Survivor: Borneo

Survivor: Borneo - first alternative season of american reality-show Survivor. 16 survivors were marooned on inhabited island near Borneo. Their goal - to survive the nature and survive each other. All contestants were divided into two tribes - Tagi (wear yellow) and Pagong (wear orange). Every three days the tribe which lost competition must decide whom they want to be gone. After 39 days only one can be the sole survivor.

Episode 1. First Victim
16 americans began their greatest adventure. After Jeff Probst said "The game is on", all the survivors jumped into the water of South China sea from their luxury yacht. Joel from the beginning started to shout on his tribemates to look for their stuff while they were swimming. Pagong was the first tribe to reach their beach. They were huging each other, but Ramona was pretty sad that no one helped her during this swim. She admited that he's a bad swimmer and she was about to be drown. After the rest Pagong began to build the shelter under direction of Gretchen. When she decided to build 2-floor shelter, B.B. had arguments with her because he thought it was too luxury for no need. But Gretchen was likeable among others so her plan worked.

Tagi were still looking for their beach because of Kelly. As a river guide she thought she's a specialist as sea guide too but otherwise Tagi raft was swimming in other direction than their beach's. After 6 hours Tagi at last reached their camp. Everyone was mad at Kelly but she began work so hard that her mistakes were soon forgotten. Richard found pretty good place for shelter, so he and Sean with a help of Sue and Rudy began gathering materials for it. Kelly joined Dirk in search of fresh water. During this they became friends and decided to make a little alliance.

At Pagong beach Ramona was doing nothing. This was considered critical by Gretchen. She already became friends with young part of the group - Colleen, Jenna, Gervase, Joel and Greg. But Gervase felt sorry for Ramona and started to persuade others to get rid of B.B.

A symbolic race for fire held on the Sand Spit, an s-shaped sand bar located one mile off Pulau Tiga. The object was to alternately float and carry a cauldron of fire from a position 50 yards offshore to the finish line, which was delineated by a 20-foot high Fire Spirit. In addition, teams had to light a succession of torches between start and finish, with the winner being the first to light all their torches and the Fire Spirit. During this challenge Tagi showed themselves as tight group. Even weak Sonja was doing great. Otherwise Pagong felt not so good. B.B. was falling all the time, Jenna dropped the cauldron. Tagi won this challenge with a big advantage.
 * Immunity Challenge

After returning to camp B.B. apologised for being so weak and thereafter began to work even harder than before. He didn't want to leave the game right now but wasn't able to make alliance with someone. He only came to Gretchen and asked her to give him another chance. Gretchen had two options for forthcoming Tribal Council - get rid of B.B. or Ramona. From the other side Gervase continued to persuade his fellows to write down B.B.'s name. But at Tribal Council only Joel supported him because he has many arguments with B.B., while Gretchen and others decided to oust Ramona. So she was voted out 5-3.

Episode 2. I Want Your Ass Out of Here
After returning from Tribal Council B.B. thanked Gretchen for keeping him. But the other teammates were angry at him, that he thanked only Gretchen and decided to keep an eye on B.B.

Meanwhile on Tagi beach Kelly began to worry about her place in team. Rich, Rudy and Sue became very close after only 4 days so she felt a little outside. Her only ally was Dirk, so she decided to make her own alliance. To her luck, right after this she became the witness of big argument. Stacey was yelling at Rudy who ate all the coconut pancakes and promised to "get his ass out of this island". Rudy was angry too and said that he will kill her someday. Sonja was discouraged with Stacey's behaviour towards Rudy and told her to respect old age. But also Sonja shamed Rudy for being rude. Right after this scene Kelly called Stacey and they agreed to make an alliance against Rudy.

At Pagong Joel became very annoying. He was so bossy that even Gretchen mentioned that to Colleen, who became her good ally. Meanwhile B.B. was building shelter like mad to prove his place in the tribe. Greg and Jenna became close and they were walking on the beach and chatting. Especially Greg liked Jenna's stories about her kids. Gervase, still mad at Gretchen for voting out Ramona, tried to talk to Greg about voting her out, but Greg declined it. Joel found pineapples in the jungle so the tribe organized a little feast.

