Survivor: Nicaragua

Survivor: Nicaragua is the twenty-first season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It premiered on September 15, 2010 at 8:00pm, moving to the Wednesday timeslot for the first time since Survivor: Borneo.

The location of Nicaragua was announced at the conclusion of the finale of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. It has been reported that the 22nd season will also take place in Nicaragua, and both seasons will be filmed near San Juan del Sur.

Survivor host Jeff Probst, also announced that the Hidden Immunity Idol will continue to be used in the game. However, as idols had been found too easily in the past two seasons (most often by Russell Hantz), or as the show's producers have dubbed it, "The Russell Factor", the idol was hidden differently. The clues to the idols' locations were visual rebuses rather than text as in past seasons. In addition, the tribes vied for control of a new item, the Medallion of Power, which offered an advantage to the tribe who held it at a challenge, but should they use the Medallion, it went to the other tribe for the next challenge. This season also marked the return of the tribal swap, which was absent in the previous three seasons. When the tribal swap occurred in episode 5, the Medallion of Power was retired.

Additionally, the 20 contestants were originally divided up into two tribes based on their ages. Until a tribal swap in episode 5, the Espada tribe featured contestants over the age of 40, while the La Flor tribe included contestants aged 30 years and younger.

This season's opening titles uses the original version of "Ancient Voices" — Survivor's opening theme song — first used for the debut Survivor season. Traditionally, each season features its own version of "Ancient Voices", using instruments and sounds meant to evoke that season's location or theme. One was created for Nicaragua, but was not used, though the song was released onto iTunes on October 10. The reason for this omission has not been publicly disclosed.

Notable contestants this season include Kelly Bruno, a triathlete whose leg was amputated at six months old due to a birth defect, and former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson. Bruno is the second Survivor contestant to be an amputee, the first being Chad Crittenden of Survivor: Vanuatu, who lost his right leg to cancer.

Contestants

Contestant	Original Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish	Total Votes
Wendy DeSmidt-Kohlhoff 48, Fromberg, MT	Espada			1st Voted Out Day 3	9
Shannon Elkins 30, Lafayette, LA	La Flor			2nd Voted Out Day 6	7
Jimmy Johnson 67, Islamorada, FL	Espada			3rd Voted Out Day 8	8
James "Jimmy T." Tarantino 48, Gloucester, MA	Espada			4th Voted Out Day 11	5
Tyrone Davis 42, Inglewood, CA	Espada	Espada		5th Voted Out Day 14	6
Kelly Bruno 26, Durham, NC	La Flor	La Flor		6th Voted Out Day 15	31
Yve Rojas 41, Kansas City, MO	Espada	Espada		7th Voted Out Day 15	7
Jill Behm 43, Erie, PA	Espada	La Flor		8th Voted Out Day 18	3
Alina Wilson 23, Downey, CA	La Flor	Espada	Libertad	9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 22	10
Marty Piombo 48, Mill Valley, CA	Espada	La Flor		10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 24	141
Brenda Lowe 27, Miami, FL	La Flor	La Flor		11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 27	13
Jud "Fabio" Birza 21, Venice, CA	La Flor	La Flor
Jane Bright 56, Jackson Springs, NC	Espada	La Flor			6
Ben "Benry" Henry 24, Los Angeles, CA	La Flor	Espada			1
Holly Hoffman 44, Eureka, SD	Espada	Espada
Dan Lembo 63, Water Mill, NY	Espada	Espada			5
Matthew "Sash" Lenahan 30, New York, NY	La Flor	La Flor
NaOnka Mixon 27, Los Angeles, CA	La Flor	Espada			3
Chase Rice 24, Fairview, NC	La Flor	Espada
Kelly "Purple Kelly" Shinn 20, Mesa, AZ	La Flor	La Flor

The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaway has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.

^1 Kelly B. was voted out after a tie-breaker vote between her and Marty 5-1. In the initial vote, Kelly B. and Marty received three votes while Brenda received two.

