Belly of the Beast

Belly of the Beast
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	47
Episode Number	3/15 (683)
Original Release	October 2, 2024
Episode Chronology
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Belly of the Beast is the third episode of Survivor 47.

Story

Night 5

	Gabe	“	Last season on Survivor, I watched way too many people go home with an idol in their pocket. And I'm not gonna allow that to happen to me.	”

	Kyle	“	Tribal Council was nuts. There was some things that played out that I didn't really expect. I took a risk. I threw a hit at Sue instead of TK. I don't know if it's a mistake yet, but I just need to make sure that I'm in the right ring with the right bull, so that way I'm not the next one going home.	”

	Caroline	“	I am so happy to say the vote went exactly the way I thought it was going to go. It was so perfect.	”

	Sue	“	We pulled off a friggin' blindside. Like, that's like, "Check." But Kyle voted for me, and I take it personally. That's a man who's underestimating me. And I get the same feeling I got when I went into the aviation industry, which is male-dominated. So I totally know how to handle guys like that. If we go to another Tribal Council, I am gonna get revenge.	”

Day 6

	Rachel	“	Sleeping on bamboo is rough. I don't have the best back. (chuckles) And waking up this morning, I could barely, like, move.	”

	Anika	“	I did not get more than 20 minutes of closed-eyed time because our shelter still looks like it's a day one shelter, which made for horrible sleeping conditions. And I woke up so, so, so exhausted.	”

	Anika	“	This tribe has been focusing on vibes instead of camp life, but obviously those tasks still need to get done.	”

	Sam	“	We're almost a week into this game. We're running on fumes at this point, and we have this entire fishing kit right in our camp. And instead of being like, "Hey, let's all go and try and get some food today," we're sitting here saying, "Hmm. That bamboo dug into my side a little bit weird last night." It's bamboo. It's not the Ritz-Carlton. Quit trying to make it the Ritz-Carlton. It feels like Anika really wants to have control of everything that happens in camp life. She believes that she's the figurehead of the Gata tribe, but I'm just like, "Give me a break." I'm rolling my eyes and I'm trying not to say anything. I'm trying not to be so obviously irritated, but I'm just, like, I'm pissed off.	”

	Andy	“	People talk about a Survivor wall. And the Survivor wall is when, you know, you're trucking along, and then you wake up one day, and it all just, it comes crashing down. And I think this is the case for two people in particular-- Anika and Sam. Like I said from the beginning, I want to gather data. And what people tell you is, like, second-level data. It's okay, but there's better, more substantial, cleaner data out there, and that is people's actions. And when Sam and Anika are bickering over the clothesline, it's like, okay. That's real. They're not faking that one.	”

	Andy	“	I do currently feel like I am on the bottom, but there's trouble in paradise here on Gata. And so the festering conflict makes me really, really valuable. And it would be a very sweet turnaround for me. I think I've got some life here. I do.	”

	Aysha	“	Since day one, Rome has been talking about, "I can't wait to get out there. "As soon as we get fishing gear, I'm gonna be out there all hours of the day." And so I knew as soon as Jeff said, "Fishing gear," I was like, "Oh, we're gonna have to deal with Rome."	”

	Aysha	“	If you ask Rome, every piece of fishing gear is labeled "Rome."	”

	Kishan	“	Rome is the only one, successfully, who has caught fish, but Rome has also been the on who's been using the fishing gear for a majority of the time.	”

	Teeny	“	We're spending 24 hours a day together, and that's obviously going to expose us in our raw forms-- what our annoyances are, what our patience levels are.	”

	Teeny	“	Which, for me, works out perfectly because Rome is a large personality person.	”

	Rome	“	And I realized, hey, I'm kind of good with the Hawaiian sling. That's a great feeling because now I realize, "Man, I don't have to starve out here." But then I started to realize, okay, I had to make the fire. I had to clean the fish. I had to get the fish. So, like, at this point, how appreciative are you? And why should I even give you some?	”

	Genevieve	“	Rome has caught a few fish. They're, like, this big, like the kind you would have as a pet, and... Rome decided to eat two of the four fish himself.	”

