The Buddy System

The Buddy System is the ninth episode of .
==Story==
===Day 21===
The tribes may have merged, but in name only. Rob details has a plan to keep them separate by having two places to sleep and even different shifts for eating.  Rob is doing everything he can to mess with their heads, and he's got control of the game and Ometepe.
Natalie tells Rob that Ralph and Ashley had a private talk about votes and Natalie's decision to not say anything to Rob who finds out anyway and now has an axe to grind.
===Day 22===
At the Immunity Challenge teammates have to dig down to retrieve a club and smash a tile, the first six move on to the next round. Then they have to submerge their heads in a water trough take a mouth full of water that has to be spit into a bowl filling up a tube, the first three to finish move on to the next round. The final step is to finish a block puzzle, the first person wins immunity at Tribal Council.
Grant is leading with Mike not far behind. The final round has Grant, Mike, and David fighting for immunity. Grant wins immunity.
Back at camp, Rob has  'Idol Paranoia', can't help but keep looking for another idol. Ometepe mulls over who they are going to vote out, David or Mike. 
At Tribal Council the votes are revealed;  5 votes for "The Feathered One", Phillip and 6 votes for Mike who heads to Redemption Island with Matt.
===Day 23===
Back at camp, Ralph is practically begging to be a part of Ometepe. At the Immunity Challenge, this one has the ultimate prize, cheeseburgers, and the Castaways have to hang for as long as they can and the last one to fall wins Immunity. Everyone has the option to either play for Immunity or eat the burger. Steve and Phillip choose to eat.
Boston Rob's hat falls first and then down he goes. Julie is first down in the second round. Grant and Ralph are next, with David as the only man against three ladies. In the end, Andrea is the last one down and takes the immunity.
Rob is running his tribe like an army, he convinces them not to eat some fish that landed dead on the beach because rigor mortis already set in; although Grant wanders off to the other side for a bite.
At Tribal Council, Rob gets a little nervous when the first four votes are against him. David gets six votes and he is voted out.
==Challenges==
<tabber>Immunity (Day 22)=Challenge: Meso SoupEach castaway will dig to retrieve a club and use it to smash a tile. The first six move onto the next round, where they must submerge their head in a water trough, take in a mouth full of water, and then crawl under the trough to spit the water into a bowl, which fills up a tube. The first three to fill up the tube move onto the final round, where they must solve a block puzzle. The first person to get the puzzle right wins immunity.Winner: |-|Immunity (Day 24)=Challenge: Gang HangThe castaways will hang from a bar for as long as they can. After twenty minutes, they will be allowed to use only their legs to hold them up. Once they drop from the bar, they are out of the challenge. Last person left hanging wins immunity.Additional Stipulation: Before the challenge starts, the castaways were given an opportunity to eat cheeseburgers in exchange for sitting-out in the challenge, forfeiting their chance to get individual immunity.Winner: </tabber>
==Redemption Island==
Because Matt is the lone inhabitant of Redemption Island, there is no duel.
==Tribal Council==
===Day 22===
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===Day 24===
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===Still in the Running===
								
								
==Trivia==
* The Day 22 Immunity Challenge marks the earliest occurrence of a "Second Chance" challenge.
* On Day 22, Rob reaches his 100th day of playing Survivor.
==References==
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