Season 21: Episode 06: Worst Case Scenario

The tribe has spoken and Dick and Karen R. are asked to leave the pool immediately.

At La Flor's Tribal Council, Marty reveals to Jeff Probst that that he told La Flor about him having a hidden immunity idol when he joined the tribe to be open with them and hopefully buy some goodwill.  Brenda questions Marty’s intentions by saying “I feel like maybe it’s trying to make it look more noble than it really is.”  Brenda then goes a step further and reveals that Marty and Jill are not noble since they are going to vote for their old tribemate Jane.   Marty is infuriated that Brenda tries to make it look like his idea and not hers.   Marty insists, “I never offered up Jane.”   He then whispers to Jane to vote for Brenda tonight.  Meanwhile, Brenda hopes that she has made Marty uncomfortable enough to play the idol.   When the votes were cast, they generated a tie between Marty and Kelly B.  Marty decided not to play his idol, so the tribe had to vote again to break the tie.   Marty and Kelly B. had to sit back and await their destiny.  In the end, with five out of six votes cast against her, Kelly B. is voted out.   Kelly Bruno, the 26 year-old medical student from Durham, North Carolina, became the sixth person voted out of SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA.

As Espada starts their Tribal Council, La Flor begins enjoying their delicious feast in full view and earshot of the jealous Espada.  The decision for Espada to make is whether Dan or Yve is the better tribemate to keep in the game.  Yve is quick to point out that Dan constantly complains about things and may not even want to stay in the game.   Dan calls Yve out over her arrogant attitude and confirms his commitment to the game.   Alina sums up the debate between Yve and Dan by saying, “Do we want to keep somebody who maybe a liability for us, but isn’t going to be somebody who is a super competitor or do we want to keep somebody who is playing really hard and just makes more competition for you.” With this, La Flor is sent back to camp, and Espada cast their votes.  In the end, with six out of seven votes cast against her, Yve is voted out.   Yve Rojas, the 41 year-old homemaker from Kansas City, Missouri, became the seventh person voted out of SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA.

Jeff's Insight on Double Elimination:
Let me explain why we have to have double tribal councils. When the show first started we had 16 contestants. That is still the perfect number if you want to vote one person out each week and have a final two scenario at the last tribal council. To be clear — we LOVE starting with sixteen people.

Here’s the problem. Over the years, contestants have become okay with quitting. After Osten did it back in the Pearl Islands, it became acceptable to quit. Well, a quit really screws us up because then we don’t have enough people to finish the season. So, in an effort to make sure the game can play fairly and without interruption, we started bringing more people.

If you bring 18 people, which we have done, you have to consider the fact that you’ll have an uneven number of men and women on each tribe.

So, that often leads you to bringing 20 people. Twenty people is great because even if people quit, you are okay because you brought more people than you needed.

The two problems with 20 people are:
1. It’s a lot of people for the audience to get to know.
2. At some point you have to get rid of the extra players.

That’s where the double tribal councils come into play. To keep it a bit more fair, we now offer everybody a chance to win individual immunity, so you do have a shot to keep yourself in the game. But obviously if you’re the one in trouble, then you hate this facet of the game.

So anytime we have 20 people you can expect to see at least one double-elimination at some point.

Quotes of the night: 

Marty: “You’re the black widow, king cobra and black mamba all rolled into one. You may not be going home tonight, but the lines have been drawn.”

Jane: “I’m as thick as peanut butter and jelly with the younger La Flor tribe.”

Jeff: “Dan drops his ring. … Dan still struggling. … Dan still nowhere.”

Marty: “I feel like we went from being in a serious drama before arriving here, and I feel like I just fell into Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.”

La Flor				Espada
Brenda	27	~	Cara	Alina	23	~	Tonya
Fabio	21	~	Brendan	Benry	24	~	Karen D.
Jane	56	~	Brandon	Chase	24	~	Kim
Jill	43	~	Eric	Dan	63	~	Colin
Kelly B.	26	~	Karen R.	Holly	44	~	Christi
Kelly S.	20	~	Warren	NaOnka	27	~	Steve
Marty	48	~	Pat	Tyrone	42	~	Cheryl
Sash	30	~	Sandy	Yve	41	~	Dick