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Post by The Host on Jan 28, 2013 5:27:25 GMT -5
SEASON SYNOPSIS
Episode 1: "You know what they say, cocky boys are lacking the first four letters" (~Kelly S)
The game kicked off when 20 castaways were dropped off in the wilderness of Nicaragua. They were divided into two tribes, La Flor in yellow and Espada in Blue. Jeff announced a shocking twist where each player would be secretly paired up with another. If the two made it to a marked time in the game, they would be rewarded. At the La Flor camp, an alliance between Kelly S, Benry, and Chase formed. Tyrone started to rub people in his tribe the wrong way. La Flor discussed Holly and Jane as possible weak links. At the Espada camp, Wendy, Alina, and Kelly B formed an all girls alliance. They opted to bring their partners, Fabio, Shannon, and Jimmy J respectively, into their group giving them numbers. They set their sights on targeting Jimmy T. At the immunity challenge "To Do List", it was a close race, but in the end La Flor was victorious. When Espada returned to camp, the alliance of six debated the vote. Their original plan of Jimmy T turned to either his partner Jill or Dan, after the performance in the challenge. When NaOnka got word her partner Dan was in trouble, she campaigned for Jill to leave. Jill scrambled around camp to try and save herself and to put the target on Fabio for messing up in the immunity. At Tribal Council, Jill's fight to stay alive ended when she was voted out by a 9-1 vote.
Episode 2: "Seriously?...Must be a Grandma and went to bed at 11" (~Brenda)
At La Flor, Marty made an alliance with Kelly S and Chase. Kelly S and Chase pretended to be partners to him, while protecting the secret identities of their real buddies. Yve and Brenda each sensed Kelly S might be a long term threat. Benry, Chase, and Kelly S thought about targeting Tyrone. At Espada, the alliance of Wendy, Alina, and Kelly B remained strong. Shannon expressed thoughts on abandoning the alliance as he found the girls' conspiring to be irritating. At the immunity challenge, Holly struggled for La Flor, aggravating her tribemates and increasing the target on her back. Nevertheless, La Flor won the competition sending Espada to Tribal Council. Back at camp, the women's alliance set their sights on Jimmy T. Wendy, the weakest link in the challenges, was targeted by the outsiders. NaOnka became annoyed at her tribemates for wanting to keep Wendy around. Jimmy J and Shannon had doubts about their alliance and the vote. When talking with Fabio, he revealed Wendy to be his partner and Jimmy J abandoned the thought of saving Jimmy T. At Tribal Council, NaOnka called out the tribe on making personal decisions. But her efforts to save Jimmy T were in vain as he was voted out by a 8-1 vote.
Episode 3: "I really can't take much more of this winning" (~Benry)
At La Flor, Marty started to create multiple alliances. He formed an alliance with Tyrone and wanted to bring in their partners Yve and Brenda. Marty was concerned that Alina from Espada would form close relationships with players on his tribe. Kelly S and Benry revealed to Chase that they were indeed partners, strengthening their alliance. Chase and Sash talked about working together. At the Espada tribe, mood around camp was desperation for a win. But at the immunity challenge, La Flor once again won by dominating the challenge. Back at the Espada camp, morale was down. NaOnka ranted about her tribemates and how she was losing hope in the game. Jimmy J and Fabio were tired of losing and wanted to vote out Shannon, a member of their original six person alliance, because they felt he wasn't pulling his weight. Alina scrambled to keep her partner Shannon in by targeting Dan. She lied to NaOnka, saying she would agree to vote Shannon, while she told her alliance to vote otherwise. Partners Kelly B and Jimmy J got into an argument as they were not on the same page for the vote. Jimmy J wanted to keep the tribe strong and Kelly B wanted to remain loyal to the alliance formed the first round. At Tribal Council the Espada tribe divided in half with NaOnka, Jimmy J, Fabio, and Dan voting for Shannon, and Alina, Kelly B, Wendy, and Shannon voting for Dan. With the 4-4 tie, they went to a re-vote of 3-3 with nobody budging. Shannon and Dan competed in a fire challenge with Dan winning. Shannon became the third person to leave the game.
