Surv!vor: Lost in the Labyrinth

Surv!vor: Lost In The Labyrinth is the 42nd season of the Surv!vor series. 
Continuing from the previous season which marked the beginning of the new era, this season was a more dangerous, fast-paced experience in a condensed 26-day game with the introduction of several thematic twists. This season introduced 18 new castaways.
This season's theme was Lost In The Labyrinth, as it featured a giant Labyrinth which housed all of the season's advantages and idols within its walls. While on the island, players had the opportunity to explore the Labyrinth and use their wits and resourcefulness to figure out the right paths to take. Advantages and events this season were also based on the concept of a maze, such as the "Shortcut" package which exiled one player while granting them safety into the next round, the "Split Paths" advantage which was an extra vote that could only be used on a different target than the user's regular vote, and the "Dead End" advantage which allowed a player to block someone from voting.
Krista Klumpp / Kris slayed the Minotaur in the Labyrinth not just once, but twice -- and held onto her two !mmunity Idols till the late game. Her advantages helped her get many strong contenders out of the game, making her the one to beat going into the Final Tr!bal Council, where she won against her fellow competitors Simone Nguyen / joseph and Brendan Shapiro / TheBlueGamer in a 7-1-0 vote.
==Contestants==
Contestant 	Original Tribe	Swapped Tribe	Merged Tribe 	Finish
Omar Zaheerely 	 	 	 	1st Voted OutDay 3
Nick MaioranoNikola 	 	 	 	2nd Voted OutDay 5
JP Hilsabeckdoug_dimmadab88	 	 	 	3rd Voted OutDay 5
Morgan Rickepair 	 	 	 	4th Voted OutDay 7
Tasha FoxShayBudddah 	 	 	 	5th Voted OutDay 9
Jessica Johnstonjameswoods 	 	 	 	5th Voted OutDay 11
Swati GoelJake 	 	 	rowspan="12" 	6th Voted OutDay 14
Ricard FoyéJackTheFlop 	 	 	7th Voted Out1st Jury MemberDay 16 	
Lydia MeredithHB_Little Mix	 	 	8th Voted Out2nd Jury MemberDay 18 	
Paschal EnglishCrindy 	 	 	9th Voted Out3rd Jury MemberDay 18 	
Erika CasupananErika Loree 	 	 	10th Voted Out4th Jury MemberDay 20	
Romeo Escobartyra 	 	 	11th Voted Out5th Jury MemberDay 20	
Wendell HollandMr Jewlittle	 	 	12th Voted Out6th Jury MemberDay 22	
Helen GloverJay 	 	 	13th Voted Out7th Jury MemberDay 24	
Zach Wurtenbergerrealhex 	 	 	Eliminated8th Jury MemberDay 25 	
Brendan ShapiroTheBlueGamer	 	 	2nd runner-up 	
Simone Nguyenjoseph 	 	 	Runner-up 	
Krista KlumppKris 	 	 	Sole Surv!vor 	
==Season Summary==
Challenge winners and eliminations by episodes
Episode 	Reward 	!mmunity 	Eliminated 	Finish
The little anxiety gremlin is in my head 	 	align = center 	rowspan="2" align = center	1st Voted OutDay 3
The little anxiety gremlin is in my head 	 	align = center 	 	1st Voted OutDay 3
Manipulation my old friend, we meet again 	 	rowspan="2" align = center	align = center 	2nd Voted OutDay 5
Manipulation my old friend, we meet again 	 	align = center 	3rd Voted OutDay 5 	
Dumb people make dumb moves 	 	align = center 	align = center 	4th Voted OutDay 7
Over my dead body she will be an architect 	 	align = center 	align = center 	5th Voted OutDay 9
Time to show how a true queen plays this game	 	align = center 	align = center 	6th Voted OutDay 11
Should I do a British accent? 	 	align = center 	rowspan="2" align = center 	7th Voted OutDay 14
Should I do a British accent? 	 	align = center 	 	7th Voted OutDay 14
Another day, another advantage! 	 	align = center 	rowspan="2" align = center 	8th Voted Out1st Jury MemberDay 16
Another day, another advantage! 	 	align = center 	 	8th Voted Out1st Jury MemberDay 16
Let’s hope he’s not Theseus 	 	align = center 	align = center 	9th Voted Out2nd Jury MemberDay 18
Let’s hope he’s not Theseus 	 	align = center 	align = center 	10th Voted Out3rd Jury MemberDay 18
This is like the worst game of telephone ever	 	align = center 	align = center 	11th Voted Out4th Jury MemberDay 20
This is like the worst game of telephone ever	 	align = center 	align = center 	12th Voted Out5th Jury MemberDay 20
We've snatched ourselves a weapon of our own 	 	align = center 	align = center 	13th Voted Out6th Jury MemberDay 22
Never trust a woman with nice ears 	 	align = center 	align = center 	14th Voted Out7th Jury MemberDay 24
Never trust a woman with nice ears 	 	align = center 	align = center 	Eliminated8th Jury MemberDay 25
Never trust a woman with nice ears 	Jury Vote 	Jury Vote 	Jury Vote 	Jury Vote
Never trust a woman with nice ears 	colspan="2" rowspan="3"	align = center 	2nd runner-up 	
Never trust a woman with nice ears 	align = center 	Runner-Up 	 	
Never trust a woman with nice ears 	align = center 	Sole Surv!vor 	 	
This !mmunity was determined by who had found most beads hidden in the labyrinth after the merge. Helen found most beads meaning she was !mmune from the vote.</sma{note|immunity2|[b]}}At Tribal Council, Krista chose to give her immunity to Zach.
==Episodes ==
Episode # 	Title 	Episode days
1 	The little anxiety gremlin is in my head 	Jun 8-11, 2024
The second season of Surv!vor's New Era began on the shores of Fiji with 18 brand new castaways marooned, for a game lasting up to 26 days. The castaways were split into 3 tribes of 6: Ika, Taku and Vati. As the castaways settled in and got familiar with their tribes, they were introduced to a new twist: the Labyrinth. Each player would be able to explore this maze of mystery in their own time, potentially discovering game-changing powers in the process. The first !mmunity Challenge, Forty Two, saw the tribes plant as many flags as they could on various chests, which had different numbers of treasure pieces contained within them. A misplayed split strategy saw Taku spread their flags too evenly and lose out on many valuable chests, while Vati aggressively targeted a few high-value chests, a strategy which paid off as they secured a commanding win. Ika tied Taku in number of chests, but theirs proved to contain enough pieces to secure second place. (Oh, and Jeff decided to drop "guys" from the phrase "come on in, guys" after a second season of asking about it. Because as you know, that's real important.) As Taku faced an upcoming Tr!bal Council, a clear hierarchy emerged within the tribe, with a three-strong alliance of Erika, Krista and Wendell; the pair of Jessica and Omar being targeted; and Nick, who had a close connection with Wendell, but was otherwise outside of both groups. A plan was hatched by the trio to eliminate Omar, who was seen as the least helpful member of the tribe. Wendell shared this information with Nick, who deliberately blabbed it to Jessica and Omar. Omar pushed hard to shift the target to Nick, but the die was cast at this point, and he was unanimously voted out at the first Tr!bal Council, with Jessica also voting for him out of self-preservation.* !mmunity Challenge (Forty Two): Tribes competed to plant their respective colored flags on 12 chests each containing 2,3, 4 or 5 pieces of the dragon's treasure. Each player could peek into one chest to find out its contents. The tribe with the most flags on each chest would loot all the pieces in that chest. Out of the 42 pieces, Vati had the most with 19, and Ika had the second most with 13, winning !mmunity. With just 10 pieces, Taku was sent to the first Tr!bal Council. Jeff also decided that he would no longer be saying "guys" in his opening line "Come on in!" in an effort to be more inclusive. 	The second season of Surv!vor's New Era began on the shores of Fiji with 18 brand new castaways marooned, for a game lasting up to 26 days. The castaways were split into 3 tribes of 6: Ika, Taku and Vati. As the castaways settled in and got familiar with their tribes, they were introduced to a new twist: the Labyrinth. Each player would be able to explore this maze of mystery in their own time, potentially discovering game-changing powers in the process. The first !mmunity Challenge, Forty Two, saw the tribes plant as many flags as they could on various chests, which had different numbers of treasure pieces contained within them. A misplayed split strategy saw Taku spread their flags too evenly and lose out on many valuable chests, while Vati aggressively targeted a few high-value chests, a strategy which paid off as they secured a commanding win. Ika tied Taku in number of chests, but theirs proved to contain enough pieces to secure second place. (Oh, and Jeff decided to drop "guys" from the phrase "come on in, guys" after a second season of asking about it. Because as you know, that's real important.) As Taku faced an upcoming Tr!bal Council, a clear hierarchy emerged within the tribe, with a three-strong alliance of Erika, Krista and Wendell; the pair of Jessica and Omar being targeted; and Nick, who had a close connection with Wendell, but was otherwise outside of both groups. A plan was hatched by the trio to eliminate Omar, who was seen as the least helpful member of the tribe. Wendell shared this information with Nick, who deliberately blabbed it to Jessica and Omar. Omar pushed hard to shift the target to Nick, but the die was cast at this point, and he was unanimously voted out at the first Tr!bal Council, with Jessica also voting for him out of self-preservation.* !mmunity Challenge (Forty Two): Tribes competed to plant their respective colored flags on 12 chests each containing 2,3, 4 or 5 pieces of the dragon's treasure. Each player could peek into one chest to find out its contents. The tribe with the most flags on each chest would loot all the pieces in that chest. Out of the 42 pieces, Vati had the most with 19, and Ika had the second most with 13, winning !mmunity. With just 10 pieces, Taku was sent to the first Tr!bal Council. Jeff also decided that he would no longer be saying "guys" in his opening line "Come on in!" in an effort to be more inclusive. 	The second season of Surv!vor's New Era began on the shores of Fiji with 18 brand new castaways marooned, for a game lasting up to 26 days. The castaways were split into 3 tribes of 6: Ika, Taku and Vati. As the castaways settled in and got familiar with their tribes, they were introduced to a new twist: the Labyrinth. Each player would be able to explore this maze of mystery in their own time, potentially discovering game-changing powers in the process. The first !mmunity Challenge, Forty Two, saw the tribes plant as many flags as they could on various chests, which had different numbers of treasure pieces contained within them. A misplayed split strategy saw Taku spread their flags too evenly and lose out on many valuable chests, while Vati aggressively targeted a few high-value chests, a strategy which paid off as they secured a commanding win. Ika tied Taku in number of chests, but theirs proved to contain enough pieces to secure second place. (Oh, and Jeff decided to drop "guys" from the phrase "come on in, guys" after a second season of asking about it. Because as you know, that's real important.) As Taku faced an upcoming Tr!bal Council, a clear hierarchy emerged within the tribe, with a three-strong alliance of Erika, Krista and Wendell; the pair of Jessica and Omar being targeted; and Nick, who had a close connection with Wendell, but was otherwise outside of both groups. A plan was hatched by the trio to eliminate Omar, who was seen as the least helpful member of the tribe. Wendell shared this information with Nick, who deliberately blabbed it to Jessica and Omar. Omar pushed hard to shift the target to Nick, but the die was cast at this point, and he was unanimously voted out at the first Tr!bal Council, with Jessica also voting for him out of self-preservation.* !mmunity Challenge (Forty Two): Tribes competed to plant their respective colored flags on 12 chests each containing 2,3, 4 or 5 pieces of the dragon's treasure. Each player could peek into one chest to find out its contents. The tribe with the most flags on each chest would loot all the pieces in that chest. Out of the 42 pieces, Vati had the most with 19, and Ika had the second most with 13, winning !mmunity. With just 10 pieces, Taku was sent to the first Tr!bal Council. Jeff also decided that he would no longer be saying "guys" in his opening line "Come on in!" in an effort to be more inclusive.
