Survivor SA Panama SummaryEpisode 6After a brief summary of last week’s events, we are taken to the Rana campsite after Tribal Council.
Rana, Day 12Rana returns to their campsite after voting Danielle out. Zayn feels that they are now one up on Aguila; Danielle is the perfect spy. Gareth is not so sure “I’m a little skeptical. I feel bad for what we’ve done. Voting her out” he said.
Day 13AguilaDanielle makes her way to the Aguila campsite. She feels quite nervous about how she will be received. Meanwhile, Aguila has decided to rebuild their shelter. Nico seems to be rubbing his teammates the wrong way again. Danielle arrives at the camp, explains what has happened and is welcomed by Brigitte with open arms. The rest of the tribe welcomes her as well. Danielle informs her new teammates that she has no loyalty to Rana as they voted her out. “Its business, its blood now” she states.
RanaThe tribe is very somber as they gather fruit. Danielle’s presence is missed, as she was apparently the entertainment. They discuss the dynamics of the new Aguila tribe. Jacinda states that Danielle is still with them and that she would never turn on them.
AguilaThe contestants continue building their shelter. Danielle has worked out that the tribe is not too friendly towards Nico and she thinks that Nico feels that he is next to go. “…and as far as I can see, I think that’ll be the case” she states. Nico believes that his relationship with Mzi is fine, but he feels that Mzi always has something extra to say.
Reward ChallengeThe game is called “Evil Circle” and requires each tribe member to be attached to each other via a rope and harness. They will also then be given a heavy backpack each. Each team starts on the opposite end of the circle, and starts working their way through the obstacle course to try and catch the other team. One time out is allowed per team. A contestant will need to sound a gong placed on the course. A gong is placed on two points on the circle. When the gong is sounded, both teams stop. Each team is allowed to sound the gong only once. The first tribe to lay a hand on a member of the opposite team wins the reward for his/her team.
Up for grabs are lentils, salt & pepper and coffee. Aguila sits Danielle out. As the game starts, Rana has a slight advantage. Both teams work well, and Rana maintain their lead. However, as the game progresses, Aguila gains a lead on Rana. Aguila is the first to sound the gong and take a time-out. Both teams use this time to catch their breath and re-strategize. The time-out is short and they are back in the game. Rana works their way around the circle and then sound the gong for a time out. Both teams are exhausted, but Aguila has a lead on Rana and it’s not long before they catch Rana and win the reward.
AguilaAguila makes coffee after winning the reward, but Nico doesn’t enjoy it. Danielle says that she misses Rana, but when Aguila had won the challenge and she had seen Gareth’s, Lezel’s and Zayn’s faces, she didn’t care because they voted her out.
RanaZayn feels like he’s let his team down and he’s very upset. Gareth says that he doesn’t feel like his teammates have the same need to win as badly as he does. “I don’t know what to do” he says.
Day 14AguilaMzi hopes that his relationship with Danielle is good because it will be all about numbers then. But the women seem to have bonded as they washed out the pots. According to Danielle they have an alliance. She also informs Aguila about Rana’s disadvantages and weak areas.
Immunity ChallengeMark welcomes them to their first swimming challenge, and takes back the immunity idol back from Aguila. This game will test both their swimming and mental abilities. One person per team will race down the beach and into the ocean, where they will swim out to a buoy, dive down and retrieve one of the wooden blocks, swim back to shore and thread the block through a rope and unto a wooden stake. The first team to feed all four blocks onto the stake wins immunity.
Vanessa sits out the challenge for Aguila. Gareth starts for Rana and Briggite for Aguila. Gareth gains a lead and reaches the buoy first, he retrives the block and Zayn goes in for Rana next. Nico is in next for Aguila but Zayn has extended his lead and returns to tag Jacinda. Nico returns and Danielle heads out fro Aguila. Jacinda further increases Rana’s lead and finally Lezel heads out. Mzi is the last member of Aguila that swims out but Lezel returns and Rana wins immunity.
AguilaVanessa says that they were not focused and that they just expected to win. Nico feels that his head is yet again on the chopping block and Brigitte states that she doesn’t want to merge with Nico.
RanaRana is ecstatic over their win and Zayn says that he thought that he would have been next to go. The tribe lays under their shelter and crack jokes. They then head out to do a spot of fishing and catch a huge fish with their hammock. Spirits are high at Rana.
AguilaStrategies emerge as Mzi has a change of heart about voting Nico out. Voting Danielle out would be a better option he thinks. He approaches Brigitte but Brigitte says that she won’t vote for Danielle. Mzi asks her to vote for him instead. Brigitte promises to think about it, but she later states that her heart is set on voting for Nico.
As Vanessa and Brigitte strategize, they vow to go to the final two together.
Tribal CouncilFor a full TC script, please visit
TC TranscriptsDanielle is voted out at TC
Voting is as follows:
Danielle – Nico, Mzi, Vanessa
Nico – Vote from previous TC, Danielle
Mzi – Brigitte
Danielle’s closing words
“My overall survivor experience has been fantastic. It was quite a challenge for me and I think I’ve definitely grown from it,… gained strength and knowing I can achieve something like this… it’s been an absolutely fantastic experience and I have no regrets”