16 Past Winners Will Come to Play the Ultimate Challenge Again!
They will play the game in a very historical place because History was going to be made in the season
Greece will be the location of this showdown, the first season to ever go to Europe
The 16 contestants will have to work together to survive, or they will be voted out of the tribe. In the end, there will be only 1 remaining!
39 Days, 16 People, 1 Survivor!
Contestants:
Contestants:
| Original Tribes:
| Mutinied Tribes: | Merged Tribe: | Placement:
| Total Votes:
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James "J.T." Thomas 25, Mobile, AL Survivor: Tocantins & Heroes vs. Villains
| Leto
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| 1st Voted Out Day 3
| 5
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Natalie White 26, Van Buran, AR Survivor: Samoa | Leto
| 2nd Voted Out Day 6
| 5
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Yul Kwon 35, San Mateo, CA Survivor: Cook Islands | Leto
| 3rd Voted Out Day 9
| 4
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Bob Crowley 59, South Portland, ME Survivor: Gabon | Hemera
| Leto
| 4th Voted Out Day 12
| 3
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Tina Wesson 49, Knoxville, TN Survivor: Australian Outback & All-Stars | Hemera
| Hemera
| 5th Voted Out Day 15
| 5
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Vecepia Towery 44, Portland, OR Survivor: Marquesas | Leto
| Hemera
| 6th Voted Out Day 18
| 15 |
Aras Baskaukas 28, Venice, CA Survivor: Panama | Leto
| Hemera
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Ourea | 7th Voted Out Day 21
| 9
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Todd Herzog 25, Pleasant Grove, UT Survivor: China | Hemera
| Hemera
| 8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24
| 7 |
Amber Mariano 31, Pensacola, FL Survivor: Australian Outback & All-Stars | Hemera
| Hemera
| 9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27
| 5
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Brian Heidik 42, Quartz Hill, CA Survivor: Thailand | Leto
| Leto
| 10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30
| 7 |
Parvati Shallow 27, Los Angeles, CA Survivor: Cook Islands & Micronesia & Heroes vs. Villains | Hemera | Hemera | 11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33
| 5 |
Jenna Morasca 28, New York, NY Survivor: The Amazon & All-Stars | Leto
| Leto
| 12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36
| 5
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Tom Westman 46, Sayville, NY Survivor: Palau & Heroes vs. Villains | Hemera | Hemera | 13th Voted Out (Eliminated) 6th Jury Member Day 37
| 5 |
Sandra Diaz-Twine 35, Fayetteville, NC Survivor: Pearl Islands & Heroes vs. Villains | Hemera | Hemera | 14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38
| 6
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Richard Hatch 49, Newport, RI Survivor: Borneo & All-Stars | Hemera | Hemera | Runner-Up
| 2
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Danni Weigmann 34, Tonganoxie, KY Survivor: Guatemala | Leto
| Leto
| Sole Survivor
| 2 |
The Game: Episode Title:
| Write-Up Date:
| Reward Challenge:
| Immunity Challenge:
| Eliminated:
| Vote:
| Placement:
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"Best of the Best"
| April 10, 2010
| Hemera
| "J.T."
| 5-3
| 1st Voted Out Day 3
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"Mediocre Playing"
| April 11, 2010
| Hemera
| Natalie
| 5-2
| 2nd Voted Out Day 6
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"It's Like The Game is After Me!"
