An unexpected twist for the castaways sends the trajectory of their games into an all-new direction. An undercover alliance in the losing tribe leads to a shocking tribal council.
We got poured on in the rain, in the cold, all last night. And at Tribal, I had to decide between my two closest allies in this game, in front of them. So, moving forward in this game with Mary and Sai puts me in a tricky situation. But I am glass half full at the core. I am still positive that there is a way to the end of this game with me being there at the end.
Moving forward with Cedrek is tricky, because Cedrek saved my life, but he also put my life on the line. It's almost like, 'Why am I grateful that you got me out of something that you put me into?' And now I just have to proceed with caution.
If anyone should be looking for an immunity idol, it should be me. But if I stick with them and just see if we can try to work together, that is, perhaps, not a death sentence. And so I think that I really do want to work with Sai, if only because I don't want to work against her. It's too hard to work against her.
I can always tell when she has her game eyes on. Because it's just, like, lasers boring into me. But her real-life people eyes are quite soft and trusting.
Mary and I were just chasing each other. And now the tables have turned, as they always do, minute by minute, in Survivor, because, up until this point, me and Mary - we had been worried about what the boys are gonna do. But now Cedrek has to worry about what the girls are gonna do.
I don't like change. I don't deal with change well. And this big change about to happen is making me very on edge. Joe is the only person that I told about having autism and how to help me and what to do. And the thought of leaving Joe and thinking about not having him by my side… it makes me scared.
I'm very panicked. At Lagi, I know where the idol is. And I know it's not active. I know that I have a secret advantage that no one else has. I know that Bianca has lost her vote. I know where all the puzzle pieces are. I know how to play that game. Now you're taking all of that, throwing it in the ocean, and saying, 'begin again.' I just did that eight days ago. I don't want to do it again. That was really hard and scary. And now… It's time to begin again.
On the new Vula, I feel as comfortable as you can in this game. I have my California Girls alliance, which is crazy to have all three of us on the same tribe. Plus, we have a very well-rounded team. So, I know we'll bring it home.
This tribe switch totally feels like a new life for me. My new tribe is two Lagi and two Civa and me. I kind of feel like I hit the lotto, because I was hitting the opposite of the lotto on Vula. And I was like, 'it's time for my luck to change.'
The first thing I noticed is that it's all girls and one man. This is a complete flip from anything in my life. I play on an all-men's hockey team. I don't have friends who are girls. Also, Joe and I have been super close since the beginning of this game. And going at it alone is scary and new.
However, David and I hit it off right off the bat. And we totally connected immediately on jet skis, of all things… something we're both super into. So that's huge, but I was not happy to see Star in my tribe, who I do not have a good relationship with at all. But it does give me something to offer up the rest of the tribe as a way to connect with them. So, the second that Star walked away…
So, on my new tribe, I have Sai and Cedrek from Vula. I have Bianca from Lagi. And then I have me and Mitch from Civa. It was a mixed emotion for me, because I was not working with Mitch. We were together seven days, and not once did Mitch talk to me about gameplay. But now we want to stay Civa strong. We're not gonna get picked off by these other people. We have to work together. And, you know, we're gonna do what we have to do.
Coming to this new Civa beach, I couldn't be more elated. They have a nice shelter. They have all this space. Like, when they were showing me around, I wanted to ask them, 'so where's the spa? Where do you go when you want to work out? Where's the tennis court?'
They have not just food… a selection of food. And I was so excited to have fire. Massive upgrade, camp-wise. But coming off the heels of a Tribal Council where Cedrek had blatantly lied to me and I felt like I couldn't trust him, I just wanted to get away from Cedrek. And I think because I had that one little request to get away from Cedrek, I got stuck with Cedrek.
I'm just reminding myself, 'keep your smile on. Act confident.' When inside, I'm panicking. None of my original tribe members are on my new Civa tribe. And to make things a million times worse, this girl doesn't have a vote. I lost my vote on the journey. I'm not telling anyone because I don't want that exposed. So strategy now is that I work them all very, very well and try to figure out the crack.
Sai tells me, 'why don't you get a vibe check on Cedrek?' Oh my god. There's a crack. I have to keep my options open right now. So whatever makes more sense for me to keep my butt on these rocks, that's what I'm gonna do.
Vula's been struggling. They don't have a tarp. They don't have flint. They don't have any food left over. They have nothing. You know, it's as if you got dressed up in the morning. You were gonna go to a great house party. I had my pants pegged, my Bo Jackson cross-trainer, my pager. I was ready to dance, and then you show up to the house and, like, the DJ's out, mom and dad came home. The house party's over. Womp womp.
