Boys vs Girls

Boys vs Girls is the season premiere of .
==Story==
===Day 1===
Sixteen strangers are traveling on a boat up the Rio Negro in the Amazon Rainforest to begin the adventure of a lifetime. Host Jeff Probst begins calling names to divide the tribes. One by one, he calls Jeanne Hebert, Heidi Strobel, JoAnna Ward, and Jenna Morasca to climb down to the yellow boat, but once Jeff calls for Christy Smith, the cast realizes what the twist of the season is going to be.
Jeff finishes with the rest of the women, and Deena Bennett is happy that the tribe ended up being what it is.
Jeff moves on to the men, calling them to climb into the blue boat. The men already believe that their tribe has the upper hand.
Jenna overhears the snobbish comments of the men on the other boat, and she is not buying what the men are saying.
Jeff then tells the tribes a story of how the Amazon got its name. The jungle was discovered in 1541 by a Spanish explorer, and while he was making his way along the river, he encountered a tribe of very fierce, very courageous female warriors. It was the first notion that women could live just fine on their own, so the jungle was named after those warriors, and is where the term "Amazon women" comes from. This is why the twist of the season is men versus women.
Jeff give the tribes their names: Jaburu and Tambaqui. He then gives them their buffs and maps and sends them on their way. Tambaqui unties their boat just fine and paddle away, but Shawna Mitchell has trouble untying the Jaburu boat for the women.
As Tambaqui searches for their camp on the river, Ryan Aiken is worried about the twist, because he was not prepared for that kind of beginning.
Meanwhile, Jaburu is also searching for their camp, and the women are happily chatting to each other. Jenna is also concerned by the twist for the same reasons as Ryan.
Tambaqui is still on the river, until they spot their flag in the distance, immediately turning toward dry land.
Tambaqui docks their boat, stepping out to find a crate of supplies up ahead. As they try to open it, the men confidently state that they are the favorites as of now, and Ryan jokingly says they will not go home even if they do go to Tribal Council. Ryan feels that the men have a lot of pressure on their backs.
The men examine their supplies, finding a lot of useful items inside.
Then men then discover a box with a lock on it inside the crate, but no key. Alex Bell wonders what it is.
The men then open a barrel of manioc flour as food.
Once finished inspecting the crate, the tribe huddles up to make a plan.
Later that day, Jaburu also finds their camp.
Setting their boat ashore, they gather at the flag giving high-fives, when Christy feels the need to tell her tribe something very important: she is actually deaf. Christy could not hear any of the chatter that the women had earlier without seeing their lips, so the tribe members one at a time properly introduce themselves to her.
The women promise Christy that they will not tell the men her secret if she does not want them to.
On Tambaqui, the men are trying to figure out where to put their shelter. Thanks to Butch Lockley, they decide to split up, look around, and come back later to give an opinion.
Soon, the men find a suitable spot for the shelter.
A few of the men get to work on chopping down trees and collecting leaves, making good progress. The men back at camp focus on getting a fire going, remembering that they have kerosene.
With their fire started, Matthew von Ertfelda wonders out loud if the women have gotten their fire started yet.
On Jaburu, the women are struggling to get their fire going.
Deena decides to call the women over for a team meeting in order to figure out what their priorities are for their first night.
Shawna suggests splitting the work between fire and shelter. Deena agrees, and half the tribe focuses on getting logs for shelter, while the other half tries again on the fire. Unlike the men, the shelter group's effort seem more clumsy at first glance. Jeanne, however, is confident that they will be able to toughen up and beat the men.
The sun begins to set, and Tambaqui now has a bed ready for the night. Butch decides to share his luxury item: a middle school banner that says "believe in yourself", intended to inspire kids to achieve their dreams. He wanted it to be a motto they can live by too in the game, and the tribe agrees to hang the banner on the shelter.
Rob Cesternino gives an overview of his tribe compared to Jaburu in a confessional.
Once again, the men feel that they are doing much better than the women.
