But, it was the blue team who won their spot in the merge, along with their winning phrase, of a “merge feast.”Īt the feast, the six castaways began to strategize a bit and even mentioned how Erika would be the best person to vote out next. In the end, it was down the notorious word-scramble, where the two teams were neck and neck. The two teams had to dig up a giant boulder and physically push it across the course, giving a whole new meaning to Probst’s famous Survivor phrase, “You’ve gotta’ dig deep!” Plus, these castaways even had to use one another as human ladders. The merge challenge itself was physically exhausting, as always. Yellow: Xander, Heather, Liana, Tiffany and Shan This leaves the two teams:īlue: Danny, Ricard, Deshawn, Sydney and Evvie The two castaways who drew the gray rocks were Naseer and Erika. While drawing rocks, the two out of the twelve castaways who draw the gray-colored rock will have to sit out and face a twist after the challenge. The winning “team” gets immunity from the next Tribal Council – that’s because the losing team will then have to compete against one another in the first Individual Immunity Challenge. The two teams would have to compete in a challenge to get a spot in the merge –– along with winning the signature merge feast that comes with it. In this moment of the game, these castaways now had to draw rocks to divide into two teams: blue and yellow. Yep – nothing is easy, and nothing earned is guaranteed.Īfter Probst famously tells the castaways to “drop their buffs,” he then shares how the castaways weren’t merged just yet. Nothing comes easy on Season 41!😬 #Survivor /OoNWBbGPQB Host Jeff Probst broke the fourth wall on this episode as he let us in on the new twist of the merge. The three tribes received a tree mail that congratulated them on reaching a significant milestone of the season – the merge! But, little do they know… they were in for another major twist. It seems that this once ‘strong alliance’ may not be all that strong heading into the merge… Now, Shan is demanding Ricard to give her back the “steal a vote” advantage.

On the other hand, Ricard knows he’s been a vital asset to her game and believes they’re also his to hold onto as well.

Shan is taking full ownership of both of them, so she feels they’re hers to keep. Since voting out Genie at the last Tribal Council, Shan and Ricard haven’t seen eye-to-eye about who should hold these advantages. Collectively, they’ve both managed to gain a “steal a vote” advantage, which they both stole from JD, as well as an additional Hidden Immunity Idol, which they also both stole from Genie. Before the last Tribal, Shan and Ricard (who’ve proven to be one of the strongest alliances in the game so far) were beginning to argue with one another about their shared advantages. With only Shan and Ricard left on the Ua tribe, tensions are higher than ever between the two.

Power season 1 episode 6 recap