The game

Episode Title	First air date	Challenges		Eliminated	Vote	Finish
		Reward	Immunity
"Young at Heart"	September 15, 2010	None	La Flor	Wendy	9–1	1st Voted Out Day 3
"Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us All"	September 22, 2010	Espada2		Shannon	7–3	2nd Voted Out Day 6
"Glitter in Their Eyes"	September 29, 2010	La Flor2		Jimmy J.	8–1	3rd Voted Out Day 8
"Pulling the Trigger"	October 6, 2010	La Flor2		Jimmy T.	5–3	4th Voted Out Day 11
"Turf Wars"	October 13, 2010	Espada	La Flor	Tyrone	6–2	5th Voted Out Day 14
"Worst Case Scenario"	October 20, 2010	La Flor	Jill	Kelly B.	3–3–2 5–11	6th Voted Out Day 15
			Holly	Yve	6–1	7th Voted Out Day 15
"What Goes Around, Comes Around"	October 27, 2010	Espada	Espada	Jill	3–2–2	8th Voted Out Day 18
"Company Will Be Arriving Soon"	November 3, 2010	None3	Jane	Alina	10–2	9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 22
			Fabio
"Running the Camp"	November 10, 2010	Benry, Dan, Fabio, Marty, Sash	Brenda	Marty	7–4	10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 24
"Stuck in the Middle"	November 17, 2010	Chase, Fabio, Jane, Kelly S., NaOnka	Jane	Brenda	8–1–1	11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 27
"We Did It Guys"	November 24, 2010	Recap episode

In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.

^2 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.

^3 There was no Reward Challenge due to the tribal merge.

Episode 1: "Young at Heart"

• Immunity Challenge: One castaway would stand at the top of a tower and pour water down five gutters held by five castaways. The water would fill a barrel, which would release a net of puzzle pieces when full. The four remaining castaways would assemble the puzzle. The first tribe to assemble their puzzle would win.

• Medallion Advantage: Starting the challenge with the barrel filled one-fifth of the way.

The game started with the castaways split into two groups. When they arrived at the beach, Jeff announced the Medallion of Power, though did not explain what the power was, and that it was hidden in a lagoon nearby. The castaways scrambled to find it, with Brenda finding it up a tree. When the castaways reassembled in front of Jeff, he announced that the groups they arrived in are not the tribes, but instead the tribes would be split by age, with the 40 and over castaways called Espada and the 30 and under castaways called La Flor. La Flor then traded the Medallion of Power to Espada in exchange for flint and fishing gear. Once at the Espada camp, Jane started a fire with a pair of reading glasses. At the La Flor campsite, Kelly B. showed her tribe her amputated leg, which made several of her tribemates cautious about a sympathy vote for her should she make it to the final Tribal Council. Chase made an alliance with Shannon and then made another one with Brenda. Alina and Kelly B. found a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol while picking up the tree mail. They could not decipher the clue, but decided to keep the clue to themselves. At the Immunity Challenge, Jeff explained the power behind the Medallion of Power. Espada decided to not use the Medallion and then lost the challenge. Before heading to Tribal Council, the tribe debated between getting rid of Jimmy J or Wendy for being weak links. Holly was conflicted due to her pact with Wendy. At Tribal Council, Wendy made a short speech just before the vote in an effort to remain in the game. The appeal worked against her and she seemed to confirm the tribe's decision to boot her. The votes were read and Wendy was voted out 9–1.

Episode 2: "Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us All"

• Reward/Immunity Challenge: One at a time, four tribe members would crawl in the mud under a net and then retrieve a ball from a stack of hay. Once all four balls were retrieved, three tribe members would use small shields to bounce one ball at a time into a barrel. The first tribe to have all four balls in the barrel would win.

• Medallion Advantage: Starting the challenge with one ball already in the barrel and having one tribe member sit out the challenge.
• Reward: Choice of a tarp and a rope or fishing gear.

