Previously, on Survivor New Zealand.
Shay mounted a campaign
to remove one person from the game.
First person on my hit list is Tom.
But Tom was saved by Avi,
time and time again.
Tom?
I think we need to keep Tom if we want to win.
But all differences were put aside
with Lou's shock medical evacuation.
- We love you, Lou. - Hang in there.
We're with you Hun.
Which resulted in a surprise redraw.
It's time to drop your buffs,
we're redrawing for new tribes.
Destroying former alliances on both sides,
and creating new ones.
With Shannon on the outer of the new Hermosa tribe,
she needed to find a way in.
I didn't want to work
with Michael from the start, basically.
And she did that by saying she'd thrown
her former tight five alliance out the window.
I am with you guys, one-hundred percent.
I really want to trust you.
While over at Mogoton,
Tom saw a way back into the game
with Mike, Lee and Jak.
I was never promised anything from Avi,
so I can't trust that. Where-as the boys here,
they've actually promised me stuff
so I'm going to have to go with them.
Which in turn offered
an opportunity to target his old foe.
Do you reckon if there's one more immunity
we throw it and drop Shay in?
At the immunity challenge,
the boys delivered a woeful performance.
Mogoton struggling!
And were successful
in throwing the challenge.
Hermosa wins immunity!
Giving them their opportunity to target Shay,
and saving Shannon who they believe
is still their ally.
I really needed this one today!
Back at Mogoton, realizing it was her head
on the chopping block,
Shay laid all her cards on the table with a big move.
I'm happy for us all to go as far as we can.
Like, we can all be friends.
Which played right into Tom's hands.
I'm going to vote, not at Shay,
I'm going to vote at you.
So that way when we go into the next part,
I'll be able to go get intel from Avi.
And at tribal council...
Mike you know the plan.
Tom played his fake vote,
and Shay was sent to Redemption.
He believed strengthening his alliances on both sides.
The tribe has spoken.
Until now, it's been a two-tribe game.
But all that is about to change.
Today, whoever wins this duel
re-enters the game.
As the two tribes merge into one.
Okay.
Welcome to the boy's only club!
Boys rule, girls drool.
Man, that was a perfectly
executed tribal council.
Yeah, that was fantastic, guys.
For me right now, it's not just
about the next step in the game,
it's also a bit of justice is being served
for the way Shay was really targeting me
and I was like, I felt defenseless
up until now.
Not gonna lie, got a little bit scary when my,
ah, two votes came up. But...
Yeah. You just got to have faith, mate.
- Never lost faith mate, aye. - Nah good, man.
My vote went to Mike,
and that is a ruse for Shay to believe
that I'm still trustworthy to that side.
This is, like, the perfect trap we've set.
Because when she was leaving, she was kinda like,
"Bye now, good luck."
She looked back and was like, "Yeah, yeah."
So hopefully she kinda fell for that whole...
- Yeah. - That one vote.
The next step for us would be pretty much based on
if Georgia keeps winning Redemption Island duels
and gets to the merge.
You know, when she comes back into the game,
we're going to have numbers.
And then the next step is just looking
to take them out, one-by-one.
- Such a good tribal council. - Cheers, boys.
Whoo!
- Let's get naked. - Woo!
Who's there?
Oh, no!
Oh, God, it's a shock to see you here!
- Oh, my God! - Hello.
I know, it's a crappy feeling.
Oh, my gosh!
- You're here. Welcome. - Oh, thank you.
What's happened?
I did not expect you to be here.
I was expecting Shannon.
- Yeah. - Have a seat.
Oh, why thank you.
I'm guessing, basically the same thing
that happened to you when you got voted out.
- Okay. - It was kind of a...
a losing battle.
I feel like I should have seen it coming.
- Yeah. - But for some reason
I still didn't because I was like...
- Didn't you? - But they're so nice!
They are so nice.
I scrambled as much as I could
with the time that I had but...
monkeys, they stay together.
- You got the clean sweep? - Oh, it was,
it was... it was as clean as it could get.
It's a game, you know, and I want to play it
as best as I can so I'm glad I have a chance
at Redemption Island to get back into it.
And if I had a chance,
I would take all of the current Mogoton tribe out.
All right. I might get some firewood.
Yeah. Yeah, let's forage.
Oh, we looked at that... oh. The rope man.
That's frickin' using the nog, aye.
Around camp, it's a bit more jovial.
I'm feeling way more comfortable
and I'm enjoying, um, being here a whole lot more.
You know, like days are much shorter
when you're having fun.
- Jump in. - Get in behind.
You ready?
And pull.
- Pull. Pull. Pull. - We just get one of these
- a day we'll be sussed. - Pull. Pull. Pull...
