Stage 1: Season 2 - Costa Rica

***Survivor: Costa Rica***is the second season of the first stage of competition to determine the Ultimate Surivor Champion. Twenty former castaways return to compete in this season. The final twelve castaways from this season will move to the next stage of competition.

The winner of this season was Peih-Gee Law. The others moving on (in order of elimination) are Adam Gentry, Marty Piombo, Garrett Adelstein, Ciera Eastin, Jerry Sims, Ken Stafford, Yasmin Giles, Edgardo Rivera, Teresa Cooper, Susie Smith, and Kimmi Kappenenberg.

This season was preceded by *Survivor: Sumatra*and followed by *Survivor: Croatia*.

## Location

This season was filmed in the Marino Ballena National Park, in the southern portion of Costa Rica. The park contains the largest coral reef on the Pacific coast of Central America and forms the islands of Las Tres Hermanas.

## Contestants

There were twenty contestants  overall, divided into two tribes, Uvita and Nauyaca. After four contestants were eliminated, the tribes were swapped. After eight were eliminated, the two tribes merged into one and formed the merged tribe - Piñuela. Nine contestants made up the jury, who ultimately decided who would win the game of the final three castaways, and the $1 million grand prize.

## Episodes

### Episode 1

Twenty new castaways are dropped via helicopter onto their respective beaches. The Uvita tribe gets to work quickly, organizing into groups to collect water and start working on the shelter. B.B. takes charge early, much to Edgardo, Garrett, and Robert's chagrin. Michelle and Krista keep to themselves and work on weaving palm fronds for a canopy for the shelter. At Nauyaca, everybody's personality seems to gel, and Teresa and Ken are quick to point out how well the tribe is working. However, Julie is noticeably working less than her other tribemates.

* **Immunity Challenge:** Each tribe was given two boats and a fisherman's grappling hook. They must try to sink both of the opposite tribe's boats. The hooks could be used to remove plugs that covered holes along the sides of each boat. The last tribe still floating wins immunity.

Both tribes go back and forth slowly sinking the opposition, but Marty proves to be a great shot with the grappling hook and Nauyaca wins the first immunity challenge. Back at Uvita's camp, B.B. attempts to work hard around camp to keep himself in the game. However, the other men in the tribe, plus Krista and Michelle seem to want B.B. to leave. Caryn argues with the men and Yasmin that B.B. could be an asset around camp and someone like Krista is expendable. At Tribal Council, Caryn's attempts fail and she joins the majority in voting B.B. out of the game unanimously.

### Episode 2

Uvita returns from Tribal Council and Caryn feels very left out from the rest of the tribe. Edgardo, Brook, Garrett, Krista, and Michelle seem to bond pretty well with Robert on the peripherary. At Nauyaca, Ciera, Kimmi, and Peih-Gee form a secret alliance and quickly lay out Brandon, Julie, and Jerry as targets. Brandon seems paranoid of everyone and Julie calls him out on his attitude.

* **Reward Challenge:** Six tribe members would be belted together and have to race through a swamp, over a net wall, and under and over a series of hitching posts. The six would then have to dig up three bags of puzzle pieces and deliver them to the three remaining tribe members. These three would then assemble the puzzle pieces to win flint, a tarp, and two hammocks.

Julie sits out the challenge on Nauyaca's side. The runners for Nauyaca quickly outpace Uvita's, despite the efforts of Garrett to motivate his team. Uvita can never recover and Nauyaca wins their second challenge in a row. Back at Nauyaca's camp, Julie is quick to relax in the hammock despite Teresa trying to get everyone to get along. Brandon and Adam talk about the pettiness of the girls on their tribe. At Uvita, Krista gets worried that the tribe won't be able to recover if they keep losing challenges so early in the game.

* **Immunity Challenge:** The tribes would race out into a field to retrieve ten barrels. Once all ten barrels were retrieved, the tribe would stack them on individual platforms arranged in a triangle formation. One tribe member would then attempt to toss a sandbag onto the top of each barrel. The first tribe to have a sandbag on all ten barrels would win immunity.

