Mike and Andy's friendships developed.
A twist paired up everyone in the game and caused strategic changes in the game.
In an attempted blindside, Caroline ended up being the one voted out of the game, and she became the third member of the jury.
Everyone came back from the tribal council knowing that the twist of pairs had radically changed the perception of how to play the game. Everybody understood that Sagar basically had immunity and his vote would matter the most compared to the others.
Teresa: (To camera) I am still trying to recover from the shock of almost being blindsided. Right now I feel like Trust is the only person I can trust. I guess the girl alliance is never going to happen at this point. I know I'll be the next to go if I don't step up and try to make a move. There has to be a crack there between all those people. And with the pairing twist, one of them has to turn on another sooner or later, so maybe that's a good angle for me to squeeze in.
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(Theme Song)
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In the morning, Andy and Diva discussed about last night's votes. Andy asked Diva why she didn't vote with him, Taylor and David. Diva explained that she'd rather give Sagar immunity than Trust. Diva said that it didn't make sense for them to get rid of Teresa when they could've gotten rid of Trust. Andy said that he understood and he respected her decision, but he'd appreciate a more prompt alert. Diva complained that they didn't let her know ahead of time to vote with them to begin with.
Diva: (To camera) I'm not going to just follow along with their votes and not make my own move. They clearly want Teresa out at this point, so my objective is to keep her here as long as possible. As long as Teresa is here they probably won't target anybody else.
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Charlie:
Good morning everyone. Before we start today's reward challenge, congratulations Sagar, as you will be safe at least until final seven. Sagar, you will not be participating in tomorrow's immunity challenge, but you can still compete in today's reward challenge. Before we start, Sagar, please select a pair to split up, then you will decide which pair the three of you will join, so that we will have three groups of three for today's reward challenge. *Sagar split up Trust & Teresa, and he assigned group for the three of them.* Okay, so the group will be:
Sagar, Kenya, Mike
Teresa, David, Taylor
Trust, Diva, Andy
Today's challenge will be similar to this:
As you can see, there're a lot of coconuts on top of the net, and your objective in this challenge is to pull the string out of the net without letting too many coconuts fall from the net. The team with the least amount of coconuts fallen will win today's reward. The team with the most amount of coconuts fallen will be exiled, where a new hidden immunity idol has been hidden in a brand new spot. Remember, there is still one hidden immunity idol still in play. Each team will need to pull out 9 strings one by one, so that means every member has to pull out 3 strings.
Wanna know what we're playing for? *Crowd said yes.* The winning team of 3 will be flown out by the helicopter to a local ceremonial relics where locals will be celebrating their annual WaterFest, where the 3 of you will get to enjoy and celebrate the holiday with the locals and enjoy a feast with them. *Crowd cheered.*
Do we understand the rules? Let's get started...
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Round 1:
Sagar, Kenya, Mike: 10+2+6=18
Teresa, David, Taylor 10+7+4=21
Trust, Diva, Andy 2+7+8=17
Trust, Diva and Andy win reward! Sorry, Teresa, David and Taylor, you all will have to go to exile island. Sagar, Kenya and Mike, I've got nothing for you, you will be going back to the camp and come back for tomorrow's immunity challenge. I hope everyone will have a good night tonight!
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Trust, Diva and Andy were flown out by helicopter and they met the locals and joined them for celebration. There was a bit of a tension between everybody in the trio, but soon everybody was able to have a good time. They enjoyed the feast and they were relieved to have spent time with people other than their tribemates. During the feast, Diva and Andy sat at different end of the table unlike other times when they'd sit next to each other and laugh a lot. They each chatted with the locals on their own and neither of them were really talking to each other as much. Trust found it intriguing that the former loverbirds were not as close any more and he attributed it to yesterday's tribal council. He tried to get closer to Diva in order to further segregate the couple. Diva was not as responsive at first but they ended up having a good time chatting about their favorite restaurant. Andy seemed to be content with not talking with either of them at all and he was enjoying the company of some local swordfighters as he watched their performance.
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Sagar, Kenya and Mike had a peaceful night at their camp. They discussed how close the three of them have grown into. They explored the scenario of including David in their alliance, but they soon realized that there were too much attachment at this point. They clearly see that Andy, David and Taylor were close together, and Sagar commented that Andy and David used to be close to him, but now Taylor had took his place. Mike commented that there's a possibility that he could draw in Andy. They discussed the relationship between Andy and Diva, and it was clear that they all knew something that the others didn't. Neither Sagar or Kenya mentioned Sagar's affair with Diva, and Mike didn't comment on how he's getting comfortable with Andy.