At La Flor, Sash made an alliance with NaOnka and Brenda and talked about creating a "minority alliance". NaOnka thought somebody stole her pair of socks out of her shoes while they were hanging up, so she took Fabio's spare socks and then had a short confrontation with him when he attempted to ask her about the socks. Over at Espada, Holly snapped at Jill for eating snails which Holly thought were inedible. Holly dumped the snails, which caused the rest of her tribe to question what had gone wrong with her. Holly overheard Dan calling her "crazy" and decided to take revenge on him by dumping his $1,600 pair of alligator-skin shoes into the ocean. After awhile, she confessed to the tribe to dumping them into the sea. Holly thought about quitting the game, but decided to keep going after receiving counseling from Jimmy J. At the Reward/Immunity Challenge, Espada used the Medallion of Power and ended up winning the challenge. Espada chose to take the fishing gear for their reward. While unwrapping the fishing gear, the tribe found a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. Jill figured out the last part of the clue and told Marty in a ploy to gain his trust. Using the clue, the two found the Hidden Immunity Idol. Before Tribal Council, La Flor seemed like they had an easy decision and NaOnka was to go because of her fiery personality. However, discussions turned to Brenda, who seemed like a bigger threat (due to her being seen with Chase). The tribe seemed divided with NaOnka, Brenda, Sash and Purple Kelly . on one side, and Shannon, Alina, Kelly B., Fabio and Benry on the other side. NaOnka and Brenda started to try to garner the votes to boot Shannon. Chase was conflicted due to his ties with both Shannon and Brenda. However, Brenda seemed to cast doubt on Chase's alliance with Shannon and it seemed like there wold be a tie vote. At Tribal Council, Shannon was very aggressive in his answers during Jeff's questions resulting in a fiery Tribal Council discussion. The vote was taken and Shannon's aggressive and insulting answers did not help his case. Kelly B. and Benry flipped their votes, and he was sent home by a vote of 7–3.

Episode 3: "Glitter in Their Eyes"

• Reward/Immunity Challenge: The tribes would race out into a field to retrieve ten barrels. Once all ten barrels were retrieved, the tribe would stack them on individual platforms arranged in a triangle formation. One tribe member would then attempt to toss a sandbag onto the top of each barrel. The first tribe to have a sandbag on all ten barrels would win.

• Medallion Advantage: Starting with two barrels on the platform with sandbags on top.
• Reward: Sauces, spices, fruit, and a herb garden.

At Espada, Marty was getting more resentful of Jimmy J.'s position within the tribe. Jill told Marty that he should show the tribe the Hidden Immunity Idol, so he did and announced that he was sharing it with the tribe to make them stronger post merger. Over at La Flor, the alliance of Brenda, Chase, Kelly S., NaOnka, and Sash discussed voting out Alina. At the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge, La Flor won the challenge without using the Medallion of Power. When Kelly B. and NaOnka picked up the basket of fruit that was part of the reward, they both noticed a note tucked within the basket, but neither made a move toward it. However, as soon as they reached their camp, the two tussled over the note in full view of their tribemates. NaOnka won the tussle and walked off alone with the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. She wasn't able to decipher the clues and shared it with Brenda, who wasn't able to decipher it either. Back at Espada's camp, Marty made his move against Jimmy J. and the entire tribe followed, voting Jimmy J. out 8–1.

Episode 4: "Pulling the Trigger"

• Reward/Immunity Challenge: One tribe member would act as a caller to guide three blindfolded pairs of tribemates to collect ten items scattered in a field and bring them to the tribe mat. Once all ten items were collected, one pair would have to be guided to collect a set of keys and then to a locked chest. The first tribe to unlock the chest and bring it to their tribe mat would win.

• Medallion Advantage: Starting with two items already on the mat.
• Reward: A choice of three items collected during the challenge such as a toolkit, a tarp, rope and a knife, fishing gear, a collapsible chair, and a grill.

At La Flor, Brenda and NaOnka found the Hidden Immunity Idol. NaOnka kept the idol. Alina and Kelly B. noticed that Brenda and NaOnka were searching for the idol and set off to find it themselves, not knowing that NaOnka already had it. NaOnka overtly followed the two and then argued with Kelly B. Over at Espada, the tribe tried to strategize and practice for the upcoming challenge with Marty nominating Tyrone to lead them as tribe caller. As Marty predicted, this nomination did not go over well with Jimmy T. who asserted that he wanted to lead the tribe in a challenge. At the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge, La Flor used the Medallion of Power advantage and easily won over Espada. La Flor selected fishing gear, a tarp, and cooking supplies as their reward. When they returned to camp, Chase found a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol in the tackle box, which he shared with Brenda. Brenda told him that she and NaOnka had already found the idol and to keep that information to himself as she did not want to jeopardize the trust that she had established with NaOnka. When Espada returned to their camp, Jimmy T. repeated his request to be given a shot at leading the tribe in a challenge. He also called out Marty for not being a team player when the tribe went searching for food. Marty then targeted Jimmy T. for elimination at Tribal Council. At Tribal Council, Jimmy T. again repeated his plea to lead the tribe just once in a challenge, but he would not get the chance as the tribe voted him out 5–3.

