Because of his alliance’s insistence on voting for Keith due to Jerri’s personal vendetta against him, Colby switched gears. By voting with Keith and Tina, Colby was able to eliminate Mitchell, who seemed to be on the verge of quitting anyway, in Survivor: The Australian Outback Episode 4.
Ogakor has been overtaken by smoke. The forest fires continue getting closer.
Amber and Jerri realize there is no alliance any more. Colby’s still the swing vote who can make or break either side. He says he’s voting for the strongest to stay, whoever that may be.
Kimmi is happy to have some new pets. Someone explain to her those aren’t pets… they’re food. Now that they’re done eating the pig, it’s time to kill another chicken. So it’s time then for Kimmi to leave, with an overdramatic exit.
While Kucha is eating like kings, Ogakor hasn’t been able to catch any fish lately. Jerri blames Keith, and Keith doesn’t have the energy to argue with her.
Alicia is getting tired of Kimmi and the chickens. An argument ensues, complete with finger wagging. Well, that was sure interesting. Not that these two didn’t hate each other before, but now they have an excuse.
Having moved the fire away from where they sleep for safety reasons, Kucha is surprised to find out that not having the fire near their beds leads them to their coldest night yet.
Kimmi is disgusted by the water because there are all sorts of creatures living in it. Her preference: not go in the water at all so that the dirt just sticks to her. Rather than tan lines, she has dirt lines.
The tribes get treemail and are told to build stretchers. We saw this in Borneo, so they should have some idea what they’re in for. Jerri views this as another time to take control, which doesn’t sit well with Colby, who just ends up walking away so he can not have to kill her. The challenge is to bring victims back to the triage station. The winning tribe gets what they wanted and what the other tribe wanted. Kucha chose the blankets and spices; Ogakor chose the spices and soup mix. In addition, they get toothpaste, deodorant, and shampoo. Kimmi and Rodger sit out for Kucha. Michael and Nick are the rescuers for Kucha; Colby and Keith are the rescuers for Ogakor. Ogakor grabs Tina, while Kucha grabs Jeff. Tina proves to be an easy person to return, but Jeff keeps getting dropped. Once returned, the victims join the other rescuers. Amber and Alicia are the next victims to be rescued. Kucha makes up a lot of ground and takes a slight lead. Jerri and Elisabeth are the final victims to be rescued. By this point, Kucha’s established a large enough lead that the challenge is theirs to lose. Kucha wins reward, continuing their dominance over Ogakor, who are getting tired of losing.
What Mike’s most looking forward to: Kimmi bathing. Everybody else stinks, too, but everybody else at least makes an effort to bathe. She actually does get in the water to take advantage of the shampoo.
Having lost 4 in a row, Ogakor realizes that they either win this, or they’re done, since they’re now down to 5 members. The challenge is a giant maze with 46 tons of lumber and three miles of burlap that took two weeks to build. Inside each maze are 5 totem poles. They must get through the maze to collect all medallions in order. Kucha will run with 7 because there is no obvious advantage or disadvantage to running with their full 7. Ogakor grabs their first medallion first. Kucha ties it at 1. Ogakor grabs their second. Then Kucha ties them. Ogakor retains their lead at 3. Then they take number 4. Lastly, they get their fifth. Now they just have to get out of the maze. Ogakor wins immunity.
Despite all their wins, Kucha isn’t a happy tribe. Some of them are looking forward to the vote.
Alicia and Jeff would love to get rid of Kimmi. Rodger doesn’t think he will vote that way, but his only guarantee is that he won’t vote for Elisabeth. Despite how fit she is and her contributions to camp, Rodger is considering voting out Alicia because it will bring harmony to camp. There’s a simple solution to that: vote out Kimmi instead.
Michael wants to deflect being the leader. He says that everybody has taken on a leadership role. Alicia says that she’s a motivator, not a leader.
Votes
Kimmi
Kimmi
Kimmi
Kimmi
By a unanimous vote, Kimmi has finally been voted out, a long overdue result. Her mouth got her in trouble in the beginning, but it was her vocal beliefs that ultimately did her in.
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