Previously, on Survivor:
- On Bagmati, Dante wants to work with Dave and Ken decided that Ashley was the tribe's weakest link. Reminder: Marty already found the Bagmati idol.
- Dan found Koshi's hidden immunity idol.
- Bagmati won the immunity challenge, a trivia challenge about Nepal by a score of 6-2.
- Bubba and Nikki were seen as the main targets on Koshi.
- The majority alliance of Tim, Nova, Dan and Jeremy stuck together and voted for Bubba.
- Other votes (Bubba, Nikki, and Shane) were scattered, resulting in Bubba leaving in a 4-1-1 vote.
- Nikki and Shane are now the clear outsiders to Koshi.