During this Stacey tried to persuade Sean to enter their alliance, but Sean was very fond of Richard and told everything to him. Rich immediately claimed to Sean to vote with him against Stacey. Also he promised to talk to Sue and Rudy. Dirk was walking on the beach and found many crabs on it. So he called his tribemates and they were again as one team while gathering crabs.

Bug-eating competition. The bug of choice was a butok, or beetle larvae. The live butok is three inches long and a half-inch around. Pagong was offered to pick one Tagi member to not participate in this challenge. They chose Richard. First pair consists Rudy and Jenna. Both ate their bugs with appetite. Next pair - Stacey and Gretchen - did the same. But when it came to Sonja, she wasn't able to do it while B.B. smacked his larvae. Pagong lead 3-2. After then two pairs did their job with no problems - Susan vs Gervase and Sean vs Greg. Joel and Dirk were suprisingly slow in eating. And then it came to Kelly and Colleen to decide the destiny of this immunity. Both admited that they hated insects. But Kelly at last ate her bug while Colleen was still struggling. At last when Jeff began to count till 3, Colleen finally swallowed her bug and gave Pagong the immunity idol.
 * Immunity Challenge

Returning to camp, Susan was furious at Sonja. She cried that Sonja was too weak to stay in the game. Richard still was defending Sonja, saying that Sue also has weaknesses. Stacey and Kelly after these words came to Sue and offered her themselves and Dirk to get rid of Sonja. But they warned not tell this paln to Rich because of his predisposition to Sonja. Sue discussed this with Rudy and they found this plan good. Right after this Stacey offered Sonja to vote out Rudy, opening to her Sue's plans. When it was time to go to Tribal Council they didn't still know which side they should join. But Tribal Council revealed that their plan was more tricky than it seemed. While Sue and Rudy wrote down Sonja's name, and alliance of Rich and Sean - Stacey's, Stacey herself and her allies voted out Rudy 4-2-2.

Episode 3. Nervous in the Light of Dawn
After returning from Tribal Council, Sue was totally pissed off. She blamed Stacey and Kelly for betrayal and promised them "slow cruel death". Stacey didn't refuse from any charges and only laughed at Sue. Richard also was shocked with Rudy's departure. He began to think how he could send Stacey home. His plan included him and Sue both hating Stacey as well as Sean. But he needed the fourth member of an alliance and he decided to work on Sonja.

Meanwhile at Pagong new storm in intensions between B.B. and Joel came to surface. When hunting for coconuts, Joel took B.B.'s personal knife that angered him so much. Everything went to hand fight but Greg with the help of Jenna separated them from each other and ordered to cool down. Gretchen and Colleen was furious and went into the jungle to distract from scandals around the camp. There they agreed to stay each other until the end.


 * Reward Challenge

A treasure chest is submerged 150 yards off the Sand Spit. Each tribe must swim out to the treasure chest. Once the entire tribe has arrived, they must dive down and work as a group to drag the chest along the ocean bottom back to shore. First tribe to haul their chest ashore and open it wins. Reward: snorkel, mask, fins, fishing spear. Once again Joel showed himself as the strongest survivor. He was working so hard on this chest so Pagong won the challenge with big advantage.

Back at camp Pagong was so happy that they can hunt the fish now so Gervase immediately came for fishing. But the first try was unsuccessful. Gretchen went for water with Colleen and they both agreed that Joel though being jerk still an asset for the tribe. But they also respected B.B. so they turned their eye on Jenna who was pretty lazy.

At Tagi Sean was absolutely devastated with his place in tribe. He didn't trust anybody and was somewhat hysterical toward other survivors. Stacey, Kelly and Dirk were absolutely happy and enjoyed sun and sea. Mean while Richard took Sonja with him in the jungle and began to persuade her to step on his side. He told her how much he respects her and that he will take her into finals. But Sonja didn't trust Rich too much, so she told him that she will think about his words. Sue on the other side became isolated from others still claiming herself for Rudy's gone.


 * Immunity Challenge

A cooperative effort to rescue an "injured" tribe member from deep in the jungle. Starting on the rocky beach near Bird Island, tribes dash into the jungle carrying a stretcher. The first team to locate their injured tribe member, load her onto the stretcher, and carry her back to the beach to the first aid station, wins. Tagi chose Sonja to become an "injured" tribe member while Pagong chose Colleen. As long as Tagi was weaker than Pagong and also pretty separated, Pagong won this challenge even with B.B.'s fall during the run. Tagi for the second time had to go to Tribal Council.

