Survivor: Micronesia Fanfic

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Survivor: Micronesia
Filming location	Koror, Palau, Micronesia
Winner	Tracy Hughes-Wolf (7-0 - originally 7-1)
Season run	05-01-08 – 08-21-08
No. of episodes	14
No. of days	39
No. of survivors	20
Tribes	Airai Malakal Rubak
Season chronology
Previous	Survivor: China Fanfic
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Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites is a fanfic based on the sixteenth season of the CBS reality television series Survivor. Pitting die-hard Survivor fans against some of the series' past contestants, this season is the show's third to include contestants from past seasons, after the all-returning contestant pool from Survivor: All-Stars and Survivor: Guatemala in which two contestants from Survivor: Palau returned for a second chance.

The full cast of 20 contestants were revealed on April 20, 2008. Host Jeff Probst revealed that a list of 20 Favorites was put together (enough for an entire game) and then 10 of them were cut. Others included for consideration were Sundra Oakley (of Survivor: Cook Islands), Todd Herzog (of Survivor: China), and Leslie Nease (of China), though Probst confirmed that Herzog and Nease were not selected partly because they were to be in contention for a possible future All-Stars season. The contestants were split into two tribes, fans and favorites, named Airai and Malakal respectively. Both tribes were named after islands in Palau.

The season was filmed in Palau, marking the second time Survivor has filmed there (the first being 2005). Exile Island returned this season after being absent from Survivor: China, with a new twist of one castaway from each tribe being sent to Exile Island where they had to compete to find the Hidden Immunity Idol. This season also marks a record number of times the idol was used, since the idol was re-hidden every time it was used. Jason found and used the idol in Episode 3, which eliminated Erik. Mikey then found the idol in Episode 4 and played it in Episode 8, eliminating Jason. Mary was the next to find the idol in Episode 10 and played it in Episode 11, though she had no votes against her. Finally, Brooke found the idol in Episode 12 and played it the last time possible in Episode 14. She also had recieved no votes against her that night.

In the end, Fan Tracy Hughes-Wolf beat Favorite Brooke Stephens in a 7-0 vote, the only unanimous final vote in Survivor history.

Contents 1 Contestants 2 The game 2.1 Episode 1: "Those Who Are At War With Others..." 2.2 Episode 2: Things Go "Airai" 2.3 Episode 3: Jealous Bone 2.4 Episode 4: "If You're Gonna Lose Badly..." 2.5 Episode 5: Jeff Does it Again! 2.6 Episode 6: Blindsides and Betrayal 2.7 Episode 7: Showdown! 2.8 Episode 8: I Think You're a Little Paranoid 2.9 Episode 9: To Lie or Not to Lie 2.10 Episode 10: Evening the Score 2.11 Episode 11: "Tough Times Don't Last; Tough People Do" 2.12 Episode 12: The Great Divide 2.13 Episode 13: Tonight's Enemies, Tomorrow's Allies? 2.14 Episode 14: The Last Battle 2.15 Voting history 3 Ratings 3.1 U.S. standard ratings

[edit] Contestants

Contestant	Original Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish	Total Votes
Dave Cruser 37, Simi Valley, CA Formerly of Survivor: China	Malakal			1st Voted Out Day 3	8
Chet Welch 48, Ford City, PA	Airai			2nd Voted Out Day 6	9
Erik Reichenbach 22, Pinckney, MI	Airai			3rd Voted Out Day 9	3
Natalie Bolton 32, Los Angeles, CA	Airai			4th Voted Out Day 12	5
Earl Cole 36, Santa Monica, CA Formerly of Survivor: Fiji	Malakal	Airai		5th Voted Out Day 15	5
Ruth Marie Milliman 50, Greenville, SC Formerly of Survivor: Panama	Malakal	Airai		6th Voted Out Day 16	3
Ami Cusack 34, Golden, CO Formerly of Survivor: Vanuatu	Malakal	Malakal		7th Voted Out Day 16	5
Terry Deitz 48, Simsbury, CT Formerly of Survivor: Panama	Malakal	Airai		8th Voted Out Day 19	5
Joel Anderson 32, Avondale, AZ	Airai	Malakal		Removed Due to Injury Day 21	5
Jason Siska 22, Fox River Grove, IL	Airai	Airai		9th Voted Out Day 22	11
Ian Rosenberger 26, Key Largo, FL Formerly of Survivor: Palau	Malakal	Malakal	Rubak	10th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 25	6
Kathleen "Kathy" Sleckman 45, Glen Ellyn, IL	Airai	Malakal		11th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27	4
Sherea Lloyd 27, Atlanta, GA Formerly of Survivor: China	Malakal	Malakal		12th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	9
Aras Baskauskas 26, Santa Monica, CA Formerly of Survivor: Panama	Malakal	Malakal		13th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33	4
Alexis Jones 24, Los Angeles, CA	Airai	Malakal		14th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36	5
Eliza Orlins 25, New York, NY Formerly of Survivor: Vanuatu	Malakal	Airai		15th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37	8
Mary Sartain 29, Emeryville, CA	Airai	Malakal		16th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37	5
Michael "Mikey B" Bortone 34, Los Angeles, CA	Airai	Airai		17th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 38	52
Brooke Stephens 29, Hood River, OR Formerly of Survivor: Guatemala	Malakal	Malakal		Runner-Up	6
Tracy Hughes-Wolf 43, Fredericksburg, VA	Airai	Airai		Sole Survivor	4

The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaways 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.

