Joe, you want to give her a hug?
Okay.
Yeah. Thank you.
Previously on survivor.
I did it. I did it, I did it, I did it!
- My god! - Eva! Yes! Yes!
- That's crazy. - Is it?
My god.
Star has given me her idol.
Thank you.
Survivor has ups and downs, but I didn't realize
they would come this close together.
- And you think cedrek is solid, right? - And-and... yeah. Yeah.
It's a tie vote between Chrissy and sai,
and I don't have a vote.
My gut says tell cedrek.
I don't have a vote.
- Really? - Yes.
With this type of information,
I could turn this all around back on Bianca.
Sai.
Fifth person voted out of survivor 48...
Bianca.
What the...
The tribe has spoken.
God.
All right, so let-let's talk about what happened.
Actually, I'm more than willing
to talk to Chrissy and Mitch in the morning.
Cedrek, I am not open to talking to you
because you continue to lie.
- And that was it for me. - You don't know...
You don't know what happened.
- That's it for me. I... - You don't know what happened.
We get back from tribal,
and sai's initial response is one of anger.
I knew there was gonna be some damage control.
It was gonna have to happen quick,
because minutes before tribal, I realized
that we were being played.
And so I told Chrissy to vote for Bianca,
but I did not have a chance to tell Mitch and sai
about Bianca's mastermind plan, and that
she played us.
She played us against each other.
- She was working all of us. - Yep.
And five minutes before we leave, she says,
"I don't have a vote."
- So I couldn't even talk to anybody. - No.
And it's all in my head.
- So I just managed to get to Chrissy. - My god.
I'm like, "vote Bianca."
Then she sent us...
And then she sent you two up to vote for her.
- And she didn't have a vote. - I was like, "what the..."
Sai's frustrated and confused, but she has
no idea that I'm the reason you're still here.
Like, I'm the reason
- you're still here right now. - I mean, I'm so glad
you and Chrissy sniffed out the vote,
because I thought it was you who wrote my name down.
- But who voted for sai? - 'Cause here's the thing...
- Me and Chrissy voted for Bianca. - You and Chrissy.
- My god. - And then you and you voted
- for sai and Chrissy. - And, Mitch, you voted for me!
So, I'm-I'm so sorry. Like, I just...
- Honestly, I freaked out. - I don't think any of us need to be sorry.
You do not have to apologize to me.
We're all still here.
I owe Chrissy just as much of an apology as you.
I'm sorry.
My first tribal council was truly a nightmare.
I voted for sai,
and, honestly, I just looked like a fool.
And it just goes to show you,
survivor... it's not just fun.
Me and Mitch over here.
If you don't have your crap together
in this game, it could easily be you whose
torch is snuffed out.
Hear that?
Sounds like a boat to me, y'all.
- Already? - I think so.
My god.
It's a boat!
Let's go.
Thank you kindly.
Feels like Christmas day.
"It's day 12 and the da... the game is about to change.
- "- Drop your buffs." - Drop your buffs!
"You have ten minutes to collect your things.
A boat is waiting to take you to your new home."
- Yes! - Let's go, baby! Yes!
I'm so excited.
If you asked me at the beginning of this tribe swap,
I thought I was dead in the water.
Kamilla and I got dropped on this island,
outnumbered, and we've worked our butts off to get
to the next phase of the game.
Not only did kamilla and I survive,
but we also made two allies in the process,
with Joe and shauhin.
That's good, but we're getting off
this godforsaken beach.
We're gonna see some of our old friends,
and we're gonna get to meet some new people.
Like, I'm so excited.
Made it.
No buffs. Buffless.
Y'all, check this out.
My god.
Hurry, hurry, hurry.
Thank you so much.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
It's tiny.
Okay.
Come on, open it.
"Drop your buffs"!
- My god. - My god.
I'm nervous and excited about this next stage of the game.
This is totally like being at the fire department.
The bell just went off and now I'm going to a fire.
- My god. - My god.
I needed this. I mean, I like y'all a lot, but...
When we drop our buffs, it means I'm gonna see my old friends,
which I'm really dying
to talk to the original civa.
'Cause there are six of us still in the game,
and I think they're gonna like cedrek.
But he's got to get rid of sai. I don't know.
He keeps wanting to bring her along,
and I'm like, keep hinting,
like, "you're gonna drown with this girl. Let her go."
We did it. Hooray.
"It's day 12, and the game is about to change."
"Drop your buffs.
Your fellow castaways will be joining you soon."
No! Shut up!
Drop your buffs! Hey!
Drop your buffs, drop your buffs, - we did it!
- Drop your buffs! Hey! - We did it!
Drop your buffs!
"The moment I read," drop your buffs.
Your tribe mates will be here soon"
man, I'm a little disappointed. I'm not gonna lie.
All right? I'm no longer one guy surrounded by women.
But at the same time,
this is where the game starts.
Survivor limbo.
We got no buff. We got no tribe.
Stop pressing. Drop your buff!
- We're in limbo, Mary. - We're in limbo.
Now is the time to truly test just how good your social game
and your relationships have been.
Like, come on.
Look, I might be made of muscles, all right?
But I got muscle up here, too.
My gosh.
Star, could you believe it, girl?
Yes, you can.
Yes, sir.
Where art thou, vula?
Where art thou, civa?
There is room in my heart for y'all.
Today I'm about peace.
We can do war tomorrow.
My god. There they are.
Relationships build, relationships end,
and then you make it to the end with either
a million dollars or some broken hearts.
But for now,
come to mama star, so I can embrace you.
Hi! Hi, I'm Eva.
Hello!
- Welcome to the party! - What's up, star?
Finally.
I cannot wait to hug Mary,
because right before the switch,
we went from mortal enemies to very close allies.
Chasing each other all around the jungle
was the most fun I've ever had.
I was so happy to see Mary.
And I know this is not what everybody was expecting.
I just have, like, kind of knots in my stomach
just thinking about playing with sai.