On Jaburu, the women finally have a fire started just as night is setting in.
The women joke on how some of the boys were staring at Heidi in shock that she was not on their tribe, or how some boys are surprised why were not wearing bikinis. However, Christy is unable to understand the conversation due to the dark.
Christy decides to just sleep. The women notice, deciding to call it a night as well.
===Day 2===
Morning breaks on Jaburu, but it was not a smooth night for them.
The women suddenly notice a tarantula spider on their manioc barrel. It ends up inside, so they quickly take off the lid to get it out, kill it, and toss it in the fire. Deena decides that they needed to get to work in order to avoid another night like before.
Deena and most of the other women head back towards the boat, but Christy once again is not able to read the conversation, ending up left behind at camp.
On Tambaqui, more progress is being made on the shelter. The men notice how loud Roger Sexton is, often giving the orders on what to do.
While working on the roof of the shelter, Roger notices that two of the tribe members, Ryan and Daniel Lue, are just chatting with each other and not helping them.
Dave Johnson loves the way the shelter is looking, and Roger says it will be even better soon.
Impressed by the shelter, Matthew, Rob, and Ryan do not see the women making a shelter like the one that they have.
As Rob predicted, Jaburu has not gotten much work done on their own shelter yet. Jeanne feels disappointed in her tribe for their lack of direction.
The tribe starts boiling water, but not for the reason some expected. They are using it to watch their clothes and buffs.
Deena is not impressed by the decision to do this, feeling that there are more important things to worry about.
Christy and Janet Koth are surprised by this too, but they laugh it off and move on.
===Day 3===
The following day, some of the women want to try going fishing, but Jenna is growing concerned about Janet's health.
On Tambaqui, Rob shares his luxury item with the tribe: a Magic 8-Ball.
The men enjoy the 8-Ball. They ask if Ryan will get something from Jenna, it answers "most likely". Daniel asks if he would hook up with Shawna, it answers "definitely". Roger laughs internally at the questions they ask it.
At Jaburu, Jeanne and JoAnna go fishing. Though they hoped for bigger, they caught some fish as bait that they could use for later trips.
JoAnna looks back, and the women realize that they forgot to bring their oars with them. They maneuver themselves back to retrieve them and paddle out into deeper water afterwards, with JoAnna singing some music on the way.
Luckily, they do catch a small fish.
The two women come back to camp with the fish. The tribe decides to eat it, as to them, one fish is better than nothing. Jeanne also tries to help along with an oil that she brought with her.
The tribe eat their shares of the fish. Some women find it gross, but are thankful to have some protein for the upcoming challenge.
Tambaqui heads out to collect their Tree Mail, and Roger has high hopes for how the tribe will perform in the first challenge.
On Jaburu, the women are fired up. Deena still has concerns on how the tribe will perform based on past struggles at camp.
Jenna jokes on how easy it would be to win if the challenge is something else other than what the Tree Mail hinted, which is balance and agility.
The two tribes meet with Jeff at the first Immunity Challenge. Jeff asks how both have been faring. Tambaqui says that they are doing fine; they even have a lot of fish. Jaburu also says that they have some fish. Neither tribe believes the other. Jeff reveals the Immunity Idol and gets to the rules of the challenge.
The tribes will be chained together and must navigate through an obstacle course. After each station is completed, each tribe must gather a series of keys to unlock sections of a chain, which are blocking the finish line. One member must then retrieve a flying fox which will lead to the key that unlocks the final gate for the rest of the tribe. The first tribe to unlock all the sections of the chain and cross the finish line wins immunity.
Both tribes start neck and neck. The men take the lead after getting through the tough nut obstacle, with the women right behind them. Each tribe sends a group to do the message puzzle, and the men once again finish first, now in four pairs heading to the balance beam, while the women still work on their puzzle. The men have some difficulties with the balance beam, especially Daniel and Ryan, allowing the women to catch up. The race is neck and neck again. Jeanne and JoAnna do the puzzle for Jaburu, while Dave and Rob do the puzzle for Tambaqui. Jaburu complete it first, allowing Heidi to unlock the flying fox and zip down the line to grab the last key. The gate is unlocked, and Jaburu crosses the finish line in victory.