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Teresa, David and Taylor reached Exile island and they immediately went into search for the hidden immunity idol. David went to the beach and started looking for it in the water. Taylor walked towards the trees where the hidden immunity idol was originally hidden, and Teresa followed. Taylor searched the tree, not noticing that Teresa was watching.
Teresa: (To camera) Obviously Taylor knew where the hidden immunity idol was. I really think that she's the one that still has an idol. I really need to find an idol, or I need to find a way to flush hers out.
Taylor found nothing in the tree and she noticed Teresa watching her. Taylor was not pleased that she was being observed. Taylor went and inspected the beach with David, while Teresa looked into the woods. Taylor was particularly drawn by the shells on the beach and she started searching through the shells, and Teresa found an interestingly-shaped tree trunks that she was determined to search through.
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Charlie:
Welcome back everyone! First thing first, Taylor, please hand me back your immunity idol. *Taylor gave Charlie the idol.* Once again, immunity is back up for grab. Sagar, since you're safe, you are not eligible to compete. For today's immunity challenge, it's very simple. You'll need to hold on to a pole as long as you can. Once you fall out of the pole, you're out of the challenge. The last person still on the pole, wins immunity.
Understand the rules? We'll draw for spots, let's get started!
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From left to right:
Diva, Andy, Teresa, Mike, David, Taylor, Kenya, Trust
After just a few minutes, the heat from the pole was too much to bear for Andy and David, as they both dropped from the pole. Andy and David joined Sagar at the bench.
Mike held on for about half an hour until his legs started shaking and he climbed down the pole as he couldn't held on any longer.
Teresa and Trust both started struggling as they quickly dropped a few inches from the pole. With a misstep, Trust dropped out of the pole.
Four men already out of the challenge, and four women still in the challenge.
Teresa kept struggling, while Diva, Taylor and Kenya all looked at ease with their positions. Teresa dropped a few more inches and she was close to the ground. Taylor took a look at Teresa and got distracted a little bit and fell off from the pole. Teresa soon joined Taylor as she couldn't hold on any longer and she was out of the challenge.
Diva and Kenya were the only two left standing. Neither of them seemed to want to give up on this challenge. Diva and Kenya were both relatively far away from each other so they couldn't even talk to each other without the rest of the tribe hearing it. Eventually, Diva readjusted her position and took a look at Kenya, who was still firmly attached to the pole. Diva decided to climbed down the pole, leaving Kenya the last one still hanging on the pole.
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Charlie: KENYA wins individual immunity! This means that Mike, as her partner, you will have immunity for tonight's tribal council as well. *Kenya received the idol. Mike cheered for joy.* For the rest of you, good luck and I'll see you tonight. One of you will be eliminated from the game.
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Back at the Mezzy tribe, everyone congratulated Kenya for her endurance in the competition. Teresa and Trust knew that both of them were on the chopping block, but Teresa told Trust not to freak out as she's trying to figure something out.
Andy, Taylor and David were discussing the possibility of Teresa having gotten the hidden immunity idol. They thought that it might be smart to split the votes between Trust and Teresa since they had the numbers. They all agreed that all three of them and Diva should vote for Teresa, and Sagar, Kenya and Mike should vote for Trust. They went to each of them individually to pledge the plan and all seemed okay with pursuing it.
Andy and Mike were discussing how the tribal would go alone but soon their conversation went to their family and friends. They talked about how they would spend their weekends and what they'd like to do over breaks. All of a sudden they both started holding each other's hands but as soon as they realized that, they both backed off and continued to discuss how the votes were going to go at tribal.
Teresa went to work and she talked to Diva, Sagar, Kenya and Mike explaining that it wouldn't make much sense for them to still work with Andy, Taylor and David as the trio had been dominating the game and they still had a hidden immunity idol. Diva said that she agreed with her but at this point it would be down to either Teresa or Trust. Teresa suggested getting rid of one of them since Teresa and Trust could join them and make the numbers bigger. Sagar seemed tempted but neither Kenya or Mike said anything.
Teresa: (To camera) This is all I could do at this point to try to save me and Trust. I also have a plan in mind tonight that I'm going to pull. If it works, maybe both of us can stay. If not, then it's time for me to say Sayonara.
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Tribal Council:
Charlie: So let's go straight to it. How's tonight's votes going to go?
Diva: As it seems right now, either Teresa or Trust will be out of the game.
Charlie: Blunt. I like it. So how do you feel about that, Trust?
Trust: I feel kind of nervous but the silver lining is, if one of us leave, the other one of us will at least get to be safe next round.