There's no map. We literally had to wander around trying to find the water well and tree mail. And there's no one here to actually help us. They have no camp supplies. They've never won anything. It literally looks like it's been a deserted camp for weeks. It's like the ghost of Christmas past haunting us, being like, 'we lose here.' It's horrible. It is a scene from a nightmare. I lost my number one in Bianca, coming to Vula, but I'd rather be in this position, with the California Girls… me, Joe and Shauhin 'cause it means we are in the majority with two Civa stragglers. Well, we're in it together now. I have a secret steal a vote advantage. Not a single person knows that I actually have the steal a vote advantage… not even Joe and Shauhin. So this was best-case scenario for me. Caveat. This is best-case scenario in worst place beach.
On this Vula camp, old Lagi, they have us by the numbers 3-2. But the good news is, I have the idol, not to mention I got my number one undercover ally, Kamilla. And Kamilla has an Extra Vote.
Coming into this tribe, like, Kyle was one of my closest allies in this game. We're both Guyanese. Like, we have so much in common. We love video games. We're both nerds. But we're both definitely in survival mode right now, because it's gonna be really hard for the two of us to get alone time out here and talk. You know, if they see both of us walk off, they're gonna know it's strategy. And, like, we don't want them to know that.
Kamilla makes up the lie that she's on the bottom of old Civa, which is music to my ears, because it gives me and Kamilla a chance to show that we don't know as much about one another as we do. So I think that we could work and do some really good damage together, especially under the radar.
Kamilla and Kyle don't seem tight at all. In fact, Kamilla said, 'I'm on the bottom there. No one talks strategy with me.' And Kyle wasn't like, 'no, you're not. What do you mean? We talk stra-' he was like, 'well, I wouldn't say that's entirely the case.' Which is like, 'Oh, okay. So she is absolutely on the bottom, and you don't like each other at all.'
My game plan this entire time has been making people look worse than me and throwing people under the bus. And so in typical Kamilla fashion, I have some dirt on Thomas. So I have someone I can throw under the bus if I need to. I know for sure Thomas lied to his tribe about his journey, because I had spoken to Star at an immunity challenge where we both sat out on. And she had mentioned that Thomas had the option to walk away from the game that he had to play at the journey, but Mitch told us there was no opportunity to walk away. So I know he's lying. The whole purpose of me spilling the Thomas tea with them is to bring up suspicion within the former Lagi so that they know they're not as strong as they think.
Kamilla tells us all kinds of things that kind of mess up our trust about the journeys. She tells us that the journeys are not 'choose to play or not to play,' they are 'you have to play.' If that's the case, that means Thomas has been lying to me. And that is brutal.
I get it, girl. You were just trying to, like, stir stuff up. Yes, I'm lying to my people, but that's none of your business. It makes me want to get her out ASAP. I don't want to play this game with her. I do not trust her at all.
He shares with me that, growing up, he used to stutter as well. And it's, like, man, like, here's someone who knows what it-it feels like to walk in my shoes. And, yes, Survivor is a game for a million dollars, but it is, like, so much more than that. Like, I really hope our connection as people who s-stutter, like, bonds us.
When I see Mitch, I see me. And I see all the folks that he's representing that would never dare to do this. So I see someone that is brave. I see someone that is open to working together. And when I find commonalities, it creates a platform to establish the relationship. I definitely want to work with Mitch. And I think if Sai and I play our cards right, we can take advantage of this swap to help our game. Because what Sai and I have is loyalty.
Bianca's feeling me out, and rightfully so, but I'm feeling her out as well. I like working with strong women, competitive women, which, I can tell she's here to compete. I, truthfully, want to work with Bianca, because she's a lone soldier and Cedrek's already looking for his own game plan, I can tell. But I have my own game because of the distrust he's created between us.
Bianca's a nice girl, but even though she's one person from one tribe, it's the tribe she's from that concerns me. She's from the Lagi tribe, and they're a very, very strong tribe. And there's no doubt in my mind, that when we get back to merge, that they are gonna get back together and they're gonna pick people off, left and right, voting. So getting rid of a Lagi person is the way to go all the way. That's, like, a no-brainer vote.
Even though I don't have any other guys on my tribe and I'm surrounded by women, like, I grew up surrounded by women. I got three sisters, no brothers. I felt right at home. And these are people I've been wanting to meet since the start of the game. I just felt sincerity from them all, I do feel kindness. Like, I feel, like, an honest game coming from them, which is how I've been playing from Day 1. And on top of that, like, I'm just excited to work with them.
David literally is so selfless. He's just a really kind soul, he's a gentleman. And David is our provider. He's been taking care of all of us. He grew up with sisters, and he's used to taking care of sisters, and I'll be your sister, David. Take care of me, please.
