Survivor: Gabon Episode 8 Recap

Posted by Beth

November 12, 2008 |

After returning to camp after Tribal Council, Kota attacked Susie for bagging on Corinne at TC. Susie basically said she’s better than Corinne and it didn’t sit well with everyone else.

The tribes received tree mail indicating that there was to be a feast, fun, and a new tribe. Everyone was instructed to take their personal items with them to the feast. There was major celebrating among the individual tribes as thoughts of a merge loomed.

Tribes arrived at the feast and found a box on the table. A note attached to the box said that the box was not to be opened until everyone had finished eating, as the feast would be over as soon as the box was opened.

While everyone was staring at the box during the feast, Kenny saw a clue to another hidden immunity idol. He tried to keep it to himself, but Charlie also saw the clue, so Kenny shared it with the tribes. The clue pointed them to the location of another hidden idol. In an effort to keep everyone unified, and to most likely prevent bickering, Randy suggested that they find the idol and set it adrift in the ocean. Reluctantly, everyone agreed.

After the feast was over, they opened the box, finding a note that told them to each take one of the 10 stones inside a bag, and to not look at it. The stones were numbered, and even numbers created one tribe, while odd numbers were another. So, still no merge, much to the disappointment of everyone. Tribe names were still Kota and Fang. New Kota members are Bob, Marcus, Susie, Crystal and Ken; new Fang members are Randy, Matty, Sugar, Corinne and Charlie.

The new tribes went back to their respective beaches. At the beaches, while talking and getting reacquainted with each other, Crystal and Marcus discovered they had something in common. One of Marcus’ best friends was Crystal’s cousin.

At Fang, Matty talked with Sugar and convinced Sugar that Kenny didn’t have her back like she thought, and Sugar know believes she made a mistake voting out Ace.

The new tribes had to the Immunity Challenge where Jeff tells them they have to hold two poles on the tops of their hands. The poles have a board across the top. If a pole drops, that person is out of the challenge. The last Survivor standing wins immunity for their tribe.

Crystal is out almost immediately, followed by Sugar, Susie, Randy, Corinne, Ken, Marcus, and Charlie. It comes down to Bob (Kota) and Matty (Fang) remaining in the challenge to win immunity for their tribe. In the end, Matty breaks Fang’s losing streak and they are safe from Tribal Council.

At Tribal Council, the vote is Ken 2, Marcus 3. Marcus is voted out and becomes the first member of the jury.

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