Sour Grapes

Sour Grapes
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	The Amazon
Episode Number	12/15 (087)
Original Release	May 1, 2003
Viewership (in Millions)	17.70
Ratings/Share (18-49)	6.5/19
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Q and A"
Next	"The Amazon Heats Up"
Subpages

Sour Grapes is the twelfth episode of Survivor: The Amazon.

Story

Night 30

Jacaré returns to camp, where conflict erupts over Alex's blindside, which angers Jenna and Heidi.

Day 33

In a close battle, Jenna won immunity. After having Jenna and Heidi, as well as Rob, come to her asking her to join their respective alliances, Christy became the swing vote but refused to commit to any alliance, as she was unsure which one would take her the furthest. This worried Rob, so he conspired with Jenna and Heidi to team together and take out Christy due to her lack of commitment. 

At Tribal Council, Christy boasted about being in the diver's seat. Jenna gave her immunity to Heidi as she felt Heidi was in more danger than she was. When the votes were read, a stunned Christy was blindsided 4-2 with Butch being the only one to vote with her against Jenna. 

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Paddle
The six contestants must dig up a paddle hidden beneath a group of sand mounds. Once they do that, they take one of four local canoes, paddle to a floating crate, read the multiple choice trivia question, choose the bag corresponding to the correct answer, paddle to the other side of the river, open the bag at one of two solving stations, and solve the Anaconda puzzle (if the wrong answer was chosen, the pieces will be black, and players must return). First to solve the puzzle wins.
Reward: One-hour loved one visit at a shared picnic.
Additional Stipulation: Revealed after the challenge, the winner could give up visit so the others could all have ten minutes with their loved one at a shared picnic. Unbeknownst to them, if the winner did so, they would still be rewarded with a visit to an Amazonian village with their loved one.
Winner: Matthew von Ertfelda (shared reward with everyone)

Challenge: Shoot 'n' Shuffle
Slingshots must be used to break hanging plates with shuffleboard discs attached. After ten shots,the contestants took all of their discs (smashed by them, or by someone else) and used them on a shuffleboard table painted to resemble South America. The player closest to the X (representing their current location) wins.
Winner: Jenna Morasca (gave immunity to Heidi Strobel)

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 11: Jacaré
Voted Against	Voter
Christy (4 votes)	Heidi, Jenna, Matthew, Rob
Jenna (2 votes)	Butch, Christy
VOTED OUT: Christy Smith

Voting Confessionals

Christy's confessional and an edited version of Butch's confessional were shown in the episode.

	Heidi	“	(voting against Christy) I'm voting for you, Christy, because you just skated along too far in this game. It's time to go, your number's up.	”

	Matthew	“	(voting against Christy) She dug her own grave. She had a secure fourth place finish at a minimum, but she refused to follow through with our alliance. She chose to distance herself from us. She deserves what she's getting. I was very disappointed, and she's a great girl. I bent over backwards to help her, and she basically thumbed her nose up at me. She deserves this.	”

	Christy	“	(voting against Jenna) Your wish has come true; you're going home, you're getting a shower, you're eating good food. Go look beautiful, be happy. We don't need you.	”

	Jenna	“	(voting against Christy) I'm voting for you, Christy, because you don't play the game. You don't care about anyone else. You outwardly said that you hate me and Heidi, so why would I ever want you on my team?	”

	Rob	“	(voting against Christy) I made you an offer that you couldn't refuse, and you said 'let me think about it.' She who hesitates is lost.	”

	Butch	“	(voting against Jenna) Jenna, I am in a very strong alliance and I gave them my word. I think you're a great girl. This is nothing against you personally, but the alliance is very strong. I'm staying with the alliance all the way. Best of luck to you.	”

Final Words

	Christy	“	(crying) I'm so pissed off! I didn't deserve to be voted out. I didn't! I developed trust and I knew from Day 1-- don't trust anybody. I can leave here knowing that I'm a role model and that I can make a difference. I'm gonna make sure those freaking evil stepsisters of mine are not gonna win the million dollars! Not gonna happen!	”

Still in the Running

Ryan 16th	Janet 15th	Daniel 14th	JoAnna 13th	Jeanne 12th	Shawna 11th	Roger 10th	Dave 9th
Deena 8th	Alex 7th	Christy 6th	Butch Jacaré	Heidi Jacaré	Jenna Jacaré	Matthew Jacaré	Rob Jacaré

Trivia

• This episode marks the first time in which the winner of the Immunity Challenge assigned individual immunity to another contestant since the rule was introduced in Survivor: Marquesas.
• The end of Christy's final words "Not gonna happen!" aired in the reunion episode.