Episode 5: "Turf Wars"

• Reward Challenge: Playing in rounds, two members from one tribe would roll balls along a board with various pegs (similar to a Plinko or Pachinko board) that would deflect the ball. Two members from the other tribe would attempt to catch the balls as they exited the bottom of the board. If the two castaways fail to catch a ball, the other tribe would score a point and next round would be played. The first tribe to score three points would win.

• Reward: Two hens and one rooster.

• Immunity Challenge: Three members from each tribe would be strapped to a large wheel. Three other tribe members would spin the wheel, which would cause one strapped in castaway at a time to be dunked head first into water. While under water, the castaway would take water in the mouth, which they would then spit into a tube. Once the tube was filled, a ball would be released. The ball would be used by two other tribe members to break five tiles. The first tribe to break all five tiles would win.

Marty and NaOnka thought they were in total control of their tribes, but Jeff spoiled their plans by telling the castaways to drop their buffs as there would be a tribal switch before the start of the Reward Challenge. The castaways drew rocks for captains, with Brenda and Holly being selected. Brenda was told to pick three members from the older tribe that would join the younger tribe and she picked Jane, Jill, and Marty. Holly had to pick four members from the younger tribe to join the older tribe and she selected Alina, Benry, Chase, and NaOnka. Jeff declared that the old versus young tribes were done along with the Medallion of Power. The newly formed tribes went on to compete in the Reward Challenge and Espada took the win. Back at Espada's camp, Tyrone told the new young tribe members how the camp worked, which did not sit well with Alina and NaOnka. Holly tried to align herself with the younger group. Over La Flor, Jane told Brenda and Kelly B. to watch out for Marty and Jill's alliance. Marty told the tribe that he had a Hidden Immunity Idol. On day 13, an intense rain storm drove NaOnka to break down emotionally and she considered quitting, but Alina and Chase convinced her to stick it out. The Immunity Challenge was won by La Flor when Fabio and Jane came from behind during the tile breaking stage. Espada voted to kill one of the chickens before they head off to Tribal Council, so they killed one of the hens. Tyrone didn't want to kill the chicken and he was perceived to have taken a larger share of the chicken. The tribe considered voting out NaOnka for potentially quitting and Tyrone for being too bossy, but the vote went against Tyrone at Tribal Council and he was voted off 6–2.

Episode 6: "Worst Case Scenario"

• Immunity Challenge: The castaways would use paddles to dig up three rope rings one at a time, tossed into a basket strapped to their lower backs, and returned to the start line. The first tribe member to return all three rings to the start line would win.
• Reward Challenge: The winners of the Immunity Challenge would compete against each other to toss three rope rings onto hooks on a board set a few feet away.

• Reward: A feast of chicken and beef kebabs to be eaten while listening to the other tribe's Tribal Council.

On day 15, Dan thought about quitting the game. Yve asked Holly about why she wasn't told about the previous Tribal Council vote against Tyrone. When Yve found out from Holly that Dan was thinking of quitting, Yve thought she could use that info to lobby the younger members of the Espada tribe in voting out Dan. Over at La Flor, Brenda planned to flush out the Hidden Immunity Idol by splitting a 3–3 vote between Marty and Jill. When the tribes arrived for the Immunity Challenge, Jeff announced that they would not be playing for Tribal Immunity, but would be playing for Individual Immunity as both tribes would be going to Tribal Council that night. Jeff then announced that the winners of the Individual Immunities would then compete in the Reward Challenge. Jill and Holly won Individual Immunity for La Flor and Espada, respectively; Jill then won reward for her tribe Jill's immunity threw Brenda's plan into disarray and she came up with a new plan with Sash: to split the 3–3 vote between Marty and Kelly B., while telling Kelly B. that the vote would be split between Marty and Jane. Marty worked on getting Fabio to join the older alliance by fabricating a story that he was a chess grandmaster and that as a child, he had beaten Guillermo Vilas, who actually played tennis and was not a chess grandmaster. Sash told Fabio to vote for Marty, but Fabio had believed Marty's chess story and was conflicted about voting for Marty since he thought Marty was offering him an alliance and insight into his game. At Espada, Yve continued her lobbying against Dan as being the weaker player in challenges and him thinking about quitting. The younger members of the tribe were split between voting Dan or Yve as she was seen as the bigger threat within the game. At La Flor's Tribal Council, the plan to flush the Hidden Immunity Idol did not work when Marty did not play it and the vote ended up being a tie 3–3–2 between Marty, Kelly B., and Brenda. A second vote was taken with Marty and Kelly B. not voting and the others only voting for those two. The vote swung against a very surprised Kelly B. and she was out by a vote of 5–1. The remaining La Flor members then moved to the side to enjoy their feast and observe Espada's Tribal Council. Yve continued her lobbying against Dan, but she was unable to convince the tribe to vote against him and she was voted out 6–1.