| April 11, 2010
| Leto
| Hemera
| Yul
| 4-2
| 3rd Voted Out Day 9
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"Mutiny"
| April 11, 2010
| Hemera
| Hemera
| Bob
| 3-1
| 4th Voted Out Day 12
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"The Newbies"
| April 12, 2010
| Hemera
| Leto
| Tina
| 5-4
| 5th Voted Out Day 15
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"I'm Not Gonna Lose Now"
| April 12, 2010
| Hemera
| Leto
| Vecepia
| 6-2
| 6th Voted Out Day 18
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"To Useless Not to Keep"
| April 13, 2010
| None
| Tom
| Aras
| 9-1
| 7th Voted Out Day 21
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"The Swing Votes"
| April 21, 2010
| Brian, Parvati, Richard
| Jenna
| Todd
| 6-3
| 8th Voted Out Day 24
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| "Too Close For Comfort" | April 23, 2010 | Survivor Auction | Richard | Amber | 5-3 | 9th Voted Out Day 27 |
"Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait"
| June 11, 2010
| Richard
| Danni
| Brian
| 4-3
| 10th Voted Out Day 30
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"Secret Overload"
| June 11, 2010
| Danni [Jenna]
| Tom
| Parvati
| 4-2
| 11th Voted Out Day 33
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"Getting Down To It"
| June 11, 2010
| Sandra [Richard & Tom]
| Danni
| Jenna
| 3-2
| 12th Voted Out Day 36
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| "We Made it This Far..." | June 11, 2010 | None
| Sandra
| Tom
| 2-2 | 13th Voted Out Day 37 |
Danni
| Sandra
| 1-0 | 14th Voted Out Day 38 |
| "Reunion" | June 11, 2010 | Jury Vote
| Richard
| 4-3 | Runner-Up |
Danni
| Winner |
Voting History:
| Original Tribes
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Eliminated:
| J.T. 5/8 votes
| Natalie 5/7 votes
| Yul 4/6 vote
| Bob 3/4 votes
| Tina 5/9 votes
| Vecepia 6/8 votes | Aras 9/10 votes
| Todd 6/9 votes
| Amber 5/8 votes | Brian 4/7 votes
| Parvati 4/6 Votes
| Jenna 3/5 votes
| Tom 2/4 votes
| Sandra 1 vote
| Richard 3/7 votes
| Danni 4/7 votes
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| Amber | Brian | Jenna | Jenna
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| Vecepia | Vecepia | Aras | Tom | Amber | Brian
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| Vecepia | Vecepia | Aras | Todd | Amber | Brian
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Episode Summaries:Episode 1: Best of the Best:
- Reward/Immunity Challenge: The tribes swam to a raft where they had to pass and light their bamboo torch. Once they got to the beach they had to lift up their raft and run to the big statue. On the way, there were torches that needed to be lit. Once all of the torches are lit, teams had to light up a fire bowl. First tribe to light up the bowl wins immunity.
Jeff brought in both tribes and told them about how they were about to make Survivor history. There is no way, by the end of this season, that a winner doesn't win the Ultimate Challenge twice! He told them about Greece, the historical location for their season, and also about the stories about their tribe names. Their tribe names were named after Minor Greek Gods. He told them that this season won't have many big, shocking twists, but instead the actual aspect of Surviving. He said there will definitely be a merge, maybe a tribe switch, but nothing more surprising than that. He said that because they had made it to day 39, in at least one of their games, that they know how to survive on the island, so he made them go through the hardest 39 days of any season. He said that they will be given no food, no new clothing, and no luxuries whatsoever. They only had a machete and a pot. They weren't looking forward to their first few days because it would definitely be the hardest. They were told to search for their camp using their map and compass and then thrive for themselves with no direction until the next immunity challenge. At Hemera, they all said to try to help to find food and build their shelter, but really they ran off and started to form alliances. Amber spoke to Tina about making an Outback alliance, which they both seemed to be a good idea. Tina also got approached by Sandra for making an older woman alliance because they may be outcasted. Todd spoke to Parvati, who were friends outside of the game, to make an alliance early on in the game. Richard spoke to everybody about eliminated other people. Tom caught on to Richard's plans, and found it kinda funny. At Leto, they also said to immediately get to work, but they actually didn't try to make alliances. They were actually pretty productive, they actually got fire on day one. They used a telescope that was in the emergency kit in the hottest time of the day. Jenna was boiling water in no time making them stronger. They also got their shelter to work pretty well, but of course they needed more objects. "J.T." was talking to many people in the tribe, trying to make a lot of alliances, like Richard, but unlike Tom, the person who caught him, Vecepia, wasn't happy about it. At the reward/immunity challenge, they were playing for immunity as well as items to help their shelter, and of course, flint. Though Leto was very well prepared, they lost the immunity challenge making Hemera win the rewards and the immunity sending Leto to tribal council. They Leto tribe really started to have to make strategy. Vecepia asked everybody about if they were approached by "J.T.", and they all said they were, giving Vecepia a chance to eliminate somebody. But Natalie was actually genuinely aligned with "J.T.", and when she heard that Vecepia was trying to eliminate "J.T.", she told him. He spoke to the tribe about eliminated Vecepia who wasn't that great in challenges, and was already trying to get power. Brian listed to "J.T." and Natalie and voted Vecepia, but he was the only one, so it was "J.T." was the first person voted out of Survivor: Greece 5-3.
