Last Episode,
The day after tribal council, the teams received tree mail to notify them that they had to collect their rewards and personal items and meet at the designated point on the map. Unsure of why a merge would be occurring so early, the tribes hesitantly prepared for what was in store. They found out that the game would be shaken up, with a TRIBE SWAP. The Four tribes would become 3 in a twist. Learning that a new idol had been placed in the game. The tribes seemed evenly distributed and at the immunity challenge the new Fire tribe struggled to find dynamics within the group. Mainly Brendan and Natalie found it difficult to cooperate cost their tribe. Back at camp Natalie, Brendan and Ashley as former Fire tribe members had the advantage of 3-2 over the other players on their tribe and could easily vote off Greg or Taj. However Brendan wanted Natalie gone because of their growing rivaly and fierce competitive natures. Brendan approached Taj his former ally from Tocantins to talk about blindsiding Natalie. Natalie however with Ashley decided that Brendan needed to go so Greg became the swing vote and ultimately decided to vote out Brendan for being a physical threat with the merge coming in a few votes time. Sedning him home by a vote of 3-2 in an epic tribal council.
20th - Jane Bright (21) - Earth
19th - Sundra Oakley(13) - Water
18th - Neleh Dennis (4) - Water
17th -Jeff Varner (2) - Air
16th - Andrew Savage (7) - Earth
TRIBE SWAP
15th - Brendan Synnott (18) - Fire
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After the dramatic tribal council that saw Brendan out, it appeared as if Taj was on the outside of her new tribe and relied strongly on her tribe to win challenges to allow herself to survive until the merge. On the Earth tribe it appeared that former tribe alliances were out the window with the two older players in tina and shane being viewed as weak and perceieved as an easy vote by Ciera, Heidi and Aaron but the former alliance of Tina and Ceiera was proving to be influential in the outcome of the tribe. On the Air tribe Tracy was clearly the least physical to contribute to her tribe winning challenges but it played to Tracys advantage because she knew she potentially could turn the male egos against one another given the right moment. At the immunity challenge the Air tribe came in last and has to vote someone off their tribe.
FIRE:(RED BUFF)
Taj Johnson (18)
Greg Carey (10)
Ashley Underwood (22)
Natalie Bolton(16)
Sugar for idol?