something, and they did. Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, uh, it's Miles v. Paulie at the start. Their little Kiki was so good. Yeah. Um don't touch the money maker. And then Miles is like, no one's making money with this, and Paulie's like, I know.

SPEAKER_03

The best 10 seconds of TV. I'm screwed. This is great.

SPEAKER_02

And then we get Paulie's iconic uh strut post-swinning.

SPEAKER_03

Oh yeah. Stunning, stunning. He knows what it is. Breakout stars breakout star.

SPEAKER_02

Love it. Uh Noons v.

SPEAKER_03

Ally, and Noons just like boom, like knocks her out. Terrifying.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. So good. Ursula v. Karan.

SPEAKER_03

This was fucked. This was it was actually was fucked. I was I was uncomfortable watching it.

SPEAKER_02

It was, and the music was like, ooh.

SPEAKER_03

And then the shots of everyone watching them be like, oh, oh.

SPEAKER_02

This is like have you played The Last of Us 2? I have not. Okay, right. No. There's someone listening right now that knows what I'm talking about, but like without trying to spoil that game, it was reminiscent of the very end of that. Oh, okay. Um, to the point where I was like, wow, this is emotion. Full on. Yeah, but I'm so glad JLP was like, let's call like I gotta get out of here. We got a facial in like five minutes. Like JLP was like, 20 minutes in, we're calling it. So good.

SPEAKER_03

20 minutes is such a long time.

SPEAKER_02

To be like pinned down on a like platform.

SPEAKER_03

Oh yeah. And props to Karen, really, because Ursula is a power link. Expect that from Bruce Coke. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. So I was like, good for you, but oh my god.

SPEAKER_02

But they have a chat while they're down. She's like, don't trust Rich. He's a piece of shit. He's a liar. He's a narcissist. He's volatile. He's volatile. He's the ugliest skank bitch I have ever met. Uh tussle tussle. So we could draw. I don't think that's ever happened on. I've never seen it before. I thought that was rare. Epic, incredible. Yeah. PD and Rich versus Kalen and Max was next. We haven't spoken about Max yet. This is a big episode for him. Big episode for him.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, I fucking can't stand it. Yeah, I'm so glad.

SPEAKER_02

Because there's he's got some girlies mobilised. Like there's there's there's Max stands out there from the first from the promos, actually.

SPEAKER_03

I was like, nope. He's got that like lovable Arikan thing, but and he does he is blessed with the black hair, blue eyes, which I think is a genetic win.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, that and the cute little tush. But no, the vibes are not those are not my vibes.

SPEAKER_03

So bad those poor kids he did. I know.

SPEAKER_02

But I feel like they love that. Like that's why he's like that.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. He kind of reminds me of like Steve Irwin or something. Like it's like that kind of like but not in like a lovable way, and just a like kind of shut the fuck up.

SPEAKER_02

I think he's just trying a lot. I want him to t tone it down a little bit.

SPEAKER_03

A little bit. A little bit.

SPEAKER_02

Hmm. Um The Braun Boys Take It and win the IKEA comfort pack reward, which is stacked.

SPEAKER_03

It was there was so much. I feel like they're too generous on the reward in Australia Survivor.

SPEAKER_02

Uh like, yeah, they are.

SPEAKER_03

But also But also who cares? Yes. Game show, guys. Like the Braun have won, like, yeah, betting. Yeah. They all got letters from home. Too early for letters from home. Too early. I'm like, they saw these people what two weeks ago? I was like, I was like, I rarely see my family more than after a few weeks, I'd be like, I'm fine.

SPEAKER_02

But it did give us Pauli's emotional coming out story moment. Did you cry? I d I welled. Did you welled? I welled. Yeah, actually, I would say I welled as well. I liked I did one of these, like, I triangled. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. It was cute. Yeah, it was cute. I mean, a crazy thing to put in a letter to your son on Survivor, but did you call him a baby eagle?

SPEAKER_02

And then they all like laughed because that's like even though, son, you've taken up a life of fisting and partying, I accept you. I was like, that's beautiful. That is stabbing. You can stay. It's nice, Dad. Um, even the hot dads were crying. Like Pete cut to PD was crying and I was hard for it.

SPEAKER_03

You better believe. Oh my god. Touch with Peter, I'm I'm waiting for his big money.

SPEAKER_02

PD stands for pretty down with that. I don't know. Please dominate me. We'll come up with a better one. Yeah, we'll work on it. We'll work on that. Brains. Max is a little show-off. Yeah. It's kind of a good way to describe him. He's Miles is not vibing with Max's cooked vibes. I do love Miles. Miles is fantastic. I don't get why people people don't want to work with him for some reason. What's that about?

SPEAKER_03

And then this targeting of Max calling him like the jungle rat, like immediately, I was like I was not okay with that. I was not okay. I was like, this is so so bad. I think just because yeah, Miles is just he's just a different guy. Like he's different, and then you everyone like targets him for that. Living in his throat, they're just jealous because they're hating. I wish they could pole dance.

SPEAKER_02

Exactly. Do you reckon he's got some crystal clackers on the island? Maybe. If if there is a pole dancing challenge, I will imagine.