I just don't want to relive those days.
And it's not like I feel tight with my original vula.
I want to scrub green off of me.
Like, I'm only wearing this
'cause I can't be naked on national television.
I don't want any green on me.
I just want to start fresh.
I see something.
I see something, guys. Come on.
All right, y'all. "Read with all
the tribe mates together."
"Tomorrow, you will compete in a grueling challenge.
"After, some will feast.
"Some will not.
"And only one will be immune.
"For the rest of you, the snuffer looms.
Who will it consume?"
Go!
The moment star says "go," it is a
mad dash to find an advantage.
I don't even have on shoes or nothing.
There is an advantage for tomorrow's challenge
somewhere on this beach.
That's massive, because only one person
is going to be immune.
Twelve of us can go home.
This is every man for themselves.
But I see sai go off down a path,
and I'm like, "hell to the nah.
You ain't going by yourself. I'm coming with you."
So I'm kind of trailing behind her,
looking around, and I look to my left...
And I see an advantage
out in the middle of the field.
My god. It's mine.
This is insane. I found
an advantage in tomorrow's challenge.
I don't know exactly what the advantage is,
but I'm hoping it gives me a leg up to get immunity.
"where your advantage will be revealed."
- Nice. Good job, girl. - Give me a high five.
Thirteen people in one camp is absolute insanity.
And I think any advantage
puts a target on your back.
And you'd be dumb to think
that it doesn't, but I came out here to play.
I'm really, truthfully, willing to do anything,
as long as it keeps me safe and gets me further.
Jeff, you are not messing around, okay?
- A gallon a day. - Dude.
- My man. - A gallon a day.
- Of milk? - That's what I'm saying. Yes, of milk.
- What? - You're serious?
- That's so much milk. - Dude, same, same.
And they all look at me like I'm crazy.
You are crazy.
Joe and David
bonded over the fact that they both drink
a gallon of whole milk a day.
Could you imagine? I haven't drank a gallon of whole milk
in the last year, total.
I feel like that's a seven-year-old's drink.
Yeah, mainly, mainly chocolate milk. And sometimes...
Yeah, sometimes. Yeah.
- Like... - Yeah.
No, it's, like, two in, drink one, you know? Just.
I just imagine Joe
gets to the firehouse, and is like...
"What's up, boys?"
"Nothing much. What's up with you, boy?"
"Nothing. Just finished a gallon of whole milk."
Maybe that's where he gets his pecs from, though,
you know?
Those things are immaculate.
Who wants to start?
I'm Eva. I'm 23.
Obviously, yesterday, you guys got a big window into my life,
that I am on the autism spectrum.
And I really appreciate you guys all being so supportive.
And I'm super open about that in my life.
So, if anyone has anything they want to talk about
related to autism, I'm all ears.
The person I'm most excited to reconnect with is Eva.
I was so blessed with
that opportunity to help Eva, in that moment.
I will never forget that.
There might be a lot of people
that won a million dollars from here,
but I don't know many that came out here and helped a human
that was genuinely in need and got 'em out of it.
To me, everything else
is just gonna be icing on the cake.
- We still ones? You're sure? - Yep. Yeah, you're number one.
- Okay. Nothing's changed for me. - 100%. Nothing has changed.
Yeah.
So what's-what's the status?
Who, what...
So, okay, so David and I connected, like, immediately.
- And he's legit? - And he is legit.
Like, he wants to play an honest game with integrity.
And I was like, "have I got people for you."
- Perfect. - So I told him, you and shauhin and I,
that we're tight. He's got Kyle.
He feels super strong about Kyle.
And if we can just all maintain loyalty to each other,
- agree. - That would be so sick.
Joe and I have an extremely tight bond.
And I know that we, as a duo, are a threat.
Certainly, there's targets on us.
And so the plan is to bring together
strong, like-minded individuals
so we can run the game.
Don't share this with anyone. This is between us.
- Done. - I have star's idol.
Yes.
But everybody knows I have it, though.
She did it in front of everyone.
It's huge that Eva said she has star's idol,
'cause she said she'd use it with me if she needed.
And I feel protected now. And she
also feels protected, so that's great.
So we'll kind of start working some angles...
Yeah, talking to each of the people individually.
Our plan is to start building a team
myself, Eva, shauhin, David and Kyle
all the physical threats, but also honest and loyal players.
'Cause the game doesn't have to be this new generation of
stabbing people in the back
and doing crazy moves just for the pizzazz.
I don't want to play this, like, backstabbing.
I heard you're a great guy, so I want to work with you.
- Know what I mean? - Bro. Day one, I hit this beach, man.
Number one, I was like,
there's so much backstabbing that goes on.
Right? Right?
There's so much manipulation. And, like
I don't want to be a shield.
I think everybody's tired of being shields this year.
That's why I was like, this year, we deserve it, man.
Hell yeah.
Enough of being lied to, manipulated and used.
Joe and I,
we're no longer the meat shields of survivor, right?
We're getting all the strong people together
and we are winning survivor 48.
From now on, you're lying, you're manipulating,
you're a strategist, you're a puzzle solver,
you're a social player, now you're the target.
Okay.
Done. Believe it.
We got five of the strongest players
in survivor in this alliance,
and that's exactly what I wanted.
Let's have a season
where we put someone on the podium who deserves to be there.
I want the challenge guys to win this season, man.
Okay.
Joe is straight-up with me. He tells me everything.
Shauhin, he's down for this strategically,
but keep an eye over your shoulder, - yeah.
Because that guy will try and cut us when it comes time.
That said, I'll go anywhere you want to go.
Yeah.
- You and me? You know we got this, David. - Hey. Bro. Hey.
Ride or die, baby. Bro. Bro.
Okay, look, dude, I knew you and Eva would get together,
- and this is just coming together. - Bro. You know, dude.
- We got this. - The group
coming together right now are people
that are strong physical players
that want to play this game with honor and integrity.
