On the Pukeko tribe, we have Alycia, Cheyya, Christian, Drew, Lana, Lorenzo, Michael, Quinn, Sydney and Tyler. On the Takahe tribe, we have Alexa, Janelle, Jay Sean, Jeffrey, Kate, Kimmy, Lola, Pete, Sun and Xenia. In the Pukeko tribe, a majority alliance formed with Alycia, Drew, Michael, Quinn and Tyler. A minority alliance formed with Cheyya, Christian and Sydney, leaving Lana and Lorenzo on the outs. Over on the Takahe tribe a majority alliance formed with Alexa, Janelle, Kimmy and Xenia formed. A smaller minority alliance formed of Jay Sean, Kate and Sun, leaving Jeffrey, Lola and Pete on the outs.
The Pukeko tribe won the first immunity challenge of the season, and over on the tribe Quinn manages to find the idol, and bonds with Christian. While on the Takahe tribe Janelle finds the idol, and she and Jeffrey bond a lot. At tribal council, the alliances were 4 vs 3 with 3 people as the swing votes. It revealed that there is a 5-5 vote tie between Kate and Alexa, but in the revote Lola who voted for Alexa changed her vote for Kate to prevent rocks. In a 5-3 revote Kate is the first person voted off.
Vote:
Alexa, Janelle, Kimmy, Pete, Xenia - Kate
Jay Sean, Jeffrey, Kate, Lola, Sun - Alexa
Re-Vote:
Janelle, Kimmy, Lola, Pete, Xenia - Kate
Jay Sean, Jeffrey, Sun - Alexa
Episode 2:
With Kate gone, the majority alliance had four members and Jay Sean and Sun were a weak duo, but there still was 3 wildcard voters so the vote is unstable. The Takahe tribe won immunity and over on their tribe, with Janelle still holding the idol, her along with her allies Alexa, Kimmy and Xenia became a medium strength alliance with a loyalty level of 5. On the Pukeko tribe, Quinn still had the idol and it was quite uneventful, besides Alycia and Tyler bonding.
At tribal council, the alliances were 5 vs 3 with two swing votes which could cause a tie. When the votes came, the majority alliance convinced both Lana and Lorenzo to vote Cheyya out in a 7-3 vote. This vote causes Christian and Sydney as a duo.
Vote:
Alycia, Drew, Lana, Lorenzo, Michael, Quinn, Tyler - Cheyya
Cheyya, Christian, Sydney - Lorenzo
Episode 3:
The two tribes were soon turned into three as a twist, and the new Kiwi tribe was formed.
On the new Pukeko tribe, from the original Pukeko tribe has Alycia, Drew, Lorenzo and Tyler together, with Alycia, Drew and Tyler not only still together as an alliance, but are half of the alliance and can easily become a majority alliance again if they go to tribal council. Joining those four are Jeffrey and Pete from the original Takahe tribe.
On the new Takahe tribe, again four Pukeko and two Takahe members formed this new tribe. Christian and Sydney, who had just lost their ally Cheyya were together, joined with Quinn and Michael, who majority alliance members. Lola and Sun were the two original Takahe members, Lola who was a wildcard and had no alliances, and Sun, who only had Jay Sean as an ally.
On the newly formed Kiwi tribe, Lana was the only Pukeko member and a clear easy boot. Joining her was the entire Takahe majority alliance, Alexa, Janelle, Kimmy and Xenia, who clearly were the majority of the alliance. Jay Sean was also apart of this alliance who only had Sun as an ally before the switch.
In the immunity challenge the new Takahe tribe and Kiwi tribe won immunity, sending Pukeko tribe to tribal. Over on the new Pukeko tribe, no one there had an idol and there was no idol hidden, and all that happened was Drew's behaviour was nice. On the new Takahe tribe, Quinn has the Pukeko tribe's idol in secret, and Christian and Sydney have a minor fight. Whether or not the fight was either strategy or real, is unknown. Over on the new Kiwi tribe, Janelle has the Takahe tribe's idol, and Kimmy manages to find the Kiwi tribe's idol.