	Aysha	“	We only got the smallest bite. I'm literally, like... You're trying to savor it as much as possible. Like, "This is all I'm gonna get from Rome. I know this is all that he's willing to hand over."	”

	Rome	“	Excuse you? You did absolutely nothing to deserve this. Absolutely nothing. You aren't even in my alliance, Aysha. Why should I give you a big chunk of meat? So guess what I did. The last two fish, I ate them right next to Aysha. Right next to her. And I made sure I was smacking a little bit, so she could hear it, so she could know, "Listen, if you want some of this fish, you better put in some work, too."	”

	Rachel	“	Sam's very funny. There's just things that he's never tried that boggle my mind.	”

	Rachel	“	He hasn't tried the most basic-ass foods. This man is an, is an enigma. I do not understand him.	”

	Andy	“	My game so far has not been what I expected, but right now I'm-I'm working it. I'm finagling. You know, Anika and Rachel, they're a duo. So it's pretty simple. I want to gain a majority with Sam and Sierra. And I'm really trying to line this up so that Sam and Sierra feel like they can trust me. Now, I feel like I already have a pretty good bond established with Sam. We've been talking game since day one, but without Sierra, I'm dead in the water.	”

	Sierra	“	I'm not sure I'm ever going to be able to trust Andy, like, fully, but he's willing to give me his Shot in the Dark before the next Tribal. And that, to me, is like, "Holy crap. Okay." I don't need his Shot in the Dark, but that absolutely built more trust with me. And that's exactly what I needed from Andy, 'cause I still was getting a little nervous about him. But now it's like, "Shoot, you know, he trusts me." So, yeah, maybe we could possibly work together.	”

	Gabe	“	In a game like Survivor, things are ever-changing. And now that TK is gone, I don't want Kyle to leave this game. Kyle is somebody that I believe can be controlled, that will be Tuku strong, even if the ship is sinking. And that's very attractive to me. He's on the bottom right now, but if I could bring him into a position of stability, I don't think he would ever turn against us. I mean, shoot. I could probably call on that guy to be my limousine driver for the night after this game is over, and he'd fly out from Michigan to Baltimore and do that for me.	”

	Kyle	“	According to Gabe, Sue and Caroline will not vote for one another. And as long as you have them, you got two extra votes with your vote everywhere you go. But that's cooked in my head. I don't like it because if he's trying to make relationships with me, he's gonna want me to flip on Tiyana. And there's no way in hell that I'm gonna try to go after her unless I absolutely have to. So if I can get Sue and Caroline roped in, then there's a way that I can keep Tiyana around, and we'll be able to have the numbers to go after Gabe successfully.	”

	Sue	“	Kyle is at the bottom, and he's desperate to save his life, but I will never forget that Kyle wanted me out. So there's no way I could live with myself giving him a pass.	”

	Kyle	“	Sue, man. Sue. I just told you that somebody thinks of you as a goat in this game, and it doesn't even faze her. She is irritated at the fact that I'm trying to bring any kind of information in this game to her attention. Sue, what do I do with you?	”

	Kyle	“	This is beautiful. A journey means that you're gonna have opportunities. And after that conversation with Sue and how it went, I could be in trouble here. So this is, like, exactly what I need to help my game.	”

	Sam	“	Anika wants to go on this journey, and everybody seems cool with it, but I don't want her to go because that's my next target in this game going on a journey to potentially get an extra vote or Safety or something that could really throw off my plans.	”

	Aysha	“	Absolutely the worst-case scenario for all of us would be to send Rome because I believe that Rome has something in his pocket already. So I don't want Rome to go on a journey and potentially get an extra vote, a Steal a Vote, an amulet, anything... anything that's gonna help him in this game.	”

	Rome	“	I was not a fan of TK at all. He was just being way too cocky, way too arrogant. So that was exactly what I wanted. I wanted him out the game first, but, look, I'll take the second boot.	”

	Kyle	“	We all kind of figured that Sam was gonna be running the show at Gata, but you can't run the show by yourself. And so now that Anika exposed this information to me, I feel like I can use that to my benefit in the future.	”