Episode 2: Mediocre Playing:
- Reward/Immunity Challenge: Each team uses a puzzle log to break through two sets of gates; then, they must turn, pull and push the puzzle log to navigate a maze that is worked into the surface of the battering ram. Once the log is cleared from the maze station, the team to hit a gong at the end of the course wins immunity.
When the 7 remaining Leto's went back to camp, Brian and Natalie weren't sure what really happened there because they were fairly confident that it would be Vecepia that would've left at the previous tribal council. They were also surprised to see their fire gone, but they weren't worried, they said they'd just get it back in the morning. The next morning, Danni woke up to a wolf the next morning, and saw him going through their camp. She was so worried that the only thing she did was wake up Aras and Yul. They also had no idea what to do. Fortunately he didn't go through much food or water, but when everybody was awake and they were going to re-start the fire, Vecepia came across the broken telescope on the floor, loosing their only way to make fire. They had to preserve their water because they realized it was harder to make some. At Hemera, the strategies and alliances really started setting in. Tina spoke to the people that approached her (Amber, Sandra, and Tom) and they formed a four-way alliance in which when they had to go to tribal council, they'll recruit somebody into it. Another small, underpowering alliance formed, this time of Parvati and Todd who were good friends outside of the show. Richard was still approaching everybody with an alliance, and when Tom noticed he was still doing this, he told his alliance, and they all laughed. Bob was trying to use his work ethic to stay in the game, and possibly be a swing vote again. At the next immunity challenge, Hemera was surprised to see that "J.T." left at the previous tribal council. They told Jeff about what happened with their fire two days ago and he said that if they win this immunity, they will get flint. But, they had to fight some more because it was Hemera who won another immunity challenge, sending Leto to another tribal council without fire. They were hoping Jeff would forget about the no fire thing and that they would take their torches home with fire on it, but he probably would say to leave them there. The Leto's weren't very happy about what was going on with their challenge game, they really wanted to win immunity. Because both Brian and Natalie knew that Vecepia wasn't very popular on the tribe, they still were trying to make it so she left. But they were trying to do it a little more strategically. They made up a plan to get one person into their alliance, and make them split the other 4 people's votes in to Brian and Natalie. They spoke to Aras and said that Danni, Jenna, Vecepia, and Yul had an alliance together, and when it was just them four and you, you'll be the one going home. Aras heard them out and was thinking about their plan. Instead of making everybody vote off the weaker Natalie, he was told to tell Danni and Jenna to vote for Brian, and tell Vecepia and Yul to vote off Natalie. He was actually going to do it until when he spoke to Jenna about voting for Brian, she quickly declined ruining the whole plan. So at tribal, Aras stuck with flow, and voted out Natalie 5-2.
Episode 3: It's Like the Game is After Me:
- Reward Challenge: Each tribe has to construct a raft from bamboo and rope that can fit 6 members and other supplies. Each tribe has to paddle in a criss-cross fashion to 5 boxes that are anchored to the bottom of the ocean.
- Immunity Challenge: Get 3 coconuts through a puzzle maze. Using pulleys to raise and lower their platform, one person will guide the coconut through the maze, and each time one falls through the hole, the caller must be switched.
