Challenges: MPF percentile
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Seasons: 1 | Days played: 16 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 0
- SurvivorAU 10: Brains v Brawn II (2024) - 18th place, 7th out.
- Voted out in Episode 7, "A Date with JLP" (Day 16).
Rich Hughes 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 | 0.60 | 1.41 | 0.42 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0.26 | 0.85 | - | - | - | 0.68 | 1.44 |
| Career | 0.60 | 1.41 | 0.42 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0.26 | 0.85 | - | - | - | 0.68 | 1.44 |
Rich Hughes - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
26%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
23%
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.
Rich Hughes - Challenge record
AU:
Brains v Brawn II challenges
Tribal/team challenge record (6-for-14; 1 sit-out):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 1 RC (Key retrieval): "Helps" by flinging a bag, which gets stuck, 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): Tosses sandbags with Max, but they blow a lead; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 3 RC (Net Tunnel Run): Loses a point to Ben; Brains lose, 5-0.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 3 IC (Pole assembly, slingshots): Fires slingshot, never hitting, eventually swapping out for Kent; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 4 RC (Pegs): Paired with AJ, Rich steps down after 10 minutes, but Brains win.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 4 IC (Water soccer): Three-time keeper; Brains win, 4-1.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 5 RC (Mud bath, targets): Transports mud, hits two (of six) targets, but Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 5 IC (Fire, puzzle, coconuts): Helps work puzzle, passes coconuts; Brains lose.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 6 RC, "Sumo at Sea": Now with Brawn, scores final point with PD; Brawn wins, 3-0-1.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 6 IC (Reverse slide, word puzzle): Sits out, as Brawn wins again.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 7 RC, (Swimming, memory): Now with Brawn; hauls rope, Brawn wins.
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 7 IC (Chests, tiles): Hauls the chests, but Brawn loses.
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: | 14 |
| Win%: | 0.43 |
| Sat out: | 1 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
Rich Hughes - Tribal Council record
AU:
Brains v Brawn II Tribal 
Idols held/played (0/0) | Advantages held/played (1/0):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 5: Upon being voted to Brawn, receives a 2x Safety Without Power advantage, giving him the power to send two people back to camp from Tribal before the vote, but it must be played at the Ep7 Tribal (Day 11).
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 6: Sits out of the IC, hands the advantage to the (Tribal-bound) Max after the challenge ends (Day 14).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (1/3):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep2 | Indy | Indy Saleh (voted out, 10-2) | Yes |
| Ep3 | Myles | Kent Miller-Randle (voted out, 8-3) | - |
| Ep7 | Logan | Rich Hughes (voted out, 7-1-1) | - |
| 3 | TOTALS | 1 | |
VAP - Votes against (7):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II, Ep. 7: Seven votes, from AJ, Kaelan, Karin, Kristin, Logan, Noonan, and Paulie (voted out, 7-1-1).
Jury votes made (0/0):
- AU: Brains v Brawn II: None.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Found: | 0 |
| Played: | - |
| Votes voided: | - |
| VFB: | 1 |
| Tribals: | 3 |
| VAP: | 7 |
| Made: | 0 |
| For winners: | - |
| Received: | - |
Rich Hughes - 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 -
Helping AJ retrieve the key, Ep1 RC -
Brains lose -
Brains tribe meet-and-greet -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC -
Brains win immunity!
Rich Hughes - Interviews
AU:
Brains v Brawn II interviews Pre-game interviews
- None yet.
Post-game interviews
- None yet.
Rich Hughes - Bio
AU: Brains v Brawn II bio Official Ten AU: Brains v Brawn II bio excerpts (January 20, 2025):
"Rich is a director who has worked around the world with some of the biggest actors but coming to Survivor is his own personal Oscars.
He says, “What I love about Survivor is the ability for a player to play a big move and stop a nation watching on their TVs. I love that feeling. It's tuning in for that one person that had the balls to go and take this person down.”
Rich might be a buff Brain, but he says it’s the right team for him saying, “I’m super creative, that’s what I do for a living. Some people have a calculator in their mind, mine is a paintbrush. I love coming up with ideas and I’m pretty good at it.”
Missing his fiancée will be what he’ll struggle with the most while on the beaches but knowing she has his back is what will help him when times get tough. She is also the one person who knows him best and can put up with his big personality which he admits can get him into trouble.
Rich says, “I’ve been told I stir the pot my whole life and sometimes I don’t even know I’m doing it. I don’t mean to, but it happens. I’ll be doing that on the beaches. Life’s more fun when you stir the pot a little bit.”"