Episode 4: "What better way to plant some seeds?" (~Marty)
After returning from Tribal Council, Kelly B grew concerned about her position in the tribe. She talked with her partner, Jimmy J, who assured her that he would vote with her next round. Fabio believed flipping on Shannon was the smartest move for him. NaOnka was happy to have a majority and could not wait to get revenge on the girls alliance, especially Alina. Over at the La Flor camp, Benry and Sash agreed to work with one another. Chase debated throwing the next challenge as he thought Alina could work with him if they were to meet up. Kelly S believed Marty had more power than he was letting on. Back at Espada, Alina was concerned about going into the next vote. Wendy told her alliance that she might call it quits and that it would spare the two of them another round. At the immunity challenge Espada won for the first time and dominated the competition. La Flor, facing Tribal Council for the first time, started to scramble. Instantly they came to an agreement that Jane was the weakest link. Sash confessed that Jane was his partner and had no qualms about voting her out to make the tribe stronger. Even Jane herself showed no signs of life to campaign. She was resigned to going home. Marty decided he would stir things up and put a hinky vote on Holly. At Tribal Council Jane was sent packing by a vote of 9-1.
Episode 5: "Strike...5? Enough strikes" (~Sash)
Returning from Tribal Council, Holly was riled up and ready to flip. She was praying for a swap of some sort as she believed she was on the outs and the next to go. Over at Espada, Kelly B was continuing to convince Wendy to stay rather than quit. At the immunity challenge both tribes were shocked to learn that it was a Double Tribal Council round. The challenge was endurance and both Alina and Benry won for their respective tribes. During the challenge, Yve hung on for a long time but got disqualified for breaking a rule. Yve was furious and debated quitting the game. At Espada, the entire tribe was in agreement that Wendy was their weakest link. Kelly B debated trying to save her ally but knew that a fourth vote would be difficult. Alina tried to make nice with NaOnka, but NaOnka shut her down loud and clear. Back at the La Flor camp, Yve demanded to her ally and partner Marty that they vote out Chase because Benry had won immunity. Yve's rampage and threats to quit spread throughout the La Flor camp and Kelly S took this as a golden opportunity to target Marty's partner. Marty struggled around camp as he tried to rally support for Yve and to take out Holly and blew up in his confessional about his alliance with Chase and Kelly S along with harsh words for nearly everyone else on the tribe. At the Espada Tribal Council, the entire tribe unanimously send Wendy packing by a 6-1 vote, with Wendy voting for Dan. At La Flor's Tribal Council, Yve called out Kelly S as the leader of the tribe as well as exposing her own alliance with Marty, Brenda, and Tyrone. The entire tribe unanimously voted out Yve after her tirade by a 8-1 vote.
Episode 6: "Fiasco time!" (~Chase)
When La Flor returned to camp after Tribal Council, Marty felt like the time in his game was limited. He wanted to use Yve's blow up as a way to take out Benry or Holly. At the Espada camp, Kelly B was concerned about her and Alina's safety now that they lost another ally. At the immunity challenge, Espada dominated the competition and sent La Flor to Tribal Council once more. After returning to camp, the initial name floating around was Holly. However, after Benry's lack of performance in the challenge, Marty set out a hard pitch to try and to get his tribe to vote Benry off. Kelly S and Sash, who were both aligned to Benry, refused to vote for him. The alliance of Marty, Brenda, and Tyrone needed two votes. Kelly S wished to Target Tyrone, believing him to be a big threat to her game. She got both her partner Benry and her ally Chase on board, leaving them to need two more votes as well. Chase appeared to be a swing vote to the other side and his plan was to pretend he was voting along with Marty and his crew to blindside them. Kelly S, Chase, and Benry campaigned to Holly and Sash to create an alliance. Chase also got his partner Holly to act like she would go along with the plan. Sash told Benry that he felt closest to him and would vote alongside him. At Tribal Council, Tyrone called out Kelly S as the leader and believed everyone was being manipulated by her. Marty and Brenda were left blindsided and furious as their ally Tyrone was voted out in a 5-3 vote.