After tribal council, Brian felt like the biggest outcast on the tribe. He had no idea how he would still survive the next tribal council. He just had to use his strategical and social ability. Vecepia was questioning her position in the game also, especially after receiving 5 votes in the past two tribal councils. They were still trying to get fire. They tried everything! They couldn't use flint, because they had none, they couldn't use glasses, because they had none, and stick fires are nearly impossible to make. But other than that, everything else was fine. They had some food, they had some fresh water, and their shelter was also good. At Hemera, the only alliance that could seriously have any power in the vote, was Amber, Sandra, Tina, and Tom. They almost had complete control over the vote. When Tom slipped out Richard's strategy to Parvati, she didn't laugh about it, she saw it as either a threat or a swing vote. She spoke to her closest ally Todd about it and he said that they should recruit Richard into their alliance. That left Bob in a pretty bad position, leaving him with no friends or alliances. But that also put him in a position for a swing vote, but he didn't think about it. He just kept on working. But all in all, the Hemera camp was great and they had a lot of food and they were able to boil water. They got tree-mail for their first reward challenge. They were getting comfort supplies and for Leto, flint. Seeing Natalie go wasn't very big of a surprise. Though they were undernourished, it was Leto who won their first challenge winning them blankets and want they wanted even more, flint. Danni and Jenna were again working on the fire, and they did it finally giving them a fire that they got on day one. They were also enjoying all of their comfort items. They had nice comfortable blankets and pillows to sleep on. At Hemera, they weren't so jealous because they knew that they had a lot more team morale than the other tribe did. But morale went up after they won their first challenge. They couldn't wait for their next immunity challenge so they can finally win one. When they got to their immunity challenge, though morale was higher, it was Hemera who won another immunity challenge sending Leto their third consecutive tribal council. Bob was relieved to win immunity because he was afraid of going home. At Leto, Brian wanted to take a different approach to stay in the game, instead of targeting Vecepia. Vecepia thought that Brian was definitely targeting her, so she was going to vote for him. But really, Brian was going to target Yul. Danni was really in for voting Yul because she knew he was very threatening and that he could definitely win again. Brian was happy that he had one ally to fall back on. Danni spoke to Jenna about the idea, as well as Aras. Jenna and Aras discussed and were going to decide at tribal council about what they were going to do. They wanted to still be aligned with Danni, and also wanted to target a huge threat, so it was Yul that was third voted out of Survivor: Greece - The Ultimate Survivor in a 4-2 vote.
Episode 4: Mutiny:
- Reward Challenge: The tribes will race to salvage sake bottles from a shipwreck. One player at a time would be pulled to the shipwreck on a raft by their tribemates. Once the player arrived, they must dive down to retrieve a sake bottle. The first tribe to bring back six bottles wins.
- Immunity Challenge: Each tribe has a scrambled woven tapestry that needs to be unscrambled.