Back at Jaburu camp, the women are glad that they put the men on the spot. Janet starts feeling better, and everyone feels more confident that they can handle themselves just as well as the men can, maybe even better.
At Tambaqui, the tribe returns to camp, everyone with bruised pride.
Dave publicly shares his disappointment with himself and the tribe, feeling that they should have acted better than the jerks that they ended up being towards the women. He also brings up how they should not have exaggerated to the women about how much fish they caught.
Ryan apologizes to the tribe if they felt that he was part of the reason they lost the challenge due to the balance beam.
While chopping wood, Roger pitches to Dave the idea of voting out Ryan first, and Dave says that he is fine with it, but privately, he is not.
Daniel and Ryan have a conversation in the bushes, and Daniel is concerned that Dave might be going for him. Ryan has the idea to shift the votes onto Roger, due to his bossy nature. Ryan starts talking to Matthew about it.
Daniel, Matthew, and Ryan form a group to take out Roger.
Ryan talks to Rob next, telling him that voting for Roger is the best move for his game. Rob says yes, but secretly, he is not sure, still weighing his options as the tribe prepares to leave in their boat.
At Tribal Council, Jeff shares his belief of the men feeling overconfident and arrogant about winning challenges at the start of the game and then losing to the women at the first Immunity Challenge is humbling on the men's part. Jeff asks Roger if the experience is humbling to be the first to vote someone out, or if that is not that big of a deal. Roger admits that the experience is humbling, but was surprised that they were beaten for physical reasons and not mental reasons, though Jeff reminds him that the women beat them at every turn. Daniel admits to being imperious on the marooning boat saying that they would not go to Tribal Council, yet they did after the first Immunity Challenge. He also admits to being the reason that they lost, yet Jeff points out that his partner Ryan did not do much better. Alex agrees that they were overconfident, and feels that because the season is men versus women, the women are going to be motivated to compete even more in the upcoming challenges. The men admit they talked about the women frequently. Ryan stated that each of them had a unique quality; Alex, Daniel, and Dave found Shawna hot, though Rob argues that Heidi is the hottest. Jeff laughs at how quickly the men go from being the trashiest tribe, to losing to the women at the Immunity Challenge, then just wanting to hook up with the women the moment they are brought up, stating that they are in danger because of this.
In the end, Daniel, Matthew, and Ryan vote for Roger, Dave votes for Daniel so that he would not vote for Ryan, and Alex, Butch, and Roger vote for Ryan. Rob chooses to side with Roger, sending Ryan home in a 4-3-1 vote, and becoming the first person voted out of .
==Challenges==
Immunity Challenge: UnchainedThe tribes will be chained together and must navigate through an obstacle course. After each station is completed, each tribe must gather a series of keys to unlock sections of a chain, which are blocking the finish line. One member must then retrieve a flying fox which will lead to the key that unlocks the final gate for the rest of the tribe. The first tribe to unlock all the sections of the chain and cross the finish line wins.Winner: 
==Tribal Council==
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===Voting Confessionals===
Matthew and Dave's confessionals, as well as edited versions of Ryan and Butch's confessionals, were shown in the episode.
===Final Words===
===Still in the Running===
							
							
==Trivia==
* This is the first premiere episode to last more than 60 minutes.
* This is the first premiere episode to not show images of the contestants in their daily life to introduce them to the audience, which had been the case in the first five seasons.
* The episode aired on Ryan Aiken's 24th birthday.
* This is the third consecutive season where the first person voted out is a man.
** This is the only time in the series in which three consecutive seasons had a man voted out at the first Tribal Council.
* This is the first premiere episode where the first person voted out was in their 20's.
==References==
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Category:The Amazon Episodes
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Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Episodes
Category:Survivor: The Amazon