The last time we saw the cast of Survivor: The Amazon, Deena Bennett had just been blindsided at the final 8 and a new power group of Rob Cesternino, Alex Bell, Jenna Morasca, and Heidi Strobel had been formed. They had the majority over Matt von Ertfelda, Butch Lockley, and Christy Smith and weren’t afraid to show themselves as a tight 4. In one scene, they were lounging around camp while Matt and Butch went on their daily fishing and firewood gathering trips and Christy did whatever. I even have it on good authority that plans were made to open a Sonic after the game was over. They were so close, that Alex felt comfortable enough to tell Rob that he’d vote for him at the final four, being that the girls were so close and would never vote for each other. He was considerate enough to give Rob permission to vote for him when the time came.
This episode of Survivor: Palau went from bad to worse to controversial for Janu Tornell. On a food reward, she puked out her much needed nourishment. When her teammates from the reward challenge brought back food for the rest of the tribe, she ate some of it! People had previously broken reward etiquette before, such as Neleh Dennis from Survivor: Marquesas bringing back a chewed mint for her whole tribe to share, but this one takes the cake. Coincidentally, Janu would have taken cake from the rest of her hungry tribe if it had been available.
On Survivor: Redemption Island, what started as a rice argument turned into a race war. No merged tribe has ever been divided down former tribal lines like the Murlonio tribe on this season. The former Zapateras and Ometepes didn’t just vote against each other at every single tribal council. They slept in different sections of the shelter, weren’t allowed to talk to each other in private due to Boston Rob’s buddy system, and ate from different food stores. They were like the Montagues vs. the Capulets or the Culpeppers vs. the Codys. The fact that they kept their rice separate served as the catalyst for this heated feud.
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Colby Donaldson wins the first ever car challenge. Interestingly enough, it was a Pontiac Aztek, the same car driven by Breaking Bad’s Walter White. I can’t think of two people who are more different than Colby and Walt. (April 26th, 2001 – Survivor: The Australian Outback)
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Bruce Kanegai medevac’d at the final 7 which would be the latest ever medevac until Erik Reichenbach broke the record in Survivor: Caramoan at the final 5. (April 20th, 2006 – Survivor: Exile Island)
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Parvati becomes the first person to give away two hidden immunity idols at tribal council, saving alliance member Jerri Manthey while ousting J.T. Thomas. One of these idols was of course the one that J.T. had given to Russell along with a letter telling him to use it against the girls. Nice move, bro. (April 22nd, 2010)
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Elisabeth Filarski voted out, ending her TV career. (April 26th, 2001 – Survivor: The Australian Outback)
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The ousting of Zoe Zanidakis continues the downfall of the once great Rotu 4. (April 25th, 2002 – Survivor: Marquesas)
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Alicia Calaway voted out after Shii Ann Huang saved herself with an immunity challenge win. (April 22nd, 2004 – Survivor: All Stars)
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Mookie Lee voted out after receiving the decisive vote from his friend Alex Angarita who foiled the majority’s plan to split the votes and get him out instead. (April 26th, 2007 – Survivor: Fiji)
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Jason Siska, a week after thinking an effing stick was an immunity idol, gets blindsided with a real hidden immunity idol by the powerful girls’ alliance. (April 24th, 2008 – Survivor: Micronesia)
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Tyson Apostol blindsided by J.T. and Stephen Fishbach. Stephen gave himself the Fishy after this, and Tyson was just happy that he was blindsided by someone other than himself. (April 23rd, 2009 – Survivor: Tocantins)
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Troyzan Robertson taken down after a nice run on ‘his island.’ (April 25th, 2012 – Survivor: One World)
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Malcolm Freberg voted out on a revote after a three-way tie. He failed to find another hidden immunity idol due to Andrea’s babysitting. (April 24th, 2013)