Nothing Is Like It Used To Be

**Nothing Is Like It Used To Be** is the eighth episode of *Survivor: Game Changers*.

## Story

### Day 22

Everybody wakes up after yesterday tough Tribal Council. Ciara still feels bad about Jude and Feleysa voting against Tommy.

Ciara talks with Feleysa and Jude about tribal. She asks them what happened. Jude tells Ciara that he still wants to work with her, but he's not going to vote out Sylvester now. Feleysa says she's thinking in the same way as Jude, because there are more dangerous players. Ciara asks them what about Sarah's votes. Feleysa tells Ciara that Kira tried to vote her out. Ciara is mad as she hears it, because she thought Kira is ok with her alliance.

Jeff Probst welcomes the Matamonoa tribe to their first Reward Challenge as a merged tribe. He then tells them the rules of the challenge. They will be divided into two teams of six. Two players from each team will swim out and retrieve a net with wooden fish in it. They will bring it back to shore, where two other tribe members will untie those fish, hook them to a pole and then carry it to the finish. The two remaining tribe members will use the fish to solve a puzzle. The first team to get it right wins reward. Jeff reveals the reward to be a day of luxury that at the Marshall's Lounge where they will enjoy a shower with luxurious towels, robes, soaps and lotions. In addition, they will enjoy a meal of comfort with burgers, fries, and apple pie.

The two teams are chosen via a Schoolyard Pick. Bartosh is the captain of one team and choose Sylvester, Feleysa, Lena, Julia and Kira. Sarah is the other captain and she chooses Julius, Jude, Daniel, Ciara and Shekinah to be on her team. The challenge begins. In the end Sarah's team won the reward.

The losing team: Bartosh, Sylvester, Feleysa, Lena, Julia and Kira returned to their camp. Bartosh apologizes everybody for losing the challenge. Lena says the other team was just better. Bartosh says that he really wanted to go for the reward with everybody that he picked.

Julia is sitting alone by the beach. She starts to cry having a tough moment. Feleysa joins her and hugs her. Julia tells Feleysa that she doesn't want to hear anything now, she just needs to cry a little bit.

Julia starts to talk with Feleysa about how miserable she feels. Feleysa tells Julia it's just one loss, but Julia should look for a bigger picture. Julia starts to cry again saying *I can't lose this game once again*. Feleysa tells Julia it will be alright, but she needs to focus on today. Julia hugs Feleysa.

Bartosh, Sylvester, Feleysa and Julia are talking. Bartosh says he really wants to work with them, Lena and Jude further in this game. Sylvester says he has spoken to Julius and he knows for 100% that *he's with us*. Feleysa says she hopes Lena stays loyal too, because she talks with Kira more than ever. Julia asks them who should be a target for this tribal. Bartosh thinks it's good to get rid of Daniel, so maybe Kira would be close to them. Feleysa thinks they should repeat this conversation in a while, because now it's just speculations. They all agree.

Sarah's team arrives at the reward. It's Sarah, Julius, Jude, Daniel, Ciara and Shekinah. Ciara starts to talk how glad she is that she's with this team here. They start to smell all beautiful soap scents and start to shower. Ciara starts to jump as she's so happy to finally wash her hair.

Everybody start to eat burgers and enjoy their time. Shekinah is talking about how glad she is to finally be in a group of people that want to play a game with her.

Ciara and Jude are eating burgers and talk in privacy. Ciara tells Jude that she feels totally betrayed about last vote, but she forgives him as she betrayed him 17 years ago in *Borneo*. Jude says it was not a betrayal, because he didn't vote against Sarah. He protected Sarah with a Tommy vote. Ciara asks why Tommy and not Sylvester. Jude thinks it doesn't matter, because Bartosh safed him anyway. Ciara tells Jude that she thinks it can be great if the Solevu 5 (Ciara, Sarah, Shekinah, Jude, Feleysa) vote together with Daniel, Kira, Julius and Lena against Bartosh, Sylvester and Julia. Jude thinks big alliances never last long. Ciara is shocked that Jude is not ok with this plan. Jude tells Ciara, that he believes they have bigger chance with voting out Daniel next and then they need to focus on other targets. Ciara asks Jude if he still trust her. Jude says he trusts her and Sarah the most. They shake hands.

Daniel starts to talk with Sarah. He asks her how she feels after last Tribal Council. Sarah feels like she's becoming a huge threat, but she has proven to people that she didn't have an idol, it was an Extra Vote that she played against Sylvester. Daniel says this is the reason why he thinks they should work together. Sarah shakes Daniel's hand telling him they will be 100% ok.

Sarah talks with Julius about last voting. Sarah feels like she still doesn't understand the reason behind voting against her. Julius tells Sarah that he doesn't want to make anybody else mad, but it was not his idea, he just got some informations and he voted with the majority, but it wasn't really the majority. Sarah asks if that was Kira's plan. Julius says yes, because Kira probably wanted to protect herself and Tommy. Sarah tells Julius that she's thankful for their conversation and that they should go back to eating burgers.

### Day 23

Daniel wakes up and he sees Feleysa being alone, walking on the beach and watching the sunrise. He wants to talk with her about previous Tribal Council.