And if we could work together,
if we can truly protect one another,
it's music to my ears.
I want to play an honest game.
I want to play a loyal game to my people.
You know, I'm locked in on that.
- Yeah. - And I'm not playing around.
But at the same time,
this is a game for a million dollars.
And I've already lied a lot in this game.
And one thing everybody doesn't know is that
kamilla is my number one.
We're in such a good spot.
I know. How did we... How did we do it?
The foundation of what kamilla and I have
is built on deception.
As much as I would love
to just kind of come out and be honest about it,
I just can't at this point.
That's survivor.
Any piece of information can get you messed up in this game.
So I got to make sure
that people don't see kamilla and I as a duo.
I would love to continue to stay, like, civa strong,
keep our alliances and, like, keep bringing them in.
I get all three of us are, like, way more thinkers here.
But, like, if we could keep David and Chrissy around,
- and then we fight to the death. - Yeah.
Like, that's who you want to go with.
At this point in the game,
I want to move forward with the original civa six.
We have the numbers and on top of that, I have
a secret block a vote.
So we are in a great position.
I got star and Mary on lock,
and they're gung ho on sai, which... she's an easy vote.
Everyone else would jump on that, too.
- Yeah. - Done. Easy.
But there's some tricks going on.
This stays here.
Eva has an idol in her backpack
and a very strong alliance, and she's also
- a huge threat. - Okay.
I don't trust sai, and I don't really like sai,
but if it was up to me, I would say,
"let's vote Eva first.
"Let's break up that strong alliance.
"Let's cut the legs from under Joe.
Let's get rid of the idol."
To me, that is the smartest move.
Yeah.
Who has it? You...
Don't... nobody else knows. Eva has an idol.
Okay. Got it.
I would never operate like this
in the real world, but this is survivor.
I feel justified to be this sneaky,
'cause I'm like, "this is a game. This isn't who I am."
- It's been a long day already. - Yeah.
- It's a lot going on. - I don't know.
I'm shocked.
And...
Do not feel bad when there's a million dollars on the line.
No, yeah.
Charity's telling me
that I need to go to Eva and ask for my idol back.
That kind of threw me a little bit.
I think charity's just stirring up the pot.
She's creating drama.
I think she might be going rogue.
But here's the thing.
Me and Eva are friends now.
She helped figure out the puzzle lock,
so I let her keep the idol because finders keepers.
She literally was like,
"you need to get the idol back from Eva."
She's trying to get it back, too?
My god...
She said, "we need to put it back into the game,"
and I'm like, "no."
Charity made sure
that everyone knows that I have an idol.
That girl has been working everyone.
She is extremely fake,
and I know she's out for me.
Nope.
Yep.
I'm keeping that thing.
Do not give that idol back.
Charity is my target.
Let's get her out of this game.
I don't even want her on the jury.
Let's send her home.
Come on in.
Here they come.
Day 13.
Yeah, that's worth celebrating.
- Yeah. Halfway, Jeff. Halfway. - Halfway.
And it only gets more difficult from here.
As it should.
- I don't like that. - Boy.
All right.
Shall we get to it?
- Yes, Jeff! - Yeah! - Yeah!
All right. For today's challenge,
you're gonna be divided into two teams of six.
On my go, you're gonna race through mud
and wood shavings until you get to a cage,
where you will use a grappling hook to retrieve a large bag
containing a key.
Once you have the key,
you work together to get to the top of a very steep ramp,
where you will use that key to unlock
and solve a survivor puzzle.
The first team of six to finish
earns the merge meal.
Biggest food reward of the season.
It will fuel you in every way.
But that is all you earn.
You do not earn immunity.
You do not earn a merge buff. For that,
you'll have to work a little harder.
Here's how that works.
The losing six, you got no shot at anything.
So you will watch
as the winning six compete in an individual challenge,
where the last person standing earns this.
Sick.
Whoa!
The individual immunity necklace for survivor 48.
With this around your neck, you are safe at tribal.
And today, you also earn the merge buff,
which means you will be the only person
guaranteed to make the merge.
For everybody else, tribal council,
where somebody will be the sixth person
voted out of survivor 48.
Yesterday, there was an advantage hidden at your camp.
How'd that go? Who found it?
- Sai. - Yeah.
Feeling good. You should.
- Let's see it. - I've been waiting.
I'll take it.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
This is a big advantage, sai, because it means
you don't have to compete in this exhausting challenge.
- My gosh. - Wow.
Instead, you go right to the end,
to the individual immunity challenge,
where you will be fresh.
That's a big advantage.
And you earn the merge meal, so you will eat.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I needed to eat.
- I need to eat. - Celebrate. You're good.
All right.
We'll get it on. Here we go.
Biggest challenge of the season.
All right, so we have our two teams.
In orange, it's gonna be
charity, Eva, shauhin, cedrek, Mitch and Joe.
In purple, it's gonna be
Mary, Chrissy, kamilla, Kyle, David and star.
Sai, you don't have to compete.
You're gonna move into the second stage of this challenge.
All right, here we go.
Merge meal on the line
and a shot at individual immunity as well.
Survivors ready?
Go!
Start in pairs.
You got to get down and through that mud.
You are birthing your way
into the next phase of this game right here.
That's what you're working for.
You can grab on to this thing.
David's out.
He's trying to help star.
Here comes Mitch and Eva.
This mud is thick.
You're crawling under it.
This is survivor right here.
Get to the mat.
Go, purple!
Go, orange!
Here goes Kyle and Chrissy.
Here goes Joe and shauhin.
That is a low crawl.
It is tight.
Kyle's through.
Let's go, let's go, let's go here.
Get in there, Chrissy. Chrissy's good.
Get to the mat.
You're good. Go, purple.
Dig! Get to that mat!
You're good, orange.
Here goes kamilla.
Then Mary.
- Cedrek going down. - Go!
Charity starts on her back.
Mary's whipping through this.
Mary made it look easy.
