I'm a Mental Giant

I'm a Mental Giant is the season premiere of.

Day 1
A massive fishing vessel stocked with supplies, carries eighteen castaways, divided into three tribes based on the personal attributes they mostly use in their daily lives: "Brains", "Brawn", and "Beauty". "none"

- These eighteen strangers have volunteered to be marooned and to fend for themselves, for the next thirty-nine days. Their cruising through the waters of Kaoh Rong, in southeast Asia, a beautiful, but formidable part of the world. Scorching tempatures and stiffling humidity punish the body, dehydration and heat stroke can bring down the strongest, the smallest cut can lead to a life-threatening infection. And if they last long enough, newly excerting energy will become their biggest obstacle. This will be the most grueling thirty-nine days in Survivor history. They have already been divided into three tribes, based on the qualities they most rely on in their daily lives. The brain tribe...

"chanloh"

- Being an ER doctor, it’s going to be difficult for me to not show how smart I am and to express humility, but I can’t deal with ignorant people. Because they think they know what they are talking about.

"chanloh"

- This game is largely a brain game, and in these challenges I am going to kick ass! Because puzzles lay down for me like lovers.

"totang"

- I used to be a professional basketball player, I was the guy that did the things nobody else wanted to do. I can go knock people on the ground, I pushed people out of the way, and I did it better than most guys. People I am going to get along with are guys that are strong, and if you show weakness, bye bye. (laughs)

"totang"

- My bread and butter has always been bounty hunting. You're kicking the door, raid the house, you snatch the guy up, tie him up and put him in the back of your trunk and take off. I don't care, I just need to get my paycheck.

"gondol"

- My life has definitely been easier because I'm better-looking than most people. That sounds terrible, it sounds awful, but it's the truth. My looks will definitely help me. Thirty-nine days and a million bucks in my pocket at the end.

At the sound of a bell, the castaways are only given two minutes to collect as much supplies from the ship as they can before paddling to their respective camps. Members from all three tribes hurriedly release their rafts while their tribemates scramble for supplies, where the commotion has sent chickens, fruits, baskets and other survival items flying everywhere, from the deck, to the ocean. Joe from the Brains tribe controls his tribe's raft as his tribemates throw items overboard, while Tai from the Beauty tribe, protects the chickens from being trampled by the frantic castaways. Cydney from Brawn tribe and Neal from the Brains tribe briefly scuffle over a basket of mangoes. After the two minute period, Jeff Probst orders the three tribes to paddle to their respective tribe camps.

Reward/Immunity
Challenge: Wooden Ships

The tribes will swim out to a boat. Once the entire tribe is on board their boat, one person at a time will dive down to retrieve paddles. Once they have all four paddles, they will race to shore, where they will convert their boat to a cart by attaching four wheels. They will then push their boat to the top of the beach. Once at the top, they will have to decide between assembling a puzzle or testing their dexterity by stacking balls while standing on a wobbly beam. The first two tribes to finish win immunity.

Reward: A fire making kit for the winner; flint for the runner-up.

Winners (in order of finish): and

Voting Confessionals (1st Vote)
Alecia was shown writing Darnell's name down on the parchment. "totang"

- (voting for Alecia) You're really starting to irk my soul… a lot.

Voting Confessionals (Re-Vote)
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Final Words
"totang"

- This was very hard to be vote out number one, but I absolutely enjoyed every moment of it. I mean, it was a life lesson to me. What I learned is to fight hard. They can vote me out, they can do whatever they want but I'm not letting nobody bring me down. I encourage anybody who have any dreams, any goals, to go out there and do it, you know, don't let nobody hold you back. Yeah, I'm out number one, but I went out there and I played hard and I'm satisfied with that.

Other

 * This episode marks the earliest tied vote in Survivor history.
 * Anna Khait and Tai Trang had the most number of confessionals this episode, with 6.

Episode Title

 * The title of the episode was said by Alecia Holden when defending herself at Tribal Council.