It's a big night on Survivor 47! In the penultimate episode of the season, we will find out exactly who will make it into the Final Four. And making it to the Final Four is a big deal since that leaves you with a massive opportunity to earn your way into that finale.
After Operation: Italy flipped the game of Survivor on its head and we saw Caroline go home in episode 12, anything could happen. There are six players left, and two are going home tonight.
Back at the Beka beach after tribal council Andy Rueda, Genevieve Mushaluk, and Sam Phalen are celebrating their ability to change the game after their plan worked to get Caroline sent home. Teeny pulled Andy aside to find out what happened, and he basically lied to her and said that he decided on the way to tribal to break up Sue and Caroline. While Sam, Genevieve, and Andy believe that Teeny is taking them at their word, she admits that she trusts no one.
While the four of them are on the beach chatting and coming up with their plan, Rachel sneaks down to spy on them and learns that they are coming after her. She basically knows their entire game plan and heads back to Sue with some of the information that she has learned. Survivor can be a dirty game and these players are definitely getting their hands dirty as we get to the end game.
As the rest of the tribe sleeps, Sue goes on the hunt for another idol in the dark. While she is on her knees, Rachel comes out of nowhere and tells her that she has an idol and she doesn't need to dig. And, they come up with a plan that will make it seem like Teeny is still with them. But interestingly enough, Sue doesn't share that she has an idol.
Day 23 Immunity Challenge
For this challenge, the Survivors will have to leap off an elevated platform into the water, swim to another platform, and maneuver a buoy threw obstacles before they can jump over into the water to swim to another obstacle with the buoy. Once they are threw these obstacles, they have to solve a puzzle on a final platform.
The player who wins will get immunity and a trip to the Sanctuary with steak, wine and cheesecake on the menu! While immunity is the real prize, there is no denying that the reward is a nice bonus.
Right away, it becomes clear that all six Survivors are fighting for this immunity. And while the water might have seemed like an equalizer, it really didn't slow anyone down that much.
Genevieve actually ends up at the puzzle first, but the entire tribe actually makes it to the puzzle at about the same time. It is amazing to see how quickly everyone finished the in-water aspect of this challenge. It quickly becomes a bit of a showdown between Rachel and Genevieve who are seemingly ripping through the puzzle portion of the challenge. However, Genevieve is clearly in the lead with only a few pieces left. Ultimately, Genevieve guarantees herself a spot in the Final Five as she wins the individual immunity.
On top of her immunity win, she also gets to go to sanctuary. And, Genevieve gets to pick people to go with her, and she chooses Sue and Teeny for the reward. While they get in the boat to head off to sanctuary, Andy, Sam, and Rachel have to swim back to the beach.
After the Challenge
At the Sanctuary, Genevieve straight up says that she is voting for Rachel. Teeny agrees that she can't beat Rachel, so she will vote for her, too.
Teeny accidentally admits that Genevieve has an "idol," in front of Sue. But as we all know, Genevieve doesn't have an actual idol. And at the same time, Sue knows that Rachel has a hidden idol.
Back at the Beka beach, Andy, Sam, and Rachel start talking as former tribe members. And, Sam admits to Rachel that he felt like she abandoned him to work with the other women. So, he basically tells her that he would vote for her to go home because he knows she would win at the end. Rachel gets pretty emotional while talking to them, even as they have no idea about her idol.
After Sam walks off, Rachel tells Andy that she thinks that Sam would win over him. And she basically tells him that he hasn't proven himself and it actually leads him to doubt himself. So will he change his vote to go after Sam instead of sticking with the Rachel vote?
Following their trip to the Sanctuary, the women return to the Beka beach. And, Genevieve returns with the plan to make sure that Rachel is the vote. Andy, Sue, and Rachel are sitting at the fire talking about the vote, with Rachel saying she is going to vote for Sam. And, they are trying to convince Andy to vote with them.
After thinking about it, Andy goes to Rachel and tells her that he is voting for her. And, he also tells her a lot about his game plan. This also gives her a lot to think about in terms of who she is going to help send to the jury.
