";s:4:"text";s:5636:" Former Drake member Burton and former Morgan castaway Lillian returned to the game, and joined the eight other castaways in forming the merged Balboa tribe. No, Pearl Islands still goes down as one of the best seasons ever because of … Jon took their water pot and enjoyed shampoo. In the end, Osten did not get his wish, as the majority alliance valued Osten more than the physically weak Ryan S. and sent the poor kid home early. Knowing that women of the former Morgan tribe wanted Burton out, Jon tried to create an alliance with Sandra and Christa, however Sandra said she didn't trust Jon.
Jon argued that he was widely hated by the jury and that taking him to the final two would guarantee Lillian a million dollars. After randomly selecting who would go to which tribe, Burton returned to Drake and Lillian returned to Morgan. When Lillian returned to Morgan, she was welcomed by her old tribe, but she wasn't remotely appeased by the general niceness of everyone but Andrew, and Andrew stupidly complained to Lill at length about how he hated the Outcast twist and felt it should never have happened. Sandra talked about her work ethic and said that she didn't ride any coattails, not even Rupert's. While Burton made up with his former tribe, Lillian's return was resented by the Morgan members. They decided they should take Morgan's water pot. Meanwhile, at Drake, Shawn went fishing and lost the head of his tribe's fishing Once again, Morgan lost the immunity challenge. After the immunity challenge, Lillian and Christa were both told that the other was going home. However Drake member Trish had trouble digging out one of Drake's pieces, allowing Morgan to make a comeback. When the castaways arrived at camp, they named the merged tribe "Balboa" after Rupert's pet snake. The two women agreed to align with Jon and Burton. For the first time, voting was done verbally and was unanimous, as Osten's torch was snuffed and put to rest on the ground for the remainder of the season. Once again, Drake ended up winning the reward challenge, which left Morgan distraught. While trying to rebuild their shelter, Osten announced that he was considering quitting the game, which upset Andrew.
The three navigated between the Drake and Morgan factions to take out members of both sides, until they were the dominant alliance with only five players remaining.
Meanwhile, Drake decided to save their last can of At the reward challenge, Drake fell behind as they lost control of their boat due to Jon's faulty navigating. A runoff between the non-eliminated castaways was conducted, with Darrah winning.The Jury was allowed to collectively compete against the four remaining castaways competing individually; the Jury won the challenge, leaving all four remaining players without immunity.Both tribes lost a challenge to the Outcasts, composed of the first six departed players; as a result, both tribes had to vote out a player, while the Outcasts voted two of their own back into the game. The Drake barbecued their steaks, and enjoyed their feast. After Morgan won, Rupert was offered a chance to return to the Morgan camp to enjoy a shower, however Rupert decided to return to his Drake camp. Drake, thanks to Sandra's ability to speak Spanish and Rupert stealing the other tribe's abandoned … They planned to align with Darrah and Tijuana. At the start of the immunity challenge, the castaways had trouble forming words that are spelled correctly. Darrah missed the rope that Christa tossed, allowing Burton and Lillian to advance to the final round. Other male members of Morgan also stripped naked. Survivor season 19 Samoa. The women decided to vote off Burton, or Jon if Burton wins immunity. In the end, despite Jon forgetting to ring the bell, Rupert and Jon won their round. Lillian was still unsure of whom to take to the final two.
It was aired … When Christa arrived at Morgan's camp, the Morgan tribe asked many questions about Drake. After Rupert was voted out, Sandra was furious at Jon for breaking their alliance. After returning from Tribal Council in which Tijuana was voted out, Sandra and Christa had second thoughts about their alliance with Jon. After voting out Christa, Jon and Burton decided they were going to betray Darrah for being an immunity threat, while Sandra tried to plot revenge after losing her last ally.
The next day, Lillian expressed doubt over the plan to vote Burton or Jon out, and afraid that they would berate her for their betrayal. Meanwhile, having never voted anyone off, there was some tension at Drake due to clashing personalities.
At Tribal Council, Burton decided to give the Immunity Necklace to Rupert, since he was already immune due to the Outcast twist.
At the immunity challenge, Rupert had an early lead.
Rupert was upset when an injured baby snake he named Balboa died overnight.
In addition, because his reasons for quitting were insufficient, he did not get a closing speech; instead, all viewers saw was footage of the Morgan tribe departing Tribal Council and ending with a final shot of his laid-down torch. The season was filmed on the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama, and had a pirate culture theme. Burton spelled "LIASON", but it was missing an "I" and should be spelled "LIAISON". Morgan had a lead, however just before the finish line, their cannon got stuck in the sand, causing Drake to pull ahead and win the challenge. Survivor season 16 Micronesia.