Saturday, January 10, 2026

Survivor 45

 Ep 1:

3 Tribes:  Reba (red), Lulu (yellow), and Belo (blue)

Red and yellow in the lead, then yellow falling behind as one member can't get up the rope ladder.  Winning camp supplies:  Reba gets their flint off the pole 1st!  

Bruce from 44 is back!

Sweat:  Moving Logs

Savvy: Untangling a key

Yellow:  Kaleb and Sabiya; get to the puzzle 1st.

Blue:  Brando and Jake

Nobody got it.

Yellow:  Hannah and Brandon having a meltdown over no machete or pot

                Emily FURIOUS about the situation, and it's turning the others against her.

Red:  Sifu is raising eyebrows, b/c he's been caught searching and spying.

          Austin finds the Beware Advantage.  1st task, decipher the letters on the tribe flag, and there's a code.

Immunity Challenge:  Obstacle course and puzzle

Blue through the mud 1st, and emptying the coconuts

Red 2nd

Yellow 3rd

Blue then red gets their keys and to the wall

Red up top 1st

Blue right behind them

Yellow last

Blue wins Immunity, followed by Red:)

Tribal Council:  Brandon, Emily, or Sabiya?

Brandon:  Panic attack at beginning, then trouble getting up the tower, and having acid reflux.

Sabiya:  Came back from 1st challenge empty-handed, then took a long time getting through the mud, PLUS had issues getting up the tower.

Emily:  Perceived as a pessimist. Wants Kaleb???

Hannah:  Wants to go home???

Hannah goes home....no need to vote.  WOW.....I think she even left her bag?!?!?!?!?!


Ep 2:

Red:  Austin has a few minutes alone and decodes the letters on the flag

Yellow:  Brandon finds the Beware Advantage; gives it to Sabiya!

Journey:  Brandon, Bruce, and Drew

Puzzle:  Bruce opts out, thus saving his vote.  Brandon and Drew play; Drew wins the Safety w/o Power advantage, meaning he can opt out of any tribal council up until the merge.  Brandon loses his vote, realizing too late two of his tiles didn't match, and he was trying the wrong combination.

Immunity Challenge:  Swimming obstacle and puzzle; Reward:  Fishing gear

New Rule:  No sitting out back-to-back challenges!

Reba wins, Belo in 2nd.  Lulu can't figure it out.

Sabiya gets the idol, but it's encased in wax, and she has no fire.

Tribal Council:  Brandon or Emily?

Brandon voted out, 3-0 (Brandon and Sabiya don't have votes)


Ep 3:

Emily picked up on the fact Jeff only read 2 votes and immediately called out Sabiya, who denied losing her vote.

Over at Red, Drew and Austin get caught trying to find the idol

Reward Challenge:  Tossing a ball, then rings.  Fruit platters and a camp raid:)

Yellow to the rings 1st!

Lulu wins the larger reward!  Chooses Kaleb to raid Reba and takes their fishing gear.  He also gives Drew the goodwill advantage of restoring their lost vote:)  Drew gives it to Austin if he can't find the idol.

Reba wins the smaller one!

Austin and Drew let Mama J and Dee  in on the idol news, then Dee finds the rope which leads to the hammer.  Mama J gives the hammer to Austin, who finally breaks the right rock and gets the idol.  BUT, it has conditions:  If he sacrifices his vote at his 1st tribal, the idol lasts until merge.  If he sacrifices it a 2nd time, it lasts until there are 5 players left in the game.

Immunity Challenge:  Obstacle course and large block puzzle

Red and Blue get both their keys 1st

Belo in the lead getting cart through obstacle, then to the cube puzzle

Lulu through the obstacle, then Reba

Reba wins Immunity, then Belo, sending Lulu back to tribal.

Sab plans to drop her waxed idol in the fire at Tribal, in hopes of getting her vote back.

Emily tells Kaleb the plan is to vote him out, but he doesn't fully believe her, since that's what Sab told him to tell her.

Tribal Council:  Kaleb, Emily, or Sabiyah?

Sab tosses her wax in the fire, then checks on it regularly until it melts. Kicks a scroll over, which Sean pours water on it to cool.  Once it's cool, she puts it in her pocket.

Sebiyah doesn't use her idol and banks her vote.

