Episode 5: "Not Here to Get a Pedicure"
Survivor 51 Episode 5 boxscore
Filmed: April 26, 2026 | Aired: October 21, 2026
- Ep.5 RC/IC: "" - It's a massive blowout, as Mike lands two of Toka's three baskets before Dina and Savu even start shooting, then hits the winning shot after Sharonda takes Dina's first shot. Savu never even reaches the end.
- Ep.5 advantage: Toka also wins pastries, but when they get to camp, there's a sign telling them one must leave. Maggie is one of three volunteers, and her SitD die is drawn. It turns out she gets an extra vote she must give to someone on one of the other tribes, and she can pick the tribe. She picks Dina, gives one to Lewis and one to Kilby, and asks them to vote out Linnea.
- Ep.5 Savu Tribal: As you would have guessed at the swap, after Jenna left, it's Alexis, 3-1 over Devin. Yawn.
- Ep.5 Dina Tribal: This one is way more exciting. After thinking of just voting Lewis anyway, Kilby instead puts both votes on Linnea, alongside Lewis, forcing a 4-4 tie. It lasts through the revote. Kilby then tells the Savu three who might draw rocks (Sharonda, Eric, Cristian) he's not voting Lewis under any circumstances. They cave, and Linnea is out.
Episode 5 scoring notes
- *Revote, extra votes: This should be fairly standard by now, but only first-round votes count (they didn't change, anyway), and Lewis and Kilby each get 2 VFB and 2 TCA for using extra votes correctly.
Savu vote count:
- Alexis received 3 votes, from Devin, Jelly, and Ori (voted out, 3-1).
- Devin received 1 vote, from Alexis.
Dina vote count (1st round and revote were the same):
- Linnea received 4 votes, from Kilby, Kilby*, Lewis, and Lewis* (voted out, 4-4; 4-4; consensus).
- Lewis received 4 votes, from Cristian, Eric, Linnea, and Sharonda.
Other S51 boxscores
| Reward/ Immunity challenge | Tribal Council stats | Overall scores | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contestant | ChW | ChA | SO | VFB | VAP | TotV | TCA | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| Cristian | - | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | - | 8 | 1 | 1.00 | 3.94 |
| Sharonda | 0.00 | 0.25 | - | 0 | - | 8 | 1 | 1.00 | 3.94 |
| Lewis | 0.00 | 0.25 | - | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2* | 1.43 | 3.90 |
| Kilby | - | 0.25 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 2* | 1.40 | 3.51 |
| Linnea | 0.00 | 0.25 | - | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0.88 | 2.19 |
| Eric | 0.00 | 0.25 | - | 0 | - | 8 | 1 | 0.66 | 1.99 |
| Thien An | 0.25 | 0.25 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.50 | 7.45 |
| Kristin | - | 0.25 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1.38 | 7.34 |
| Maggie | - | 0.25 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1.34 | 7.30 |
| Brady | 0.25 | 0.25 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.12 | 4.05 |
| Mike | 0.25 | 0.25 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.12 | 4.05 |
| Carter | 0.25 | 0.25 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.00 | 3.95 |
| Ori | 0.00 | 0.25 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 0.94 | 4.91 |
| Jelly | 0.00 | 0.25 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 0.72 | 3.70 |
| Devin | 0.00 | 0.25 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.72 | 3.00 |
| Alexis | 0.00 | 0.25 | - | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.87 | 2.58 |
| Jenna | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.56 | 1.13 |
| Patt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.79 | 1.60 |
| Rob | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Ana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.27 | 0.10 |
| Aaliyah | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.75 | 0.00 |
Glossary of terms
- Challenge
stats
- ChW: Challenge Wins. For tribal challenges, a contestant earns a fraction of 1 win, depending on if they participated (no points for sitting out). So in a five-person tribe's win, each participant gets (1/5) of a point, or 0.2 points. Duels (or individual RCs as in Ep1) at Redemption Island count as half a challenge (and half a win). Individual challenge wins count as a full point.
- ChA: Challenge Appearances. Used to calculate ChW%. Fractional for tribal challenges (same as ChW), except sit-outs get charged for an appearance, because they could have participated.
- ChW%: Challenge Win%. Simply, ChW% = ChW / ChA.
- SO: The number of times a contestant sat out of a challenge.
- Tribal
Council stats
- VFB: Votes For Bootee. The number of times the contestant has voted for the person who was ultimately voted out. Applies only to initial votes (no points for revotes in case of a tie). Special case: In a final three TC, where only one vote is cast (by the F3 IC winner), only that vote counts.
- VAP: Votes Against the Player. The total number of tribal council votes cast against the contestant. Again, only initial votes count (no penalty for revotes), and here a hidden immunity idol (if played) erases the votes. In the special case of a final three tribal council above, only the F3 bootee receives a vote against.
- TotV: Total votes cast during the tribal councils the player has attended (again, only initial votes count). Used to adjust for different vote totals as tribes shrink.
- TCA: Tribal council appearances. The number of times a contestant has attended tribal council (at which they voted).
- TC%: Tribal Council percent. Attempts to reward voting for the bootee (which players controlling the vote almost always do), while punishing receiving votes yourself. The formula is: TC% = [VFB - (VAP/TotV)] / TCA.
- wTCR: weighted Tribal Council Ratio. Very similar in intent to TC%, but calculated as a ratio of VFB to VAP, while also scaling to a uniform number of TC appearances. The formula is as follows: wTCR =2* [VFB / (4+VAP)] x (14/TCA). I originally tried (1+VAP) to avoid dividing by zero, but this overly rewarded getting zero votes against relative to just one vote against, which seemed silly. (4+VAP) scaled that effect back comfortably. 14 was used as the scaling factor for TC appearances because there are usually 14 episodes, then a final scaling factor of 2 to bring maximal scores up to roughly even with ChW and JV% high scores.
- Jury
stats
- JVF: Number of jury votes for the contestant to win. Maximum nine (Earl Cole, Fiji), theoretically.
- TotJ: Total number of jurors. Necessary to not punish unanimous 7-juror winners (JT Thomas, Tocantins).
- JV%: The percent of total jury votes cast for the contestant, or Jur% = JVF/ TotJ. This number is used, raw, in SurvSc, and is scaled in SurvAv (multiplied by six) to make it similar in size to ChW and wTCR.
- Overall
scores
- Survival Score (SurvSc). It's simply the sum of Challenge Win% (ChW%) + Tribal Council% (TC%) + Jury Vote%, for a maximum possible score of 2 (3 after the finale).
- Survival Average (SurvAv). It's a simple sum of fractional Challenge Wins (ChW), weighted TC Ratio (wTCR), and (eventually) a weighted Jury%. The latter two max out at six points total, for a theoretical maximum score of around 18 or so.