Survivor South Africa: Philippines Episode 1

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==Story==
===Day 1===
Nico welcomes the eighteen castaways to the Philippines! He separates them into two tribes. Mindanao, wearing blue, consists of: Jeanne, Katinka, Marthunis, Murishca, PK, Stacey-Lee, Tevin, Toni, and Werner. Luzon, wearing red, consists of: Ace, Annalize, Chane, Josie, Neil, Palesa, Seamus, Tom, and Vusi.
Nico asks Chane how she's feeling; she's very excited and wants to get started. He also asks Marthunis and Werner for their names. Werner mentions that his heart is about to explode. Nico comments that Murishca looks nervous; she responds that she was simply concerned he wouldn't pronounce her name correctly. Nico asks Tom what he's thinking; Tom responds that he's happy to not be the only bald person on his tribe, in reference to Neil.
Nico introduces them to their first Reward Challenge. There are valuable items on the boat and each tribe has a station where they can only pick one of two options: fishing gear or chicken. They have two-minutes to salvage what they can, then head out to shore, where only one tribe can secure the bag of rice. Mindanao wins reward.
The Mindanao tribe arrived at camp and immediately got to work planning the shelter and finding the water well.
They spot a snake in a tree, so against the wishes of his tribe, Marthunis takes it open himself to slaughter the snake with the machete.
Tevin tells a lie to everybody else on the tribe that Marthunis found something on the boat and put it in his back pocket.
Katinka tells Werner and Marthunis that the boys need to give them orders, like to sweep the camp. An annoyed Jeanne tells her men don't need to tell her anything, they don't run the place. While the men argue over the shelter, Jeanne, Stacey-Lee, and Toni discuss the men. Jeanne instructs them to be weary if the guys asks them to vote out a woman.
Werner asks for the tribe's permission to go gather materials since there are enough people on the shelter. This is actually a cover for him to search for an idol. Nobody followed him, so he searched into trees and on the third one found a clue that informed him an idol will be hidden at a challenge. He will know which one if the treemail says "Balance".
The Luzon tribe arrived to camp.
The tribe started planning the shelter. Tom joked about not wanting to be the boss, but he is clearly taking charge with camp life.
Josie took Ace down to the water well and she told him that she wanted to go to the merge with him, and potentially through to the end. Ace was content with the plan.
Tom sneaked up on Annalize and scared her while she was collecting palm fronds.
Annalize is ready to cook food, but needs the fire to be made. Seamus went off into the woods with Josie. Josie told Seamus about her personal life.
Seamus talked to Annalize by the well that they should vote based on strength, but to wait until after the challenge to do more strategizing.
Seamus talks to Vusi about voting Ace to keep the tribe strong.
Back at Mindanao, Jeanne argues with Marthunis about using too much bamboo. Katinka is annoyed at all the arguing. Stacey-Lee is worried that it's so late and they don't have a shelter yet. Marthunis expresses discomfort at the idea of cuddling with somebody tonight, so Jeanne jokes about how she will be snuggling with him.
At night time, Marthunis starts vomiting and has a headache. Tevin says he's fine, but is dehydrated, and therefore lacking energy.
===Day 2===
Tevin talked to PK about the previous night with Marthnus being sick. Tevin mentions that it was suspicious that Marthunis suddenly was fine once Tevin checked him. The tribe gets treemail for the next challenge.
Jeanne and Stacey-Lee were the only ones with fire-making experience, so they had to step up for the role.
The Luzon also gets treemail and immediately choose Tom and Ace for fire-making.
At the Immunity Challenge, Luzon revealed they didn't get enough sleep and Mindanao revealed they bonded, but didn't have shelter or fire. Nico gave instructions that four tribe members (two at a time) will go out to the floating structure in the water to receive bags and sticks. The next two tribe members will use the sticks and rope to construct a pole. One person will take the pole and use it to retrieve a key. Unlock the cage to get access to the flint. The two fire-makers will use the flint to make a fire to burn through a rope. They can then light their torch and light their flag to win immunity. The reward is a fire-making kit. Mindanao won immunity.
Once Mindanao got back to camp, Jeanne maintained the positive moral on the tribe by talking about their challenge performance.
At Luzon, Neil campaigns for Ace to go to Vusi and Tom since Ace is a hindrance around camp. He also expresses this to Annalize, Josie, and Chané together. Seamus talks to Tom and agree they would follow that plan.
Chané brought up to Seamus and Josie at the well that Ace is very trustworthy and shouldn't go. Seamus felt it should be a threat since not all challenges will be physical. Annalize asked who he was thinking of, and Seamus brings up Tom to go. Chané was resistant to the plan, but went along with it.
