This season also introduced a variety of twists previously seen on the American format including the initial marooning, the hiding of an immunity idol at challenges (first seen in Cambodia), tribal mutiny (first seen in Thailand) and jury member elimination (as seen in Kaôh Rōng).

was on the bottom due to his aggressive strategizing, but he was able to seize control by eliminating Aimee, the closest ally of the tribe's prominent strategist in Locky.

Tara then decided to betray her closest ally Locky due to his status as a threat, but he went on an immunity run that eventually ended with his elimination.

Jericho then won the final immunity challenge and decided to stay true to his new alliance with Tara, voting out Peter.

Back at Asaga, Joan and Kent are concerned that one of them will be voted out because they were the puzzle makers during the Immunity Challenge and ended up losing.

Meanwhile, Adam establishes an alliance with Kate, Tara, Tarzan, Tessa, and Ziggy, intending on taking out AK at Samatau's first Tribal Council.

However, nobody believes the idol is real and everyone considers sticking with the original plan to vote out AK because he continues to prove himself untrustworthy.

Adam believes that he will have the numbers to vote out Anneliese tonight as long as nobody flips, but is concerned that Tara might not trust him anymore after his handling of the idol situation.

Before Tribal Council, Tara discusses a plan with Locky and Aimee to use Tessa while she's still in the game and vote out AK tonight.

Samantha and Mark believe that their alliance with Henry, Jacqui, and Sarah is tight and that the tribe will be splitting the votes between their two weakest players, Michelle and Ben.

The tribe is undecided on what to do as many worry that Mark could be a huge physical and social threat down the road whereas Henry and Jacqui have been a powerful strategic force on Asaga.

Ben is skeptical that the vote has switched, he doesn't believe Jacqui and Henry are a power couple, and he thinks Luke has a problem with authority in the game.

Mark makes a pitch to the tribe, telling them that Henry and Jacqui are pulling the strings, they are a power couple, and they blindsided Samantha.

The next day, Jacqui and Henry begin to realize that Luke may be the newest threat to their game because he's a very social player, he would win if he got to the end, and he is trying to get the two of them voted out.

Tara knows that if something doesn't change, she is going next, and tells Ziggy that tonight is a good night to get rid of AK as he will be a huge strategic threat down the road.

On Asaga, small tensions have risen as Jacqui and Kent are growing annoyed with Michelle's perceived laziness around camp and Ben being a klutz.

However, Luke and Michelle take the opportunity to pull Tara and Anneliese aside to fill them in on what was going on in Asaga before and that Jacqui and Henry were running the camp.

However, Luke, Michelle, and Jericho want to make a move against Jacqui in order to weaken Henry's power in the game and remove his number one ally.

However, Henry is feeling like the most powerful person in the game as he has solid ties to Asaga and believes that he is making good relationships on Samatau.

Tara believes that voting out Michelle might be a good move because it will continue to break Asaga apart and get rid of a weak link.

AK approaches Sarah and Odette to convince them to join his side because if he leaves, he believes the two of them will end up on the bottom of Asaga if the tribe goes back to Tribal.

Michelle is able to get Ben to reveal his thoughts on the Ultimate Reward being a super idol and states that he wants to see if AK's former allies will vote out Locky.

Jarrad cautions the tribe that Michelle has just proven today how good she is at planting ideas whereas Ben does not have a strong strategic game.

Odette finds herself in the middle, but Tara also believes she is a swing vote because both Luke and Sarah are trying to take control of the game and she needs to make the best decision for her.

Anneliese knows that she can no longer trust Locky and debates using her idol at the next Tribal Council to flip things back in Samatau's favor.

Later, Ziggy begins to observe that Locky was the one who flipped and she debates whether she also needs to join a new alliance or try to make something work with former Samatau with her Super Idol.

Back at camp, Luke, Jericho, Tara, Sarah, Henry, Locky, and Michelle all agree to vote Anneliese out.

Michelle believes that she is playing a more straightforward game where her intentions are clear whereas Sarah is more willing to make plans and promises she won't keep.

While trust is up for debate, Peter believes the purpose of tonight's vote is to eliminate a huge threat which can mutually benefit a majority of the players still left in the game.

Notes Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).