Convince

"Convince" 	"Convince"
 	
Season 	Survivor: Thailand
Episode Number 	12/13 (064)
First Broadcast 	January 5, 2018
Episode Chronology	Episode Chronology
Previous 	Basic Human Responses
Next 	Fiction Becomes Reality
Convince is the twelfth episode of Survivor: Thailand.
==Story==
===Day 33 (Night)===
After Karen's elimination, the final five return to camp with tensions between certain individuals at an all time high. Phillip, feeling betrayed by both Salma and Aaron, decides to expose the pair after being the only individual to vote alongside Karen. 
Julius, Vince and Salma remain relatively silent during the ordeal, letting Phillip berate Aaron without getting involved themselves. 
===Day 34===
The tribe awaken to a delivery at their camp, finding a full body mirror placed alongside the instructions for the final reward challenge of the season.
The final five head off to the reward challenge, excited to discover what lays ahead for the last reward during their time in Thailand.
Challenge: Letter Hunt
The tribe had to race to solve a word puzzle. First, they had to collect a series of placards, each bearing an English letter, which they would have to acquire at successive stations along a course. Once they had gathered all the letters, they would have to unscramble them to form two mystery words. First person to spell out the words correctly would win.
Reward: A Chevrolet Trailblazer and a full Thai dinner and massage.
Winner: Salma (shared with Aaron)
Reward Challenge: Letter Hunt	Reward Challenge: Letter Hunt	Reward Challenge: Letter Hunt	Reward Challenge: Letter Hunt	Reward Challenge: Letter Hunt	Reward Challenge: Letter Hunt	Reward Challenge: Letter Hunt	Reward Challenge: Letter Hunt	Reward Challenge: Letter Hunt	Reward Challenge: Letter Hunt	Reward Challenge: Letter Hunt
Placement 	Winner 	Competitors 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Castaway 	Salma 	Aaron, Julius, Phillip, Vince	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Chuay Jai===
Julius, Vince and Phillip return to camp after not being chosen by Salma to join her on the overnight reward, leaving them alone for the remainder of the day. Phillip surprisingly seems content with losing the challenge, glad to have gotten some alone time with Vince and Julius, hoping to put together a three man alliance for the next tribal council.
Phillip continues to run Aaron and Salma down throughout the day, with Julius and Vince giving short responses, not truly wanting to get into deep strategic conversations with him. 
Vince and Julius stand on the beach together looking at the fishing nets, whilst Phillip sits alone by the caves stoking the fire.
Back in the caves, Phillip sits with a faint smile on his face, feeling pleased with how the day turned out despite losing the final reward challenge, making him the only person left in the game not to have experienced an individual reward. 
===Reward===
Salma and Aaron drive off in Salma's new vehicle, excited to begin their overnight reward. Aaron continuously thanks Salma during the ride, which she tells him was "an easy decision", feeling that the two of them deserved to experience the final reward after going without one for so long.
The pair eventually arrive at the location of their overnight stay, finding a table set up with food and drink for them to enjoy. The duo run over, excited to have their first proper meal in some time. After an hour or eating and drinking, the pair find themselves becoming somewhat tipsy from the alcohol that was on offer.
Salma and Aaron gingerly make their way towards the enclosed outdoor shower, laughing due to the effect the alcohol is having in their systems. Salma eventually gets into the shower, whilst Aaron gathers some of the left over alcohol to take back to the others.
Salma finishes her shower and heads over to the bedding area, where a masseuse waits for her arrival. She lays down, enjoying the Thai massage whilst Aaron finds his way into the shower.
Aaron eventually leaves the shower and arrives for his massage, laying down besides Salma. Once the massages have finished, both the masseuses leave, giving Aaron and Salma the chance to fall asleep on comfy bedding for the first time in thirty-four days.
===Day 35===
Julius and Vince sit on the beach waiting for the return of Aaron and Salma, leaving Phillip to lay inside the cave and sleep in. They see the boat approaching in the distance, glad to have their old tribe members back after a whole day without them.
Aaron and Salma walk back onto the beach out of the shallow water, immediately presenting Julius and Vince with two bottles of wine, calling Phillip down so he's not left out of the hand over of gifts.
The three who stayed behind all thank the duo for the wine, offering to drink it alongside a dinner of chicken for what will be one of their last evenings in Thailand. Julius, Aaron and Phillip take the wine up to the camp, with the latter killing and preparing the chicken for boiling.
