In the past few seasons of Survivor we have had lots of memorable characters, but this season we are taking it back. So many classic characters come from the first seasons of Survivor, and we took out this season to let them shine!
Cast:
Vanua
Lex van den Berghe
Nate Gonzalez
Sundra Oakley
Teresa "T-Bird" Cooper
Ika Bula
James Clement
Jed Hildebrand
John Raymond
Lydia Morales
Paloma Soto-Casillo
Final 14
At the reward challenge, Takali wins a visit from a chef. Ika Bula come in second and win some kabobs.
At the immunity challenge, Takali takes first place, followed by Ika Bula, sending Vanua to their second tribal council in a row.
At the Takali camp, Jeanne and Rory bond a little, because of Rory trying to change his image and become nicer, Jeanne changes her opinion of him. Rafe bonds a lot with Rory to try and integrate himself into the tribe, and Rory begins to enjoy Rafe's company a lot. Jeanne and Amy make the decision to drop Paloma out of their core alliance and they become more loyal to Nicole and Rafe, proving that Nicole and Rafe did a good job of integrating themselves.
At Ika Bula, Jed and James erupt into a major fight. James is upset at the entire game after this and has a huge meltdown. He goes to isolate himself in the jungle, and Lydia sees this as a good time to bond with him. She goes to him and the two form an alliance, brightening James's spirits about the game.
At Vanua, the idol is again rehidden since Trish went home with it in her pocket. Since it seemed that T-Bird, Lex, and Sundra were tight, Nate went out and found the idol. T-Bird has a meltdown because they lost the challenge and because she misses home. This causes Sundra to want to vote T-Bird out, but when she brings the idea up to Lex, he shuts her down immediately. Lex is dead set on voting Nate out, and keeping the original Vanua tribe strong. Sundra went to Nate and told him that she was voting for T-Bird. Nate figured that if he and Sundra voted T-Bird, and Lex and T-Bird voted for him, they could go to fire. Since Nate was the fire maker and T-Bird didn't know the first thing about fire, this would be a piece of cake for him and he could hold on to his idol. He didn't play it at tribal council, but Sundra ultimately turned on Nate and sent him home in a 3-1 vote.
Final 13
The tribes all merge. The standing alliances were Lex's Vanua alliance with Nicole, Sundra, and T-Bird, the new Takali alliance of Amy, Jeanne, Nicole, and Rafe, and the two person alliance of James and Lydia.
At the immunity challenge, Sundra won individual immunity.
While on a hunt for the idol, Rory finds the reward stealer, allowing him to steal any reward he wants to. Lydia knows that she'll have to get rid of James for being an immunity threat sometime soon and disbands the alliance. Lydia tells James that she will have to try and get him out, and this upsets James and makes him extremely angry. James and Jed apologize to one another after their fight earlier, and they decide that they don't mind the other around. Jeanne and Nicole have a big fight, which makes Jeanne cautious of working with Nicole in the future. James tries to rile people up against his rival Lydia, while Lydia tries to turn people against James. James gets Lex and Nicole to vote against Lydia, but everyone else decides to vote James out, making him the first juror in a 10-3 vote.
Final 12
At the reward challenge, the team of Jeanne, Lex, Paloma, Rafe, Rory, and Sundra won a trip to a poolside resort with a feast of burgers, fries, and cocktails.
At the immunity challenge, Lydia won.
Back at camp, Nicole and Paloma bicker a bit and Paloma tells Nicole that Jeanne and Amy will turn against her just like they turned against Paloma. After this outburst, Nicole makes the decision to leave the alliance with Jeanne, Amy, and Rafe. Paloma wants Jeanne out for being untrustworthy and backstabbing her. John wants Jed out for being an immunity threat. And Sundra wants T-Bird out since she can't stand her anymore, as she has been forced to be with her 24/7, and she also considers her a threat. The alliance of Amy, Rafe, Rory, and Jeanne all vote for T-Bird with Sundra. John was the sole vote for Jed. T-Bird, Lex, Nicole, Paloma, and Jed all voted for Jeanne. This left Lydia as the swing vote. No one played their idols, and Lydia decided to vote for T-Bird, making her the second juror, by a vote of 6-5-1.
Final 11
After that tribal council, Lex understood that Sundra wanted T-Bird out and he quickly forgave her, although he felt like he was stabbed in the back. At this point the only true alliances consisted of Lex, Sundra, and Nicole and the rival alliance of Amy, Jeanne, and Rafe.
At the reward challenge, they drew rocks to determine the teams and Rory drew the unlucky rock, so he couldn't win reward. Group #2 wins reward, consisting of Jed, John, Lydia, Nicole, and Paloma. They win a trip to a floating restaurant with pizza, chicken wings, and beer, within a viewing range of camp, and letters from home.
At the immunity challenge, Jeanne won.
Back at camp, Jed and Nicole grow closer by talking about their letters from home. Rory impresses the tribe by working harder than usual, and he decides that he is going to turn his game around. Sundra gets overwhelmed by the game and takes some time out of the day to go into the jungle and cry. Lydia targets John because she is fed up with his obnoxious behavior back at camp, and Paloma targets Jed because she doesn't like him and he's very threatening. Amy, John, and Lex all find it is best strategically to vote for Jed, but everyone else is annoyed and they make a personal decision to vote John out of the tribe with an idol in his pocket, 7-4.
Final 10
Lex again forgives his allies, Nicole and Sundra for voting against him again, but his trust begins to run thin.
At the reward challenge, they again draw for teams and Lydia draws the lucky rock, and is automatically going on reward. The group of Jeanne, Jed, and Sundra won reward. They win a helicopter ride over the local area and a feast.
At the immunity challenge, Paloma wins.
Back at camp, Rory continues to try and turn his game around and befriends Nicole. Meanwhile, the alliance of Amy, Jeanne, and Rafe only strengthens, as they all want to go to final 3 together. Nicole considers Rafe to be a big threat and wants him gone. Sundra doesn't like Rory and thinks he is being fake with his new behavior and she votes for him. Rafe decides to go after Jed since Jed has been on the chopping block for a while now and is a challenge threat. Nicole hooks Rory into the alliance, and they vote for Rafe along with Jed, who is just trying to stay safe. The final three of Amy, Jeanne, and Rafe all vote for Jed, along with Paloma who has wanted him out for a while. This again leaves Lydia in the middle, and she decides to vote for the strategic threat Rafe, sending him home in a 5-4-1 vote. Rafe has the legacy advantage, and decides to give it to one of his final 3s, Jeanne.
Final 9
After Sundra voted separately yet again, Lex's trust in her was really starting to sink.
Jeanne wins the Loved Ones challenge, and she shares it with Amy, Rory, and Lex.
Lydia wins immunity.
After seeing his loved one, the tribe mates were surprised and delighted by Lex's upbeat and positive attitude around camp. Amy and Paloma both noticed this and they decided that Lex was a big enough threat and he had to go. Nicole wanted Jeanne gone, as she was the leader of the alliance of her and Amy. Lex sees that Paloma wants him gone and he targets her. Jeanne and Rory both vote with Lex to get Paloma out, and Sundra, Lydia, and Jed, who wants to separate Jeanne and Amy, vote with Nicole to send Jeanne home, 4-3-2. She has the legacy advantage and she passes it off to her closest ally in the game, Amy.
Stay tuned for the final part 3.
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