Tribes have two minutes to grab supplies from the
boat and put them on their tribe raft, then they
must paddle to shore and lift up one person
(Katinka, Chané) to untie a bag of rice. First
tribe to do so gets to keep their rice. Mindanao has
a lead getting to shore, wins.
Werner wanders off during Mindanao's shelter
construction, and starts looking for idols/clues. He
finds a package in a tree root fairly quickly. It's
an idol clue, which tells him an idol will be hidden
at a future challenge. He pockets the clue and heads
back. The next day, after a Tevin-directed search of
Marthunis's bag, Werner decides to dispose of the
clue by eating it. Mmm, cluey.
Two pairs of people (Seamus/Chane, Vusi/Annalize;
Mathunis/Katinka, Werner/Tevin) must swim out to a
dock, untie a bag of sticks and rope, then bring it
back. Then two people (Josie/Palesa; Murishca/Toni)
must tie the sticks together to make a pole long
enough for another person (Neil; PK) to retrieve a
key from inside a cage, unlock it, and retrieve a
flint. Then two people (Jeanne/Stacey-Lee; Ace/Tom)
make a fire to burn through a rope, releasing a
torch. The tribe then lights the torch, and takes it
to a logo sign. First tribe to light that with their
torch wins immunity and flint. Werner is slow to
untie his bag, but Mindanao is first to make flame,
and Mindanao wins.
Like Werner at Mindanao, Palesa finds a clue to an
idol that will be hidden at a future challenge,
while foraging near Luzon camp. Unlike Werner,
Palesa manages not to eat her clue.
Jeanne sits out. Four people from each tribe (Neil,
Tom, Vusi, Chane; Werner, Stacey-Lee, Tevin, PK)
start on a raft, where they must pull themselves to
a structure they climb up, untie a key, slide down a
pole, and place it on a key ring on shore. Once all
four keys are retrieved, the remaining four use them
to unlock four large cubes that must be stacked
vertically so that no side has repeating colors (as
in Samoa). Winner gets a choice of chickens or a bag
of rice. Results: Luzon is first to the puzzle, but
Mindanao wins. They choose chickens.
Katinka sits out. Tribes must assemble a staircase
of different length poles, and climb up it to enter
a vertical maze. Upon leaving the maze they must go
down a slide, then one person (Tevin, Vusi) must
thread a key along a rope obstacle. That unlocks a
machete, which one person (PK, Tom) must use to chop
through a plank, releasing puzzle planks. Those must
be placed vertically to form three numbers, which
are the combination to a lock that when opened,
releases the tribe flag. Results: Mindanao takes a
lead on the poles at the start, never loses it.
Mindanao wins its fourth straight challenge.
Marthunis, Murishca sit out. As seen in Vanuatu.
Tribes must move their entire tribe along a balance
beam by having the furthest person pass each other
remaining person, ending on a platform. If anyone
falls off or touches two people at once, they have
to start over. First tribe to finish wins comfort
items. ALSO: Both Palesa's and Werner's idols are
present on the challenge site, ready to be grabbed.
Werner hears Jeanne and Stacey talking about it,
jumps off, grabs the idol. Tom spots Luzon's under
Chane, tells her to grab it, and she does. Challenge
results: Luzon wins, easily, 7-0.
Both Werner and Tom end up with the idols that were
"hidden" at the Ep3 RC. Werner and Palesa each
attended the challenge having been tipped off by
treemail's wording ("balance") that one would be
there. Werner grabbed Mindanao's after hearing
Jeanne telling Stacey-Lee about it. Palesa was
trying to get Luzon's, but didn't have a chance,
until Tom spotted it, and asked Chané, who had
already completed the challenge and was sitting
above it, to grab it. Back in camp, Chané gave
the idol to Tom.
PK, Tevin sit out. Contestants must run through an
obstacle course, collecting six wooden pins and two
tribe clubs. Along the way, they can decide to use
two shortcuts, but doing so adds 10 pieces to the
puzzle they must finish at the end. Mindanao (likely
throwing the challenge) takes one shortcut, ends up
trailing, particularly because Stacey-Lee has to
cross the balance beam multiple times. Luzon wins.
Tribes arrive at what appears to be a challenge
site. Then Nico tells them to drop their buffs, walk
out to a field filled with poles that have baskets
on top, take an egg, and bring it back. Everyone
then cracks an egg on themselves, revealing the
color of their new tribe: Red, blue ... or yellow
(the new Visayas tribe). Meanwhile, when picking up
the farthest-away egg, Palesa found an idol clue,
which she pocketed to read later - it's for an idol
held at Tribal Council.
As seen in San Juan del Sur. Held
immediately after tribe swap, creating three tribes
of five. Tribes must cross a mudpit to retrieve two
keys. One unlocks a gate, behind which is a pole,
which they must shake to drop out sandbags. Finally,
they must land three sandbags on a swinging
platform. Winning tribe receives all the rewards
from past RCs plus a brand-new pre-made camp.
Second-place wins spices plus the pick of the other
two camps. Sandbags landed: Werner-1 (L1), Tevin-1
(M1), Werner-2,3 (L3) - Luzon wins! PK-1,2 (M3).
Mindanao is second. Tom fails to land a single bag
for Visayas.
Tribes must cross a series of obstacles, then use
sandbags to knock blocks off a high beam. Then they
must use those blocks to build a tower that stands
at least three seconds. First two tribes to do so
win immunity. Order to tower: Luzon, Mindanao,
Visayas. Mindanao wins. Luzon has their stack
complete, but it falls. Same happens to Visayas.
(Multiple falls for both.) Eventually, Visayas takes
second.
Chané (Visayas), Annalize (Mindanao) sit out.
Tribes must move planks through an A-frame, across
obstacles, then to a monkey bar that they must build
themselves with rungs. Then a horizontal ladder
(rungs again), then two people (Marthunis, Tevin;
Jeanne, Josie; Murishca, Palesa) work a plank puzzle
that again uses the same rungs. Winner gets immunity
plus chicken wraps, fresh fruit, and Bio-Strath.
Second place gets immunity and a watermelon.
Results: Mindanao wins easily, Luzon passes Visayas
on the puzzle to take second.
TC5 - Murishca voted out (3-1-[0]), 13
left, Palesa gets her idol.
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Day 14
(Jan. 28)
Ep.6 RC/IC: (Team) This Much
Marthunis sits out. As seen in SurvivorAU: 2017.
Contestants must stand side-by-side with their
tribemates, holding a disc up only by pushing their
palm against the disc while their neighbor does the
same. Last tribe with at least one disc still up
wins. Both losing tribes will attend Tribal. Winning
tribe also gets reward: A Steers
build-your-own-burger bar. Results: All reach 5 min,
then Chane drops, Vusi drops, leaving Visayas with
just Tom-Palesa. Other two tribes both drop the
middle disc, leaving two pairs. [20 min.]
Josie/Jeanne drop. [30 min.] Annalize/Tevin drop.
[40 min.] PK/Katinka drop, Mindanao out. [1 hr., 5
min.] Toni/Werner drop, Luzon loses, and Visayas
wins!
After finally spotting the same clue on the shelter
that had inspired Ace and Josie's digging, Werner
takes advantage of a moment where Josie and Toni are
chatting on the beach to dig for the idol. He finds
it surprisingly quickly, considering Ace came up
empty, but no matter: Werner now has two idols.