By: Jeff Pitman | Last updated: September 14, 2024
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Pre-game
Ep1: "Young at
Heart"
Ep2: "Fatigue
Makes Cowards of Us All"
Day 0
( June 13)
Pre-game press interviews?
Day 1
(June 14)
Ep.1 arrival/RC: Medallion of Power
The contestants arrive in fake "tribes" and are told to go find the Medallion of Power in the nearby lagoon. Brenda finds it, then discovers the tribes at arrival are not accurate, and are in fact divided by age: 40-and-over (Espada) versus 30-and-under (La Flor). La Flor chooses to give the MoP to Espada in exchange for flint and a box of fishing gear.
Ep1 RC: "Medallion of Power" - Brenda/
La Flor wins, gives MoP to Espada.
Day 2
(June 15)
Day 3
(June 16)
Ep.1 IC: Getting Tanked
Espada elects not to play the Medallion of Power. One contestant (NaOnka, Holly) must pour water through a series of gutters held by contestants (all the guys) to fill a bucket. Once full, it releases a bag of puzzle pieces, which the remaining contestants must solve. La Flor has a lead heading into the puzzle, wins.
Dan, NaOnka sit out. Espada plays the Medallion of Power, getting a one-ball advantage, and allowing Dan to sit out. Contestants (Brenda, Kelly B, P Kelly, Alina; Jimmy J, Jane, Holly) must cross a mud pit, retrieve a ball from a pile of hay. Once all four balls are retrieved, tribes must pass them from person to person (Chase-Sash-Fabio-Benry, Jill-Marty-Jimmy T-Tyrone), catching and flinging with shields, into a barrel. Shannon & Yve retrieve dropped balls. First tribe to land all four balls in their barrel wins. Results: La Flor gets all four balls out of the hay before Espada gets three (Holly struggles). Espada wins, chooses fishing gear for reward, instead of a tarp.
Espada receives an idol clue in their fishing gear reward, and reads it as a tribe. Jill figures out the tree/man rebus means treemail, and tells Marty. Marty proceeds to look for it, and he and Jill find it together. Marty keeps the idol for himself.
La Flor chooses to not to use the Medallion of Power. Contestants must retrieve ten barrels and place them on stands. Then one or two people per tribe (Tyrone, JimmyT; Chase, Benry) toss sandbags until one has landed on each barrel. La Flor wins, despite eschewing the two-barrel advantage the MoP would have offered. Results: Both tribes start throwing at close to the same time. Sandbags landed: Benry-1, Tyrone-1, Benry-2, Tyrone-2,3,4,5 (Benry swaps out for Chase, then goes back in). Benry-3, Tyrone-6, Benry-4,5,6,7,8,9. Jimmy T agitates to go in. Tyrone-7. Jimmy T swaps in-8, Benry 10. La Flor wins, gets immunity plus spices and fruit, including a hidden idol clue, which Kelly B and NaOnka fight over.
Using the clue NaOnka mugged Kelly B to obtain,
Brenda deciphers the exact location of the La Flor
hidden immunity idol. NaOnka walks over to the spot,
turns over a rock, picks up the idol, and keeps it.
Thanks, Brenda! (She doesn't actually say thanks,
that would be silly.)
Brenda and NaOnka find
La Flor's hidden immunity idol.
Day 10 (June 23)
Day 11
(June 24)
Ep.4 RC/IC: Sears and Doers
Kelly B, Purple Kelly and Dan sit out of a massive
product placement for Sears. One contestant per
tribe (Brenda, Tyrone) is the caller, directing
pairs of blindfolded tribemates to collect 10 Sears
outdoor items from an obstacle-strewn field, and
return them to the tribe mat. Once all 10 are
retrieved, they must get a key, unlock a chest, and
bring the chest to the mat. La Flor uses the
Medallion of Power, starting off with 2 items
already on their mat. La Flor wins, gets immunity,
and chooses fishing gear, a tarp, and kitchen
utensils for reward.
Ep4 RC/IC: "Sears and Doers" -
La Flor wins a bunch of Sears crap.
TC4 - Jimmy T.
voted out (5-3), 16 left.
Day 12
(June 25)
Ep.5 swap
Tribal Swap: Contestants must draw rocks from a bag (one bag per tribe). The person from each tribe that drew a colored rock (Brenda, Holly) is the leader, and gets to choose who switches. Brenda makes a list of three people from Espada to switch (Jane, Jill, Marty); Holly chooses four people from La Flor (Alina, Benry, Chase, NaOnka).
Throwers: La Flor (Purple Kelly & Brenda, Jane & KellyB), Espada (Dan & Holly; Yve & NaOnka). Catchers: La Flor (Sash & Marty; Fabio & Jill), Espada (Benry & Chase; Tyrone & Alina). Pairs of catchers must stop balls (thrown by the other tribe) falling to the ground after bouncing through a Plinko course. Espada wins two chickens.