Episode 7: "What Goes Around, Comes Around"

• Reward Challenge: One member from each tribe would act as a defender and stand on a small platform above a pool of water. The opposing tribe members would leap off a platform on one end of the pool into the water and try to throw a ball into a net on the far end. The defender would attempt to knock the ball away from the net. A point would be scored for each ball successfully thrown into the net. The first tribe to score five points would win.

• Reward: A trip to a Nicaraguan farm for a horseback ride and breakfast.

• Immunity Challenge: Two members from each tribe would stand on top of a tower and roll cannonballs down a chute. Four other members of the tribe would use ropes to guide the chute so that cannonball would break five tiles arranged in a field. The first tribe to break all five tiles would win.

After Espada returned to their camp site, Chase, Holly, and NaOnka talked about voting out Alina ahead of the merge. Over at La Flor, Marty was seething over Jane's flip to the younger group at Tribal Council and confronted her about it, but she neither confirmed or denied her vote. Espada won back to back challenges by winning both the Reward and Immunity Challenges. With the La Flor loss, the younger group had another opportunity to flush the Hidden Immunity Idol and they planned to split the vote 3–2 between Marty and Jill. If Marty played the Idol, the vote would be tied between Jill and whomever the Marty/Jill alliance would vote for and the younger group would then vote out Jill. Meanwhile Sash came up with the plan to tell Marty that he would be safe at the next Tribal Council if he gave up the Hidden Immunity Idol. Sash sweetened the deal by telling Marty that if La Flor lost the next Immunity Challenge, Sash would return the Hidden Immunity Idol. Marty decided to give the Idol to Sash instead of playing it at Tribal Council hoping to stay in the game and make it to the Tribal Merge. At Tribal Council, the younger tribe kept their word about keeping Marty and Jill was sent home by a vote of 3–2–2.

Episode 8: "Company Will Be Arriving Soon"

• Immunity Challenge: The castaways would use two metal handles to hold a metal bar in tension above a tile. The last man and woman to keep tension on the bar and keep it from breaking the tile would win.

Marty was ecstatic that the tree mail on day 19 announced the tribal merge and a move to the Espada camp site. Before La Flor arrived, Alina lobbied for the six Espada members to stick together to the final six, but there was little enthusiasm for such an alliance. Marty named the new tribe 'Libertad', the Spanish word for freedom. After the merge, Brenda and NaOnka reestablished their alliance made before the tribal switch and told each other what had happened at each tribe. On day 20, NaOnka made breakfast, but got angry when she ate last and got the smallest share. Her anger prompted her to steal food and supplies which she hid in the jungle. NaOnka shared her stolen items with Alina and told Alina that she was being targeted by the tribe. When other members of the tribe noticed that items were missing, Holly said that she saw NaOnka take the flour jar and put in her bag. NaOnka vehemently denied that she took the flour, claiming that she put it back, but did not explain why the flour was in her bag. Eventually, NaOnka confessed to stealing the food after Alina and Chase convinced her that if she confessed, it would be better than continuing to lie. Even then, she tried to convince them that she stole it for the benefit of the tribe, and so that they wouldn't greedily eat all of it too soon. But most of the others, most prominently Marty, refused to believe this story and knew that she stole the food for her own benefit. The alliance of Brenda, Chase, Jane, and Sash decided to protect NaOnka by distancing themselves from her. Sash admitted that it would be better strategically to bring NaOnka to the finale at this point because of her actions, as obviously, no one would vote for her to win, which would greatly benefit whoever else was in the finale with her. At the Immunity Challenge, Jane stayed in the challenge to continue to compete against the men even though she had already won the women's side of the challenge. Fabio outlasted Chase to win the men's side. Jane told the rest of the women that she stayed in the challenge to show up Marty. The tribe was split between voting for Marty or Alina. Sash asked his alliance to keep Marty around for one more Tribal Council so that he could keep his word on the deal that he made with Marty to give up the Hidden Immunity Idol. At Tribal Council, Marty was very vocal that Jane was the biggest threat to win the game, even going so far as announcing that should Jane reach the Final Tribal Council that he would vote for her. The votes were cast and after the tally, Alina became the first jury member by a vote of 10–2.

