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| Survivor:
Fiji episode 13 detailed Reward Challenge spoilers/
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So it's down to this: the "controversial
decision" (or at least the first half of it) that Survivor has
been hyping since the last season's finale. Luckily, SurvivorPhoenix spoiled this almost three months ago:
| From what were told, what seasoned spoiling sleuths
across the boards have deduced is accurate: the controversial
decision does indeed center around the infamous car
curse. As Probst stated during his pre-season Press
Conference, "the car challenge plays an instrumental
role in this season, a huge role." The surprising
winner of this challenge will once again have a big
impact: deals are struck, keys
exchange hands, and
the car curse lives on in dramatic fashion. As for
the lucky recipient, a close reading of Probst's Press
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Since that initial spoiling, SurvivorPhoenix's
subsequent hints (here,
and here -
"Car curse lives on" next to Yau-Man's info) have made clear
the "surprising winner" is Yau-Man. Also, the recipient of
Yau-Man;'s "Deal" is clearly Dre, as SurvivorPhoenix has
also made clear here: "Controversial decision: Dre at center
of deal made and broken with Yau-Man for the spoils of the
car challenge" (next to Dre's info).
So to sum up: Yau-Man wins the challenge,
then says "I want to see if I can make a deal," which he
does, trading away the Ford (F-Series Super-Duty truck?)
to Dre.
Very late update: It seems Survivor
Skills has been receiving similar tips to Survivor
Phoenix's ones, as well. So more evidence for this story
being accurate.
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As for the challenge itself, it was initially
fairly confusing, but actually the caps of the "deal" portion
of the challenge help clear part of it up. Stacy is dressed
as she is in the obstacle course when the subtitled "I want
to see if I can make a deal" Yau-Man quote appears onscreen.
And so, for that matter, is Jeff Probst. So
the obstacle course challenge is the RC. As was pointed out
to us (thanks, VG), the overhead shot of the obstacle
course also shows the axe-challenge portion (closest to the
water). So that's both parts of the challenge.
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That challenge appears to initially be
in two teams of three: The
teams are: Team Ravu Curse (Yau-Man, Stacy and Boo) versus
Team Final Three (Cassandra, Dre and Earl). Except, surprisingly,
since Yau-Man can give the truck away, Team Ravu Curse must
win the team portion of the challenge (the obstacle course).
Then comes the second stage, which
would be the axe throwing. Three lanes are visible (green,
orange and purple). This should be run between Yau-Man,
Stacy and Boo to determine who wins the individual portion
of the challenge. Which would be Yau-Man,
of course.
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Who wins? Yau-Man and/or Dre, read above. Although in another,
more accurate sense, nobody wins, since there's that silly
"car curse" (which should probably be renamed
the "SUV Superstition") and all. Except maybe
Ford, who get what they paid for: footage of people gushing
about their fossil
fuel-guzzling behemoth.
Update: SurvivorPhoenix has
(re-)confirmed that Yau-Man
wins and that he then exiles himself.
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