Sixteen new castaways, previously divided into two tribes, Savaii and Upolu , were joined by returning contestants, Coach Wade and Ozzy Lusth , with Coach joining Upolu and Ozzy joining Savaii by random draw. Redemption Island was again in play: voted out players would be sent to Redemption Island and participate in duels, with the winner remaining there until either the next duel or until two specific points where players were brought back into the game.
Both tribes rallied under the leadership of Coach and Ozzy. Ozzy's style was somewhat more aggressive, establishing a rift between the majority of his alliance and others, specifically the weaker John Cochran. Coach, having reflected on his past performances on Survivor , had a more open style, which most of the group readily followed, including Brandon Hantz , who later revealed himself to be the nephew of former Survivor castaway Russell Hantz , and had feared revealing this to draw his tribe's ire.
The two tribes fared equally at challenges and retained similar numbers, and as they approached the perceived merge , Ozzy offered a plan to volunteer to be voted to go to Redemption Island, where he would likely win the challenge over Christine Shields Markoski , a former Upolu member, assuring that the tribes would be equal at six members each when merged.
This plan went as expected, and the newly merged tribe named themselves Te Tuna. However, Ozzy's previous rash behavior to Cochran was seen as an opportunity by the former Upolu members, and they were able to turn Cochran to their side on the first vote after the merge, voting out former Savaii member Keith Tollefson.
The Upolu members and Cochran would continue to dominate at Tribal Council , sending the remaining Savaii members to Redemption Island, starting with Ozzy, who dominated at Redemption Island subsequently. With no other Savaii members remaining, Cochran was voted out. Brandon won immunity at the final six, but offered it to his closest ally Albert Destrade , who was the intended target of the vote.
Brandon was voted out and defeated by Ozzy the next day at the final Redemption duel. These waves crash on the reef and dissipate their energy and that's why the idyllic and tranquil waters on the interior are so peaceful. Well, my crazy ass spent the last few weeks watching this reef and the waves were huge the whole time — over tofoot massive swells. Maybe the day before we merged, the swell dropped off precipitously, down to about six-foot or so, and I figured this would be my last chance to take a dip into the deep waters outside the barrier reef.
The reef is razor sharp lava rock carved with cracks and fissures by the unrelenting movement of the water, so if you fall on the reef, your skin will get shredded like cheese… bloody cheese.
So, I put my shoes on, grabbed my spear, mask. Granted, they tried their hardest to talk me out of it but I wasn't gonna listen to anyone who wasn't Jeff [Probst] or Mark [Burnett]. Once in a lifetime chance ya know!? I didn't think too much about what would happen if I blew it and got dragged across the skin shredding reef, haha. So the camera crew followed as far as they could before leaving me to walk out alone, and I waded out to the edge of the reef and found a good channel, and honestly, getting out into the fissure in the reef was fairly easy and I had good timing between the waves.
Once I made it out into the deep, I was blown away. I realized immediately I was in a potentially dangerous situation. I mean I was wearing shoes to get across the reef, you ever tried to swim in shoes?!
The scene was one that I will never forget though, before the peril set in…. The fish! The life! The massive schools of very large game fish and all the life in between I was just in awe. All I could do was float there drinking in the wonders and the abundance. At one point, I was circled by what I think was a school of Grand Trevally something of that nature and I had my spear with me.
Maybe I thought I was gonna shoot a big fish to bring back to camp? One of these massive fish swims right up to me without a care in the world, it has no fear of me and in fact was quite curious, like, "What the hell is this thing flopping around in the deep? It swam right up to me and I had my spear cocked and ready to fire. This massive fish just looked me right in the eye, daring me to try and spear it, I was so tempted, but I also knew a fish that size would have taken me for a ride and I may have lost my spear and perhaps it would have swam me down deep where I'd have to let go.
That's the other thing, I realized I was on the edge of a sea mount. The Cook Islands poke out the sea like the tippy tops of a mountain. I was on the edge of very, very deep water. I could see the floor just falling away like I was sitting on the peak of a mountain. The massive fish, sharks, and the inky cobalt blue of the deep rattled me and it hit me just how insane I was and how dangerous things could be. If something happened to me, there was nobody gonna come save me, I was totally alone in one of the most wild places I've ever been in my life… wearing a pair of sneakers and holding a Hawaiian sling.
Wow, still gives me chills thinking about that. More TV News ». More FS Entertainment News ». View all TV Shows Sites. More Reality TV News ». View all Celebrities Sites. More Fantasy News ». More Gaming News ». More ESports News ». More Food News ». More Dog News ». View all Lifestyle Sites. The tribes should have cut us. The twist, introduced in the 22nd season, sees contestants voted out heading to Redemption Island, where they have a chance to get back in the game at a later date.
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