Episode 9: "Running the Camp"

• Reward Challenge: The tribe would be randomly split into two teams. The teams would run an obstacle course of a hay stack, a rope crawl, a reed blocked pathway, a net crawl, and a brick wall to collect three keys. The first team to collect all three keys and unlock their team's flag would win.

• Reward: A tour of the jungle canopy with zip-lining and a barbecue feast.

• Immunity Challenge: The castaways would test their memory by having to memorize a series of symbols shown by Jeff. The castaways would have to show back the symbols in order. If they showed the wrong symbol, they would be out of the challenge. The last castaway to show all of the correct symbols would win.

The day after Tribal Council, Marty continued his plotting against Jane by proposing a plan to Benry and Dan to feign a vote against NaOnka to Chase and Holly, but really vote for Jane. Marty said that this would flush out NaOnka's Hidden Immunity Idol and blindside Jane. At the Reward Challenge, the random draw for teams turned out to be men versus women.¹ Since there were eleven castaways, Chase was the odd man out and did not participate. However, he could select the team he thought would win, and if they won, he would join them on the reward. He selected the women, but this turned out to be a poor choice when the men won the challenge. On the reward, Marty continued his lobbying for his plan to vote out Jane. The Immunity Challenge was won by Brenda. Back at camp, Marty put his plan into motion by telling Chase that the men were voting for NaOnka. Chase told Holly that he thought the guys were trying to blindside Jane and he was voting for Marty. Marty told Brenda that the plan to flush the idol and blindside Jane was Sash's idea. Brenda and Sash talked over their swing votes by either joining the Marty or Jane blocs. At Tribal Council, the discussion became heated when NaOnka made an expletive-filled rant towards Marty and Fabio, culminating with NaOnka giving Marty the finger. Marty's plan to flush the idol failed when NaOnka did not feel threatened enough to play her idol. When the time to vote came, Brenda and Sash decided to join the bloc voting against Marty and he was sent to the jury by a vote of 7–4.

^1 The odds that the 6 men and 5 women would be randomly split into an all-male and all-female team are 1-in-231, or around 0.4%

Episode 10: "Stuck in the Middle"

• Reward Challenge: The tribe would be split into two teams by school yard pick. The teams would be given four barrels, two wood planks, and 10 feet (3.0 m) of rope that they would use to cross the beach without stepping on the sand. If any team member steps onto the sand, the entire team would have to restart from the beginning. The first team to reach the finish line would win.

• Reward: A helicopter trip to the Cerro Negro volcano with volcano surfing and pizza, brownies, and soft drinks.

• Immunity Challenge: The castaways would stand on small platforms and hang on to a rope while leaning backwards over a pool of water. The rope would have knots tied along its length. In five minute intervals, the castaways would have to move further down the rope to the next knot, increasing the angle at which they were hanging over the water. The last castaway to hang on to the rope would win.

After Brenda and Sash tipped their alliances at the last Tribal Council, Holly decided that she had to make a move in the game and get either Brenda or Sash voted out next. She then recruited Jane, Benry, and NaOnka into voting for Brenda. She talked to Chase about voting for Brenda, but he was more concerned about Benry being a bigger threat. Holly left Kelly out of the plan believing that she wouldn't switch because she was riding Brenda's coatail. A rain storm came and the tribe moved their three wooden chests around the fire in order to protect it before they headed off to the challenge. At the Reward Challenge, the team of Chase, Fabio, Jane, Kelly, and NaOnka cruised to victory. While on their reward, NaOnka took Fabio aside and filled him in on the plan to vote out Brenda. Kelly looked on in surprise and questioned their actions to Chase but he didn't fill her in on the blindside against Brenda. When the losing team returned to camp, they discovered that the three chests had caught fire and burned down, taking with it their machetes and almost all of the tribe's food. After the winning team returned to camp, Chase told Brenda the entire plan to vote her out, but Brenda shrugged it off. Chase again lobbied to vote out Benry to NaOnka, but NaOnka would not budge and she then told Benry, Jane, and Holly that Chase could not be trusted, since he had told Brenda about their plan. At the Immunity Challenge, after a showdown between Jane and Chase, Jane claimed victory; and afterwards, Chase once again lobbied to vote out Benry, but this time to Sash. NaOnka told Sash about the plan to vote out Brenda and he was then torn between giving the Hidden Immunity Idol to Brenda or letting the plan go through. At Tribal Council, Brenda called out NaOnka for splitting up the original alliance, while NaOnka tried to deflect the blame onto Chase. Sash and Kelly said they both felt it was the first time they had been left out of the loop. Brenda defiantly refused to scramble to stay in the game, leaving it up to her trust in her alliance to keep her in the game. However, it was not to be and she was voted out 8–1–1.