David… he's just, like, Mr. Loyal and all-for-one, and, like, someone who I can just tell what to do and boss him around, and he's gonna do it. And so far, that is true. And it's not that David isn't a smart person. He's just not very strategic. So, David needs someone like me and I need someone like David, 'cause he's a great shield. Nobody is worried about little old Charity who's, like, mediocre at everything. They're worried about 68-inch muscles and gonna win immunity challenges.
I don't think she knows it, but Charity, I haven't trusted since Day 1. She's playing this game way too hard. And I still don't trust her out here. Eva really wants to get Star out, but I want Charity out of this game. So, even though she's part of my tribe, I would take the first opportunity to throw her under the bus and get her out of here.
I’m really frustrated about losing today’s challenge, and now we’re in this situation where there’s three old Lagi and two old Civa and we don’t have the numbers. However, Kamilla and I do have some tools in this game. So we’ve still got a shot with our Extra Vote, an idol, and playing them the right way.
Today, we definitely made the wrong call. We put Kamilla on the mat, she should have been involved. And, ultimately that ended up costing us. On the one hand, I feel terrible about that. On the other hand, I dunno, I feel pretty good with my alliance, like it’s 3 on 2, I don’t think they have anything that’s gonna, like, stymie us, so bingo bango one of them goes home.
Once we come back from the challenge, all I’m trying to do is put on my acting face, make Lagi feel like I’m 100 percent with them, because me and Kyle can’t give any indication that we’re working together.
Kamilla and I have manufactured this situation where we are not tight at all. But that is the biggest lie on this island. In fact, she might be my number one in this game. The whole point of our game has tried to be to stay under the radar.
Survivor of old, it was immediate kind of scramble, I think the newer generation believes in this discussion before I stab you in the back, can we share a beer type of thing? So awkward. But, myself, Thomas, and Shauhin – we’re just trying to figure out if we vote Kyle off, Kamilla off, pros and cons to both.
My gut is telling me to send Kamilla off to sea. She’s throwing all of this shade on my journey and kicking that up when I had it put to bed perfectly.
The best thing possible is for the California Girls to vote out Kamilla or Kyle, old-school, easy breezy. But I don’t know what’s gonna happen with idols, advantages, all those things, so if I wanna be safe and I think that Kamilla and Kyle are gonna try and stick together and put two votes on me, do I bring my Steal-a-Vote into it to save my own butt? The downside to doing that is I haven’t told my alliance members about my advantage. If I’m gonna do it, it’s gonna be if I feel something freaky-deaky is going on at Tribal and I have to whip it out and save myself.
When you think about the advantages in this game, let’s take stock. Thomas has gone on a journey, so in my mind, he’s either got a no vote, or some sort of advantage. Then you have Kamilla’s Extra Vote, and then you have my idol. We plan to put the votes on one of the three boys. And I think Shauhin is probably the sneakiest player on this island, but Thomas went on a journey and I do not know if he has an advantage. So, would I like Shauhin to be the one going home tonight? Absolutely. Is Thomas almost as sneaky as Shauhin? Definitely. On the surface, looking at this tribe, we definitely look like the underdogs. But we got a bag of tricks, Kamilla and I, and I think that we worked well together.
Our plan hinges on this being, like, a clean vote. And I need to make those three feel extremely comfortable, and I feel like I’ve done an okay job at that.
Shauhin decides to go through Kyle’s bag, and I’m freaking out at this point. I have to pretend that I’m with these guys, but I don’t want them to find Kyle’s idol ‘cause then if they find that idol, our plan is screwed.
I found nothing. I didn’t do like a full cavity search of his bag, to be honest, so it’s possible he still has like a note or something in there, but I don’t think he has a, like a - an actual idol.
The fact that they were willing to go through my bag in front of Kamilla makes me think that they want to put the votes on me. So I am playing my idol for myself tonight. Kamilla and I are fighting a different battle right now, and we have one winning move. They can foil it, but I think we have a strong chance at it.
This is everyone’s first Tribal Council, and once again I have to put on my acting face, so it’s gonna be rough. I think the three former Lagi feel extremely confident. I don’t think they’re gonna expect what’s coming tonight.
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Challenges[]
Reward/Immunity Challenge:Stage 48 Tribes must dig up and push a large timber cube to a station where one member will use blocks to build a goalpost, through which they must throw sandbags and land them on a barrel. Once two sandbags have been landed, the tribe will proceed to a puzzle station. Three tribe members will dig up a puzzle piece and work on building a temple puzzle. The first two tribes to complete their puzzle win. Reward: Fruit 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):Lagi and Civa
I just got blindsided by an idol and I do have a Steal-a-Vote in my pocket and, like, I have to say, they crushed it, so no regrets. This was so out of the norm for me and I came out here with a lot of fears. I was really scared to be myself and I learned so much about myself. I'm okay with the unknown. This has profoundly changed my life and I am deeply grateful for it.