Isis was uneasy as Efshari came back from tribal council. She looked around at her other four tribemates, and she could tell they were all alligned. It figured, they were all from Big Brother, and she was the only model left on the island now that Furonda left. This next immunity challenge would be crucial. The others were in good spirits, feeling secure and confident in their alliance and their tribe now that Gary E. was gone.
Over on Boreka, Elissa was finding herself in a similar situation. She was the only former Big Brother contestant on a tribe full of Amazing Racers. Her and Marie were getting water together.
"Marie, I'm nervous...I think we need to keep our alliance secret. If you help me survive here with all of them, I'll make sure to take care of you once we get back together with the boys. We could even go to the final two together."
Marie nodded, listening. "I'll do my best, but you got people like Bopper and Karlyn on this tribe, their not exactly master strategist, they're gonna be gunning for the easiest vote if we lose. We just gotta do work in the immunity challenge."
Tenana was the only tribe where all six members seemed comfortable. Christine was discussing her blindness around the campfire.
"I know it seems like a liability, but I haven't held anyone else back yet in the challenge. As long as someone describes the course to me and I take a little extra time to strategize my approach, I think I'll be fine every time."
Meghan, meanwhile, was missing Joey. It made her realize how grateful it was to be on a tribe with him, the game wasn't as much fun without him.
Later, Cat called the tribes into the immunity challenge.
"Boreka and Tenana, take your first look at the Efshari tribe, as you can see, Gary E. was voted out at the last tribal council. For today's immunity challenge, five people will play, one person will be the caller, and the other four will be blindfolded. Out in the field are four puzzle pieces, each person much bring one back, and then you can all remove your blindfolds and get at it. Boreka and Tenana, you each have an extra player, so you're sitting someone out."
Christine was laughing as Cat described the challenge. Finally she'd be at an advantage in a challenge!
Boreka decided to sit out Bopper, and Tenana decided to sit out Gary L. Gina would be the caller for Efshari, Marie for Boreka, and Meghan for Tenana.
Cat called go, and instantly Gina and Marie started bellowing out their orders. Meghan was doing her best, but she just wasn't as loud as the other two women. But even so, Christine was the first person to find her puzzle piece and bring it back, she was much more comfortable moving around the course then the others. Everyone came back one by one, until only Uchenna, Jeremy, Christina and Sam were left still looking. They shouted for directions, and first Jeremy made his way back, then Christina. When Jeremy arrived Efshari started working on their puzzle. It was down to Uchenna from Boreka and Christina from Tenana. Uchenna had his piece and was coming back, Christina was still looking. Efshari finished their puzzle, coming in first and winning immunity. As Uchenna crossed the finish line and started the puzzle with his tribe, Christina finally found her piece. She hustled back, but it was too late. Boreka finished their puzzle right as she was crossing the line.
"Efshari and Boreka, you are safe from the vote tonight! Tenana, tough luck, but I'll be seeing you tonight in Tribal Council."
Tenana left the challenge disappointed. They had been really confident in their chances, and weren't expecting to lose. Now they had to figure out who to vote.
Christina and Christine were talking.
"Christine, it won't be you tonight. You kicked ass today. I think we can convince the boys to vote Meghan, she could have done a better job as a caller, but she didn't"
Christine nodded. One vote at a time, she just wanted to keep moving forward.
Meanwhile, Meghan was trying to work Sam and Gary.
"I know you guys are probably thinking either me or Christine as the weakest. But what do you think about voting Jeff? He's a threat, he knows how these games work, if we're not careful he could take the whole game."
Sam and Gary were listening, whether or not they agreed was another question.
Later that night, Cat called the teams in for Tribal Council.
"Meghan, is there a leader of the tribe?"
"Not officially, but Jeff is calling the shots, I think. He's experienced and I think a bunch of people on the tribe will follow him."
"Jeff, is that true?"
"No, not at all. This tribe really is a unit, we make decisions together and we work together well. No one's leading, no one's calling the shots. We're a total tribe."
"Christina, what do you think, is the tribe a unit?"
"For sure, Cat. I have utmost confidence that everyone's going to make a good decision tonight."
"Okay, time to vote."
One by one the Tananas went to the voting urn, and cast their votes. Cat went to tally.
"Okay, first vote is for Jeff."
"Meghan"
"And another for Meghan. That's two for Meghan, one for Jeff."
"Another for Meghan"
"And the next person voted out ofr Survivor: Wrong Players is Meghan! Meghan, you can bring me your torch."
Meghan looked crushed. She didn't see it coming. She brought Cat her torch to be snuffed, and left the game.