How good is this?
- Boys' night! Wahoo! - Yay-a!
We, ah, sorta knew that
expending all this energy
may not be the best idea given
there could be a challenge today.
But, ah, we're pretty stern blokes.
Ah, we're men of the jungle.
We are one with nature now, we don't care.
Gallo! Pinto! Con pescado!
Oh, okay.
As our rap group, we all had our piece.
It was "Gallo." "Pinto." "Con pescado."
"E loco pollo." "Survivor enchilada."
We are a rap group that is a wrap, basically.
So Tom's fully locked in now.
- Gallo. - Pinto.
Con pescado!
E loco pollo!
Survivor enchilada!
Whoo!
The boys are back in town, mate.
We can... we can do whatever we want.
No girls can tell us what to do,
and we are ready to take over the world.
One day at a time, baby.
- Shot Ree. - Shot Ree.
No worries, man.
Coffee?
- Yes, please. - Oh, yeah, brother.
I'm keen to have a swig.
Might be a little bit of grain in there.
It's all good.
I'm actually feeling really good about this tribe,
and the relationships that I have
and the trust that I have.
I know feeling secure is not the safest way
to be in this game, 'cause it's...
it's full of surprises.
And anything could happen.
Tree mail.
Wahoo!
"Redemption Island Duel Invite."
What?
"The entire tribe is invited to witness
today's Redemption Island duel."
So must be the merge, right?
One will go home, one will stay in the game
- and we'll merge. - And we'll merge.
I hope that's it, man.
If that's the case, I'm keeping this one.
- Thank you whanau. - Yeah, that's yours.
Today there is talk
of the potential merging of the two tribes.
I'm a little concerned about Tom at this stage.
He's my main concern in the whole game.
I know that over there, Mike and Lee
would be chipping away at him, wooing him in,
um, with the luxuries of winning the game, you know.
And... I think Tom is very easily influenced
and I think that the pitch is going to work on him.
Avi, when it is the merge,
in your speech to Tom that you've been thinking about...
- Yep. - Are you going to tell him
that I'm with you, guys?
I really miss Tom.
He's one of my closest friends
and allies in this game.
So whether the fact that Tom
might potentially be on the other side
is completely set in stone or not, I don't know.
Um, but I know that come the merge,
I will have some work to do.
- I just don't want... - I'll be sure...
Like, it'll be later on in the conversation.
Maybe when I'm a little more sure.
Do you reckon you can read him quite well?
Yeah.
He's not the best liar.
We'll have to keep in contact about
when you do that 'cause I reckon
if Michael finds out and...
'Cause he's always been worried about my loyalty.
He asks me all the time...
- Oh, really? - Why I don't trust him.
Shannon is definitely over-talks
because she's nervous.
She's there super analyzing the next thing,
and I'm going, "Just stop.
It... just we don't need to hear it,
the next phase. Let's just..."
she hasn't learnt to just enjoy-embrace
and enjoy what's happened
and then we'll face what happens in the future.
- Yeah. - When were you planning...
I was just thinking of, I mean, the...
I wouldn't say that. I'd say you think
you've got Shannon and Mike will come up
to you anyway.
At this moment in time,
I would like to trust Shannon.
I think I do... but she's awfully,
awfully good at chatting to all sides.
This feels to me like the calm before the storm.
Yeah.
You've got mail.
Tree mail.
- Hola. - Oo-la-la.
Let's see what's on the agenda.
What have we got, boys?
Redemption Island duel invite.
The entire tribe is invited
to witness today's Redemption Island duel.
- What? - Serious?
- Yeah. - What does it mean?
It means that it's probably going to be the merge.
If it is a merge, I think we're going to be
going in quite strong.
We've set ourselves up for the numbers,
so it all comes down to whether Georgia's
going to beat Shay really.
If, if she does then we'll, we'll be really strong.
If she doesn't then I still think
we'll be able to have the numbers. So, yeah.
- Here's hoping. - There's going to be
some death stares, aye. Like, sitting in that...
in those chairs.
I'm wondering if you and I don't sit together, aye.
Because that would have been awkward,
like coming back to camp and you'd be like,
"Why? Who voted for me?"
I'm with the boys but the vote last night
for Mike, it also could ultimately work out really,
really well for me if I wanted it to.
Um, and I've got, I've just got to make that decision
about kind of who I want to side with
and what my faith will be.
Come on in, guys!
We'll now bring in the competitors
for today's duel, Shay and Georgia.
I really want this so bad.
Like, this is all I can think about.
I just want to beat Shay.
I know I can beat Georgia at a lot of things.
But I know she can beat me at a lot of things too.
Her game is very strong,
so I'm just going to have to fight my way
back into the game.