Sebiyah is voted out, 2-1, and goes home with her idol in her pocket.


Ep 4: Tribe Switch-Up!

Red:Sifu, Mama J, Sean, J, Dee

Yellow:  Katura, Kaleb, Jake, Bruce, and Kellie

Blue: Kendra, Brando, Emily, Austin, and Drew

Immunity Challenge:  Bring in a cage from the water, then shoot baskets from inside

Lulu and Belo get to land 1st 

Kaleb scores with 3 baskets and Lulu wins their 1st Immunity!

Austin finally sinks the 3rd ball for Belo, sending Reba to Tribal!

J tells Sean Sifu is on the outs

Tribal Council:  Sean or Sifu?

Holy cow.....the plan was to blindside Sifu, then all of a sudden, Sean says 'vote me out.' 

HUH????????   Whaaaaat just happened????  Your husband is at home saying, "NO!  You just gave up your shot at the million dollars!!!!"

Sean voted out, 3-1 (Sifu)-1 (Dee)


Ep 5:

Jake passes out, much like he did on Day 2.

Katurah gets caught looking for an idol

Over at Reba, J decides she's going to tell Sifu she wrote his name down (it was actually Dee), and then he'll keep his (fake) idol in his pocket and they'll vote him out.  But Mama J and Dee speculate about writing J's name instead.

Immunity Challenge:  Obstacle, then firing sandbags at targets.  Reward:  Fresh Fish!

Lulu in the lead, followed by Reba

Reba gets their pole 1st to get the sandbags

Reba and Lulu 1st to start firing sandbags

Reba wins the 10 fish!

Lulu wins the 5 fish, sending Belo to tribal:)

Journey:  Reba chooses J, Kellie, and Austin

Choice:  Pick Food or Safety?

Austin wants food; J wants the amulet; Kellie chooses amulets.  They decide to work together.

3 amulets=extra vote

2 amulets=steal-a-vote

1 amulet=immunity idol

Tribal Council:  Drew or Brando?

Austin shows Emily his amulet, in the hopes she goes with him and Drew, and considers using his Goodwill advantage while Drew uses his Safety w/o Power.

Walking to Tribal, Emily is still torn.

Austin uses his GW advantage; Drew does not.

Brando is voted out, 3-2

Kendra is devastated.


Ep 6:  Merge Time!

Bruce finds the Beware Advantage; idol is buried in the center of their camp. Finds it minutes before departing for Reba beach:)

Boat arrives to merge the tribes at Reba Beach:)


Immunity Challenge: Obstacle with puzzle with 2 parts

Red: Kaleb, J, Jake, Dee, Emily, and Kellie

Blue: Sifu, Drew, Bruce, Austin, Mama Julie, and Kendra

Extra:  Katurah, who picks Blue team.

J gets hung up in the rope and mud

Blue gets to the tower 1st

Blue starts working on their keys

Blue gets to the boulder....

Red arrives at the tower

Drew and Austin working on Pt 1

Red gets to the boulder

Jake and Kellie on Pt 1

Julie and Kendra start on Pt 2

Blue wins!  They get their buffs, the meal, and immunity!

I have a slight gripe about the merge meal.  Why won't they let everyone clean up first?  The last thing I want to do, covered in mud, is eat.  Get me clean, then feed me.

Kaleb discloses Bruce has an idol.  Will it be enough to sway the votes to J?

Tribal Council:  Kaleb or J?

Austin banked his vote....

Kaleb plays his Shot-in-the-Dark and he is SAFE!!!!

REVOTE!  Emily or J?

J voted out, 10-1


Ep 7:

Bruce vs Katurah war heats up

Bruce vs Kaleb war heating up

Immunity Challenge:  Clinging to the pole; Tacos. 2 teams, 2 tribals

Red: Jake, Dee, Austin, Mama J, Kaleb, Katura

Blue:  Drew, Emily, Kellie, Bruce, Kendra,Sifu

Emily drops after 10 seconds

Mama J out

Kendra and Jake are out.

Sifu and Bruce drop

Austin drops

Drew is out

Kellie wins Immunity

Kaleb drops

Katura's out.

Dee vs Kellie for Reward:  Dee wins tacos for Red!