 	 	
2 	Manipulation my old friend, we meet again 	Jun 8-13, 2024
The game's second round saw Jeff introduce an unpleasant surprise to the castaways, as he announced that only one tribe would win safety at the upcoming !mmunity Challenge, Tangled Up Sled Slide, adapted as the popular word game Wordle. In this Challenge, each tribe elected some members to be Collectors finding usable five-letter words from unique letter grids, while the others became Solvers tasked with finding out the words Collectors from other tribes found in as few tries as possible. The words Vati formed were too easy, leaving room for Solvers from the other tribes to do well. Poor solving performances from Krista and Wendell in Taku and Morgan in Vati meant that Ika once again secured safety from Tribal Council, and the tensions between Ricard and Swati remained at a simmering level for now. While the Taku threesome of Erika, Krista and Wendell from the previous round seemed to hold strong for this round again, the group began to diverge as they disagreed on which outsider should be eliminated. Wendell was vocal in trying to get Jessica booted, the women were begining to plan and try to cut Wendell's shield in Nick, as they started to grow wary of him. On Ika, the trio alliance of Lydia, Simone and Zach decided to keep Brendan and Morgan around, as they saw the pair as being weak both at challenges and socially. This alliance persisted despite Zach being uneasy with Simone and having some strong ties with the other so-called stragglers. Their target was JP, whom they saw as an unknown they couldn't connect with despite his contributions to the !mmunity Challenge, and whom they feared might turn against them in a tribe shuffle. The trio recruited Brendan and Morgan under separate 'alliances', intending to ensure a unanimous voteout against JP. As the tribes strategised before the upcoming Tr!bal Councils, many castaways exchanged information about the Labyrinth with each other as an alliance-building exercise, and leveraged their discoveries to further their in-game survivability. From Taku, Jessica discovered an Advantage Amulet and revealed this information to the other Taku women, solidifying their alliance and setting into motion Nick's voteout. Paschal located the Ika equivalent with Helen's help, and Lydia found Vati's. At the Tr!bal Councils, Nick tried his valiant best to split the women apart, but failed; sensing that the tide had turned, Wendell joined the rest of Taku in voting his buddy out unanimously. The Vati trio's plan also went smoothly, as JP left the game shortly after.* !mmunity Challenge (Tangled Up Sled Slide): Tribes assigned their players the roles of Collectors or Solvers. Collectors would select letters from a grid to form words to be solved by the other tribes' Solvers according to Wordle rules. The tribe whose Solvers required the fewest guesses to solve all 12 words among them would win !mmunity. Ika won !mmunity with a total of 52 guesses, compared to Vati's 53 and Taku's 60. 	The game's second round saw Jeff introduce an unpleasant surprise to the castaways, as he announced that only one tribe would win safety at the upcoming !mmunity Challenge, Tangled Up Sled Slide, adapted as the popular word game Wordle. In this Challenge, each tribe elected some members to be Collectors finding usable five-letter words from unique letter grids, while the others became Solvers tasked with finding out the words Collectors from other tribes found in as few tries as possible. The words Vati formed were too easy, leaving room for Solvers from the other tribes to do well. Poor solving performances from Krista and Wendell in Taku and Morgan in Vati meant that Ika once again secured safety from Tribal Council, and the tensions between Ricard and Swati remained at a simmering level for now. While the Taku threesome of Erika, Krista and Wendell from the previous round seemed to hold strong for this round again, the group began to diverge as they disagreed on which outsider should be eliminated. Wendell was vocal in trying to get Jessica booted, the women were begining to plan and try to cut Wendell's shield in Nick, as they started to grow wary of him. On Ika, the trio alliance of Lydia, Simone and Zach decided to keep Brendan and Morgan around, as they saw the pair as being weak both at challenges and socially. This alliance persisted despite Zach being uneasy with Simone and having some strong ties with the other so-called stragglers. Their target was JP, whom they saw as an unknown they couldn't connect with despite his contributions to the !mmunity Challenge, and whom they feared might turn against them in a tribe shuffle. The trio recruited Brendan and Morgan under separate 'alliances', intending to ensure a unanimous voteout against JP. As the tribes strategised before the upcoming Tr!bal Councils, many castaways exchanged information about the Labyrinth with each other as an alliance-building exercise, and leveraged their discoveries to further their in-game survivability. From Taku, Jessica discovered an Advantage Amulet and revealed this information to the other Taku women, solidifying their alliance and setting into motion Nick's voteout. Paschal located the Ika equivalent with Helen's help, and Lydia found Vati's. At the Tr!bal Councils, Nick tried his valiant best to split the women apart, but failed; sensing that the tide had turned, Wendell joined the rest of Taku in voting his buddy out unanimously. The Vati trio's plan also went smoothly, as JP left the game shortly after.* !mmunity Challenge (Tangled Up Sled Slide): Tribes assigned their players the roles of Collectors or Solvers. Collectors would select letters from a grid to form words to be solved by the other tribes' Solvers according to Wordle rules. The tribe whose Solvers required the fewest guesses to solve all 12 words among them would win !mmunity. Ika won !mmunity with a total of 52 guesses, compared to Vati's 53 and Taku's 60. 	The game's second round saw Jeff introduce an unpleasant surprise to the castaways, as he announced that only one tribe would win safety at the upcoming !mmunity Challenge, Tangled Up Sled Slide, adapted as the popular word game Wordle. In this Challenge, each tribe elected some members to be Collectors finding usable five-letter words from unique letter grids, while the others became Solvers tasked with finding out the words Collectors from other tribes found in as few tries as possible. The words Vati formed were too easy, leaving room for Solvers from the other tribes to do well. Poor solving performances from Krista and Wendell in Taku and Morgan in Vati meant that Ika once again secured safety from Tribal Council, and the tensions between Ricard and Swati remained at a simmering level for now. While the Taku threesome of Erika, Krista and Wendell from the previous round seemed to hold strong for this round again, the group began to diverge as they disagreed on which outsider should be eliminated. Wendell was vocal in trying to get Jessica booted, the women were begining to plan and try to cut Wendell's shield in Nick, as they started to grow wary of him. On Ika, the trio alliance of Lydia, Simone and Zach decided to keep Brendan and Morgan around, as they saw the pair as being weak both at challenges and socially. This alliance persisted despite Zach being uneasy with Simone and having some strong ties with the other so-called stragglers. Their target was JP, whom they saw as an unknown they couldn't connect with despite his contributions to the !mmunity Challenge, and whom they feared might turn against them in a tribe shuffle. The trio recruited Brendan and Morgan under separate 'alliances', intending to ensure a unanimous voteout against JP. As the tribes strategised before the upcoming Tr!bal Councils, many castaways exchanged information about the Labyrinth with each other as an alliance-building exercise, and leveraged their discoveries to further their in-game survivability. From Taku, Jessica discovered an Advantage Amulet and revealed this information to the other Taku women, solidifying their alliance and setting into motion Nick's voteout. Paschal located the Ika equivalent with Helen's help, and Lydia found Vati's. At the Tr!bal Councils, Nick tried his valiant best to split the women apart, but failed; sensing that the tide had turned, Wendell joined the rest of Taku in voting his buddy out unanimously. The Vati trio's plan also went smoothly, as JP left the game shortly after.* !mmunity Challenge (Tangled Up Sled Slide): Tribes assigned their players the roles of Collectors or Solvers. Collectors would select letters from a grid to form words to be solved by the other tribes' Solvers according to Wordle rules. The tribe whose Solvers required the fewest guesses to solve all 12 words among them would win !mmunity. Ika won !mmunity with a total of 52 guesses, compared to Vati's 53 and Taku's 60.
 	 	
3 	Dumb people make dumb moves 	Jun 13-16, 2024
A tribe shuffle at the next round brought about both opportunity and risk to all involved - the smallest tribe, Taku, was dissolved entirely, and everyone drew buffs to be part of either new Ika or new Vati. Swati drew the Shortcut, allowing her to automatically receive !mmunity and join the tribe which lost the next !mmunity Challenge, while the shuffle saw the tribes being somewhat evenly divided on each side, but with the plurality trios being the immediate target for the others on their tribes - the OG Vatis of Brendan, Morgan and Zach on New Ika, and the OG Ikas of Helen, Paschal and Tasha on New Vati. There was an obvious target in each trio - Morgan and Tasha, who were the weakest socially. At the !mmunity Challenge, Beyond the Tuna, the tribes were tasked to catch as much fish as they could released across 3 time slots, with an added twist that the final fish for each slot was worth a whopping 15 fish each. This meant the crux of the challenge was strategising how to catch the final fish for each slot. With Ika both completely misplaying their strategy and not even showing up at their agreed upon slots, the Challenge was a blowout win for Vati, and Swati got to continue her one-sided feud with Ricard by joining Ika post-Tribal Council. At Tr!bal Council, the target on Morgan's back grew as even though she was far from the only player to screw up at the Challenge, her communication style amplifying the animus generated by her poor performance. The other OG Vatis Brendan and Zach tried to help Morgan by getting the vote flipped onto Ricard or Wendell but to no avail, and she left in a clear 5-1-1 voteout.* !mmunity Challenge (Beyond the Tuna): Tribes tried to grab as much fish as they could. There were three timeslots in the challenge, and during each timeslot, 42 fish were released into the water. Players could grab 1 to 3 fish with each move. The last fish of each timeslot was worth a whopping 15 fish. After dominating the first timeslot, Vati easily grabbed more than half the fish available in the challenge and won !mmunity. Swati joined Ika as its 8th member. 	A tribe shuffle at the next round brought about both opportunity and risk to all involved - the smallest tribe, Taku, was dissolved entirely, and everyone drew buffs to be part of either new Ika or new Vati. Swati drew the Shortcut, allowing her to automatically receive !mmunity and join the tribe which lost the next !mmunity Challenge, while the shuffle saw the tribes being somewhat evenly divided on each side, but with the plurality trios being the immediate target for the others on their tribes - the OG Vatis of Brendan, Morgan and Zach on New Ika, and the OG Ikas of Helen, Paschal and Tasha on New Vati. There was an obvious target in each trio - Morgan and Tasha, who were the weakest socially. At the !mmunity Challenge, Beyond the Tuna, the tribes were tasked to catch as much fish as they could released across 3 time slots, with an added twist that the final fish for each slot was worth a whopping 15 fish each. This meant the crux of the challenge was strategising how to catch the final fish for each slot. With Ika both completely misplaying their strategy and not even showing up at their agreed upon slots, the Challenge was a blowout win for Vati, and Swati got to continue her one-sided feud with Ricard by joining Ika post-Tribal Council. At Tr!bal Council, the target on Morgan's back grew as even though she was far from the only player to screw up at the Challenge, her communication style amplifying the animus generated by her poor performance. The other OG Vatis Brendan and Zach tried to help Morgan by getting the vote flipped onto Ricard or Wendell but to no avail, and she left in a clear 5-1-1 voteout.* !mmunity Challenge (Beyond the Tuna): Tribes tried to grab as much fish as they could. There were three timeslots in the challenge, and during each timeslot, 42 fish were released into the water. Players could grab 1 to 3 fish with each move. The last fish of each timeslot was worth a whopping 15 fish. After dominating the first timeslot, Vati easily grabbed more than half the fish available in the challenge and won !mmunity. Swati joined Ika as its 8th member. 	A tribe shuffle at the next round brought about both opportunity and risk to all involved - the smallest tribe, Taku, was dissolved entirely, and everyone drew buffs to be part of either new Ika or new Vati. Swati drew the Shortcut, allowing her to automatically receive !mmunity and join the tribe which lost the next !mmunity Challenge, while the shuffle saw the tribes being somewhat evenly divided on each side, but with the plurality trios being the immediate target for the others on their tribes - the OG Vatis of Brendan, Morgan and Zach on New Ika, and the OG Ikas of Helen, Paschal and Tasha on New Vati. There was an obvious target in each trio - Morgan and Tasha, who were the weakest socially. At the !mmunity Challenge, Beyond the Tuna, the tribes were tasked to catch as much fish as they could released across 3 time slots, with an added twist that the final fish for each slot was worth a whopping 15 fish each. This meant the crux of the challenge was strategising how to catch the final fish for each slot. With Ika both completely misplaying their strategy and not even showing up at their agreed upon slots, the Challenge was a blowout win for Vati, and Swati got to continue her one-sided feud with Ricard by joining Ika post-Tribal Council. At Tr!bal Council, the target on Morgan's back grew as even though she was far from the only player to screw up at the Challenge, her communication style amplifying the animus generated by her poor performance. The other OG Vatis Brendan and Zach tried to help Morgan by getting the vote flipped onto Ricard or Wendell but to no avail, and she left in a clear 5-1-1 voteout.* !mmunity Challenge (Beyond the Tuna): Tribes tried to grab as much fish as they could. There were three timeslots in the challenge, and during each timeslot, 42 fish were released into the water. Players could grab 1 to 3 fish with each move. The last fish of each timeslot was worth a whopping 15 fish. After dominating the first timeslot, Vati easily grabbed more than half the fish available in the challenge and won !mmunity. Swati joined Ika as its 8th member.