Welcome back to Redemption Island Arena.
I'm going to get you to take a look at the people
who voted you out of your tribes.
Shay, how are you feeling?
Sucks to get voted off.
I don't think anyone wants that to happen to them
but I have no bad feelings towards any of the tribe.
I know it's a game and that's the way you play.
Georgia, how are you doing?
I'm doing okay. I feel like I've been,
um, at Redemption for quite a while now.
I'm battling on.
Well guys, I think you know how this goes.
This is your opportunity
to save yourselves from elimination.
Remember, the loser goes home.
Normally I say the winner lives to fight another duel,
but today, whoever wins this duel
re-enters the game.
Oh, okay.
For today's high-stakes duel,
you'll use 130 wooden tiles
to build a house of cards.
First person to reach three meters,
or the person with the highest stack
after thirty minutes, re-enters this game.
Loser is gone for good.
There's no way you can write out young Shay.
She's a fighter from way back.
I just want to see Shay smash Georgia
and get back in the game.
I'm just praying that Georgia wins,
because if she does, it's going to be
one easy game from here on.
Survivors ready.
Go!
This challenge is on.
Both contestants getting into their work.
That's not working.
Georgia takes a little tumble early.
Shay working a couple of triangles.
The only thing you can't do is stack tiles flat
on top of each other.
Georgia struggling early, starting again.
Oh, my God!
Keep on trucking, Georgia.
Shay looking creative at this stage.
Georgia, shaking.
Her arms, her torso, all shaking.
With those really wide foundations,
are these contestants going to have enough tiles
to get to the top?
There's a bit of wind as well.
Georgia's tiles falling to the ground.
Absolutely nothing in this duel right now.
Shay with a tile hitting the sand.
Almost hear a pin drop.
So close to that three meter mark.
- Go, Georgia! - Absolutely nothing
in this challenge.
Georgia, you gotta move, George!
I gotta move it?
Need to think about
how many tiles you've got.
Georgia with plenty of tiles left.
Shay not so much.
Both contestants just half a meter away
from that crucial three meter mark.
- Different strategy... - Oh, no!
Which one's going to be the best?
Absolutely neck-and-neck
- in this duel. - Come on, George, keep going!
This one is going down to the wire.
Who's going to handle that pressure the best?
Once you get it to the top and you hit that mark,
it's got to stay there for three seconds.
Both only centimeters from that three meter mark!
One more, one more!
Georgia with another tile hitting the deck.
Absolutely neck-and-neck in this do-or-die duel!
Georgia, just put one more.
- Slow it down, George. - Chuck 'em on.
- You got it. - Shay having
to go back and take tiles out of her structure!
Oh.
Georgia crumbling!
Unbelievable. Can Shay finish this?
Oh!
Georgia crumbling!
- Unlucky George. - Unbelievable.
Can Shay finish this?
Is Georgia going to carry on, or has she pulled the pin?
Anything could happen in this duel.
Oh, my God. She was one away.
Ahhh, my God! This sucks!
She's carrying on.
Shay in the hot seat now.
Damn it.
Seventeen minutes gone in this duel.
Shay needs just one more tile high
and she is back in this game.
Ah, please, just fall over.
Three. Two. One.
Shay is back in this game!
Dammit. Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit.
Well guys, that was an almost unbelievable duel.
Shay, congratulations.
Well done.
Georgia, unfortunately, your shot at Redemption
and the $100,000 is over.
Damn.
How you feeling?
I don't know. It's just so gutting.
Like, I'm just kicking myself.
I just wish that I could have gotten further
in the game and got to the merge,
that was my one goal and it's just so devastating.
Well Georgia, after seventeen days
in this competition
you are the sixth person eliminated
from Survivor New Zealand.
Drop your buff in the fire, say your goodbyes,
your time in this game is over.
Bye.
- See ya. - Bye, Lee.
Bye buddy.
Bye. Love you all.
Have fun, enjoy it!
Oh, I don't want to be doing this.
Thank you very much.
Shay. Georgia was without doubt
one of the strongest competitors in this game,
and you've just knocked her out of this competition.
Today I feel like it honestly just came down to good luck,
and I didn't beat her.
Her own structure fell, you know.
Well, the good news for you is that you are absolutely
right back in this game.
Want to know which tribe you're going into?
Sure.
Everyone.
Drop your buffs.
Throw them right out here, right where I can see them.
Congratulations guys, you've made it to the merge.
Hermosa and Mogoton are no more.
You are now the Casar tribe.
Good to see you too.
I didn't actually think I'd make it to the merge.
I kept saying to my husband, I was like,
"I'll see you in two weeks." When I left home.
