Aubry Bracco is a contestant from Survivor: Kaôh Rōng and Survivor: Game Changers.
Starting off Kaôh Rōng as a vulnerable member of the Chan Loh tribe, Aubry managed to emerge from her shell to become a major strategic player , despite losing close allies Neal Gottlieb and Joe del Campo to medical evacuations. Once the tribes merged, she worked with close ally Cydney Gillon to found the dominating alliance of the season. She eventually pulled in and formed a close relationship with Tai Trang, convincing him to flip on his allies, which helped to give her a spot in the Final Tribal Council. However, her social game proved to be lacking to her competitor, Michele Fitzgerald's, and cost her the victory in the end.
Returning for Game Changers, despite a looming target over both herself and the rest of her former Kaôh Rōng castmates, Aubry managed to once again travel deep into the game, although oftentimes losing her closest allies along the way. After playing a more quiet game, which included her first individual Immunity Challenge victory, she was voted out for the first time in 5th place.
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Name (Age): Aubry Bracco (29)
Age: 30 |
Survivor
Kaôh Rōng
Aubry began her Survivor journey on Chan Loh, the "Brains" tribe, as a fan of the game. Due to the intense Cambodian heat, she was struck by a panic attack from the elements, and contemplated quitting. However, her tribe encouraged her to stay. She did not attend Tribal Council until Day 9, after Chan Loh narrowly lost the third Immunity Challenge.
Then, she found that her former allies, Liz Markham and Peter Baggenstos, had been plotting against her and Neal Gottlieb. Debbie Wanner took advantage of the situation and leaked the information to Aubry. Aubry and Neal decided to join up with Debbie and Joe del Campo in executing a split vote plan to blindside either of the deceitful duo. At Tribal Council, Aubry made the right decision to join with her new allies. Even though Liz and Peter had cast their votes against her, Debbie, Joe, and Neal saved her by blindsiding Liz to leave Peter on the bottom of the tribe. Chan Loh won the next Immunity Challenge, and abstained from Tribal Council.
On Day 12, the tribes switched. Aubry was separated from most of her allies, and was placed on the new Gondol tribe with Joe and enemy Peter. The three Brains decided to put their past conflict aside in order to blindside Anna Khait at Gondol's first Tribal Council so as to prevent the Beauties from gaining a numbers advantage. Gondol won the next Reward Challenge, but lost the Immunity Challenge due to Peter's poor stacking strategy.
The Gondol Alliance approached Aubry for her vote by throwing Peter under the bus. Aubry contemplated flipping, but her ally Joe was adamant about sticking to tribal lines despite having been targeted by Peter and Aubry found herself as the swing vote between Julia Sokolowski and Peter. At Tribal Council, she initially wrote Julia's name down, but infamously struck it out, ultimately changing her vote to Peter. This not only created tension between her and Joe, but also between her and the Gondol Alliance, which she had just helped. Scot Pollard found her to be overly fickle, and vowed to get either of the surviving Brains out at Gondol's next possible opportunity. Fortunately for Aubry, the tribes merged into the Dara tribe the very next day. She was reunited with allies Neal and Debbie.
However, Debbie utilized strong-arm tactics in order to get the Beauties to vote with the Brains, and this alienated the entire group of Brains. The Beauties decided to gang up with the Brawns, and set their eyes on Aubry and Neal. Aubry failed to win immunity, and prepared for the worst. However, Neal was evacuated due to a knee infection. Despite being saved for the cycle, Aubry was devastated that her main ally in the game had been taken away from her and that he had departed without passing on his Hidden Immunity Idol to her.
The remaining Brains trio seemed to be facing insurmountable odds. To make matters worse, Aubry's team lost the following Reward Challenge, which served to cripple her morale even more. She recouped, however, and was thankful for the miracle which came when Cydney Gillon grew paranoid of her own alliance. Cydney decided to form a women's alliance, and the Brains were given a second chance. At Dara's first Tribal Council, Nick Maiorano was shocked by his blindside. The turn of events opened a rift between the women and the men of the tribe. Aubry was shocked when Julia showed openness to the prospect of flipping to the less likable group of men, who had burned their bridges with their antics. Aubry led a charge against her, but her plan was thwarted by Julia's immunity win. She saw that Debbie was feeding information to the double agent, and shifted the target to her, resulting in yet another blindside.