 	 	
4 	Over my dead body she will be an architect 	Jun 16-19, 2024
At the next !mmunity Challenge, Spiral Architect, the tribes were each assigned four unique code words, with players taking turns to serve in the role of 'architect', and converting their numerical codes for the round into clues relating to the unique code words. Each tribe had to guess their correct numerical code, and also had the chance to penalise the other tribe by infering the other code words and trying to decipher the other numerical code. While the two tribes started the challenge neck-in-neck, they began to diverge once Krista unsuccesfully tried to throw a curveball to her tribemates. Additionally, Vati's lack of organisation for the Challenge came back to bite them; as their previous architects chose overly obvious clues, Ika crucially managed to guess one of their codes correctly; Vati failing to submit a guess on the final round added insult to injury, and hammered a proverbial nail into the coffin. Zach's passiveness proved to be perilous within Ika, but he lived to fight another round since his tribe won !mmunity. It seemed like all but set that an original Ika was leaving from Vati, but the tenuous majority alliance of Jessica, Krista, Lydia and Simone threatened to fracture, as Tasha attempted a coup and get Krista voted out - when Krista and Simone were seriously considering a Helen or Paschal vote, leaning towards the latter as a clear social threat. However, their alliance mates insisted on both an Ika voteout and that Tasha - who had issues socialising with both her old and new tribes - was slated for the boot. As the players continued to navigate the Labyrinth, Krista slayed a Minotaur standing in her way with a Sword she found. Her reward? The Vati Hidden Immunity Idol. Krista was prepared to play her Idol if necessary, and things looked shaky for her for a while, but Tasha overplaying and generating distrust meant she was the only one to vote for Krista at Tr!bal Council, as she left the game in a unanimous 6-1 vote.* !mmunity Challenge (Spiral Architect): Tribes each chose a set of 4 secret reference words. Each round, one player from each tribe would mount a ladder to see a 3-digit code, and then try to relay the code to their tribe members using phrases corresponding to the 4 words. Each tribe then tried to guess their own code for the round, as well as the other tribe's code using knowledge gleaned from the other tribe's clues in previous rounds. Ika worked well together to figure out both their own clues as well as Vati's, and won !mmunity. 	At the next !mmunity Challenge, Spiral Architect, the tribes were each assigned four unique code words, with players taking turns to serve in the role of 'architect', and converting their numerical codes for the round into clues relating to the unique code words. Each tribe had to guess their correct numerical code, and also had the chance to penalise the other tribe by infering the other code words and trying to decipher the other numerical code. While the two tribes started the challenge neck-in-neck, they began to diverge once Krista unsuccesfully tried to throw a curveball to her tribemates. Additionally, Vati's lack of organisation for the Challenge came back to bite them; as their previous architects chose overly obvious clues, Ika crucially managed to guess one of their codes correctly; Vati failing to submit a guess on the final round added insult to injury, and hammered a proverbial nail into the coffin. Zach's passiveness proved to be perilous within Ika, but he lived to fight another round since his tribe won !mmunity. It seemed like all but set that an original Ika was leaving from Vati, but the tenuous majority alliance of Jessica, Krista, Lydia and Simone threatened to fracture, as Tasha attempted a coup and get Krista voted out - when Krista and Simone were seriously considering a Helen or Paschal vote, leaning towards the latter as a clear social threat. However, their alliance mates insisted on both an Ika voteout and that Tasha - who had issues socialising with both her old and new tribes - was slated for the boot. As the players continued to navigate the Labyrinth, Krista slayed a Minotaur standing in her way with a Sword she found. Her reward? The Vati Hidden Immunity Idol. Krista was prepared to play her Idol if necessary, and things looked shaky for her for a while, but Tasha overplaying and generating distrust meant she was the only one to vote for Krista at Tr!bal Council, as she left the game in a unanimous 6-1 vote.* !mmunity Challenge (Spiral Architect): Tribes each chose a set of 4 secret reference words. Each round, one player from each tribe would mount a ladder to see a 3-digit code, and then try to relay the code to their tribe members using phrases corresponding to the 4 words. Each tribe then tried to guess their own code for the round, as well as the other tribe's code using knowledge gleaned from the other tribe's clues in previous rounds. Ika worked well together to figure out both their own clues as well as Vati's, and won !mmunity. 	At the next !mmunity Challenge, Spiral Architect, the tribes were each assigned four unique code words, with players taking turns to serve in the role of 'architect', and converting their numerical codes for the round into clues relating to the unique code words. Each tribe had to guess their correct numerical code, and also had the chance to penalise the other tribe by infering the other code words and trying to decipher the other numerical code. While the two tribes started the challenge neck-in-neck, they began to diverge once Krista unsuccesfully tried to throw a curveball to her tribemates. Additionally, Vati's lack of organisation for the Challenge came back to bite them; as their previous architects chose overly obvious clues, Ika crucially managed to guess one of their codes correctly; Vati failing to submit a guess on the final round added insult to injury, and hammered a proverbial nail into the coffin. Zach's passiveness proved to be perilous within Ika, but he lived to fight another round since his tribe won !mmunity. It seemed like all but set that an original Ika was leaving from Vati, but the tenuous majority alliance of Jessica, Krista, Lydia and Simone threatened to fracture, as Tasha attempted a coup and get Krista voted out - when Krista and Simone were seriously considering a Helen or Paschal vote, leaning towards the latter as a clear social threat. However, their alliance mates insisted on both an Ika voteout and that Tasha - who had issues socialising with both her old and new tribes - was slated for the boot. As the players continued to navigate the Labyrinth, Krista slayed a Minotaur standing in her way with a Sword she found. Her reward? The Vati Hidden Immunity Idol. Krista was prepared to play her Idol if necessary, and things looked shaky for her for a while, but Tasha overplaying and generating distrust meant she was the only one to vote for Krista at Tr!bal Council, as she left the game in a unanimous 6-1 vote.* !mmunity Challenge (Spiral Architect): Tribes each chose a set of 4 secret reference words. Each round, one player from each tribe would mount a ladder to see a 3-digit code, and then try to relay the code to their tribe members using phrases corresponding to the 4 words. Each tribe then tried to guess their own code for the round, as well as the other tribe's code using knowledge gleaned from the other tribe's clues in previous rounds. Ika worked well together to figure out both their own clues as well as Vati's, and won !mmunity.
 	 	
5 	Time to show how a true queen plays this game 	Jun 19-21, 2024
The fifth !mmunity Challenge, Can't Find My Way Home, saw the tribes nominate a Caller each round to describe a sequence of 6 symbols, that the rest of the tribe then had to decipher based on a decryption list they were provided. The catch was that both tribes would be playing at the same time and competing to solve faster, and the symbols would be described in a channel that both tribes had access to, adding to the potential confusion factor. Additionally, the guessers could also ask their Caller clarifying questions. The Challenge could potentially go up to 3 rounds; however, Ika dominated the first 2 rounds and quickly won !mmunity, and Vati were once again served with a date at Tr!bal Council. The tribe dynamics at Ika remained as before with Zach as a clear target, and it seemed likely that Paschal's target would persist across rounds as Vati entered the Tr!bal Council. However, Lydia and Simone - who quickly found themselves in a swing position - were growing increasingly frustrated with Jessica's apparently lack of commitment to the majority bloc, as she was often nowhere to be found right before voting commenced. They wrongfully assumed this as a sign of flakiness, and decided she might also be working with the other side to blindside Lydia (possibly to activate the Amulets' powers); hence, they worked with their rivals to eliminate Jessica and her apparent lack of reliability. With her ally now doomed, Krista joined the rest of Vati in voting out Jessica - who also lied about having an idol to protect her - 5-1.* !mmunity Challenge (Can't Find My Way Home): Tribes each nominated a caller to verbally guide the rest of the tribe to pick out a series of 6 symbols, out of a set of 20. The first tribe to pick out the 6 symbols and place them in the correct order would win the round. Ika won the first 2 out of 3 rounds and won !mmunity, sending Vati to Tr!bal Council. 	The fifth !mmunity Challenge, Can't Find My Way Home, saw the tribes nominate a Caller each round to describe a sequence of 6 symbols, that the rest of the tribe then had to decipher based on a decryption list they were provided. The catch was that both tribes would be playing at the same time and competing to solve faster, and the symbols would be described in a channel that both tribes had access to, adding to the potential confusion factor. Additionally, the guessers could also ask their Caller clarifying questions. The Challenge could potentially go up to 3 rounds; however, Ika dominated the first 2 rounds and quickly won !mmunity, and Vati were once again served with a date at Tr!bal Council. The tribe dynamics at Ika remained as before with Zach as a clear target, and it seemed likely that Paschal's target would persist across rounds as Vati entered the Tr!bal Council. However, Lydia and Simone - who quickly found themselves in a swing position - were growing increasingly frustrated with Jessica's apparently lack of commitment to the majority bloc, as she was often nowhere to be found right before voting commenced. They wrongfully assumed this as a sign of flakiness, and decided she might also be working with the other side to blindside Lydia (possibly to activate the Amulets' powers); hence, they worked with their rivals to eliminate Jessica and her apparent lack of reliability. With her ally now doomed, Krista joined the rest of Vati in voting out Jessica - who also lied about having an idol to protect her - 5-1.* !mmunity Challenge (Can't Find My Way Home): Tribes each nominated a caller to verbally guide the rest of the tribe to pick out a series of 6 symbols, out of a set of 20. The first tribe to pick out the 6 symbols and place them in the correct order would win the round. Ika won the first 2 out of 3 rounds and won !mmunity, sending Vati to Tr!bal Council. 	The fifth !mmunity Challenge, Can't Find My Way Home, saw the tribes nominate a Caller each round to describe a sequence of 6 symbols, that the rest of the tribe then had to decipher based on a decryption list they were provided. The catch was that both tribes would be playing at the same time and competing to solve faster, and the symbols would be described in a channel that both tribes had access to, adding to the potential confusion factor. Additionally, the guessers could also ask their Caller clarifying questions. The Challenge could potentially go up to 3 rounds; however, Ika dominated the first 2 rounds and quickly won !mmunity, and Vati were once again served with a date at Tr!bal Council. The tribe dynamics at Ika remained as before with Zach as a clear target, and it seemed likely that Paschal's target would persist across rounds as Vati entered the Tr!bal Council. However, Lydia and Simone - who quickly found themselves in a swing position - were growing increasingly frustrated with Jessica's apparently lack of commitment to the majority bloc, as she was often nowhere to be found right before voting commenced. They wrongfully assumed this as a sign of flakiness, and decided she might also be working with the other side to blindside Lydia (possibly to activate the Amulets' powers); hence, they worked with their rivals to eliminate Jessica and her apparent lack of reliability. With her ally now doomed, Krista joined the rest of Vati in voting out Jessica - who also lied about having an idol to protect her - 5-1.* !mmunity Challenge (Can't Find My Way Home): Tribes each nominated a caller to verbally guide the rest of the tribe to pick out a series of 6 symbols, out of a set of 20. The first tribe to pick out the 6 symbols and place them in the correct order would win the round. Ika won the first 2 out of 3 rounds and won !mmunity, sending Vati to Tr!bal Council.