So the fact that I know that I'm here for...
the duration of the game, whether it be playing the game
or I'm the jury, is like...
it's a huge milestone for me.
So I am so excited,
and so happy for not just myself
but for everybody else as well
because we've all done a lot to be at this point
and so... Oh it's crazy but so excited.
Well Casar, this game is well and truly on.
You're all heading to the old Hermosa camp.
- Oh. - What?
Grab your stuff, head on out. A feast awaits.
The merge means not being in that crazy tribe
of apes that I was in before.
It was crucial that I won, and I'm so glad that I did.
And I'm sure that my alliance is too
because we have the upper hand for sure.
- Thank the lord man. - Oh, this is amazing.
- Oh, new flag! - Ah, look!
- Casar! - Casar!
- Oh, look at all that fruit! - Oh, what?!
Oh, French fries. Fries, chicken.
Ohoohoo.
Wow.
- Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.
You guys all good if I do a Karekia?
- Is that all right? - Go for it mate.
Aye Kia Ora Lord. We thank you lord that,
out of 8000 plus people we were the last 10,
so we thank you for this merge
and just bless this kai to our bodies
and may we enjoy it in Jesus' name. Amen.
- Amen. - All right!
Thanks Sala.
I don't even know where to start.
Shall we just do that for everything?
My taste buds are jumping out of my mouth.
My stomach is about to jump through my throat.
I am just absolutely looking forward to a feast.
I am absolutely rearing to go.
We've got fried chicken, some big meaty kebabs,
and we've got some huge watermelons and pineapples.
Oh, man. How good is this?
Mike's already like jacking back up aye, you can see it.
He's like, "doff, doff, doff."
The feast is pretty awesome.
It's like, there's heaps of chips.
I was hoping there'd be French fries. It's epic.
Hey congratulations today, Shay.
Well done man. Awesome effort.
- Is was so close man. - Yeah.
Obviously very devastated when Georgia lost to Shay.
Her stack falling like it did was...
I kinda felt, saw my game falling as well.
There's me, Lee, Tom, Shannon and Jak
who are all aligned on this side.
And then there is basically the other five.
Avi, Barb, Sala, Nate
and now Shay,
meaning that I pretty much can't do anything
at the moment.
I'm not in a position that I ever wanted to be in.
I've really got to make sure I have the numbers
on my side of the alliance,
because if they get the numbers
I'll be the first one out.
- Where's the well? - I'll show you it.
Oh, I thought I was going the wrong way.
Shay, I'm so happy.
It was so great to see Shay win.
To have Shay back in the game is huge for me,
especially now that my core alliance is back together.
Isn't it like the most ridiculous story ever.
It was mind blowing how quickly it switched
when we came back after out new tribes were formed.
And it was like four-to-one, like immediately.
And was this super obvious?
Ah, it was just so obvious and just like...
You and Tom must have had talks though...
Conversation. Well, I tried to talk with him
after we lost that immunity challenge.
I real, real suspicious of Tom because...
- Yeah, me too. - I know he spoke
with the other guys about...
my guess is that he spoke to the other guys and said,
"Hey. Basically, I'm playing her."
And she thinks I'm playing you guys.
You know, so... I'm going to vote for Mike,
but we know we have enough to get off kind of thing."
I'm sure Tom voted for Mike
to try and make it look like he was still on my side
so that I could possibly trust him.
And so the plan is just pick up before.
- What, including Tom? - Yeah.
Yeah I guess. I mean, I thought we'd get Tom
to come over to, like, back to us but...
-Yeah -I guess we don't need to.
Well yeah, we're not really...
Tom is the trickiest character to me.
He has been my closest friend
throughout a lot of this experience,
but I'm starting to trust him less.
I don't really know where he stands anymore.
When me and Georgia were there we were talking about,
"Oh, like if either of us get back in,
you know, we kinda make the difference to the alliances."
- Yeah. - Which was true.
I mean if she was here...
Then we'd have to sway Tom over.
Then Shannon might still be on their side if it meant...
She's a hundred percent with us.
- Is she? - Yeah.
I was looking around while we were eating
and I was like,
"If Shannon's in then it's six-to-four."
And it's just an easy swipe.
I realize that now is the time
where I need to kick it up a gear strategically.
I do want to gage where Tom's head is at,
and I also want to kind of play nice
with the Mogoton boys
and so they don't kind of suspect me of,
you know, being in this other alliance.
There's a possum. Possum get down.
There's a possum here.
Oh man, oh man, oh man.
I sort of just want to reconnect with the young boys
to basically get them thinking
that I'm still 100% on board.
First time I've really, seen Shannon in a while
since we were in the first Hermosa tribe together.
