Challenges: MPF percentile
36%
Seasons: 1 | Days played: 46 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1
- SurvivorAU 6: Brains v Brawn (2021) - nth place, nth out.
- (Self-) idoled out in Episode 6, only to learn she's been swapped to Brawn instead (Day 14).
- Voted out in Episode 23 (Day 46).
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| AU: Brains v Brawn | 0.77 | 16.79 | 0.05 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 0.52 | 0.87 | - | - | - | 0.57 | 1.64 |
| Career | 0.77 | 16.79 | 0.05 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 0.52 | 0.87 | - | - | - | 0.57 | 1.64 |
Cara Atchison - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
55%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
73%
Performance ranks are a quick visual measure of the contestant's season vs. historical data from all prior contestants, in three basic (scorable) categories:
1. Performance in individual challenges (MPF), as a measure of "physical game";
2. Ability to vote people out consistently (VFB%, or VFB/TCA), or "strategic game"; and
3. Ability to avoid being voted against (rVAP, or TCA-VAP) - which scales better than a percentage would - for "social/strategic game."
See also: Full glossary for all these abbreviations.
Cara Atchison - Challenge record
AU:
Brains v Brawn challenges 
Tribal/team challenge record (6-for-22; 3 sit-outs):
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 1 RC (Spinning slide puzzle) - Tries the first puzzle, but Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 1 IC (Climb, carts, slingshot) - Climbs, rides cart; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 2 RC "Battle Dig" - Not shown competing; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 2 IC (Wheel, balls, puzzle) - Crosses obstacles; Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 3 RC (Trough filling) - Blocks water with Laura, but Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 3 IC (Brainteaser, obstacles, blocks) - Crosses obstacles, Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 4 RC "Game of Throw-Ins" - With Laura, loses a point; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 4 IC (Cage, word puzzle) - Sits out, as the Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 5 RC (Log roll) - Loses match point to Dani; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 5 IC (Balls, balls, balls) - Performs well, but Brains lose again.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 6 RC (Obstacles, sandbags) - Crosses obstacles; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 6 IC "Hitching a Ride" - Turns the crank; Brains lose again.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 7 RC (Holding up barrels) - Sits out, as Brawn loses.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 7 IC (Ropes, idol) - Helps grab and pull ropes, Brawn wins.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 8 IC "Weight and Sea" - Waits at maze, Brains lose big.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 10 RC "Shoulder the Load" - Loader for Brains, and Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 10 IC (Sled, slingshots) - Crosses obstacles; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 11 IC (Cubes, rings, balls) - Emmett throws it; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 12 RC "Blue Lagoon Bustle" - Paddles the raft, and Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 12 IC "Discy Business" - Brawn throws it, so Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 16 RC (Raft, memory) - Part of the white losing team.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 19 RC (Planks, obstacles) - Forced to sit out, but gets reward.
Individual challenge record (0-for-14): (Mean % finish: 52.3%)
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 9 RC/IC (Team obstacles, sandbags) - Lands one sandbag, then knocks it off; does not win (tie-2nd/8).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 13 RC (Catapulting sandbags) - Sixth, gets donuts (6th/13).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 13 IC (Ball in chute) - Sixth out, under 10 minutes in (8th/13).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 14 IC (Multi-stage obstacles) - Makes it to the second round, but not the finals (tie-6th/10).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 15 IC "Let There Be Rock" - One of eight to not win (tie-2nd/9).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 16 IC (Seated "This Much") - 7th out, over 1 hour in (4th/10).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 17 IC (Hill run, puzzle) - One of four to not win (tie-6th/9).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 18 RC "Teeter Tower" - One of seven to not win (tie-2nd/8).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 18 IC "Chimney Sweeps" - Fourth to drop out, at 1 hour (5th/8).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 19 IC "Hold Your Own" - First person out, minutes in (7th/7).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 20 IC (Balls, water obstacles) - One of two to land one ball, just short of the win (tie-2nd/6).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 21 RC (Sticks, key, sandbags) - Stuck on retrieving key (tie-4th/6).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 21 IC (Ropes, word puzzle) - 4th to puzzle, doesn't win (tie-2nd/6).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 22 IC (Block, hook, puzzle) - 1st to puzzle, doesn't win (2nd/5).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 23 IC (Balls, ladder, skee-ball) - Lands 3 balls, doesn't win (3rd/4).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- AU: Brains v Brawn: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 6 |
