Guatemalafanfic's Survivor: Guatemala

Survivor: Guatemala - The Mayan Empire (also known as Survivor: Guatemala for short) is the eleventh season of Survivor, and it is set inside of the ruins of the Maya civilization. Specifically, the series is in Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo National Park near the more popular Tikal National Park, located in northern Guatemala. A preview of the show's location was shown during the finale of Survivor: Palau. The season premiered on August 25, 2005 on CBS. The finale was on Sunday, December 11, 2005 on CBS. Brandon Bellinger became the sole survivor by defeating Lydia Morales by a vote of 4-3. This season also features the return of Palau contestants Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard.
In this season, the second of the early stages of the future Exile Island was completed. After the merge, production placed a tiny immunity idol in the Tikal tribe. Gary Hogeboom found it up in a tree, protecting him for that Tribal Council. Unlike future seasons, this idol could only be used before the vote instead of after, and once it was exposed, it wouldn't be used anymore. However, it could be used until the Final 4.
This season is being talked about as one of the toughest seasons for a group of castaways. According to Jeff Probst, temperatures appeared to be well over 110 degrees with high humidity, as he talked about it during some of the competitions. Challenges like the 11-mile hike through the jungle and Mayan basketball showed how exhausted all the castaways were. In Day 1, many of the Nakúm men all were sick after the hike, and had a tough time recovering.
The tribes were Yaxhá (wearing blue) and Nakúm (wearing yellow). Both of these tribes were named after two former Mayan cities. The ten members merged into the Tikal tribe (wearing red) from the name of the park the season was filmed in. 
The contestants arrived on June 22nd and began filming on June 27th. Filming ended on August 4th and contestants returned home August 5th. (Source from Survivor Fever)
==Contestants==
Eighteen contestants took part in this Survivor series. Two, Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard, are returning contestants from Survivor: Palau, while the remainder are new.
Contestant 	Original Tribe	Episode 4 Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish 	Total votes
Amy O'Hara39, Revere, MA 	Yaxhá 	 	 	1st Voted OutDay 3 	5
Brian Corridan22, New York, NY 	Yaxhá 	 	 	2nd Voted OutDay 6 	10
Margaret Bobonich43, Chardon, OH 	Nakúm 	 	 	3rd Voted OutDay 8 	7
Jim Lynch63, Northglenn, CO 	Nakúm 	Yaxhá 	 	4th Voted OutDay 11 	5
Bobby Jon Drinkard27, Troy, AL 	Nakúm 	Nakúm 	 	5th Voted OutDay 11 	6
Brianna Varela21, Edmonds, WA 	Yaxhá 	Yaxhá 	 	6th Voted OutDay 14 	5
Cindy Hall31, Naples, FL 	Nakúm 	Nakúm 	 	7th Voted OutDay 17 	6
Rafe Judkins22, Providence, RI 	Yaxhá 	Yaxhá 	 	8th Voted OutDay 20 	3
Stephenie LaGrossa25, Philadelphia, PA	Yaxhá 	Yaxhá 	 	9th Voted OutDay 21 	6
Gary Hogeboom46, Grand Haven, MI 	Yaxhá 	Nakúm 	Tikal 	10th Voted Out1st Jury MemberDay 23 	7
Blake Towsley24, Dallas, TX 	Nakúm 	Nakúm 	Tikal 	11th Voted Out2nd Jury MemberDay 26 	6
Judd Sergeant34, Ridgefield, NJ 	Nakúm 	Nakúm 	Tikal 	12th Voted Out3rd Jury MemberDay 29 	6
Morgan McDevitt21, Decatur, IL 	Yaxhá 	Yaxhá 	Tikal 	13th Voted Out4th Jury MemberDay 32 	1
Jamie Newton24, North Hollywood, CA 	Yaxhá 	Yaxhá 	Tikal 	14th Voted Out5th Jury MemberDay 35 	13
Danni Boatwright30, Tonganoxie, KS 	Nakúm 	Nakúm 	Tikal 	15th Voted Out6th Jury Member<Br/>Day 37	7
Brooke Struck26, Hood River, OR 	Nakúm 	Yaxhá 	Tikal 	16th Voted Out7th Jury MemberDay 38 	6
Lydia Morales42, Lakewood, WA 	Yaxhá 	Nakúm 	Tikal 	Runner-Up 	3
Brandon Bellinger22, Manhattan, KS 	Nakúm 	Nakúm 	Tikal 	Sole Survivor 	0
:The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaways has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.