Aubry later formed a close relationship with Tai Trang, and was able to convince him to abandon his alliance by withholding his Hidden Immunity Idol, blindsiding Jason and Scot when the latter looked to Tai for protection. This allowed Aubry's alliance to take Julia and Jason out in the next two Tribal Councils.
At the final five, Aubry ostracized Michele Fitzgerald when she picked long-time ally Cydney for the reward - a trip to a spa - which Joe had won. While the three enjoyed their reward, Joe gorged excessively on the meats. This came back to haunt him when he was ailed by an issue with his urinary tract. Aubry faced déjà vu when Joe was pulled from the game, losing yet another close ally to an untimely evacuation.
Aubry won the final four Reward Challenge, and opted to take Cydney with her on the reward. Michele and Tai plotted against them while they enjoyed their meal. Aubry and Cydney decided to dispose of Michele - a major jury threat - with Tai's help. However, when Michele won immunity, they had to turn on each other. Aubry secured Tai's support, and he was able to force a tie. Aubry and Cydney competed in a fire-making tiebreaker, and a victorious Aubry emotionally eliminated Cydney. However, she was glad to find herself in the Final Three.
Michele won the final Reward Challenge, which gave her the right to deny a juror of his or her voting rights. Aubry campaigned for Scot's ouster in order to keep her two guaranteed votes - Neal and Joe - on the jury box. Ultimately, Michele decided to remove Neal, who she found to be an eloquent and avid supporter of Aubry.
Aubry entered Final Tribal Council as a major strategist of the season. However, the jurors deemed Aubry's social connections with them to be severely lacking in comparison to Michele's. Aubry earned Joe and Nick's jury votes, but lost to Michele in a 5-2-0 final vote.
Voting History
| Aubry's Voting History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Episode | Aubry's Votes |
Voted Against Aubry |
| 1 | Chan Loh Tribe Immune | |
| 2 | Chan Loh Tribe Immune | |
| 3 | Peter; Ineligible |
Liz, Peter; -1 |
| 4 | Chan Loh Tribe Immune | |
| 5 | Anna | - |
| 6 | Peter | - |
| 7 | No Tribal Council | |
| 8 | Nick | Jason, Scot |
| 9 | Debbie | - |
| 10 | Scot | Jason, Scot |
| 11 | Julia | - |
| 12 | Jason | - |
| 13 | No Tribal Council | |
| 14 | Cydney | Cydney, Michele2 |
| Jury Votes for Aubry |
Joe, Nick | |
| Runner-Up, Day 39 | ||
^1 In The Circle of Life, the vote ended with a 2-2-2 tie between Aubry, Liz, and Peter, forcing a revote. On the revote, Aubry did not receive any votes to be eliminated.
^2 In Not Going Down Without a Fight, the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Aubry and Cydney, forcing a fire-making tiebreaker. Aubry won the tiebreaker and remained in the game.
Game Changers
Returning for Game Changers, Aubry was initially placed on the Mana tribe. Aubry quickly joined forces with Tony Vlachos, Malcolm Freberg, Caleb Reynolds, and Sandra Diaz-Twine in hopes of forming an alliance out of players deemed obvious threats by the other castaways. Mana would lose the first Immunity Challenge and vote out Ciera Eastin for her overzealous personality. Following Ciera's elimination, Tony became paranoid of Sandra, believing she was plotting with Troyzan Robertson to blindside him. This paranoia would ultimately lead to Sandra doing just that and Tony was eliminated the subsequent Tribal Council. With Tony eliminated, Aubry found herself on the bottom, but was saved by a Tribe Switch on Day 7. Aubry would join Malcolm, Sandra, Michaela Bradshaw, and Jeff Varner from Mana, and J.T. Thomas from Nuku to form the new Nuku tribe. While initially ostracized by Sandra and her allies, the tribe banded together on Night 11 when both the Nuku and Mana tribes had to attend Tribal Council together. With Nuku having six members over Mana's five, the vote seemed simple enough, but when J.T. warned his old tribe members of their plans to target Sierra Dawn Thomas, Tai Trang played a Hidden Immunity Idol on her, blindsiding Malcolm.