Seamus informs Vusi that the plan has changed to Tom. Seamus goes to Palesa and Ace to let them know that Ace was a target, but he wants Tom gone instead. Palesa was already thinking Tom.
Stacey-Lee is hoping that the Mindanao tribe becomes good at fishing in a few days. Jeanne wants to make fire, catch a fish, treat herself, and then win Survivor.
Marthunis asks the boys if they're going to use a stack of bamboo sitting around. Tevin responded that they were, which is why they left it there in the morning. PK frustratingly asks why he wasted his time if they were going to use another wood and walks off. PK complains to Stacey-Lee that he spent two hours working on the shelter and that Marthunis is not the mayor around camp. He wishes they lost the challenge so they could've sent Marthunis home.
While Marthunis is out swimming, Tevin gets the group to search Martunis' bag for an idol clue where they found a typed-up speech for him to use at the Final 3.
When Marthunis got back, he saw that his bag was moved and opened. He told the guys that they should at least place his bag back if they're going to go through it, but PK played dumb and Tevin apologized. Werner came to the realization that he needed to dispose of his clue or they would find it. He went out to the beach to eat it.
At Luzon, Chané talks to Annalize about giving Seamus the blindside he craves. She wants the two of them, Neil, Tom, and one more person to blindside Seamus. She needs Annalize to pull in Ace. Annalize brought up the plan to Ace, who was feeling skeptical about Seamus.
Chané told Tom about Seamus' plan to blindside him and lets him know that she is working to save him, but he has to vote for Seamus. Tom immediately goes to confront Seamus who admits to the blindside plan.
Seamus tells Josie, Ace, Palesa, and Vusi that Tom is gunning for him and that Annalize and Chané aren't to be trusted anymore. Chané, Annalize, Neil, and Tom agree that their top-priority is to flip Ace.
Chané campaigns to Ace that Seamus needs to go. Neil points out to Ace that he's now the most powerful person in the game, the swing vote. Seamus tells Ace that he will be heartbroken if he's out first, Ace says he doubts it.
Late at night, Tom catches Ace crying and takes the time to comfort him, reminding him that it's just a game.
===Day 3===
Josie campaigns to Ace that Tom needs to go because he's unpredictable, whereas they know where Seamus' head is at. She explains how Seamus will not be targeting Ace as he'll be too busy targeting the alpha males. Ace was certain who he was voting for yesterday, but now is uncertain.
At Tribal Council, Palesa says the mosquitoes are the toughest thing about the experience thus far. Tom says it's very tough out on the island. Chané says that everybody is nervous since losing. Seamus says the peaceful tribe spirit is gone. Annalize says that it was a tough decision, but her group has reached a person. Ace says that the past day has been rough for him and he's been paranoid and confused.
Neil's priority in playing the game was to keep the tribe strong, and he calls out Seamus for being the one to create tribal divisions, and now he understands the tribe dynamics much more thoroughly than before. Seamus explains how the only way to build trust is at Tribal Council. Tom's criteria for voting will be trust and honor. At the voting, Tom received four votes from Seamus, Palesa, Vusi, and Josie for being a social threat. But Seamus was ultimately sent packing with five votes from Annalize, Chané, Neil, Tom, and swing-vote Ace for overplaying.
==Challenges==
<tabber>Reward=Challenge: Race to ShoreBoth tribes will have two minutes to collect supplies from the bangka before evacuating onto a raft. They will paddle to shore and race to untie a bag of rice hanging from a wooden structure. The first tribe to retrieve their bag of rice wins.Reward: A bag of rice.Winner: 
|-|Reward/Immunity=
Challenge: BreakoutFour tribe members, two at a time, would race out into the water to collect fire-making supplies, sticks, and string from a large frame. Once both pairs have brought the supplies back to shore, two more tribe members would use the sticks and string to fashion a long pole. One member would then use that pole to retrieve a key from within a bamboo cage. The key would be used to unlock the cage and retrieve a flint, allowing the final two tribe members to use their supplies to build a fire. Once the fire is high enough to burn through a rope, they will light a torch with their fire and set the season logo alight. The first pair to burn the logo wins the challenge for their tribe.Reward: A fire-making kit.Winner: 
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==Tribal Council==
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===Voting Confessionals===
An edited version of Tom's confessional and Seamus' confessional were aired during the episode.
===Final Words===
===Still in the Running===
								
								
==Trivia==
==References==
Category:Survivor South Africa
Category:Episodes
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Category:Season Premieres
Category:Survivor South Africa: Philippines
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