Note 1: In Episode 3, Jason played the Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore four votes against him were not counted.

Note 2: In Episode 8, Mikey played the Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore three votes against him were not counted.

[edit] The game

Episode Titles	Air Date	Challenges		Exiled	Eliminated	Vote	Finish
		Reward	Immunity
"Those Who Are at War With Others..."	May 1, 2008	Airai3		None4	Dave	8-2	1st Voted Out Day 3
Things Go "Airai"	May 8, 2008	Malakal	Malakal	Jason	Chet	9-1	2nd Voted Out Day 6
				Eliza
Jealous Bone	May 15, 2008	Malakal	Malakal	Jason	Erik	3-211	3rd Voted Out Day 9
				Ruth Marie
"If You're Gonna Lose Badly..."	May 22, 2008	Malakal	Malakal	Mikey	Natalie	5-2-1	4th Voted Out Day 12
				Ruth Marie
Jeff Does It Again!	May 29, 2008	Malakal	Malakal	Jason	Earl	5-2	5th Voted Out Day 15
				Ian
Blindsides and Betrayal	June 6, 2008	Airai	None5	None5	Ruth Marie	3-2-1	6th Voted Out Day 16
					Ami	5-4	7th Voted Out Day 16
Showdown	June 19, 2008	Malakal	Malakal	Mikey	Terry	3-2	8th Voted Out Day 19
				Joel
I Think You're a Little Paranoid	June 26, 2008	Airai	Malakal	Kathy	Joel	No Vote	Removed Due to Injury Day 21
				Tracy	Jason	1-013	9th Voted Out Day 22
To Lie or Not to Lie	July 5, 2008	None6	Aras	None6	Ian	6-3-1	10th Voted Out Day 25
Evening the Score	July 14, 2008	Brooke, Eliza, Sherea7		Mary	Kathy	3-3	11th Voted Out Day 27
"Tough Times Don't Last; Tough People Do"	July 20, 2008	Eliza, Mikey	Aras	Brooke	Sherea	4-2-1-1	12th Voted Out Day 30
The Great Divide	July 28, 2008	Survivor Auction8	Tracy	Brooke8	Aras	4-3	13th Voted Out Day 33
Tonight's Enemies, Tomorrow's Allies?	August 8, 2008	Tracy [Brooke]	Mikey	Alexis	Alexis	2-2-2	14th Voted Out Day 36
The Last Battle	August 21, 2008	None	Mikey	None	Eliza	3-2	15th Voted Out Day 37
			Tracy		Mary	2-29	16th Voted Out Day 37
			Brooke		Mikey	1-0	17th Voted Out Day 38
"Reunion"	August 21, 2008	Jury Vote			Brooke	7-010	Runner-Up
					Tracy		Sole Survivor

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

Note 3: Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.

Note 4: In Episode 1, Exile Island was not yet known to the castaways.

Note 5: In Episode 6, due to the double Tribal Council, there was no Immunity Challenge and noone was sent to Exile Island.

Note 6: Due to the merge, there was no Reward Challenge and noone was sent to Exile Island.

Note 7: In Episode 10, Brooke, Eliza, and Sherea won the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge and therefore missed voting at Tribal Council.

Note 8: In Episode 11, instead of a Reward Challenge, there was a Survivor auction. The castaways were to give money to any other castaway except themselves. Brooke got the least amount of money and was automatically sent to Exile Island.

Note 9: Mary lost in the fire-making tiebreaker challenge.

Note 10: Tracy got the power to nullify one vote in the final Tribal Council. She chose to nullify Eliza's vote for Brooke.

[edit] Episode 1: "Those Who Are At War With Others..."

10 huge Survivor Fans were pitted against 10 of their favorite Survivors from seasons past. Both tribes immediately competed for a shot at individual Immunity. Jason narrowly beat Alexis to the Immunity necklace for Airai, and Earl walked away with the necklace for Malakal when Aras and Ian both backed off. At Airai, the inexperienced Fans struggled on their beach and disagreed about whether to focus their efforts on shelter or food, and the bickering between Tracy and Mikey slowed down the tribe’s progress. At Malakal, the tribe came together to build an impressive shelter, but by Day 2, their camp life was also plagued by conflict, as arguments erupted between Dave and Sherea. At the first Immunity Challenge, it was a back-and-forth battle between the Fans and the Favorites, but in the end, the Fans came out on top. Facing Tribal Council, the Favorites unanimously agreed to send Dave home. But when Eliza expressed reluctance to vote him out, Terry and Aras, who felt vulnerable, saw an opportunity to throw a mystery vote at Sherea and blame it on Eliza. At Tribal Council, Terry set the plan into motion, as he and Aras reluctantly said goodbye to Survivor: China winner, and their only ally, Dave, in a 8-2 vote.