Episode 7: "Clearly there's something in La Flor's water that makes people go bananas once they leave" (~Kelly S)
Kelly S felt she needed to defend herself after the latest Tribal Council where she was once again labeled the Princess and Puppet Master. Benry was relieved to have survived and believed his gameplay as the nice guy was paying off. Marty and Brenda knew they were on the outs and bonded together. They hoped for a merge or swap so they could flip to the other tribe. On Espada, both Alina and Kelly B felt on the outs as well and wished to flip to La Flor. At the immunity challenge, La Flor dominated the competition. In desperation to save herself Alina attempted to cheat and got disqualified. Back at camp, the Espada tribe was in chaos and fights started to occur. Alina was called out as deserving to go home by both NaOnka and Jimmy J. Before at the immunity challenge, Alina had revealed Espada's four person alliance of Jimmy J, NaOnka, Dan, and Fabio with Jimmy J being the ringleader. She also lied and said that NaOnka had found an idol. Kelly B defended her allies actions and fought alongside her. The vote was clear to Espada to eliminate Alina for being a cheater and a known liar. Kelly B tried to recruit Fabio but it resulted in an argument. At Tribal Council the intensity of the fight did not cease and Alina and Kelly B targeted NaOnka. In the end, Alina was voted out in a 4-2 vote.
Episode 8: "Get your popcorn out folks!" (~Marty)
At Espada, Kelly B was completely alone. NaOnka and Jimmy J's crew made it public that she was an outcast. NaOnka and Jimmy J both expressed wanting to throw the competition so they could vote out Kelly B. At the La Flor camp, the alliance of five set their sites on targeting Brenda should they lose. At the immunity challenge, Espada's plan to throw the challenge backfired when they accidentally won. Back at the La Flor camp, the debate immediately began between Brenda and Marty. Marty wanted to try and get votes to eliminate Holly. He spread lies about Holly wanting to flip at merge to Kelly S in hopes to get her out. But it was really Marty who was going to flip. Everyone in the five alliance was on board for Brenda until Benry decided to talk to Sash about changing the vote. The men agreed that they would rather keep the quiet and more trustworthy Brenda than the manipulative and talkative player in Marty. Benry convinced Chase and Kelly S to forget about their deal with Marty, along with convincing Holly to go along with his plan to oust Marty. Brenda realized that it was obviously between her and Marty, so she made the first move in exposing Marty's lies. At Tribal Council, Marty realized he was in trouble so called out Brenda in hopes to get her voted out over himself. He realized he had no hope, and with some angry parting words to Chase, Marty left in a 6-1 vote.
Episode 9: "I will take revenge for all the people we voted out of Espada" (~Kelly B)
At Espada, the alliance of four planned to throw the Final 11 challenge to vote out Kelly B, and at La Flor the alliance of five planned to throw the challenge to vote out Brenda. Both tribes were shocked when Jeff announced they were to drop their buffs and merge into one tribe: Libertad. He also announced that the buddy twist had officially reached its climax. Each pair left in the game, Holly & Chase, Kelly S & Benry, NaOnka & Dan, Jimmy J & Kelly B, would receive a joint Hidden Immunity Idol. In addition, one other idol was hidden in camp that was up for grabs to them. Now that they were merged, Kelly B immediately flipped to the La Flor tribe and bonded with Chase and Kelly S. Benry and Sash made a final two alliance. Brenda connected with Jimmy J. She decided that she would play both sides but flip to Espada and vote out Kelly S. La Flor planned to target Dan and pretend to target NaOnka. At the immunity challenge, Jeff announced that both a man and a woman would walk away with immunity. Dan and Holly, two of the three elderly players left, surprised everyone and won the competition. Back at camp, Kelly S was a huge target for Espada. They wanted to get her and her assumed partner Chase out as they were believed to be the biggest threats. Sash and Chase debated blindsiding Brenda in fear that Espada would play an idol. The alliance of five in Chase, Sash, Benry, Kelly S, and Holly, along with Kelly B, agreed to keep the vote hush. They planned to target Jimmy J, tell Brenda they were voting NaOnka, and tell Espada they were thinking of voting Fabio or NaOnka. The Espada alliance was unsure of what to do. Kelly B pretended she would vote alongside them if Jimmy J would give her full ownership of their joint idol. However, he decided not to and they rather risk playing NaOnka and Dan's idol then giving up Jimmy J's attachment. Brenda had doubts about flipping, fearing she would anger all of La Flor, and believed NaOnka was leaving. She decided she would play it safe and not upset anyone by throwing a vote at Kelly B. NaOnka went with her gut feeling that La Flor was voting Jimmy J and that they would blindside Chase. At Tribal Council, Jimmy J shocked everyone when he pulled out NaOnka's idol and used it on himself. The 6 votes cast against him were nullified, and Chase was blindsided in a 3-1-1 vote.