Charlie: That's true. What about you, Teresa? How do you feel?
Teresa: Nothing really. We all see it coming. I've talked to a few people to try to swing things around, but nothing has happened yet.
Charlie: What did you try to do?
Teresa: I was trying to get people to vote out Taylor.
Charlie: Interesting. What do you have to say about that Taylor?
Taylor: It all comes down to loyalty with everyone I guess. I trust everybody and I'll be fine with whatever outcome tonight.
Charlie: With that, it's time to vote. Andy, you're up...
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Andy: Teresa, sorry.
Taylor: Teresa, it's time for you to go now.
Kenya: *writing Trust on the sheet*
Teresa: Things might get interesting tonight. (Vote not shown)
David: *writing Teresa on the sheet*
Sagar: *writing on the sheet* (Vote not shown)
Mike: *writing Trust on the sheet*
Trust: *writing on the sheet* (Vote not shown)
Diva: Sorry that I voted for you. (Vote not shown)
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Charlie:
If anybody has a hidden immunity idol and wants to play it, now it would be the time to do so. *Everyone looked around. Teresa stared at Taylor and stood up.*
Teresa: Yeah I'd like to use my idol on Trust. *Everyone including the jury was shocked.*
Taylor: *Stood up immediately.* I'd like to use my idol on myself please. *Everyone gasped.*
Charlie:
The rules of Survivor state that if anybody plays the hidden immunity idol then any votes cast against that person will not count. Taylor, this is in fact the hidden immunity idol. Any votes cast on Taylor will not count. However, Teresa, I don't know what this is, but this is not the hidden immunity idol, your votes would still count.
Teresa: Oh yeah I know. I was just trying to flush out Taylor's idol with a fake one that I made in Exile. *Caroline and Alexa from jury did a silent cheer and gave Teresa thumbs up.*
Charlie:
In that case, I'll read the votes.
First vote, Teresa. One vote Teresa.
Second vote, Teresa. Two votes Teresa.
Third vote, Teresa. Three votes Teresa.
Forth vote, Trust. Three votes Teresa, one vote Trust.
Fifth vote, Trust. Three votes Teresa, two votes Trust.
Sixth vote, Trust. We're now tie, at three votes each, for Teresa and Trust.
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Seventh vote, David. *Taylor looked shocked.* Three votes Teresa, three votes Trust, one vote David.
Eighth vote, David. Three votes Teresa, three votes Trust, two votes David.
Ninth vote...
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We have a three-way TIE. Three votes each for Teresa, Trust and David. *Jury looked extremely excited.*
Teresa, Trust, David, you three cannot vote. For the rest of you, you can only vote for either Teresa, Trust or David. As a reminder, it this comes down to another tie-vote, we will have to draw rocks. I hope you all make your decisions wisely. Kenya, you're up...
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Kenya: Well my votes go to someone that I'm still not willing to work with. (Vote not shown)
Mike: *writing on the sheet.* (Vote not shown)
Andy: *writing Teresa on the sheet.*
Sagar: *writing on the sheet.* (Vote not shown)
Diva: I hope the right person stays. (Vote not shown)
Taylor: Teresa, please just go.
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Charlie:
Once the votes are read, the decision is final. The person with the most votes will be voted out immediately. I'll read the votes.
First vote, Teresa. One vote Teresa.
Second vote, Trust. One vote Trust, one vote Teresa.
Third vote, Teresa. Two votes Teresa, one vote Trust.
Fourth vote, Trust. Two votes Teresa, two votes Trust.
Fifth vote, Trust. Three votes Trust, two votes Teresa.
Sixth vote...
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The eighth person voted out of Survivor: Trend vs. Stars, and the fourth member of our jury, is, Trust. Please bring me your torch.
*David looked relieved.*
*Taylor did not look pleased with the result.*
*Teresa stood up and gave Trust the most passionate kiss. Jury cheered on.*
Charlie: Trust, the tribe has spoken. (Torch Snuffed.) Time for you to go to Ponderosa.
Trust: Teresa, let the chaos begin!
Charlie: That was quite a tribal. I wonder what will happen next now that there are only three pairs left. Bring your torch, go back to your camp, I'll see you tomorrow.
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Next time on, Charlie's Survivor:
Taylor lashed out on Teresa which intensified their rivalry.
David was not happy about the three votes against him.
The whereabouts of the third and last hidden immunity idol was still in question.
So this update took me a while to write lol. I tried to write shorter but this is what I came up with... A lot of contents again and I'd really appreciate some feedback :P Please plus and comment to show your support! :) Thank you!
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