• Reward/Immunity Challenge: The tribes must race to assemble four puzzle wheels and place them on their cart. They must then push their cart through a series of obstacles. When they reach the sand pit, they must dig up a bundle of planks. They will use the planks to fill in a series of gaps in a bridge. Push their cart over your bridge to the finish platform, where they must then take the wheels off of their cart and use them to complete a turnstile. Finally, they’ll use the turnstile to raise a fire wok, lighting the top of the platform. First tribe to finish wins the challenge.
• Reward: The winning team wins Tribal Immunity and flint.

[edit] Episode 2: Things Go "Airai"

Aras and Terry’s mystery vote for Sherea caused disarray within the tribe of Favorites and threw suspicion onto Eliza. But Brooke and Ami were skeptical of their story. At Airai, Jason took over Tracy’s position as the tribe leader, but the Fans continued to flounder. The tribe of Fans began a downward spiral: First, they lost valuable fishing gear at the Reward Challenge. Then, at the Immunity Challenge, the Favorites won another close battle. On Exile Island, Jason came up with a scheme to tell Eliza false information about his tribe. But when he returned to camp and revealed the plan to his tribemates, they got angry. Erik contemplated taking Jason out of the game, due to his ineptitude and his jealousy for Jason's time with Eliza. With Jason immune and unable to be voted out, Chet announced that he was ready to leave the game. The tribe agreed to grant him his wish, and at Tribal Council, he was voted out 9-1.

• Reward Challenge: Each tribe selects three decoders and one key master. The rest of the tribe will be competing in three groups: first, three tribe members, then four tribe members, and finally five tribe members. Each group of tribe members will retrieve a key that is hanging from a post that ranges from 10’ to 12’ into the air. The higher the key, the more tribe members they’ll use. Once they have all three keys, the key master will use them to open a chest containing ten coconuts with island symbols on them, and one coconut that provides a clue. The decoders will then take those coconuts and use the symbol-to-letter guide to decode the numbered coconuts. They’ll then use those letters to unscramble a one-word answer. First tribe to solve it correctly wins Reward.
• Reward: Fishing gear and flint for Malakal.
• Immunity Challenge: The tribes will divide into three groups of three. Two groups of three will each push a barrel through a series of obstacles. Along the way, they’ll each collect three puzzle pole pieces: that’s a total of six for each tribe. Put those pieces inside the barrel and continue through the course. When they reach their tribe mat, they’ll hand the barrels off to the remaining group of three, who will use those six puzzle pole pieces to assemble a flagpole. The entire tribe will then dig down and uncover a flag. First tribe to raise their flag wins Immunity.

[edit] Episode 3: Jealous Bone

After voting out Chet, things were beginning to look up for the Fans when they finally made their first fire. Erik continued to plot to take out Jason in order to become the sole provider at Airai. Meanwhile, the women of Malakal came together to form a powerful alliance of five against Earl and Ian, but Brooke expressed reluctance because of the alliance she had already formed with the two men. Right before the Reward Challenge, Mikey called the Favorites "losers", sparking outrage from Malakal. However, the tables turned when Malakal once again won the Reward Challenge and chose to send Jason to Exile Island, who then chose Ruth Marie. On Exile Island, Jason found the hidden Immunity Idol. But at Airai, Erik attempted to take control of the game by removing his biggest threat, Jason. The entire tribe seemed to agree with Erik's decision, though Tracy seemed hesitant at letting the guys have so much power. After another Malakal victory at the Immunity Challenge, it seemed certain that Erik’s plan to blindside Jason would work. But Tracy came up with a plan to switch up the game, and told Jason of Erik's plan. Just before Tribal Council, Joel and Erik realized that Jason could possibly have the idol and decided to try to split their votes for Kathy. Unfortunately, they were shortsighted and forgot to tell their ally Mikey B. At Tribal Council, Jason played the hidden idol, and Erik’s allies watched in awe as he was eliminated in a 3-2 vote.

• Reward Challenge: Each tribe will select two tribe members to be attached by belt to a very long rope that snakes over, under, and around a series of obstacles. The rest of the tribe will push and pull those two tribe members through all the obstacles. At the end of the rope, is a combination wheel. One tribe member will swim out to a barrel, dive down, unclip a mess kit that has three numbers painted on it. This will give them the numbers they need to solve the combination. If they solve it correctly, they will find an ax. They’ll take the ax, chop a rope, dropping a tribe flag. First tribe to drop their flag wins Reward.
• Reward: Three blankets, two pillows, two lanterns, one hammock.
• Immunity Challenge: Each tribe will designate five choppers, two rowers, and two puzzle-builders. The five choppers will race, one-at-a-time, to cut through wooden beams concealing ropes, releasing a bundle of stone money pieces. When they have the bundle, they’ll race back to their tribe; the next person will go. Once they’ve retrieved all five bundles, the two rowers will paddle across a lagoon and hand those bundles off to the remaining two tribe members, who must stack those stone money pieces in the correct order on a puzzle pole with a very heavy stone base. They must then drag the completed puzzle across the finish line. First tribe to finish wins Immunity.

[edit] Episode 4: "If You're Gonna Lose Badly..."

