Survivor: Australia V The World

Fourteen returning players arrive in Samoa and are divided into two tribes: “Team Aussie”, consisting of seven Australians with one former winner (David), and “Team World”, consisting of seven players from around the world with four former winners (Parvati, Rob, Lisa and 2-Time winner Tony).

• Reward Challenge: One player from each team races down a water slide and under a net, then attempts to throw sandbags to ring a bell. First player to ring the bell in each round wins one item from an assortment of rewards to choose from.

Team World wins four of the seven reward items, including a locked box with a mystery item inside. During the challenge, David openly strategises with Rob, offering him a cross-tribe alliance and suggesting he vote out the Americans first.

At the World beach, Tony, Parvati and Cirie bond straight away, vowing to protect one another as the biggest threats. Cirie also bonds with Lisa, who vows to never betray her, and Parvati reaches out to Rob, telling him that she and David previously played Deal or No Deal Island together and both want to work with him. However, Rob and the other non-Americans view the Americans as too dangerous and plot to keep their numbers advantage and vote them out.

At the Aussie beach, George seeks to make amends with Shonee, but she doesn’t want to work with him again, instead bonding with Kirby. George also attempts to bond with David and Luke, but they too are wary of him, seeing George as an easy first vote out.

• Immunity Challenge: Tribes maneuver heavy blocks through an obstacle course, then use them to build a staircase and climb a tower, where they fire slingshots at a series of targets. First tribe to smash all their targets wins tribal immunity.

Team Aussie wins immunity. After the challenge, Rob asks David and Luke to look for a key on their beach to the box he won at reward, which Parvati overhears. Back at World beach, Rob openly asks Parvati who she wants to vote for and suggests going after Cirie to keep the tribe strong. Tommi and Kass separately approach Cirie and Tony about potentially voting out Parvati; they say yes but privately don’t want her out. Lisa is annoyed by Rob’s commandeering play style and considers joining the Americans to blindside him instead.

At Tribal Council, the World tribe discusses the speed of the gameplay and the amount of cross-talk between tribes thus far. Parvati points out how aggressively Rob has been playing from a power position. Rob exposes Parvati’s DONDI history with David and points out how big of a threat she will be post-merge. However, when the votes are read, Rob is voted out of the tribe unaminously.

At the Aussie beach, Luke steals the tribe’s bananas from the previous reward challenge, sharing them only with Shonee and David to build trust. He also finds a hidden immunity idol and does not tell anyone about it. David attempts to bond with Kirby, but she is nervous about his threat level. She approaches George about potentially blindsiding him, while George favors the safer vote-out of Janine. Sarah bonds with Kirby and strongly considers joining her for a David blindside.

At the World beach, Parvati is concerned about the shifting tribe dynamics and considers forming a new women’s alliance to stay safe. Tony notices the girls’ majority and worries that Cirie and Parvati won’t remain loyal to him.

• Immunity Challenge: Tribes maneuver a heavy battering ram through an obstacle course, then set up blocks atop a pyramid and attempt to knock them down with sandbags. First tribe to finish wins immunity.

Team World wins immunity. George fears for his own safety and warns David that Kirby is pushing for his vote-out. Kirby becomes upset by this and considers voting out George, which David also pushes for her to consider. Sarah doesn’t want to appear shifty to her new allies and promises to vote David, but privately wants to keep him and tries to switch the vote onto George.

At Tribal Council, David calls attention to Kirby’s strong gameplay thus far. Kirby whispers to her allies to keep the vote on David, and Sarah reaffirms her desire to remain loyal. David realizes that she is not with him and attempts to switch the vote to Shonee, but switches back to George at the last minute. George and David each receive three votes to Janine’s one; on the re-vote, David is sent home.

At the Aussie beach, George lies when Luke says he wanted Shonee out and tries to paint Luke as untrustworthy. Shonee worries about the difficulty of getting out George and wonders if she made a mistake in not voting him out. Sarah feels threatened by Shonee’s relationship with Kirby, and begins to rally votes against Shonee to solidify her own position.

At the World beach, Tony worries about the female majority on the tribe threatening his position. He begins searching for a key to the locked box the tribe won at the first reward challenge, but Parvati finds it first. She tells the other girls about it, and they concoct a plan to draw Tony away from camp so they can open the box, which contains a clue to a hidden immunity idol, located underneath Jonathan’s podium at Tribal Council. Kass also finds her own idol on the beach, which she decides to keep secret.

• Immunity Challenge: Tribes hold up a series of hanging sandbags for as long as possible. Players may drop out at any time, handing off their bags to teammates. Last tribe holding up all their sandbags wins immunity.

Team World wins immunity. At the Aussie beach, George concocts a split vote plan on Janine and Luke and attempts to pit them against each other. However, Shonee is irritated by George sharing information with the other tribe at the challenge and wants him out. The rest of the tribe weighs the benefits of blindsiding George versus Shonee heading into a merge.

At Tribal Council, most of the tribe feels more confident and unified about tonight’s plan than last tribal. Janine worries that George has an idol and asks Luke to split his vote onto Shonee for protection. When the votes are read, George is voted out in a 3-2-1 vote over Shonee and Luke.