Music to My Ears

Music to My Ears
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	45
Episode Number	4/14 (657)
Original Release	October 18, 2023
Episode Chronology
Previous	"No Man Left Behind"
Next	"I Don't Want to Be the Worm"
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Music to My Ears is the fourth episode of Survivor 45.

Story

“	Tribes must dig deep in the immunity challenge to land a win and earn safety for one more night. Then, one tribe is sent to tribal council where someone will be the fourth person voted out of the game.	”
—Episode Synopsis

Day 8

A tribe switch occurred.

Austin Belo	Brando Belo	Drew Belo	Emily Belo	Kendra Belo
Bruce Lulu	Jake Lulu	Kaleb Lulu	Katurah Lulu	Kellie Lulu
Dee Reba	J. Maya Reba	Julie Reba	Sean Reba	Sifu Reba

Challenges

Immunity Challenge: Turn the Cage
Starting on a pontoon in the ocean, the tribes must swim out to a cage, which they will enter and unlatch from the ocean floor. They will then use poles to carry the cage onto the beach, where one member will dig their way out from under the cage and untie three balls, which they will throw into the cage. The members still inside the cage will shoot those balls onto three progressively taller baskets. The first two tribes to land all three balls wins.
Additional Stipulation: The losing tribe must forfeit their flint, though they can win it back if they win the next Immunity Challenge.
Winners (in order of finish): Lulu and Belo

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 4: Reba
Voted Against	Voter
Sean (3 votes)	J. Maya, Julie, Sifu
Dee (1 vote)	Sean
Sifu (1 vote)	Dee
VOTED OUT: Sean Edwards

Voting Confessionals

Dee was shown writing down Sifu's name; her confessional was shown in the next episode. Julie's vote was not shown during her confessional.

	Julie	“	(voting against Sean) I just got a last minute audible that I was supposed to vote… Sifu. (sighs) Huh, huh, gosh, what is with this last-minute stuff?	”

	Dee	“	(voting against Sifu) I love you as a person, but I hate you as a player.	”

Final Words

	Sean	“	I came into this game with every intention of getting to that very end. I have no doubt that I could've gotten there if I wanted to. I was coming out here to win a million dollars. I got so much more than that. I quit on my own terms because at the core of my heart, I did exactly what I feel is right.	”

Still in the Running

Hannah 18th	Brandon 17th	Sabiyah 16th	Sean 15th	Austin Belo	Brando Belo	Bruce Lulu	Dee Reba	Drew Belo
Emily Belo	J. Maya Reba	Jake Lulu	Julie Reba	Kaleb Lulu	Katurah Lulu	Kellie Lulu	Kendra Belo	Sifu Reba

Trivia

Secret Scenes

• Lulu Losers: After the tribe switch, the new Lulu tribes tries to wash away their past loses [sic].
• Kaleb's Late Night Idol Hunt: Kaleb searches for a hidden immunity idol while the rest of his tribe is sleeping.
• (Untitled)

Behind the Scenes

• At the tribe switch, Brando found a note in his buff that he chose not to read until he got back to camp, at which point the producers took the note away from him.

On Fire with Jeff Probst

• We Are Switching Tribes

Other

• The Easter egg in this episode's intro titles was the three buffs being tossed midair, foreshadowing the episode's tribe switch.
• A setup for a tribal variation of the The Ball Drop challenge with one player competing per the three tribes was built during the Tribe Switch as a fake-out to hide the fact that a switch would occur.