At Airai, the alliance of Natalie, Alexis, Mary, Joel, and Mikey B split along gender lines, and Natalie set her sights on the women. Over at Malakal, the Favorites were also split men against women, and Earl and Ian solidified their bond to the end. Then they offered their original ally, Brooke, a spot in the Final Three, potentially putting her in an alliance with every member of the tribe. The Favorites continued to dominate the game, winning the Reward Challenge and their fifth challenge in a row. With Malakal’s long winning streak, Sherea took her tribe’s fate into her own hands by hatching a plan to throw the challenge. At the Immunity Challenge, Sherea’s plan fell through when Kathy broke down for the Fans, and cost her tribe another victory. With the Fans facing another Tribal Council, chaos ensued as Kathy, Tracy, Mikey B, Alexis, and Natalie all found themselves on the chopping block. But the alliance of Tracy, Kathy, and Jason saw Natalie as their biggest strategic threat, and they easily convinced Mikey B and Joel to vote against her. At Tribal Council, the plan came together. Natalie was blindsided in a 5-2-1 vote, and Tracy got rid of her biggest threat.

• Reward Challenge: Each tribe will select three pairs. Each pair will stand on a platform, with each person using one arm to hold onto a hook. Every two minutes, members of the opposing tribe will load up one of those pairs with five pound pieces of stone money. Eventually, the weight will become too much and a pair will drop out of the challenge. Last pair left standing wins, for their tribe, Reward.
• Reward: Three bags of rice, beans, spices, bottles of wine.
• Immunity Challenge: One person will be the tribe's caller. The rest of the tribe will be blindfolded. One at a time, the caller will lead them out onto the beach, where there are seven tiles hanging. Using a Palauan war club, they must smash a tile, releasing a bundle of puzzle pieces. Then while still blindfolded, they must find the puzzle pieces and take them to their puzzle board, then race back to the start, then the next person goes. Once they’ve collected all seven bundles of puzzle pieces, as a tribe, they’ll assemble a puzzle map of Micronesia. First tribe to correctly solve it wins Immunity.

[edit] Episode 5: Jeff Does it Again!

After her closest ally, Natalie, was voted out, Alexis felt vulnerable. But a twist in the game gave her new life when the Fans and the Favorites were mixed. Friendships and alliances were split, as Ian and Earl along with Brooke and Eliza were separated. The new Malakal tribe combined Ian, Brooke, Ami, Aras, and Sherea from the Favorites, with Joel, Alexis, Mary, and Kathy from the Fans. The new Airai tribe combined Terry, Earl, Ruth Marie, and Eliza from the Favorites, with Jason, Tracy, and Mikey B from the Fans. At the new Malakal, Ami came up with a plan to pull Mary and Alexis into an alliance of five, which caused argument between her and Aras. At the Immunity Challenge, a new mixture of members couldn’t keep Malakal from winning Immunity. At Airai, Eliza immediately flipped over to the Fans’ side and vowed to take out Terry. When Mikey B’s trust was questioned, Eliza brought in Ruth Marie to secure a majority vote. At Tribal Council, the tribe was thrown for a loop when Earl gave individual Immunity to Terry. With Terry immune, Eliza, Ruth Marie, and the Fans turned on his closest ally, Earl, and he was blindsided in 5-2 vote.

• Reward Challenge: Each tribe has pieces to make a Micronesian bai (a traditional meeting house). Five tribe members carry the pieces 200 yards up the beach. The remaining two members from each tribe will be architects. Their job is to make sure that the bai gets created exactly as it appears in the model. They can only help rebuild once all your pieces have been placed inside the circle. They’ll also have a collection of Micronesian symbols, which they must place in the same positions as they are on the model. First tribe to correctly put together their bai wins Reward.
• Reward: A picnic for the tribe.
• Immunity Challenge: The tribes square off four-on-four: two men and two women per round. Jeff releases two giant wooden balls into the lagoon. Their objective is to get both of those wooden balls into their own tribe’s end zone at the same time. Each time they do they score a point for their tribe. They are allowed to steal a ball from your opponent’s end zone even after it’s in there. First tribe to score two points wins Immunity.

[edit] Episode 6: Blindsides and Betrayal

After voting out Earl at the fifth Tribal Council, Terry and Eliza had it out; Terry vowed to go down with a fight, and a new rivalry was born. Mary and Aras took their friendship to new levels at Malakal. At the challenge, it was revealed that there would be a double Tribal Council, and Airai finally broke Malakal’s eight challenge winning streak. At Malakal, Ami, Brooke, and Sherea spun a web of deception. But Aras saw through the women’s false promises, and sided with the Fans. Back at Airai, it seemed certain that Terry would go, but before Tribal Council, Jason swayed his allies, Tracy and Mikey, to eliminate the weakest link instead. At Tribal Council, Eliza received vote one, Terry got two, and a stunned Ruth Marie got the rest. Then it was Malakal’s turn to vote someone out, and in a close 5-4 vote between Ami and Joel, it was Ami who was sent packing, leaving her allies, Brooke and Sherea, on the Malakal chopping block.