Following Malcolm's blindside, Aubry attempted to persuade Sandra and Jeff to target Michaela for her negative attitude over J.T., but to no avail. After Nuku lost the next challenge, J.T. was eliminated and Aubry was left without an ally. Aubry would once again be spared from imminent elimination thanks to a second Tribe Switch and subsequent spree of Immunity Challenge wins. On Day 19, the tribes merged. Aubry quickly formed strong bonds with Andrea Boehlke and Zeke Smith. At the first Tribal Council of the merge, free agent Hali Ford was eliminated by Brad Culpepper and Sierra, who were seen as the two leaders of the tribe. Following the blindside of Ozzy Lusth, Aubry joined Cirie Fields, Michaela, and Sarah Lacina to form the new Maku Maku majority alliance tribe and take out Brad and Sierra's alliance.
After orchestrating the elimination of fellow Kaôh Rōng castaway Debbie Wanner, Aubry managed to go somewhat under the radar thanks to bubbling conflict between Andrea and Zeke. After successfully winning her first Individual Immunity Challenge on Day 33, Aubry was suddenly cast out by her alliance when her closest ally Andrea was blindsided. Relegated back to the minority, Aubry managed to reconnect with former Kaôh Rōng ally Tai and was saved during the infamous Tribal Council on Night 36 when Tai played a Hidden Immunity Idol on both himself and Aubry. This relationship would prove to be short-lived as Tai would immediately thereafter align with Sarah against Aubry for fear of her being too well perceived by the jury. After failing to win Immunity, Aubry was voted out in a 4-1 vote on Night 37. Aubry would place 5th overall and become the 9th member of the jury.
At the Final Tribal Council, Aubry, along with Ozzy and Cirie, questioned Troyzan about his lack of leadership and decision making. Ultimately, Aubry voted for Sarah, contributing to her 7-3-0 victory over Brad.
Voting History
| Aubry's Voting History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Episode | Aubry's Votes |
Voted Against Aubry |
| 1 | Ciera | - |
| Tony | Sandra, Tony | |
| 2 | Nuku Tribe Immune | |
| 3 | - | |
| 4 | Michaela | - |
| 5 | Mana Tribe Immune | |
| 6 | Mana Tribe Immune | |
| 7 | Hali | - |
| Zeke | Zeke | |
| 8 | Debbie | - |
| 9 | Zeke | - |
| 10 | Sierra | - |
| 11 | Brad | Individual Immunity |
| Tai | Cirie | |
| 12 | ||
| Troyzan | Brad, Sarah, Tai, Troyzan | |
| Voted Out, Day 37 | ||
| Voted For Sole Survivor |
Sarah | |
^1 In The Tables Have Turned, Tai used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Sierra, negating Aubry's vote against her.
^2 In No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, Tai used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Aubry, negating 1 vote against her. Also, Sarah used a Legacy Advantage, negating Aubry's vote against her.
Post-Survivor
- In 2017, Aubry visited Costa Rica and shared some moments with some fans of the program in that country.[3]
- In June 2017, Aubry started a podcast called "Odd With Aubry".[4]
Trivia
- Aubry is the highest-ranking member of the original Chan Loh tribe.
- Aubry is the highest-ranking female member of the original Mana tribe.
- Every time Aubry had her name written down at Tribal Council in Kaôh Rōng, she received two votes. This includes the Final Tribal Council.
- Aubry and Alecia Holden tied for most votes cast against them in Kaôh Rōng, with 8 each.
- Aubry is the only "Brain" in a Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty season to reach the Final Tribal Council.
- Aubry was the only player to vote in the majority at every Tribal Council post-merge in Kaôh Rōng.
- In Game Changers, Aubry and Mana tribemate Michaela Bradshaw were the seventh and eighth castaways to share a tribe with every castaway on a season. The first six were Rob Mariano, Sean Rector, and Vecepia Towery, in Marquesas, Denise Stapley in Philippines, and Kelly Wiglesworth and Spencer Bledsoe in Cambodia.
- Aubry is one of four returning players to be an active player in the finale episode of every season they have competed in, along with Spencer Bledsoe, Keith Nale, and fellow Kaôh Rōng and Game Changers castaway Tai Trang.
- Aubry is currently the only female castaway with this distinction.
- Aubry lost 15 lbs. during her time on Game Changers. After discovering her weight loss, Aubry noted she lost about the same amount of weight in her first season.[5]
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