Come on, cedrek.
- Cedrek is almost out. - Completely covered in mud.
- Thank you, thank you. - Here comes kamilla.
Got to get to that mat.
Okay, come on, come on, come on.
You're good. Now one at a time.
Here goes David.
Here comes cedrek for orange.
Now you're good.
It's gonna be Mitch. You're over and under.
Got to push.
Over and under.
David is trying to clear the way
for the next players coming through.
Stay low.
- David going through. - Over and under.
Now back under.
Got to get through more wood shavings.
Mitch up and over.
Moving through that first obstacle quickly.
You're good. Go, purple.
It's gonna be star.
Mitch is through. Now get to the mat. Go, orange.
Here comes Eva for orange.
Come on, Eva.
Star getting through it quickly.
Get to the mat.
- Come on, guys. Go. - You're good, purple.
Good, orange.
Wow.
Players are ripping through this section.
That's how you do it on survivor.
Go, purple.
Let's go, let's go.
Now Kyle making up some time.
Go, purple.
Here comes kamilla.
Go, orange.
Here goes cedrek.
Every second may count in this.
You're good, purple. Move on.
Here comes cedrek.
Now the last one.
Go, orange.
Two going up top.
Two have the hooks.
Start clearing that debris.
You're trying to free up that big bag
so the players up top
can use the grappling hook to retrieve that bag.
So the faster you get that ring freed, they can hook it.
Kyle and star doing a nice job.
Even Mitch trying to clear the debris.
Orange has their bag.
Joe pulling it up with shauhin.
Get it over.
Do it, do it, do it. You got it.
Purple pulling their bag.
Orange has their bag. You're good.
You got to get it up and over.
Wait, wait, wait... You're good. Go, orange.
Orange is now in the lead.
Move it out of the way.
All right.
You got to get that bag up.
That bag is heavy.
Taking purple a long time.
Now you're good. Everybody up.
Orange has their bag.
Just rip that tie off.
Here comes David with the bag for purple.
We are very close.
Good job! It's neck and neck!
- You're looking for the key. - You're good, orange.
Now everybody's got to get up this wall.
Shauhin immediately attacks it.
Here! Here!
Get your key. Let's get up that wall.
- Come on. Come on, guys. - Here goes David.
Immediately gets up,
grabs the rope, and he can now help people up.
Here goes Kyle. He's got it.
- Kyle can pull himself up. - Hey, come on...
Charity trying to get a hand from shauhin.
You got that, charity.
- Here goes Chrissy. - I got you, Chrissy.
Yep, yep, yep, yep.
- Come on up, Chrissy. - Good job, Chrissy!
Muddy hands, can they hold?
- Chrissy's got the rope. - I got you, I got you.
Can she stay up there?
- I got you. Both hands. Get up there. - Come on, Chrissy.
- Yeah. - They've got her.
Let's go.
Charity's up top for orange.
Eva, get up here. Get up. Good job, Mary!
- Hold 'em there! - Come on. Come on.
Come on. There you go.
Mary's up.
Joe trying to help cedrek.
Here goes kamilla.
- Yes. Yes. Come on. - Yes.
And they've got her secured.
Good job, kamilla!
And look at that.
Purple's gonna have everybody over first.
Cedrek and Eva now still working for orange.
- Orange is squandering their lead. - Yes!
Now hold on to that.
Wait for everybody.
You're good.
There you go, buddy.
Cedrek really struggling.
- Joe is gonna offer to be a human ladder. - Walk on my head.
Hold on, cedrek.
Get up. Hold on, cedrek.
Hold on to me. Don't let go. We're right here.
Mitch is there to grab cedrek.
Hold on to me. Don't let go.
Cedrek is fighting with everything he's got.
One big pull, baby.
- Big time advantage for purple right now. - It's in. It's in.
There you go.
Kamilla and David already tasting that merge meal.
I'm pulling you up right now.
Here goes Mitch.
Look at that.
Mitch is literally holding cedrek now.
And cedrek reaches for another rope rung.
Let's go, cedrek. Dig in and pull!
You got it.
- Purple continues - to extend its lead. - Okay.
You're good. Take your time, play your game.
Come on, push. Push with your legs.
- Use your legs, buddy. - I am.
Cedrek, you're there.
Pull yourself over.
Cedrek's up!
That's how you do it!
Good job, guys!
You're good. Go. Unlock.
Shauhin.
- Who's gonna be on the puzzle? - You guys.
It's gonna be shauhin and Mitch.
They've got a lot of time to make up.
Mitch was a hero, and you're now in it.
The question is can they make up the time?
Here. Let's go. Let's go, let's go.
David and kamilla have been working
on this puzzle and they've made a lot of progress.
Come on, guys.
Comebacks happen all the time on survivor.
Merge meal on the line
and a shot at individual immunity as well.
Now David and kamilla are gonna feel the pressure.
- Now they got some competition. - Nice, nice, nice.
Don't get flustered.
David and kamilla slowing down now.
They're slowing down, guys. We got this...
You hit a roadblock, that opens the door
for Mitch and shauhin.
You got it, you got it.
It would be a massive comeback
if they could pull this out.
- No, that's not it. - No, that's not it...
Shauhin thinks he has another piece.
Is he right? He is.
There's another piece for orange.
Piece by piece,
orange trying to get back in this challenge.
There's another piece for Mitch for orange.
Yes, yes, yes.
And another piece for orange.
Now orange is starting to see it come together.
That lead is not so big now.
And another piece for orange.
Suddenly, orange is back in this now.
They've made up a lot of time lost on the wall.
No, you got plenty of time.
You want to eat.
You want food waiting for you back at camp, it's right here.
It goes right there. It goes right there.
- This puzzle. - There you go, David.
David and kamilla now have some momentum.
There's another one right there next to you.
Orange still fighting.
Mitch and shauhin not giving up.
The question is, will they have enough time?
Purple down to just a few pieces left.