Vecepia was shocked by the vote at the previous tribal council. She had no idea why it would be Yul going home instead of Brian who was a huge outcast. She knew she was a huge target now and had to strategize. She knew Aras, Danni, and Jenna had an alliance and she wanted to try to break that up by tricking Aras. She told Aras that Danni and Jenna were choosing to stay with Brian because they had a feeling that Aras may just be a person to keep as a swing vote. He was actually kind of believing it. At Hemera, Bob still felt like a complete outcast in the tribe. Though he wanted to show how he has great work ethic and could help any camp he wanted to, it didn't seem to be very affective to the others. Parvati, Richard, and Todd were actually thinking about teaming up with Amber, Sandra, Tina, and Tom and just getting out Bob who was just an easy target. He had a feeling that this season he wouldn't be the swing vote. They got a tree-mail saying "Done Twice Before, Once Been Affecting. Can Make You the Winner, Or the Next One Ejected." They had no possible idea about what it could've been. Only one the remaining 15 actually had this in their season, and they still didn't know. When they got to camp, they saw a challenge, but first Jeff said he'll ask a question. He asked if anybody isn't happy with their tribe, and would like to join the other, they would step off of their line. The tree-mail made sense to all of them at that moment, it had happened twice, but only once did anybody do it. After having time to think about, Bob stepped off the mat, officially making him a Leto. After that Vecepia stepped off her mat, making her a Hemera, and then last minute, Aras took Vecepia's idea to heart and stepped off the mat and also joined Leto. The look on the three original Leto's was just complete shock, and they had no idea how they'd survive with only 4 members. After that they got to the challenge. It was Hemera who won that reward which was a trip to a mountainside where they would have a nice feast. The four Leto's went back to camp with extremely low morale, and Bob felt it too. But Bob got to work and made their camp even nicer. That brought some morale up, but they felt like it was against them, and that they were at a disadvantage. They were completely furious at Aras and Vecepia for swapping, they didn't even know why Aras would've swapped in the first place. At Hemera's reward, they all enjoyed themselves and were happy, all nine of them. The only thing that kinda annoyed them was Bob switching, and how they had to build their 8-person shelter to fit one more. At the immunity challenge, it was the high moraled Hemera team that won their fourth consecutive challenge. They were extremely annoyed about the way that their four person team will die down to three. Their original plan was to vote out Bob who they barely knew. But Bob approached Danni and Jenna about voting out Brian because he didn't work as hard, and was very threatening strategically. They were decided who they should vote out. Ultimately, they stayed with their alliance and tribe and voted out the newcomer Bob 3-1.
Episode 5: The Newbies:
- Reward Challenge: Fourteen pieces belonging to four tikis are scattered on a course. One member will guide three blindfolded members to the fourteen pieces. Once all pieces are back, the four tikis must be reconstructed.
- Immunity Challenge: Each tribe must build a distress signal without using fire to signal a ship from a distance.
After tribal council, the three remaining members of Leto felt very awkward being alone on night 12 of the game. They weren't sure what would happen if they lose the next two immunity challenges, and even if there was another. They knew that they could possibly be the first extinct tribe before the merge. Brian wasn't sure what his position would be if they lost the next immunity challenge. He wasn't sure if Danni and Jenna were aligned or not. But they did have, on paper, a very strong tribe. 2 very strong woman, and a guy who is also good in physical challenges. The Hemera tribe, though had a lot of people, seemed to be very unorganized because there were so many people they were unprepared to have. But the original Leto's weren't sure of their position either. Some people wanted to quickly eliminate Aras and Vecepia, and others wanted to use them for a strategy, to maybe become the overpowering alliance. At the reward challenge, they were playing for special camp items that they chose prior to the challenge. It was again, Hemera who won the next reward challenge. Leto was let with nothing. Hemera enjoyed their new luxurious items and they got items to help with their shelter that was very overcrowded. Their camp was now flawless, especially with their large amount of food. At Leto, they were really trying to have a chance. They didn't wanna be wiped out. Brian, wasn't sure about his strategy, and spoke to Danni and Jenna about a plan that if they lost the next immunity challenge, Jenna would vote for Danni, Danni would vote for Brian, and Brian would vote for Jenna. So it would be the first ever 3-way tie. He wanted to do that because they were all very close, but nobody agreed. But at the immunity challenge, against all odds, it was Leto that won their first ever immunity challenge with only 3 people, sending 7/9 of the Hemera tribe to their first tribal council. Originally, it was going to be a 7-2 vote against the Hemera's that mutinied. But Parvati thought of a different plan to offer Todd and Richard. The alliance of three was thinking about bringing Aras and Vecepia in to the alliance to vote out the originally overpowering 4-way alliance between Amber, Sandra, Tom, and Tina. They were thinking of targeting Tina for not being so strong and for being a threat to win twice. They had to decide where or not they were voting with the newbies, or their original tribemates. They decided to get full power and blindsided Tina 5-4.
Episode 6: I'm Not Gonna Lose Now:
- Reward Challenge: Tribes must construct an SOS signal. The most creative yet recognizable signal wins.