Ep5 RC: "Don't Let Your Balls Drop" - Espada wins chickens.
Day 13
(June 26)
Ep5: "Turf Wars"
Ep6: "Worst Case Scenario"
Ep7: "What Goes Around, Comes Around"
Ep8: "Company Will Be Arriving Soon"
Day 14
(June 27)
Ep.5 IC: Spit It Out
Three contestants from each tribe (Brenda, Purple Kelly, Kelly B for La Flor; Yve, Alina, Holly for Espada) are strapped to a wheel, where they are turned, going underwater, taking in water that they then spit out into a tube. Jill, Marty, Sash turn the wheel for La Flor, NaOnka, Dan, Chase for Espada. After the tube is full, it tips over, releasing a ball. The remaining two people (Tyrone & Benry, Jane & Fabio) then smash five tiles. Espada is first to release their ball, but La Flor is close behind. Tiles broken: Tyrone 1 (E1), Jane 1 (LF1), Fabio 1 (LF2), Benry 1 (E2), Fabio 2 (LF3), Jane 2 (LF4), Benry 2, 3 (E4), Fabio 3 (LF5). La Flor wins, 5 tiles to 4.
One individual immunity per tribe, with each winner competing for reward at the end. Contestants must dig up three rings with paddles, flip them into a basket behind them, then place them on a post. For Espada, Holly wins. Jill wins for La Flor. Holly and Jill must then toss three rings onto hooks for reward. Jill wins a feast at tribal council for La Flor, and the chance to observe Espada's Tribal.
Ep6 RC: "Kitty Litter" - Holly, Jill win immunity. Jill wins reward for La Flor.
TC6 - Kelly B voted
out (3-3-2 [5-1]), 14 left. TC7 - Yve voted out
(6-1), 13 left.
Day 16
(June 29)
Ep.7 RC: Jump Shot
Jane sits out. Fabio and Chase defend as opposing
tribe members jump from a platform and throw a ball
into a goal, over a pool. Final score: Espada 5
(NaOnka-2, Benry-2, Holly-0, Dan-0, Alina-1), La
Flor 3 (Jill-2, Marty-0, Purple Kelly-1, Sash-0,
Brenda-0). Espada wins a horseback ride to a local
farm for breakfast the next day.
Sash sits out. Alina & Benry roll for Espada,
Brenda & PK for La Flor, everyone else pulls
ropes to aim the tracks. Rollers release cannon
balls of various sizes, which roll down the track,
hopefully breaking one of five surfboard-shaped
tiles. Espada wins: Espada 5 (Benry 3, Alina 2), La
Flor 2 (PK 2, Brenda 0).
La Flor receives treemail telling them to pack their stuff, they're moving (plus a mysterious key). Espada finds a mysterious chest at their treemail (that they're not allowed to open) and are told guests will be arriving soon. It's the merge, the chest contains merge buffs, food, and rum, and Marty names the merge tribe 'Libertad' (Spanish for 'liberty').
Contestants must hold a steel rod up by pulling on two handles, to prevent it from falling and breaking a tile. Separate individual immunities for the longest-lasting man and woman. F6. Purple Kelly and M6. Dan fail within the first 3 seconds. Then F5. Alina, F4. Brenda, M5. Benry, M4. Sash, F3. NaOnka, F2. Holly. (F1. Jane wins for women, but stays in.) Then M3. Marty, then M2. Chase. M1. Fabio and F1. Jane win immunity.
Through random draw, teams end up as men vs women. Chase is not picked, chooses women: if they win, he gets reward as well. Contestants must run through hay, collect a key from a high spiral, mud crawl, smash through a stick obstacle, collect a second key, multi-stage net crawl, collect a third key, smash through two brick walls, and finally, unlock three locks to raise a flag. Even with Dan, the men win easily, as Jane struggles on the net crawl. The men unlocking their flag as the women belatedly collect their third key and fail to smash the brick wall. The men win a zipline trip and barbecue. Probst asks if any of the men want to swap out and let a woman go; all decline. Purple Kelly cries.
Ep9 RC: "Three Little Pigs O-Course" -
Sash, Dan, Fabio, Benry, Marty win.
Day 23
(July 6)
Day 24
(July 7)
Ep.9 IC: Flashback
Standard memory challenge. Probst flashes a series of cards with symbols (1st round: 6 symbols; 2nd round: 7 symbols). Contestants then show Probst the face of a cube with the matching symbol for each item in the sequence, one at a time. Anyone who is wrong is eliminated. First round: T-10. Jane, NaOnka out on 3rd item; 9. Dan on 4th; T-6. Purple Kelly, Holly, Sash on 5th. Second round: 5. Fabio out on 2nd item; 4. Chase on 3rd, 3. Benry on 4th, 2. Marty on 6th. Brenda wins.
