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‘Survivor 41’ Episode 7: The Merge Part 2 – WCCO

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(CBS) – Man, yesterday’s part 2 merger episode was intense! Things change from minute to minute. Now that the merger is finally here, these castaways are playing on a whole different level. Here’s what you missed:

The island of exile

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Last week’s episode left us with a cliffhanger: Would Erika make a bold, game-changing decision or play it safe? As a reminder, she has given some serious power in the game – no doubt having to make the most important decision in the game so far. If she smashed this ominous hourglass with black sand, she would change the game’s story. This means that those who lost the last challenge (including her) would win Immunity, and those who had won Immunity would lose it. This changing choice gave Erika the confidence she was looking for in the game. She explains how the brutal experience in exile only refined her strength and built her character even more. So the question is … what was her decision?

Individual immunity challenge

At the first Individual Immunity Challenge, Erika returned from Exile Island, where she and host Jeff Probst then explained this brand new twist. The tensions were higher than ever – and Erika revealed that she actually broke the hourglass! Erika changed the course of history – and she’s glad she did!

AND let’s not forget how in part 1 we saw her old Luvu tribesmen get ready to vote her out next time! Now they are all waiting for a rude awakening …

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Since Erika turned the game around, those who won the last challenge and Immunity are currently not safe and will have to compete in the Individual Immunity Challenge. This also means that those who have to compete are now safe at the next Tribal Council – including Erika herself!

Those who now have immunity: Xander, Heather, Liana, Tiffany and Shan and Erika

Those who will now compete in the Individual Immunity Challenge: Naseer, Danny, Ricard, Deshawn, Sydney and Evvie

A shock look was on everyone’s faces. But Deshawn said it beautifully – this is Survivors 41, and there is nothing to mess around. Of course it’s disappointing … but these twists do Survivor, survivor!

That said, these six disappointed castaways must now compete in their first individual immunity challenge in hopes of regaining their immunity. The shipwrecked fought it out by competing in a popular Survivor challenge where they could only use their feet. Without using their hands, the person who can drop their rope, stack their set of blocks and place their flag on top wins – Immunity!

We’ve seen this tough challenge before in previous seasons, but let’s just say these castaways made it look easy! It was a close race all the time. It came down to Evvie and Sydney on the last part of the challenge (pun intended). Just seconds from winning, these ladies gave it their all. But suddenly, out of nowhere – Ricard hits the top and wins the first individual immunity!

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The tribal council

Chaos was brewing before Tribal even began. As we know, Liana has the advantage that she can eventually steal someone’s idol or advantage. Liana’s “Knowledge is Power” advantage allows her to steal someone’s assets simply by asking the right person the right question. But if she is wrong, she loses her advantage completely. Last week in Part 1, we saw Shan blabbering on about Liana’s advantage in front of Tiffany. Now, because Tiffany does not trust Liana, she tells her closest allies, Xander and Evvie, about the “Knowledge is Power” benefit.

Meanwhile, Shan guides all the other alliances and urges them to vote Evvie out next. But since Tiffany and Xander are safe with the Tribal Council, these two entertain the idea of ​​using Xander’s idol to keep Evvie safe in this game. And they even have a leg up now that they know Liana could potentially steal it.

Look at the chaos.

To create paranoia in the other alliances, Xander, Evvie and Tiffany develop a sneaky plan. Xander decides to share with Danny (who plans to vote Evvie out) how he plays his idol for Evvie in the Tribal Council. Oh, and Xander even shares with him how they all know about Liana’s “Knowledge is Power” benefit. This creates tumult in this close alliance of Danny, Liana, Shan, Deshawn, Ricard, Naseer and Sydney. This group is running around! They must get Liana to steal Xander’s idol to prevent one of them from being voted out. So before the tribal council, Liana tries to revive the trust of her former tribal members, Tiffany, Xander and Evvie, and promises them that Evvie is safe. In this scene, we even see Xander hiding what we think is his idol, right in front of Liana. This gives Liana the impression that Xander still has the idol in his possession …

At the Tribal Council it went crazy – but perfectly Survivor fashion. As Probst guided the conversation, Evvie told how she wanted to be safe thanks to Xander’s idol. This was some fat bait for Liana to bite. Xander then goes on to whip an idol necklace forward with a note explaining how this idol will soon become Evvie’s real. Without hesitation, Liana exploits this information and informs the tribe that she is using her “Knowledge is Power” advantage. She immediately asks Xander “if he has an idol.” Those snarling smiles from Liana and Shan were quickly emptied when Xander says, “No … but you can have this fake.”

You should have seen their faces …

The confusion triggers among the shipwrecked, as this dominant alliance has now just lost Liana’s advantage and is still paranoid that Evvie could be safe after all. Xander, Evvie and Tiffany have just set up the perfect show and now no one knows what to do. People spread different names from left to right. But it came down to three: the idea of ​​still voting for Evvie (even though she has Xander’s idol), as well as the idea of ​​voting for either Deshawn or Sydney.

After the castaways voted, it became clear that Sydney’s intuition was right about potentially being on the hook. That’s because she’s the first person to use “shot in the dark” this season. “Written in the dark” means you can not vote, and in this case, one in six has a chance to gain immunity. Unfortunately, Sydney did not draw the safe card and lost his vote. Before reading the voices, Tiffany even teased the idea of ​​using Xander’s idol, which she had all the time, on Evvie. Both Xander and Evvie urged her not to – but man, it was close.

At one point, the votes were 3, 3 and 3: Three votes Evvie, three votes Deshawn and three votes Sydney. Then there were four votes Evvie, four votes Sydney. It was pretty intense to watch, knowing that Evvie was involved in rejecting a free Immunity Idol. But in the end, their sneaky plan paid off, and Sydney was the next to be voted out.

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What did you think of this two-part merger episode? This was easily the most intense episode yet this season! I want to know what Boston Rob thinks about these tribal fights at the last minute. I mean, from what I remember, the extra time for strategy-making was never in the old-school playbook Survivor!

Tweet me @mick_cloudy and let’s talk Survivor!

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Do not miss Survivors 41, Wednesdays at 8 / 7c on CBS, as well as streaming live and on-demand with Paramount + or the CBS app!

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