"Well, whether that was the right decision or not, at least you guys are unified. Head back to camp."
Boreka was a somber tribe as they returned from tribal council. No one was speaking. Meghan pulled Joey aside to get some late night water, and she was tearing up.
"Why can't we win an immunity challenge? I know it's only been the first two but I just can't help feel like their stronger then us and they just keep getting stronger. It's just frusterating. I'm glad you're here." Joey gave her a hug.
Meanwhile, back at the campfire, Gary E. was talking to some of his tribemates, Judd, Christine, and Gina.
"Have you noticed those two are always going off together? There's something their keeping from the rest of us, I don't think I like it."
Over on Efshari, the tribe was waking up in a better mood.
Uchenna was cooking breakfast, and grinning at his tribemates.
"Man, this tribe can just keep going. I wasn't sure about everyone at first, but after the first two immunity challenges I just feel like we can keep riding and riding."
Around him, everyone was working like a well oiled machine. Elissa was carrying firewood with Emmett and Marie. She was talking about alliances
"So....it's just a proposal. But I want to get something together with you two. Jeremy and Jeff are in it too, but I want the three of us to be at the core."
Emmett and Marie listening, wondering if this was a good deal or not.
Later, Cat called the players into the Immunity Challenge.
"Efshari, take a look at Boreka tribe. Furonda was voted off at the last tribal council. Now, before we get to the immunity challenge, we have a little bit of business. Everyone, drop your buffs."
Everyone gasped, they were shocked.
"You're going to pick a rock, and it will either be gold, navy, or red. gold will be Efshari, navy will be Boreka, and Red will be a new tribe, called Tenana. Six people on each tribe."
The players gathered round and picked their rocks, keeping them hidden. Once everyone at had picked, Cat counted down, and everyone revealed.
The new Efshari tribe was Emmett, Gary E., Gina, Isis, Jeremy, & Judd
The new Boreka tribe was Bopper, Elissa, Joey, Karlyn, Marie, & Uchenna
The new Tenana tribe was Christina, Christine, Gary L., Jeff, Meghan, & Sam
Cat spoke as the new tribes moved to their mats and introduced each other
"This challenge will be one of endurance. Four players will hold onto ropes holding up a basket over a well. The other two will run back and forth from that pile of rocks down the beach to throw rocks into the baskets of one of the other two tribes. You can decided who's doing what.
Efshari had Emmett, Gary E., Jeremy, and Judd were holding up the basket, with Gina and Isis running. Boreka had Bopper, Joey, Uchenna, and Marie were holding up the basket, with Elissa and Karlyn running. Tenana had Gary L., Jeff, Sam, and Christina holding the baket, with Christine and Meghan running.
As the tribes lined up, Elissa looked at skinny Joey holding the basket, and Karlyn next to her who wasn't much of runner, and knew she had to do something. As soon as Cat said go, she ran with Karlyn to the Tenana girls, Christine and Meghan.
"They have four guys holding their basket, their going to win unless we play dirty. Come on, let's work together and put all our rocks on Efshari.
Meghan and Christine agreed. So while Gina and Isis divided their rocks among the other tribes, the other four only put all their rocks in Efshari, who's basked got heavier and heavier. The four guys were sweating with their muscles straining, until finally Gary E. shouted as the rope slipped through his fingers. Without him, the basket was unbalanced and it wasn't long until the others dropped as well.
"Boreka and Tenana win Immunity! All twelve of you will be safe from the vote. Efshari, I'll be seeing you tonight."
Back at Efshari, Jeremy and Judd went to get water together. Jeremy was talking about the Big Brother alliance
"So I don't know what you were doing on Boreka, but on old Efshari we kind of had a Big Brother looking out for Big Brother thing going. And I think the others would be happy to extend that to you and Gina too. Sound good?"
"Sure. So tonight we should vote for Gary E. or Isis? Who do you want?"
"Honestly, either could go. We'll figure it out."
Later that night, the six players made their way to tribal council. Cat sat them down for their questions.
"Isis, were you expecting the switch?"
"No, but honestly I can't be too surprised. Something had to keep us from dominating too much"
"Emmett, are you happy with your new tribe?"
"You know, like Isis I was really a big fan of the old Efshari. But I can definitely get used to this new tribe, today's loss was just a fluke."
"What about you, Gina?"
"Oh, hell yeah. Boreka was a hot mess. This tribe will do work."
"Okay, time to vote!"
The tribemates cast their votes one by one, and Cat went off to tally them.
"First vote is for Gary E."
