Hiding in Plain Sight

Hiding in Plain Sight
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	43
Episode Number	11/14 (636)
Original Release	November 30, 2022
Viewership (in Millions)	5.31
Ratings/Share (18-49)	0.7/6
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Get That Money, Baby"
Next	"Telenovela"
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Hiding in Plain Sight is the eleventh episode of Survivor 43.

Story

“	As the tide rises and falls, castaways hold their breath to find out who will win the immunity challenge. Also, one castaway will spy something hidden in plain sight.	”
—Episode Synopsis

Challenges

Immunity Challenge: Last Gasp
The players must swim under a steel grate and stay above the water. As the tide rises, players will run out of breathing room. If the fear of drowning is too much, that person can bail out. The last person still under the grate wins the challenge.
Additional Stipulation: For finding the Choose Your Champion advantage, Cody had the opportunity to bet on one person whom he thought would win; if he was correct, Cody would also win immunity.
Winners: Karla Cruz Godoy and Owen Knight (since Cody Assenmacher bet on Owen, he also won immunity)

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 12: Gaia
Voted Against	Voter (Sami used Shot in the Dark and was not safe)
Sami (6 votes)	Cassidy, Cody, Gabler, Jesse, Karla, Owen
Cody (won Choose Your Champion game)	None
VOTED OUT: Sami Layadi

Voting Confessionals

No voting confessionals were aired in this episode. Karla's confessional was aired in the next episode.

	Karla	“	(voting against Sami) All you had to do was vote the right way, and your ass would still be here.	”

Final Words

	Sami	“	The dominoes started to tumble after the last vote. I started to lose control of my fate in the game, so I played my Shot in the Dark cause I felt like I'd rather go out swinging for the fences and sometimes those moves don't work out, but I'm happy with the way I played. A million dollars for a nineteen-year-old kid probably wouldn't have gotten the best of things anyways. I was starting to like Teslas a lot and my mom doesn't really like electric cars, so I think this works out better for us both.	”

Still in the Running

Morriah 18th	Justine 17th	Nneka 16th	Lindsay 15th	Geo 14th	Elie 13th	Dwight 12th	Jeanine 11th	James 10th
Ryan 9th	Noelle 8th	Sami 7th	Cassidy Gaia	Cody Gaia	Gabler Gaia	Jesse Gaia	Karla Gaia	Owen Gaia

Trivia

Secret Scene

• (Untitled): On Day 20, as the rain batters down, Sami reassesses his game.
• Owen the Lovable Curmudgeon: Owen admits that he can get grumpy but quickly recovers.
• Immunity Treemail: Treemail arrives as the castaways are getting discouraged about not finding the advantage.

Behind the Scenes

• Jeff Probst revealed that a second Immunity Necklace is always on hand at an Immunity Challenge.

Other

• The challenge marked the first time that an individual immunity challenge was called off and the first time that two players were given individual immunity without a twist involved and only the second challenge to end in a tie for the winner, after "Dire Strengths and Dead Weight" 30 seasons prior.