==The game==
Episode title 	Air date 	Challenges 	Challenges	Eliminated	Vote 	Finish
Episode title 	Air date 	Reward 	Immunity 	Eliminated	Vote 	Finish
"Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise" 	September 152005	Nakum 	Nakum 	Amy 	5-3-1	1st Voted OutDay 3
"Man Down" 	September 222005	Yaxha 	Nakum 	Brian 	4-4 	2nd Voted OutDay 6
"The Brave May Not Live Long, but the Cautious Don't Live at All"	September 292005	Nakum 	Yaxha 	Margaret 	7-2 	3rd Voted OutDay 9
"To Betray or Not to Betray" 	October 62005 	Nakum 	None 	Jim 	5-2 	4th Voted OutDay 11
"To Betray or Not to Betray" 	October 62005 	Nakum 	None 	Bobby Jon 	6-2 	5th Voted OutDay 11
"Crocs, Cowboys and City Slickers" 	October 132005 	Yaxha 	Nakum 	Brianna 	5-1 	6th Voted OutDay 14
"Big Ball, Big Mouth, Big Trouble" 	October 202005 	Yaxha 	Yaxha 	Cindy 	4-3 	7th Voted OutDay 17
"Surprise Enemy Visit" 	October 272005 	Nakum 	Nakum 	Rafe 	3-2 	8th Voted OutDay 20
"The Hidden Immunity Idol" 	November 32005 	Nakum 	Nakum 	Stephenie 	3-1 	9th Voted OutDay 21
"Secrets and Lies and an Idol Surprise" 	November 102005 	Nonw 	Blake 	Gary 	7-2 	10th Voted OutDay 23
"Eating and Sleeping With the Enemy" 	November 172005 	Blake 	Brooke 	Blake 	6-2 	11th Voted OutDay 26
"Everything Is Personal" 	November 242005 	Jamie 	Danni 	Judd 	6-1 	12th Voted OutDay 29
"Price for Immunity" 	December 12005 	Survivor Auction	Danni 	Morgan 	3-3 	13th Voted OutDay 32
"Big Win, Big Decision, Big Mistake?" 	December 82005 	Jamie 	Brandon 	Jamie 	3-2 	14th Voted OutDay 35
"Thunder Storms & Sacrifice" 	December 112005 	None 	Brooke 	Danni 	3-1 	15th Voted OutDay 37
"Thunder Storms & Sacrifice" 	December 112005 	None 	Lydia 	Brooke 	1-0 	16th Voted OutDay 38
"The Reunion" 	December 112005 	Jury Vote 	Jury Vote 	Lydia 	4-3 	Runner-Up
"The Reunion" 	December 112005 	Jury Vote 	Jury Vote 	Brandon 	4-3 	Sole Survivor
===Tribes===
*Nakum: yellow buffs, living adjacent to the Mayan ruins
*Yaxha: teal buffs, living in a shelter in the jungle
*Xhakum: red buffs, living at Nakum camp
===Elimination notes===
*Jim - Although he was a good leader at first, he was eliminated after tearing a muscle in his arm, which made him detrimental to the progress of the tribe. On the morning after this episode aired, Jim appeared on the Early Show still wearing a sling.
*Morgan - Lydia was the target, but she had allies in Brian and Jamie. Brian spoke up in her defense, and convinced her to do the same. Gary and Stephenie suggested that Morgan didn't pull her weight at camp, and ultimately she was eliminated.
*Brianna - Like Morgan, Brianna's tribe viewed her as being generally useless around camp. Furthermore, she was seen as a liability in challenges. She was finally eliminated for not performing well in the Mayan basketball challenge, contributing to her tribe's immunity loss.
*Brooke - Brooke was eliminated for being the weakest link of the members of Nakum who had not swapped tribes. The team had 4 Nakum and 4 Yaxha, and the 4 Yaxha members managed to form an alliance with Judd, thus eliminating Brooke.
*Blake - Blake was voted off to improve team unity, and because he annoyed the other tribe members by continually talking about himself. Brian was able to successfully lead Blake into telling stories about himself that alienated Danni and Bobby Jon from him, and the two of them voted with the three original Yaxha to get rid of Blake.
