Holding On for Dear Life

Holding On for Dear Life
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Worlds Apart
Episode Number	12/15 (454)
Original Release	May 6, 2015
Viewership (in Millions)	9.22
Ratings/Share (18-49)	2.1/8
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Survivor Russian Roulette"
Next	"My Word Is My Bond"
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Holding On for Dear Life is the twelfth episode of Survivor: Worlds Apart.

Story

“	A reward gives castaways an opportunity to deliver supplies to a local orphanage. Also, castaways must scramble after a crazy tribal council leaves some on the outs.	”
—Episode Synopsis

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Dulcimer Stomp
The teams would begin by unspooling ribbons from a pole to release a key. Once they have the key, they would build a ladder to climb to the top and use that key to release a bag of balls. They would then make their way through a net sling to the finish, where they would attempt to land those balls in a series of targets. The first team to get one ball in each of the five targets wins reward.
Reward: Delivering supplies to an orphanage and a feast.
Winners: Red Team (Carolyn Rivera, Mike Holloway, and Sierra Dawn Thomas)

Challenge: Back Splash
Each person have to balance on a very small perch, while leaning back holding onto a rope. Every five minutes, they will move further down the rope, which makes it more difficult. When they cannot hold on any longer, they will drop in the water and be out of the challenge. The last person left standing wins Immunity.
Winner: Carolyn Rivera

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 12: Merica
Voted Against	Voter
Mike (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	Dan, Rodney, Tyler, Will (votes not counted)
Tyler (3 votes)	Carolyn, Mike, Sierra
VOTED OUT: Tyler Fredrickson

Voting Confessionals

	Dan	“	(voting against Mike) You have no idea how much this breaks my heart.	”

	Mike	“	(voting against Tyler) I've been trying to get you out of this game for a long time now.	”

Final Words

	Tyler	“	What can I say? Um, I left it all on the field, so to speak. My tactics to go after Dan tonight were right, it's just that the rest of the group didn't really follow suit. I had a blast. I-I regret nothing that I did. Everything that I did was to my full potential. It's just difficult to get ahead in this game if you're not winning challenges and unfortunately, I came up a little short today.	”

Still in the Running

So 18th	Vince 17th	Nina 16th	Lindsey 15th	Max 14th	Joaquin 13th	Kelly 12th	Hali 11th	Joe 10th
Jenn 9th	Shirin 8th	Tyler 7th	Carolyn Merica	Dan Merica	Mike Merica	Rodney Merica	Sierra Merica	Will Merica

Trivia

Other

• With Tyler voted out, Carolyn is the last remaining original Masaya member, and the only remaining owner of a Hidden Immunity Idol.
• Immediately after the episode, the theme of the next season was revealed, and the voting pool of former castaways was introduced.
• This episode was the only time that Mike received votes against him.
• With Mike being the eventual winner, he would be the first winner to effectively use the Hidden Immunity Idol, meaning using the idol to negate enough votes to change the outcome of the elimination.
• The episode title is said by Jeff Probst during the Immunity Challenge "Back Splash" regarding the strategy that should be employed to win it.