Template:StarRatings A Bunch of Idiots is the fifth episode of Survivor: One World.
Story
Day 12
The morning after last night's bizarre Tribal Council, the Salani tribe asked Troyzan, who passed by at their shelter, of who was the culprit behind Manono's decision to give up immunity. He told them it was Colton's idea to go to Tribal Council, and everyone else went with the plan. After the conversation, the women were elated to see the rival tribe fall apart.
“ | We really should have six people on this tribe, but we have seven. The guys are much more of a mess than what we thought. I'm not gonna question their nonsense over there. I'm just happy we have seven and the girls are sticking together on this one. | ” |
“ | The guys messed up big-time. If we come in strong seven, we're gonna blow them away. We're gonna beat them today in our challenge. They're so dumb, they handed us a million dollars! | ” |
The tribes convened for the next Reward Challenge, where Jeff Probst told them to drop their buffs, signaling a tribe switch. Jeff gave each castaway an egg with tribe-colored paint inside. After instructing the players to smash the eggs. The contents inside would determine the contestants' new tribe. The new tribes were:
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Day 13
Day 14
Challenges
Challenge: Dear Liza
Tribes must fill water to a large bucket using barrels with holes in it. If the bucket is heavy enough, a flag will raise, declaring a winner.
Reward: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and coffee
Additional Stipulation: The winning tribe will also win the right to live at the current campsite, while the losing tribe will be sent to a new beach.
Challenge: Basket Brawl
Three members from both tribes will race to retrieve a ball in the water and shoot it into their tribe basket. The other tribe must intercept before their rival scores. Each successful shot is worth one point. First tribe to accumulate three points wins immunity.
Winner: Salani
Tribal Council
Tribal Council 5: Manono | |
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Voted Against |
Voter |
Monica (5 votes) |
Alicia, Colton, Jonas, Leif, Tarzan |
Tarzan (2 votes) |
Christina, Monica |
VOTED OUT: Monica Culpepper |
Voting Confessionals
Monica was shown writing Tarzan's name on the parchment.
Final Words
Monica |
“ | I'm extremely disappointed. I-I came here, um, to win. I chased my husband all over stadiums for eleven years of football and all I was looking forward to was him coming to the Survivor stadium. The dumbest thing that I could have done was trust Colton. I guess I blame myself for being outwitted. | ” |
Still in the Running
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Trivia
- This episode marked the first Tribe Switch since "Turf Wars" in Survivor: Nicaragua.
- This week's Reward Challenge was derived from a children's song called There's a Hole in My Bucket.
- Despite the fact that both tribes were required to have all their members play in the challenges, Chelsea Meissner did not participate at all in either Dear Liza or Basket Brawl.
- There was no Day 13 footage in this episode.
- In her final words, Monica references her husband, Brad Culpepper, coming to play Survivor in the Loved Ones Challenge. They would later play Survivor together in Survivor: Blood vs. Water.
- The episode title is said by Colton before going to Tribal Council as he thought he was in charge of "a bunch of idiots" as he had to constantly go over the plans with them.
References
Survivor: One World Episodes |
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"Two Tribes, One Camp, No Rules" · "Total Dysfunction" · "One World Is Out the Window" · "Bum-Puzzled" · "A Bunch of Idiots" · "Thanks for the Souvenir" · "The Beauty in a Merge" · "Just Annihilate Them" · "Go Out with a Bang" · "I'm No Dummy" · "Never Say Die" · "It's Gonna Be Chaos" · "It's Human Nature" · "Perception Is Not Always Reality" · "Reunion" |