Voting history

	Original Tribes				Switched Tribes					Merged Tribe
Episode	1	2	3	4	5	6			7	8	9	10
Eliminated:	Wendy 9/10 votes	Shannon 7/10 votes	Jimmy J. 8/9 votes	Jimmy T. 5/8 votes	Tyrone 6/8 votes	Tie	Kelly B. 5/6 votes1	Yve 6/7 votes	Jill 3/7 votes	Alina 10/12 votes	Marty 7/11 votes	Brenda 8/10 votes
Voter	Vote
Benry		Shannon			Tyrone			Yve		Alina	Jane	Brenda
Chase		Shannon			Tyrone			Yve		Alina	Marty	Brenda
Dan	Wendy		Jimmy J.	Jimmy T.	Tyrone			Yve		Alina	Jane	Brenda
Fabio		Brenda				Kelly B.	Kelly B.		Marty	Alina	Jane	Brenda
Holly	Wendy		Jimmy J.	Dan	Tyrone			Yve		Alina	Marty	Brenda
Jane	Wendy		Jimmy J.	Dan		Marty	Marty		Marty	Marty	Marty	Brenda
Kelly S.		Shannon				Kelly B.	Kelly B.		Jill	Alina	Marty	Benry
NaOnka		Shannon			Tyrone			Yve		Alina	Marty	Brenda
Sash		Shannon				Marty	Kelly B.		Jill	Alina	Marty	Brenda
Brenda		Shannon				Kelly B.	Kelly B.		Jill	Alina	Marty	NaOnka
Marty	Wendy		Jimmy J.	Jimmy T.		Brenda	None		Jane	Alina	Jane
Alina		Brenda			Tyrone			Yve		Marty
Jill	Wendy		Jimmy J.	Jimmy T.		Brenda	Kelly B.		Jane
Yve	Wendy		Jimmy J.	Jimmy T.	NaOnka			Dan
Kelly B.		Shannon				Marty	None
Tyrone	Wendy		Jimmy J.	Jimmy T.	NaOnka
Jimmy T.	Wendy		Jimmy J.	Dan
Jimmy J.	Wendy		Dan
Shannon		Brenda
Wendy	Yve

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Episode	Rating	Share	Rating/Share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	Weekly Rank
"Young at Heart"	6.8	12	4.0/13	12.23	#7
"Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us All"	7.0	12	4.0/12	12.59	#19
"Glitter in Their Eyes"	7.1	12	3.5/11	12.26	#18
"Pulling the Trigger"	7.0	12	3.8/11	12.05	#19
"Turf Wars"	6.9	11	3.8/11	12.32	#15
"Worst Case Scenario"	7.0	12	3.6/11	12.26	#14
"What Goes Around, Comes Around"	6.6	11	3.5/10	11.82	#19
"Company Will Be Arriving Soon"	7.0	11	3.7/11	12.30	#13
"Running the Camp"	6.4	10	3.2/10	11.29	#19
"Stuck in the Middle"	6.9	11	3.5/10	11.98

Canadian ratings

Episode	Viewers (millions)	Rank (Week)
"Young at Heart"	2.590	#1
"Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us All"	2.589	#5
"Glitter in Their Eyes"	2.426	#7
"Pulling the Trigger"	2.330	#6
"Turf Wars"	2.358	#5
"Worst Case Scenario"	2.173	#8
"What Goes Around, Comes Around"	2.404	#5
"Company Will Be Arriving Soon"	2.352	#7
"Running the Camp"
"Stuck in the Middle"

External links

• Official CBS Survivor Website