Little Miss Perfect

Little Miss Perfect
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Philippines
Episode Number	9/15 (376)
Original Release	November 14, 2012
Viewership (in Millions)	10.06
Ratings/Share (18-49)	2.6/8
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Dead Man Walking"
Next	"Whiners Are Wieners"
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Little Miss Perfect is the ninth episode of Survivor: Philippines.

Story

Day 25

This time, Jonathan Penner has no protection but his alliance. The Tandang Alliance targets Jonathan, while the Matsing-Kalabaw Alliance targets Artis Silvester, as Abi-Maria Gomes is least likely to play her Hidden Immunity Idol on him. Despite most of the effort seeming to be focused on getting Lisa Whelchel to flip (with Michael being a back-up plan), it is Michael Skupin who flips from the Tandang Alliance, giving the Matsing-Kalabaw alliance the numbers to blindside Artis. Artis would be voted out by a 5-4 vote and becomes the 3rd member of the jury. And for the first time in this game, Abi-Maria and Pete Yurkowski find themselves in a bad position heading back to camp.

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Muddy Waters
The Dangrayne tribe will be divided into two teams of four via schoolyard-style picking. Tribe members must traverse a muddy obstacle course (a crawl through, an A-frame, and a rice pen) while retrieving bags with three balls. Once all bags are collected, all four members must shoot twelve balls into a fish trap propped like a basket. The first quartet to shoot all twelve balls into the fish trap basket would win the reward.
Reward: A trip to a local Filipino village, where the winning team will deliver school supplies and various toys, and receive a feast.
Additional Stipulation: Due to the odd number of players, one castaway will not participate and will not have a shot at winning reward. Abi-Maria is the last person not picked by either team, thus forfeiting her from the reward.
Winners: Red Team (Carter Williams, Denise Stapley, Jonathan Penner, and Malcolm Freberg)

Challenge: Paddle Out
The castaways must balance an oversized paddle while attempting to glide a ball down to the end of the paddle, where six small holes are located. The first castaway to get a ball in all six holes will win Immunity.
Winner: Michael Skupin

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 9: Dangrayne
Voted Against	Voter
Artis (5 votes)	Carter, Denise, Jonathan, Malcolm, Michael
Jonathan (4 votes)	Abi-Maria, Artis, Lisa, Pete
VOTED OUT: Artis Silvester

Voting Confessionals

	Pete	“	(voting against Jonathan) I'm not sending you home because you're a returning player. I'm sending you home because you are really good at this game, and I respect that.	”

	Denise	“	(voting against Artis) I have no doubt that selfish mess Abi is never going to give you her [Hidden] Immunity Idol.	”

Final Words

	Artis	“	Well played to Penner. He managed to pull off the improbable. Well played, all I can do is applaud him. I have no ill will toward anybody in the game because when it's all said and done, it is a game. I could not have been more happy. Well, I take that back, actually, yes, I could have if I had won the million dollars.	”

Still in the Running

Zane 18th	Roxy 17th	Angie 16th	Russell 15th	Dana 14th	Dawson 13th	Katie 12th	RC 11th	Jeff 10th
Artis 9th	Abi-Maria Dangrayne	Carter Dangrayne	Denise Dangrayne	Jonathan Dangrayne	Lisa Dangrayne	Malcolm Dangrayne	Michael Dangrayne	Pete Dangrayne

Trivia

Life at Ponderosa

Artis arrives at Ponderosa where Kent welcomes him. He attempts to greet RC, who gives him the cold shoulder. Artis undergoes his post-game medical where he learns he dropped from 201.3 lbs. to 182 lbs. RC expresses her disappointment at Michael for not helping her and Jeff early enough. Instead of joining Jeff and RC for dinner, Artis heads to the shower. Reflecting on his Survivor experience, Artis learns not to take things for granted.

The next day, Artis states that Jonathan is currently in control of the game and predicts that either Lisa, Malcolm, or Pete will go home next. RC asks Jeff his predictions, in which Jeff responds he does not feel like speculating anymore since he is already out of the game. Later, a visibly bored Jeff swims alone in the pool.

Other

• This episode marks Michael's first individual immunity win.
• At the Reward Challenge, the whole yellow team is entirely comprised of Tandang members (minus Abi-Maria, who is eliminated by default after not being picked), while the red team has the remaining two members from the Kalabaw and Matsing tribes.
• At the village, the castaways played Pukpok Palayok ("pukpok" meaning "to pound" or "to hammer" and "palayok," meaning "clay pot"), a game similar to piñata, but a clay pot is used instead of a papier-mâché container.