• Reward Challenge: One tribe member at a time will attempt to navigate a balance obstacle course, while members of the other tribe attempt to knock them off by swinging heavy bags of sand. Each tribe will assign two members to swing the bags. When they reach the end, they’ll grab a flag and try to make their way back. If they fall off at any point along the way, or if they’re knocked off, they have to make their way back to the start and the next person goes. All four tribe members have to attempt the course at least once. First tribe to collect five flags wins Reward.
• Reward: A barbecue grill, steaks, sausages, vegetables, potato salad, and cold iced tea.

[edit] Episode 7: Showdown!

At Malakal, Brooke and Sherea blew up on Aras for betraying the Favorites and voting out Ami. The next day, a four-way alliance was formed between Ian, Aras, Alexis, and Mary. Over at Airai, Eliza felt betrayed when the Fans blindsided Ruth Marie but Tracy confirmed their plans to vote out Terry. Meanwhile, Terry tried to solidify an alliance of three with Jason and Mikey B to join up with Ian and Aras at the merge. Malakal once again won the Reward Challenge and sent Mikey to Exile Island; he then chose his former ally Joel to join him. Unbeknownst to any of his tribe members, Mikey showed Joel he had found the hidden Immunity Idol. Before the challenge, Terry vowed to save himself, while Aras contemplated throwing it to save Terry and get rid of Sherea. But at the Immunity Challenge, the powerful Malakal tribe once again defeated the weakened members of Airai. Back at camp, the tribe was divided between Eliza and Terry, leaving Jason as the swing vote. At Tribal Council, Terry fought to stay. But his plea fell on deaf ears, as Jason sided with Eliza and Tracy to vote his biggest threat out before the merge, 3-2.

• Reward Challenge: Each tribe has six stone money pieces of varying size and weight: from 5 pounds up to 30 pounds. Each tribe also has three platforms. Moving one piece at a time, the tribes will transfer their money stones from platform 1 to platform 3, using all three platforms to solve the puzzle. In addition, they can never have a larger piece on top of a smaller piece. Finally, all five tribe members must be inside the white ring before they can move on to the next platform. First tribe to correctly transfer all six money stones to platform 3 wins Reward.
• Reward: A trip to a coffee house, with coffee, desserts, showers, and beds.
• Immunity Challenge: One member at a time for each tribe will swim out into the water and through a multi-level net tunnel that’s partially submerged. When you reach the platform, they’ll untie a bag of puzzle pieces. They'll then come back to the start by going back through the tunnel, but this time they’ll go through the lower level. Then the next person will go out to collect the second bag, and so on, until they have all five bags. Once they have all five bags of puzzle pieces, two tribe members will open them up and start putting together a word scramble puzzle. Once they have the puzzle together, they start circling the words that are on their puzzle board. Each word is the name of a tribe from a previous season of Survivor. Any time two words intersect, take that intersecting letter and write it on a letter tile. When they've found all the words, they take the intersecting letters and use them to form a four word phrase. First tribe to solve it correctly wins Immunity.

[edit] Episode 8: I Think You're a Little Paranoid

With Aras, Alexis, Mary, and Ian in control of the Malakal tribe, Brooke and Sherea tried to form a counter-alliance with Kathy and Joel. But the next day, Joel was evacuated from the game when he cut his hand with the machete, severing the tendon to his fingers. His evacuation left Brooke, Sherea, and Kathy outnumbered and in a vulnerable position. On Exile Island, Kathy let her ally, Tracy, in on some Malakal tribe secrets. In the final Immunity Challenge before the merge, the Airai tribe came up short once again and Malakal won their sixth-straight Immunity Challenge. Before Tribal Council, Jason revealed to Tracy and Eliza that he was suspicious of Mikey B having the hidden Immunity Idol. Tracy came up with a plan to blindside Mikey and keep Eliza to secure votes from Brooke and Sherea after the merge. But Eliza filled Mikey in on the plan to oust him, and decided to target Jason. At Tribal Council, Eliza’s plan to eliminate Jason worked, when Mikey B heeded her advice and played the hidden Immunity Idol, eliminating Jason in a 1-0 vote.

• Reward Challenge: All four tribe members will start out on a floating platform, where they will find four bundles of stone money pieces. One at a time, they must transport a bundle of money stones to the beach by moving them along a rope and through a water obstacle course. The first stage: they must maneuver the pieces around a Micronesian war canoe. The second stage: they must get the pieces up and over a wall. For the final stage, they’ll go underwater and maneuver the pieces around three hitching posts. Once they have their bundle back to the beach and on the mat, the next person can go. Once all four bundles are back, two tribe members will use those twelve money stones to solve a rotating cog puzzle. First tribe to assemble the puzzle correctly wins Reward.
• Reward: A trip to a tropical island and desserts.
• Immunity Challenge: The tribes will be shown a large Micronesian storyboard depicting a Palauan legend and given time to memorize the order of each of the symbols. They’ll then paddle to three puzzle stations. At each station, one tribe member will solve a puzzle that contains an equation, where they will have to add, subtract, or divide numbers to find an answer. They’ll then untie a corresponding box, searching for a key. When they have all three keys, they’ll paddle to the finish, where one tribe member will use those keys to unlock a footlocker, which contains the missing pieces to the storyboard. Finally, two tribe members must then place those symbols in the correct order on the tribe’s storyboard. First tribe to get it right wins Immunity.

