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For the first time on Season 48 of “Survivor,” players dropped their buffs.
In the fourth episode, titled “The House Party’s Over,” the remaining 15 castaways playing the 26-day game in Fiji for $1 million abandoned their original tribes after the Vula tribe’s dismal performance in the first three episodes. The shakeup formed three new groups of five.
While the swap proved to be advantageous for some, one tribe still lost the immunity challenge, guaranteeing a date with longtime host Jeff Probst at tribal council, and another player had their dreams of becoming “sole survivor” dashed and their torch snuffed.
Here’s who went home this week on “Survivor” Season 48.
Who went home on ‘Survivor’ Season 48, Episode 4?
While the three tribe names – Civa, Vula and Lagi – remained the same, the players making up those tribes changed dramatically.
Morale was high leading into the episode’s immunity challenge, where the first and second finishers were guaranteed safety and a much-coveted reward of fresh fruit to bring back to camp. But as players had to heave sandbags, move through an obstacle course, toss balls and complete a puzzle, the Vula tribe (with no original Vula members on it) were once again the last team to finish.
Heading to tribal council with three original Lagi members and two Civa, the Civa members pretended to not have a tight alliance with each other in hopes of not becoming the target of the majority. Kamilla Karthigesu (a Civa) even told other members she suspected Thomas Krottinger (a Lagi) of lying about not having an advantage from a “journey” he had taken a few episodes prior, further sowing distrust.
Just before tribal council, original Lagi member Shauhin Davari searched Kyle Fraser’s bag (a Civa) for a hidden immunity idol. Luckily, Shauhin did not find the idol, which Kyle did in fact have.
Kyle correctly guessed he was the target of the vote and played his hidden immunity idol, nullifying the three votes from Thomas, Shauhin and Joe Hunter (a Lagi) cast against him. Kyle and Kamilla voted for Thomas, thus making the 34-year-old music executive living in Los Angeles the fourth person voted out of the game.
Who went home last week on ‘Survivor’ Season 48?
Only the Lagi and Civa tribes won the immunity challenge, as they have in the two previous weeks, leaving Vula to face tribal council and vote out a member for the third time. But before they headed to tribal council, the Lagi tribe was forced to send three people, one from each tribe, on a special “journey” with an unknown fate.
Bianca Roses, Justin Pioppi and Kamilla Karthigesu from the Lagi, Vula and Civa tribes, respectively, were selected. Once on the “journey,” each contestant was forced to play a game of chance with dice. If they rolled a certain number of dice with flames, they could gain an extra vote, but if they rolled a certain number with skulls, they lost a vote at the next tribal council.
Of the three, only Kamilla was victorious, meaning Bianca and Justin both lost their votes. And as Justin is a member of the losing Vula tribe, he was heading into the four-person tribal council with no vote.
Certain that she was the target, Mary Zheng played her “shot in the dark,” or a one-in-six chance for safety in exchange for her vote at tribal council. And for the second time since the feature was added into the show, Mary was lucky, guaranteeing her safety for the night.
And since Justin lost his vote, that meant that only Sai Hughley and Cedrek McFadden could cast votes. After they tied twice with one vote each for Sai and Justin, Probst told them about the historic nature of the evening. Typically in “Survivor,” after two tie votes, the players up for elimination cannot vote and it is up to the rest of the tribe to talk it out and come to a consensus. But because Justin and Mary had lost their votes and Sai was up for elimination, only Cedrek could make that decision.
After making rivals Mary and Sai promise to get along, Cedrek sent home Justin, a 29-year-old pizzeria manager from Winthrop, Massachusetts.
He became the third Vula member in a row to exit the game, leaving only three people remaining on the tribe.
How to watch ‘Survivor’ Season 48
Season 48 of “Survivor” will air Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+ for subscribers of the Paramount+ with Showtime plan.
Episodes can be streamed the next day for subscribers of any Paramount+ plan.
The previous 47 seasons of the show are all available to stream with a Paramount+ subscription.
Watch every season of Survivor with Paramount+
Who is the host of ‘Survivor’?
Jeff Probst has hosted all 48 seasons of the show, which has been on the air since 2000. He also serves as an executive producer.
Who won ‘Survivor’ Season 47?
Rachel Lamont won Season 47 of “Survivor,” in a 7-1-0 vote against Sam Phalen, who got one vote, and Sue Smey.
Lamont, a 34-year-old graphic designer from Southfield, Michigan, was originally on the Gata tribe and became the fifth woman ever to win four individual Immunity Challenges in a season.
Where is ‘Survivor’ filmed?
While “Survivor” previously took contestants to remote locations around the world, from the Pearl Islands to the Philippines and Guatemala, the show has been filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji for the past 15 seasons.
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