The tribes are racing neck and neck throughout the entire challenge. However, Adam's tossing for Nauyaca is better than Garrett's and Nauyaca wins yet another challenge. Back at Uvita's camp, Caryn is in panic mode because she feels she is definitely going home next. She tries talking to Robert, Susie, and Yasmin about splitting up the younger guys and girls and voting Krista out of the game. While Susie and Yasmin seem to be onboard, Robert is reluctant. The other five tribemembers all agree that Caryn should go next, until Caryn tries convincing Krista and Michelle that Robert could be a threat later on. At Tribal Council, Michelle points out that Caryn was throwing Robert under the bus, and he decides to go with the younger tribemembers and vote Caryn out of the game.

### Episode 3

Returning from Tribal Council, Susie and Yasmin both feel very left out and on the outside-looking-in. At Nauyaca, Ciera, Kimmi, Peih-Gee, and Teresa seem to bond while Adam, Brandon, and Marty come together. Julie doesn't make an effort to get close to anyone, and everyone notices how standoffish she tends to be.

* **Reward Challenge:** Each tribe must designate a caller. The rest of the tribe members are blindfolded, and the caller must guide their tribemates so they can retrieve 30 designated giant puzzle pieces surrounded by obstacles. Once all 30 pieces are collected, the tribe members must remove their blindfolds and work together to solve the puzzle. First tribe to solve the puzzle wins fishing bait.

Peih-Gee and Edgardo serve as callers for their respective tribes, and both do well at the task. Uvita ends up winning their first challenge, which causes Krista to get teary-eyed. Back at camp, Teresa gets irritated with Robert when he complains about not getting more from their win. At Nauyaca, Ken tries to cheer everyone up after their loss, but it just ends up rubbing  afew people the wrong way.

* **Immunity Challenge:** Each tribe has a boat at the ocean floor. Each tribe must swim down to retrieve their boat, and then clear the heavy cargo and water out of it. First tribe to row to the shore and carry their boat over the finish line wins immunity.

Jerry and Teresa sit out of the challenge for Nauyaca. Both tribes do well in the challenge, but Uvita manages to pull off another win, sending Nauyaca to its first Tribal Council. Back at their camp, the Nauyaca tribe is splintered into various groups. However, each group seems to want to target Julie first, and Julie notices the animosity towards herself. She takes the other women aside and points out Brandon's volatile personality and actions at times, which makes them think about keeping Julie. At Tribal Council, Ken is referred to as a floater by Adam, which confuses Ken. In the end, Julie's pleas fell on deaf ears and she is unanimously voted out of the game.

### Episode 4

Nauyaca returns from Tribal Council, and it seems that ousting Julie has a calming effect on the tribemates. However, Brandon quickly gets into it with Ciera, causing Kimmi to wonder if Brandon is the problem with the tribe and not Julie. At Uvita, Robert becomes sick, but tells everyone he's fine and not to worry about him. Susie sees it as an opportunity to keep her and Yasmin in the game.

* **Reward Challenge:** The tribes would be clipped together by a rope carrying 20 pounds (9.1 kg) sand bags each. They would start on opposite sides of the course, racing through knee-deep water to catch the other tribe. If a tribe member drops out they must give their sandbag to someone from their tribe. The first tribe to tag a member from the other tribe would win a trip to another island where they would be a coffee bar, cookies, croissants, and brownies.

Both tribes do well at the start, but Uvita slows down quicker than Nauyaca and Adam, Brandon, Marty, and Ken are too powerful for Uvita, thus winning the challenge for Nauyaca. At their reward, everyone gets along and it seems to be happiness on the tribe for the time being. At Uvita, Susie points out Robert's sickness to Michelle and Krista, causing them to become worried about him being too weak for their tribe. Meanwhile, Yasmin tries talking to Edgardo about the situation, putting just enough doubt in his ear to make him question what to do.

* **Immunity Challenge:** Four tribe members will begin locked in floating cages. One tribe member will start on shore and race out to unlock the first cage, releasing the first tribe member. The newly freed tribe member will run across floating lily pads to free the next member in a locked cage. Once the fourth tribe member is freed from their locked cage, those tribe members will get on a boat where another tribe member will be waiting with a ring of keys. The teams will paddle back to shore, picking up the stranded tribemates along the way. Once back, the Survivors will form a human pyramid. The person at the top will use a ring of keys to unlock a series of pad locks, freeing their last tribe member from the last cage. The first tribe to get all members back on their tribe mat wins Immunity.

