MELBOURNE’S Brooke Jowett admits months after finishing Australian Survivor she still feels betrayed by her former best friend on the show, Flick Egginton.

In the biggest move on the game yet, Egginton blindsided her closest friend in Samoa, with her final vote sending Jowett home ahead of El Rowland in shocking move.

The nice as pie atmosphere between the strongest players left in the game was left shattered by the move, as friends turned on each other as the show nears the finale, with the $500,000 winners prize in sight.

“I was in shock for a long time,” Jowett said of Egginton’s move against her.

“I just remember being absolutely betrayed by Flick.

“I know it’s a game, but you still feel so betrayed.

“She was someone I had been working with the whole game, and I had helped her out on so many times, including saving her on day 12.

“Now I’m like, why did I bother doing that?”

Despite saying to Jowett, Sam Webb and Matt Tarrant — her original alliance on the Saanapu tribe — just before tribal council that she was going to vote for Rowland, Egginton didn’t.

Jowett believes now that Egginton was just biding her time before making a move against her.

“I think she was maybe waiting for a good time to take me out,” she said.

“She is playing the game and I get that, I have no disrespect in that sense.

“It just sucks as I did consider her as a friend at the time, so I just feel betrayed.

For weeks fans had been led to believe that Jowett, Egginton, and Rowland had been controlling the game — the so called “mean girls” alliance — which all three have shut down.

But Jowett’s connection with Webb, and Rowland’s with cricketer and all around nice guy Lee Carseldine, proved stronger then the all girls alliance.

The dark horse is Kristie Bennett, who describes herself as an independent player, but could now see herself going all the way to the top four or three — or possibly win.

Bennett is proving a powerful tool in the game for which ever alliance is controlling the game, but it is also working to her advantage.

Leading into the tribal council, the thought of herself going home didn’t even enter Jowett’s mind.

“I just didn’t think about it, I did not expect it all,” she said.

“But when I saw the very first vote, I knew straight away.

“As soon as that happened, I grabbed my back and I was ready to go.

“I guess before tribal council I was so focused on making myself look normal around El and Lee, that I completely didn’t realise things were going the other way around.”

Jowett said she would be civil with Egginton if she saw her now, but all friendship plans have been put on hold.

“We had planned all these camping trips, but I guess that’s not now going to happen,” she said.

Since day one Jowett has been in a very strong position in the game of Australian Survivor.

She said it was fun to watch, until the term “mean girls” was invented by fans to describe her actions.

She believes it was men playing the game like her, they would be lauded.

“If it was three guys, it would be completely a different story, people would be idolising them,” she said.

“Instead we are getting drilled and put down, because we are three young girls in a powerful position.”

She makes no apologies how she played the game, but points out she is a different person of the show.

“It’s a brutal game and in real life I would never say something behind people’s back like I did, but you have to do it, it’s Survivor.

“That’s the point on the game.”

The “mean girls” terms has led to trolls on social media and even in the street.

One woman chased her down the street last week throwing food at her.

“People can be horrible,” Jowett said.

“It is what it is I guess, but this is just a TV character.

“I’m not like that in person, it’s just a TV show.”

Jowett said despite getting so close, she is proud how she lasted for 45 days.

“I was telling everyone I might be voted out first, so I’m really glad that I made it to the final merge.

“Anything more than that was a bonus to me.”

However she admits there will be always lingering doubts, and because she thought she was in such a good position she did think about winning while out in Samoa.

“It was so close, I started thinking, how am I going to spend this money?” she said.

“I know it’s bad to say, but you can’t help but thinks like that.

“I was even thinking about what I would say at my final tribal council.”

Australian Survivor is now back to two days a week, 7.30pm on Sunday and Monday on Channel 10.

HOW THEY VOTED

BROOKE JOWETT: Kristie Bennett, Lee Carseldine, Flick Egginton and El Rowland.

EL ROWLAND: Brooke Jowett, Sam Webb and Matt Tarrant.