It is Mitch and shauhin working furiously,
as David and kamilla are about to close it out.
Purple down to one.
For the victory, kamilla with the final piece.
Merge meal and a shot at individual immunity.
There we go. Jeff?
And it is over.
- Purple pulls it out. - Yes!
Let's go!
Kyle, Mary, Chrissy, David, star and kamilla
earn the merge meal
and a shot at individual immunity
- to be safe tonight at tribal council. - Good job, guys.
Huge effort by Mitch,
charity, Joe, cedrek, Eva and shauhin,
but the result is nothing.
No food, no buff, no shot at immunity.
All right, here's what's gonna happen.
The six losers, you're gonna watch.
Six winners, you're gonna compete against sai. Let's go.
Follow me down.
All right.
Let's get to the next phase of this challenge
the individual portion.
We have Mary, Chrissy, kamilla, Kyle, star,
a very clean sai... she earned the advantage and
did not have to run in that
very difficult team challenge,
and then David, competing
for one immunity necklace.
That merge meal you're gonna eat... that's coming.
We're not there yet.
We're here right now. This is it.
For this challenge, it's very simple.
You're gonna balance a ball on a pole.
At regular intervals, you're gonna
add more sections of pole,
making it more difficult to balance.
If at any point your ball drops, you're out.
The last person left standing wins immunity.
You earn the merge buff as well.
You will be the only person
guaranteed to make the merge.
Shall we begin?
- Let's do it. - All right.
Everybody grab your pole, place your ball.
Your hands have to be under either the white paint
or the black paint.
Everybody looks very solid,
and this challenge is on.
We're gonna add our first section of pole.
It is a live transition, so if you drop
while doing this, you're out.
And what you're gonna do is
you're gonna grab a section of pole
and then you're gonna slide it into place.
And then you've got to move your hands down the pole
to where you're under the new painted section
that is white or black.
There you go, star.
- You're good. - Good job, star.
Everybody successfully transitions
with that first section of pole.
Now it's a little more difficult.
All right, you have 30 seconds now
to add another section of pole.
So you have to keep your eyes on that ball,
reach down, find the pole.
Star very quickly.
Kyle has his.
Sai has hers.
Nice save.
Chrissy struggling.
Struggling to keep it.
Chrissy's the first one out.
Everybody else looking good.
- You've made it to the next section. - Hey.
Now six of you are fighting for immunity.
Balancing a ball on a pole doesn't seem like much.
Could be worth a million dollars.
Come on, baby.
All right, we're gonna add another section of pole.
This is gonna get really difficult now.
You have 30 seconds.
Kamilla can't navigate it. Kamilla's out.
Mary, you're good.
Star, you're good. Kyle, you're good.
Sai's good. David's good.
Once again, nice job.
We lost one in kamilla.
We still got five.
Be here for five minutes.
That's crazy, bro.
She looks like a kangaroo.
Mary keeping her eyes on the prize.
David does not feel the need to look up.
He can sense where that ball is.
Looking straight ahead, ready for his close-up.
Million-dollar smile over there.
Yeah.
Two-million dollar biceps.
- Don't start drifting. - Keep digging in.
You got this.
Mary
Mary drops. Out of nowhere. Good job, Mary.
And that is how quickly it can happen.
Mary was looking very solid.
- Good luck, guys. - And we're down to four
Kyle, star, sai and David.
All right, you have 30 seconds
to add another section of pole.
You have time, but start making your move.
Sai can't do it. Sai's out.
- Good job, sai. - Good job, sai.
Yeah, great job, sai.
We are down to three now.
Kyle has his section in.
Star working her section.
David working his. You're all looking great.
Kyle, your right hand just one more grip down,
and you're good. Kyle, you're good.
Star, one big grip down with your right.
You're good, star.
David, that right hand.
Nice.
You're all good.
Nice job.
Wow.
It is Kyle, star and David
doing a great job in this challenge.
That is a lot of pole you're balancing.
Five minutes in this section.
All right, you're now gonna add another section of pole.
Take your time.
It does not take much movement
for that ball to drop.
Star has got a very good system.
Very smooth.
You're leaning forward, David.
Yeah, you're way forward.
David drops.
And we got a showdown now.
It is between Kyle and star.
Let's go, baby.
You got to get your hands down below that paint.
You're good. You're both good.
Wow. You guys are incredible.
It is Kyle and star side by side.
Lock in, Kyle. Lock in, star.
Don't drift.
You've got to stay focused.
It's so hard to concentrate for this long.
Dude, holy...
Star drops.
It's over. Kyle wins first individual immunity
of survivor 48.
What a battle. Wow.
My god.
- Star. - Good job, buddy, I'm proud of you.
Kyle, come on over.
Good job, Kyle!
- Well done. - What's up, Jeff?
- Well earned. - Looks good on you, Kyle.
First individual immunity win of the season.
First of all, if you could see yourself,
you look like a survivor.
It's an amazing, muddy, cool look,
- yeah. - With this beautiful necklace.
You are safe tonight.
You also earn the first merge buff.
Go ahead and open that up and put it on.
What do we got?
You're the only one with a buff in the game right now.
Blue, baby!
Let's freaking go.
It was meant to be. His podium was blue.
All right. So, here's what's gonna happen.
You're safe tonight at tribal council.
You're gonna join the other winners back at camp
for the merge meal.
Then tonight, tribal council,
where somebody will be the sixth person
voted out of survivor 48.
The good news is it won't be you. Congratulations.
Grab your stuff, head out.
See you tonight at tribal council.
- See you. - Thanks, Jeff.
First individual immunity win of the season.
Feel freaking great, man.
Everyone is on the line tonight except for me.
Everybody else is vulnerable.
Everybody else can take a hit.
So to have security
at this crucial turning point in the game, I mean,
I... it... I could not be more thankful.
My god!
Look, there's brownies.
- My god! - Wait for it.
My god!
My god.
Walking into the feast was insane.