*Margaret - Margaret was voted out in a 6-1 vote due to her being on the outside of Nakum's majority alliance and due to her personality conflicts with Judd.
*Brian - Brian was one of the more physically weak Yaxha members, and was seen as being too smart (being an Ivy League student) to keep in the game. Brian devised an elaborate plan to split the votes of the former Nakum and vote out Bobby Jon, but Amy regarded it as " too complicated " and she and Gary helped vote him out.
*Amy - Although Yaxha did not want to vote anyone out, they lost the immunity challenge, and Amy was seen as the weakest.
*Brandon - The tribes merged, and Brandon was both in the minority alliance as well as a challenge threat. He was voted out 6-4. He also was voted off because of Bobby Jon's appeal to Stephenie to keep him around long enough to make the jury this time around. She honored his request and pushed for her alliance to take out Brandon.
*Bobby Jon - Because Gary had picked up the individual immunity idol, the power core was forced to shift gears. Bobby Jon was considered more threatening physically than Danni and thus voted out 6-2-1.
*Jamie - Jamie was very cocky after the merge. Although he calmed down, he was still a major physical threat and increasingly paranoid and spreading lies among his alliance. Rafe came up with the idea to vote him out because Jamie repeatedly approached him about their alliance and Rafe couldn't deal with him anymore.
*Gary - Gary was not in the five person alliance, and was one of the strongest competitors remaining. Though Gary exposed Judd's lie about the hidden immunity idol, it wasn't enough and he was the next to go.
*Judd - Danni was able to break up the four person alliance by raising doubts with Rafe and Stephenie about Judd's trustworthiness.
*Cindy - Cindy alienated Rafe and Danni when deciding to keep the car she won for herself instead of giving everybody one through an offer from Jeff at the reward challenge. Stephenie also apparently decided to vote for Cindy, even after previously stating she didn't want to betray another alliance member, and Cindy became the first female juror and the 10th victim of the Survivor "car curse".
*Lydia - Lydia was voted off because Stephenie, Rafe and Danni felt she was well-liked by the jury and could possibly win.
*Rafe - After Danni won immunity, Rafe said their deal was done and to vote with her heart. Danni felt she could most likely win against Stephenie so she voted her close friend, Rafe out of the game.
*Stephenie - Danni decided to take Steph to the final two instead of Rafe, knowing she could beat her. Steph lost because she had already played the game before and because she had backstabbed many of her alliance members while playing this time. Her sole jury vote came from Rafe, the one person in her alliance she did not have a hand in voting out.
*Danni - Danni fought back from a minority alliance and became the Sole Survivor without backstabbing anyone. Danni got votes from 6 of the 7 jurors: Bobby Jon, Jamie, Gary, Judd, Cindy, and Lydia all voted for Danni to win the million dollars.
===Voting history===
Here is a chart showing who voted for who at each tribal council.
 	Starting Tribes	Starting Tribes 	Starting Tribes 	Switched Tribes 	Switched Tribes 	Switched Tribes 	Switched Tribes	Switched Tribes	Switched Tribes 	Merged Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Merged Tribe
Episode # 	1 	2 	3 	4 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	14 	Reunion 	Reunion
Eliminated:	Amy5/9 Votes 	Brian4/8 Votes 	Margaret7/9 Votes	Jim5/7 Votes 	Bobby Jon6/8 Votes	Brianna5/6 Votes	Cindy4/7 Votes 	Rafe3/5Votes 	Stephenie3/4 Votes	Gary7/9 Votes	Blake6/8 Votes	Judd6/7 Votes	Morgan0/6 Votes	Jamie3/5 Votes	Danni3/4 Votes	Brooke1 Vote 	Lydia3/7 Votes 	Brandon4/7 Votes