 	 	
6 	Should I do a British accent? 	Jun 21-24, 2024
The next round saw the merge hit, as the remaining 12 players now formed the Kula Kula tribe, and scrambled to navigate a shuffled playing field with both old and new ties. At the !mmunity Challege, A Bit Tipsy, the players had to pair up and alternate counting up to 300, with a number of twists: there were specific instructions regarding some of the numbers they had to follow - if not, they had to start again otherwise; they had to keep track of any error themselves; and they could not communicate with each other except by emojis. Three pairs quickly failed at counting, with Helen and Wendell dominating the Challenge at the end in good time, securing themselves crucial safety at a time when the battlefield was being reforged.As the players tentatively navigated a tangled web of alliances, advantages in the labyrinth continued to shape their in-game actions. Lydia and Paschal strategised ways to burn their amulets and avoid having their targets grow bigger, many players eyed Paschal's strong social position and realised they still couldn't do anything about it yet, and beads that were found in the labyrinth gave players whispers of what was to come - a double split tribal at the final 10 round, and the final 8 !mmunity winner being the player who found the most beads. Going into Tribal Council, it seemed like the target was between Ricard, who kept boasting about his challenge prowess (and proved it), and Zach, who was not well connected and who many found harder to engage socially. Erika was initially on the chopping block too, but the plan to vote her out was leaked, and her allies sought to pivot the vote towards Ricard - with a good amount of intervention by Swati, who by this point made her hatred towards Ricard explicit to a good number of others. At Tr!bal Council, Swati made her last stand by aggressively pushing the others to vote out Ricard. While Ricard was still on many players' radar, they realised that Swati was too chaotic and antagonistic that they neither wanted to work with her, nor did they want her to be on the Jury. With her social standing already weak prior to the explosive Tribal Council, Swati was sent home in a 10-2 vote - but not before cussing and calling people out.* !mmunity Challenge (A Bit Tipsy): Castaways paired up and took turns with their partners to stack number and letter blocks to spell the word IMMUNITY and count up to 300. They were given a number of rules, such as multiples and digits to avoid. Helen and Wendell reached 300 in the fastest time and won !mmunity. 	The next round saw the merge hit, as the remaining 12 players now formed the Kula Kula tribe, and scrambled to navigate a shuffled playing field with both old and new ties. At the !mmunity Challege, A Bit Tipsy, the players had to pair up and alternate counting up to 300, with a number of twists: there were specific instructions regarding some of the numbers they had to follow - if not, they had to start again otherwise; they had to keep track of any error themselves; and they could not communicate with each other except by emojis. Three pairs quickly failed at counting, with Helen and Wendell dominating the Challenge at the end in good time, securing themselves crucial safety at a time when the battlefield was being reforged.As the players tentatively navigated a tangled web of alliances, advantages in the labyrinth continued to shape their in-game actions. Lydia and Paschal strategised ways to burn their amulets and avoid having their targets grow bigger, many players eyed Paschal's strong social position and realised they still couldn't do anything about it yet, and beads that were found in the labyrinth gave players whispers of what was to come - a double split tribal at the final 10 round, and the final 8 !mmunity winner being the player who found the most beads. Going into Tribal Council, it seemed like the target was between Ricard, who kept boasting about his challenge prowess (and proved it), and Zach, who was not well connected and who many found harder to engage socially. Erika was initially on the chopping block too, but the plan to vote her out was leaked, and her allies sought to pivot the vote towards Ricard - with a good amount of intervention by Swati, who by this point made her hatred towards Ricard explicit to a good number of others. At Tr!bal Council, Swati made her last stand by aggressively pushing the others to vote out Ricard. While Ricard was still on many players' radar, they realised that Swati was too chaotic and antagonistic that they neither wanted to work with her, nor did they want her to be on the Jury. With her social standing already weak prior to the explosive Tribal Council, Swati was sent home in a 10-2 vote - but not before cussing and calling people out.* !mmunity Challenge (A Bit Tipsy): Castaways paired up and took turns with their partners to stack number and letter blocks to spell the word IMMUNITY and count up to 300. They were given a number of rules, such as multiples and digits to avoid. Helen and Wendell reached 300 in the fastest time and won !mmunity. 	The next round saw the merge hit, as the remaining 12 players now formed the Kula Kula tribe, and scrambled to navigate a shuffled playing field with both old and new ties. At the !mmunity Challege, A Bit Tipsy, the players had to pair up and alternate counting up to 300, with a number of twists: there were specific instructions regarding some of the numbers they had to follow - if not, they had to start again otherwise; they had to keep track of any error themselves; and they could not communicate with each other except by emojis. Three pairs quickly failed at counting, with Helen and Wendell dominating the Challenge at the end in good time, securing themselves crucial safety at a time when the battlefield was being reforged.As the players tentatively navigated a tangled web of alliances, advantages in the labyrinth continued to shape their in-game actions. Lydia and Paschal strategised ways to burn their amulets and avoid having their targets grow bigger, many players eyed Paschal's strong social position and realised they still couldn't do anything about it yet, and beads that were found in the labyrinth gave players whispers of what was to come - a double split tribal at the final 10 round, and the final 8 !mmunity winner being the player who found the most beads. Going into Tribal Council, it seemed like the target was between Ricard, who kept boasting about his challenge prowess (and proved it), and Zach, who was not well connected and who many found harder to engage socially. Erika was initially on the chopping block too, but the plan to vote her out was leaked, and her allies sought to pivot the vote towards Ricard - with a good amount of intervention by Swati, who by this point made her hatred towards Ricard explicit to a good number of others. At Tr!bal Council, Swati made her last stand by aggressively pushing the others to vote out Ricard. While Ricard was still on many players' radar, they realised that Swati was too chaotic and antagonistic that they neither wanted to work with her, nor did they want her to be on the Jury. With her social standing already weak prior to the explosive Tribal Council, Swati was sent home in a 10-2 vote - but not before cussing and calling people out.* !mmunity Challenge (A Bit Tipsy): Castaways paired up and took turns with their partners to stack number and letter blocks to spell the word IMMUNITY and count up to 300. They were given a number of rules, such as multiples and digits to avoid. Helen and Wendell reached 300 in the fastest time and won !mmunity.
 	 	
7 	Another day, another advantage! 	Jun 24-26, 2024
After Swati's unceremonious departure, there was little time to take stock as the players were immediately thrown into the next !mmunity Challenge: Basket Case. This was a straightforward competition where players had to assemble a list of common household items in a receptacle, and take a photo of it within the fastest time possible; once again, two Individual !mmunities were up for grabs. The three fastest players had times under two minutes, with Ricard barely pipped to safety by Paschal and Helen. The intra-tribe relationships continued to scramble as Romeo was exposed as having leaked confidential information about the Labyrinth from Ricard, weakening the general trust in him; and Krista secured yet more advantages from the Labyrinth, including another Split Vote. At the upcoming Tr!bal Council, the vote lurched dramatically between different players; it was initially set up a showdown between Lydia and Wendell - both well-connected players seen as threats. However, swing voters Erika and Krista pivoted the vote away from Wendell - an OG Taku and valuable ally to them still - and onto Ricard instead: as he was both a potential !mmunity threat, and getting closer to Wendell himself. Tr!bal Council was a blindside to the Lydia voters as they were deliberately left out of the loop of the target shift; and Ricard found himself ousted in a 6-4-1 vote split; Zach was the sole vote against Wendell, sinking his win equity in the game even further.* !mmunity Challenge (Basket Case): Castaways sprinted to gather items and toss them into a basket. The first two castaways to make a picture perfect shot would win. Paschal and Helen had the fastest times and won !mmunity. 	After Swati's unceremonious departure, there was little time to take stock as the players were immediately thrown into the next !mmunity Challenge: Basket Case. This was a straightforward competition where players had to assemble a list of common household items in a receptacle, and take a photo of it within the fastest time possible; once again, two Individual !mmunities were up for grabs. The three fastest players had times under two minutes, with Ricard barely pipped to safety by Paschal and Helen. The intra-tribe relationships continued to scramble as Romeo was exposed as having leaked confidential information about the Labyrinth from Ricard, weakening the general trust in him; and Krista secured yet more advantages from the Labyrinth, including another Split Vote. At the upcoming Tr!bal Council, the vote lurched dramatically between different players; it was initially set up a showdown between Lydia and Wendell - both well-connected players seen as threats. However, swing voters Erika and Krista pivoted the vote away from Wendell - an OG Taku and valuable ally to them still - and onto Ricard instead: as he was both a potential !mmunity threat, and getting closer to Wendell himself. Tr!bal Council was a blindside to the Lydia voters as they were deliberately left out of the loop of the target shift; and Ricard found himself ousted in a 6-4-1 vote split; Zach was the sole vote against Wendell, sinking his win equity in the game even further.* !mmunity Challenge (Basket Case): Castaways sprinted to gather items and toss them into a basket. The first two castaways to make a picture perfect shot would win. Paschal and Helen had the fastest times and won !mmunity. 	After Swati's unceremonious departure, there was little time to take stock as the players were immediately thrown into the next !mmunity Challenge: Basket Case. This was a straightforward competition where players had to assemble a list of common household items in a receptacle, and take a photo of it within the fastest time possible; once again, two Individual !mmunities were up for grabs. The three fastest players had times under two minutes, with Ricard barely pipped to safety by Paschal and Helen. The intra-tribe relationships continued to scramble as Romeo was exposed as having leaked confidential information about the Labyrinth from Ricard, weakening the general trust in him; and Krista secured yet more advantages from the Labyrinth, including another Split Vote. At the upcoming Tr!bal Council, the vote lurched dramatically between different players; it was initially set up a showdown between Lydia and Wendell - both well-connected players seen as threats. However, swing voters Erika and Krista pivoted the vote away from Wendell - an OG Taku and valuable ally to them still - and onto Ricard instead: as he was both a potential !mmunity threat, and getting closer to Wendell himself. Tr!bal Council was a blindside to the Lydia voters as they were deliberately left out of the loop of the target shift; and Ricard found himself ousted in a 6-4-1 vote split; Zach was the sole vote against Wendell, sinking his win equity in the game even further.* !mmunity Challenge (Basket Case): Castaways sprinted to gather items and toss them into a basket. The first two castaways to make a picture perfect shot would win. Paschal and Helen had the fastest times and won !mmunity.
