Instagram The cast of 'Survivor' Season 39
Survivor continues tonight on CBS. The competition series has already had some unexpected developments during its first four episodes, and tonight will see another castaway get eliminated. But which one? Which castaway will be eliminated and sent home? Which will continue on to next week’s competition?
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8:03 – After a recap of last week’s episode, tonight starts with Dean Kowalski. He is still harboring some resentment over the fact that his potential showmance Chelsea Walker was eliminated, and he wants to know “who ordered the hit.” He interrogates the rest of the camp but each member denies involvement. The only person who copped to some involvement is Missy Byrd, who said that the elimination made sense.
8:10 – Host Jeff Probst announces that there will be random swapping between the tribes. After the redraw of new members, the tribes were looked much different. Elizabeth Biesel, Elaine Stott, Aaron Meredith, Dan Spilo, Tommy Sheehan, Jason Linden, Lauren Beck and Missy comprise the new Vokai tribe, while and Karishma Patel, Tom Laidlaw, Noura Salman, Kellee Kim, Jamal Shipman, Jack Nichting and Janet Carbin make up the new Lairo.
8:15 – Probst offered an Applebee’s lunch to the tribe that can complete a relay race over sand dunes. Dan and Elizabeth got the new Vokai tribe off to a quick lead, and Jason and Aaron continued to expand their lead as they solve a puzzle. Noura picked up momentum and gave Lairo a chance to take the lead, but Vokai ultimately came out on top.
8:20 – Back at new Lairo camp, Dean and Kellee bond over the revelation that they have a mutual friend back home. This puts Kellee in the middle of Dean and Karishma’s struggle to determine which original Lairo member she’d help fold into the old Vokai alliance. At the new Vokai camp, tension arises between original member Janet and newcomer Jason.
8:30 – Aaron decides that he needs to make personal connections with the other Vokai members if he wants to stick around. He bonds with Tommy over their shared need of protection as likely physical targets. Aaron then goes to Missy and offers the idea of “orange is dead” and she agreed. This puts both of them in a position to flip if it becomes required of them.
8:40 – The first immunity challenge sees the tribes take to the water for a dive-and-shoot race. Karishma gets off to a slow start, and its apparent that she’s keeping the team from competing. Dean was able to get Lairo back into the game with some expert shooting, but it wasn’t good enough to match Tommy and Missy’s head start. skill. Jeff Probst announces that the Vokai tribe win the challenge. He also announces that nobody will be going to the Island of the Idols tonight.
8:45 – Kellee tells Dean that she wants to work with and trust him, but that she felt that way so quickly it worried her. Noura continues to old on to her secret that due to her loss at Island of the Idols last week, she can’t vote during tonight’s tribal council. Elsewhere, Karishma talked to the rest of the tribe and said that she’d be down to vote off either Dean or Tom to save herself.
8:55 – Karishma and Dean are stressed going into the final vote. After the ballots were cast, Jeff asked if anyone wanted to play a hidden idol. Nobody plays an idol, and Probst reads off the votes: Tom, Karishma, Karishma, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom. To everybody’s surprise, Karishma lives to play another day and Tom Laidlaw is sent home. The episode ends with his elimination.