Challenge Survivor Switch
Location: Challenge Beach
One after another, each Survivor turns over the wooden disc they are standing on, revealing a colored Buff. This Buff represents the tribe that the Survivor has been switched to: Rotu (blue) or Maraamu (yellow).
Maraamu Tribe Gets: Kathy, Neleh, Paschal (Join Gina and Sarah)
Rotu Tribe Gets: Rob, Sean, Vecepia (Join Gabriel, John, Robert, Tammy, and Zoe)
Challenge Life's a Tapestry
Location: Akatini Beach
The tribes face two identical weaving platforms consisting of loops of material. Painted on the weave is a Polynesian design, which is scrambled. Using a drawing of the original design, the tribes must unscramble the weave to match the correct design. The first tribe to finish correctly wins.
Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity
Winning Tribe: Rotu
The Vote:
Sarah: Paschal, Kathy, Neleh, Gina
Kathy: Sarah
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What CBS had to say about the episode:
On Day 12, after having switched random tribe members,
the newly formed Maraamu tribe voted out Sarah Jones,
the 24-year-old account manager from Newport Beach,
California. Earlier in the day, Sarah had alienated herself
from her new group by not helping out enough around
camp. She then became the fourth person to be voted
out of the Maraamu tribe. Upon leaving Tribal Council,
Sarah reflected on her time on the island: "I am getting
kind of emotional now, which I didn't think I would do,
and I hope my original teammates do well, and have a
great time."
New Leaders Emerge
The Maraamu tribe returned from Tribal Council after
voting out Hunter Ellis, the 33-year-old Federal Express
pilot from La Jolla, California. Gina Crews, the 29-year-old
nature guide from Gainesville, Florida, approached her
tribe and asked why they had voted Hunter out. The
others were unable to explain the reasoning behind their
vote, and Gina, Hunter's friend, expressed her own
thoughts on the situation: "I think the reason is because
Sean and Rob were tired of having someone else in the
leadership role. That was their main motivation in voting
Hunter off." She told the tribe, "I am glad I'm here, I'm
just shocked that you voted him off."
Survivor Snacks
As morning arrived on Day 10, the Rotu tribe awoke in good
spirits and embraced each other to begin the day. Paschal
English, the 57-year-old judge from Thomaston, Georgia,
noted, "This tribe is a family. I don't know if the mood around
here can be any better. There is just a really calm, peaceful
feeling. I don't think the other team has that." At ease with
his tribe and the surroundings, Gabriel Cade, the 23-year-old
bartender from Celo, North Carolina, explained: "This tribe is
unbelievable; it's an amazing experience to
see eight people coming together every single day to provide for
each other." Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, the 47-year-old real estate
agent from Burlington, Vermont, proved Gabriel's sentiment by
cooking a new snack for her hungry tribe. She chopped up
coconut and fried it in a pan, creating a new, surprise delicacy
for the already happy group.
The Survivor Switch
After receiving tree mail, the two tribes met
host Jeff Probst at what they thought would be
their next Reward Challenge. However, they
soon discovered that their lives were about to
be turned upside down. Jeff instructed them to
each stand on one of 13 wooden discs placed
randomly in front of them. He then began the
Survivor Switch. As jaws dropped and tears
swelled in the eyes of the Rotu tribe members,
they realized what was taking place.
Underneath each disk was a colored buff, blue
representing Rotu, and yellow representing Maraamu. As each person stepped off
their disc and turned it over, the color of their buff revealed to which tribe the
castaway would now belong. When it was all over, Sean, Rob and Vecepia found
themselves the new members of Rotu, while Neleh, Paschal and Kathy switched
over to Maraamu. The once-content Rotu tribe and the divided Maraamu tribe
would now have to start over, building new relationships and new destinies.