Tribal Council #1: Bruce or Sifu?

Sifu voted out, 5-1 

Tribal Council #2:  Kaleb or Julie?

Kaleb voted out, 4-2 and is the 1st member of the Jury.


Ep 8:

There are six women and only 4 men.....Kellie is ecstatic when the women come together and decide to take the men out, one by one!

Reward Challenge:  Survivor Auction is back!  Twist:  Whomever has the most amount of money when the auction ends, loses their vote.

First of all, a race to find as many bamboo rolls of $$.  Dee has the highest amount, $900.  Bruce ended up with $80

Pretzels and beer:  Kendra $360

French fries and a drink:  Kellie $500

Charcuterie and wine:  Emily $440

Chocolate milkshake:  Dee $900

Fish Eyes-Katurah $450, then Austin for $100

Candy-Drew $520

Pepperoni Pizza slice-Austin $600

Toothbrush and paste-Julie $420

Chocolate cake-Jake, $320 chooses Julie and Bruce to help eat it

PB&J, and a margarita-Kellie $200

End of Auction:

Bruce loses his vote; he had $80 left; Emily had $60.

Emily tells Drew about the women's alliance and he, Julie, Austin, and Katurah all decide to vote Bruce out 1st, followed by Jake, or at least flush his idol.

Immunity Challenge: Endurance Challenge:  Holding a log weighing 1/3 of their pregame weight with one hand.  Katurah, Dee, Emily, and Drew sit out for rice.

Kellie loses it at the end of the rope

Kendra drops, followed by Austin, Jake, and Julie.  Bruce is safe....which throws a monkey wrench in everyone's plans.

Tribal Council:  Jake or Kellie?

Kellie voted out 5-3

Jake played his Shot-in-the-Dark; not safe


Ep 9:  

Splitting into groups of 3:

Austin, Emily, Katurah

Drew, Dee, Jake

Bruce, Kendra, Mama J

Austin gives Mama J one of his idols, in case her group loses and goes to Tribal.

Immunity Challenge: Obstacle, then endurance.  Reward:  Rotisserie Chicken TWIST:  1st group out loses their votes, but will go on a journey to earn it back.

Stage 1:  Balance beam and ball  Emily, Austin, and Katurah are out.

Stage 2:  Rope bridge and getting balls onto small hoops.  Drew, Dee, and Jake are out.

Stage 3:  Keeping fingertips against discs.  Kendra drops.  Julie drops, Bruce wins again!


Journey:  Math question:  

Austin solves it; Katurah and Emily do NOT.

Tribal Council:  Jake or Kendra?

Kendra voted out, 6-1


Ep 10:

OMG....Bruce tells Katurah and Jake that Kellie left with his idol.  He came clean with Kat, just to test his acting skills.  He's hoping Jake tells the others so they'll try to vote him out; he'll play it; someone else will go home.  Rather risky....

Reward Challenge:  Obstacle and ball maze  Thanksgiving food!  And spending the night in comfort.

Emily and Austin neck and neck.....then Austin drops.  Emily wins!!!  Chooses Mama Julie, Dee, and Katurah for 'ladies night'.

YES!  Kat spilled the beans about Bruce's lie!

The girls are strategizing; the boys are 'bro-ing' out....farting, belching, talking about guy things.

LMAO....Jake tells Drew the lie, who in turn tells Austin.  Emily sets everyone straight.

Immunity Challenge:   Endurance challenge

Emily drops, followed by Kat, who was afraid of the water; stepped off to the platform.  Mama Julie drops, followed by Dee, Drew, Jake, and Bruce.  Austin wins!

Tribal Council: Bruce, Jake, or Mama Julie?

Bruce didn't play his idol!!!!  Voted out, 4-3 (Jake)-1 (Mama J)!


Ep 11:

Awwww....Dee and Austin sittin' in a tree.....

Kat's never heard 'upset the apple cart' before???

Damn....Kat's family joined a cult and pulled her out of school after her 5th grade year.  When she was 13, due to whatever SICK thing the leader said, they packed up and left, putting her back in school at 14. She managed to get good grades, learn, and graduate law school, and is part of the LGBTQ community, advocating for black and LGBTQ folks.