Voter 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote
Brandon 	 	 	<Center>Margaret 	 	<Center>Lydia 	 	<Center>Cindy 	 	 	<Center>Gary 	<Center>Blake 	<Center>Judd 	<Center>Jamie 	<Center>Jamie 	<Center>Danni 	 	<Center>Jury Vote	<Center>Jury Vote
Lydia 	<Center>Amy 	<Center>Stephenie	 	 	<Center>Bobby Jon 	 	<Center>Danni 	 	 	<Center>Danni	<Center>Blake 	<Center>Judd 	<Center>Brooke 	<Center>Brooke	<Center>Danni 	<Center>Brooke	<Center>Jury Vote	<Center>Jury Vote
Brooke 	 	 	<Center>Margaret 	<Center>Stephenie	 	<Center>Brianna 	 	<Center>Rafe 	<Center>Stephenie 	<Center>Gary 	<Center>Blake 	<Center>Judd 	<Center>Jamie 	<Center>Jamie 	<Center>Danni 	 	 	<Center>Brandon
Danni 	 	 	<Center>Margaret 	 	<Center>Bobby Jon 	 	<Center>Cindy 	 	 	<Center>Gary 	<Center>Jamie 	<Center>Judd 	<Center>Jamie 	<Center>Jamie 	<Center>Lydia 	 	 	<Center>Brandon
Jamie 	<Center>Amy 	<Center>Stephenie	 	<Center>Jim 	 	<Center>Brianna 	 	<Center>Rafe 	<Center>Stephenie 	<Center>Gary 	<Center>Blake 	<Center>Judd 	<Center>Brooke 	<Center>Brooke	 	 	<Center>Lydia 	
Morgan 	<Center>Amy 	<Center>Stephenie	 	<Center>Jim 	 	<Center>Brianna 	 	<Center>Rafe 	<Center>Stephenie 	<Center>Gary 	<Center>Blake 	<Center>Judd 	<Center>Brooke 	 	 	 	<Center>Lydia 	
Judd 	 	 	<Center>Margaret 	 	<Center>Bobby Jon 	 	<Center>Cindy 	 	 	<Center>Gary 	<Center>Blake 	<Center>Jamie	 	 	 	 	 	<Center>Brandon
Blake 	 	 	<Center>Cindy 	 	<Center>Bobby Jon 	 	<Center>Cindy 	 	 	<Center>Gary 	<Center>Jamie 	 	 	 	 	 	 	<Center>Brandon
Gary 	<Center>Morgan 	<Center>Brian 	 	 	<Center>Bobby Jon 	 	<Center>Danni 	 	 	<Center>Danni	 	 	 	 	 	 	<Center>Lydia 	
Stephenie 	<Center>Brian 	<Center>Brian 	 	<Center>Jim 	 	<Center>Brianna 	 	<Center>Jamie 	<Center>Jamie 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Rafe 	<Center>Brian 	<Center>Brian 	 	<Center>Jim 	 	<Center>Brianna 	 	<Center>Jamie 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Cindy 	 	 	<Center>Margaret 	 	<Center>Bobby Jon 	 	<Center>Danni 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brianna 	<Center>Amy 	<Center>Brian 	 	<Center>Jim 	 	<Center>Jamie 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bobby Jon 	 	 	<Center>Margaret 	 	<Center>Lydia 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jim 	 	 	<Center>Margaret 	<Center>Stephenie	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Margaret 	 	 	<Center>Cindy 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brian 	<Center>Amy 	<Center>Stephenie	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Amy 	<Center>Brian 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 The vote was originally 4-4 between Stephenie and Brian. In the revote, Jamie, Lydia, and Morgan all changed their votes to Brian, making the vote 7-1.
 Because the vote was deadlocked, the Survivors had to draw rocks in order to determine who would be eliminated. Morgan selected the purple rock, and therefore became the thirteenth castaway to leave the game. She is the fourth member of the jury.
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===Episode summaries===
Episode 1: The sixteen new contestants learned upon arriving in the Guatemalan jungle that they would be joined by Bobby Jon Drinkard and Stephenie LaGrossa from Survivor: Palau. They were also told that their first reward challenge would be an 11-mile hike to a campsite near some Mayan ruins. Nakum won, and Yaxha was instructed to find a new campsite. At the Immunity Challenge, Yaxha won the first immunity, and as a result of his injuries attained during the Reward Challenge, Jim was voted out (8-1).
Episode 2: Before the Reward Challenge, Blake suffered cramps and hyperventilation. Nakum won fishing gear as their reward, and later won Immunity as well. Morgan was voted out for her lack of physical strength and perceived lazy work ethic (8-1).