"Next vote, Gina"
"And Jeremy. That's one Gina, one Jeremy, and one Gary E."
"Gary E."
"Gary E. That's three for Gary, one Gina, one Jeremy."
"Next person voted out of Survivor: Wrong Players....Gary E.! Pleast bring me your torch. Hope you enjoyed the game!"
Gary E. shrugged and brought his torch to be snuffed, and left the area.
Cat looked at Efshari. "You guys are still a new tribe, we'll see if this loss was just a fluke like Emmett said. Head back to camp for now."
As Boreka came back from tribal council, Furonda was in a foul mood.
"Who voted for me? I had two votes, I thought everyone was saying Mirna! Who did it? Y'all ain't being true, I'm pissed"
The rest of her tribe moved away from her as the tired players tried to settle in after their first elimination. Furonda wasn't exactly picking up on the clues. Gina in particular looked ready to confront her tribemate, but Sam and Gary L. calmed her down.
"Stay out of the spotlight, it's not worth it."
Meanwhile, on Efshari, everyone was sleeping except for three.
Jeff, Elissa, and Jeremy sat by the beach as the rest of the tribe slept. Elissa was speaking
"We need a core three, and we're all Big Brother people. You guys, we know how to play this game, this is just Big Brother on an Island. Let's make a pact, us three have each other's back and we can get to the end on this. You boys in?"
Jeff nodded. "We'll need two more. Someone should talk to Emmett, he's a Big Brother guy too, even if it is Canadian. And maybe Marie? She's tough as nails. But their on the outside."
The three Big Brother alums nodded as the first alliance of the game began to be formed.
The next morning, Cat welcomed the tribes into the Immunity Challenge.
"Efshari is getting it's first look at the new Boreka tribe. Mirna, the one who picked the tribe, voted off last night."
No one on Efshari looked too shocked.
"Okay, for today's challenge. Each tribe has a cart. Three people will be the cart pullers, taking it along the track with three other people riding inside. At each station, the three people riding in the cart jump out and untie a bag of puzzle pieces. At the end of the course, the last three tribemates have to assemble the puzzle. You can choose what you want to do yourself on this challenge. Efshari, you're sitting on person out."
After a brief moment, Efshari decided to sit out Bopper.
The two tribes set up in their carts. Uchenna, Emmett, and Jeff were pulling Efshari's cart, with Christina, Isis, and Elissa inside, leaving Karlyn, Jeremy, and Marie to do the puzzle.
Judd, Gary L., and Sam were pulling Boreka's cart, with Furonda, Meghan, and Gina inside, leaving Joey, Christine, and Gary E. to do the puzzle.
With a groan, the carts were off. Efshari's men had more bulk, and were able to put much more weight into pulling, and took a lead, but Boreka stayed extremely close. Efshari gained more of a lead at the knot untying station, with Christina and Elissa especially doing well. Meanwhile, Furonda, Meghan, and Gina were all trying to work on top of each other and getting flustered. Efshari got to the puzzle station with a sizable lead.
However, they hadn't been working for more than a minute before Karlyn and Marie's tempered started flaring. The two women barked orders at eachother while Jeremy tried to stay calm between them. Before they knew it, Boreka was at their puzzle station as well. Gary E. guided Christine's hand to the pieces as they got started. But although they came close, a shriek pierced the air as Marie placed the last piece for her tribe.
"Efshari wins their second immunity in a row! And Boreka, I'll be seeing you in Tribal Council."
Efshari celebrated as they headed back to camp, a safe tribe again.
At Boreka, Furonda was campaigning for Christine. She pulled Gina aside
"Gina, you have to help me get Christine out. She's the weakest on our tribe. She's blind! You need to talk to Sam, you guys played Big Brother together, and I'll talk to Joey and Meghan and we can stick together! It's a good idea."
Gina nodded, and went to go find Sam.
"Sam, Furonda's trying to get me to help her, but I'm thinking at this point I shouldn't be going down with a sinking ship, right? What do you think?"
They talked, and soon it was tribe for Tribal Council.
Cat called them in, shaking her head.
"Second loss in a row! Come on, Boreka. Gary L., are you happy with your tribe?"
"They're good people, Cat, I like them. But we need to get it together."
"Furonda, who's the weakest person on your tribe?"
"I think it's Christine, for sure. I mean, it's great that we're trying to be so politically correct, but having her on the tribe is going to hurt us in the long run."
"Christine, how do you feel about that?"
"I feel confident in my tribe. We all have strengths and weaknesses. And what I might not be able to bring to a physical challenge, I can bring to camp life, and unity, and keeping my tribe happy."
