It’s Million Dollar Island Australia 2023 episode two and we’ve got Jonathan with the power to choose who will enter this week’s challenge and risk being eliminated.

Will Jonathan decide to follow in Mike’s footsteps and put himself forward, or will he choose five other contestants to battle it?

The answer comes pretty early on, but the action-packed episode moves from drama to drama from start to finish. Here are 20 thoughts I had during episode two of Million Dollar Island Australia.

1. Who is the loud pink-haired lady and why on earth did I not notice her in the first episode? Apparently, her name is Melissa.

2. Jonathan is in charge of selecting this episode’s tributes and has learned from Mike’s mistake and decided not to nominate himself for the challenge. Hooray!

“I’m a dancer… So, I just knew, in terms of the mental challenge, I’ll fail,” he explains.

3. I’m kinda living for the cute two older ladies who have decided they’re snoring buddies.

4. One of the adorbs snoring buddies (Louise) has volunteered to take part in the challenge and ugh it looks as though we might only have one snoring buddy left by the end of the ep.

5. Ummm, did she just refer to someone as the “afro-hair guy” while also suggesting him for eviction? That’s not okay. He has a name, and it’s Alfa FYI.

6. Karla has volunteered to be Log Camp’s ‘Expedition Leader’, even though there are no leaders and no official requirement for one.

“People wanted some guidance and I stepped in and took that role,” Karla says and I’m wondering if she’s ever seen Survivor? Probably not the best tactic to put a target on her back so early on.

The Challenge

7. Surprise, surprise, after receiving a considerable amount of screen time in this ep, Melissa and her pink hair are nominated to participate in the elimination challenge. She’s joined by Dean, Alfa, Louise, Vicki, and Sharni.

8. Welp, it looks like the host Ant Middleton tricked us when he told Jonathan the challenge was “mental” because we just found out that these guys have to literally use their own body strength to launch coconuts into signs.

9. I take that back, Ant explains that contestants will need to use their brains to remember their fellow contestants’ names, and if they get it right, they earn the chance to ditch a coconut at one of their rival’s boards in an effort to knock them out.

10. Honestly, I’m kinda shocked at how this challenge is going. The “young guns” of the bunch can’t hit their targets but the “oldies” are smashing it.

11. Looks like I spoke too soon. The “young ones” made a comeback and alpha female Sharni took out the competition, something fellow alpha female Karla isn’t too happy about.

The second challenge

12. What alternate universe am I living in? Why is the pink-haired midwife helping snoring buddy #1 light her fire in the challenge?

13. O…kay. Now, everyone is helping their competitors light their fires. Do they not realise this is a competition?

14. As Melissa begins to fall behind in the beach fire challenge, I’m just wondering if she’s regretting helping her teammates?

15. Dean’s speech to Melissa and snoring buddy #1 after winning the challenge is extremely sweet. I have a soft spot for him and I think Sharni does too.

16. Could this be the beginning of the first Million Dollar Island Australia showmance?

The aftermath

17. Wow, midwife Melissa is really gloating about her act of helping everyone at the challenge in an effort to get a sympathy bracelet and stay in the game – was it just a tactic all along?

18. A suspicious amount of people are saying they’re ready to leave the island and it’s got me wondering if producers purposely cast people that they don’t think can survive the jungle?

The elimination

19. I am absolutely floored that during Melissa’s elimination ceremony speech, she didn’t mention that she helped everyone at the challenge.

20. Four contestants are quitting, and three nominated contestants want to stay, which makes it easy, right? Wrong! Alfa and Louise are saved but a woman named Vicki and Melissa, the pink-haired midwife, are sent packing. Bet she’s really regretting that fire help now.

Million Dollar Island Australia continues at 7.30pm on 7 and 7Plus.

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