Foa Foa - Mike, Russell S., Shambo, Russell H., Ashley, Kelly, Yasmin, Mick
Galu - Liz, Marisa, Monica
The Foa Foa tribe returns from Tribal Council, where they voted off the other tribe's mutineer, Erik. Ashley, Mick, and Kelly are upset, though they are a little joyed in that Russell H. wasted his Hidden Immunity Idol. Shambo and Yasmin, on the other hand, start to worry about their own position on the totem pole, since Russell H. never let them know about his idol. Russell S., however; tells Russell H. that he voted for Erik anyway, and the two successfully rekindle their alliance.
On Galu, Marisa, Liz, and Monica meet together and discuss what to do after the merge. They are aware of two vague alliances... Russell H.'s alliance, and Kelly's alliance. They debate for a while, but they eventually agree that it's probably best to ally with the alliance that's in the minority, until the three of them can take charge and become the Final 3.
But that's not to say that Galu is clear on everything; Liz still has conflicting Final 2 deals with both Marisa and Monica, and nobody knows about Marisa's Hidden Immunity Idol except Russell H. on the other tribe.
At the reward challenge, the 3 members of Galu pull there 3rd underdog victory in a row! Tribe Leader Liz once again sends Marisa to Foa Foa to figure out more about the alliances there.
When at Foa Foa, Marisa starts by talking to Russell H. who he sees in the Final 5. Russell says himself, Marisa, Liz, Russell S., and Mike.
Marisa then talks to Kelly and asks the same question. Kelly seems relieved that there's a chance in this game for her, and she'd hope to bring Monica, Ashley, and Mick far in the game. However, Kelly says that unfortunately, she is on the minority alliance on Foa Foa, and could not possibly make all of her alliance survive the next vote. In order to make it to the merge, she tells Marisa that Galu must throw the next immunity challenge and get rid of either Liz or Monica, and Liz would be preferable.
Marisa noted that Shambo and Yasmin were not part of either Final 5, but she did not know what to think about that.
When returning to her tribe for the immunity challenge, Marisa decided to throw it, and made a few "mistakes" which caused Galu to lose.
Back on Galu, Marisa debates her two options... she could either get rid of Liz and ally with Monica and Kelly, or get rid of Monica and side with Liz and Russell H. She decided to ask Monica to vote off Liz and ask Liz to vote off Monica. What she didn't know; however, was Monica and Liz's secret deal.
Tribal Council comes, and Jeff asks if anybody wants to play the Hidden Immunity Idol. Marisa feels safe that night, and decides not to, so Jeff reads the votes:
1st vote - Monica
2nd vote - Liz
3rd vote...
Marisa! A 3-way tie! Marisa decided to honor her older alliance with Russell; she voted for Monica. Liz honored her Final 2 deal for Monica by voting for Marisa, and Monica chose her new alliance with Marisa by voting for Liz.
Jeff calls for a revote, and if the revote does not solve the tie, they will all draw rocks to determine who will go home.
1st vote - Monica
2nd vote - Liz
3rd vote, and 10th person voted off of Survivor: Samoa...
Liz!
Liz changed her vote to Monica, but Marisa changed her vote to Liz!
Revealed votes - 1st time:
Liz -> Marisa
Marisa -> Monica
Monica -> Liz
2nd time:
Liz -> Monica
Marisa -> Liz
Monica -> Liz
How will this affect the alliances going into the merge next episode, now that Monica knows that Marisa originally tried to vote her off?