​Nauyaca's energy from their reward seems to propel them, and they easily win the challenge, sending Uvita to their third Tribal Council, Back at camp, Robert insists to the other men that he's fine and will feel better in a day or two, and that it doesn't matter what the girls do as long as they stick together. However, Edgardo finds himself conflicted and realizes that both Krista and Michelle seem convinced that Robert should go home. At Tribal Council, Robert points out Susie's weakness the entire game compared to his few days of sickness, but it isn't enough to save him, and he is unanimously voted out of the tribe.

### Episode 5

Uvita returns to Tribal Council and Garrett immediately begins to feel they made the wrong decision. Michelle makes Susie and Yasmin promise they will not turn on she or Krista after they saved them from going home. Garrett, Edgardo, and Brook pledge to stick together. At Nauyaca, Ken is made to feel apart of the Adam, Brandon, and Marty alliance, despite his reluctance to pledge allegiance to anyone. Peih-Gee and Kimmi talk about forming a duo within their alliance.

At the Reward Challenge, both tribes are told to drop their buffs as the tribes will be switched up. The castaways are told to rank their fellow tribemates from most useful to least useful. Marty and Edgardo are chosen as the most important from their respective tribes. They are tasked with chosing the new tribes, alternating choices from the tribes. The new Uvita tribe is Edgardo, Adam, Brook, Ken, Krista, Ciera, Yasmin, and Peih-Gee, while the new Nauyaca tribe is Marty, Garrett, Brandon, Michelle, Jerry, Susie, Teresa, and Kimmi. They are again shocked when the tribe must immediately compete in their first Immunity Challenge as new tribes.

* **Immunity Challenge:** Castaways compete in an elevated net court with two hoops for both tribes. Tribes must face off in randomly selected threesomes, race to the ball thrown in the center, and then pass the ball to each other in an attempt to move within shooting distance of their hoops. If a player holds the ball, he/she cannot walk and must pass it to a tribemate (violating this will force the person’s tribe to hand the ball to the other tribe). The first tribe to throw the ball through a hoop would score for their tribe. The first tribe to score five points would win Immunity.

The two tribes work well despite being new to each other. Nauyaca takes an early lead, but Michelle slips up and Uvita takes the win. Back at their camp, Marty convinces his former tribemates to stick together and vote out Michelle or Susie. He talks to Garrett about Michelle or Susie going home, and Garrett insists that Susie should go home. However, Teresa and Kimmi talk to Susie and realize she's a good person to keep around and talks to Marty about getting rid of Michelle. Jerry talks to Marty and tells him Michelle is probably less important overall than Susie. At Tribal Council, Teresa and Kimmi's pleas work, and despite Garrett voting for Susie, the other former Nauyaca tribemembers vote for Michelle and she is voted out of the tribe.

### Episode 6

After returning from Tribal Council, Garrett is confused as to why Michelle went home and not Susie, who he sees as considerably weaker. Marty is visibly upset with Michelle and Susie voting for him, and Susie tries to explain herself, but he doesn't listen. Teresa and Kimmi worry about Marty's hotheadness, but are soon distracted when Brandon complains about all the women causing problems. At Uvita, Yasmin is fitting in well with Ciera and Peih-Gee, while Krista, Brook, and Edgardo worry about her flipping allegiances. They talk to Adam about forming an alliance, which Adam does not dismiss. He shares that he's worried his old tribemates will dump him and go with Yasmin.

* **Reward/Immunity Challenge:** Each tribe member will kneel at the end of a long plank suspended over a pit of water. The contestants will hold on to two ropes connected to a weighted hook. Starting with twenty percent of their body weight, the weight will increase by another ten percent every fifteen minutes. When the weight becomes too much to hold, the ropes will slip from their hands, the plank will give out and they'll fall into the water. The last person left standing on each tribe wins Immunity, while the last person left standing overall wins a barbecue for their tribe, which will be consumed at the other tribe's Tribal Council.