The first Tribal Council
At tribal, Jeff wants to know how Caroline went home at the last tribal council. There seems to be a lot of misconceptions about what happened. Rachel calls out the people who are basically lying about their role in the blindside of Caroline. Andy admits to flipping his vote.
Rachel also talks about the fact that everyone basically admits that they are voting for her. And, Andy admits that he has lied to her repeatedly. Honestly, everyone talks about how they like Rachel, but they all want her out. The only person who says that they are not voting for Rachel is Sue.
Since the only person who knows about Rachel's idol is Sue, the real question is who is actually getting voted out. Who are Sue and Rachel sending to the jury?
Andy is the 13th player voted out on Survivor 47
Rachel ends up using her block a vote on Sam. After Jeff tallies the votes, Rachel plays her idol. Of course, she plays it for herself.
Unsurprisingly most of the votes are for Rachel, with the actual votes going on Andy, thanks to Sue and Rachel. And yes, his decision to reveal his gameplay to Rachel backfired on Andy in the end.
The jury definitely loved what they witnessed. We see them whisper about having themselves a game.
The return to the Beka beach
Rachel is thrilled with what happened. Back at the beach, everyone congratulates her on her gameplay. They also wanted to know how she found her idol, and she says she will share if Genevieve also shares how she found hers.
After Genevieve comes up with her story about the fake idol she has, it actually looks like Teeny is suspicious of her. And maybe she is, but will it make a difference?
Of course, the only real idol that we know of still in someone's possession is the one that Sue has. And, no one still in the game knows about it.
After the tribal council the night before, Rachel is out there searching for another idol. And back at the beach, Sam goes through her stuff to see if she has another one. After that, Genevieve goes out to the woods to follow Rachel to babysit her. These two women are against each other in this game, but they are truly strong women.
With them off together, the three left behind start talking. And, it is clear that Teeny, Sue, and Sam are upset over the way these two are acting since tribal council. Basically, they are upset over how Rachel and Genevieve keep talking about being the two best players and one of them winning in the end.
Day 24 Immunity Challenge
The Final Five is taking on a challenge that will see them stacking balls after a sprint out of the water. Next, they have to dig through a pile of sand to get under a log. Once they do that they stack a ball on a stand with a pronged handle. It seems easy, but nothing is easy on Survivor, as they have to stand on a wobbly beam to stack.
If anything drops, they have to start again. And there is plenty of dropping happening. All five are in this, and a big part of that is how difficult it is to stack without dropping. But then we have Genevieve and Rachel neck and neck before they both knock over their stacks with five balls and stands stacked.
Once again, it is Genevieve and Rachel going head to head, although Genevieve is one ball behind. As Rachel is trying to place her last ball, Genevieve's entire stack drops. In the end, Rachel wins the immunity (her third individual immunity), guaranteeing her spot in the Final Four.
Back at the Beka beach, Sam admits to Teeny that Genevieve's idol is fake. She heads to Sue and Rachel and tells them what he told her. So, Teeny goes to Genevieve and asks her about it, and she admits it is fake.
So who will go home? Who is truly going to be heading to the Final Four?
Tribal Council 2
We are back at tribal council and as Jeff starts the conversation, Rachel admits that she knows that if she didn't win the immunity challenge, she would be the one going home. It also leads to Teeny talking about Genevieve's "idol," and how Sam has admitted that it was fake.
When Jeff asks Sam about what Teeny said, he shares that if you want the information to get out in this game, then you tell Teeny. Honestly, no one is really believing anyone at this point. The only people we know are truly safe are Rachel with her immunity necklace and Sue with her hidden idol.
With no one having a real clue about what's happening, it is anyone's game to lose. So who is the second person going home in this episode?
Genevieve is the 14th person voted out of Survivor 47
It was a rough road to this particular vote. Genevieve is voted out and the second-to-last member of the jury. In the end, there were two votes that went for Sam, while the other three votes went on Genevieve.
And, thanks to the final scene where we get to see who voted for who, we know that the two votes on Sam came from Genevieve and Teeny. (We did not see that Teeny vote coming.)
Watch the second half of the Survivor 47 finale on Wednesday, Dec. 18!