Like many episodes in the new era of "Survivor," Season 47, Episode 10 delivered a fascinating and complicated look into the interpersonal aspects of the game worth $1 million.
The episode, titled "Loyal to the Soil," opened with the fallout that came after Genevieve Mushaluk orchestrated a blindside to vote out Sol Yi in the last episode. Back at camp, Yi's main ally, Teeny Chirichillo, expressed disbelief and hurt that Mushaluk planned the vote of a fellow original Lavo tribe member.
After a reward challenge, winners Sam Phalen, Rachel LaMont and Kyle Ostwald discussed backstabbing one of Ostwald's own tribe members before he was able to get to him first, putting Phalen and LaMont, who previously felt on the bottom of the group, back in a position of power.
Season 47 of the long-running reality competition show, which first aired on CBS in 2000, has players stranded on an island and living on meager food, clothing and shelter, as well as competing in challenges and forming alliances to vote out fellow members. The last player standing wins the title of "sole survivor," and the $1 million prize that comes with it.
Here's who went home this episode.
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Who went home on 'Survivor' Season 47, Episode 10?
During the reward feast at the "Survivor" sanctuary, Phalen, LaMont and Ostwald discussed the possibility of voting out Gabe Ortis, although LaMont later expressed that she would prefer to vote for Mushaluk, whom she deemed a bigger threat.
The plan began to come together as Ostwald won his fourth immunity challenge this season. To make things more interesting before the challenge, host Jeff Probst asked four players to sit out in exchange for a bag of rice at camp.
The remaining players negotiated with Probst, instead all offering their shot in the dark (or a game of chance for immunity) in exchange for the rice, which he accepted.
Back at camp after Ostwald's win, a majority of players, including Caroline Vidmar, planned to secretly vote for Ortis while telling him and close ally Sue Smey to vote for Mushaluk, who was sure she was next to go.
The plan to vote out Ortis came through and he received a majority of the votes, making him the third player to join the jury, who will eventually select the season's winner.
Who went home last week on 'Survivor'?
Last week, players split off into teams of two and competed in the three-stage immunity challenge, which ended in an outlast-style balancing act on two very small footholds aboveground.
And as the first four players out of the challenge, Caroline Vidmar, Rachel LaMont, Andy Rueda and Sam Phalen lost their vote and had to compete to win it back in a special "journey." Gabe Ortis won the challenge and individual immunity.
During the journey, Vidmar, LaMont, Rueda and Phalen built a house of cards and the first player to topple the deck would lose their vote. That unlucky player was Vidmar, which was an unfortunate turn of events for the players back at camp counting on her to execute a blindside.
Mushaluk took an opportunity to rally remaining players to orchestrate a blindside against Solomon "Sol" Yi, and after some initial panic and doubt both at camp and during tribal council, a majority of players voted for Yi, the 43-year-old medical device salesman from Norwalk, Connecticut.
How to watch 'Survivor' Season 47
You can watch new episodes of "Survivor" Season 47 live onCBSand Paramount+. The premiere episode was two hours long, and subsequent episodes run for 90 minutes.
Episodes are available to stream on Paramount+, live and on demand for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs.
When is the 'Survivor' Season 47 finale?
Instead of a three-hour finale episode, the Season 47 finale will air in two, two-hour episodes over two weeks, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Part one will air Dec. 11 from 8-10 p.m. ET, and part two will air Dec. 18, also from 8-10 p.m. ET.
As with other seasons in the new era of "Survivor," an aftershow hosted by Jeff Probst will be filmed with the winner, other finalists and jury directly after the winning player is crowned in Fiji.
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.
Who is the host of 'Survivor?'
Jeff Probst has hosted all 47 seasons of the show, which has been on the air since 2000. He also serves as an executive producer.
Whowon 'Survivor' Season 46?
Inthe season finaleof "Survivor" Season 46,Kenzie Veurink, a 29-year-old hair salon owner from Michigan, won the title of "sole survivor" by a 5-3-0 vote over runner-upCharlie Davisand third-place finisher Ben Katzman.