A lot of the castaways - such as Ciera, Susie, Brook, Kimmi, and Teresa - drop out early. In the end, Garrett becomes the last person holding on for Nauyaca - earning himself immunity - against, Adam, Ken, and Edgardo for Uvita. In the end, Garrett falls out and Adam ends up winning individual immunity as well as the reward. Back at Uvita's camp, Ken and Peih-Gee make great efforts to convince Adam that they are keeping him over Yasmin and that Krista needs to leave, while Edgardo argues that Adam is safest with them and they should get rid of Yasmin. At Nauyaca, Garrett and Brandon get into an argument, and Kimmi approaches Susie and Garrett with a plan to get rid of Brandon instead of Susie. Marty talks with Garrett, Brandon, and Jerry about voting out Susie, but Garrett admits to being more mad with Brandon and his attitude that Susie and her weakness. At Uvita's Tribal Council, Adam reveals that he feels torn between alliances, but in the end sides with his old allies and helps vote Krista out of the tribe. Uvita moves over to the jury portion of Tribal Council and begin eating. At Nauyaca's Tribal Council, Brandon explodes, complaining about the women's pettiness, and Garrett tells him to calm down, which inadvertently reveals that the women are gunning for Brandon to go home. When the votes are read, Garrett's anger is too much and joins the women in voting Brandon out of the game.

### Episode 7

Returning from Tribal Council, Marty is furious to see Brandon leave the game and accuses Garrett of being untrustworthy. Teresa and Kimmi sit back and watch Marty start to self distruct. At Uvita, Adam comes under fire from Edgardo and Brook, but Edgardo immediately starts thinking about how to further himself in the game and work the people who betrayed him.

* **Reward Challenge:** In pairs, the castaways would race across a field to retrieve six large crates painted in their tribe's colors. Once all six crates were retrieved, the tribes would have to stack the crates into a staircase with the name of their tribe properly aligned along the sides. The first tribe to complete the staircase and get all of their members up the staircase to the top of a platform would win a trip to the coral reef with snorkeling, and then a barbecue lunch.

The weakness of Jerry and Susie holds back Nauyaca at first, but their superior puzzle skills allows them to win the challenge. On their reward, everyone seems to be getting along despite earlier outbursts. At Uvita, Ciera starts getting on the nerves of Edgardo because of her incessant talking, and he shares his dislike with Adam and Ken. Ken reports back to Ciera and Peih-Gee, which Edgardo overhears.

* **Immunity Challenge:** The tribes swam out to a boat, where members dove down one at a time to retrieve paddles. They then paddled to shore where they converted their boat to a cart, then pulled it up a track. They then chose between two options: assembling a puzzle, or stacking balls while standing on a wobbly platform. The first two tribes to complete their chosen final tasks won immunity.

Once again, Uvita takes an early lead, but they chose to stack balls for their final challenge, while Nauyaca choses the puzzle. In the end, Nauyaca's puzzle building skills are better and they win immunity. Back at Uvita's camp, Edgardo knows he's on the chopping block and has to pull something together. He talks to Adam and Brook who are both onboard with voting out Ciera. Approaching Yasmin, he suggests she join them and vote out Ciera because Ciera, Ken, and Peih-Gee are threesome who will not include Yasmin. When she refuses, he attempts to throw Adam under the bus as a last ditch effort. At Tribal Council, Edgardo attempts to convince the others he has a Hidden Immunity Idol, which causes Ciera and Peih-Gee to switch their focus to Brook, who is stunned to be voted out 4-3.

### Episode 8

After returning from Tribal Council, the Uvita tribe stays pretty quiet, despite Adam being frustrated with his supposed alliance. At Nauyaca, they all celebrate making it othe Final 12 and thus moving on to the next round of competition. Kimmi starts working a plan to unite the women into an alliance once the tribes merge. Jerry and Marty wonder if the new tribe Nauyaca will stick together, or if they will need to break away and form new allegiances. Both tribes meet at Challenge Beach, and are thrilled to see that the tribes are now merging into an orange tribe. They chose to live at Uvita's former beach, and are greeted by a feast when they reach camp. Marty is immediately taken aside by Adam, who says it will definitely be a men vs. women vote if they don't play their cards right. Meanwhile, Ciera, Peih-Gee, Kimmi, and Teresa reunite and agree to include Yasmin, Susie, and lone male Ken in their alliance.

* **Immunity Challenge:** The castaways would be given 200 wooden tiles. The first castaway to use the tiles to build a house of cards 10 feet tall would win. There is a time limit of 30 minutes for the challenge. If after 30 minutes, no castaway has built the house of cards to over 10 feet  tall, the castaway who builds the tallest house of cards at the end of the time limit would win. One man and one woman would immunity.

