Taste the Victory

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Taste the Victory
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	South Pacific
Episode Number	5/16 (341)
Original Release	October 12, 2011
Viewership (in Millions)	10.69
Ratings/Share (18-49)	3.2/9
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Survivalism"
Next	"Free Agent"
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Taste the Victory is the fifth episode of Survivor: South Pacific.

Challenges

• Redemption Island duel
• Reward/Immunity

Challenge: Simmotion
The castaways would drop a ball into a metal chute. The ball would travel down a spiraling metal track and exit out of one of two points. The castaway would have to catch the ball and drop the ball back into the chute at the top. Every few minutes, an additional ball would be added to the track until all six balls were simultaneously going around the track. A turnstile gate in the middle of the track would rotate, causing the balls to drop alternately from the two exits. If a ball exits the track and is not caught, the castaway would be eliminated from the challenge and from the game.
Winner: Christine Shields Markoski

Challenge: Pig Out
Using only their mouths, the castaways would rip pieces of meat off a large pork roast and put it into a basket. The tribe with the most meat in the basket after ten minutes would win.
Reward: Vegetables, spices, bread, and the meat that they collected.
Winner: Upolu

Redemption Island

Redemption Island Duel 3
Competitors	Result
File:S23 christine t.jpg Christine (incumbent inhabitant)	Won
File:S23 stacey t.jpg Stacey (challenger)	Lost
ELIMINATED: File:S23 stacey bw.jpg Stacey Powell

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 5: Savaii
Voted Against	Voter
File:S23 elyse t.jpg Elyse (3 votes)	File:S23 cochran t.jpgFile:S23 dawn t.jpgFile:S23 jim t.jpg Cochran, Dawn, Jim
File:S23 cochran t.jpg Cochran (2 votes)	File:S23 elyse t.jpgFile:S23 ozzy t.jpg Elyse, Ozzy
File:S23 dawn t.jpg Dawn (2 votes)	File:S23 keith t.jpgFile:S23 whitney t.jpg Keith, Whitney
VOTED OFF: File:S23 elyse t.jpg Elyse Umemoto (sent to Redemption Island)

Voting Confessionals

“	(voting for Elyse) Sorry, Elyse, this has more to do with keeping Ozzy weak.	”
—Jim

“	(voting for Cochran) This is the second to last stop for the (expletive censor) train. Sorry, man. Hope you get that second chance.	”
—Ozzy

Still in the Running

Semhar 18th File:S23 semhar bw.jpg	Mark 17th File:S23 mark bw.jpg	Stacey 16th File:S23 stacey bw.jpg	Christine On Redemption File:S23 christine t.jpg	Elyse On Redemption File:S23 elyse t.jpg	Albert Upolu File:S23 albert t.jpg	Brandon Upolu File:S23 brandon t.jpg	Coach Upolu File:S23 coach t.jpg	Cochran Savaii File:S23 cochran t.jpg
Dawn Savaii File:S23 dawn t.jpg	Edna Upolu File:S23 edna t.jpg	Jim Savaii File:S23 jim t.jpg	Keith Savaii File:S23 keith t.jpg	Mikayla Upolu File:S23 mikayla t.jpg	Ozzy Savaii File:S23 ozzy t.jpg	Rick Upolu File:S23 rick t.jpg	Sophie Upolu File:S23 sophie t.jpg	Whitney Savaii File:S23 whitney t.jpg

Trivia

• In this episode, Coach Wade revealed that he does not like being called "Benjamin", and that his parents also address him as "Coach."
• In this episode, Christine wins her third Redemption Island Duel, which breaks the record for most duels won by a female player (she previously shared the distinction with Andrea Boehlke with two wins). Christine's third victory gives her the third-most overall Duels won, behind Mike Chiesl and Matt Elrod.
• This episode marks the first time a member of Upolu is eliminated from the game.
• This episode's Redemption Island duel is a throwback of the Final Immunity Challenge in "I Trust You but I Trust Me More" from Survivor: Tocantins.
• This is the second time this season where someone is voted out despite receiving less than 50% of the votes after Christine's elimination three episodes earlier in "He Has Demons".
• This is the first time that Cochran and Dawn were involved in a Tribal Council where someone was voted out by a 3-2-2 plurality. It would be followed by the second Tribal Council of "The Beginning of the End" in Survivor: Caramoan.
• The episode title is said by Coach when discussing how great it was to win both Reward and Immunity while eating some of the cooked pork Upolu won.