Episode 10: "PUKE CITY" (~NaOnka)
After successfully blindsiding La Flor, NaOnka's spirits were high. She would be proud to walk away knowing she took out a huge threat and part of La Flor's heart. Jimmy J felt like Espada's chances were better with Brenda now on their side with a split 5 to 5 battle. Kelly S pondered the idea that someone had informed Jimmy J to play an idol. La Flor wondered if there was a traitor amongst them, but Chase's goodbyes to them showed them that he trusted them all. At the Libertad camp, everyone who had a partner reach the merge was in search for the idol. Kelly S soon found the Hidden Immunity Idol, which was her second in the game. The other idol she had was attached to Benry. Nobody would suspect she had one, let alone two, as most people believed her partner to be Chase. At the immunity challenge, the castaways had to name as many things to a category as they could in a allotted time. Kelly S won individual immunity. Back at camp, both alliances of five plotted their next move. Each of them thought it was best to target the weakest member of the opposing alliance. La Flor agreed that Fabio's head wasn't in the game and that he would probably perform poorly in a tiebreaker challenge. Espada wanted to finally get rid of Kelly B and her performance in the latest challenges were lackluster. La Flor decided to be honest to Brenda and tell her the vote was Fabio. Brenda reported back to Espada, and when Fabio found out, he flipped out. NaOnka tried to calm him down to keep Fabio from doing something hasty. Brenda informed La Flor that she would vote with them. At Tribal Council, both alliances stuck to their plans, and Brenda decided to lie to La Flor this time. The vote tied 5 to 5 between Fabio and Kelly B. In the re-vote it tied once again and Kelly B and Fabio competed in a tiebreaker challenge. La Flor's assumption that Fabio's head wasn't in the game turned out to be true as he lost the challenge. Fabio became the second Juror. (*Fabio was medically evacuated and Marty would replace him on the Jury)
Episode 11: "I know im a stronger player than this" (~NaOnka)
After the last Tribal Council, Espada knew they were now outnumbered. In the minority, NaOnka ranted about the game and the players left in it. She believed that she did everything possible to give herself leverage but it was to no avail. Jimmy J talked to Kelly S to try and ensure he last longer in the game. Kelly S did not buy a word of what Jimmy J was pitching and believed he was a huge threat. Benry and Dan had a talk about Benry flipping to help Espada. In confessional, Benry weighed the pros and cons of his position in the La Flor tribe and who he could beat in finals. Holly suggested Brenda go next for betraying La Flor, but the rest of the La Flor alliance agreed that NaOnka was the biggest threat and that she would be the next to go. At the immunity challenge, NaOnka defied the odds and won immunity, saving herself. Back at camp, the La Flor alliance debated between Dan, Jimmy J, and Brenda. They agreed that Jimmy J was a good talker and that he should be the one to go. Espada tried desperately to find the idol, not knowing it was with Kelly S. Kelly S still withheld that she had found the idol from her allies and tried to calm their fears of Espada finding it. The Espada tribe once again targeted Kelly B. At Tribal Council a close 5-4 vote sent Jimmy J to Ponderosa as the third Juror.
