A battle of the titans

**A battle of the titans** is the eleventh episode and the season finale of Nipvivor: Kathmandu.

## Challenges

**Immunity Challenge:** The Climb to Everest
**Cultural connection:** *So it’s time we talk about another enduring experience - climbing Mount Everest.*
**Winner:**  Okie

**Immunity Challenge:** Countries and Capitals
**Cultural connection:** *This is the challenge that eliminated Catnip twice in a previous org, although not a Survivor one.*
**Winner:**  Okie

**Final Immunity Challenge:** The Mountain Chain [Jigsaw puzzle, 2048 3D, Loopover 8x8, Google Snake, Entanglement, and Semantris]

**Cultural connection:** *Nepal is known for the whole Himalayan [mountain] range overall.*
**Winner:**  Nemo

## Episode Summary

On Day 32, the final 5 did their Rites of Passage. It ended up being pretty revealing for Okie's game, as he didn't read that they'd be made public.

Nemo said he wanted to go to the Final 2 with Okie. Okie, meanwhile, made a Final 3 promise with Akira and Gavin. Gavin also created the “Nivag” alliance of that same trio, where he intended to stick to it. An alliance chat that ended up pretty dead. Gavin wanted to get Nemo out at this tribal. The plan was to split 3 votes on Nemo and 2 on Colin, with Okie/Colin/Akira voting for Nemo. Colin also told Akira and Gavin he was voting for Nemo. However, Gavin did not trust this plan, so he felt voting for Nemo as originally planned was a safer bet.

However, Nemo still had the Trishuli Idol in his possession, and this was the last tribal council where he could play it. Okie winning immunity further complicated matters. This meant both of the duo were safe, leaving only Akira, Gavin and Colin vulnerable. Nemo informed Gavin about his Idol, so Akira and Gavin switched their votes to Colin in a last ditch effort. However Colin joined Nemo and Okie in voting against Akira, and Akira left in a 3-2 vote, becoming the 4th member of a tiny jury.

Nemo continued to be confident about his winning chances, while Okie has been relying on winning out in the challenges. He was concerned that Nemo's Idol would've made him the target at the previous tribal council. Okie said wanted to take out the biggest immunity threats, so that's why he targeted Akira.

After the challenge (Countries and Capitals), Okie refused to budge on voting Gavin, while Nemo initially preferred to vote for Colin. And Colin remained consistent on targeting Nemo. Gavin, meanwhile, wanted to avoid going into a fire challenge, not feeling confident about being able to win one. He concocted a plan with Nemo to create a 2-1-1 vote split against Colin. However, this was just a ruse on Nemo's part, as he was trying to get Gavin and Colin to vote differently. In the end, it was Gavin who fell victim to a 2-1-1 vote split, and he became the 5th member of the jury.

Okie was unable to win 5 challenges in a row, as Nemo crushed him in the Final Immunity Challenge. This left Nemo with the sole decision of who would join him in the Final 2 – Colin or Okie. He asked both of them to give their pitches. Okie brought up loyalty, while Colin argued he'd be easier to beat in front of a jury. In the end, Nemo's hubris lead him to believe he could beat both of them regardless, so he kept Okie out of loyalty, and to prove he could beat the tougher opponent. Colin became the 6th and final member of the jury.

Nemo put in a strong effort to rebut Okie's arguments. However, the jury felt that Nemo was taking too much credit for certain moves (or simply, that he took credit for all the moves when he shouldn't have). In the end, the jury awarded Okie by a margin of 4 to 2 to become inaugural winner of Nipvivor Season 1!

## Tribal Council

### Final Words

Can't wait to see Akira again. Good luck!!

## Trivia

* This episode title said by **Okie**.
* In case of a tie vote at FTC, the tiebreaking would have been cast by our last pre-juror Toaster. His vote would have gone to Okie as well.