Like, my mouth
only knows what water and coconut taste like.
Cheers! Let's go!
To the merge feast, guys.
This mud is nasty.
It's, like, five extra pounds on our scalp.
You could have the whole brownie.
But no one really cares because
the feast itself is so important.
Like, we're all starving.
It's day 13, and this food
is gonna fuel us for, like, the rest of this game.
My god.
Excuse me.
I think manners have went out the window.
I'm gonna be honest, guys. I'm really worried.
Why?
This is, like, too good to be true, this meal, man.
I'm having the merge feast, filling my belly,
but then it dawns on me, I'm buffless.
And I know that going into tribal.
I have yet to make the merge.
There's only one person who's safe, and that's Kyle.
Congratulations on the first immunity win.
Man, does it look good on you.
- It looks really good on you, Kyle. - Yeah.
Should we talk for a second?
As in, like, who we want?
I know, me, personally, I'm down for charity.
She's been scheming.
I don't know if I see this game as, like, civa versus lagi
- versus vula anymore. - No. - No.
Some people are scared to say a name first.
Unfortunately for me, I will say a name any day of the week.
Now, granted, my brother-in-law
told me not to say no names,
but, Robbie, I got to say names.
So, yes, I said charity.
The only person who would tell charity is Mitch.
Mitch is probably gonna play his advantage
because everybody knows he has it.
I think it's common knowledge Eva has an idol.
I heard she had an idol, I didn't know she had an idol.
All of this information
came out at the merge feast about Eva's idol,
about Mitch's block a vote.
That was two big pieces of information.
'Cause Eva could pull out a win.
What's the cons to doing charity?
I would go for charity over Eva.
Yes, charity is very dangerous,
but anybody who has an idol,
aside from myself, is not good for my game.
So my next target is Eva.
I feel so bad for the other team.
They fought hard.
I got mud... everywhere.
Dude, this is insane.
I don't know
if this is ever coming out of our hair.
Good job, everybody.
We fought hard.
We didn't come here to eat.
- We came here for a million bucks. - Damn right.
This challenge meant a lot to a lot of people,
and I was the cause of that loss.
I think what hurt more than
anything is the feeling that
you let other people down, you know?
All right, so for those of us
who haven't been to tribal council,
- like, what do we do? - Yeah.
- I'm new to this. - It's super insane.
It's-it's awful.
I'm just gonna tell you right now, I-I think it's awful.
- You think it's awful? - It is awful.
It's intimidating, you're nervous,
your heart's in your throat, and it's horrifying.
But this could also be a really easy...
- Vote. - I think every single one
should-should be uncomfortable, right?
None of it should ever be easy, so... Okay.
We're all here to play,
and the only place to play is at tribal.
For some people going to tribal council,
this is their first time going.
And it could be their last time going.
The paranoia is unreal.
Yeah. Yeah, I think so.
Tonight, we're going with 13 people.
Thirteen people are casting a vote.
It's gonna be absolute chaos tonight.
Just being real.
I want Eva to go because there is an idol in her bag.
But I don't know if I can get everybody on board,
and I think that's also a little bit too aggressive.
So, there are some easier votes we could get out,
and then start really devouring each other.
What about sai... aren't you guys close?
I don't think she really trusts anybody.
Sai has rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.
And you know what?
A likable personality thrives on survivor.
You got to be likable enough.
So, we have six people in the original civa,
and I think all of them would be down to vote sai.
- Here's the deal. - Here's what I know.
I know that it's us,
- David and Kyle, okay? - For sure.
But we got to play it cool.
I say we write charity.
I-I don't even think there's another option.
- I feel like that is rock-solid. - Yeah.
It has to be charity.
She's playing real loud, over the top.
Hey!
I like us.
On top of that, I don't think
there is a civa six strong.
But I don't want to give them the opportunity
to have that civa six strong moving forward.
When they come back, it's gonna be pandemonium.
Yeah.
But right now, we need
everybody else to come back from the reward,
because everybody's got a person that they want to vote out,
everybody's got people they want to work with.
But tonight is about drawing the battle lines.
And so, when they finally come back,
then all hell breaks loose.
They're already back. Here we go.
Let the games begin.
All right, if you're the person who thinks you're good
at social politics and you can get everybody
to do what you want, why don't you come out here
and put it to the real test? Apply to be on survivor.
We had pineapple, cantaloupe,
we had pomegranate, which I tore up,
chips with salsa, nachos, hot wings,
mozzarella sticks, soda.
I want a mozzarella stick!
Pineapple, cantaloupe,
brownies, cookies, chocolate chip.
Orange soda.
They also had nachos.
Well, I'm so glad that you won, okay?
- Good. So you had good stuff? - Yeah, yeah.
Good. I'm proud of you. You did great today.
Thank you, man, 'cause you know, just like you,
when you give your best effort,
and people just overlook you, and that's okay.
But listen, look at me.
Cedrek. Ceddy?
Cedrek?
Look. No, no.
That's not what we're doing. That's not what we're doing.
- You did. - They're not coming back.
- They're not doing that. - You did.
- Just felt that. - You did good.
You're good.
I cried way too much already.
Yes, and that's why we ain't doing that.
You want to go hard,
and you want to do your best
trust me, I know it... and when you...
You're a person, who you're used to being...
You're great, and you are great,
and you continue to be great.
You're doing things that my dad wouldn't even be able to do.
- I know. - You're doing things that a lot of men
would not be able to do, and you're doing the damn thing,
and you remember that.
Your kids watching you will be proud.
I was proud.
- Okay? - Thanks, I appreciate it.
No, of course.
Yes.
Ced had a hard time
in the challenge, and that's fine.
Ced is a good person, he's a great guy.
Now he knows,
"somebody sees me, somebody sees my worth."
The thing I like about this game is
it highlights different things.
Your game will come, okay?
I want to give him a fresh leaf.
This is a new start, a whole new game.
And it's chaotic with 13 people at one camp.
