How a Vote Lie Shattered This ‘Survivor 48’ Castaway’s Shot at Victory

Survivor has stood out amongst different reality competition shows by incessantly introducing new twists to the sport that assist preserve issues thrilling. The New Period of Survivor is characterised by plentiful alternatives to earn benefits and Hidden Immunity Idols; however these benefits all the time include a caveat. As a rule, that caveat is the danger of dropping your vote on the subsequent Tribal Council.

In final week’s episode, Justin Pioppi went on a journey, performed a cube sport of probability, and ended up dropping his vote within the course of. When he returned to camp, he opted to not inform his tribemates the reality about what actually occurred on the tour – what ensued afterward was history-making Survivor chaos. Whereas it’s usually a Survivor rule of thumb to maintain your benefits (and downsides) a secret from most if not your entire tribe, Episode 3 – titled, “Committing to the Bit” – proved that generally it’s merely higher to inform the reality.

Justin Lied to His Closest Ally on ‘Survivor 48’

After the Vula tribe – consisting of Justin, Mary Zheng, Cedrek McFadden, and Saiounia “Sai” Hughley – misplaced their third Immunity Problem in a row on Survivor 48, Justin was despatched on a journey by one of many two profitable tribes. As part of this season’s shortly dwindling hot mess tribe, Justin felt notably uncovered heading into Tribal Council. So, when he returned from his journey, he determined it could be greatest to craft a narrative about having the prospect to win additional tribe provides, one which didn’t finish in him gaining a bonus or dropping his vote. Usually, this may occasionally not have been such a nasty concept, as Justin was considered one of simply 4 gamers who could possibly be voted out, and dropping his vote put him at a major drawback. However when Cedrek, Justin’s closest ally, got here to him about Sai’s plan to separate the votes between Justin and Mary – within the occasion that an Immunity Idol or Shot within the Darkish was performed – Justin ought to’ve opened up about this drawback.

Following Justin’s lie about taking part in to win tribe provides on the journey, Cedrek instantly pulled Justin apart to inform him about Sai’s plan, proving that his loyalty to Justin superseded his loyalty to Sai. This could’ve queued Justin into the truth that Cedrek could possibly be trusted with the reality. Cedrek even requested Justin instantly, away from the remainder of the tribe, if his story about what went down on the journey was true, giving Justin the chance to inform solely Cedrek that he had misplaced his vote – a chance that he ought to’ve taken. Not solely would this have warned Cedrek towards the plan to separate the vote, however it additionally would’ve, inevitably, saved Justin from changing into the third individual voted out of Survivor 48 that night time.

Telling the Reality Would’ve Saved Justin at a Historic ‘Survivor’ Tribal Council

On the most exciting and chaotic Tribal Council of Survivor 48 to this point, Mary performed her Shot within the Darkish and have become considered one of solely three gamers in Survivor historical past to come back up “Protected” due to it. This left Sai and Cedrek with the prospect to re-vote towards anybody however Mary – as Justin had misplaced his vote for the night time. As an alternative of taking the straightforward route and voting with Sai towards Justin, Cedrek voted for Sai, resulting in a cut up vote and necessitating a second re-vote. On the second re-vote, Cedrek did the very same factor, proving his loyalty to his alliance with Justin as soon as once more and making Survivor history. Host Jeff Probst defined that, as a result of stunning sequence of occasions, the ultimate vote was left solely as much as Cedrek.

Sai pleaded her case to remain whereas Cedrek defined that his unwavering loyalty to Justin was on behalf of Justin being the primary individual he gave his phrase to within the sport. It wasn’t till after Sai emphasised to Cedrek that Justin had lied to him about dropping his vote that Cedrek finally determined to ship Justin dwelling. It’s clear that if Justin had been trustworthy with Cedrek, he wouldn’t have been voted out. After an incredibly intense tribal council, the ethical of the story is that, whereas Survivor is usually characterised as a sport of deceit, generally honesty actually is one of the best coverage.

Survivor airs Wednesday on CBS and is obtainable to stream on Paramount+ within the U.S.

Survivor

Launch Date

Might 31, 2000

Community

CBS

Showrunner

Jeff Probst

Administrators

Jeff Probst

Writers

Jeff Probst

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