Doesn't sound like she was having
that much fun at that camp
and she kind of had to...
hide her pride really and just try and fit in.
Did you enjoy that puzzle challenge?
Did you... I... You did aye?
Oh, man. You must have been thinking,
"How hard is this for us to do this?
Like come on Shannon, what are you playing at?"
Oi, thank God you did.
They threw that challenge to keep me in the game.
I mean, I'm grateful that I'm still here
but I wish that I could have done it an honorable way.
I've got so much to say about my time here. So much...
We've got, we've got, we've got...
I was...
- But so do they I think. - Yeah.
- I'm boiling. - My gut has settled.
I still feel sick.
I think it's interesting, how it's all of a sudden
Mike, Lee, Jak have gone from,
and Shannon, have gone from a group of five,
very strong five
and now that that pendulum of influence
has definitely swung away from them.
Do I get some enjoyment from that? A little bit.
I'm terrified, I'm terrified.
- Terrified? - They trust me 100%.
They think they've got Tom 100%
- Really? - You guys just need
to have faith in me.
The position I'm in, of playing both sides,
is a very, very dangerous position
and for now it looks good
but I know how easily it could go south.
Yeah, they think it's going to be like five-on-five.
- Oh, real? - So...
like it doesn't matter regardless
of Tom's with them or not,
because you've got me so it's fine.
I'm going to play it like I'm actually quite good at
my acting when I need to be.
I'm super, super confident Shan.
I'm absolutely gonna be...
public enemy number one.
I'm not really a solid part of either side.
I know regardless of what way I go I'm on the bottom,
but I'm hoping I will have a few people
who are on the hit list before it gets to me.
Oh. Should have stuck that rope,
I just used it this morning when we like dragged this log
probably like, probably as big as,
oh, maybe as big as that.
But like this high, you know?
Just, what, as firewood or just..?
- It was all for naught. - All for nothing.
We're not going to get rid of Mike and Lee,
we just need Avi to believe that we would.
Yeah, yeah.
The idea just came from me and Tom talking
about what we could do to get our numbers back.
We went through every single person
that we could approach to jump,
and we decided pretty quickly
that Avi would be the quickest.
Tom has the biggest pull on Avi
'cause they've had the longest relationship together,
and so he's trying to pull him for this first...
this first vote to get rid of Shay with us.
Once that happens, the plan is back in our hands
and completely in our control.
- It's all we've got right now. - Yeah it's all we've got.
- How's old Lee? - Up in the tree.
- Really? - He loves his tree aye.
Is no one in the hammock? Why is no one
- taking advantage of the... - Where's the hammock?
Under the tree where Lee is.
You should try it, it's so nice.
Might go see the beach.
- Yeah hard. - Walk off my food.
Thinking for I'm going to approach Avi.
- Jak and I just hope... - Just saying
the thing that we think we're going to say to Avi
to get him for this first vote at least is say,
we're going to say me, Tom, Shannon, Avi final four
and we're going to vote you
after we vote off Shay first.
That's what we're going to tell him, okay.
Just so you're not surprised, that's what we're telling him.
Just to get him for this first vote.
We brought the idea to Mike.
He knows exactly what's going on.
He knows they want him gone first,
so at this point he's happy for us to tell anyone anything
to get them to swing the votes our way
and get control back.
He was keen to talk tonight
about a plan he had anyway.
And if this plan involves Shay I'll say:
"You can't trust her."
You know I've got quite a lot of confidence in this plan.
I know Tom does and I mean,
we've put a lot of thought into...
so it's looking good for us.
I think I'm going to check out the beach.
- Maybe have a swim? - Yeah, might as well get
- in there. - I might...
I'm keen to get in the water at some point.
This is the worst feeling ever.
The feeling like my game is completely
in other people's hands.
I never wanted to be in this position,
I wanted to be in a position of power
and be able to control what's going on and...
I pretty much can't do anything at the moment
so it sucks.
Sure it will.
Well, where's your head at man?
I don't know, we haven't had the chance
to talk for a long time.
But I'm sure you told the guys that you would vote
for Mike as well.
- Told...? - The guys.
But where's your actual head at?
Oh, so you mean mean go along with Mike and Lee.
As the final four.
I wish that Tom had come back to Hermosa camp
and been like, "I'm with you. I'm with Sala.
The old arrangement is still in."
But, I am struggling with the fact that Tom
might potentially be on the other side.
Is your gut really telling you to go
with that first scenario.
But I get what you're feeling about Shay.
I just feel like I don't have that trust
with Mike and Lee yet. I don't know them, you know?
Tom and I are very close and he does trust me a lot.
And... we have moved through this game together.
You know, saving him each vote
and kind of assuring him that he's safe,
that he's with me, that I've got him, you know.