	Rome	“	I want them to feel like I'm on the bottom, and I don't have anyone that I'm working with over here. Is that true? May or may not be the case, but guess what. As long as they go back to their tribes and say that Sol and Aysha are the ones running the show over here that's all I need because I need targets on Sol and Aysha's backs.	”

	Kyle	“	If a doctor told me that the surgery was gonna have a one-in-three chance of me dying, I would never do it, but I have no choice.	”

	Rome	“	I don't know if I was really expecting to have this much power in the game this early, but, hey, look, I told myself this is what I wanted to do, and I'm doing it, baby. That's how you do it on Survivor. I feel like I'm running this game right now. I feel like Survivor 47 is mine. We might as well rename it to Survivor Rome. If I can make the last 20 days anything like these first six, you're looking at a Survivor winner right here, baby.	”

	Sam	“	I have a feeling Anika is somebody who is looking out for herself, first and foremost. So I have a lot of doubt about whatever Anika says Probably is not the entire truth. And if not, why am I not getting the full side of the story?	”

	Sam	“	This is ridiculous. I am engaged. Hannah, babe, if you're watching this, I am not in a relationship with Sierra on Survivor. It is a strict, strategic relationship. I promise you. I'm thinking about you the whole time, and I'm talking about you every day.	”

	Sierra	“	What? I'm 27 years old. He's 24 years old. He's engaged. I'd better be engaged when I get home. So it's like, "Come on." Like, it concerns me that now there's this speculation that Sam and I are working together because that could really blow up both of our games. So I'm not really sure where they're getting that from, but that's something we definitely need to keep in mind moving forward in this game.	”

	Anika	“	I don't want Andy knowing that I lost my vote, but I need to make sure that my alliance members are aware of that if we go to Tribal.	”

	Anika	“	Even though I lost my vote, Sierra, Rachel and I-- we're solid. They've given me the confidence that I'll be okay.	”

	Rome	“	There is no way in living heck that I'm telling Aysha and Sol I got an advantage. I was lying my butt off to them, man. They have no idea. And right now I feel like I'm playing it perfectly.	”

	Teeny	“	Every advantage Rome brings back, it kind of pushes me more and more into the alliance with him, Rome, Genevieve and Kishan, because there's not much I can do when Rome has an idol and Rome has a Steal a Vote. You know? Like, those are things that I can't really fight against. So I'd rather swim with. If I'm reading it right, Rome sees me, Genevieve, him and Kishan as the Lavo four-- the group that's gonna go into the merge together and play this game. I believe Rome's loyal. He's shown us with telling us about his advantages, and he's shown us by being very clear that he does not have any interest in working with Sol and Aysha.	”

Day 7

	Sol	“	Apparently, Rome does not have a vote. Just from reading his body language, I think that guy's lying. I don't believe what he's saying right now. But we just need to be prepared for everything because who knows what could happen tonight?	”

	Teeny	“	This loss means that it's time for lines to be drawn, lines that I've been really, really procrastinating having to show. My number one is Kishan. And I know that we're leaning more towards working with Rome and Genevieve. That means the decision is now who to vote out-- Sol or Aysha. I have to decide and try to hurt as little amount of people as possible so that I can still keep this position I'm in, which is pretty good.	”

	Aysha	“	I would love more than anything to target Rome, but I cannot, because we have this large suspicion that he has something that he found on this beach, because that man was looking like his life depended on it. And then there was a hard stop, and he just stopped looking.	”

	Teeny	“	With Aysha, I want her to feel like I'm good with her and that I'm going with our original plan, that I'm working with her and Sol and Kishan. Though, in small ways, I'm trying to give her little warnings that, "Hey, just maybe this might not go the way you want. And if it doesn't, are you going to be down to work with me and vote out Sol to preserve your own life in this game?"	”

	Rome	“	Teeny started to break it down a little bit, and she made perfect sense, because right now, for my game, the biggest threat is someone else finding that next idol, because I have to play mine tonight.	”