| Played: | 22 |
| Win%: | 0.27 |
| Sat out: | 3 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 14 |
| Win%: | 0.00 |
| Mean% Finish: | 52.3% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean% Finish: | - |
Cara Atchison - Tribal Council record
AU:
Brains v Brawn Tribal 
Idols held/played (2/2; 4 votes voided) | Advantages held/played (1/1):
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 6: Finds the Brains idol (Day 14).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 6: Plays the idol for George, voiding 4 votes and saving him, while idoling herself out, after the revote (Day 14).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 12: Finds the golden ticket Tribal advantage at the candy store reward, giving her and George a chance to vote at Brawn's Ep12 Tribal (Day 24).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 17: George plays his secret Tribal Council idol for Cara, voiding 8 votes against her, and saving her (Day 35).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 18: Finds an idol in camp, after the IC (Day 37).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 20: Plays the idol for herself, voiding no votes (Day 41).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (9/17*):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep5 | Laura | Mitch Shaw (voted out, 6-4-[0]) | - |
| Ep6 | Georgia | Cara Atchison (idoled to Brawn, [0]-3-3; 6-2) | - |
| Ep8 | Laura | Daini Tuiqere (voted out, 3-[0]-2-1) | - |
| Ep9 | Laura | Laura Wells (voted out, 5-2; saved**) | Yes |
| Ep10 | Georgia | Georgia Ray (voted out, 5-3) | Yes |
| Ep11 | Laura | Rachel Downie (voted out, 3-2-2) | - |
| Ep12 | Simon | Simon Mee (voted out, 6-3-1) | Yes |
| Ep13 | Laura | Kez McGee (idoled out, [0]-4-1) | - |
| Ep15 | Hayley | Hayley Leake (voted to Exile, 9-1) | Yes |
| Ep16 | Dani | Gerald Youles (voted out, 5-4-[0]) | - |
| Ep17 | Laura | Laura Wells (idoled out, [0]-1) | Yes |
| Ep18 | Emmett | Emmett Pugh (voted out, 4-3-1) | Yes |
| Ep19 | Andrew | Andrew Ucles (voted out, 4-2-1) | Yes |
| Ep20 | Flick | Flick Palmateer (voted out, 4-2; saved by urn) | Yes |
| Ep21 | Flick | Dani Beale (voted out, 2-2-2; 3-0) | - |
| Ep22 | Wai | Wai Chim (idoled out, [0]-2-1) | Yes |
| Ep23 | George | Cara Atchison (voted out, 2-1-1) | - |
| 17 | TOTALS | 9 | |
*Briefly attended Ep1 Tribal, before being removed by George's advantage; also attended the Ep12 Tribal and cast a vote, but was ineligible to be voted against.
**Laura was the Brains boot at the Ep10 double Tribal, but the 4 IC winners overruled it.
VAP - Votes against (13):
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 6: Three votes, from Andrew, Joey, and Laura (idoled out*, [0]-3-3; 6-2 on revote).
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 9: Two votes, from Laura and Rachel.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 10: Three votes, from Georgia, Laura, and Rachel.
- [AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 17: Eight votes, from Andrew, Dani, Emmett, Flick, George, Hayley, Laura, and Wai, all voided by George's idol play.]
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 18: One vote, from Dani.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 19: Two votes, from Dani and Flick.
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 23: Two votes, from George and Hayley (voted out, 2-1-1).
*After being snuffed in Ep6, learned she's just going to Brawn tribe.
Jury votes made (0/1):
- AU: Brains v Brawn, Ep. 24: Voted for George Mladenov, who finished in second place, 7-2.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Advantages held/played: | 1/1 |
| Idols found: | 2 |
| Idols played: | 2 |
| Votes voided: | 4 |
| VFB: | 9 |
| Tribals: | 17* |
| VAP: | 13 |
| Made: | 1 |
| For winners: | 0 |
| Received: | - |
Cara Atchison - Pictures
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Brains v Brawn image gallery -
Brains v Brawn intro shot -
Brains v Brawn intro shot -
Pre-season trailer headshot -
More pre-season trailer headshot -
Brains tribe arrival, Day 1 -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 RC -
Attempting the first puzzle -
Mitch swaps in -
Turning the giant slide puzzle -
In Brains camp, time for introductions
Cara Atchison - Interviews
AU:
Brains v Brawn interviews Pre-game interviews
- None yet.
Post-game interviews
- 10play.com exit interview (9/6/21): "'Everyone Underestimated Us': Cara Atchison's Ultimate Alliance Finally Comes Undone"
- Ryan Brink at Brink of Reality (9/6/21): "8th Juror Exit Interview | Australian Survivor Brains V Brawn"
- Shannon Guss at RHAP (9/7/21): "Australian Survivor Brains V Brawn | Week 8 (Eps 22-23) Exit Interviews"
Cara Atchison - Bio
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Brains v Brawn bio Official Ten AU: Brains v Brawn bio excerpts (July 11, 2021):
"Real Estate Agency Owner Cara, may be known as the Duchess of Double Bay, but can she bring her reign to the Outback? At the age of 20, the quirky adventure seeker realised that she had a secret power. As an empath, Cara can sense and feel emotions as if they’re part of her own experience – someone else’s pain and happiness, become her own."