At tribal council, Alycia, Drew and Tyler were a tight trio, and Jeffrey and Pete being a tight duo, leaving Lorenzo to either make a tie or go with the original Pukeko alliance. In the end, Pete and Jeffrey voted for Lorenzo which forced Lorenzo to vote with the trio in power, sending Jeffrey out in a 4-2 vote. Alycia, Drew and Tyler have complete power.
Vote:
Alycia, Drew, Lorenzo, Tyler - Jeffrey
Jeffrey, Pete - Lorenzo
Episode 4:
In the immunity challenge, the Pukeko and Kiwi tribes won themselves immunity, sending the Takahe tribe to tribal council. On the Pukeko tribe, no one has any idols, so it's very old-school like. The only thing that happens is that Drew and Lorenzo have a fight. Over on the Takahe Tribe, Quinn is still in possession of the Pukeko tribe's idol, and Michael and Sydney bond a lot, which is smart for Sydney as there's more of a chance of the majority keeping her longer than Christian. On the Kiwi tribe, Janelle and Kimmy both have an idol, and Jay Sean has a good behaviour.
At tribal council, the vote could either go by tribal lines as a 4-2 vote or even more split as its Michael/Quinn, Christian/Sydney and Lola/Sun. But ultimately it did go down by tribal lines, and Sun was voted out in a 4-2 vote, leaving Lola all alone, and potentially a swing vote.
Vote:
Christian, Michael, Quinn, Sydney - Sun
Lola, Sun - Christian
Episode 5:
In the immunity challenge, both Pukeko and Kiwi tribes manage to win immunity once again, sending Takahe back to tribal council. Nothing happens in the Pukeko tribe. On the Takahe tribe the original majority alliance of Pukeko members (Alycia, Drew, Michael, Quinn, Tyler) becomes a very strong alliance, with a loyalty level of 9, and Quinn has the Pukeko idol. On the Kiwi tribe nothing happens, but Janelle and Kimmy both still have an idol.
At tribal council, it was pretty clear that it was everyone against Lola. Quinn ended up using her idol on Michael incase Christian and Sydney sided with Lola, but when the votes came it only voided Lola's single vote, and Lola was voted out in a 4-1* vote
Vote:
Christian, Michael, Quinn, Sydney - Lola
Lola - Michael (Does not count)
Episode 6:
In the immunity challenge, once again both Pukeko and Kiwi tribes win immunity, sending Takahe back to tribal for the third time in a row. On the Pukeko tribe, Lorenzo manages to find the rehidden Pukeko idol, and Drew once again is shown being nice around camp. On the Takahe tribe, the four's alliance becomes medium strength of loyalty level 5. On the Kiwi tribe Janelle and Kimmy still have their idols, and Lana and Alexa have a minor fight.
At tribal council, Quinn and Michael's bond was closer than Christian and Sydney's bond, which showed as Sydney teamed up to blindside her ally Michael to prevent a draw and potentially rocks. Christian was sadly voted out in a 3-1 vote.
Vote:
Michael, Quinn, Sydney - Christian
Christian - Michael
Episode 7:
A new twist occurred and the three tribes became two again, with the Kiwi tribe being removed and everyone being randomly picked into new tribes. On the new Pukeko tribe is Michael, Quinn and Sydney, the three people from the Takehe tribe. Michael and Quinn also have original allies Tyler and Alycia reunited with them. Alexa and Pete, who were from the original Takahe tribe are also together as the outcasts of the tribe. On the new Takahe Tribe is Janelle, Kimmy and Xenia who were allies since day one. Also Jay Sean who came from the Kiwi tribe, and Lana, Drew and Lorenzo from the Pukeko tribe.
