This Is Where the Battle Begins

This Is Where the Battle Begins is the eighth episode of .
==Story==
===Day 19===
===Day 21===
==Challenges==
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Challenge: Back in the SaddleCastaways must climb on top of a net to retrieve a bag of sticks, then untie a series of knots. They must then dig for a bag of string, then make their way to a locked gate. Using the sticks and string, each castaway must retrieve a set of keys to unlock their gate. Once through the gate, they must maneuver a ball on a vertical snake maze, while standing on a balance beam, to the top of the maze. The first person to get their ball to the top of the maze would return to the game.Additional Stipulation: , , , , and each purchased an advantage for 1 Fire Token, and did not have to dig for their bag of string.Winner: 
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Challenge: Get a GripThe castaways must hang onto a pole for as long as they can. The last man and the last woman left holding on without touching the ground wins.Additional Stipulation: The winners of the challenge would earn 1 Fire Token each.Winner: and 
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==Edge of Extinction==
==Tribal Council==
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===Voting Confessionals===
===Still in the Running===
									
									
==Trivia==
===Secret Scenes===
* "I Love the merge" (Day 19)
* "Time for the Winds to Change" (Day 19)
* "Return to Extinction" (Day 19)
===Behind the Scenes===
===Other===
* On Day 19, Tyson Apostol became the tenth returning player to reach his 100th day on , following Amanda Kimmel, Parvati Shallow, Rupert Boneham, Rob Mariano, Ozzy Lusth, Cirie Fields, Andrea Boehlke, Aubry Bracco, and Sandra Diaz-Twine.
* No footage from Day 20 was shown in the episode.
* The episode's title is an altered version of the line "this is where the battle starts" said by Ben Driebergen when the merge was announced.
==References==
Category:Episodes
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Episodes
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor: Winners at War
Category:Winners at War Episodes