- Immunity Challenge: Two tribemates must manipulate a giant sliding puzzle while the last tribe member will act as their caller. The first team to finish their puzzle (a sea star) wins Immunity.
Amber, Sandra, and Tom had no idea what happened at the previous tribal council. They expected it to be the new Hemera's that would be going home at that tribal council. But they weren't that scared, they were still fairly confident that they would beat the other three at the next immunity challenge. Aras and Vecepia were very excited and were considering throwing the next immunity challenge because they were in an overpowering alliance, so they'd vote out another Hemera, making it 5-5 in the merge, surprisingly. But they still weren't sure if they should do anything that risky. At Leto, the plan Brian had kept stressing out all of its members. They weren't sure if chance should be what they bring it down to in their next vote. Danni was really stressing out about her game and her placement. She really didn't wanna go home and leave her whole game up to chance. But then she also didn't wanna be the one that screwed somebody over for herself. Brian was feeling the same way, especially because he wasn't sure if his plan would actually take place. But he knew he didn't believe that it should be up to chance, but he knew that if it were up to strategy, he would definitely be going home because he was new in the alliance compared to Danni and Jenna. Jenna really didn't mind taking it all to chance. She thought that they all liked each other too much to vote one of them out. At the reward challenge, they had to do it at camp. They had to build a good SOS symbol. Leto knew that this was a challenge that they could definitely win. But because of the paint that Hemera had because of luxury items, it was them who won reward which was a map to a feast near challenge beach. Leto knew they didn't win and they were extremely disappointed. At Hemera's reward, they realized it was a reward that involved more snacks and chocolate and cake, rather than actual meals, which they were actually kind of hoping for. But that was better than nothing. Leto was really envying whatever the Hemera's got because they knew they needed it. At the immunity challenge, it was surprisingly even throughout the challenge, but something put the nail in Hemera's casket. Aras and Vecepia purposely put the wrong pieces towards the end making Leto win their 2nd immunity challenge. Back at the Hemera camp, Aras and Vecepia were sure that it would be Sandra who was going home tying the Hemera/Leto people at the merge. But Amber was possibly catching on to Aras and Vecepia's plan. She spoke to Tom about it and it made sense because both of them weren't perfectly listening to Todd towards the end when they realized they might win. They convinced themselves it was true and spoke to Parvati, Richard, and Todd about it. They said how if somebody does that to manipulate their alliance, and the game, it should backfire in their faces. The alliance of three weren't sure if they should go with that and vote Vecepia or Sandra. At tribal, they thought that the final 10 should be of at least 9 people who didn't jeopardize their tribe's well-being for themselves and blindsided Vecepia 6-2 leaving Aras alone and shocked.
Episode 7: Too Useless Not to Keep:
- Immunity Challenge: Each tribe member will have to hang upside down with arms and legs wrapped around a pole. They must hang there for as long as they can. Whoever falls off of the pole will be eliminated. The last castaway hanging wins Immunity.