In the immunity challenge, the Takahe tribe manage to win immunity, sending the Pukeko tribe to tribal council. On the Pukeko tribe, no one has any idols, and Pete and Michael have a major fight. On the Takahe tribe, Janelle, Kimmy and Lorenzo all have an idol each, making one tribe with no idols and the other tribe with all the idols. Kimmy and Lana also have a major fight.
At tribal council, it was an easy 5-2 vote as all original Pukeko members worked together to vote out Alexa. (This is ironic as Alexa's brantsteele pic is Alexis from Survivor Cagayan, who was voted out right before the merge, just like Alexa)
Vote:
Alycia, Michael, Quinn, Sydney, Tyler - Alexa
Alexa, Pete - Michael
For the final 13, I'm going to rank them based on personal likability and their position coming into the merge. (I know who wins but this is how I feel of the cast based on pre-merge gameplay)
13th: Pete. He has no good connections and is irrelevant as fuck. Next.
12th: Lana. It was close between her and Jay Sean, but they are both in alliance together but J.S has more connections.
11th: Jay Sean. He has more connections than Lana, Lana's the 5th member of the alliance he is in, the alliance consists of Lana, J.S, Janelle, Kimmy and Xenia.
10th: Sydney. I like Sydney, she's one of my favourites in the cast, but her social game is weak and doesn't have any good connections besides Michael and Quinn, but both of them have a stronger alliance anyway.
9th: Lorenzo. I don't really like Lorenzo, and like Sydney don't have too many connections, but Lorenzo does have an idol which will help out hopefully.
8th: Xenia. She's so irrelevant, barely any screentime because she's only been to one tribal council the entire pre-merge stage. She's apart of a loyal alliance with Kimmy and Janelle, who also have Jay Sean and Pete in their pocket, but those two aren't very loyal as compared to the Alycia/Drew/Michael/Quinn/Tyler alliance.
7th: Tyler. Tyler is in a good position, but holy crap he's irrel and such a sheep. He has a strong chance of winning but I hope to god he doesn't win. Barely any screentime and have made no moves whatsoever.
6th:Alycia. Alycia is the same to me as Tyler, except she's seen having fights with people which I guess is more screentime, I still see her being a sheep though.
5th: Drew. Like Tyler and Alycia, he's in a good position, but is very sheep like and all he's really done is have a good behaviour. Somewhat likeable, and in a good position, but pretty much a sheep.
4th: Kimmy. Kimmy/Janelle/Xenia give me Witches Coven alliance from Survivor Cambodia realness, and Kimmy reminds me of Wentworth or Ciera. Although she may not be in as a good of a postion as Drew, Tyler or Alycia, I like her gameplay and she's got an idol with her. She's serving underdog and I'm loving it.
3rd:Michael. Michael is in a very good position at the moment. He's one of the more better players and showing an early winner's edit, which I personally don't want to win. Although he managed to get Quinn to use their idol on him so that's either showing loyalty or manipulation. Either way he's a contender, but could be blindsided later in the game.
2nd: Janelle. Although she's pretty much the same as Kimmy, she has an idol under her belt and I hope she gets far into the game. She hasn't had much screentime but she does have a slowly developing good edit.
1st:Quinn. (Quinn's Brantsteele pic is R.C because there's no Survivor players that start with Q). Quinn is in a very good position, and is loyal as fuck, which will either get Quinn to the end or a big blindside. Either way, Quinn is relevant and I want Quinn to win ngl. I hope Quinn finds the merged tribe's idol and uses it in an iconic way.
Who are your predictions on who'll win based on this? You think it's a front runner like Quinn, Janelle, Michael or Kimmy? Or someone more surprising like Jay Sean, queen Sydney, Lorenzo or Xenia?
Woo I’m kinda living for this. I didn’t expect to do so well! Im seeing so many similarities to Tyler’s game from World’s Apart lol. Kinda quiet and irrelevant, but I’m in a great spot as it’s looking like I’ll make a deep run!! Please actually start making some moves - I believe in you!
