Can You Reverse the Curse? is the season premiere of Survivor: Ghost Island.
Story[]
Day 1[]
Day 2[]
Day 3[]
Day 4[]
Day 5[]
Day 6[]
Challenges[]
Challenge: Open
The Tribe Leader will select one member of their tribe to be a runner, and another to be their puzzle solver. The runner will race through a set of obstacles to dig up three sets of keys. Then, the puzzle solver will use the keys to unlock a sliding puzzle. The first person to finish the puzzle wins reward for the tribe.
Reward: A massive shelter building kit.
Additional Stipulation: The losing tribe will be forced to forfeit their fishing kit. However, the Tribe Leader has a limited time to decide whether they want to forfeit the challenge during the puzzle-solving portion; if so, their tribe will get to keep their fishing kit, but the opposing tribe will then get 20 eggs and flint in addition to the shelter building kit.
Winner: Malolo (by forfeit)
Challenge: Sled Zeppelin
Each tribe will have to race across a net bridge to where two bags are hanging. Working together, they will then need to untie the bags to get a pair of ropes. Using the ropes, the tribe will need to slide a sled full of giant puzzle pieces through a course. At the end of the course, they will need to solve a cube puzzle to win immunity.
Additional Stipulation: Naviti will receive flint should they win the challenge.
Winner: Naviti (sent Jacob Derwin to Ghost Island)
Challenge: Coming Up for Air
Two pairs from each tribe will race through a series of obstacles in the water. They will then have to dive to release two sets of buoys. Another member will then need to gather up all of the marked buoys to the finish, where the last four members will need to get all eight in a basket to win.
Reward: Chairs, pillows, blankets, and a washboard.
Winner: Naviti (sent Donathan Hurley to Ghost Island)
Tribal Council[]
Day 3[]
| Tribal Council 1: Malolo | |
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| Voted Against |
Voter |
 Gonzalez (8 votes) |
        Brendan, Donathan, James, Jenna, Laurel, Libby, Michael, Stephanie |
Donathan (1 vote) |
Gonzalez |
VOTED OUT: Stephanie Gonzalez | |
Voting Confessionals[]
No voting confessionals were aired.
Final Words[]
Gonzalez's final words were not aired in the version of the episode that aired in American markets, but were aired in international markets and are available online on the Survivor YouTube channel.[2]
Gonzalez |
“ | Being the first one voted off is devastating. I'm embarrassed. I was so prepared and maybe that worked to my disadvantage, because I genuinely think I'm a threat, but I hope that their decision greatly haunts them. It's Ghost Island and it has just begun. | ” |
Day 6[]
| Tribal Council 2: Malolo | |
|---|---|
| Voted Against |
Voter |
 Jacob (5 votes) |
Brendan, James, Jenna, Laurel, Stephanie |
James (2 votes) |
Libby, Michael |
Michael (1 vote) |
Jacob |
VOTED OUT: Jacob Derwin | |
Voting Confessionals[]
Jacob |
“ | (voting against Michael) We have one mouth and two ears for a reason, listen more. | ” |
Final Words[]
Jacob |
“ | I put so much work to get here and the first Tribal I attended, I was voted out. I'm embarrassed. I don't know if I even have a game to be proud of. Don't get me wrong, it was all there, but frankly it was just kind of like alliances that I made up in my head that didn't actually exist. It sounds pathetic, but it hurts on a deep level. | ” |
Still in the Running[]
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Trivia[]
Secret Scenes[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Other[]
- The name of the Day 3 Immunity Challenge, Sled Zeppelin, references the English rock band, Led Zeppelin.
- The name of the Day 6 Reward/Immunity Challenge, Coming Up for Air, references the 1939 George Orwell novel of the same name.
Episode Title[]
- The episode title was part of the note that came with the Hidden Immunity Idol found by Domenick Abbate.
- It would later be repeated on the notes accompanying several other items found in the season, each of them having been fatally misused by a previous Survivor contestant.
References[]
| Survivor: Ghost Island Episodes |
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| "Can You Reverse the Curse?" · "Only Time Will Tell" · "Trust Your Gut" · "A Diamond in the Rough" · "Fate Is the Homie" · "Gotta Risk It for the Biscuit" · "Fear Keeps You Sharp" · "The Sea Slug Slugger" · "It's Like the Perfect Crime" · "The Finish Line Is in Sight" · "A Giant Game of Bumper Cars" · "Always Be Moving" · "It Is Game Time Kids" · "Reunion" |