Teams of five must use barrels, planks, and rope to
cross the beach without touching the ground. The
blue team (Chase, Fabio, Jane, Purple Kelly, NaOnka)
easily wins, gets a helicopter ride, volcano
sledding, and a picnic. Meanwhile, the Libertad camp
burns.
Contestants must hold onto a rope while leaning
back over a pool, for as long as possible. First out
Sash, Purple Kelly, then Holly, Brenda, Dan, Fabio,
NaOnka. After lowering one knot further, Benry is
out, then Chase. Jane wins.
Schoolyard pick for two teams, in which contestants are tethered together - Blue (Benry, Chase, NaOnka, Holly) vs. Yellow (Fabio, Sash, Jane, Purple Kelly). Dan is unpicked, sits out in a giant chair, backs the blue team. Each team must untie, then carry an 8-foot stuffed dummy (named "Gulliver" as a tie-in to a Jack Black movie product placement in the reward) over and through a series of obstacles. If they drop it, they must return to the previous obstacle. First team to cross the finish line gets a trip to the Survivor Cinema (with Jack Black's "Gulliver's Travels," of course), with nachos, hot dogs, popcorn and candy. Results: Neck and neck to the final obstacle, but blue team wins. NaOnka and Purple Kelly announce their intention to quit afterwards, Probst gives them the afternoon to think about it. He also offers rice and a new tarp if anyone on the winning team wants to give up reward: Holly accepts.
Rd.1: Race through a mud pit, dig through hay to find a ball, bounce it off a shield into a barrel. First four advance. Rd.2: Use a stick to retrieve a key, unlock a chest containing four sandbags, land those on a barrel. First two advance. Rd.3: Use a paddle to dig up three rope rings, land them on the target. Winner gets overnight resort trip. Results: Rd.1: Chase, Jane, Benry, Holly advance (tie-5th: Sash, Fabio, Dan). Rd.2: Chase, Benry land all 4 bags before Holly/Jane even get their keys down. Rd.3: Chase wins, 3-0. Chase takes Holly, Jane with him.
Ep12 RC: "Second Chance" - Chase
wins, takes Holly and Jane on overnight resort trip.
Day 31
(July 14)
Day 32
(July 15)
Ep.12 IC: Money Box
Contestants are tethered to a long rope wrapped around a hitching post. Must unwrap enough rope to reach a bag of coins. First three advance. Rd.2: Use coins to solve a 3-D puzzle (box-shaped stack of coins inside a chest). Results: Fabio, Benry, Sash advance to finals. Puzzle: 1.Sash wins, 2.Fabio second.
Loved Ones vist: Chase's mom, Connie; Fabio's mom, Ann; Sash's mom, Lee; Dan's son, Matthew; Jane's daughter, Ashley; Holly's husband, Charlie. Survivors run up a plank, jump in the pool to retrieve one of two bags of letter tiles. When both bags are recovered, the loved one uses letters inside to solve a three-word puzzle (FAMILY COMES FIRST). Winner gets an afternoon on a boat along the coast, with food. Results: Dan initially very slow to get puzzle bags, but all working on the puzzle by the end. Holly's husband Charlie blurts out "Family visit time!", which gives everyone else half the puzzle. Chase (and his mom) wins, Chase takes Sash and Holly and their loved ones.
Ep13 RC: "Poolin' Around" - Chase wins, takes Sash, Holly and their loved ones on boat
feast.
Day 34
(July 17)
Ep13: "This Is
Going to Hurt"
Ep14: "What
About Me?"
Game over
Day 35
(July 18)
Day 36
(July 19)
Ep.13 IC: Coat of Arms
Mostly as seen in the Gabon Ep12 IC. Contestants are blindfolded, attached to a rope (rope is new from the prior version). Must follow the rope over and under obstacles to a shield with raised symbols, memorize it by touch, then grab three puzzle bags, and go back and re-create the shield on the puzzle station. To make it harder, the bags of symbols also contains extra symbols that are similar in shape, but the wrong color. Results: Fabio wins. Chase second, rest tied for third?
Contestants must run out on a field, answer one of three Nicaragua history/geography questions (two choices), grab the puzzle bag that corresponds to their answer, then run back. If they were right, the bag contains puzzle pieces, if wrong, the pieces are black. Once they have all three sets of pieces, they must then solve a simple logo puzzle. Results: Fabio wins, despite answering one question wrong; Sash a close second, Holly third, Chase fourth (missing a piece on the ground), Dan last.
With one hand, contestants must hold a sword on top of a shield. With the other, they must balance a stack of coins on the pommel of the sword. If they drop, they're out. Results: Holly out first, then Chase, then Sash. Fabio wins.
Fabio, Chase, and Sash face the jury, who range from friendly (NaOnka!) to outright rude and dismissive (Marty and Jane). Fabio gets questions about his approach to the game, Chase is questioned about his inability to make up his mind, and Sash is generally dismissed for breaking promises. In the end, Fabio wins, 5-4-0 over Chase and Sash, respectively.