EPISODE 1:
The tribes arrive on separate boats, without ever seeing each other, to their respective beaches in the island paradise of The Maldives. The tribe divisions were as follows:
When the tribes arrived at their beaches, everyone began work on their respective shelters and fire. At Kelaa, the tribe worked well together and managed to create fire without flint, which later earned respect from Jeff at the challenge. At Mulhadhoo, while the tribe worked, Empress Coxo laid-back and relaxed and refused to do anything as she was of 'too great importance' to lower herself to that 'peasant-standard'. Although this annoyed the tribe, Brendon and Jaxon approached Cixi about a final 3 alliance to go to the end. Cixi agreed to the plan, and later Brendon and Jaxon celebrated Cixi acting as a goat. At Vashafaru, immediately after the landing, Bianca approached Brandon and Kate for an alliance as they were the three sassiest tribe-members.
At the immunity challenge, Kelaa took first place earning a fire-making kit, despite them already having fire, while Mulhadhoo came in second earning flint, sending Vashafaru to tribal council. At camp, Brandon and Kate bonded over them both having children and they agreed to go to the final two together, in the case that it wasn't a final 3. Guigi became weary of Brandon and Kate's relationship and expressed her concern to Bianca and Snaggletooth about duos being dangerous in the game. In a confessional, Bianca also worried about Brandon and Kate's relationship and contemplated splitting them up early so it didn't become a problem later down the road. At tribal, Guigi brought up some good points regarding how dangerous a pair can be on a 6-person tribe, however when the votes were revealed, Guigi's hard gameplay right out of the gate, got him sent from in a 3-2-1 vote.
Voted Out: Guigi (3-2-1)
EPISODE 2:
With trouble-maker Guigi out of the game, the Vashafaru tribe bonded together, notably Brandon with Bianca who assured her that his close relationship with Kate would not interfere with his strategy within the game, however Bianca revealed in a confessional that she still didn't trust him.
At the reward challenge, the bonding from attending tribal council secured Vashafaru the win and a chance for a local to visit and improve their camp and shelter. At Kelaa, Cristian openly blamed Pepper for the tribe's loss for her not understanding the rules for the challenge, without saying anything, once again. He approached the 'hot people' of the tribe, The Red M&M and Ching, for a final three alliance and demanded that they must take out the "fucking ugly people from the game". Meanwhile, Joey, a hair and make-up stylist, formed a final two deal with the Hairbrush as they had the most in common.
At the immunity challenge, Vashafaru won their second consecutive challenge, with Kelaa coming in second sending Mulhadhoo to tribal council. At camp, Empress Cixi continued to order her fellow tribemates around camp, making her an obvious target for the first vote. Brendon and Jaxon considered targetting the Neglect and Reflect Idol for not talking to anyone at camp, as it can't actually speak, however were worried that openly protecting and defending Cixi could put a target on their backs instead. When the votes came in, Brendon and Jaxon decided it was best for their game to abandon their final 3 deal and take Empress Cixi out of the game.
Voted Out: Empress Cixi (5-1)
EPISODE 3:
Returning from tribal council, the Mulhadhoo felt much more at ease around camp without Cixi's presence, and they collectively felt they had made the best decision from the tribe. After Brendon and Jaxon went off to privately strategize, Hali became worried about the fact that no one was talking strategy to her, and made a deal with Laganja Estranja's Tears to not vote for each other in the pre-merge of the game.
At the reward challenge, Kelaa came in first place, shortly followed by Vashafaru, leaving Mulhadhoo empty-handed once again. Kelaa, won a picnic (with blanket) and wine, while Vashafaru just won the blanket. While celebrating back at camp, Pepper drank all of the tribe's wine, and whilst drunk used Hairbrush to comb her grotty hair, causing Hairbrush to snap at her by digging into her scalp, making Pepper cry. At Vashafaru, Bianca and Brandon got into a major argument concerning what to use the picnic blanket for. Bianca suggested using it in the shelter as a blanket to lie on, whilst Brandon wanted to use it as an extra tarp. The argument became explosive with Bianca throwing coconuts at Brandon's head, causing Zeb to carry her away.
At the immunity challenge, Vashafaru and Kelaa won once again, sending Mulhadhoo to their second consecutive tribal. Brendon and Hali, the two previous CBS contestants on the tribe, approached one another about the vote with Hali actively pushing for Jaxon to be voted out in order to separate the Brendon/Jaxon duo. When Brendon attempted to suggest keeping Jaxon and voting out the Neglect and Reflect Idol, Hali called him out on his alliance and threatened him saying that she had the votes to get him out, and that he could either vote Jaxon or be voted out tonight.
At tribal, Brendon brought up Hali's outburst, where she once again reiterated her statement and confirmed that she had Leganja Estranja's Tears' and the Neglect and Reflect Idol's votes. Jaxon on the other hand, lobbied for Brendon to stick to his word and vote the way they had previously agreed. However, Brendon decided it was a lost-cause and joined the rest of the tribe to vote out Jaxon.
Voted Out: Jaxon (4-1)
EPISODE 4:
With Jaxon's shock departure at tribal due to Brendon turning on his former ally, Hali and Laganja Estranja's Tears celebrated their victory of turning the tables within their tribe. Meanwhile, Brendon revealed in a confessional that he was upset at how quickly he was willing to turn on his allies, but ultimately his fiancee had won a CBS show, so he needed to as well.
At the reward challege, once again Kelaa and Vashafaru won, making Mulhadhoo in even less spirits than they already were. At the reward itself, a Survivor bathroom, Hairbrush took the most time using the shower until there was no hot water left for the remaining castaways. Ching exploded on hairbrush, branding him as inconsiderate and selfish and that she would be voting for him at the first available opportunity.
At the immunity challenge, to no one's surprise, Kelaa and Vashafaru won sending Mulhadhoo to tribal council once again. Returning from the challenge, Brandon and Zeb bonded over being the strongest on their tribe, and credited themselves the reason as to why their tribe narrowly beat out Mulhadhoo and were safe, and announced this to the rest of the tribe. At Mulhadhoo, Hali and Laganja Estranja's Tears reunited and discussed whether voting out Brendon was the best idea, especially after their sixth consecutive challenge loss. In addition, Brendon pleaded to the duo questioning whether the Neglect and Reflect Idol's powers actually worked within the game.
At tribal, Jeff questioned Hali on the pros and cons of keeping Brendon in the game, but ultimately stressed thay loyalty would be the biggest factor in her decision that evening. When Jeff revealed the votes however, challenge strength took the priority and the Neglect and Reflect Idol was blindsided by a vote of 3-1. When taking his torch to Jeff, the Neglect and Reflect Idol tried to play himself, but Jeff announced that he was not a hidden immunity idol and tossed him into the fire.
Here's the first part of this season. ENJOY XO