Episode 3: At the Reward Challenge, Nakum won a reward of pillows, blankets and a tarp before going on to win their fourth challenge in a row, the Immunity Challenge. At Tribal Council, Brianna of Yaxha was voted out for her perceived lack of athletic ability (7-1).
Episode 4: At the Reward Challenge, contestants were quizzed about their tribemates. Judd, Margaret, Amy, and Gary were deemed to have the most tribal loyalty, and were sent on a reward, while the others switched tribes. After the new Yaxha tribe won the Immunity Challenge, Brooke was voted out as a result of being a former Nakum member (5-3).
Episode 5: At the Reward Challenge, Yaxha won chips, drinks and a crocodile-proof swimming cage. Nakum won immunity and Blake was voted out as a result of his cocky attitude, (5-2).
Episode 6: Nakum won their second challenge in a row, and it was revealed that both tribes would be attending Tribal Council. As part of their reward, Nakum competed in an individual Immunity Challenge, which was won by Rafe. He was also able to watch part of the Yaxha tribal council. Margaret was voted out of Nakum because of her personality conflicts (6-1), and Yaxha voted out Brian (5-1).
Episode 7: Yaxha won the reward of a jungle canopy zipline ride, then invited Nakum to camp for Danni's birthday. They swam together in the croc-proof cage. At the Immunity Challenge, Yaxha came off second-best, and Amy was a victim of her minority alliance (4-1). After the vote, the four remaining Yaxha moved to the Nakum camp for the merger.
Episode 8: It was revealed that there was a Hidden Immunity Idol located near the camp of the new Xhakum tribe (formerly of Nakum). The tribes merged into one and took the name Xhakum. At the Challenge, Jeff explained that it would be both for Reward and Immunity. However, only those who didn't feel they needed immunity would partake in the food reward while the others competed for immunity. Gary ended up winning the individual immunity, in effect saving himself because the former Nakum members, Stephenie, Jamie, Judd, Rafe, Lydia, and Cindy, all allied together. Bobby Jon was on the chopping block, but Stephenie convinced the others to keep him in the game, and instead Brandon, the strongest player remaining, was ousted (6-4).
Episode 9: Gary found the Hidden Immunity Idol. Judd won reward (shared with Bobby Jon and Stephenie), and Jamie won immunity. Gary surprised the tribe with the Idol at Tribal Council, and Bobby Jon was voted out (6-2-1). He lasted three days longer than he did on Survivor: Palau, and was announced as the first member of the Jury.
Episode 10: At the very messy reward challenge, the team of Danni, Gary, Stephenie & Judd won a night away from camp and videos from home. After Rafe's second Immunity win, the paranoid Jamie was voted out (6-2).
Episode 11: Cindy won the reward challenge, and took Rafe with her on a reward of a feast, waterfall pool and massage. Rafe continued his immunity streak, winning his third overall and second consecutive immunity. Gary, the biggest physical threat remaining among the two former Yaxha members (he and Danni), was eliminated (6-1).
Episode 12: The final six's loved ones arrived at camp after the Survivor Auction. Danni won an Immunity Challenge advantage, and Judd's wife, Cindy's twin sister and Stephenie's boyfriend were permitted to stay overnight at camp. As a result of her advantage, Danni won the Immunity Challenge. Safe with immunity, Danni also succeeded in turning the game around for herself by convincing Stephenie, Rafe, and Lydia that Judd was untrustworthy and too much of a threat to keep around. In a (4-2) vote, Judd was sent packing, but not before uttering a parting shot to the remaining contestants, quote "Bye guys. Hope you get eaten by a freakin' gator. Scumbags."
Episode 13: At the Reward Challenge, Cindy was given the option of keeping her newly won 2006 Pontiac Torrent or giving one to each of the other survivors. She chose to keep the car, which ultimately let to her ousting after Stephenie's first immunity win in two seasons of Survivor. She was voted out (4-1).
Episode 14: In the final four, Rafe won his fourth individual immunity, and Lydia was voted out as a result of her popularity with the jury. (3-1). After a two hour, 38 minute challenge, Danni won the final immunity challenge. She chose to vote out Rafe, because she felt she would have a better chance in the final two against Stephenie. (1-0). At the live reunion and finale, it was revealed that Danni beat Stephenie in a (6-1) vote. Stephenie had lasted 9 days longer than she did on Survivor: Palau.
==External links==
*Official CBS Survivor Guatemala Website
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