Challenges: MPF percentile
39%
Seasons: 1 | Days played: 37 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1
- SurvivorAU 10: Brains v Brawn II (2025) - 9th place, 16th out - 3rd juror.
- Voted out in Episode 18, "Operation: Shut Your Pie Hole" (Day 37).
Karin Gunatilake on social media: Instagram
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| AU: BvB II | 1.16 | 9.28 | 0.13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.50 | 1.56 | - | - | - | 0.62 | 2.72 |
| Career | 1.16 | 9.28 | 0.13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.50 | 1.56 | - | - | - | 0.62 | 2.72 |
Karin Gunatilake - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
51%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
79%
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.
Karin Gunatilake - Challenge record
AU:
Brains v Brawn II challenges
Tribal/team challenge record (9-for-24):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 1 RC (Key retrieval): Helps haul sandbags, but Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 1 IC (Coco snake; puzzle): Helps haul the snake, and Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 2 RC (Slide, floating puzzle): Grabs bags, helps on the puzzle; Brains win again.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 2 IC (Spools, targets): Helps push the spool, but Rich and Max blow a lead; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 3 RC (Net Tunnel Run): Loses the final point to Noonan; Brains lose, 5-0.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 3 IC (Pole assembly, slingshots): Helps with the poles, but Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 4 RC (Pegs): Paired with Laura, who steps down under 20 minutes, but Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 4 IC (Water soccer): Attacker twice, passes once to Myles for a goal, and Brains win, 4-1.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 5 RC (Mud bath, targets): Transports mud, but Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 5 IC (Fire, puzzle, coconuts): Waits to toss coconuts, never gets the chance. Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 6 RC, "Sumo at Sea": Battles Ursula to a tie after 20 minutes; Brains lose, 3-0-1.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 6 IC (Reverse slide, word puzzle): Gathers tiles, but Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 7 RC (Swimming, memory): Now with Brawn; not shown competing, Brawn wins.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 7 IC (Chests, tiles): Hauls the chests, but Brawn loses.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 8 IC (Pegs, sandbags): First Brawn to drop; Brawn loses.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 9 IC (Plank puzzle, balls): Hauls canoe, lands the last ball, Brawn wins.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 10 RC (Double Idol Hands): Loses final point to Morgan, Brawn loses, 3-2.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 10 IC (Ladders, balls): Gathers ladders, retrieves balls, but Brawn loses.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 11 IC (Team When It Rains): Brains mysteriously lose all their strength in under 5 minutes, so Brawn wins.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 12 RC (Slide, rings): Loses a point vs. Morgan; Brawn loses, 3-2.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 12 IC "Discy Business": Stacks blocks, but Brawn loses again.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 15 RC (Pairs water Bball): With Kristin, the only point-losing pair for the teal winning team.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 17 IC (Team "Get a Grip"): Fourth out at 15 min. for Bounty, the winning team.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 18 RC (Pairs "A Bit Tipsy"): Paired with Myles, one of several non-winning pairs.
Individual challenge record (0-for-6): (Mean % Finish: 52.6%)
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 13 RC (Rope hang): Third out, at around 5 min. (10th/12).
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 13 IC (Seesaw, balls): Sixth out, on the 1-ball stage (7th/12).
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 14 IC (Spool Crocodile Rock): Ninth person to drop out (3rd/11).
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 15 IC "Last Gasp": Battles Kaelan over 75 minutes, but final person out (2nd/11).
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 16 IC "A Leg Up" with balls: Sixth person to drop (5th/10).
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 18 IC (Barrels, monkey fist, puzzle): Does not advance past first stage (tie-6th/9).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 9 |
| Played: | 24 |
| Win%: | 0.38 |
| Sat out: | - |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 6 |
| Win%: | 0.00 |
| Mean % Finish: | 52.6% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
Karin Gunatilake - Tribal Council record
AU:
Brains v Brawn II Tribal 
Idols held/played (0/0):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 12: With Logan (and Kaelan) as she finds the Brawn idol (Day 24).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (5/10*):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep2 | Indy | Indy Saleh (voted out, 10-2) | Yes |
| Ep3 | Kent | Kent Miller-Randle (voted out, 8-3) | Yes |
| Ep6 | -* | Ally Kettle (voted out, 3-2) | - |
| Ep7 | Rich | Rich Hughes (voted out, 7-1-1) | Yes |
| Ep8 | Ursula | Ursula Rose (voted out, 6-2) | Yes |
| Ep10 | Paulie | Laura Noonan (idoled out, [0]-2-[0]) | - |
| Ep13 | Jesse | Jesse Noonan (voted out, 6-5-2) | Yes |
| Ep14 | Paulie | 'PD' Dee (idoled out, [0]-3) | - |
| Ep15 | Logan | Laura Darras (idoled out, [0]-3-2) | - |
| Ep17 | Myles | Paulie Michael (idoled out, [0]-3-1-1) | - |
| Ep18 | Zara | Karin Gunatilake (voted out, 5-3-1) | - |
| 10* | TOTALS | 5 | |
*Max used an advantage to send Karin and Laura back to camp before the vote at the Ep6 Tribal; no TCA charged
VAP - Votes against (5):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 18: Five votes, from AJ, Kaelan, Kristin, Logan, and Myles (voted out, 5-3-1).