Back at camp, Aras was still unsure about what happened and why it was Vecepia who was eliminated at the previous tribal council. The seven remaining Hemera's were absolutely positive that the next one going home would be Aras if they lost another tribal immunity challenge, but they were really looking forward to a merge. But because it was the Ultimate Survivor challenge, they had a feeling that the merge may go a little bit deeper into the game. But then they knew Jeff said there wouldn't be many large twists in the game. At Leto, they were really hoping for a merge, they didn't wanna have to lose another immunity challenge and have their tribe to dwindle down to two. They got tree-mail hinting for a surprise and they weren't sure if that meant that they should expect a merge or maybe a tribe switch. At Hemera, they didn't even consider packing up any of their items because they knew that they would live at their camp if they won. At the reward challenge, Jeff said what they all wanted to hear and told them that the three members of Leto and the seven members of Hemera were going to become one tribe of ten. They all had a feast that had all three courses of the day and were able to eat all of them. They also had paints to make up a name, which they were able to do back at the Hemera camp, which was the camp that they were going to live at for the last days of Survivor. They decided to hold that out until they got back to their camp and after they added that one extra spot in that shelter for those two days. Back at camp, after the feast they decided to squeeze in for those two nights where they was no room. They decided to make up a tribe name. They kept on the idea of minor Greek Gods and look through their book of Greek survival history to find an exotic one. They decided to name it Ourea, the God of the Mountains. The next morning, everybody woke up very uncomfortably in that overcrowded shelter. But they all found it being weird being around so many people and having to live with them all these people. Aras knew that he was struggling in his game and had to figure out a way to make an alliance. He wanted to align himself back with his original Leto tribe, and originally they left him out because he backstabbed and showed his loyalty to their tribe by leaving it. At the immunity challenge, it was Tom who won individual immunity which wasn't really that big of a change in plans because he was never a target. Aras was the original target of the tribe, but then Jenna thought about how important threats are in this game. She spoke to her alliance of Brian and Danni that maybe it should be Todd who should go because he was definitely more threatening than Aras. They spoke to the outcast alliance of the Hemera tribe, Amber, Sandra, and Tom that they should plot against Todd just because he would be more threatening. After discussing it, they felt Todd was more deserving to make the Jury, so they voted out Aras 9-1.
Episode 8: The Swing Votes:
- Reward Challenge: The castaways would be divided into teams of three: black, red, and white. The teams would have a row of eight team-colored ceramic tiles on frames belonging to them. Playing in rounds, one member from each team would throw a metal ball at the other two team's tiles to try to break them. When all eight tiles of a team were broken, the team would be out of the challenge. The last team with an intact tile would win.
- Immunity Challenge: The castaways would be attached to a rope which is thread through three of obstacles, for which the castaways would have to climb under, over, or around. The first three castaways to finish would move on to the next round. The next round's challenge would be the same, but with a single obstacle three levels high. The first castaway to complete the obstacle would win. A rendition of this challenge would later appear in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.
The remaining members of the game were very happy to know that other than winning Survivor, they'd make the jury phase of the game the second/third time around. The next morning, the three separate underpowering alliances (Amber, Sandra, and Tom; Brian, Danni, and Jenna; Parvati, Richard, and Todd) were trying to think of ways to get into an overpowering position. The alliance of Amber, Sandra, and Tom, and of Parvati, Richard, and Todd all thought of the same idea, which pretty much gave the other alliance nothing to worry about - swing votes. They were thinking of recruiting the Leto members to be in their alliance and make a final 6 alliance. The three Leto's were very happy to know that they wouldn't be targeted for not being in the Hemera tribe. The nine members of Ourea all went to the reward challenge wondering what they will get to have next. They had a challenge where they would be divided into three teams, Blue Team: Brian, Parvati, and Richard, Purple Team: Jenna, Sandra, and Todd, Green Team: Amber, Danni, and Tom. All the teams were very steady throughout most of the challenge, but towards the end, the Blue Team and the Green Team were tied with one hit away, while the Purple Team still had 3 to hit. It was eventually the Blue team that won reward and got to stay overnight at a spa. This gave Parvati and Richard time to align with Brian. During the reward, they were telling Brian that they will trust him over Todd and Danni and Jenna and if he aligned with them and would eventually be the final 3. Brian wasn't sure if he would be able to trust them at all because they were pretty good players and manipulators. Back at the Ourea camp, Amber knew exactly that Parvati and Richard would try to align and trick Brian, so she had to try to do the same thing with Danni and Jenna. She told them at when they finally get to the final 6, the four females remaining in the game would all align and make it into the final 4, making it also two Hemera's and two Leto's. Danni and Jenna also believed Amber about that, making the three of them disagree about which alliance they should take. The next immunity challenge took a lot of agility to get through, and it was very tough for all nine of them. Brian and Jenna were last ones remaining versing in the final round. It was Jenna who won individual immunity saving her from the next vote. Back at Ourea before tribal, Parvati, Richard, and Todd spoke to all three of the Leto's, and so did Amber, Sandra, and Tom. They both believed what both of them were saying and were arguing about which alliance would be most beneficial to them. At tribal, Danni and Jenna forced Brian to be in their alliance and voted against the most threatening alliance starting with Todd voting him out 6-3.