A lot can go wrong tonight. Anything can happen.
Honestly, I just will say,
charity is the first vote. That is the easy vote.
Mitch is the only one who trusts charity.
So, so, so where's lagi at?
Lagi. Lagi is basically Eva, Joe and shauhin.
Eva, okay... Joe and Eva are too close, though.
Yeah. I feel like we got bigger targets first, though.
I'm telling you, charity is an easy vote.
I feel like y'all have more intel
about these people, so I'll follow.
But I think charity is a very safe...
Charity is a safe first vote.
Eva should be the obvious vote because of the idol.
But everybody has been saying charity.
That's the name I'm hearing a lot of.
If she goes home, there's no sweat off of my back.
And up until this point, I've been playing hard.
But, like,
I'm doing things differently on this beach.
I'm laying low,
just trying to be as inconspicuous as possible.
So then,
sai was like, "everybody throw out Eva's name."
Obviously, like, we couldn't, like, buck back against it.
- Yeah, yeah. - But we kind of
steered the conversation away from that.
- And so... - Who threw that out? Like, sai? - Sai.
- Okay. - 'Cause I think that sai... she
I don't know why you're on sai's mind.
- Okay. - Obviously, I'm not doing that.
- Yeah. - 'Cause I don't want any strays on you.
- Thanks. - And obviously, nobody's going for that.
Apparently, at the merge feast,
sai was throwing my name out there.
And I just started getting really nervous for tonight,
'cause I haven't been through tribal,
and I know that I'm definitely a target.
You will take a deep breath.
- Yeah. - You'll be all right.
And everyone knows I have an idol.
So, a lot
of eyes have been on me, and that's scary.
We don't want this to get, like, super crazy super fast.
Yeah.
Because if we start gunning for each other
I don't know. I kind of feel like
- let's just do something easy. - Yeah.
Which is?
Okay.
I know that a lot of people want to get rid of charity,
but sai could definitely be the vote tonight.
I want to get rid of her because she's creating chaos,
and it's especially targeted towards me.
Charity said to my face to go sai.
- To go sai? - Yeah.
Charity was like, "we should go sai."
'Cause then if it's three of us on sai,
and then charity and Mitch on sai, that's five on sai.
We have to get the group and figure this out.
Charity was pretty much a no-brainer to go home.
But here's the deal.
Sai's a hot mess, too.
These two got to go right now, because
if they get on the jury, like,
hell know fury like a woman scorned.
Like... We will never live that down.
Like, I can't read, like, is sai cool?
- What's going on, honestly? - No, no.
She will play mind games and-and gaslight you.
- So she's good at tribal. - She...
- She's a tribal wizard. - She's good at t...
Yeah, she's good at... Yeah, she's dangerous.
Charity and sai are both dangerous in their own ways,
but to me, sai is like a venomous snake.
Charity is like a turtle.
I'm not scared of a turtle.
If they end up going sai,
then they have six civa.
We have four lagi.
I don't trust sai, but the problem
with sai going home is
that does give civa six strong members.
That scares me and I don't want that.
I think it makes the most sense, civa strong.
- Mitch is down for civa strong. - Mitch is down?
Talking about, civa strongness over here?
No. Easy plays.
- What do you think is easy? - Easy plays.
Anybody on this beach who doesn't look at civa
and say, "wow, they got all six members,"
would not be considering all options.
I don't really have a relationship with sai.
I don't want to talk to her.
So naturally, I got to consider that.
But can I trust Mitch? Can I trust charity?
Personally, I don't think so.
But do I trust them more than sai? Absolutely.
Because sai I don't really know very well.
Charity's... charity thinks it's gonna be sai.
Okay.
Going into my first tribal council,
there's definitely a bit of dread.
The good thing is most people here share a common enemy.
I don't think
charity's got a lot of friends, I don't think
sai's got a lot of friends. And frankly,
why go to war just yet? That war is gonna come.
It's sizzling, it's ready to boil over.
But for now, we have targets.
If this is your first time at tribal,
grab one of the unlit torches,
dip it in and get fire.
This is part of the ritual at tribal council because
in this game, fire represents your life,
and when the fire's gone, so are you.
All right.
First time having everybody here together.
Shauhin, what's it like at camp?
Because clearly, 13 people is a lot of people.
It is a huge house party
when you've been used to very small dinner parties.
And you're trying to get to know everybody.
You're watching and trying to see what's going on,
but you really don't know
who's snuck off to the bathroom together.
Mary, what's it like for you?
Right now, it feels like we are all dogs
in a huge dog park.
Some of us are fighting for the same ball.
Some of us are just sitting in the corner.
Some people want to be the biggest dog in the dog park.
You know, Jeff, if I'm looking at it,
I feel like everybody's sniffing butts, you know?
Cedrek knows a thing or two about that.
That happens.
Finally, I got you to laugh.
It's been 14 days I've been trying.
Wow. Lots of interesting analogies.
Shauhin, let's stick with your example of parties.
You go to a small party, you don't know anybody.
That's your original tribe.
You got to quickly figure out, "okay, well, it's a two-step.
It's a light little party, okay, everything's good."
"There's another party." You go to the other party.
Maybe you take a couple people with you.
"That guy's doing the robot.
Okay, I see what's happening over here."
You get here, this is a house party, as you said.
You realize now, "it's club condo. It's on."
And now you're looking around,
and somebody's doing salsa, they're doing
the break dancing over there.
But the key to a club condo is you want to get invited back.
That's what's happening tonight.
So, Eva, you've been so open in sharing
what you deal with in social situations
and the difficulties that can come with that.
So, how are you doing with 13 people?
I mean, I like talking to people.
The hard thing is I don't know if they're lying to me.
I'm not gonna pick up on those social cues
in the same way that everyone else is.
But I'm not gonna let that hold me back in this game.
And I think I've made good connections
with people that, hopefully, they feel the same about me.
And sooner or later, they will lie to my face.
