Survivor

Previously on Survivor.

So far, Matt has been the only person to find redemption at Redemption Island.

Matt stays alive.

He has won all three duels.

Grab you stuff and wait for you next opponent.

At Matt's old tribe phillip is driving everyone crazy.

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So Rob actually considered keeping him around for a while.

As long as Phillip is aggravating everybody so much,

It takes all of the heat off of me. Maybe he needs to stay.

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Since throwing a challenge to get rid of Russell...

This is my last time playing this game.

The Zapatera looks like they lost their mojo and bickering among themselves.

David under pressure is really stressful.

Don't even go there with that. I don't freak out.

And even though Sarita is wearing thin on her tribe mates

the bigger targets were Krista and Stephanie.

There is nothing we can do about it.

At tribal council, Kristen and Stephanie voted for Steve

but everybody else voted Krista.

Krista, the tribe has spoken.

Now Stephanie has to scramble to avoid being

the next person sent to Redemption Island.

- Matt? Matt? - Who is?

- Krista. - ***

- Are you... - Yeah, for sure.

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I was excited, I saw him in the dual and he has such a positive attitude,

just refreshing, I guess you could say, even within the first five minutes

I feel he has so much more substance than the

people I have been on the tribe for the last 14 days.

- You pray a lot? - Yeah, yeah.

I have been... Whenever I can. I really feel like God put me here.

I just wanted you to know that I am going to give you a run for your money.

Oh, trust me, I know you are.

Krista came in tonight, I was pretty excited to see her at first,

but I quickly realized that he is a firecracker and he is here for business.

You are not sneaking under the radar, blondie.

- Neither are you, blondie. - Hey!

It kind of sucks for me to see your name come up last night.

It's too bad. I just have to have a lot of faith in people.

Tribal last night got a little ugly but in the end Krista was our vote,

and to my surprise, Krista and Stephanie both voted for me.

That was kind of a cold slap of reality.

- Why did you vote for me? - ***

- I'm just asking you, just you and I. - It has nothing to do with you per se.

It is about the game, the team that is the strongest competitor.

I know you are digging deep but it might not be there to give.

I was trying to be delicate.

I am going to, you know, not be too crazy about bashing people.

Except I don't want to get sent to Redemption Island and right now I am at

the bottom, as much as I hate sucking it up with people who are complete...

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I'm sorry you are personally offended that I voted for you.

It is crazy. Where I come from, 13 years in the NFL

and it is a gut check I am definitely going to have to dig deeper,

but her vote against me last night, I consider it stupid.

I think it was another poor move you have made.

- It's okay. - In alliances.

It's okay. I didn't ask for your opinion and if that is your opinion that's fine.

Well, thank you for explaining.

She is basically tightening the rope around her neck.

If we have to go back to tribal she is out.

We should have another beach day.

I have an appointment with Natalie.

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- Ow! - Sorry.

Natalie and I kind of started a little SPA today,

we are like clipping our leg hairs and like fixing our eyebrows.

Like what are we doing right now? They're like, building stuff

and we're doing nothing.

Rob **** and Andrea is pretending to help.

Phillip **** like every 20, 30 minutes.

However you can make yourself seem more comfortable, why not?

I worked hard all of my life, I was a basketball player, in pageant,

it is not like I am lazy, Natalie and I have just hanging.

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- What you guys doing? Hair? - Oh, yeah.

**** Right down the side. And a part right here.

Give me the scissorsly take care of that real quick.

- You are not coming near me. - ****

- Girls, I have a request. - What's that?

And that is every half an hour or so, check on the fire.

- You know, I do that. - I know you do.

- I am not singling you out. - Right.

I am just saying, you know, I have been over there

like four or five times this morning just doing it,

so what I want to try to do like every 25 minutes, half an hour you work it

out amongst yourself because we have

wet wood here or the next couple of days.

- Okay. - I have it stoking right now.

- Thank you, Phillip. - Thanks Philly.

If I go to Redemption Island before Ashley and Natalie,

there is something wrong with the game, because those two girls,

they are on a beauty pageant. That's their whole world,

but it is hard to compete and do anything when you have two girls who

who won't get off their butts and won't by you real credit for anything.

It reminds me of when somebody who don't like dogs had a dog.