 	 	
8 	Let’s hope he’s not Theseus 	Jun 26-28, 2024
In a twist (known to some who picked up beads in the Labyrinth and spread that gleaned information to others), the final 10 players were randomly split into two groups: a Green Group with Helen, Krista, Lydia, Romeo & Wendell; and a Blue Group with Brendan, Erika, Paschal, Simone & Zach. The !mmunity Challenge, Bermuda Triangles, required players to count the number of triangles in three rounds of images both accurately and quickly. Each round, the 3 players furthest from the correct answer (and slowest, if a tiebreaker was required) would be eliminated, regardless of their group division. The last player standing from each group won !mmunity, and the last player standing overall would have their tribe go to Tr!bal Council second. Wendell easily won !mmunity from the Green Group as his compatriots flopped out in succession, but eventually fell before the last-standing player from the Blue Group, Brendan. As the groups strategised over what to do in the split Tr!bal Councils, Krista's streak of fortune exploring the labyrinth continued; she picked up yet another Hidden Immunity Idol, while deliberately misleading Wendell into the wrong areas at the same time. In the Green Group, despite being an initial target, Helen found herself as the swing vote between the duos of Romeo & Wendell vs. Krista & Lydia; while in the Blue Group, Simone found herself in a voting bloc with Erika & Paschal against Brendan & Zach, who few liked and were on the ropes. In the Green Group Tr!bal Council, Helen took the opportunity to take a shot at the well-rounded social and challenge threat (AND Amulet holder) Lydia, with Romeo surviving a 3-2 vote by the skin of his teeth; over at the Green Group, Simone went from being determined to finally vote the untrustworthy Zach out, to suddenly having an epiphany that she couldn't beat Paschal at the Final Tribal Council, blindsiding what had been one of her closest allies up till now in a 3-1-1 vote (with Paschal out of the loop and Erika self-voting), and Paschal unfortunately failing to capitalise on an Amulet that had just been upgraded to a full Idol. Thus, the last of the Amulet holders left in one fell swoop.* !mmunity Challenge (Bermuda Triangle): Castaways balanced on platforms and tried to count triangles depicted in an image as accurately and quickly as possible. Each round, the three players who were farthest from the answer, or slowest in the event of a tie, would fall off their platforms. Brendan and Wendell were the last ones left standing in their respective groups and won !mmunity. As Brendan was the last one left standing overall, the Green Group would go to Tr!bal Council first, followed by the Blue Group. 	In a twist (known to some who picked up beads in the Labyrinth and spread that gleaned information to others), the final 10 players were randomly split into two groups: a Green Group with Helen, Krista, Lydia, Romeo & Wendell; and a Blue Group with Brendan, Erika, Paschal, Simone & Zach. The !mmunity Challenge, Bermuda Triangles, required players to count the number of triangles in three rounds of images both accurately and quickly. Each round, the 3 players furthest from the correct answer (and slowest, if a tiebreaker was required) would be eliminated, regardless of their group division. The last player standing from each group won !mmunity, and the last player standing overall would have their tribe go to Tr!bal Council second. Wendell easily won !mmunity from the Green Group as his compatriots flopped out in succession, but eventually fell before the last-standing player from the Blue Group, Brendan. As the groups strategised over what to do in the split Tr!bal Councils, Krista's streak of fortune exploring the labyrinth continued; she picked up yet another Hidden Immunity Idol, while deliberately misleading Wendell into the wrong areas at the same time. In the Green Group, despite being an initial target, Helen found herself as the swing vote between the duos of Romeo & Wendell vs. Krista & Lydia; while in the Blue Group, Simone found herself in a voting bloc with Erika & Paschal against Brendan & Zach, who few liked and were on the ropes. In the Green Group Tr!bal Council, Helen took the opportunity to take a shot at the well-rounded social and challenge threat (AND Amulet holder) Lydia, with Romeo surviving a 3-2 vote by the skin of his teeth; over at the Green Group, Simone went from being determined to finally vote the untrustworthy Zach out, to suddenly having an epiphany that she couldn't beat Paschal at the Final Tribal Council, blindsiding what had been one of her closest allies up till now in a 3-1-1 vote (with Paschal out of the loop and Erika self-voting), and Paschal unfortunately failing to capitalise on an Amulet that had just been upgraded to a full Idol. Thus, the last of the Amulet holders left in one fell swoop.* !mmunity Challenge (Bermuda Triangle): Castaways balanced on platforms and tried to count triangles depicted in an image as accurately and quickly as possible. Each round, the three players who were farthest from the answer, or slowest in the event of a tie, would fall off their platforms. Brendan and Wendell were the last ones left standing in their respective groups and won !mmunity. As Brendan was the last one left standing overall, the Green Group would go to Tr!bal Council first, followed by the Blue Group. 	In a twist (known to some who picked up beads in the Labyrinth and spread that gleaned information to others), the final 10 players were randomly split into two groups: a Green Group with Helen, Krista, Lydia, Romeo & Wendell; and a Blue Group with Brendan, Erika, Paschal, Simone & Zach. The !mmunity Challenge, Bermuda Triangles, required players to count the number of triangles in three rounds of images both accurately and quickly. Each round, the 3 players furthest from the correct answer (and slowest, if a tiebreaker was required) would be eliminated, regardless of their group division. The last player standing from each group won !mmunity, and the last player standing overall would have their tribe go to Tr!bal Council second. Wendell easily won !mmunity from the Green Group as his compatriots flopped out in succession, but eventually fell before the last-standing player from the Blue Group, Brendan. As the groups strategised over what to do in the split Tr!bal Councils, Krista's streak of fortune exploring the labyrinth continued; she picked up yet another Hidden Immunity Idol, while deliberately misleading Wendell into the wrong areas at the same time. In the Green Group, despite being an initial target, Helen found herself as the swing vote between the duos of Romeo & Wendell vs. Krista & Lydia; while in the Blue Group, Simone found herself in a voting bloc with Erika & Paschal against Brendan & Zach, who few liked and were on the ropes. In the Green Group Tr!bal Council, Helen took the opportunity to take a shot at the well-rounded social and challenge threat (AND Amulet holder) Lydia, with Romeo surviving a 3-2 vote by the skin of his teeth; over at the Green Group, Simone went from being determined to finally vote the untrustworthy Zach out, to suddenly having an epiphany that she couldn't beat Paschal at the Final Tribal Council, blindsiding what had been one of her closest allies up till now in a 3-1-1 vote (with Paschal out of the loop and Erika self-voting), and Paschal unfortunately failing to capitalise on an Amulet that had just been upgraded to a full Idol. Thus, the last of the Amulet holders left in one fell swoop.* !mmunity Challenge (Bermuda Triangle): Castaways balanced on platforms and tried to count triangles depicted in an image as accurately and quickly as possible. Each round, the three players who were farthest from the answer, or slowest in the event of a tie, would fall off their platforms. Brendan and Wendell were the last ones left standing in their respective groups and won !mmunity. As Brendan was the last one left standing overall, the Green Group would go to Tr!bal Council first, followed by the Blue Group.
 	 	
9 	This is like the worst game of telephone ever 	Jun 28-Jul 2, 2024
The craziest round in the game was yet to come! At the !mmunity Challenge, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, players were tasked with solving a series of labyrinth-related questions, eliminating the relevant letters and finding the remaining ones on a puzzle board. They then had to unscramble the leftover letters to obtain a final word which would win them !mmunity - 'AMAZING'. Despite trying to sandbag his own time, Wendell still handily won safety, much to his chagrin. Helen and Simone adjusted to the new reality that in their bid to upgrade their #1s' Amulets into Idols, they ended up picking off each others' #1s in the process. However, their two positions could not be more different; while Helen was known to play all sides, she was not an immediate target and still sought after as a swing voter. Simone, on the other hand, stranded herself with a less cooperative group, and she was one of the names brought up at the next round. The targets for the round seemed to be between her and Brendan - who was in an obvious pair with Zach and not well liked or connected. However, Romeo hustled to get his way this round, attempting to downplay his relationship with Brendan and Zach, and appealing to Wendell's paranoia about being blindsided with an Idol at Final 7; the latter agreed on an alternative plan suggested by Romeo - making a big move on his number 1 ally Erika, who he still distrusted in the aftermath of the Ricard vote. Wendell felt confident in having multiple paths to the end.; Brendan, Helen, Romeo, Zach and him were down for the plan, blindsiding the Three Women alliance of Erika, Krista and Simone. (muokattu) Wendell was not the only player planning a little surprise, though. Krista played her Dead End advantage on Brendan, essentially blocking his vote for the round. But she was not the only one armed with Labyrinth advantages - Helen decided to deploy her Split Ends advantage at Tr!bal Council - a double vote that had to be cast on another player from the first - to cause some chaos by voting for both Brendan and Erika, and tying the vote 4-4. Her plan worked perfectly as the extended whispering sent players into a spiral, trying to suss out who had played an extra vote. Conveniently, the fingers were pointed at the minority voting group, even though Krista had correctly deduced that Helen was behind the scheme. She was not believed by the group, her additional scrambling in all directions further making others distrust her and put a bigger target on her back. At the end of the day, Erika did her valiant best to turn the tide and win the trust of her former allies back, but the die was already cast. Simone decided to side with the majority in the revote, Krista stuck to her guns, and Erika left the game 5-1.