A lot of people do well building their structure, but only Edgardo, Ciera, Teresa, and Marty have consisent ability. In te end, Teresa and Marty pull off wins. Back at camp, the six women decide that Adam should be the one to go home, despite an effort from Ciera to make it Garrett. Susie and Yasmin are taken aside by Garrett to form a new alliance with Edgardo to vote out anyone they chose, and the offer seems too good to be true for the women. Marty, Jerry, Adam, Edgardo, and Garrett have a meeting with Ken and think Kimmi is the ringleader of the women, and thus she must go home. Ken agrees with the plan, but feels closer to the women in all honesty. At Tribal Council, Kimmi, Marty, Garrett, Ken, and Ciera all get upset at some point and argue amongst each other. However, the women plus Ken stick together and Adam is voted out of the game.

### Episode 9

After returning from Tribal Council, Ken is confronted by Marty and Edgardo, who call him a traitor and question his strength and confidence if he's siding with the women. Susie gravitates to Kimmi and Teresa, while Yasmin gravitates to Ciera and Peih-Gee, causing both of them to question their position in the overall alliance. Ciera makes a note of Jerry's relative nonexitence in camp, challenges, and strategy.

* **Reward Challenge:** The castaways would race over and under an obstacle course to untie three bags of puzzle pieces. The first three castaways to cross the finish line with their puzzle bags would move on to the second stage. In the second stage, the castaways would use the pieces to assemble the puzzle. The first castaway to complete their puzzle would win a pizza and beer lunch.

Peih-Gee, Edgardo, and Marty move on to the last round, with Peih-Gee narrowly defeating Marty. She choses Ciera and Ken to join her on the reward. Back at camp, Marty asks Teresa to save him at least one more round, and she admits to Kimmi that she would rather see Marty stay in the game than Garrett or Edgardo. Susie talks to Yasmin and points out that she is on the bottom of her supposed four-person alliance.

* **Immunity Challenge:** The castaways would balance a long wooden paddle on a pivot point. They would then roll a ball along the shaft and try to balance the ball on one of six spots on the paddle. The first castaways to have six balls balanced on the paddle at the same time would win.

The challenge came down to Ken, Marty, and Teresa, with Ken winning in the end. A frustrated Marty returned to camp set on breaking up the women's alliance. He talked with Garrett, Edgardo, and Jerry and they all agreed to vote out Peih-Gee. Meanwhile, Teresa pled with her alliance to keep Marty and vote out Edgardo, but Ciera, Peih-Gee, and Ken insisted on Marty going home. Susie pointed out Ciera's attitude to Yasmin, who was still reluctant to side with Susie, Teresa, and Kimmi. At Tribal Council, Marty attempted to point out the alliances within in the women's alliance, but it was all to no avail; Edgardo and Garrett flipped on lost cause Marty and he was voted in a 9-2 vote.

### Episode 10

The tribe returns from Tribal Council and Garrett and Edgardo are visibly worried about what to do next. Ken tries talking to them, but they insist that they're over trying to be friends or strategize with him. Kimmi starts to worry about Ciera, Peih-Gee, Ken, and Yasmin forming a foursome and getting rid of her, Teresa, and Susie at the earliest opportunity.

* **Reward Challenge:** The castaways would be divided into two teams of four. Two members at a time from each team would race across a field to retrieve a large puzzle board. Once the pair returns, the other two teammates would retrieve another board. Four boards would need to be retrieved. Once retrieved, the boards would have to be arranged in a line so that the large holes were aligned like a grille to reveal seven vowels. The revealed vowels and seven consonants given to the team would need to be arranged to solve a four word phrase. The first team to solve the phrase would win a trip to a local village for a feast of local food and a demonstration of traditional dance.

Because there were nine castaways left, Susie was not chosen for either team and thus could not compete. The team of Ciera, Garrett, Kimmi, and Yasmin won the challenge. On their reward, Garrett makes a plea to save himself and at least vote out Jerry before he goes home. Kimmi is open to listening, but Ciera straight up tells Garrett she doesn't see how he can save himself. Back at camp, Jerry, Teresa, and Susie have a long conversation about life at home, and Teresa admits to liking him more that some members of her alliance.

* **Immunity Challenge:** The castaways would play a version of shuffleboard. Each castaway would be given three pucks which they would try to slide closest to the target marked with an X. The castaway whose puck ends up closest to the target would win.

