‘Survivor’ Live Blog: Who Will Be Voted Off in Season 47, Episode 6, After the Tribes Merge?

The three tribes finally merged into one on season 47 of Survivor! The merge took the gameplay to a whole new level during episode 6 on Wednesday, October 23.

The Tribes Merge on ‘Survivor’ Season 47, Episode 6

After Anika was voted out last week, Gata went into the next portion of the game with four players — Sam, Sierra, Andy and Rachel — and so did Lavo with Rome, Genevieve, Teeny and Sol. Meanwhile, Tuku had five players — Caroline, Sue, Gabe, Tiyana and Kyle — remaining.

Since Rachel was the only one who didn’t vote for Anika, she was on the outs with the rest of Gata. Sierra and Sam apologized for leaving Rachel out of the vote and assured her that they wanted to work with her going forward. Luckily, Rachel got to wipe the slate somewhat clean when all the castaways found out they were moving to Tuku beach together.

Once all the contestants came together, they were immediately tasked with a challenge. A message on the beach revealed that they’d be competing in a “grueling challenge to decide who makes the merge.” An advantage was hidden “somewhere” on the beach for someone to find.

At one point, several castaways noticed red paint all over one area near the water well. This stemmed from Sue previously finding an immunity idol that was in a ceramic pot of red paint. Caroline recalled seeing Sue previously having red paint on her face — which Sue claimed to be blood at the time — and quickly realized that Sue was hiding an idol. However, she said she would keep Sue’s secret.

Genevieve noticed a buoy floating in the water and had a feeling that it was something important. After swimming out, she found the advantage attached to the buoy and revealed her findings to the rest of the tribe. This confirmed that the red paint stemmed from something else. Caroline told Sue that she figured out she had an idol because of the paint, but Tiyana was also suspicious, which Sue was wary about.

While talking to Rome, Kyle threw Sam’s name out as the biggest threat to win the game. For the women, he said he was worried about Tiyana and not concerned about Caroline and Sue being threats. Rome went to Sue, Sam and Tiyana with this information to try and build trust with them while also throwing Kyle under the bus. Sol warned Tiyana that this is just “how [Rome] plays this game” and urged her not to trust him. Sol went directly to the source — Kyle — who revealed that Rome was throwing words in his mouth. Kyle then approached a larger portion of the group — including Sue and Tiyana — and put the target on Rome.

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