Back at camp, Stacey and Kelly whispered each other that they want Sue to go. After this Kelly came to Sonja and shared their plans. Sonja agreed but still was thinking about Richard's invitation to vote off Stacey. She didn't like Stacey but Richard was not her favourite too. Richard tried to calm down Sean who was still nervous and then he again came to Sonja with his offer. He was 99% sure that Sonja will join his alliance. But at Tribal Council truth came out and not only Sonja marked Susan's name on the paper but also Sean did the same trying to save himself. This decision sent Sue packing and made her third person voted out from the game.

Episode 4. To Hell and Back
Coming back from tribal Richard was furious. He called out Sonja and Sean for being cowards and said that he would "never work with them." This was not true. The next day Richard approached Sonja and Sean and asked them to forgive him and continue to work with him. Sean seemed willing, but Sonja was very wary of Richard.

Over on Pagong, Jenna became worried that everyone was paring up except her. She saw how close Gervase and Joel were getting, and she also saw how close Gretchen and Colleen were. She started hanging out with Greg, thinking she was integrating herself, while she was really just annoying Greg. The reward required survivors to create a SOS signal. Tagi made a very good symbol with wood and rocks, but Pagong jumped around and set their signal on fire. The Pagongs SOS was deemed better and they won reward.
 * Reward Challenge

Pagong was extremely happy with their new reward of Towels, pillows, a hammock, spices, and a flaying knife. They're so happy even B.B. and Joel put aside their differences. They are all so happy that they won 4 straight challenges.

Tagi was a lot less happy as they watched the plane fly away with noting for them. they were very sad that they kept losing. Dirk was particularly angry, lashing out at Sonja and calling her useless. Dirk told Sonja that she would be the next to go, "No ifs, ands, or buts about it." Stacy started to worry that Sonja, Richard and Sean would try to force a tie. Kelly and Dirk assured her that they wouldn't, but Stacy was still worried. The immunity was a five part relay race. Richard and Greg swam to a buoy, dove down and retrieved a map in a bottle. Dirk and Joel ran across a floating bridge with the bottle to a waiting boat, where they joined Kelly and Gretchen and paddled to shore. Stacy and Gervase then broke the bottle, check the map, and sprinted into the jungle to find a rope ladder and a key. For the final leg, Sean and Sonja faced off against B.B. and Jenna where had to locate a buried treasure chest and dig it up. It was neck and neck all the way until the end, where Sean and Sonja found the chest, brought it to their mat, and opened it, winning immunity for Tagi.
 * Immunity Challenge

Back at camp, Joel and Gervase worked to convince the others that B.B. had to go. B.B. took a different approach and didn't talk to anyone. He simply worked until tribal. Gretchen and Colleen were once again torn. They didn't like Joel, but they knew he was stronger then B.B. At tribal, Joel said some things that rubbed Jenna the wrong way, but ultimately B.B. was unanimously voted out for being too weak.

Episode 5. No Hope for the Weak.
After tribal, Jenna expressed to Colleen and Gretchen that she was upset with Joel and wanted to vote him out next and the girls agreed. Once Jenna left though, Colleen and Gretchen expressed concern about Jenna, feeling that she might be more expendable than Joel. Joel complained to Gervase and Greg about Jenna, and Greg agreed she was starting to get on his nerves.

At Tagi, Sonja was starting to feel less and less secure with Stacey's alliance. Dirk caught a few fish and gave the biggest one to Sonja after Stacey and Kelly told him too. Richard, noticing what the others were doing, went out the next morning and caught a fish just for Sonja. Sean noticed all the attention for Sonja and expressed anger at being ignored by his tribe. The tribes select 3 members to shoot for the tribe in three rounds. The first round is a blow gun, the second a slingshot, and the final was a spear toss. Richard won the first round for his tribe and Gretchen won the second round. In the final round Joel managed to beat Sean and win Fruit and chickens for his tribe.
 * Reward Challenge.

