Against Shawna’s wishes, her tribe kept her trapped, opting instead to vote out JoAnna in Survivor: Amazon Episode 4.
Deena feels as if she’s in control now that she’s eliminated JoAnna.
Jeanne thinks her tribe consists of a bunch of idiots, having eliminated their strongest member in favor of keeping around their weakest member. Speaking of which, Shawna’s going to be whining for a while. She’s falling apart and can’t take it any more. Well, quit, then. You always have that option if you really want out. This ain’t Big Brother where you’re trapped until you destroy property or get violent.
The next morning, Jeanne decides to confront Deena. She overheard her saying “Your problem is that you weren’t part of the team.” She was talking about Christy about the first few days, not about the person lying in bed. Jeanne’s sure not making them want to keep her around by being confrontational about something she thought she heard.
Treemail tells them to send the youngest for wine and laughter. That means Dave and Jenna. If this comes down to a battle of wits, it goes without saying the rocket scientist wins against the model. Upon arrival, they are given plenty of food, bottles of wine, an outdoor shower (that’s partially see through), and a bed. Jenna says that her tribe is boring. She’d rather talk more. She’ll take that opportunity now, spilling all about what’s going on at camp, unafraid to reveal alliances and strategies in the process. When she’s done rambling, she says she probably shouldn’t be saying all this. No kidding. Dave realizes this and doesn’t want to reveal too much.
The next morning, as they’re chowing down on breakfast, they see Jeff. Uh oh. It’s good they just shared all that information about their tribes because they’re in charge of picking new ones. In his first pick, Dave immediately screws over Jenna, taking her most trusted ally. Dave also keeps the somewhat questionable Roger. As for Jenna, she keeps around the sickly Shawna rather than being stuck with hard working Jeanne, not that she can be blamed because Jeanne would have tried to get rid of her sooner or later.
Tambaqui: Dave, Heidi, Butch, Christy, Roger, Jeanne
Jaburu: Jenna, Alex, Deena, Rob, Shawna, Matthew
When he returns, Dave says that he strategized to get the best possible outcome for the tribe. Rob’s not buying and not happy.
Like Jenna, Heidi is upset to be split up. Jeanne, however, is thrilled to get away from that tribe.
The boys come into the Jaburu camp. All of a sudden, Shawna, who was at her lowest lows and wanted to get voted out because she was too sick to continue, is now doing just fine and can’tstop smiling. I hope somebody slapped her upside the head. If not on the island, at least at some point after she got home. This is a thoroughly pitiful display. At least we won’t have to watch her acting as if the end of the world’s coming any more, though.
Christy appreciates that her new tribe is making an effort. Unlike how it was with the girls, now she’s being included.
Deena, who believed last week when she got rid of JoAnna that she became the queen of the world, is now worried.
The first immunity challenge for the new tribes is in two stages. The first stage is a word scramble. When they solve that puzzle, they will paddle out and retrieve the corresponding flags. Tambaqui’s got a bit of a lead throughout, but they lose that lead trying to figure out the final word. Jaburu solves their fifth word as Tambaqui continues to work on their final one. Now they need to get the flags that match the words in their tribe color. Jeff tells Tambaqui that they can catch up, but it’s not looking like it, although it’s pretty close. Jaburu wins immunity.
Jeanne, Christy, and Heidi are the least likely combination. They’re only working together because they don’t see another option. Working together translates to drawing straws. Butch gets the short straw.
Dave then goes to Heidi, and he pitches an alliance with the guys. They intend to get rid of Jeanne, who was going home when she was on Jaburu anyway. She knows that, if they lose the next two immunity challenges, she’s gone. He doesn’t even attempt to deny that.
Votes
Jeanne
Butch
Jeanne
Butch
Jeanne
Jeanne
As Heidi switches sides, Jeanne has been voted off the island.
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