But right now, like, I'm hoping
that I can trust people.
Joe, if you spend enough time with people,
you will develop emotional connections
as well. Not just surface. Social.
How does that change the game, fundamentally?
Well, Jeff, to really build some of these great alliances
and some really good connections,
you have to be vulnerable.
And because you go through so much stress,
emotionally, mentally, physically,
you share it with these people on top of their stories.
So that vulnerability strengthens you so much,
just like it did with Eva and I.
Even though it might seem crazy from the couch,
you get so vulnerable in these moments
that within days, you feel like you've known 'em for years.
- Wow. - And to echo Joe,
I didn't expect to be telling things
to these people that I haven't told
to my closest friends and family.
And I think, if you look around,
everyone's nodding because
that's exactly what happens. It's very weird.
- The deepest, darkest. - I think people ask.
It's the strangest experience.
It's complicated because
these are real connections with real people,
but I'm also on survivor playing this game
with one goal in mind, and that's to win survivor.
But also, there's 13 of us.
That's a lot of people to talk to.
That's a lot of conversations to have.
There are people in this group that never approached me today
- that I didn't talk to. - Really?
- Does that concern you? - Yeah.
My left eye has been twitching all day.
Of course.
But what you said was, "there were people
who didn't talk to me."
That's part of being a club condo
- and reading the room. - Right.
And the room is, "hey, I'm doing the boss a nova.
Either do it with me or find somebody else to dance with."
Right? That's the only dance I know.
There we go, Jeff.
- You're killing it, Jeff. - He did the robot.
But sai, you're agreeing?
'Cause she's not lying. She's telling the honest truth.
This is the most dysfunctional family
I've ever been a part of, to be quite honest.
But it's a cliquey family, and you can catch onto the cliques
real fast.
That's an honest statement.
But at the end of the day, Jeff,
I can also say there's family that I don't like.
So, respectfully, there are big, happy families,
and you don't have to like your grandma t.T.
Or your auntie Nicole.
Everybody knows the middle child gets no love.
But that doesn't mean that they're not still your family.
So with that being said,
all you can hope for is that you don't snuff the torch.
That's it.
I just want to say, my middle brother got love.
I love my middle brother.
Shout out to Brent. Eva, what's your take?
Is this a dysfunctional group?
Do you agree with sai?
I would say they were kind of looking at,
"who's gonna come to me,
who's gonna trust me to come approach me?"
I was like, "I don't know."
"I'm gonna go talk to all the people
and see what they have to say."
But maybe I'm doing it wrong. This is my first one.
I've never been here before.
I'm scared. This place is crazy.
But, like, everyone's coming at this in a different way,
and I'm looking at it in my own way.
Kyle, what's your vote based on tonight?
Yeah, I think, everybody keeps on
throwing the term "family" around.
When I look at family members,
when I think about people that I'm close to, it's like,
when I'm in a bind, can I call on that person?
This entire group has not been to tribal together.
We don't know who's reliable and who's not.
And that's hard because when you think about a family,
you want to talk to everybody.
But in this game, you can't be the person
reaching out and giving lifelines all the time
because it might put a target on your back.
David, if the vote goes the way you think it's gonna go,
how will the dynamic change
for this party, for this family, for this dog park?
I think this is gonna
set the stage for the rest of the game, this vote right here.
This one's important.
I think this season has been one
of honesty and integrity, which is different
than most seasons I've seen, and I think
we're gonna find out where this season's headed.
Said from a guy who's yet to be at tribal council.
I'm sure there's a few people
voted out that would say, "honest?
Integrity?"
You're right. At this vote, there are so many people.
There are so many variables, still,
because there's just so many numbers here.
There's so many faces. And if you're on the wrong side
of the vote, there's plenty
of game left to change your strategy.
All right, it is time to vote. Mitch, you're up.
Man.
I'll go tally the votes.
If anybody has an advantage or an idol
and you want to play it, now would be the time to do so.
All right, I'll read the votes.
Sai.
Charity.
Cedrek. That's one vote sai, one vote charity,
one vote cedrek.
Sai. That's two votes sai, one vote charity,
one vote cedrek.
Charity. We're tied.
Two votes sai, two votes charity, one vote cedrek.
Sai. That's three votes sai, two votes charity.
Sai. That's four votes sai,
two votes charity, one vote cedrek.
Sai. That's five votes sai,
two votes charity, one vote cedrek.
Charity. That's five votes sai,
three votes charity.
Charity. That's five votes sai, four votes charity.
Charity. We're tied.
Five votes sai, five votes charity,
one vote cedrek.
Charity. That's six votes charity,
five votes sai, one vote cedrek, one vote left.
Sixth person voted out of survivor 48:
Charity.
Need to bring me your torch.
My god.
Okay.
- Love you, charity. - I love you, charity.
Okay, y'all guys.
Bye, charity. Bye, guys. It's been fun.
- Thank you. - Bye, charity.
- Bye. - See you, charity.
Charity, the tribe has spoken.
Thanks, Jeff.
- Time for you go. - Thank you.
- Bye, girl. - Bye.
- Bye, charity. - Bye, charity.
Congratulations.
You are merged.
Let's go!
Pass 'em out, put 'em on.
I love blue, I love blue.
You earned it.
To the merge! Let's go!
- So... - So crazy.
Hey. Hey.
Grab your torches. Head back to camp.
Good night.
- Thanks, Jeff. - Thanks, Jeff.
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These people are absolutely obsessed with me.
Next time on survivor...
Don't wear yourself out, man, seriously.
- Survivor smack talk. - You
I don't know who I can trust.
We're the most undercover duo this game has ever seen.
We're gonna frame shauhin.
They played the game. They did it. They got me.
I really thought everyone was putting sai's name down today.
And you know what, I give kudos to everybody
because I got scooped, man.
I don't have any regrets in the game.
I feel like I played my heart out, I tried my best.
I'm not bitter.
I'm sad, but I'm not bitter.