In the first clip from Survivor 47 episode 8, "He's All That," the audience gets a look at the players following an epic tribal council.
Sol Yi just pulled off one of the biggest moves in Survivor 47 in episode 7, Our Pickle on Blast." After winning the challenge, Sol found a reward to share with one of the players up for elimination, which was basically the Tuku tribe plus Rachel LaMont.
Sol gifted his Safety Without Power advantage to Rachel, which she used to excuse herself from tribal council before voting. The Tuku tribe was forced to turn on each other, and Tiyana Hallums was voted out.
Survivor 47 episode 8 sneak peek
In the sneak peek, shared via CBS, we see Gabe Ortis not very happy about how the vote played out. It's clear the Tuku tribe wanted Rachel gone, and even though Gabe was happy to take out Tiyana, it definitely hurt their games going forward.
Then, we see Rachel and Sol talking in the shelter after the challenge.
"I gotta find my guardian angel in here," Rachel said in the clip. "I don't know who the hell sent it. I would love to know where it came from, but I'm just happy I had it."
To this point, Sol has not revealed that he was the person who gave Rachel the advantage. He's choosing to keep it a secret and playing cool. Honestly, that's the smart play! He shared some insight about why he's choosing to play that way. I think he's probably one of the people they least expect to have given Rachel the advantage. There are three other people who had an alliance with Rachel at different points from the Gata tribe, so it makes sense they would be who are more likely to have given Rachel the advantage.
"I was the one who gave Rachel the advantage, and nobody knows about it," Sol said. "Because I've been playing this act out here that I'm kinda goofy, so people don't know that I'm a really strategic guy."
Then, we see Rachel and Sol bonding over their shared experiences.
"I gave the advantage to Rachel because I felt she was in jeopardy, in big, big trouble, at tribal council, but also, genuinely, there is a connection there," Sol explained. "And, I'm working on building the SSAs, Sol's Secret Agents."
I like where Sol's head is at in the game right now. He's forming a nice alliance with Genevieve Mushaluk, Andy Rueda, and possibly Rachel. Teeny Chirichillo is the only other Lavo player left in the game, so if those four can come together and move in the shadows around the Tuku alliance and Sam Phalen and Sierra Wright, I like where this can lead.
Survivor 47 episode 8, "He's All That," hits CBS at 8 p.m ET on Wednesday, Nov. 6!