With that, it was time to vote. Cat tallied the votes.
"Okay, I'll read the votes now. First vote....Christine"
"Second vote....Furonda"
"Furonda.
"Furonda. That's one for Christine, two for Furonda."
"Next vote.....Furonda.
"Furonda. That's four to one now."
"Next person voted out of Survivor: Wrong Players.......Furonda. Please bring me your torch."
Furonda looked both angry and like she was going to cry as she brought her torch to be snuffed and walked out.
Cat looked at Boreka. "You guys are down two players now. Hopefully someone on this tribe is making a plan. Head back to camp."
Christina looked up from the fire over at Efshari tribe. Uchenna, Marie, Bopper, and Karlyn were carrying palm fronds for the shelter, Jeff, Emmett and Isis were looking for coconuts and Elissa and Jeremy were laying on the beach. She was happy with her tribe, she had picked well, and everyone seemed to be working together cohesively. She knew Emmett had an immunity idol clue, but she wasn't too worried, she hasn't seen him looking.
Over on Boreka, things were a little different. The tribe was very divided, and Mirna's solution to try to improve morale was primarily just shrieking at people. Gina and Furonda had bonded quickly, and now were off somewhere in the woods bitching about the rest of the tribe, and Joey and Meghan also barely hung out with anyone else but each other. Christine had told the tribe she was blind, and no one seemed to care that much, but still! she was going to make them lose challenge! Mirna found the first person she could, Judd, and cornered him.
"I hate Boreka! I want to vote these people off, it's not even fun to play the game with them! Judd, can we lose the challenge just to get rid of some dead weight? We don't need Furonda and Gina..."
Judd shook his head.
"Absolutely not! We need the numbers no matter what. We're going to do our best at the challenge, and we won't worry about voting someone off until we lose."
Later, Cat called both tribes into the immunity/reward challenge.
"Welcome players! Today will test how you work as a team, how you delegate, and how well you know each other's strengths. There are three portions to this challenge. Agility, Strength, and Intelligence. Four people will first have to make their way through an obstacle course that requires jumping, climbing, nets and balance beams, then four people will row a canoe in and out around the buoy. They'll all be picking up puzzle pieces along the way, where the last two people will do the puzzle. Who's doing what will be decided by the people who picked the teams, Christina and Mirna. Ladies, your choices.
Christina answered first. "Okay, agility will be Jeremy, Jeff, Isis, and myself, Strength will be Uchenna, Bopper, Marie, & Emmett, and Elissa and Karlyn will do the puzzle."
Mirna was much slower thinking of her choices, she had a strange grin. "Agility will be Gary E., Gary L., Sam, and........Christine. Strength will be Meghan, Furonda, Gina, & Joey. So me and Judd will do the puzzle.
Her tribe stared at her, knowing instantly what she had done. By assigning a blind girl to agility and everyone else in all the wrong places, she had essentially thrown the challenge.
"Survivors ready? Go!"
Jeremy, Jeff, Isis and Christina blew out over the obstacle course, gaining a huge lead over the others as Gary L. and Sam tried to navigate Gary E., who was older and clumsy, and Christine, who was blind through the course. They finished with their pieces, and Uchenna, Bopper, Emmett, & Marie took off in the canoe. Efshari was already around the buoy by the time Meghan, Furonda, Gina, and Joey got into the canoe. And then....they just stopped. They couldn't even get the canoe to go off the beach. Efshari came back to to the beach, and Elissa and Karlyn had plenty of time to figure out the puzzle as Mirna looked on smiling, and Judd with a grimace.
"Efshari wins Immunity!!!"
Back at Boreka's camp, everyone was pissed. Furonda cursed at Mirna to her face, angry and hostile. Everyone whispered to each other pretty openly, they needed to get rid of Mirna for obvious reasons. But Mirna was telling everyone that Furonda was the weakest link, and her bad attitude was what made her decided to throw the challenge and they should vote her.
At tribal council, Cat welcomed the unhappy tribe.
"Mirna, do you feel safe today?"
"I should be safe, I made a controversial decision, but I'm sticking with it. There's people who are much worse to keep on in the long run"
"Sam, tell me about your tribe"
"These people are crazy! We're going to to have to get it together, like seriously people"
"Joey, how do you feel?"
"Same as Sam! But I know we can come together and make it work! I'm so happy Meghan is here, we want to make this tribe strong"
"Okay, it's time to vote"
Everyone gets up one by one and casts there votes.