SPEAKER_03

Can you imagine? That's that's what they're doing.

SPEAKER_02

Well, they've already had polls, they've they love a pole challenge, so JLP can say, Oh, grabbing the polls. Yeah. There could be another one. Oh no, sliding down the pole.

SPEAKER_00

Sliding down the bowl.

SPEAKER_02

Um, what happens here? Oh, Miles and Caitlin chat about um the kind of AJ Ellie of it all. Yeah. Uh Allie's listening.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

And she goes and tells everyone right away. Um, because they're scheming. Can she just chill for one second, please?

SPEAKER_03

She needs to calm. Yeah, it wasn't. Get those IKEA blankets, take a little nap.

SPEAKER_02

Because it wasn't like a proper like Luke Toki bush pig. Like jungle hut. You know that? Where they hide in the jungle. Wasn't that his thing?

SPEAKER_03

Yes, yeah, that was his, but he was like, It wasn't as good as that. She was just kind of there. He was just there, and it was like cut in a way that I was like, I don't even know if I believe.

SPEAKER_02

So, what did she hear?

SPEAKER_03

Like, I mean, she just heard the name she just heard um his name. And yeah. Anyway. I'm not sure. Yeah, it didn't feel it wasn't an exciting moment.

SPEAKER_02

Well, she goes over to Max Adidas, she's like, Max, um, well, you know it's like you, yeah. Yeah. I'm like, sorry, what is it though? And he's like, What do you what is it? What? Yeah, she just tells him right away, and then Max is like, Oh, I'm in it, take Miles out, and blah blah blah. And again, I think it's like Kent all over again. Like, they just want the promo bits like Max V miles or whatever. They don't actually care.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, definitely not. Anyway. Um, and he's been given the scroll at this point, right?

SPEAKER_02

I don't think yet. Oh, wait. Oh, has he? Oh no, no, yeah, sorry, that's an immunity. That's an immunity. Sorry. Just about no immunity challenge happens now. Yeah, it's the spelling word thing. Miles drops the letter R, and that is gonna haunt him for the rest of his life.

SPEAKER_03

Because they had it. They really did have it. They really and the brawns kind of copied them. They were like, they saw what was happening, were like, do this and Then the little draw.

SPEAKER_02

And thank fuck for that wide shot because we actually could tell that genuinely it was that close. Because you know how sometimes they edit it to make it look close. This was like, no, no, it was that close. We saw it all. So heartbreaking. And then enter Rich, who's like, Bomb Squad, Bomb Squad, Bob Squad, Bomb Squad. You can have this scroll, but it's for bomb squad purposes only. And yeah, I'm gonna tell everyone this. Max opens it up and reads it in front of the group. Would did he have to do that?

SPEAKER_03

I don't think so, no, but seeing as I think everyone saw he didn't get it passed on that was like, oh, may as well just read it in front of everyone. Yeah. But I guess he didn't have to, because it could have he could have said it was anything. Exactly. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

This is where the pest problem of it all comes up, which again I'm like, eh. It's not.

SPEAKER_01

Do we have to speak like this? Oh shit.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. Um yeah, lame move. Uh the he so Max is so this is confusing as far. He says, look, I did, but it still makes no sense. He chose himself and AJ to stay home, but then like five minutes later, he's like, oh, but actually I might change my mind. Do you think he I think he just didn't know what he was doing?

SPEAKER_03

I think he just didn't know what he was doing. I uh it didn't seem like he was proper scheming or had a plan. I think he just was um flying by the seat of his pants. I mean, I like I respect the move to be like here's telling everyone what you're gonna do, and then you actually do something different. That's kind of fun, but he like changed it multiple times.

SPEAKER_02

I was like, actually don't to the point where like you are not in control of it.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, yep, yep, yeah.

SPEAKER_02

I think it was he jumped the gun and because he's pretty excitable, it's like a wind-up toy, and he was like, Oh, yeah, it'll be me and AJ. And then he realized like, oh shit, I don't actually have to tell everyone now. You didn't even have to read the scroll. I would have not even read the scroll, I would have gone and read the scroll on my own. Oh, okay. Come back and been like, Oh, you guys are gonna cry when you find out what my power is. Wouldn't you do that?

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, and then at tribal, you would do it all, yeah, and then they would know. Instead, everyone's planning with that in mind.

SPEAKER_02

And how fucking annoying would this be? Like you're trying to plan your vote, and it's like you don't even know if you're voting, and you don't know who's there. It's like it's annoying. Yeah, yeah. So I guess if that was the strategy, just like cause chaos in that way, well done, sir.

SPEAKER_03

But I don't know. I think yeah, I think he got a bit too excited. He got a bit excitable.

SPEAKER_00

Miles comes up with the name The Graduate The Graduates Um because they've got degrees and they hate high school bullshit.

SPEAKER_02

Which I'm kind of here for.

SPEAKER_00

Miles says in his Sam Campbell voice, this is our graduation ceremony.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god. Um, and the irony of them Max being like a teacher as well. It was just very funny. Yeah, it was very funny.

SPEAKER_02

I'll take the graduates. They're I think they're yeah, I'll allow it. I'll allow it.

