Challenges: MPF percentile
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Seasons: 1 | Days played: 19 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 0
- SurvivorAU 10: Brains v Brawn II (2025) - 16th place, 9th out.
- Idoled out in Episode 9, "Hostages" (Day 19).
Max Wills 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 | 0.61 | 1.67 | 0.36 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0.47 | 1.75 | - | - | - | 0.84 | 2.36 |
| Career | 0.61 | 1.67 | 0.36 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0.47 | 1.75 | - | - | - | 0.84 | 2.36 |
Max Wills - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
50%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
48%
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.
Max Wills - Challenge record
AU:
Brains v Brawn II challenges
Tribal/team challenge record (6-for-16):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 1 RC (Key retrieval): Helpfully tosses a bag that prevents key retrieval, Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 1 IC (Coco snake; puzzle): Helps move the snake, and Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 2 RC (Slide, floating puzzle): Grabs a bag, as the Brains win again.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 2 IC (Spools, targets): Tosses sandbgas, but Rich and Max blow a lead; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 3 RC (Net Tunnel Run): Loses a point vs. PD; Brains lose, 5-0.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 3 IC (Pole assembly, slingshots): Hits zero targets, swaps out for Kent, as the Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 4 RC (Pegs): Paired with Kaelan, steps down just over 10 minutes, but Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 4 IC (Water soccer): Two-time attacker, and Brains win, 4-1.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 5 RC (Mud bath, targets): Transports mud, hits no targets; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 5 IC (Fire, puzzle, coconuts): Helps on puzzle, but Brains never start the fire; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 6 RC, "Sumo at Sea": Loses final point vs. PD/Rich; 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): Still with Brains; hauls rope, Brains lose, 3-0.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 7 IC (Chests, tiles): Hauls the chests, fails at placing tiles, swaps out, and Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 8 IC (Pegs, sandbags): Holds on until the end, Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 9 IC (Plank puzzle, balls): Brains throw the challenge, and lose.
Individual challenge record (0-for-0):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II: None.
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 6 |
| Played: | 16 |
| Win%: | 0.38 |
| Sat out: | - |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
Max Wills - Tribal Council record
AU:
Brains v Brawn II Tribal 
Idols held/played (1/0) | Advantages held/played (1/1):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 6: Handed a 2x Safety Without Power advantage by Rich after the IC. Plays it at that night's Tribal (has to), decides on the spot to send Laura and Karin back to camp, annoying both sides, and leading to Ally's blindside, 4-3 (Day 14).
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 7: Finds an idol in a tree near the well, the day of the swap (Day 15).
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 9: Voted out without playing his idol, despite Myles playing his (Day 20).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (2/4):
| 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 | Myles | Ally Kettle (voted out, 3-2) | - |
| Ep9 | Myles | Max Wills (idoled out, [0]-4-1]) | - |
| 4 | TOTALS | 2 | |
VAP - Votes against (4):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 9: Four votes, from Ben, Jesse, Kate, and Morgan (idoled out, [0]-4-1).
Jury votes made (0/0):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II: None.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Advantages held/ played: | 1/1 |
| Idols found: | 1 |
| Idols played: | 0 |
| Votes voided: | - |
| VFB: | 2 |
| Tribals: | 4 |
| VAP: | 4 |
| Made: | 0 |
| For winners: | - |
| Received: | - |
Max Wills - 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, Ep1 RC -
Talking about the tribe -
Brains tribe meet-and-greet -
Looking for his missing hat -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC -
Brains win immunity! -
Starting line, Ep2 RC -
Brains leading, heading to the puzzle -
Brains win! -
Choosing between fish and fishing gear -
Sporting the palm-frond hat replacement that Indy made, pre-Ep2 IC -
Not hitting targets -
Indy leaks the Coven's plan ... threateningly -
Still missing targets -
Brains, Ep2 Tribal -
It was Kent who burned the hat?! -
Kent is dead to me, Ep3 -
Happily on board with the Coven's plan -
Losing a point to PD, Ep3 RC -
So long to Zen, pre-Ep3 IC -
Watching Kent hit targets -
Brains, Ep3 Tribal -
Stepping down with Kaelan, Ep4 RC -
Brains win! -
Sausage fest -
Rich proposes the Bomb Squad -
Chasing the ball, Ep4 IC -
Watching Myles score -
Probably talking about Myles, Ep5 -
Depositing mud, Ep5 RC -
Passing up coconuts, Ep5 IC -
Talking about the vote -
Brains, Ep5 Tribal -
Rich volunteers to go to Brawn -
Logan wants to flip on the Coven, Ep6 -
Watching Karin v Ursula, Ep6 RC -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 IC -
Taking the advantage from Rich -
Reading the advantage to everyone in camp -
Of course he is -
Revealing he's not following the plan he told everyone -
Brains, Ep6 Tribal -
Announcing he's sending Laura and Karin back to camp -
Wait, how did that vote go wrong? -
Logan and Laura seem unhappy, Ep7 -
The new Brains tribe, Ep7 swap -
New Brawn wins, Ep7 RC -
There's a new idol in Brains camp! -
Pretty stoked about this -
Watching Ben and PD place tiles, Ep7 IC -
Brains win! -
Laura and Zara wish Myles would stop with the strat chat, Ep8 -
Brains hanging in there, Ep8 IC -
Ugh, still going -
I have an army (and an idol) behind me to boot Myles! Ep9 -
Brains not really trying, Ep9 IC -
Shit, Myles found the idol -
Trying to come up with ways to boot Myles anyway -
Selling Brawn on a 3-3-3 split -
Talking to his idol -
Telling Laura his plan -
That's just taunting the Survivor gods now, mate... -
Brains, Ep9 Tribal -
Talking to JLP -
Oh no... -
Eighth person voted out AU: Brains v Brawn II... -
Snuffed, Day 19 (Episode 9)
Max Wills - Interviews
AU:
Brains v Brawn II interviews Pre-game interviews
- None yet.
Post-game interviews
- Official 10play exit interview (3/4/25): "'Completely Blindsided': Max Wills Voted Out of Australian Survivor with an Idol in His Pocket"
Max Wills - Bio
AU: Brains v Brawn II bio Official Ten AU: Brains v Brawn II bio excerpts (January 20, 2025):
"Max may be leaving his comfortable Gold Coast cozy bed to face his biggest fear of having a crab crawl over his face while sleeping but he couldn’t be more excited about it.
Cheeky, loud and always up for fun, Max is a Primary School teacher who has been watching Survivor since he was a kid so being in Samoa is a dream come true for him.
He says, “I know this game, I’ve been watching with my Dad since I was a kid. People might think I’m always joking around but I’m calculated and I will be out here. I put this fun energy out for a reason and to bring up tribe morale but the truth is I’m five steps ahead of everyone.
“Being a brain means we aren't relying on our muscles, we're relying on our heads. We are using this to outwit, to outplay, to outmaster our opponents. It happens all the time in the real world and it's gonna happen out here on this island. I think it's a tale as old as time - out in the playground, the brawny kids walking around picking on those with the brains. And then you grow up, you realise what's inside our head is gonna get you a lot further than any muscles on your arms.”"