"I'll read the votes"
"Mirna"
"Furonda"
"Mirna, that's two for Mirna and one for Furonda"
"Furonda, we're tied 2-2"
"Mirna"
"Mirna, that's four for Mirna, two for Furonda"
"Mirna"
"First person voted out of Survivor: Wrong Players....Mirna, you may bring me your torch."
The tribe looks content as Mirna's torch is snuffed.
"The rest of you, see this as an opportunity to come together closer as a tribe. Head back to camp."
(Still in the game)
Gina Rio - BBUK14 - callumhibberd
Joey Graceffa - TAR22 - survivorfan103
Jeremy McGuire - BBUS15 - gamerstar105
Christine Ha - MasterchefUS3 - jeremybb
Bopper Minton - TAR20 - aidanmac22
Elissa Slater - BBUS15 - Elissabb
Christina Hsu - TAR12 - wuau
Judd Daugherty - BBUS15 - ShadySykes
Jeff Schroeder - BBUS11 - Baseball03
Meghan Camarena - TAR22 - wileycoyote
Emmett Blois - BBCA1 - neme81
Sam Evans - BBUK14 - aliumair
Gary Levy - BBCA1 - Ace99
Gary Ervin - TAR17 - cancanpiano
Marie Mazzocchi - TAR23 - zxcvg2
Furonda Brasfield - ANTM6
Uchenna Agu - TAR7
Isis King - ANTM11
Mirna Hindoyan - TAR5
Karlyn Harris - TAR10
Twenty mismatched reality stars arrive on the beach, eyeing eachother warily, sizing each other up. They climb off boats and arrange themselves on the beach. Gina and Isis do their best to keep their high heels from sinking into the sand. Jeff smirks as he looks around at the others. Bopper yodels in his country way, and slaps Gary E. on the back, ready to play.
(CREDITS: JUDD, ISIS, SAM, JOEY, JEFF, ELISSA, UCHENNA, MARIE, CHRISTINE, BOPPER, KARLYN, GINA, GARY L., JEREMY, EMMETT, CHRISTINA, MEGHAN, MIRNA, GARY E., & FURONDA)
The host, Cat Deeley, climbs down from her helicopter, wearing her khaki survival host uniform.
"Welcome to Survivor: Wrong Players! All of you had success or failure on various other reality shows, and now you've been gathered to play the granddaddy of all the games, Survivor. I hope you're ready. We're going to need to pick tribes, your first challenge awaits you."
In front of the players was a massive, circular arena, filled with damp mud and stringy yellow hay.
Cat gestured towards the mess.
"Hidden inside that pile are two buffs. One navy blue, for the captain of the Efshari tribe, and one golden yellow, for the captain of the Boreka tribe. Whoever finds those buffs will have the first picks in the new tribe formation, and the tribes will be decided by schoolyard pick'em. That's all there is to it!"
Everyone lined up in front of the mud pit. Mirna glanced sideways at her competetors. Joey laughed, smiled at Meghan, his close friend, and twerked. He hoped they would be together. Emmett, over on the other side, knew he was ready for mud. Christine braced herself. She didn't want the other players to know she was blind, because she knew that would greatly decrease her chances of getting picked for a tribe.
Cat raised her hand.
"Survivors ready? Go!"
The twenty contestants dove head first into the mud.
"Ah! I got it!"
Christina Hsu, from the Amazing Race, lept out the mud, navy blue buff in hand.
Shortly after, Mirna Hindoyan, also from the Amazing Race, emerged panting from the mud with the golden buff.
Christina and Mirna are the team captains, and will begin the team selection.
"You can pick either men or women, but at the end each tribe must have five men and five women"
Christina won first pick, and chooses Jeff from Big Brother to join her on Efshari.
Mirna picks next, and chooses Gary Levy.
One by one the players get chosen, until the final tribes stand at:
EFSHARI
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CHRISTINA
JEFF
KARLYN
ELISSA
UCHENNA
MARIE
ISIS
JEREMY
BOPPER
EMMETT
BOREKA
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MIRNA
GARY L.
MEGHAN
GARY E.
JUDD
GINA
JOEY
CHRISTINE
SAM
FURONDA
As the tribes receive the maps and prepare to travel to their new camps, Cat the host calls out.
"Wait! Emmett and Furonda, come for a second. As the last people picked for each tribe, you're probably not in good shape with the rest of the tribe. Here, here's a clue for the hidden immunity idol at each of your camps. We want to give you all the the help you can get."
Emmett and Furonda went to Cat and received their clues, Emmett smiling and Furonda looking wary. And with that, the two tribes left the opening beach and headed to their camps.
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