Despite a valiant effort from Garrett, Peih-Gee pulled off the win. Back at camp, Kimmi admits to Teresa that she's worried about the others in their alliance. Garrett once again makes a plea to stay in the game, but Ciera and Peih-Gee are dead set on getting rid of him, no matter what. At Tribal Council, Garrett yet again makes a plea to stay by pointing out Ciera's control of the alliance, but it is all for naught as he is voted out of the game.

### Episode 11

After returning from Tribal Council, Ciera goes on damage control after Garrett's outburst. Kimmi and Teresa discuss taking out Ken while they still can to prevent the foursome of Ciera, Peih-Gee, Yasmin, and Ken from having the majority even in their alliance.

* **Survivor Auction:** Instead of a Reward Challenge, a Survivor Auction was held. Each castaway is given $500. Castaways may not share any money or the item(s). The castaways must bid for the items in $20 increments. The auction will end without notice. Items bought include food and drinks and a video from home.

After the auction, Jerry feels sick after eating too much food. Ciera gets frustrated with him for not participating more around camp. Edgardo admits to Kimmi that he feels there is nothing he can do to save himself unless he wins Immunity. She confides in him that she, Teresa, and Susie are wanting to vote out Ken next and not he or Jerry.

* **Immunity Challenge:** The castaways started on a square and moved one square at a time. As they moved, they had to flip over the square they were just on. Each castaway would go until they could no longer move. Last person standing wins immunity.

Ken wins the challenge by one square over Kimmi. Back at camp, Yasmin tells Susie that she's done trying to flip on the alliance now that Ken has immunity. Edgardo tells Jerry that there's a crack in the women's alliance and they talk to Teresa and Kimmi about still voting out one of the majority foursome. Edgardo points out that this is the last chance to get one of them out without forcing a tie. At Tribal Council, Edgardo makes the claim that Ciera and Peih-Gee are running the show, which upsets Ciera. Once the votes are read, Ciera is shocked to find that Kimmi, Teresa, and Susie have flipped and joined Edgardo and Jerry in voting her out of the game. The eight remaining castaways are shocked when Jeff Probst announces that there will be another Immunity Challenge and one more person will leave.

* **Immunity Challenge:** Testing their memory, each Survivor will secretly select three squares on a grid, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The goal is to knock out their opposing teammate by guessing squares and bombing them one by one. When all three squares belonging to a Survivor are knocked out, they'll be out of the challenge. The last person with squares still left on the board wins individual Immunity.

Edgardo pulls off the win, putting the others in a tailspin as to what to do. The eight vote, and without the ability to strategize, the old alliances of the women plus Ken bands together again to vote out Jerry.

### Episode 12

The tribe returns from Tribal Council and Peih-Gee is hurt and confused after Ciera is voted out of the game. Edgardo feels better knowing there is a crack in the majority alliance. He makes a deal to both Susie, Kimmi, and Teresa, and Ken, Peih-Gee, and Yasmin to keep himself in the game.

* **Reward Challenge:** The castaways placed blocks in a line while avoiding ropes that would topple the tiles that were already placed. Once all of the blocks were properly stacked, the castaway would start a domino effect that would drop the last tile on a platform at the other end. The first castaway to do so won a traditional Costa Rican barbecue.

Peih-Gee and Yasmin do really well that the challenge, but Peih-Gee pulls it off in the end. She chooses Yasmin and Ken to join her on the reward. On the reward, Peih-Gee begins to wonder if she should have left the others alone at camp, but Yasmin tells her not to worry and enjoy herself. Back at camp, Kimmi goes to work to convince Edgardo to stick with her, Teresa, and Susie.

* **Immunity Challenge:** Blindfolded and connected to a rope, the castaways would go over and under three hitching posts to a station where there would be a shield with various symbols on it. Using only their sense of touch, the castaways would memorize the symbols and take the bags of the symbols back to the start line. There, the castaways would have to replicate the symbols from the shield on to a second shield. The first castaway to have all the correct symbols would win.

Knowing he needed to win, Edgardo pulled out a major victory. Back at camp, Peih-Gee realized that it would come down to her alliance versus the other three in her original alliance. She attempts to convince Edgardo to vote againt Teresa, who she sees as a threat to win because of her likeablity. Kimmi talks to Edgardo and tells him to vote for Ken, the strongest of the other alliance. At Tribal Council, Edgardo states that he thinks the alliance has died and are fighting against each other now. When the votes are read, Edgardo joined Kimmi, Teresa, and Yasmin to vote Ken out of the game.

