'Survivor: Blood vs. Water' Recap: Episode 8 Features Returning Player, Merge & Blindside [VIDEO]
On the latest episode of Survivor: Blood vs. Water, one of the Redemption Island inhabitants came back into the game and the two tribes officially merged into one.
Galang Tribe: Katie Collins, Monica Culpepper, Tina Wesson and Vytas Baskauskas
Tadhana Tribe: Aras Baskauskas, Caleb Bankston, Ciera Eastin, Gervase Peterson, Hayden Moss and Tyson Apostol
Redemption Island Inhabitants: John Cody, Laura Boneham and Laura Morett.
At Galang, Tina told the group that they should stick together through the merge and take on Aras. Meanwhile, on Redemption Island, the inhabitants learned that one of them would be going back into the game after the next duel.
At Redemption Island Arena, John, Laura B. and Laura M. were tasked with hanging onto a pole for as long as possible. John fell off first, officially eliminating him from the game. Laura B. slipped off next, eliminating her as well. This meant that Laura M. would be returning to the game.
Back at camp, Ciera caught up her mother Laura M. on the dynamics of the tribe, telling her that Caleb, Gervase, Hayden, Tyson wanted to vote out Aras next. Laura M. seemed to agree with her plan. Meanwhile, Tyson went to look for the Hidden Immunity Idol and successfully found it.
Later that night, Tyson informed Monica of the plan to get Aras out and she remained hesitant while agreeing to the plan.
At the Immunity Challenge, the castaways were forced to memorize a series of symbols and then repeat them back during questioning. The last person remaining without getting one wrong would win Immunity. Vytas outlasted everyone and won Immunity, preventing him from being voted out at the next Tribal Council.
Back at camp, Aras asked everyone if they were voting out Laura M. as an easy vote and they agreed. However, Tyson and Gervase reassured their own plan of getting Aras out.
At Tribal Council, Tyson's plan worked and Aras was voted out 7-2-2. He was immediately sent to Redemption Island to compete for a shot to get back in the game.
The next episode of Survivor: Blood vs. Water airs Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. on CBS.
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