But... my opinion of Tom and the game
that he's playing has changed.
I think it's time that we'll probably, split ways.
Last night I told Avi this plan about this final four
with Shannon, Avi, Jak and myself.
Because we need to get our numbers right,
before we can do anything else.
I feel like I could trust Avi but it's...
I'm losing away seeing how tight he is with Sala
and the time he's had with him.
More about it's keeping his trust early on.
Hmm. Nah yeah, I won't stay too long
so it doesn't look to suspicious but I'll crack on.
After talking to Tom,
I'm still not convinced we have Avi
and knowing that it's five-on-five
and the numbers are so tight.
Shannon's definitely with us
so I need confirmation from Avi
that he's going to vote with us.
Are you up to speed with the whole shebang?
You need to fill me up. I've kinda got
a little bit of it.
- So basically the gist of... - So the final four what?
- So, you, you, me, and Tom? - Tom. Yeah.
- There's the final four. Yeah. - Yeah.
So it's basically going to be...
- Voting Shay. - Voting Shay.
Ideally, if you're comfortable with that.
- You know. - I'm not... a hundred percent.
- Hundred percent? - Yeah.
- So...
But it's just, yeah. It's like, if we got rid
of one of them first,
then Shay and them have...
They have way more numbers...
We just have no idea what she's going to try
I just have no idea what she's going to try and do.
I don't think she holds that much sway though.
You don't? I don't know, from what Tom's
told me about her she's very, like, you know?
Just plays the field.
Goes between everyone... I don't know.
Just that scares me. But yeah.
Good things just to get this dialogue started though, aye?
Yeah, yeah it is. It is good.
I feel like we're making good progress
in terms of, like,
yeah where like the whole... how we sorta want the game
to play out and where it can go
- and what can happen... - 'Cause you've got to be
thinking more than one step ahead, aye?
- Yeah. - It's always go to be...
- Yeah. - Future.
Oh, man.
It's going to be a real barn burner.
Oh man, oh man.
Pretty set who's locked in.
It's just whether or not Avi...
what side Avi's going to go to.
It's looking good right now
but hopefully that doesn't change.
Far out man I'm scared aye.
That... Tribal's going to be, like,
- ohh. My heart. - Bit mental aye.
I think I get a better of view of all the scrambling
from up here. Yeah.
We've got this far, Nate.
We didn't think we were going to get this far,
so you've got to laugh, don't you?
Just the irony of it all.
Feeling very great. I've reached one of my goals
that I'd set myself, and that was to get to the merge.
So I'm really thrilled that it's happened and...
I quite think I'll like this portion of the game
more than the first half, which was just sitting
waiting to be head chopped off.
So yeah, I'm quite looking forward
to what's coming ahead.
What a great position to be in though, aye?
Especially after so many weeks of like absolute torture.
Yeah. We're nearly three weeks...
Especially for us. We just... We were gone.
There's six of us: myself, Sala, Shay, Avi,
Shannon and Barb. It's quite interesting,
we can just sit back and watch
and know we're not under any pressure.
We've got nothing to worry about.
And that pendulum of influence have definitely swung away
from them, and uh, I think it's cool.
Oh, good couple of days for us, Barb.
Yep. No, that's what I say.
We may as well just cruise, sleep.
- Sit around. - Relax.
- Write in the journal. - Drink some tea.
Yeah, it has no bearing on us.
Oh, my gosh, what am I doing?
Hanging out with all the old people.
Yeah.
Let's go my bro.
Handsome Mike's got some news for you, fellas.
- Hey! Tree mail! - Tree mail!
Wow.
Challenge invite.
"Remember, in bold capitols,
it's a team game, no more."
Remember, memory.
It'll be memory like, ah...
Yeah. A memory one.
"Remember.
It's a team game no more."
I'm not worried about being seen as a bigger threat.
I just kinda wanna win challenges.
Like, I'm going to try everything I can
to win this, no matter what the reward is.
Come on in, guys!
I am so excited.
I mean, one of my big goals
that I've always had is making it
to the individual challenges
and really being able to pit myself
against all the other competitors
and see where I stack up.
So I am so excited for this one.
Welcome Casar,
which means "to marry" in Spanish.
Are you guys ready for your first
individual reward challenge?
- Absolutely. - Yes.
For today's challenge, we're going to test your memory.
I'm going to show you a series of symbols.
You're going to repeat those symbols back to me
using your cube.
Get one wrong, you're gone.
Last person left standing wins reward.
Wanna know what's up for grabs?
- Yeah. - Yeah, boy.
A little taste of home.
- Chocolate. - Oh, nice.
A freshly baked and iced chocolate cake.