SPEAKER_03

But I feel like it's it's yeah, it's they're like, we're the graduates, we're working together, but they're not like coven where they're like, we are the strong and we're never gonna fall apart.

SPEAKER_02

Friends with benefits, friends with benefits, which is what we need more of on this show. I agree to stop like committing to like a monogamous situation with five people on day one. Stupid don't know the slope where this show goes for so long, so long, and then yeah, Coven Shidan, uh Max is living for this power, and it's not good straight to his head at tribal.

SPEAKER_00

He's like, This is war, and I've got a nuclear bum, JLP. JP's like, cool.

SPEAKER_02

Uh his monologue about playing his game was so cringe. The most cringe. The cringe is real. We got there. Yeah, and then I like Karen. She's yeah, she's my girl. She was like, I think we might be graduating tonight.

SPEAKER_03

I got chills when she did that because I was like, oh, this is so smart. This is so oh I loved it so much.

SPEAKER_02

But then Max sends home Laura and Karen.

SPEAKER_03

And everyone is confused.

SPEAKER_02

Including Max, I think. Like, did I say that right? Yeah. See, this didn't make sense. What's the strat?

SPEAKER_03

The strat. Then I think he I feel like he bounced back to being like, We're doing the bomb squad, and I'm sending these two uh coven people away. But I feel like but he got he still got it wrong because it wasn't the two that were and then I was like, was he just not across coven split?

SPEAKER_02

Was he trying to make it look like he was bomb squad strong, but like actually wasn't? I don't know.

SPEAKER_03

Yep, yep, yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Either way, I didn't really if I was if I was there, as soon as the girls left, I would have been like, let's all go max out.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, I that's what I was hoping would happen.

SPEAKER_02

They'd be like, Yeah, I would have just do it so he stupidly left himself there, like could have just got rid of it. Yeah, yeah, um, confusion, confusion. Um, we see most of the votes when as they're writing them down, except Dump Truck Kalen. Um, but and he says, like, we get that I love the back shot at the um the the like voting urn. Oh my god. And you so you don't know what he says, and just he goes, I need this for my alliance.

SPEAKER_01

And I was like, who's it gonna be?

SPEAKER_02

So good.

SPEAKER_03

This is hands down the best travel of the season. It was very good.

SPEAKER_02

It was great. And then, yeah, jokes on Max because Allie gets the majority of the votes. Thank you.

SPEAKER_03

Thank fuck, and Allie's face was priceless because he was Max's, and so was Max's.

SPEAKER_02

Everyone's shocked, and Miles is just like Max's face was like, like he was genuinely shocked. Allie's was more, she was like, She was trying to play it cool, yeah, yeah, but she was Devo.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god, so bad. Also, slightly unrelated, they were all so sunburnt. They were, and I was like, whatever in turn didn't give them sunscreen is in a lot of trouble. I was like, they were glowing red. I was like, this is not okay.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, and we got tribesot next week. We got tribesop next week. What are you doing for?

SPEAKER_03

Oh, I'm hoping for well, I feel like we haven't seen a lot of the brawn because they just haven't been in the tribal council. So I'll I'm excited to see how those dynamics kind of um play out. Um yeah, and like I'm glad the coven and all that is split, because now I just feel like they it's just gonna be completely split across the board, and I feel like like the bomb squad and all that will just be like kind of dissipated over everything. So that'll be that'll be fun. I'm hoping for a bit more from like Noonan and Paulie and all that.

SPEAKER_02

I hope they get to stay together. Yes, that would be great. Also, if they split up, they can kind of like regroup later on, hopefully. Yeah, and hope to forces. I don't know.

SPEAKER_03

I think either way they're good. Yeah, I don't think they're like a super threat with the people be coming after them. So I'm hoping they'll stick around. They love them dearly. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Jaden, thanks so much for joining me. Oh, thank you for having me soon. Only took us ten hours to discuss these three episodes.

SPEAKER_03

Well, they are the longest episodes of television you'll experience. Including ten play ads. I'm sorry. Oh no. If I have to watch a deal or no deal island ad that goes for two minutes one more time. I'm losing my mind.

SPEAKER_02

Um where can people find you and what have you got going on?

SPEAKER_03

Oh, um, you can follow me on Instagram at J McShully. Um you can see me do an improv at Improv Conspiracy Theatre. That's about it. You got any coming up? Um I do a really fun show called There's No Place Like once a month at TIC Theatre. And that's um a really fun show to come check out. So come see that.

SPEAKER_01

Yes, yeah. Come on down.

SPEAKER_02

Great, and as of today, huge announcement for the pod. Um the cringe is real is now on TikTok. So you can find me over there. I finally did it. I was like, whatever. Hell yeah. Um come find me over there. I'm also on Blue Sky and Instagram or all uh the cringe is real pod. Love that. Congrats on the TikTok. I mean, we'll see. Don't like get too excited.

SPEAKER_03

I'm I'm gonna do it. Next week I'm like it's done. It's done. We've actually we've shut the government, shut it down. It's gone.

SPEAKER_01

Alright, don't. Bye bye. Bye.

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