PREVIOUSLY ON SURVIVOR: The final 12 found out that they were all GOING to become one tribe, except only 11 of them would get to be a part of the tribe. This was the Survivor Circuit, a series of 4 challenges that would determine who would make it into the merge: one physical, one mental, one endurance, and then a sudden death fire making challenge. Four players would advance in the first round, three in the second round, two in the third round, and then the three remaining would build a fire, and someone would be the last to finish, and be sent home, not making it to the merge. The first round was a physical competition, where the contestants had to throw sandbags at bottles. The first 4 players to knock down 10 bottles would advance to the merge. Out of the gate, Malcolm, John, Ethan, and Jaclyn knocked their 10 bottles down first. They advanced to the merge. The next phase was a competition involving building three puzzles. First 3 to finish their 3 puzzles would be sent into the merge. Parvati and Brenda sailed through, while it was neck and neck between Andrea and Candace, in which Candace sneaked through and snagged a spot. The endurance challenge involved hanging onto a pole, the two left on the poles at the end would be in the merge. Burton and Angie slipped right away, leaving it down to Natalie, Andrea, and Ciera. Ciera and Andrea started slipping, but Andrea hit the ground first. Natalie and Ciera advanced to the merge. The last challenge was fire making. Andrea’s fire and Burton’s fire were very strong, while Angie failed to even make a flame. Angie saw her Survivor journey end with no flames, and was sent home, not making it to the merge. Malcolm, John, Ethan, Jaclyn, Parvati, Brenda, Candace, Natalie, Ciera, Andrea, and Burton were now the merged HOTTIES tribe, and got to march back to camp and enjoy a feast. Ciera and Andrea were happy to be back together, and John was excited to finally have other people to socialize with and get himself some footing in the game.