[edit] Episode 9: To Lie or Not to Lie

After a shocking Tribal Council, Mikey was pissed at Tracy for voting for him, but knew the two of them and Eliza had to stick together to make it to the endgame. At Malakal, Aras was pleasantly running the beach, and Kathy, Brooke, and Sherea were eager for a chance to jump. On Day 23, the merge finally materialized and brought the two tribes together. In order to keep the Malakal tribe together, Mary and Alexis formed a decoy alliance with Brooke and Sherea. But instead, Brooke and Sherea joined forces with Kathy and the three remaining members of Airai. After a big day of strategizing, the new Rubak tribe broke out the beer to celebrate and Ian paid the price when he woke up with a hangover the next day. Aras and Mary were their first two targets in the new alliance of six, so when Aras won individual Immunity, it seemed certain that Mary would be the one to go. But because of her friendship with Ian and a possible upcoming betrayal, Brooke feared having him on the jury, so she convinced her alliance to switch their votes to Ian. Meanwhile, Aras's alliance wanted to vote out Sherea, but Ian's complacency against turning on Malakal made things more complicated. At Tribal Council, Brooke’s plan worked and Ian was voted out 6-3-1, but the tribe got a big surprise when they learned that Ian was the first member of the jury.

• Immunity Challenge: Each castaway takes a spot in the water underneath a grated steel barrier. As the challenge progresses, the tide will rise. As the water rises, their breathing space decreases. Their head must stay completely under the grate the whole time. The person who stays in this challenge the longest wins Immunity.

[edit] Episode 10: Evening the Score

Aras, Mary, and Alexis swallowed their pride after they were deceived by the rest of the tribe, and Mary lashed out at Sherea and Brooke. At the Challenge, the tribe was split into three teams of three, and it was revealed that the team of three that won the challenge would get Immunity and would not vote at Tribal Council. In a very political challenge, it was Brooke, Eliza, and Sherea who came out on top. The girls then shared an afternoon at a Micronesian village and strategized for the endgame. On Exile Island, a vulnerable Mary searched desperately for the hidden Immunity Idol, while her allies, Aras and Alexis plotted to stay in the game. Anticipating a deadlocked vote, both alliances came up with the same strategy: to vote for the person who they most wanted to stay in order to eliminate a bigger threat. But when the vote came in tied between Kathy and Alexis, an uneasy Mikey switched his vote to avoid the purple rock tie-breaker, making the vote 4-2 and taking Kathy and Tracy completely by surprise.

• Reward/Immunity Challenge: The castaways divide into three teams of three. All three teams will swim out and collect several bundles of planks, sticks, and rope. They’ll have twenty minutes to build a blockade through one or both of the other team’s tunnels. Once the twenty minutes are up, they'll then race to tear down the blockade that the other teams built in their tunnel. First team to get all three members through their tunnel and onto their mat wins.
• Reward: A helicopter trip to a local Micronesian village.

[edit] Episode 11: "Tough Times Don't Last; Tough People Do"

Tracy and Mikey B made amends after Mikey betrayed her strongest ally, Kathy. The next day, Aras tried to turn Tracy and Mikey against Brooke, Sherea, and Eliza, who were still away on a Reward. After Mikey B and Eliza won a breakfast in bed, and Brooke got sent to Exile Island, Mary and Alexis made extra rice for themselves and Alexis became jealous of the amount of food Eliza had eaten. At the Immunity Challenge, it came down to a battle between Mikey B and Aras, and Aras ended up winning his second Individual Immunity. With Tribal Council looming, Eliza worried that Sherea had gotten close to Brooke and stole her Final Two spot. So, with Aras immune, she swayed Mikey B and Tracy to vote out Sherea instead of Mary or Alexis. She then told Brooke her plans to oust Sherea, forcing Brooke to make a tough decision. At Tribal Council, Although Mary confidently played the hidden Immunity Idol, she received no votes, and a dumbfounded Sherea was the next to go when Brooke remained true to Eliza in a 4-2-1-1 vote.

• Reward Challenge: The castaways work in randomly decided pairs. One member of each pair will hold on to a rope net, while the other member attempts to shoot coconuts into the other three pairs’ nets. The more coconuts they get into the other pairs’ nets, the heavier those nets will become. The pair that holds on and keeps their net in the air the longest wins Reward.
• Reward: Breakfast in bed and letters from home.
• Immunity Challenge: The castaways race out into the water and maneuver across a series of obstacles. When they reach the end, they’ll dive down 10 feet to a long plank with seven island symbols on it. They will then make their way back to the beach, where they will attempt to replicate those symbols in the same order on their answer board. First person to solve it correctly wins Immunity.

