His name has been written down more than anyone else this season, but on Monday night Myles finally got to enjoy seeing his name be pulled from the urn as he was crowned Sole Survivor and winner of the 10th season of Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn II.

It was a spectacular game for Myles who was targeted from the very beginning of the game. His chaotic style and bombastic moves polarised his fellow players, but ultimately his impressive resume earned the superfan the glory and the cash prize of $500,000.

“Coming into the game I wanted to play a more low-key game and take my chances as they arose,” Myles told 10 Play. “What happened is that I found myself having to play really hard because I was on the bottom so much for the first half of the game.

“We hit merge and I had a big decision to make at the PD vote where I had to say, am I going to fly through here? Or am I going to make a big statement? And I had this kind of attitude because I had survived so many tribals I probably shouldn’t have that I was playing with house money, so I was like… screw it. I’m going to play hard, and we’re going to go hard from here on out.”

With Myles, an easy vote was a boring vote, and he was constantly thinking steps ahead of his tribemates, but his over-enthusiastic style of playing also put a target on his back, and he found himself at the bottom for a good portion of the game.

In the past, many players have spoken about the mental and emotional toll of being on the bottom of the tribe. Myles, meanwhile, revelled in it.

“I was just having such a fun time out there,” he laughed. “I should have been voted out at the second vote. I got so incredibly lucky to not get voted out.

“From then on, I was mentally prepared and totally fine to get voted out at any time. Even when I was on the bottom, I was just happy to be there.”

Looking back at his time in the game, Myles managed to tick off everything on a fan’s bucketlist. From finding a record-breaking four idols to winning individual immunity at a pivotal moment in the game.

“I’m proud of a lot of things. I’m proud of the PD vote, it was a really good move at the time to take out PD and save Paulie and it took a lot of guts and courage,” he said.

“I’m also really proud of my relationship with the Graduates… that was an alliance that essentially shaped the entire game, and to have four Graduates in the final four, I’m really proud of that.

“Also that final four immunity win was my favourite moment of the entire season. I was dead in the water and I pulled out an immunity win when I had nothing else left.”

After a brutal final endurance challenge, Kaelan continued his record-breaking run of individual immunity wins and made the bold move to sit next to Myles at the final Tribal Council. All that was left was for the pair to make their pitches to the jury.

“It was so surreal, pitching my game to the jury, going through all the moves that I had made and having the jury ask me all sorts of different questions. It’s at the end of this 47-day game and it’s just completely surreal.

“It’s the climax of everything I had been working towards… it was incredible.”

Coming into the final tribal, Myles admitted that he felt “good but not too confident” on his chances of winning, but as the night went on and the jury threw some grenades at him and Kaelan, he started to feel more confident.

“With every question, I got more and more confident. When AJ’s question came out was when I was like, okay, I’ve got this,” he said.

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Reflecting on the moment he was crowned Sole Survivor, Myles said, “It’s absolutely everything. I went on thinking I’d have a fun time and that there was no chance I’d win. A zero percent chance.

“It’s a completely surreal way to cap off what was an incredible experience.”

Now part of the elite few who can claim that they’ve outwitted, outplayed, and outlasted to become a Sole Survivor, the ‘Jungle Rat’ has no plans to update his nickname to the king of the jungle.

“Objectively, whenever I was on the top I didn’t play very well,” Myles laughed. “I always made my best plays from the bottom, even at the final four. So I do consider myself just the Jungle Rat. I’m not going to be going around calling myself a king anytime soon.”

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