Episode 12: "I think I need to switch" (~Holly)
The Espada alliance was crumbling and NaOnka, Dan, and Brenda felt like their days were numbered. Dan continued to try and flip Benry to their side. Benry played along, but in reality, he was was true to La Flor. Benry informed Kelly S that he would play along so that Espada does not try and turn one of La Flor's lest trustworthy members in Holly or Sash. NaOnka was still the next to go for La Flor. But at the immunity challenge, NaOnka won her second individual immunity win by dominating the competition. Back at camp, La Flor debated between Dan and Brenda. Kelly S and Benry believed Dan was stronger in challenges and that he should be the one to go. Holly, on the other hand, wanted to vote out Brenda. La Flor told Holly that it wasn't in their best interest. Feeling frustrated, Holly debated flipping. NaOnka convinced Holly to join up with her and ride to the finish. The plan was to tie the vote at Tribal Council with Dan and the biggest threat of La Flor: Kelly S. With two idols in her possession, Kelly S waivered on whether or not she should play an idol. Holly felt like this was her chance to make a big power play. With the strongest player gone from La Flor, the alliance would crumble and hopefully give her more control. At Tribal Council, Sash did not get the word for La Flor and the vote ended up being 4-3-1 with Kelly S being blindsided and sent to the Jury.
Episode 13: "Go home, parasite." (~Benry)
After the blindside from the previous Tribal Council, Holly was in a position of power. Benry, Sash, and Kelly B scrambled and wondered who from La Flor flipped. Holly told Benry and Sash that she believed it was Kelly B, but later informed them that it was her. NaOnka gloated in taking out La Flor's leader. Holly asked Benry for a final two, in which he accepted to hopefully get her back on La Flor's side. Sash and Benry were sad to see their ally Kelly S leave, but they were relieved for their own games and their chances in the finals. They used this as a means to make Holly feel like they weren't mad at her and that she would flip to them and take out NaOnka. At the immunity challenge, NaOnka won her third straight immunity securing herself yet another round. Back at camp, Holly told NaOnka she would vote for Kelly B. Holly then told La Flor she would vote for Dan, who La Flor believed was NaOnka's right hand man. Holly kept flipping back and forth between both alliances and was paranoid it would come back to haunt her. NaOnka pitched the idea to blindside Sash, but Brenda was not on board with the plan. Dan debated flipping on Espada and voting with La Flor but opted not to because there was little time. The group left for Tribal Council not knowing what Holly's final decision was. When the vote was revealed Holly cast a stray for vote Sash and it came back 3-3-1. In the re-vote, Holly sided with La Flor and voted out Dan in a 4-3 vote.
Episode 14: "They are gonna be hounding after me" (~NaOnka)
NaOnka was outraged that her closest ally, Dan, had been sent to the Jury. Benry, Sash, and Kelly B believed that Holly would be with them for the upcoming vote and that they could finally take out NaOnka. Brenda was concerned about her fate in the game and approached Benry for a deal. She would vote for Kelly B with NaOnka, but next round she would join himself and Sash for a final three alliance. At the immunity challenge, the castaways had to escape a maze in the fastest time. Benry won individual immunity, ensuring NaOnka did not win her fourth consecutively. Back at camp, NaOnka felt like her game was over. This was her first time vulnerable in awhile and if they didn't take the chance to get her out now she could go on an immunity run. Nevertheless, NaOnka campaigned hardcore to Holly to force a tie, knowing Brenda would vote alongside her for Kelly B. Once more Holly started to waiver with her decisions going into Tribal Council. At Tribal Council both Benry and Sash called out NaOnka as a huge threat who needed to go. NaOnka yelled back at them with insults. When the vote was revealed, Holly had sided with NaOnka and the vote was split 3-3. In the re-vote, nobody budged and NaOnka and Kelly B faced off in a tiebreaker of good vs evil. Miraculously, Kelly B was able to win the challenge and send the challenge threat, NaOnka, to the Jury.