Pagong got back to camp and Greg, Joel and Gervase decided to dig into the fruit. Jenna was upset and continued to complain to the girls. Gretchen was also upset with the boys for not checking in with what the girls wanted before eating, but expressed that Joel was a big part in their win and deserved to treat himself once in a while. She was quite angry at Gervase and Greg though.

At tagi, Richard was angry at the tribe for "being hopeless." The tribes spirits were down after their losses so Sonja lead the tribe in a sing along to raise moral. Both Richard and Stacey complemented her on the song, but later complained to each-other about how annoyed with Sonja music they were. The two realised they don't necessarily have to be enemies, but continued to campaign against each other. Both tribes had to send one person to row around buoys, picking up tribe members along the way. Despite Kelly being a rafting guide, she let Pagong get to an early lead, however, Pagong fell behind at the very end and Tagi won immunity thanks to Richard and Dirk.
 * Immunity Challenge.

Back at camp, Gretchen was upset with Gervase and Jenna, blaming them for the tribes loss, but hid her anger well. Joel, Greg and Gervase targeted Jenna, while Jenna tried to get Gretchen and Colleen to vote for Gervase. Ultimately, Gretchen and Colleen decided to vote with the boys, making Jenna the second unanimous boot of the season.

Episode 6. Sleeping with the Enemy.
The Pagongs were feeling good after being on the same page for the second vote in a row. Colleen started to worry about how close the guys were getting, but decided that worrying about it would do no good. Her and Greg began to get closer over the next day, with Greg feeling the others were becoming "Too strategic."

At Tagi, Dirk, Richard and Sean spent the day fishing while the girls worked around camp. Kelly and Stacey worked on winning Sonja over and getting her to commit to their side, but Sonja couldn't quite commit. Coming back from fishing, Richard tried to appeal to Sonja again. Sean became even more infuriated with the attention Sonja was getting and decided to stop helping out around camp. This was quickly noticed by his tribe mates, especially Kelly. One at a time, each tribe member raced into a barrack and found 3 items (Can opener, Helmet, Knife). They couldn't find duplicates. At the challenge, Sean brought back a duplicate can opener and Pagong won canned food and chocolate.
 * Reward Challenge.

Back at Pagong's beach, the tribe was happy with their win, but Gretchen was on edge. She realized that the last 2 times they won reward they lost immunity, and was worried she would go if they lost, but relaxed and the tribe enjoyed their chocolate.

At tagi, Sean got defensive when the tribe approached him about losing. He blamed Sonja, saying she had been a liability in the past challenges. The tribe had to send 2 members through an obstacle course where they met up with two more members and completed a puzzle. It was a close race, but Pagong managed to pull ahead on the puzzle and win immunity.
 * Immunity Challenge.

Back at Tagi, Sonja and Sean decided to side with Richard and vote for Stacey, but Richard, worried about where their loyalty would be, voted for Sean with Stacey's alliance. Dirk however, didn't want Sean gone and voted for Richard. After all the votes were read though, Sean was voted out.

Episode 7. The Merger.
Coming back from tribal Sonja felt very betrayed. She approached Richard about what happened and he told her it was her and Sean's fault for not committing. At Pagong, Joel and Gervase was feeling confident about their alliance with the men and started lazing around, which was quickly noticed by the other three. Colleen and Gretchen started to feel Greg out for an alliance.

Each tribe sent one member to decide which camp both tribes would live at. Tagi sent Kelly to Pagong's beach and Pagong sent Greg to Tagi's beach. The two later met up and decided to live on Pagong's beach. They named their new merge tribe Rattana, and the 10 castaways met up and celebrated. All 10 castaways had to hold their breath until 3 remain. The final 3 must then swim and release buoys along a ladder. Dirk, Greg and Richard moved on to the final part of the challenge where Greg won immunity. Both Richard and Stacey approach the Pagongs about voting for each other and the tribe agrees to both plans. Their group agrees that the threesome of Dirk, Kelly and Stacey needs to be broken up. Joel feels intimidated by how Dirk did in the challenge and he, Gervase and Greg pull Richard off to the side before tribal and propose voting out Dirk. At tribal, the four guys get their way and vote Dirk out, while Dirk's alliance votes for Richard, the Pagong girls vote for Stacey and Sonja votes for Joel all by herself.
 * Immunity Challenge.