Survivor - Forty-Fourth Season

Tribal Council sucked.

I almost didn't make it.

I saw my name for the first time. Ugh!

It's a pretty name, but you don't want

to see it written down, you know?

Yam Yam. Three votes, Yam Yam.

But thankfully,

at the end of the day, Josh went home.

Josh, the tribe has spoken.

Knowing that my name was out there is always scary

because now it's an option.

"Yam Yam already had a few votes.

Let's just kick him out and not ruffle any feathers."

You bitch, you bitch, you bitch, you bitch.

You... Nah, I'm kidding.

I'm so scared, so I do my best Yam Yam thing, you know?

My strategy's always been to charm people.

Hey, look, we all here.

We're all here. The merge has happened.

We play an individual game, but

there's a lot of people here.

You need friends, so I'm about making friends.

We need to sit down and talk about this name.

Yup, I-I memorized

the Fijian word.

If we want to use a Fijian word. If we want to use...

-"Yam Yam" means "survivor" in Fijian. What?!

- -It can be the Yam Yam tribe.

I like it.

-It means four, four. -Okay.

Oh. -Oh, I like that.

It's so simple that, like...

I mean, we have to talk with Matt and who else is not here.

Va Va. -Matt's not here.

Um, how's it going?

Good. How are you?

I'm good. I'm feeling, actually, like, weirdly confident

and comfortable for the next, like, phase of this game.

I went on a journey in the very beginning of the game,

I lost two votes at Tribal Councils.

But after last night, I finally have a vote.

After all of this time, I can play Survivor.

Like, I feel my wings have

suddenly sprouted and I'm, like, soaring now.

And I made some great relationships.

Me and Frannie, super tight.

Like, I couldn't do anything in this game without Frannie.

Uh, and add on top of that, right now, I have an idol.

I have power.

I've, like, emerged into the sunlight, and it feels great.

Trying to figure out What's going... what's good

with this idol, cause obviously, somebody has the it.

Yeah, the Soka idol. Somebody has it.

But the one I had... the one I had literally looked...

It was, like, beads.

Oh, no. Brandon says that

there were actually two idols

on the Ratu beach-- a fake one and a real one.

I only found one idol

in the birdcage, so immediately, my mind is thinking,

somebody else might have opened it

and taken the real one,

and I have this worthless piece of metal.

The pieces start to click together.

Back at Soka, we're looking for the idol, Danny says...

You should be reaching your hands

in each one of these guys, bro.

I find the key.

So Danny's already acting a little bit

funky in that moment, which I didn't realize at the time

because I was panicking.

: Yes! Let's go.

I think it's the obvious conclusion. I feel like

I've been set up like a chump by Danny Bronx

to find the hidden... like, the fake immunity idol.

It was found. It was definitely found.

But, like, I found the fake one, and I can show it to you.

So, someone has the real one.

Especially if you're saying there was, like, one in there.

I underestimated Danny, but clearly,

he's making big moves.

Have you...

What's the scariest thing that's happening right now?

-Somebody... somebody has two votes. -Oh, yes, totally.

-Yeah. -Is that what y'all are thinking?

Yes.

It is common knowledge Lauren has an extra vote.

If Lauren doesn't win immunity tonight,

then she-she got to go, get rid of the two votes.

Easy move.

-It's just straight logic. -Okay.

We need to get rid of that.

So, I went around. I spoke to Frannie,

I spoke to Carson, I spoke to Kane.

I think Lauren's the smart vote

because to just get rid of that two votes, it's, like...

The smaller we get, the more

-that extra vote has our name on it. -Yeah.

I feel great. This is a fun time.

I'm a little devious snake over here, man,

running around like a... a-a...

causing mischief like Dennis the Menace.

I'm not totally opposed to a Lauren vote.

I'm also not opposed to making Danny feel like

-he's in charge of things and, like... Yeah.

If-if Danny thinks he's leading a Lauren vote,

I feel like it could be a really good time

-to get rid of him. Yes.

Yeah.

Oh. What? Looks who's here.

And let's get... Yeah, let's get us up to date.

Yeah. So we were thinking to do a Danny

-blindside... -Yes.

...because Danny has a plan

that is his plan so he probably won't play his idol.

I feel like I'm in a really great position

where everyone just really wants to work with me.

And Danny and Lauren are really, you know,

in the spotlight.

Danny's going after Lauren. He just...

He wants her extra vote out.

I promise, we're-we're in the good spot.

Myself and Tika are the ones deciding who's going to win

the war between Soka and Ratu, and it's perfect.

Come on in.

Day 14, Survivor44, still looking good.

Shall we get to today's immunity challenge?

For today's challenge,

you're gonna stand on a narrow beam while balancing

a ball at the end of a long pole.

At regular intervals, you're gonna move

farther down the beam, making it more difficult.

If at any point you fall off the beam

or your ball drops,

you're out.

There's a twist to today's challenge.

We're gonna divide into two teams of five.

-Ah. -No.

The player who lasts the longest on each team

earns individual immunity. You'll be safe

at Tribal Council

'cause you'll have this around your neck.

This is what you covet in the game.

If you are wearing this, it means

you're safe. Without it,

you are vulnerable. There's another twist

to today's challenge.

The player who lasts the longest out of everybody

earns for their team...

immunity.

Wow.

Everybody on that team will be safe

-tonight at Tribal. -Oh, my God.

Here's how it works.

You will go to Tribal Council,

-but you will watch Tribal -Oh, my God.

from the jury box,

-and you will not vote. -Oh, my gosh.

You will have no say in who goes home.

It is safety without power.

We're not done.

You're also playing for reward.

-Yes! -

Want to know what you're playing for?

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Salty potato chips.

-Oh, my God. And iced tea.

The losing team-- Tribal Council

where somebody will be the eighth person voted out

and the first member of our jury.

Big stakes. All right, shall we draw

and see what our teams are gonna be?

Let's do it. Yes. Jeff.

-Do it. Here we go. -All right.

All right, let's look at our two teams.

On Orange:

Heidi, Kane, Danny,

Frannie and Carolyn.

On Purple:

Lauren, Yam Yam, Jaime,

Matt and Brandon.

There are 11 of you,

which means, Carson, you drew the gray rock.

You now look at these two teams.

Who do you think will last the longest?

I honestly think that I'm gonna put my fate

into the Orange group.

All right, Carson has chosen Orange, which means

if Orange wins, Carson wins.

If Orange loses, Carson loses with them. All right.

Everybody take your spots.

Carson, take a spot on the Orange bench.

We'll get it on. Here we go.

All right.

Everybody has the pole above their head.

This challenge... is on.

If you fall off the beam or your ball drops,

you're out.

You want to be the longest for your team.

That ensures your safety, but if you are the longest overall,