Galu - Brett, Kelly, Russell H., Marisa, Russell S., Liz, John, Monica, Dave, Betsy
We start with the aftermath of the last Tribal Council, where Ashley changed her vote to Ben in order to avoid the Purple Rock tiebreaker. She tries to explain to Erik and the rest of her alliance that she was still with them; she just didn't want to risk a chance of her going home just to save Ben, especially this early in the game. Erik, Jaison, and Mick let her back in, but they are still outnumbered.
Later, Erik and Ashley discuss that they should keep their relationship secret, because this will help them strategically.
Meanwhile, on Galu, Russell H. is up to his own tricks. He dumps the water out of everyone's canteens and even burns Dave's socks, in order to make his tribe more easily manipulated. He then proceeds to make several "secret" alliances with Liz, Marisa, Monica, and Betsy, promising them all Finanl 2.
Brett also forms his own group with Monica and Kelly, and they form a Final 3 pact. Monica doesn't tell them about her alliance with Russell, in order to keep her options open.
Galu wins the Reward Challenge, and Jeff introduces the twist to the season. The leader of the winning tribe will send one player to the other tribe, where they will receive a clue to the hidden immunity idol. Brett chooses to send his ally Kelly.
Back at the Galu camp, Russell H. tries his own search for the hidden immunity idol, since he knows there must be one at his camp. However, he is unsuccessful, so he tries the next best thing. Russell talks to Brett and tries to convince Brett to send him to Foa Foa if they win the next Reward Challenge. Brett is reluctant, since he doesn't trust Russell, but he agrees so Russell will get off his case.
On Foa Foa, the alliance that voted off Ben (Mike, Laura, Natalie, Shambo, and Yasmin) starts to become power-hungry. After hearing the twist this season, they suggest to each other that one of their alliance should be Tribe Leader, so they can control who gets sent to the other tribe. Thus, they choose to target Ashley, the current Foa Foa leader, at the next Tribal Council.
At the immunity challenge, Galu wins again, which forces Foa Foa to Tribal Council again.
The Foa Foa alliance mentioned earlier continues to discuss amongst themselves, but this time they start to talk about who the new leader should be after Ashley is voted off. Yasmin nominates Shambo, while Natalie nominates Laura. Mike is indifferent. Shambo and Laura then get into a fierce argument about who should make the better leader, with nothing getting resolved.
Erik, then, sees his opening. Later that day, he approaches Laura with an offer to off Shambo. He says that if she does so, then they will vote off Ashley the following Tribal Council. Laura declines the offer, saying she doesn't want to backstab her alliance, despite her argument with Shambo.
So Erik decides to go the other way and talks to Shambo with the same offer. Shambo says that she can see the benefits to both plans of actions, and she tells Erik that she will make the decision at Tribal Council.
Tribal Council comes, and the votes are read:
1st vote - Ashley
2nd vote - Laura
3rd vote - Ashley
4th vote - Ashley
5th vote - Laura
6th vote - Laura
7th vote - Ashley
8th vote - Laura
9th vote, and 2nd person voted off of Survivor: Samoa...
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Laura!
Will this vote lead to a Foa Foa power shift? Will Foa Foa be able to win a challenge next time? And who will win the million dollars in the end?
Revealed votes:
Ashley -> Laura
Mick -> Laura
Shambo -> Laura
Erik -> Laura
Natalie -> Ashley
Jaison -> Laura
Yasmin -> Ashley
Laura -> Ashley
Mike -> Ashley