# Although the players knew by that point whoever gathered the most beads in the labyrinth would win !mmunity at the final 7, they were shocked when Jeff announced that they would be going straight into another vote after determining the !mmunity winner - meaning that between the revote and the extended Tr!bal Council, players could only communicate through whispering the rest of the Tr!bal Council, further adding to the intrigue and paranoia that followed. Krista was confident that her extensive labyrinth haul extended to !mmunity as well - however, she was pipped to a win by Helen, who had miraculously found one bead more. (muokattu) As the castaways began their next round of whispering, Romeo, Brendan, and Zach quickly set their sights on Krista, believing it the easiest path forward for their trio after she was perceived as being primarily responsible for the chaos of the previous vote. Wendell, meanwhile, wanted to break up the pair of Brendan and Zach without exposing himself, so he passed the Dead End Advantage back to Krista, telling her to block one of their votes for the second round in a row. Krista, meanwhile, did not trust Wendell's intentions, and after encouragement from Romeo, blocked Helen's vote instead, correctly theorizing that she was the extra vote culprit from the previous round. More flurries of whispers ensued, with Romeo hustling to organize the vote against Krista, getting Wendell on board, who had become nervous about being a decoy target. As the only other person to know Krista was in possession of a Hidden !mmunity Idol, Simone saw an opportunity to eliminate a big threat, telling Krista to play her Idol and vote for Romeo. She then filled in Wendell, who was happy to go along with the plan. Ultimately, Simone's plan was successful, as Krista negated three votes against herself, and Romeo was sent home in a 3-0 vote.* !mmunity Challenge (Dizzy Miss Lizzy): Castaways faced a wall of letters and used clues to identify twisted words that were hidden in the wall. After unspooling and eliminating those words, they unscrambled the remaining letters to spell out the answer. Wendell was the fastest and won !mmunity. 	The craziest round in the game was yet to come! At the !mmunity Challenge, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, players were tasked with solving a series of labyrinth-related questions, eliminating the relevant letters and finding the remaining ones on a puzzle board. They then had to unscramble the leftover letters to obtain a final word which would win them !mmunity - 'AMAZING'. Despite trying to sandbag his own time, Wendell still handily won safety, much to his chagrin. Helen and Simone adjusted to the new reality that in their bid to upgrade their #1s' Amulets into Idols, they ended up picking off each others' #1s in the process. However, their two positions could not be more different; while Helen was known to play all sides, she was not an immediate target and still sought after as a swing voter. Simone, on the other hand, stranded herself with a less cooperative group, and she was one of the names brought up at the next round. The targets for the round seemed to be between her and Brendan - who was in an obvious pair with Zach and not well liked or connected. However, Romeo hustled to get his way this round, attempting to downplay his relationship with Brendan and Zach, and appealing to Wendell's paranoia about being blindsided with an Idol at Final 7; the latter agreed on an alternative plan suggested by Romeo - making a big move on his number 1 ally Erika, who he still distrusted in the aftermath of the Ricard vote. Wendell felt confident in having multiple paths to the end.; Brendan, Helen, Romeo, Zach and him were down for the plan, blindsiding the Three Women alliance of Erika, Krista and Simone. (muokattu) Wendell was not the only player planning a little surprise, though. Krista played her Dead End advantage on Brendan, essentially blocking his vote for the round. But she was not the only one armed with Labyrinth advantages - Helen decided to deploy her Split Ends advantage at Tr!bal Council - a double vote that had to be cast on another player from the first - to cause some chaos by voting for both Brendan and Erika, and tying the vote 4-4. Her plan worked perfectly as the extended whispering sent players into a spiral, trying to suss out who had played an extra vote. Conveniently, the fingers were pointed at the minority voting group, even though Krista had correctly deduced that Helen was behind the scheme. She was not believed by the group, her additional scrambling in all directions further making others distrust her and put a bigger target on her back. At the end of the day, Erika did her valiant best to turn the tide and win the trust of her former allies back, but the die was already cast. Simone decided to side with the majority in the revote, Krista stuck to her guns, and Erika left the game 5-1.# Although the players knew by that point whoever gathered the most beads in the labyrinth would win !mmunity at the final 7, they were shocked when Jeff announced that they would be going straight into another vote after determining the !mmunity winner - meaning that between the revote and the extended Tr!bal Council, players could only communicate through whispering the rest of the Tr!bal Council, further adding to the intrigue and paranoia that followed. Krista was confident that her extensive labyrinth haul extended to !mmunity as well - however, she was pipped to a win by Helen, who had miraculously found one bead more. (muokattu) As the castaways began their next round of whispering, Romeo, Brendan, and Zach quickly set their sights on Krista, believing it the easiest path forward for their trio after she was perceived as being primarily responsible for the chaos of the previous vote. Wendell, meanwhile, wanted to break up the pair of Brendan and Zach without exposing himself, so he passed the Dead End Advantage back to Krista, telling her to block one of their votes for the second round in a row. Krista, meanwhile, did not trust Wendell's intentions, and after encouragement from Romeo, blocked Helen's vote instead, correctly theorizing that she was the extra vote culprit from the previous round. More flurries of whispers ensued, with Romeo hustling to organize the vote against Krista, getting Wendell on board, who had become nervous about being a decoy target. As the only other person to know Krista was in possession of a Hidden !mmunity Idol, Simone saw an opportunity to eliminate a big threat, telling Krista to play her Idol and vote for Romeo. She then filled in Wendell, who was happy to go along with the plan. Ultimately, Simone's plan was successful, as Krista negated three votes against herself, and Romeo was sent home in a 3-0 vote.* !mmunity Challenge (Dizzy Miss Lizzy): Castaways faced a wall of letters and used clues to identify twisted words that were hidden in the wall. After unspooling and eliminating those words, they unscrambled the remaining letters to spell out the answer. Wendell was the fastest and won !mmunity. 	The craziest round in the game was yet to come! At the !mmunity Challenge, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, players were tasked with solving a series of labyrinth-related questions, eliminating the relevant letters and finding the remaining ones on a puzzle board. They then had to unscramble the leftover letters to obtain a final word which would win them !mmunity - 'AMAZING'. Despite trying to sandbag his own time, Wendell still handily won safety, much to his chagrin. Helen and Simone adjusted to the new reality that in their bid to upgrade their #1s' Amulets into Idols, they ended up picking off each others' #1s in the process. However, their two positions could not be more different; while Helen was known to play all sides, she was not an immediate target and still sought after as a swing voter. Simone, on the other hand, stranded herself with a less cooperative group, and she was one of the names brought up at the next round. The targets for the round seemed to be between her and Brendan - who was in an obvious pair with Zach and not well liked or connected. However, Romeo hustled to get his way this round, attempting to downplay his relationship with Brendan and Zach, and appealing to Wendell's paranoia about being blindsided with an Idol at Final 7; the latter agreed on an alternative plan suggested by Romeo - making a big move on his number 1 ally Erika, who he still distrusted in the aftermath of the Ricard vote. Wendell felt confident in having multiple paths to the end.; Brendan, Helen, Romeo, Zach and him were down for the plan, blindsiding the Three Women alliance of Erika, Krista and Simone. (muokattu) Wendell was not the only player planning a little surprise, though. Krista played her Dead End advantage on Brendan, essentially blocking his vote for the round. But she was not the only one armed with Labyrinth advantages - Helen decided to deploy her Split Ends advantage at Tr!bal Council - a double vote that had to be cast on another player from the first - to cause some chaos by voting for both Brendan and Erika, and tying the vote 4-4. Her plan worked perfectly as the extended whispering sent players into a spiral, trying to suss out who had played an extra vote. Conveniently, the fingers were pointed at the minority voting group, even though Krista had correctly deduced that Helen was behind the scheme. She was not believed by the group, her additional scrambling in all directions further making others distrust her and put a bigger target on her back. At the end of the day, Erika did her valiant best to turn the tide and win the trust of her former allies back, but the die was already cast. Simone decided to side with the majority in the revote, Krista stuck to her guns, and Erika left the game 5-1.# Although the players knew by that point whoever gathered the most beads in the labyrinth would win !mmunity at the final 7, they were shocked when Jeff announced that they would be going straight into another vote after determining the !mmunity winner - meaning that between the revote and the extended Tr!bal Council, players could only communicate through whispering the rest of the Tr!bal Council, further adding to the intrigue and paranoia that followed. Krista was confident that her extensive labyrinth haul extended to !mmunity as well - however, she was pipped to a win by Helen, who had miraculously found one bead more. (muokattu) As the castaways began their next round of whispering, Romeo, Brendan, and Zach quickly set their sights on Krista, believing it the easiest path forward for their trio after she was perceived as being primarily responsible for the chaos of the previous vote. Wendell, meanwhile, wanted to break up the pair of Brendan and Zach without exposing himself, so he passed the Dead End Advantage back to Krista, telling her to block one of their votes for the second round in a row. Krista, meanwhile, did not trust Wendell's intentions, and after encouragement from Romeo, blocked Helen's vote instead, correctly theorizing that she was the extra vote culprit from the previous round. More flurries of whispers ensued, with Romeo hustling to organize the vote against Krista, getting Wendell on board, who had become nervous about being a decoy target. As the only other person to know Krista was in possession of a Hidden !mmunity Idol, Simone saw an opportunity to eliminate a big threat, telling Krista to play her Idol and vote for Romeo. She then filled in Wendell, who was happy to go along with the plan. Ultimately, Simone's plan was successful, as Krista negated three votes against herself, and Romeo was sent home in a 3-0 vote.* !mmunity Challenge (Dizzy Miss Lizzy): Castaways faced a wall of letters and used clues to identify twisted words that were hidden in the wall. After unspooling and eliminating those words, they unscrambled the remaining letters to spell out the answer. Wendell was the fastest and won !mmunity.