	Rome	“	I have wanted to vote out Sol since the start of this game. I cannot stand the dude at this point. So the fact that it ended up turning from Aysha over to Sol, that just made me smile ear to ear. I'd be willing to write Sol's name down lickety-split. I cannot wait to do that tonight. So as long as we can get him to not play his Shot in the Dark, then the plan is foolproof.	”

	Rome	“	Being in character and playing it like I don't have a vote, it comes natural, man. I can lie in Survivor all day long. I'm sorry, Mom. I know you're gonna be disappointed watching this right now, but I'm lying for my life in the game. I'm playing hard, man. If Boston Rob was the godfather, there's got to be a godson somewhere, right?	”

	Sol	“	Rome is talking to me like I'm an idiot. "Sol, I don't have a vote, so I'm not gonna get voted out. Just so you know, everyone is gonna vote Aysha out." I don't know if Rome is just completely clueless... ...or if Rome is one of the best Survivor players ever.	”

	Kishan	“	Aysha's genuinely someone I would love to work with in the future Because she is such a strategist. This is also a bit of a selfish move looping Aysha into the plan because I want it to be that Teeny and I tell her, so that, going forward, she knows, "We saved your butt 'cause your name was gonna be the vote today."	”

	Aysha	“	The fact that they trusted me with that information about Rome's idol means the world. But I don't want Sol to go home. I think the worst thing in the world that we could do is keep Genevieve and Rome together.	”

	Kishan	“	Aysha is not budging from wanting to vote out Genevieve. And, you know, that's definitely very concerning, 'cause if Aysha keeps discounting any potential other options, that's really hard to work with going forward.	”

	Teeny	“	I feel a very close personal connection with Aysha, and I know we're both rooting for each other in this game and want to work together, but she's kind of digging her own grave at this point. So tonight the question is, if Aysha won't work with me and vote out Sol, is it worth keeping her in this game? But, yeah, somebody's gonna be upset. Somebody's going to be betrayed. But I have to make the decision that's going to guarantee me to go further in this game.	”

Challenges

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Seahorse With No Name
Each tribe will send one member out to swim to a tower, climb it, and jump off of it into the water. They will then swim to and cross a balance beam before swimming to the final platform. The four remaining tribe members will then run the course in two pairs. Once all five members have reached the final platform, two tribe members will solve a seahorse jigsaw puzzle. The first two tribes to complete their puzzle win.
Reward: Tarp
Additional Stipulation: The losing tribe must forfeit their flint, though they can win it back if they win the next Immunity Challenge.
Winners (in order of finish): Gata and Tuku

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 3: Lavo
Voted Against	Voter
Aysha (3 votes)	Genevieve, Kishan, Rome
Genevieve (1 vote)	Aysha
Rome (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	Sol (vote not counted)
Sol (1 vote)	Teeny
VOTED OUT: Aysha Welch

Voting Confessionals

Teeny's confessional was shown in the next episode.

	Teeny	“	(voting against Sol) My alliance is voting for Aysha but I couldn't bring myself to do it.	”

Final Words

	Aysha	“	People on TV make Survivor look so much easier than it is. Day 1 I was saying this is the hardest thing I've ever done in my entire life and so, to be able to last 7 days, I really can pat myself on the back. Just having the experience to go from the podcast mic to actually putting my feet in the Fijian sand, it means everything.	”

Still in the Running

Jon 18th	TK 17th	Aysha 16th	Andy Gata	Anika Gata	Caroline Tuku	Gabe Tuku	Genevieve Lavo	Kishan Lavo
Kyle Tuku	Rachel Gata	Rome Lavo	Sam Gata	Sierra Gata	Sol Lavo	Sue Tuku	Teeny Lavo	Tiyana Tuku

Trivia

Secret Scenes

• (Untitled)
• Gata's New Found Luxury: Gata enjoys their first place reward of two hammocks and a giant tarp.

On Fire with Jeff Probst

• Left Out of the Group Chat

Other

• The name of the Immunity Challenge is a reference to the America song A Horse with No Name.
• The title of the episode was said by Jeff Probst during Lavo's Tribal Council.