Episode 15: "I don't know what to do from here..." (~Benry)
It was down to the final five: Benry, Brenda, Holly, Kelly B, and Sash. Each of them played a part in the fifteen previous Tribal Councils. Benry was a strong competitor who was originally part of La Flor's strongest core alliance of three with Kelly S and Chase. Benry had played loyal to his allies throughout the course of the game, while playing along with Espada to throw them off course. He has emerged into one of the strongest strategic players of Nicaragua. Brenda was one of the weaker competitors who had managed to escape Tribal Council after Tribal Council with her name never being written down. She started off in the minority alliance of her tribe and has practically been there ever since. Holly started off with a poor social game and a weak presence in the challenges. She managed to flip the script by finding a strong alliance and ended up flipping to take out the biggest threat to win it all in the merge. Her new found power resulted in wishy-washyness. Kelly B started off the game by creating a large alliance of partners on the Espada tribe. Eventually the alliance broke apart and Kelly B was on the bottom of the Espada tribe. She merely made the merge where she has made it her responsibility to take out the former Espada members and she now remains as the sole Espada in the game. Sash started off this game appearing sketchy, but he was an important vote through the many La Flor Tribal Councils. He has played a clean and under the radar game, being a part of most decisions in his alliance. With the biggest threat to win the game out, the final five celebrated their accomplishment. But Holly felt the feeling of being an outcast for the first time in the game. She had chosen to flip once more, and it was a pivotal decision that left her in minority. At the immunity challenge, Sash won his first challenge and secured himself a spot in the final 4. Back at camp, Holly campaigned to both Sash and Benry. Benry played along with Holly but his true intentions were to vote her off. Sash, on the other hand, started to get worried about Benry and Kelly B's relationship. He felt like Holly could be a vote for him in the final rounds of the game. He informed Benry that he wanted to vote off the last Espada and Benry told him that he couldn't do it to her. The boys agreed they would vote separately at this Tribal Council, but still be together in the next rounds. Benry took this opportunity to inform Kelly B that Sash wanted her out. He also talked to Brenda about the deal they had struck the previous round, and told her about Holly bad mouthing her. Brenda agreed to go along with Benry's plan to oust Holly. Sash believed that Brenda was on board with him and Holly to vote Kelly B. At Tribal Council, Holly was blindsided in a 3-2 vote. Following the latest Tribal Council, the final four celebrated their accomplishment. They were all just two immunities away from the final two. Benry started to analyze Jury votes with each of the players left in the game to try and deduce his greatest odds. He felt like Brenda played the weakest game of the four but had the most friends. He also felt like Kelly B was the most hated, but that Sash was probably the best all around person for him to take. Kelly B wanted to get revenge against Sash for voting her out at the previous Tribal Council. Sash tried to do some damage control after his failed game plan. At the immunity challenge, Benry won his third challenge and guaranteed himself a spot in the final three. Kelly B wanted to vote for Sash, but because Benry had a final two with Sash, he convinced her they should vote for Brenda. At Tribal Council, Brenda believed that they were voting for Sash until Benry admitted to her that she was being voted out. With not enough time to scramble and convince Sash, she accepted her fate. Brenda was voted out 3-1 and became the eighth Juror. Benry, Kelly B, and Sash had made it to the final 3! Kelly B was decided on taking Benry, wanting to be loyal to him after he saved her. Sash was debating going back on his final two with Benry, fearing that Benry's game was similar to his but more superb. Benry was wavering with who he wanted to take to finals, switching back and forth in his mind. On their way to the immunity challenge, they gave some memories on each player voted out of the game. The immunity was a battle for endurance and each of them were prepared to win. Kelly B dropped sometime after three hours. In a heated battle, Sash and Benry had lasted over 8 hours. And with a potential game changing outcome, Sash fell and Benry won his fourth immunity challenge. Now secured in the final two, Benry had to come to a decision. At Tribal Council, Kelly B and Sash bickered back and forth on reasons why Benry should take them. When the vote was revealed, Benry opted to remain loyal to his final two with Sash, fearing Kelly B had the game in the bag due to her humongous underdog story, and she was voted out in a 1-0 vote and became the ninth and final Juror. Sash and Benry faced the Jury on why they should win Shadow Survivor: Nicaragua. The Jury believed that on paper, Benry's game was better. Sash was asked to convince them why he should win over Benry. The Final Tribal Council got heated as the finalists argued why they should win over the other. In the end, the Jury found Benry's game to be more superior over Sash. Benry became the Sole Survivor by a vote of 8-1.
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