Daniel is talking with Feleysa. He tells her that he's going to be honest with her. Feleysa says that she knows he's mad about Tommy going home, but she safed Sarah from elimination and now Sarah is going to help them along with Ciara and Shekinah. Daniel knows it and tells Feleysa he's not mad about the vote, he just wants to make sure they're still working together, because it looks like Feleysa has her own plans. Feleysa tells him that she doesn't, because she was just voting against Tommy to protect Sylvester and protect Sarah. Daniel doesn't understand why Feleysa protected Sylvester. Feleysa tells Daniel that if Sylvester would be gone, she would be the next big target for the tribe, so she's covering her own ass with Sylvester. Daniel hugs Feleysa and tells her that he's going to do Final 2 with her.

Later on, Julius talks with Sylvester. He tells Sylvester about Sarah talking with him at the reward. Sylvester says it's obvious that Sarah is going to play against them. Julius says that's why he wants to get rid of Sarah ASAP.

### Day 24

Jeff Probst welcomes the Matamonoa tribe to a classic Immunity Challenge that Feleysa has played and won once before. Each of them will hang onto a pole for as long as they can. When they lose their grip and drop to the ground, they are out. The last person left hanging wins immunity. One of the losers will be the ninth person voted out of this game.

The challenge begins and everyone is hanging on to their pole. From the first second, it is difficult and painful. Before a minute has passed, Feleysa drops and is out of the challenge.

Jude, Lena, Bartosh, Sylvester, and Julius are the next ones out. So, only six people, which is half of the tribe remains. Julia and Ciara slip down their poles and are now out of the challenge. So, Daniel, Kira, Sarah, and Shekinah are the four remaining. Some time later, Shekinah makes her way down her pole and jumps off. Forty minutes have now elapsed. Kira falls off her pole, because her muscles are now numb. So, now it is a battle between just Daniel and Sarah. In the end, after more than one hour and 35 minutes, Daniel outlasts Sarah. So, Daniel wins the coveted individual immunity.

The Matamonoa tribe is back at camp. Daniel is really glad that he's safe, because he feels like it could be him. Kira is happy Daniel won too, because she wants to target Sarah again.

Kira talks with Julius and Lena. She asks them if they're ok with Sarah going home. They this is the best option. Julius thinks it's risky though, because if Bartosh, Julia and Sylvester are going to vote against Sarah too, it will make a 6-6 tie so somebody will draw a white rock and got eliminated. Kira thinks there's no way people will be doing a rock draw, she's sure that Feleysa and Jude are going to play against Sarah too.

Lena, Bartosh, Julia and Sylvester are talking. Lena tells them it's Sarah as Kira spoke to her and Julius. Bartosh is glad about it. Sylvester wonders if the other side is going to vote against him once again. Bartosh thinks it doesn't matter, because Jude and Feleysa are going to help them too, so there will be a 8-4 vote.

Daniel talks with Feleysa about his immunity. Feleysa is glad it's not Sarah. Daniel says there's no way Sarah's going home tonight. Feleysa says she doesn't want to do Sarah, because she trusts her. She mentionts promising Daniel they will vote together, so she will do this. Daniel says it has to be Sylvester now no matter what. Feleysa doesn't like this idea.

Later on, Ciara and Sarah are talking with Feleysa about tonight's vote against Sylvester. Sarah says she thinks Julius and Lena are going to vote with them, as Julius was speaking with Sarah at the reward about helping each other. Feleysa's glad Sarah has a connection with Daniel, because she wants to work with this side. Ciara asks Feleysa what about the Sylvester vote, does she like this idea. Feleysa thinks it's dumb to vote out such a big threat now, because he would be considered to go home when it comes to a late merge, but she wants to make sure people trust her on this side.

Sarah and Ciara are talking with Kira about the vote. Kira tells them that she's going to do Sylvester too. Sarah tells Kira that they need to stick together. Ciara tells Kira about the promise that they've made back at Solevu with helping Kira and voting out Spencer. Kira hugs both Sarah and Ciara and tells them she's ok with voting out Sylvester.

Sylvester whispers to Julius can he trusts Julius with this vote. Julius says yes and how he's sure everything will be fine. Some time later, Feleysa shakes Sylvester's hand and tells him it's Sarah as everybody wants.

At Tribal Council Julius fights with himself on using the idol. He doesn't want to use it on anybody else besides him, but he finally stands up and plays it on Sylvester. Consequently Sarah is voted out by a vote of 6-0.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **New School**
Two tribe members would swim out and untie a net with fish puzzle pieces. After taking the net back to the shore, two other tribe members would untie the puzzle pieces from the net and hang them on hooks. They would then carry the log with the hooks to a puzzle station, where the last two tribe members would use the puzzle pieces to complete a puzzle.
**Reward:** Trip to Marshalls lounge with a feast of burgers.
**Winners:** Orange Team (Ciara Meadows, Daniel Grimes, Jude Middleton, Julius Calderon, Sarah Willis, Shekinah Elmore)

**Challenge:** **Get a Grip**
The castaways must hang on to a pole for as long as they can. When they drop from the pole, they are out of the challenge and have no chance of winning immunity. The last person left hanging on wins immunity.

**Winners:** Daniel Grimes

## Tribal Council

 Sylvester(used Hidden Immunity Idol)
 VOTED OFF:Sarah Willis