### Episode 13

After returning from Tribal Council, Peih-Gee confronts Edgardo and his flip-flopping. Susie and Yasmin talk about where their alliance went, which ends up in an argument when Susie tells Yasmin she has to flip or risk going home next. Teresa tells Edgardo that she appreciates him saving her, which makes Edgardo realize how nice Teresa is.

* **Reward Challenge:** The tribe would be divided into two teams of three. One at a time, the teams would race through an obstacle course of balance beams, a water slide, and a mud pit. They would then retrieve a bag of balls in the mud and cross a pit full of rice. Once five bags were retrieved, all of the team members would untie the bags and shoot the balls into a basket. The first team to shoot all twelve of their balls into the basket would win a trip to a resort and lunch.

The team of Edgardo, Kimmi, and Yasmin win the reward. On the reward, Kimmi is perturbed by Yasmin's attitude, and Yasmin and Edgardo end up getting into an argument. Back at camp, Teresa, Susie, and Peih-Gee talk and Teresa admits to Peih-Gee she wants to see Edgardo and Yasmin leave before her. When the challenge winners return, Kimmi tells Teresa that Yasmin needs to leave next regardless of whether or not Edgardo is safe.

* **Immunity Challenge:** The tribe members would be in the ocean under a metal grate as the incoming tide rises. As the tide rises, the breathing space under the grate grows smaller. The last castaway to remain under the grate would win.

Yasmin is out quickly, the remaining five last quite a while, but in the end Susie surprises even herself and wins immunity. Back at camp, Peih-Gee and Yasmin rally hard to get rid of Edgardo, but Kimmi openly announces that she is upset by Yasmin's attitude and is not sure she wants Edgardo to leave. At Tribal Council, both Edgardo and Yasmin make their pleas, but Yasmin's poor attitude is enough to get her voted out of the game.

### Episode 14 - Finale

The tribe returns from Tribal Council, and Peih-Gee feels very alone in the game. Edgardo asks Kimmi what the plan is after Peih-Gee goes home, and she admits that she doesn't know. Teresa confirms with Kimmi that they are sure for the finals together, and she agrees.

* **Immunity Challenge:** The castaways would race across a rope net and a balance beam to retrieve a bag of puzzle pieces. Once back with the bag, they would climb up a steep wall to a platform where they would assemble the puzzle pieces. The first castaway to assemble their puzzle, the *Survivor* logo, would win.

The challenge come down to Edgardo and Peih-Gee, but Peih-Gee pulls off the win in the end. Facing Tribal Council, Edgardo talks to Kimmi about voting out Susie instead of himself to better their chances of beating Peih-Gee at the next Immunity Challenge. Knowing she's safe, Peih-Gee talks to Teresa and says she's fine with voting out Edgardo or Susie. At Tribal Council, the women band togetther and vote Edgardo out of the game. Returning to camp, Peih-Gee and Susie both voice concerns that Teresa is too likable to take the finals, but Kimmi doesn't think that should be a problem.

* **Immunity Challenge:** Each castaway would maneuver a ball across a series of obstacles on a table course. The first castaway to transfer three balls to the other side of the table would win immunity.

Peih-Gee pulls off another win and secures herself a place in the finals. Back at camp, Teresa and Kimmi talk and realize that Susie is the one who has to go next. Peih-Gee and Susie talk and both admit to thinking Teresa would beat them both in the finals. They talk to Kimmi, who is worried about going to a tie and whether she will be perceived as weak or loyal to the jury. At Tribal Council, Kimmi reluctantly votes out her longtime ally Teresa.

At the final Tribal Council, the nine jurors addressed the final three castaways. Susie is criticized for following Kimmi and Teresa, while Kimmi is praised for her strategy, but criticized for betraying Teresa when she didn't need to. Peih-Gee is questioned whether she won immunities to make the finals, or if she strategized her way there. In the end, Susie gets no votes to win, and Kimmi earns the votes of Garrett, Edgardo, and Susie. However, Peih-Gee earns the six votes from Adam, Marty, Ciera, Jerry, Ken, and Yasmin to win her the title of winner of *Survivor: Costa Rica*!