[edit] Episode 12: The Great Divide

Things heated up in the tribe when Alexis overheard Eliza’s comment about not feeding her competition, so her and Mary decided to hide the tribe’s remaining rice and beans. At the Survivor Auction, the Survivors distributed their money to their tribemates, and Brooke was sent to Exile Island when she ended up with the lowest amount of money. On Exile Island, Brooke found the hidden Immunity Idol. Before the Immunity Challenge, Tracy established herself as a force to be reckoned with when she came up with a plan to keep Aras from walking away with the necklace for the third time. At the challenge, her plan was put into action, as Eliza, Brooke, and Mikey B helped propel Tracy to victory and Immunity. With Tribal Council looming, Aras knew he was on death row, but he made a last-ditch effort to stay by trying to convince Mikey B to blindside Brooke. But at Tribal Council, Mikey B stayed true to his alliance of Tracy, Brooke, and Eliza, and Alexis and Mary watched helplessly, as their ally, Aras, was sent home, 4-3.

• Reward Challenge: There was no Reward Challenge. Instead, a Survivor Auction was held.
• Immunity Challenge: The castaways each take turns firing a high-powered rifle, attempting to break colored tiles. There are 35 tiles in total; five for each castaway. First person to break all five of their tiles or have their tiles broken by somebody else wins Immunity.

[edit] Episode 13: Tonight's Enemies, Tomorrow's Allies?

Mikey B was now the last man standing in the game with five women who were determined to do anything to win. Knowing they were next, Mary and Alexis took two different approaches to try to remain in the game. Mary decided to sit back and play weak, while Alexis fought to find her way into the majority by proposing an alliance with Tracy and Mikey. The castaways competed with their loved ones in the Reward Challenge. Tracy and her husband won a snorkeling trip and took Brooke and her husband, while back at camp, Mary and Eliza argued once again. Mikey took advantage of being the only guy in the game and won Immunity. At camp, Alexis’ drive to stay in the game led Tracy and Mikey B to perceive her as the bigger strategic threat and exposed a division with Brooke and Eliza, who were extremely adamant about voting out Mary for being a possible challenge threat. Alexis came to Tracy and Mikey in an effort to eliminate Brooke and the hidden Immunity Idol. But they ignored her pleas and in another strategic move, Mikey and Tracy forced a three-way tie between Alexis, Mary, and Brooke which gave them the upper-hand in the re-vote, and allowed them to vote Alexis out of the tribe.

• Reward Challenge: The castaways were paired up with their loved ones. The castaway will be blindfolded; the loved one will be the caller. In each round, the blindfolded castaway will have to search for a specific wooden animal in a giant pit of white mud from one of Micronesia’s most notable landmarks, the Milky Way, which is a lake containing natural mud sulfur that literally makes the water and the mud look like milk. Last person in each round to bring the matching wooden animal back to the start will be eliminated. If the bring back the wrong animal, they’re also eliminated, until there are only three left. In the final round, first person to bring back a correct matching animals wins Reward.
• Reward: A snorkeling trip with their loved one.
• Immunity Challenge: Each castaway is attached to a rope, which snakes through a series of obstacles. At each obstacle, they must untangle their rope by either moving over, under, or around each post in order to continue. At the end of the course, they’ll find a set of boxes. Each box contains a question based on a Micronesian legend and two possible answers. Next to each possible answer is a key. They must choose the answer they think is right, grab the key, and race back to the start. If they’re right, their key will open a lock. If they’re wrong, they have to go back and try again. First person to answer three questions correctly and open all three locks will raise their flag. First person to raise their flag wins Immunity.

[edit] Episode 14: The Last Battle

After Alexis was voted out, Mary felt like an outsider with the powerful alliance of four. Mikey won Immunity for the second time in a row and a 2008 Pontiac Solstice. Eliza and Brooke were extremely focused on voting out Mary, but Tracy and Mikey feared a tie at the Final 4, and debated voting out Eliza. At Tribal Council, Brooke expectantly played the Immunity Idol, but both her and Eliza were blindsided when the Fans joined together to vote Eliza out, 3-2.

• Immunity Challenge: Each castaway starts on a very small perch at the top of a 20’ pole in the water. They will use a bucket to gather water that they will then pour into a bamboo chute. As the water fills up the chute, it will raise a set of keys. They’ll take those keys, swim back to shore, and use the keys to unlock a chest containing sixteen individually shaped ladder rungs. First person to correctly assemble their ladder, climb to the top, and raise their flag wins Immunity.

After Eliza's blindside, Jeff surprised the Final 4 by revealing that another person would be voted out tonight. They faced another Immunity Challenge about the jury members, which Tracy won. Tracy and Mikey voted Mary because of her friends on the jury, while Mary voted Mikey for being a physical threat. Brooke, angry about Eliza's blindside, also voted Mikey, causing a 2-2 tie. It went to a firebreaking tie-breaker challenge between Mikey and Mary, where Mikey easily won and Mary was eliminated.

• Immunity Challenge: Jeff asks the castaways series of questions about the members of the jury. Each time they get one right, they score a point. At the end of ten questions, whoever has the most points wins Immunity.

After facing a Rite of Passage where they encountered the 17 eliminated castaways, Brooke, Mikey, and Tracy faced their final Immunity Challenge. In a test of endurance, Tracy decided to throw the challenge to Brooke, which guaranteed the Favorite a spot in the Final 2. At camp, both of the Fans tried to make their case; Mikey emphasized Kathy on the jury, while Tracy stressed Mikey getting Ian and Aras's votes. At Tribal Council, Brooke decided to vote out Mikey, who became the last member of the jury and left Brooke and Tracy as the Final 2.