You have seen that.

I am their redheaded stepchild.

These two girls messed up.

They have been here 14 days and frankly, the pageant is over.

- I have a headache. - ***

Tree mail.

Look at her comfort.

- It is really exciting. Awesome. - Great.

It was great getting my luxury item, provided some comfort and just

some strength of words of wisdom and nice strong

relationship with the Lord *** you can't find anywhere else.

We give this day to you, Lord, and we know whatever the outcome

is that it will bring honor to you Lord and we thank you so much for letting

us be here together on Redemption Island, Lord,

and help us to carry on, honoring you ***

- Amen. - Amen.

Krista is different from the other competitors I have paced,

for one key reason, it is both of us have really been struggling

with not having a faith community and other believers to kind of lean

on and talk with about our beliefs and how we feel.

It certainly makes it a lot more difficult to compete with her.

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I definitely have a little anxiety about the

possibility that this could be my last day.

Come on in.

Andrea and Natalie, take a seat.

Julie and Mike, pick a spot and get to this.

Now bringing the competitors for today's dual.

Matt will be battling against Krista, voted out at the last tribal council.

You guys ready to get to it?

- Yes. - Absolutely.

For today's dual you will use a grappling hook to get three bags.

Each bag contains a ball,

once you have all three bags you will use one ball to solve the table maze.

First person to get it right stays alive in this game.

Loser is out. Their quest for a million dollars kaput.

This is it. One shot. Pick your spot.

All right. Here we go. It is do or die time.

Survivors ready. Go.

You have to retrieve three bags using the grappling hook

and stay on the platform while doing it. Matt with the first toss.

Can he hook the first bag? Just misses.

Krista really taking her time.

Great first toss and with one toss Krista has secured her first bag.

Matt with a nice toss. Matt has his first bag.

Gently pulling it back. Doesn't want to lose it.

Krista readies her second toss. Another great toss by krista.

Two tosses, two bags. Matt now panicking.

Matt with a nice toss. Can he secure a bag? It looks good.

Matt with his second bag.

Krista has made three throws and with three tosses

she has grabbed all three bags. Krista now unwrapping.

Get one ball and start working on the table maze.

Matt has one bag left. Big advantage for Krista.

This could do it if he can hook it.

Got it. Got to get it back.

Krista has her ball and she is going to start working.

Matt has his third bag and still looking for one ball. That's all you need.

- Matt, you need to get that bag on. - ****

Matt has his ball and working on the table maze. It is not a simple maze.

There are a lot of places that ball can fall

into a hole and you will have to start over.

Matt is going to have to pick it up now. Drops in a hole and has to start over.

Krista coming up on a tough spot. She gets by it.

Both, Matt and Krista still alive.

Krista took an early lead and has held it throughout this dual

but Matt is catching up fast.

Matt is by one of the tougher spots only

to find another one and he gets by that one.

Krista with another very difficult spot to get by. She is still in it.

We are neck and neck in this dual.

Matt with a nice job. Matt now has the lead in this challenge.

Krista continues to fight.

Matt has a tough spot to navigate, close to the finish.

Krista falls in the hole. She has to start over again.

Matt very close. Got to get it in that netting.

Matt stays alive!

How are you doing, Krista?

It is a real reality right now that the game is over.

So it is emotional.

Well, Krista, you lasted a long time in this game.

You are out of the game for good. You can drop your buff on the way out.

- Can I give him something real quick? - Yeah.

- It's a tough cookie, but... - Thank you so much.

- What is that, Krista. - My luxury item.

My Bible.

I don't have mine so she is kind enough to leave it with me.

Is that something the two of you guys shared?

Yeah.

You know, Matt is extremely strong believer and I think, you know,

that might be one of the reasons he is doing so well out there.

- All right, Krista. - Bye.

Matt and I agreed at the end of the dual today it would be

God's will that was done and it was. It was my time to go.

Krista left her bible to me and I can't explain how much that meant to me,

because that book just breathes life. I can never thank her enough.

Matt, once again, you seized the moment. Four duels, four wins.

You can head back to Redemption and a beat your next opponent.

- Thanks. - Good work.

Krista gave him her luxury item, a Bible on her way out,

and they were so close, and then it is like Matt changed.