 	 	
10 	We've snatched ourselves a weapon of our own 	Jul 2-Jul 4, 2024
After the seismic upheaval of Romeo's departure, Wendell entered the next round with a strong belief he had multiple pathways to the end, after having made deals left and right. Unbeknownst to him, everyone was plotting to take him out at some point or the other - either at this immediate round or right afterwards. At the next !mmunity Challenge, Stair Down the Walls, players had to complete two tasks consectuively; first matching two sets of patterns in the right order to form staircase rungs, and then escaping a maze as fast as they could, with the overall fastest player securing the covered !mmunity. Wendell, confident in his survival and afraid of being targeted as a competitive threat, deliberately threw the Challenge, while Brendan's expertise at navigating mazes meant he pipped Krista to the win - much to the chagrin of Krista (who was hoping for a guaranteed free ride to the Final 4) and Simone (who really wanted to vote Brendan out). The Labyrinth continued to yield surprises, as the alliance of Brendan, Helen and Zach combined their knowledge of its walls for Zach to uncover his first Hidden !mmunity Idol, a lifesaver ensuring the alliance remained intact going into the Finale. Meanwhile, the vote was shaping up to be between Wendell and Zach: Wendell as he was a clear favourite to win if he reached the Final Tr!bal Council; and Zach as he was a clear number for Brendan, who would have been the target had he not won !mmunity. The remaining players attempted to position their votes in the way they wanted, while appeasing their side alliances; Helen was prepared to snipe Wendell and take over as the favourite to win with Brendan and Zach under her wing, while persuading her side ally Simone that she should vote for Zach - a way of covering all her bases. (muokattu) Krista's goodie bag was full of Labyrinth treasures, but she decided to mete them out judiciously. Correctly deducing that she was not a target this round, she held her nerve and only played the Split Ends on both Wendell and Zach, with her ultimate target being Wendell. A Tr!bal Council to remember was about to unfold: Wendell was about to be blindsided out of the game, with Krista as the swing vote going with the Brendan/Helen/Zach trio. However, as Zach failed to follow the proper voting procedures, he was instead on track to be voted out 4-3, with Krista's double vote again being a decider. Yet, in a sudden moment of clarity, Zach deployed the Hidden !mmunity Idol he had just discovered to save himself, reversing the outcome yet again, and sending Wendell to the jury 3-0 after nullifying all 4 votes against him - including the penalty self-vote which would not have eliminated him, if he had voted properly in the first place. Zach managed to extend his stay in the game, albeit with a manoeuvre that should not have been needed in the first place, but at what cost? The events of this Tr!bal Council would have further implications for Zach's trio, who would find themselves decimated in due course...* !mmunity Challenge (Stair Down the Walls): Castaways raced to fit planks with matching hole patterns onto steps of a staircase to climb to the top, where they then had to navigate a ball through a table maze by drawing a path. Brendan was the fastest to finish, winning !mmunity. 	After the seismic upheaval of Romeo's departure, Wendell entered the next round with a strong belief he had multiple pathways to the end, after having made deals left and right. Unbeknownst to him, everyone was plotting to take him out at some point or the other - either at this immediate round or right afterwards. At the next !mmunity Challenge, Stair Down the Walls, players had to complete two tasks consectuively; first matching two sets of patterns in the right order to form staircase rungs, and then escaping a maze as fast as they could, with the overall fastest player securing the covered !mmunity. Wendell, confident in his survival and afraid of being targeted as a competitive threat, deliberately threw the Challenge, while Brendan's expertise at navigating mazes meant he pipped Krista to the win - much to the chagrin of Krista (who was hoping for a guaranteed free ride to the Final 4) and Simone (who really wanted to vote Brendan out). The Labyrinth continued to yield surprises, as the alliance of Brendan, Helen and Zach combined their knowledge of its walls for Zach to uncover his first Hidden !mmunity Idol, a lifesaver ensuring the alliance remained intact going into the Finale. Meanwhile, the vote was shaping up to be between Wendell and Zach: Wendell as he was a clear favourite to win if he reached the Final Tr!bal Council; and Zach as he was a clear number for Brendan, who would have been the target had he not won !mmunity. The remaining players attempted to position their votes in the way they wanted, while appeasing their side alliances; Helen was prepared to snipe Wendell and take over as the favourite to win with Brendan and Zach under her wing, while persuading her side ally Simone that she should vote for Zach - a way of covering all her bases. (muokattu) Krista's goodie bag was full of Labyrinth treasures, but she decided to mete them out judiciously. Correctly deducing that she was not a target this round, she held her nerve and only played the Split Ends on both Wendell and Zach, with her ultimate target being Wendell. A Tr!bal Council to remember was about to unfold: Wendell was about to be blindsided out of the game, with Krista as the swing vote going with the Brendan/Helen/Zach trio. However, as Zach failed to follow the proper voting procedures, he was instead on track to be voted out 4-3, with Krista's double vote again being a decider. Yet, in a sudden moment of clarity, Zach deployed the Hidden !mmunity Idol he had just discovered to save himself, reversing the outcome yet again, and sending Wendell to the jury 3-0 after nullifying all 4 votes against him - including the penalty self-vote which would not have eliminated him, if he had voted properly in the first place. Zach managed to extend his stay in the game, albeit with a manoeuvre that should not have been needed in the first place, but at what cost? The events of this Tr!bal Council would have further implications for Zach's trio, who would find themselves decimated in due course...* !mmunity Challenge (Stair Down the Walls): Castaways raced to fit planks with matching hole patterns onto steps of a staircase to climb to the top, where they then had to navigate a ball through a table maze by drawing a path. Brendan was the fastest to finish, winning !mmunity. 	After the seismic upheaval of Romeo's departure, Wendell entered the next round with a strong belief he had multiple pathways to the end, after having made deals left and right. Unbeknownst to him, everyone was plotting to take him out at some point or the other - either at this immediate round or right afterwards. At the next !mmunity Challenge, Stair Down the Walls, players had to complete two tasks consectuively; first matching two sets of patterns in the right order to form staircase rungs, and then escaping a maze as fast as they could, with the overall fastest player securing the covered !mmunity. Wendell, confident in his survival and afraid of being targeted as a competitive threat, deliberately threw the Challenge, while Brendan's expertise at navigating mazes meant he pipped Krista to the win - much to the chagrin of Krista (who was hoping for a guaranteed free ride to the Final 4) and Simone (who really wanted to vote Brendan out). The Labyrinth continued to yield surprises, as the alliance of Brendan, Helen and Zach combined their knowledge of its walls for Zach to uncover his first Hidden !mmunity Idol, a lifesaver ensuring the alliance remained intact going into the Finale. Meanwhile, the vote was shaping up to be between Wendell and Zach: Wendell as he was a clear favourite to win if he reached the Final Tr!bal Council; and Zach as he was a clear number for Brendan, who would have been the target had he not won !mmunity. The remaining players attempted to position their votes in the way they wanted, while appeasing their side alliances; Helen was prepared to snipe Wendell and take over as the favourite to win with Brendan and Zach under her wing, while persuading her side ally Simone that she should vote for Zach - a way of covering all her bases. (muokattu) Krista's goodie bag was full of Labyrinth treasures, but she decided to mete them out judiciously. Correctly deducing that she was not a target this round, she held her nerve and only played the Split Ends on both Wendell and Zach, with her ultimate target being Wendell. A Tr!bal Council to remember was about to unfold: Wendell was about to be blindsided out of the game, with Krista as the swing vote going with the Brendan/Helen/Zach trio. However, as Zach failed to follow the proper voting procedures, he was instead on track to be voted out 4-3, with Krista's double vote again being a decider. Yet, in a sudden moment of clarity, Zach deployed the Hidden !mmunity Idol he had just discovered to save himself, reversing the outcome yet again, and sending Wendell to the jury 3-0 after nullifying all 4 votes against him - including the penalty self-vote which would not have eliminated him, if he had voted properly in the first place. Zach managed to extend his stay in the game, albeit with a manoeuvre that should not have been needed in the first place, but at what cost? The events of this Tr!bal Council would have further implications for Zach's trio, who would find themselves decimated in due course...* !mmunity Challenge (Stair Down the Walls): Castaways raced to fit planks with matching hole patterns onto steps of a staircase to climb to the top, where they then had to navigate a ball through a table maze by drawing a path. Brendan was the fastest to finish, winning !mmunity.
 	 	
11 	Never trust a woman with nice ears 	Jul 5-Jul 13, 2024
With Wendell's ouster, the battle lines were drawn between the 2 factions left in the final 5: the Brendan/Helen/Zach trio who barely escaped the last Tr!bal Council intact, and the Krista/Simone duo, seemingly outnumbered but with a surprise Hidden !mmunity Idol waiting in the wings. After Zach burned a newly-discovered Idol through his tardiness to stay in the game, the 2 groups raced through the Labyrinth to locate the reburied !dol. Unsurprisingly, Krista's prior knowledge of the maze paid off as her directions allowed Simone to pip Helen to the remaining !dol; combined with Krista's Idol she found premerge, it put the duo firmly in the driver's seat for the next Tr!bal Council, as the Labyrinth and its advantages were finally closed off for the rest of the season. At the Final 5 !mmunity Challenge, Giant Tick, the castaways had to place discs in the correct position of a puzzle, such that adjacent discs would be appropriately linked with a corresponding clue, with the fastest player winning !mmunity. Zach was confused about the Challenge rules and chose to incur a penalty by sitting out entirely, incurring his third strike of the game. This time, Krista was not even close in beating the competition and secured !mmunity, consolidating all the power this round in hers and Simone's hands.Going into Tr!bal Council, the players all had plans they wanted to put in place. Fearful that Zach would use up his last strike and accidentally self-eliminate, Krista surprised everyone by giving up her !mmunity necklace to him, as she attempted to curry favour with him and Brendan while ensuring Helen's voteout (rather than Zach being removed through inactivity). Helen knew she was an underdog and threw out every trick she could think of, such as persuading Brendan and Zach after the latter received the !mmunity necklace to shift their vote from Simone onto Krista, while casting a vote against Brendan herself. She correctly surmised there was a high chance Krista held onto an Idol, and tried to cover her bases in such a scenario. What she (and the other members of her trio) could not have predicted was the Krista/Simone duo having control of 2 Hidden !mmunity Idols. Despite all the scrambling, Helen's fate had long been sealed once she failed to win !mmunity. She left in a 2-1 vote at a dramatic Tr!bal Council, with everyone left gasping as both Krista and Simone played their Idols, and a flabbergasted Brendan and Zach who were left out of the loop and arguing with Helen and Krista over what had just happened in front of the jury.* !mmunity Challenge (Giant Tick): Castaways tried to place discs representing voted out castaways onto a bridge network resembling a giant tick, using their knowledge of the 13 voted out castaways and past events in the game. Krista had the fastest time and won !mmunity.On Day 25, the Final 4 woke up and completed their Rites of Passage, where they paid tribute to fallen friends and foes alike. With the remaining duos of Krista/Simone and Brendan/Zach prepared to take each other to the Final Tr!bal Council if they won the Final !mmunity Challenge, Simmotion, the stakes had never been higher. This Challenge saw everyone having to constantly keep their ball in motion while completing a series of tasks that were modified versions of past !mmunity Challenges; penalty points were incurred for poor performance, and castaways would be eliminated from the Challenge if they either dropped their ball or received too many penalty points. Brendan was suddenly taken ill right before the Challenge started and could not compete; and after performing well in the first few tasks, Simone got distracted and dropped her ball. Subsequently, Krista proceeded to best Zach at the remaining tasks, winning that vaunted final !mmunity and securing a spot at the Final Tr!bal Council. As the castaways were ushered to the Final 4 Tr!bal Council, Krista knew that Simone would be her biggest competition among all the players left; however, Simone had worked so closely with her, and her strategic advice invaluable, that Krista did not have the heart to leave her chance to fate. She chose to bring her ally to the end with her, making it a certainty that the tightly-bound duo of Brendan and Zach would finally be separated. The two men faced off in a languid fire-making duel; it took a while, but Brendan was in pole position from the get go and Zach was never able to close the gap, sending him to the Jury as its final member. An exciting Final Tr!bal Council awaited, as the three finalists had all made their way to the end while playing very different games.