- Oh, my God. - Sala.
Hit the spot?
Ah, ye, ye, mate. Just, um,
just got to wipe my mouth, sorry bro.
- You're salivating right now? - Yeah.
Okay. Looks like it's worth playing for.
Let's get started.
Okay guys, let's do this.
Round one for individual reward.
Your first sequence is: skull.
Volcano.
Ship.
Pyramid.
Skull.
Monkey.
I'm going to ask you to reveal your first symbol.
Everyone reveals the skull,
skull is correct.
Going to ask you to reveal your second tile.
Everyone's revealed the volcano which is correct.
Reveal your third symbol.
Everyone's revealed the ship,
except for Nate.
Nate take a seat.
The first person eliminated from this game.
Unlucky Nate.
Going to ask you to reveal your fourth picture.
Everyone's revealed the pyramid,
and that is correct.
Going to ask you to reveal your fifth tile.
Everyone has revealed the skull,
except for Barb. She knows it.
Unlucky Barb.
She's now taking a seat.
The fifth symbol was a skull.
Gonna ask you to reveal your sixth tile.
Everyone's revealed the monkey.
Everyone remaining is right.
That's the end of round one, congratulations.
Eight people remaining in round two,
just Barbs and Nate sitting out.
First image is,
a pyramid.
A snake.
A skull.
A volcano.
A pyramid.
A monkey.
I'm going to ask you to reveal your first picture.
Everyone has revealed a pyramid except for Lee.
Lee take a seat.
Your first image was in fact a pyramid.
Everyone reveal their second symbol.
Snake.
Everyone is right.
Third symbol.
Everyone has revealed a skull.
It is in fact a skull.
Your fourth picture.
Everyone has revealed a volcano,
except for Jak and Avi.
Whoops.
It is in fact a volcano.
Jak and Avi take a seat.
And just like that we're down to five.
I'll ask you all to reveal your next symbol.
Everyone has revealed a pyramid.
It is the pyramid.
I'll ask you to reveal your next image.
Everyone has revealed the monkey.
It is the monkey.
Yehey!
Nice chocolate cake.
Here we go, round three.
Volcano.
Ship.
Skull.
Volcano.
Pyramid.
Snake.
Monkey.
Can you all reveal your first symbol.
Everyone has volcano, everyone is right.
Next item.
Everyone has ship, everyone is right.
Ask you to reveal your next symbol.
Everyone has skull, everyone is right.
And your next item.
Everyone has volcano, except for Sala.
Of course, volcano is right.
Sala take a seat.
Just four remain.
I'll ask you to reveal your next item.
Everyone has revealed a pyramid.
Pyramid is right.
I'll ask you to reveal your next picture.
Shannon, Tom
and Shay all have monkey.
The correct answer is,
snake.
Michael wins.
He got his chocolate cake!
Individual reward.
He got his chocolate cake!
Michael, congratulations.
Last man standing.
Come and get this little brown beauty.
Michael, I know you're hungry,
but I'm picking you can't eat that sucker by yourself.
So I'm gonna ask you to pick two people
to help you enjoy that.
So who's it gonna be?
Uh, whoever were the next two people.
- Nice. There was three. - Oh, it was three, wasn't it?
Alright. Two out of you three.
- I've actually... - Who likes chocolate
- the most out of you three? - Go Shannon, you want it.
- Shan. - Shannon.
- I know you do. - Yes!
Who likes chocolate the most out of you two?
- Oh, actually? - Go on, you go. Honestly.
- No, no. - Okay.
Oh, my gosh, thank you.
Right guys, the good news is,
you're about to eat a chocolate cake.
The bad news, you've only got five minutes
to eat it in. Your time starts now.
Smash it.
Michael deservedly filling his boots.
Jak, how keen would you be up there?
I wouldn't use my hands.
It'd just go straight down my throat.
You'd hoover it!
Yeah, inhale.
Michael. How good's that cake?
Don't have time sorry, I gotta, gotta keep going.
Tom letting Shay go, possibly that's a strategic movement
on his part, but, uh, I don't think Shay
will forget uh, the last tribal council so, we'll see.
Think of all those extra calories they're getting.
So I thought it was very interesting
who Michael picked to eat the cake.
Little tactical as well though he didn't take Jak
or Lee because they know they're pretty solid
and that just would've highlighted those three again.
So, yeah, that's a safe.
Nate, how you doing?
Just annoyed at myself.
It was Sala's boy's birthday yesterday
I wanted to win him a cake.
Mmm.
Eight, seven, six,
five, four,
three, two, one.
Step away from the cake.
Well guys, I hope you enjoy your sugar hit.
Everyone back to camp.
Mike, can I lick your teeth?