Episode 9: Too Close for Comfort:
- Reward Challenge: Survivor Auction
- Immunity Challenge: For the Challenge, each person will swim out to a long plank with seven symbols on it resting on the ocean floor. They will have to memorize the symbols in order and race back to the beach, where they will try to replicate those symbols, in order, on their answer board. The first person to solve the puzzle correctly wins Immunity.
Parvati and Richard weren't very surprised to see what happened at the previous tribal council. They knew that they had a 50/50 chance between their alliance and Amber, Sandra, and Tom's. The Leto's were really excited that they weaseled into an alliance. The three members really thought that they were put in a seriously good position, like a final 3 one. Danni was the one who was really planning ahead. She spoke to Jenna about making a final 2 alliance and eventually voting out Brian at the final 3, which unlike Danni and Jenna, weren't aligned since day one. Actually, Brian was the last member of the overpowering alliance standing if Danni and Jenna didn't let him in.
Elimination Notes:Amber Mariano: Amber's Under the Radar strategy threatened the group more than Sandra's Under the Radar strategy. The Leto's decided to switch their alliances to Sandra and Tom and Amber was voted out 5-3.
Brian Heidik: The Leto alliance (Brian, Danni, and Jenna) were getting almost half the power of the tribe, surviving almost four tribal councils together. Parvati and Richard were the outcasts and tried to convince Sandra and Tom that the Leto's were getting too much power. The Hemera's decided to gain more power than the Leto's and voted out Brian 4-3.
Parvati Shallow: The alliances, after the vote, still wanted the Leto's to go into their alliance so they were still approaching them. Originally, Danni and Jenna wanted to be in Parvati and Richard's alliance because they didn't backstab them, but then they thought that Sandra and Tom would be less bigger threats strategically. So they decided to stick to their alliance and voted out Parvati 4-2.
Jenna Morasca: Again, the Leto's were going to gain more control after that tribal council, Danni and Jenna thought they might actually be voted out, but Sandra and Tom promised that they wouldn't. When Danni won immunity, Jenna felt a little vulnerable now that if Sandra and Tom would backstab them, it would be her. Richard again spoke to them about voting out Jenna, and they decided it would be the best thing to do so they'd have the power and blindsided Jenna 3-2.
Tom Westman: Danni was now the outcast in the game because she was the last remaining member of Leto, similar to what happened in Guatemala when she had to last with the "NuNakums". The only chance of an alliance she had was to convince Richard that Tom was a bigger physical threat than she is and convince him to tie the vote. Because Richard personally liked Danni more than Tom, and because Danni would take him to the final 2 more than Sandra or Tom, he tied it between Danni and Tom 2-2. In the Purple Rock tie-breaker, Tom was the one who pulled it eliminating him from the game.
Sandra Diaz-Twine: Danni won the final immunity challenge giving her complete control in the final vote. Danni saw Sandra as a bigger jury vote threat than Richard so Danni voted her out 1-0.
Richard Hatch: Though Richard's strategical game was just as good as Danni's, his social game didn't attract most of the Juror's attention. He recieved a vote from Todd and Parvati because those were his allies from day one, and he also got a vote from Sandra who wasn't happy with Danni for backstabbing her and Tom's alliance.
Danni Weigmann: Danni's strategical game was very good, just as good as Richards, but her social game was a little better. She recieved votes from Brian and Jenna because those were her Leto allies. She also recieved a vote from Amber because Amber respected her game and thought that, for coming in as an underdog in the merge, and coming up on top, that she should be the winner of the game. The main swing vote, Tom, also voted for Danni because he thought her underdog story was perfect for her and that she played a very good game. In the end, Danni became the Ultimate Survivor winning the 1,000,000 twice.