Acclimating to Their New Camps
Returning to Maraamu's camp, Gina and Sarah gave their
new tribe members a tour. Excited about having new
people in the camp, Gina stated, "It was interesting, it
was very exhilarating to actually see some people who
didn't want to just sit around and be lazy." After seeing
the plentiful fruit trees, Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, the
47-year-old real estate agent from Burlington, Vermont,
joyfully added, "I just came from a tribe that would get up
at dawn and check the pig-pit, then go out to forage for
shells. So to us, we feel that we are at a four-star hotel
with fruit on the table." As they toasted with fruit to
"their new little family," they went about their day getting to know one another.
Soon after exchanging introductions, the original
Rotu members dived into their daily tasks.
Vecepia Towery, the 36-year-old office manager
from Portland, Oregon, claimed, "When we first
arrived at Rotu, we felt it was a genuine
welcome, but I also felt that their expectations
were for us to just jump right in. We noticed
immediately that these people were like ants!"
Not accustomed to the Rotu work habits, she
later added, "Right now we would normally be
chilling. Work in the morning. Afternoon -- chill!" Rob Mariano, the 26-year-old
construction worker from Canton, Massachusetts, worried about the numerical
advantage the original Rotu members had within the tribe. He stated, "The biggest
thing now is to see how I am going to bond with these other people."
Work Work Work
"Pretty much life over here is about two degrees shy of
hell," Rob concluded about his new living conditions. Sean
Rector, the 30-year-old teacher from Harlem, New York,
shared Rob's sentiment, as he found himself shoveling and
collecting firewood. As the day grew hotter, Sean
complained, "I feel like we are doing too much labor on
this island. By the end of the day, I am so tired I just
want to lay down and sleep." Tammy Leitner, the
29-year-old crime reporter from Mesa, Arizona, noticed
the poor work ethic of Sean and Rob. "If they don't want
to work, we will continue to feed them, but when it
comes time to vote, their asses are out of here."
Jungle Trek
With bug-bitten legs, Sarah and the rest of the
Maraamu tribe set out for a morning hike on Day
11. After an hour's trek, the tribe found
themselves off their path and lost, deep in the
jungle. Contemplating which way to go, Gina could
sense the tribe becoming crabby, and stated,
"Neleh and Paschal were becoming irritated with
Kathy. I think she gets on their nerves just
because she is so aggressive." Arriving at a deep
rock pool, Neleh Dennis, the 21-year-old student
from Layton, Utah, noticed that it was filled with shrimp. As the group tried to
gather the slippery creatures, Sarah sat on the side, not lending a hand. Kathy
observed, "Sarah likes to sit back and doesn't participate."
The Drama Begins
Back at Rotu, Sean felt the original members of the tribe
were putting too much pressure on the new members to
work harder. He told Gabriel, "We aren't going to
overexert ourselves, knowing that we are going to get
picked off one by one. We aren't going to run around
here like slaves to prove anything to anybody. We are
going to work when we want, and rest when we want to
rest." Vecepia Towery, the 36-year-old office manager
from Portland, Oregon, wanted to distance herself from
the situation, cautiously adding, "Stay drama free, that's
the way to be. When the drama starts, I walk away. If
my name's not in it, I'm not in it."
Immunity Challenge: Life's a Tapestry
After receiving tree mail, the two newly formed tribes met
host Jeff Probst at the next Immunity Challenge, where
he explained the rules. Each tribe was to be given a
woven tapestry of interlaced pieces that were scrambled.
The first tribe to unscramble the tapestry by sliding the
pieces along a pulley system and to line them up
correctly to form the original design, would win.
Having three more members than Maraamu, Rotu sat out Rob, Sean and John to
even up the sides. As the challenge began, Maraamu struggled. Gabriel called out
directions to Rotu as they frantically unscrambled the tapestry. Having little trouble
with the puzzle, Rotu once again walked away victorious, sending Maraamu back to
Tribal Council.
Preparing for Tribal Council
As the Maraamu tribe prepared for the upcoming vote,
Sarah stated, "It is so hard to say with the five people
we have left who is going to go tonight, because we are
all getting along so well." After a roller coaster three
days, it was Sarah Jones who became the fourth person
voted out of the Maraamu tribe and out of Survivor:
Marquesas.
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