On Redemption Island
Natalie W - Thumper91 (Voted Out Day 3)
Tony - finklestein123 (Voted Out Day 6)
Aras - VoLcOmVaNs (Voted Out Day 8)
Final Placing
22nd - Sophie - STOKES2009 (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
21st - Kim - bamold1999 (Voted Out Day 3/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
20th - Tom - Phenomanimal (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 2, Day 7)
Night 8
At the Pagong camp the tribe is returning from Tribal Council. Vecepia is frustrated about the outcome and how several people (Denise/Todd/Ethan) went back on their word. They had the numbers to take out Parvati, and they fell back in with the majority. She's most annoyed with JT, an initial ally who seems content with being at the bottom of the majority alliance.
Day 9
At the Redemption Island camp Tony has made it known that he wants Aras out and will do everything in his power to make sure he loses the next duel. He feels like Aras is his biggest competition for returning to the game. Natalie W tells Aras that she hopes Tony trips up and makes a fool of himself.
The RI inhabitants, Samburu, and Pagong arrive for the third duel of the game. Tony makes another jab at his old tribe, the bridge beyond burned. The duel begins. Vecepia cheers for Natalie W and Aras. Samburu stays quiet and doesn't cheer for anyone. Tony begins to heckle Aras hoping to distract and mess him up. Aras does his best to ignore him. Natalie W flies through the challenge completely it first and is safe. Aras get a lead over Tony, but begins to lose his lead because of Tony's distracting shouting. Tony bypasses Aras and finishes the duel challenge before him, effectively eliminating Aras.
Jeff instructs Aras to say his goodbyes. Aras does so and drops his buff in the fire on the way out. Vecepia looks very upset.
19th - Aras
Later at Pagong, Vecepia ups her game and decides to talk with Parvati, much to Parvati's surprise. Vecepia says she would like to vote out Boston Rob if they were to lose again. Parvati seems excited about the prospect and that she'd rather not have in go far in the game. In her confessional Parvati admits she would jump at the chance to vote out Boston Rob. Parvati tells Vecepia that if she has the votes to do so she will join them in voting out Boston Rob.
Vecepia returns to talking with Denise/Ethan/Todd although hesitant as they turned on her at the last second before the previous vote. She tells them about Parvati being open to voting for Rob. Vecepia says her alliance is Denise/Ethan/Todd/Parvati. She will go to the end with them. All three seem more than happy about this.
At the Samburu tribe, Natalie A begins to plant seeds of dissension and disagreement with Earl and Sandra over Tina & Richard's rule over the majority alliance. Sandra says she will gladly flip the game that way if it pushes her deeper into the game. Earl, while hesitant, agrees with Natalie A that Tina and Richard are social and strategic threats. Natalie A makes a final three pact with Earl and Sandra. On the other side of camp, Tina and Richard make a final three deal with Yul, who is completely on board with it. This leaves Jenna and Fabio on the outs again. While the majority alliance splits in two, Jenna and Fabio make a pact to go to the end together. They are curious as to which side will come to them first as they are now swing votes.
Day 10
Natalie A manages to get to Jenna and Fabio first and presents a very interesting offer to vote out Tina. Later in the day, Tina makes a similar offer to them, but to join up to vote out Sandra. Jenna and Fabio bask in the excitement of being the swing votes.
At Pagong, JT talks with Boston Rob and how he is very suspicious of Parvati. He thinks she may have flipped. Boston Rob says its possible and that he only trusts JT and Danni. Boston Rob goes to chat with Todd about Parvati. Todd admits in a confessional that he would love to cause drama and shake things up. He tells Rob that Vecepia has been talking to her constantly for the last two days. Rob goes to talk to Vecepia while JT and Todd discuss the possibility of another tribal council. JT talks to Todd and agrees with Boston Rob and Danni that they should stick with the plan to vote out Vecepia next. On the other side of camp, Parvati/Vecepia/Denise/Ethan make a pact to vote out Boston Rob next.
