What About the Big Girls

What About the Big Girls
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	43
Episode Number	9/14 (634)
Original Release	November 16, 2022
Viewership (in Millions)	0.7/6
Ratings/Share (18-49)	5.15
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Proposterous"
Next	"Get That Money, Baby"
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What About the Big Girls is the ninth episode of Survivor 43.

Story

“	In a shocking double tribal council, two castaways are blindsided. Also, a revenge plan begins to brew around camp after several castaways were left out of the last tribal council vote.	”
—Episode Synopsis

Day 17

Cassidy	Cody	Gabler	James	Jesse
Karla	Noelle	Owen	Ryan	Sami

Challenges

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Crocodile Rock
Divided into two teams of five, castaways must pull up on a bar to keep a ball wedged between a set of jaws. If they release the bar, the lower jaw will fall, causing their ball to fall out. Once their ball falls, they are out. The last person remaining from each team wins.
Reward: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and the right for their team to vote second.
Winners: Karla Cruz Godoy (Blue Team) and Cody Assenmacher (Red Team) (As the last person standing, Cody won reward for the Red Team.)

Tribal Council

Blue Team

Tribal Council 9: Gaia – Blue Team
Voted Against	Voter (Owen's vote stolen by Noelle)
James (4 votes)	Karla, Noelle (x2), Sami
Owen (1 vote)	James
VOTED OUT: James Jones

Voting Confessionals

Noelle was shown writing James's name down.

	James	“	(voting against Owen) Huh, honest bro.	”

Final Words

	James	“	I had a great time out here. I played the best game I could play. I wouldn't trade this experience for anything in the world. I feel like people thought that if I made it past this vote, they would have had no other chance to get me out, but I wasn't a big fish to fry.	”

Red Team

Tribal Council 10: Gaia – Red Team
Voted Against	Voter
Ryan (4 votes)	Cassidy, Cody, Gabler, Jesse
Cassidy (1 vote)	Ryan
VOTED OUT: Ryan Medrano

Voting Confessionals

	Ryan	“	(voting against Cassidy) I've been left out from Coco since the beginning. So I'm trying to take the power back.	”

	Cassidy	“	(voting against Ryan) This is the final part of my revenge plan and it's pretty poetic because I know you're coming after me again.	”

Final Words

	Ryan	“	I, uh, just got blindsided. Honestly, I'm not even really disappointed, I played as hard as I could. I got to go fishing like I wanted. I thought I could help people get farther than they thought I could help them get, so I guess they saw me more as a threat than a benefit to have, but I'm definitely excited to see how this game goes and how they're going to play.	”

Still in the Running

Morriah 18th	Justine 17th	Nneka 16th	Lindsay 15th	Geo 14th	Elie 13th	Dwight 12th	Jeanine 11th	James 10th
Ryan 9th	Cassidy Gaia	Cody Gaia	Gabler Gaia	Jesse Gaia	Karla Gaia	Noelle Gaia	Owen Gaia	Sami Gaia

Trivia

Secret Scenes

• Who Voted For Me?: On Night 16, Ryan investigates who voted for him at the previous Tribal Council. In a confessional, Cassidy admits that the vote came from her.
• I Want to Win an Individual Immunity Challenge: Gaia reads Tree Mail for the upcoming Immunity Challenge. Karla is determined to win the challenge, despite her finger injury.
• (Untitled): On Day 17 at the old Vesi camp, Karla opens up about the passing of her grandfather. Sami is proud that his social game has allowed him to bond with his cast, despite his youth.