For the first time since season 3, Survivor is returning to Africa. Find out what happens in these episode summaries
EPISODES 1&2: WANT TO SEE THE ELEPHANT DUNG? (PARTS 1&2)
AIRDATE: September 25, 2008
In a special 2-hour season premiere, the first two episodes are brought together as 18 new adventurers travel halfway around the world to Gabon where they will compete in one of the most interesting Survivor competitions ever
Part 1 - Reward: Kota
Part 1 - Immunity: Kota
(individual immunities to Marcus of Kota and GC of Fang)
Part 1 - Voted Off: Michelle (Fang)
Part 2 - Reward/Immunity: Kota
Exiled: Dan (Fang)
Part 2 - Voted Off: Gillian (Fang)
EPISODE 3: SHE IS OBVIOUSLY POST-OP!
AIRDATE: October 2, 2008
Without a leader and lacking direction, Fang is on a one-way course to nowhere...or will they mount a comeback? Ace is rubbing some of his Kota mates the wrong way with his arrogance, and in exile Sugar's pain over a recent loss turns into strength as she makes a huge discovery
Reward: Fang
Exiled: Sugar (Kota) finds hidden immunity idol
Immunity: Fang
Voted Off: Paloma (Kota)
EPISODE 4: IT WAS LIKE CHRISTMAS MORNING
AIRDATE: October 9, 2008
When the tribes are asked to rate their peers from most important to least important, it sets up for a twist in the game that sends Ace, Kelly and Jacquie to Fang and Randy, Susie and Dan to Kota. But Sugar is the odd one out, forced to spend more time in exile - but able to join the team that loses a member
Immunity: Kota
Exiled: Sugar
Voted Off: Jacquie (Fang) Sugar takes Jacquie's place at Fang
EPISODE 5: THIS CAMP IS CURSED
AIRDATE: October 16, 2008
An elephant visits the Fang camp, and a supposed strategy move by Kota sends Sugar to exile yet again. Meanwhile, the pressures of the game finally catch up to GC, who has had enough and wants to leave, and Crystal and Ken do some detective work and find out that Sugar really did find the hidden immunity idol
Reward: Kota
Exiled: Sugar (Fang)
Immunity: Kota
Voted Off: GC (Fang)
EPISODE 6: HE'S A SNAKE, BUT HE'S MY SNAKE
AIRDATE: October 23, 2008
Matty and Ace decide to form a pact by swearing on their loved ones that they would take each other to the eventual merge. Sugar gets shipped off to exile for a fourth time and suddenly feels guilty about being there while her tribemates suffer. At Kota, Dan's hoarding of the camp's food is irritating his teammates
Reward: Kota
Exiled: Sugar (Fang)
Immunity: Kota
Voted Off: Kelly (Fang)
EPISODE 7: IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PIN-UP GIRL
AIRDATE: October 30, 2008
When Crystal accidentally spills some of the Fang camp's rice, Ace and Matty are furious. At Kota, Dan is feeling left out knowing that Randy, Corinne, Charlie and Marcus are a solid unit and have their minds set on voting him out. And what happens when tribal immunity takes a break and one player from each team has to be eliminated from the game?
Reward: Kota
Exiled: Sugar (Fang)
Immunity: Marcus (Kota) and Sugar (Fang)
Voted Off: Ace (Fang) and Dan (Kota)
EPISODE 8: APPLE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
AIRDATE: November 6, 2008
Expecting a merge, the ten remaining players celebrate together with a surfside feast. But their hopes are dashed when another tribal realignment takes place, sending Ken and Crystal to Kota and Randy back to Fang along with Corinne and Charlie. In an effort to keep the old Kota Six alive, Corinne and Randy suggest throwing the immunity challenge to vote Matty out, but that plan has some unexpected results
Immunity: Fang
Jury #1: Marcus
EPISODE 9: THE BRAINS BEHIND EVERYTHING
AIRDATE: November 13, 2008
Corinne and Randy are visibly upset when Kota arrives for the reward challenge without Marcus. Bob is sent to exile and follows the clues not realizing Sugar beat him to the hidden idol, so he crafts a fake idol to throw people off. The tribes finally merge, and Sugar is caught in crossfire between warring alliances. Meanwhile, Ken starts to come out of his shell and crafts a plan to blindside Charlie to break up the Charlie-Corinne power couple
Reward: Fang
Exiled: Bob (Kota)
Immunity: Susie
Jury #2: Charlie
EPISODE 10: NOTHING TASTES BETTER THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
AIRDATE: November 20, 2008
At the auction reward, Randy and Sugar squabble over cookies while Corinne receives an advantage for the immunity challenge. But when Randy asks Bob to give him his hidden immunity idol, Ken, Crystal and Sugar's alliance celebrate the fact that their nemesis is about to have a very rude awakening
Reward: Everyone
Exiled: Bob
Immunity: Ken
Jury #3: Randy
RECAP EPISODE: I WAS PUT ON THIS PLANET FOR THIS SHOW
AIRDATE: November 27, 2008
A recap of the last 30 days, complete with unaired footage and clips from the castaways' audition tapes
EPISODE 11: THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE AIN'T EASY
AIRDATE: December 4, 2008
Randy's fallout causes two castaways to butt heads with one another, and Corinne and Bob's backs are against the wall knowing one of them is about to be voted out. Meanwhile, the castaways' loved ones come to camp for a visit, and Matty proposes to his long-time girlfriend
Reward: Bob (but really everyone wins)
Immunity: Bob
Jury #4: Corinne
EPISODE 12: THE GOOD GUYS SHOULD WIN IN THE END
AIRDATE: December 11, 2008
Consumed by guilt, Bob makes a deal with Ken to give him the immunity necklace should he win it. The two of them, along with Crystal, partake in a breathtaking experience during a reward trip, and Sugar finally plays her hidden immunity idol...to save another!
Reward: Bob
Exiled: Susie
Immunity: Bob NOTE: Sugar plays her hidden idol, which is given to Matty (Matty is also safe)
Jury #5: Crystal
EPISODE 13: GOODBYE TO GABON
AIRDATE: December 14, 2008
A million dollars on the line...who will take it all?
Immunity-Day 37: Bob
Jury #6: Ken
Immunity-Day 38: Susie
Jury #7: Matty lost a tiebreaker challenge to Bob
Third Place: Sugar
Runner-Up: Susie
Winner: Bob