The two tribes arrive for their next immunity challenge. It is a massive maze divided into sections with puzzles at the entrance of each section. To open the door to the next section, the puzzle must be completed correctly. For most of the challenge the tribes are neck and neck. But Pagong begins to fall out of it after a few wrong turns in the maze. The tribe dynamic collapses in frustration. Samburu pushes forward and reaches the last stage of the maze first. When they arrive at the final puzzle they get held up. This allows Pagong to catch up. Both tribes make slow progress through the final puzzle. Tina goes on a run for Samburu and wins the immunity challenge for them. Jeff sends Samburu off to their camp with the immunity idol in tow.
Pagong returns to camp dejected. Danni keeps an eye on Parvati and Vecepia for Boston Rob. Parvati and Vecepia keep their distance so they don't alert Boston Rob's alliance. Later, Danni solidifies her alliance with Boston Rob and show him her hidden immunity idol. Boston Rob proposes a final three alliance of Boston Rob/JT/Danni. Danni thinks that it's a great idea.
Denise goes off to talk with her closest ally, Todd. Todd tells her that JT and Danni are suspicious of Parvati now. Denise says we've got to lay low as well if the we want the vote to go our way and get Rob out. Ethan joins them but Denise says that he should go back to the camp before Boston Rob and his allies think something is up. Ethan agrees and goes to talk to Parvati and Danni back at the camp site.
At the Pagong camp site, Vecepia and Parvati do their best to strategize discreetly. Parvati says she is 100% with her. Back over with Todd and Denise, Todd admits to not being 100% on board with the vote. He's worried there may be a tribe swap coming up and he thinks Vecepia would flip on them. Denise says she thinks it's possible, but feels Boston Rob is more dangerous the further you allow him to go.
Samburu heads out to tribal council. Jeff discusses the fact that Vecepia is the last woman standing of her alliance with the tribe. Vecepia says it feels horrible to be completely alone out her, but she came to play and will not go down without a fight. Jeff asks if she thinks there are any cracks in the majority alliance of 7. She thinks there are, but not where anyone expects them to be (she's alluding to the fact that she doesn't trust Todd or JT, but doesn't outright say their names). Boston Rob agrees that he feels his alliance isn't solid as an alliance of this size can never work on Survivor. There is too much game left. Jeff ends the discussion and the 8 go out to vote and return. Jeff retrieves the voting urn to reveal the votes.
First vote: VECEPIA....
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VECEPIA.... VECEPIA....
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BOSTON ROB.... BOSTON ROB....
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BOSTON ROB....
"We have a tie. 3 votes Vecepia. 3 votes Boston Rob. Two votes left."
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VECEPIA....
"Fifth person voted out of Survivor: Winners (?) is VECEPIA."
Vecepia gets up hugging and saying goodbye to Denise, Ethan, and Parvati. She tells Todd to sit down when he offers her a hug. She says out loud in front of everyone: "You lied to me. I know it was you. I don't want a hug from you, at least not yet." Todd's only response is "Wow." Boston Rob and Danni look shocked.
Jeff snuffs Vecepia's torch. She wishes her tribe good luck. She heads out to Redemption Island. Pagong heads back to camp.
Vecepia arrives at Redemption Island. Natalie W is upset that she got voted out as she was rooting for Vecepia. Tony also consoles Vecepia saying we'll take them all down.
Voting Results:
Boston Rob - VECEPIA
Danni - VECEPIA
Denise - BOSTON ROB
Ethan - BOSTON ROB
JT - VECEPIA
Parvati - VECEPIA
Todd - VECEPIA
Vecepia - BOSTON ROB
Next time:
A tribe swap and a completely new third tribe shake things up and thwart everyone's long term plans. Reunited with her ally Natalie W, Vecepia takes Redemption Island by storm including not putting up with Tony's BS.
