Michelle Dougan has become the fourth contestant to be voted out of Australian Survivor All Stars.
Her departure comes after she failed an immunity challenge that required the castaways to hold onto a rope attached to a 26kg barrel.
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The rules were that if they couldn’t hold up the barrel anymore, they could pass it to another tribe member. But once they’d handed over the barrel, they were out of the challenge.
And, if anyone dropped the barrel, the whole tribe was out of the challenge.
Michelle was the first contestant from Mokuta to surrender her barrel during the gruelling exercise, which contributed to the team’s eventual loss.
She immediately predicted that the Mokuta athletes’ unwavering focus on keeping the tribe strong would mean she was voted out.
Despite her appeals to various tribe mates and contestants and a campaign from Henry to oust Sharn, the majority were in agreement – Michelle just wasn’t physically strong enough to stay and win.
“Look at today’s challenge. Like, that was brute strength,” said AFLW player Abbey Holmes.
“We need to be able to compete and beat the other tribe. We need to stay strong. We need strong people around us.”
After making a passionate plea at Tribal to stay in the game, Michelle ended up on the wrong side of the votes with Nick, Harry, Abbey, Zach, Lee, and Lydia scribbling her name down on their parchment.
Shonee, Sharn and John opted to vote for Henry, and Michelle and Henry tried to give Sharn the boot.
After her elimination Michelle hit out at her Mokuta tribe for playing conservatively.
“I don’t think there was any more I could’ve done. But it doesn’t take away the devastation,” she said. “I think Harry, Nick and all the sporty people voted me out. I think they just want to play a safe game and be on the right side of the numbers.”
‘Australian Survivor: All Stars’ airs Monday-Wednesday at 7.30 pm on Channel 10.
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