Mike, taking out that challenge
and making it look easy, just solidifies
and affirms how much of a threat he really is.
Audioslave?
"That was one with like a stone with it on...
With a stone on it, eh? And that was, um,
show me how to live, was that on it?"
Their first album's always a good one to talk about.
Jak FM, as I call him. He's like the continue,
uh, continuous radio show that just keeps on going and going.
Could you do best comeback album?
That'd be Back In Blackeasy,
that's actually a dumb question.
His knowledge around music, movies, bands,
absolutely incredible for someone who's, um,
21 years old.
Best era song.
Hmm.
But I think Jak's undoing will be
all the flippant silly comments
in an attempt to try and be funny
will just get on people's wicks
and they'll just find it easy to write his name down.
I'm hoping there's an immunity challenge, soon,
ah, so we can get Michael, Lee, Jak.
One of those guys off.
If there's an opportunity to get rid of one of them
then we'd be foolish not to take it.
What do you guys reckon if we, um, pulled
the whole shelter apart and built a new one
so we can put like, make use of the tarp
so we'd all be able to fit under it.
- Just a thought. - Yeah.
Yeah, let's just take everyone off, bro.
Just the roof, I reckon.
Mm. I'm a bit nervous that there's gonna be people
who aren't happy with reconstruction.
Lee starts rebuilding the shelter.
I'm kinda...
Have mixed feelings in regards to this whole process.
A part of me respects him, because, you know,
he sees something that needs to be done.
Gets up and he does it. Another part of me
is not quite happy with what he's doing because,
well, Nate's still in there trying to sleep.
And so, it's quite inconsiderate as well.
I mean it's not like it's on there very solidly anyway so.
We can do a much nicer,
cleaner job than this, I reckon.
So, he... I'm trying to process that whole thing.
Wondering, what is going on in that head of yours?
Put in like a guide rope between those two trees
but drop it a bit. All the way down.
Yeah, I've just been keeping myself busy
with keeping camp going and, you know,
keeping people fed and keeping the shelter
and, you know, maintaining that.
How's your mood, big fella?
It's good. Wee catch-up.
I just don't want, you know,
people to be placing any targets on me.
Alright, that's looking solid, eh?
Mean...
- Hey, dude? - Yo.
You know like...
Yeah, yeah.
Well...
Yeah, yeah.
It's been very uncomfortable so far
in this tribe for me.
I'm totally relying on Tom and Jak
basically, which sucks.
What I was trying to get a gauge of,
was if Tom and Jak are actually on our side.
If Tom and Jak are prepared to vote off Avi
when we have the numbers,
that means they're actually on side.
Yeah, Yeah.
It does put me at ease a little bit,
um, a few of the things he said.
But you can never really be sure.
All I know is that I'm fairly certain
I'm safe for this first vote,
but the vote after that I'm banking
on winning immunity pretty much.
Yeah.
Oh, look at that magnificent shelter
they've built. I hope it rains tonight.
Oh here's Sala.
'Cause all they're gonna sleep on is mud.
And all he's done is open it up,
so we're actually all going to get wet.
But hey, what can one say.
I didn't see any reason to change the shelter
to such a ridiculous design.
And this is what I find with Lee, he has the ideas,
they're just not practical.
Are they going to put something down on the floor?
'Cause that's just going to turn to mud.
- 'Ey? - Yeah.
Knows it all.
Oh, I don't think Lee's a great team player.
Lee does some stuff that's just, why?
Just sort of does his own thing.
Not interested in trying to work with anyone
or listen or talk or he just...
As long as he does what he wants to do...
Yeah.
No thought, consideration
for what someone else,
what we could be doing.
Lee does it his way,
and I'm actually sick of it.
It was really quite pleasant,
um, the last few days.
Yeah, it was, five's a nice number.
- Ten's too many. - But, hey.
Let's see if we can reduce that
in the near future.
The potential to change the game with getting rid
of Mike and Lee is big,
uh, one of them will go.
I don't know who I'd like to take out first.
I dare say the next couple of days
are going to be really, really interesting.
Next time on Survivor New Zealand.
I'm just sick of them all pulling me aside
and scrambling heaps.
The battle to secure Avi
and Shannon's vote continues.
Obviously I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted
to go that way also, it is an attractive idea.
Pretty confident that we've got a solid six.
And the first individual
immunity challenge...
This challenge is on!
Proves too much for one.
She's not with us.
I've learnt that I'm a strong young female.
And, I think I've proven to myself
that I can do anything and overcome so many things
that I thought I wouldn't.
I gave this game everything.
My one goal was to make that merge
and I just can't believe I haven't.
It's been an amazing experience
and I've loved every minute.