Jury votes made (0/0):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 24: None yet.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Found: | 0 |
| Played: | - |
| Votes voided: | - |
| VFB: | 5 |
| Tribals: | 10* |
| VAP: | 5 |
| Made: | 0 |
| For winners: | - |
| Received: | - |
Karin Gunatilake - Pictures
AU:
Brains v Brawn II image gallery -
AU: Brains v Brawn II intro shot -
AU: Brains v Brawn II intro shot -
Brains tribe arrival, Day 1 -
Brains lose -
Brains tribe meet-and-greet -
Talking about the women gravitating together -
A Coven forms -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC -
Brains win immunity! -
Indy feels left out of the Coven, Ep2 -
Starting line, Ep2 RC -
Brains, hitting the puzzle with a lead -
Deciding between fishing gear and one big fish -
Ally has some demands -
Watching the throwing, Ep2 IC -
Brains, Ep2 Tribal -
Listening to Ally -
Max wants to work with the Coven, Ep3 -
Losing the final point to Noonan, Ep3 RC -
So long, Zen, pre-Ep3 IC -
Brains, Ep3 Tribal -
Outlasting Kaelan/Max, Ep4 RC -
Reward feasting -
Watching the football, Ep4 IC -
Brains win! -
Waiting to get muddy, Ep5 RC -
Waiting to toss coconuts, Ep5 IC -
Talking about the vote -
Brains, Ep5 Tribal -
Oh, it's a non-elim, yay -
Battling Ursula to a stalemate, Ep6 RC -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 IC -
Rich very subtly hands Max his scroll -
Graduates, plotting -
Brains, Ep6 Tribal (before Max sends Laura and Kaz back to camp) -
The new Brawn tribe, Ep7 swap -
Brawn wins reward! Ep7 RC -
Happy to have landed with an ex-Brains majority, except for half her alliance -
Reward feasting -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7 IC -
Plotting with the Brains -
New Brawn, Ep7 Tribal -
Listening to AJ -
Hanging in there, Ep8 IC -
The losing Brawns -
AJ has a plan, sigh... -
Brawn, Ep8 Tribal -
Listening to Paulie -
Brawn mysteriously leading after AJ's hostage announcement, Ep9 IC -
Landing the final ball... Brawn wins! -
Just lost the final point to Morgan, Ep10 RC -
Hauling the ladder, Ep10 IC -
Paulie has joined the chat -
Brawn, Ep10 Tribal -
Amused at AJ wasting his idol, Ep11 -
Brawn, mysteriously winning the Ep11 IC five minutes in -
Eh, it's a win, AJ -
Losing a point vs. Morgan, Ep12 RC -
We should look for idols! -
Logan found it -
Brawn about to lose, Ep12 IC -
Brawn, Ep12 Tribal, learning Ben has left the game -
It's the merge! Ep13 -
More hanging, Ep13 RC -
Not invited to the cocktail party -
Ep13 IC, already in progress -
Malosi, Ep13 Tribal -
Starting line, Ep14 IC -
Malosi, Ep14 Tribal -
Myles just took Kristin's idol and played it?! -
Logan is not amused, Ep15 -
Watching the shooting, Ep15 RC -
Reward feasting with the teal team -
Last Gasp-ing, Ep15 IC -
Ended up just behind Kaelan -
Malosi, Ep15 Tribal -
It's a mystery, Logan! -
After Logan plays her idol, the next most votes are for... Laura -
Sort-of auction time, Ep16 -
Starting line, Ep16 IC -
Making a (pointless) plan -
Malosi, about to learn the Ep16 Tribal is a little different -
Joining the Bounty team/tribe -
Breakfast for Bounty! Ep17 -
Not a bad start to the day -
Bounty starting on the top holds, Ep17 IC -
Happy to be immune -
Paulie has demands -
Malosi, Ep17 Tribal -
With Myles, close to winning, Ep18 RC -
Rolling with it, Ep18 IC -
Talking about the vote -
Kristin with the last-minute pitch -
Calling a live Tribal, Ep18 Tribal -
Explaining her position -
Kristin admits to tipping Karin off -
The third member of our jury... -
Snuffed, Day 37 (Episode 18)
Karin Gunatilake - Interviews
AU:
Brains v Brawn II interviews Pre-game interviews
- None yet.
Post-game interviews
- Official 10play exit interview (3/25/25): "'Nah, F**k It, Plan B': Karin Gunatilake Makes One Final Hail Mary Pitch in a Chaotic Tribal Council"
- Shannon Guss at RHAP (3/27/25): "Survivor AU: Brains v Brawn II Week 6 Exit Interviews"
Karin Gunatilake - Bio
AU: Brains v Brawn II bio Official Ten AU: Brains v Brawn II bio excerpts (January 20, 2025):
"With a wicked sense of humour and a love for the game, Karin is a doctor working in orthopaedic surgery. She helps surgeons do their surgery and says, “You’re the dude that’s holding things apart so the doctor can do the fixing.”
But she’s also ready to leave her doctoral instinct to help people at the door saying, “I'm here on Survivor to break bones. I don't want to put things back together. I'm not the good doctor anymore.”
Admitting surgical training is pretty close to surviving when it comes to 36-hour shifts with no sleep, no food and a competitive group of doctors trying to outsmart each other, Karin knows the game and wants to make an impact.
Karin says, “I just want to do something that's different. I've had every part of my life planned for the last 30 years. Not a single thing has gone wrong, and everything I've wanted to happen has happened. And that's because I like planning, I like control, I like having everything organised in front of me. And this is so left field of anything I've ever done.”
Not wanting to take a goat along to the final, Karin jokes her trust issues and resting bitch face might make her a target.
If she wins the $500,000 prize money, Karin plans to buy back her parent’s property in Sri Lanka for her mum after they had to sell it to pay for her uni fees."