* !mmunity Challenge (Simmotion): For the Final !mmunity Challenge, castaways put their multi-tasking skills to the test by repeatedly placing a ball which would run through a metal cage every minute. If they dropped their ball, they would be eliminated. At the same time, they attempted tasks based on previous individual !mmunity Challenges, and would receive penalty points based on their performance relative to the remaining castaways in the challenge. If they received 10 penalty points, they would be eliminated too. Krista was the last one standing and won !mmunity.At the Final Tr!bal Council, Simone surprised everyone with her well-articulated and thoughtful arguments that showed how much sway and agency she had throughout the game, despite playing from a position where she hid behind bigger threats throughout the game: first Lydia, then Helen and Krista. This created a greater than expected wrinkle in Krista's plans to remain loyal. On the other hand, Brendan began to spiral during questioning, as he reconciled how different his view of his game was from the jury's. Both Brendan and Simone were aware of the need to attack Krista's flashy gameplay, with Krista (and other members of the jury) preoccupied with calling him out, but Simone stopped short of trying to deal a lethal blow to her close ally's game. In the end, however, Krista's game proved impressive enough to stand on its own right, as she convinced the jury that her adept navigation of the Labyrinth and use of its rewards was a separate strength from her keen perception of in-game events and positioning between groups. The jury decided that Krista successfully combined both an Old School social and strategic game with New School advantages and power plays, rewarding her the title of Sole Surv!vor with a decisive 6-1-0 margin. Simone placed 1st Runner-Up with a vote from her number 1 ally Lydia, while Brendan was shut out despite his surprising underdog run, and placed 2nd Runner-Up.	With Wendell's ouster, the battle lines were drawn between the 2 factions left in the final 5: the Brendan/Helen/Zach trio who barely escaped the last Tr!bal Council intact, and the Krista/Simone duo, seemingly outnumbered but with a surprise Hidden !mmunity Idol waiting in the wings. After Zach burned a newly-discovered Idol through his tardiness to stay in the game, the 2 groups raced through the Labyrinth to locate the reburied !dol. Unsurprisingly, Krista's prior knowledge of the maze paid off as her directions allowed Simone to pip Helen to the remaining !dol; combined with Krista's Idol she found premerge, it put the duo firmly in the driver's seat for the next Tr!bal Council, as the Labyrinth and its advantages were finally closed off for the rest of the season. At the Final 5 !mmunity Challenge, Giant Tick, the castaways had to place discs in the correct position of a puzzle, such that adjacent discs would be appropriately linked with a corresponding clue, with the fastest player winning !mmunity. Zach was confused about the Challenge rules and chose to incur a penalty by sitting out entirely, incurring his third strike of the game. This time, Krista was not even close in beating the competition and secured !mmunity, consolidating all the power this round in hers and Simone's hands.Going into Tr!bal Council, the players all had plans they wanted to put in place. Fearful that Zach would use up his last strike and accidentally self-eliminate, Krista surprised everyone by giving up her !mmunity necklace to him, as she attempted to curry favour with him and Brendan while ensuring Helen's voteout (rather than Zach being removed through inactivity). Helen knew she was an underdog and threw out every trick she could think of, such as persuading Brendan and Zach after the latter received the !mmunity necklace to shift their vote from Simone onto Krista, while casting a vote against Brendan herself. She correctly surmised there was a high chance Krista held onto an Idol, and tried to cover her bases in such a scenario. What she (and the other members of her trio) could not have predicted was the Krista/Simone duo having control of 2 Hidden !mmunity Idols. Despite all the scrambling, Helen's fate had long been sealed once she failed to win !mmunity. She left in a 2-1 vote at a dramatic Tr!bal Council, with everyone left gasping as both Krista and Simone played their Idols, and a flabbergasted Brendan and Zach who were left out of the loop and arguing with Helen and Krista over what had just happened in front of the jury.* !mmunity Challenge (Giant Tick): Castaways tried to place discs representing voted out castaways onto a bridge network resembling a giant tick, using their knowledge of the 13 voted out castaways and past events in the game. Krista had the fastest time and won !mmunity.On Day 25, the Final 4 woke up and completed their Rites of Passage, where they paid tribute to fallen friends and foes alike. With the remaining duos of Krista/Simone and Brendan/Zach prepared to take each other to the Final Tr!bal Council if they won the Final !mmunity Challenge, Simmotion, the stakes had never been higher. This Challenge saw everyone having to constantly keep their ball in motion while completing a series of tasks that were modified versions of past !mmunity Challenges; penalty points were incurred for poor performance, and castaways would be eliminated from the Challenge if they either dropped their ball or received too many penalty points. Brendan was suddenly taken ill right before the Challenge started and could not compete; and after performing well in the first few tasks, Simone got distracted and dropped her ball. Subsequently, Krista proceeded to best Zach at the remaining tasks, winning that vaunted final !mmunity and securing a spot at the Final Tr!bal Council. As the castaways were ushered to the Final 4 Tr!bal Council, Krista knew that Simone would be her biggest competition among all the players left; however, Simone had worked so closely with her, and her strategic advice invaluable, that Krista did not have the heart to leave her chance to fate. She chose to bring her ally to the end with her, making it a certainty that the tightly-bound duo of Brendan and Zach would finally be separated. The two men faced off in a languid fire-making duel; it took a while, but Brendan was in pole position from the get go and Zach was never able to close the gap, sending him to the Jury as its final member. An exciting Final Tr!bal Council awaited, as the three finalists had all made their way to the end while playing very different games.* !mmunity Challenge (Simmotion): For the Final !mmunity Challenge, castaways put their multi-tasking skills to the test by repeatedly placing a ball which would run through a metal cage every minute. If they dropped their ball, they would be eliminated. At the same time, they attempted tasks based on previous individual !mmunity Challenges, and would receive penalty points based on their performance relative to the remaining castaways in the challenge. If they received 10 penalty points, they would be eliminated too. Krista was the last one standing and won !mmunity.At the Final Tr!bal Council, Simone surprised everyone with her well-articulated and thoughtful arguments that showed how much sway and agency she had throughout the game, despite playing from a position where she hid behind bigger threats throughout the game: first Lydia, then Helen and Krista. This created a greater than expected wrinkle in Krista's plans to remain loyal. On the other hand, Brendan began to spiral during questioning, as he reconciled how different his view of his game was from the jury's. Both Brendan and Simone were aware of the need to attack Krista's flashy gameplay, with Krista (and other members of the jury) preoccupied with calling him out, but Simone stopped short of trying to deal a lethal blow to her close ally's game. In the end, however, Krista's game proved impressive enough to stand on its own right, as she convinced the jury that her adept navigation of the Labyrinth and use of its rewards was a separate strength from her keen perception of in-game events and positioning between groups. The jury decided that Krista successfully combined both an Old School social and strategic game with New School advantages and power plays, rewarding her the title of Sole Surv!vor with a decisive 6-1-0 margin. Simone placed 1st Runner-Up with a vote from her number 1 ally Lydia, while Brendan was shut out despite his surprising underdog run, and placed 2nd Runner-Up.	With Wendell's ouster, the battle lines were drawn between the 2 factions left in the final 5: the Brendan/Helen/Zach trio who barely escaped the last Tr!bal Council intact, and the Krista/Simone duo, seemingly outnumbered but with a surprise Hidden !mmunity Idol waiting in the wings. After Zach burned a newly-discovered Idol through his tardiness to stay in the game, the 2 groups raced through the Labyrinth to locate the reburied !dol. Unsurprisingly, Krista's prior knowledge of the maze paid off as her directions allowed Simone to pip Helen to the remaining !dol; combined with Krista's Idol she found premerge, it put the duo firmly in the driver's seat for the next Tr!bal Council, as the Labyrinth and its advantages were finally closed off for the rest of the season. At the Final 5 !mmunity Challenge, Giant Tick, the castaways had to place discs in the correct position of a puzzle, such that adjacent discs would be appropriately linked with a corresponding clue, with the fastest player winning !mmunity. Zach was confused about the Challenge rules and chose to incur a penalty by sitting out entirely, incurring his third strike of the game. This time, Krista was not even close in beating the competition and secured !mmunity, consolidating all the power this round in hers and Simone's hands.Going into Tr!bal Council, the players all had plans they wanted to put in place. Fearful that Zach would use up his last strike and accidentally self-eliminate, Krista surprised everyone by giving up her !mmunity necklace to him, as she attempted to curry favour with him and Brendan while ensuring Helen's voteout (rather than Zach being removed through inactivity). Helen knew she was an underdog and threw out every trick she could think of, such as persuading Brendan and Zach after the latter received the !mmunity necklace to shift their vote from Simone onto Krista, while casting a vote against Brendan herself. She correctly surmised there was a high chance Krista held onto an Idol, and tried to cover her bases in such a scenario. What she (and the other members of her trio) could not have predicted was the Krista/Simone duo having control of 2 Hidden !mmunity Idols. Despite all the scrambling, Helen's fate had long been sealed once she failed to win !mmunity. She left in a 2-1 vote at a dramatic Tr!bal Council, with everyone left gasping as both Krista and Simone played their Idols, and a flabbergasted Brendan and Zach who were left out of the loop and arguing with Helen and Krista over what had just happened in front of the jury.* !mmunity Challenge (Giant Tick): Castaways tried to place discs representing voted out castaways onto a bridge network resembling a giant tick, using their knowledge of the 13 voted out castaways and past events in the game. Krista had the fastest time and won !mmunity.On Day 25, the Final 4 woke up and completed their Rites of Passage, where they paid tribute to fallen friends and foes alike. With the remaining duos of Krista/Simone and Brendan/Zach prepared to take each other to the Final Tr!bal Council if they won the Final !mmunity Challenge, Simmotion, the stakes had never been higher. This Challenge saw everyone having to constantly keep their ball in motion while completing a series of tasks that were modified versions of past !mmunity Challenges; penalty points were incurred for poor performance, and castaways would be eliminated from the Challenge if they either dropped their ball or received too many penalty points. Brendan was suddenly taken ill right before the Challenge started and could not compete; and after performing well in the first few tasks, Simone got distracted and dropped her ball. Subsequently, Krista proceeded to best Zach at the remaining tasks, winning that vaunted final !mmunity and securing a spot at the Final Tr!bal Council. As the castaways were ushered to the Final 4 Tr!bal Council, Krista knew that Simone would be her biggest competition among all the players left; however, Simone had worked so closely with her, and her strategic advice invaluable, that Krista did not have the heart to leave her chance to fate. She chose to bring her ally to the end with her, making it a certainty that the tightly-bound duo of Brendan and Zach would finally be separated. The two men faced off in a languid fire-making duel; it took a while, but Brendan was in pole position from the get go and Zach was never able to close the gap, sending him to the Jury as its final member. An exciting Final Tr!bal Council awaited, as the three finalists had all made their way to the end while playing very different games.* !mmunity Challenge (Simmotion): For the Final !mmunity Challenge, castaways put their multi-tasking skills to the test by repeatedly placing a ball which would run through a metal cage every minute. If they dropped their ball, they would be eliminated. At the same time, they attempted tasks based on previous individual !mmunity Challenges, and would receive penalty points based on their performance relative to the remaining castaways in the challenge. If they received 10 penalty points, they would be eliminated too. Krista was the last one standing and won !mmunity.At the Final Tr!bal Council, Simone surprised everyone with her well-articulated and thoughtful arguments that showed how much sway and agency she had throughout the game, despite playing from a position where she hid behind bigger threats throughout the game: first Lydia, then Helen and Krista. This created a greater than expected wrinkle in Krista's plans to remain loyal. On the other hand, Brendan began to spiral during questioning, as he reconciled how different his view of his game was from the jury's. Both Brendan and Simone were aware of the need to attack Krista's flashy gameplay, with Krista (and other members of the jury) preoccupied with calling him out, but Simone stopped short of trying to deal a lethal blow to her close ally's game. In the end, however, Krista's game proved impressive enough to stand on its own right, as she convinced the jury that her adept navigation of the Labyrinth and use of its rewards was a separate strength from her keen perception of in-game events and positioning between groups. The jury decided that Krista successfully combined both an Old School social and strategic game with New School advantages and power plays, rewarding her the title of Sole Surv!vor with a decisive 6-1-0 margin. Simone placed 1st Runner-Up with a vote from her number 1 ally Lydia, while Brendan was shut out despite his surprising underdog run, and placed 2nd Runner-Up.
==Voting History==
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On Day 18, a split Tr!bal Council was held. The castaways were divided into two groups of six; each group went to Tr!bal Council separately to eliminate one castaway from each.The vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those who tied.Krista used the Dead End advantage against Brendan, blocking his voteHelen used the Split Paths advantage, which allowed her to cast a second vote against someone other than her first vote.Brendan and Erika were not eligible to vote in the second round of voting.Krista used the Dead End advantage against Helen, blocking her vote.Krista played the Hidden !mmunity Idol, therefore three votes cast against her were not counted.Zach played the Hidden !mmunity Idol, therefore four votes cast against him were not counted.Krista played the Hidden !mmunity Idol, therefore two vote cast against her were not counted. For winning the Final !mmunity Challenge, Krista had to assign an additional !mmunity to another castaway, with the remaining two competing in a fire-making challenge to determine the third finalist. She saved Simone forcing Brendan and Zach to make fire for the third seat at the Final Tr!bal Council.
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