Whilst collecting firewood by the jungles edge, Vince and Salma talk about the reward and the environment back at camp, wanting to update one another on information they may have missed. 
Vince promises to do so, giving Salma a reassuring hug before the pair return to the main group with the firewood. The group all sit down later that evening to eat the chicken and share in the wine, with Aaron and Salma taking smaller portions due to having eaten better the previous day. 
===Day 36===
The remaining five members of Chuay Jai arise in order to take on their next individual immunity challenge, with the levels of uncertainty surrounding the next tribal council causing almost everyone to become paranoid that they need to be the one to win.
Challenge: Step on Up
The Survivors would start at the base of a ten-step staircase. Each step of the staircase was part of a jigsaw, the pieces of which lay in a jumble at the foot of the staircase. The Survivors had to gather their missing pieces and build their way to the top of the stairs to the finishing platform. First person to have successfully completed their staircase and climb to the top would win.
Winner: Salma
Immunity Challenge: Letter Hunt	Immunity Challenge: Letter Hunt	Immunity Challenge: Letter Hunt	Immunity Challenge: Letter Hunt	Immunity Challenge: Letter Hunt	Immunity Challenge: Letter Hunt	Immunity Challenge: Letter Hunt	Immunity Challenge: Letter Hunt	Immunity Challenge: Letter Hunt	Immunity Challenge: Letter Hunt	Immunity Challenge: Letter Hunt
Placement 	Winner 	Competitors 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Castaway 	Salma 	Aaron, Julius, Phillip, Vince 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
The group return to camp with Salma wearing the immunity necklace for the second time, guaranteeing her a one in four shot of winning the game. Everyone seems pleased for Salma, particularly Phillip, who now feels his plans of voting out Aaron have fallen into place. 
Salma manages to get Vince on his own, wanting to discuss the vote with him so that she can see where the numbers are going, whilst also trying to sway his mind onto voting Phillip out of the game.
Julius and Vince sit together discussing the vote, wanting to decide between going with Phillip and ousting Aaron, or staying with their Chuay Gahn side and voting out the last remaining members of Sook Jai.
As the group sit down to tribal council, the entire jury is seen smiling at Phillip's lack of safety at this crucial tribal council, knowing that if trends are to continue then Sook Jai will see its final ex-member voted out tonight. The group discuss the blow up after the previous vote, with Phillip labelling Aaron untrustworthy, feeling that if he's left in the game both Vince and Julius will regret it. Aaron responds by highlighting Phillip's unpredictability, and that he was the instigator behind voting against Julius the previous night, and that he'll likely do the same once he (Aaron) is voted out. Salma talks about looking ahead to the final tribal council, admitting that it has crossed her mind who she would like to go to the end with, which the others also admit to have been doing. Vince and Julius talk about both feeling safe, with it being no secret that the vote is between Aaron and Phillip. Wanting to get to the main event, the voting is commenced. Once over, Phillip offers a handshake to Aaron, which he accepts, wishing his new nemesis luck before Jeff begins the reading of the votes.
Phillip's mouth somewhat opens in surprise, having been certain that both Julius and Vince were on his side in voting against Aaron. Despite his surprise, Phillip wishes the group luck, seeming too much in shock to give them a much expected grilling. Aaron thanks his tribe mates for staying by his side, with the Chuay Gahn four placing their hands together in celebration of being the first tribe to systematically eliminate the rival tribe after the merge. Jeff informs the group that they now have three days left, with two immunity challenges separating them and a spot at the final tribal council. As the four head back to camp, he ominously reminds them that with no more ex-Sook Jai left, they must now turn on one another.
==Tribal Council==
Tribal Council 12:Chuay Jai	Tribal Council 12:Chuay Jai 	 	
VotedAgainst 	Voter 	 	
Phillip (4 votes) 	Aaron, Julius, Salma & Vince	 	
Aaron (1 vote) 	Phillip 	 	
VOTED OFF:Phillip 	VOTED OFF:Phillip 	VOTED OFF:Phillip	VOTED OFF:Phillip
===Voting Confessionals===
===Final Words===
===Still In The Running===
Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn	Chuay Gahn
Aaron 	Gypsy 	Harper 	Julius 	Rachel 	Salma 	Vince 	West
Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai 	Sook Jai
Estan 	Joan 	Kanda 	Karen 	Melissa 	Phillip 	Ricardo 	Rick