Journey:  Can't decide who to go, so draw rocks.  Emily ends up going

Another puzzle; she chooses NOT to do it and retain her vote, vs attempting it, losing her vote, or gaining an advantage/idol.

Meanwhile, back at camp, her name's being tossed around as the next to go.

Then the target shifts to Mama Julie. Austin is torn; he knows it will blindside not only Julie, but Dee.  Is he willing to risk his relationship with Dee in order to vote Mama J out?

Immunity Challenge:  Untangling rope, then solving a word puzzle.  Reward:  Hamburgers and Hot Dogs!

Drew wins!  Austin had it on side, but not on the other:)  Takes Jake, Austin ala 'Boys Night 2.0'

Austin tells Dee, who in turn tells Mama J.

Tribal Council:  Mama J, Austin, or Emily?

Julie played her idol; Austin did not.

Emily voted out by Mama J's sole vote


Ep 12:

Dee puts on the performance of her life to not clue everyone to the fact she told Mama J to use her idol

Austin catches Kat searching, but she doesn't find anything.

Reward Challenge:  Walking on a barrel to collect keys, then slide puzzle.  Picnic on the line

Austin to the puzzle first, followed by Drew

Austin wins!  Picks Dee and Katurah for the helicopter ride and picnic on a sandspit (bar)

Drew is pissed; Julie and Jake go idol hunting while Drew cooks the rice.

Jake finds a clue to the idol, then finds it!  Austin loses his at 6; Jake's good to 5,  This is gonna be interesting.

Immunity Challenge:  Balancing a ball on a plank with their foot

Julie drops, followed by Jake (after 2 mins!), Katurah, Drew drops (12 min), and Austin (21 mins)

Dee wins!

Tribal Council: Mama J or Drew?

Drew voted out, 4-2

Austin used his idol on himself; said he didn't need any souveniers.


Finale: Austin, Dee, Mama J, Jake, and Katurah

Kat's getting pissed about the Dee/Austin relationship

Advantage:  Count the number in each station to open a combo lock and get the advantage

Jake wins!  18 crab, 43 coconuts, 25 bamboo.  Gets an advantage in the immunity challenge:)

Immunity Challenge #1:  Obstacle and 3-tier puzzle and steak dinner

Jake's advantage:  2 of his sandbags are already in the basket; he just has to land one.

Austin to the machete 1st

Dee drops her sandbags 1st

Austin to start throwing sandbags 1st but Jake lands his 1st

Jake solves the combination, but forgot the key.

Austin to the puzzle 1st

Austin has his 1st tier....Jake has his

Austin finishing the 2nd tier....then Jake, who misplaces one piece and can't figure out why one of his 'legs' is short.

Austin wins!  Chooses Jake to go on reward with him.

Jake and Dee want to take out Mama J; Katurah wants Dee; Austin wants Katurah.

Tribal Council #1:  Katura, Dee, or Mama J?

Jake plays his idol for Kat!  

Kat was going to vote Dee, but switched her vote to Mama J.

Mama Julie is voted out, 2-1 (Jake)-1 (Dee)

As she was hugging Kat, she whispered, "Go to law school", not knowing Kat IS a lawyer!

Immunity Challenge #2:  Stacking pots while stepping through rope obstacle

Austin dropped his entire stack at 7

Jake's drops at 13; Dee in the lead with 14.

Jake broke his grid; he's out of the challenge.  Was he throwing a mini-tantrum, or was he just trying to hurry, as he said?  It looked as if he deliberately stepped ON it, instead of THROUGH it.  He did apologize for breaking it afterward.

Kat loses her 11

Dee places her 17th and heads back....and WINS!!!!

Jake WANTS to make fire.   Dee promises to send him against Kat.

BUT.....Jake is having issues making fire.  Kat makes hers on her 1st try.  Austin urges Dee to pit him against Kat, but Dee promised Jake, AND she doesn't want Austin claiming victory in front of the jury!

Kat is furious at herself for switching her vote.

Tribal Council #2:  Dee picks Austin to sit beside her.

Fire-making Challenge:  Jake vs Kat:

Kat's flame keeps going out; Jake's is growing.

Jake wins!

Kat comes clean about being a lawyer; Jake yells, "Yes!  I knew it!"

Final Tribal:

Dee wins, 5-3!


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