• Immunity Challenge: The Castaways will lie on their back on a plank with their arms above your head, holding on to a wooden handle. The plank is elevated and on an angle. Every 15 minutes, Jeff will increase the angle of the plank, making it more and more difficult to hold on to. At the same time, water will stream out of a barrel and onto the plank, making it slippery. When they’ve had enough, they’ll let go of the handle and slide down the plank into a pool of water. Last person left hanging on wins Immunity.

The Final 2 celebrated and spent their last day in Micronesia. However, they soon learned there was a hidden power in an envelope somewhere around camp. Tracy found the envelope and won the power to nullify a jury member's vote. At the Final Tribal Council, Tracy mentioned being an underdog in her opening statement, while Brooke stressed dominating from Day 1. A number of castaways, particularly Ian, Sherea, and Aras, tore into Brooke for the decisions she made. While the vote seemed pretty up in air, after Tracy decided to nullify Eliza's vote for Brooke, it was a unanimous 7-0 vote for Tracy, making her the Sole Survivor.

[edit] Voting history

	Original Tribes				Switched Tribes						Merged Tribe
Episode #:	1	2	3	4	5	6		7	8		9	10	11	12	13	14			Reunion
Eliminated:	Dave 8/10 Votes	Chet 9/10 Votes	Erik 3/9 Votes11	Natalie 5/8 Votes	Earl 5/7 Votes	Ruth Marie 3/6 Votes	Ami 5/9 Votes	Terry 3/5 Votes	Joel No Vote12	Jason 1/4 Votes13	Ian 6/10 Votes	Kathy 3/6 Votes14	Sherea 4/8 Votes	Aras 4/7 Votes	Alexis 2/6 Votes15	Eliza 3/5 Votes	Mary 2/4 Votes	Mikey 1 Vote	Brooke 0/7 Votes	Tracy 7/7 Votes
Voter	Vote
Tracy		Chet	Erik	Natalie	Earl	Ruth		Terry		Mikey	Ian	Alexis	Sherea	Aras	Alexis	Eliza	Mary		Jury Vote
Brooke	Dave						Joel				Ian		Sherea	Aras	Mary	Mary	Mikey	Mikey
Mikey B		Chet	Jason	Natalie	Earl	Ruth		Eliza		Jason	Ian	Alexis	Sherea	Aras	Alexis	Eliza	Mary			Tracy
Mary		Chet	Jason	Tracy			Ami				Sherea	Kathy	Eliza	Brooke	Brooke	Eliza	Mikey			Tracy
Eliza	Dave				Earl	Terry		Terry		Mikey	Ian		Sherea	Aras	Mary	Mary			Brooke10
Alexis		Chet	Jason	Mikey			Ami				Sherea	Kathy	Eliza	Brooke	Brooke					Tracy
Aras	Dave						Ami				Sherea	Kathy	Brooke	Brooke						Tracy
Sherea	Dave						Joel				Ian		Alexis							Tracy
Kathy		Chet	Erik	Natalie			Ami				Ian	Alexis								Tracy
Ian	Dave						Joel				Tracy									Tracy
Jason		Chet	Erik	Natalie	Earl	Ruth		Terry		Mikey
Joel		Chet	Kathy	Natalie			Ami
Terry	Sherea				Tracy	Eliza		Eliza
Ami	Dave						Joel
Ruth Marie	Dave				Earl	Terry
Earl	Dave				Tracy
Natalie		Chet	Jason	Mikey
Erik		Chet	Kathy
Chet		Joel
Dave	Sherea

Note 11: Jason played the Hidden Immunity Idol, negating all votes cast for him.

Note 12: Joel was evacuated due to medical reasons, therefore no vote occurred for his removal from the game.

Note 13: Mikey played the Hidden Immunity Idol, negating all votes cast for him.

Note 14: In Episode 10, because they won the Reward/Immunity Challenge, Brooke, Eliza, and Sherea missed Tribal Council and therefore could not vote. The vote was originally tied 3-3 between Kathy and Alexis. Mikey changed his vote to Kathy in the re-vote, making it 4-2.

Note 15: In Episode 12, the vote was originally tied 2-2-2 between Alexis, Mary, and Brooke, a Survivor first. Eliza changed her vote to Alexis in the re-vote, making it 3-2-1.

[edit] Ratings

[edit] U.S. standard ratings

#	Episode	Rating
1	"Those Who Are At War With Others..."	8.391
2	Things Go "Airai"	7.944
3	Jealous Bone	9.485
4	"If You're Gonna Lose Badly..."	9.256
5	Jeff Does it Again	9.472
6	Blindsides and Betrayal	9.088
7	Showdown!	8.539
8	I Think You're a Little Paranoid	9.500
9	To Lie or Not to Lie	8.979
10	Evening the Score	8.718
11	"Tough Times Don't Last; Tough People Do"	8.691
12	The Great Divide	9.106
13	Tonight's Enemies, Tomorrow's Allies?	8.260
14	The Last Battle	9.171