Feel the FOMO

Feel the FOMO
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	47
Episode Number	6/15 (686)
Original Release	October 23, 2024
Episode Chronology
Previous	"The Scales Be Tippin"
Next	"Our Pickle on Blast"
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Feel the FOMO is the sixth episode of Survivor 47.

Story

Night 10

	Andy	“	Look, Tribal Council sucked. Not. That was fun as hell. That was blindside city. Anika wanted me out since day two. I wanted her out at the same time. It was really exciting because it just felt like this big plan that really came together exactly how I wanted it to go, which is a new feeling for me out here. I have flipped the script. Rachel was feeling so confident, and now, ostensibly Rachel is on the bottom.	”

	Rachel	“	I was absolutely taken aback by tonight's vote. It felt like a big betrayal, and it's not a good reality to be at the bottom of the tribe, especially when you consider, like... Wow, I really thought. Andy was at the bottom of the tribe for the last week, and somehow I am the person at the bottom of the tribe.	”

	Sam	“	I chose not to play my hidden immunity idol. Tonight was the last Tribal Council it was good for, and I didn't play it tonight because Andy doesn't know I have said idol, and I didn't want to lose trust. So, I chose to see if I can use it further down the road as a decoy or a fake or something to just have some fun with.	”

	Rachel	“	I've hit my rock-bottom game at this point. I need other pathways. And so, I want more than anything for merge to come, like, immediately. I'm hoping for, like, a lifeline.	”

Day 11

	Rachel	“	The angels were singing to me this morning after the disaster that was last night. Now I get an entire beach of new people waiting to help me further myself in this game. Like, it is the lifeline that I desperately need. And now I hope that I can take the lessons of being blindsided and use that as rocket fuel to get myself into this merge.	”

	Teeny	“	Every Survivor player wants to live to see the day that it says, "Drop your Buffs." And for me in particular, this just feels like a new lease on life because I was so nervous about my life in this game. But at the same time, I'm Buffless right now. I don't have a home. I don't know if I'm going to have a home. But I'm certainly very excited to go and find one.	”

	Gabe	“	I was somebody who wanted to etch my legacy in stone. I want to put my head on the new-era Mount Rushmore of Survivor. And to do that, you got to make the merge. We're not quite at the merge yet, but pre-merge, in Survivor, it's Survivor elementary school. And the actual merge is Survivor high school. That's where the big dogs come out, and I'm ready to graduate.	”

	Sue	“	When I heard that they were all coming over, I'm like, "Shoot. They're gonna look through our bags." So that got me very paranoid because I knew I needed to clean my idol because it's covered in freakin' red paint. The idol, when it came crashing down, it was in a jar of red paint. It took me so long to clean up the mess to begin with. I just took the idol and put it back in the paint-filled tube. But while I was scurrying at the water well trying to rinse off any evidence of my... crime, I hear a boat.	”

	Tiyana	“	There is not enough words to explain how excited I am. We're finally getting a chance to be in the same vicinity as one another. It's amazing. And as I'm walking up the beach. I see a sign.	”

	Rachel	“	We all kind of take off, but there's just endless forest. This place is massive. It's impossible to search every tree, every crack in the ocean. Like, this is a needle in a haystack. Look behind me. There's 50 trees behind me in just what you can see.	”

	Kyle	“	I ended up losing my vote on the journey, and. No-Vote Kyle feels a little uncomfortable in the world, so, of course an advantage would be nice for me.	”

	Genevieve	“	I want this advantage very badly, but unfortunately, the clue says "somewhere," and I have no internal compass, so...	”

	Andy	“	Of course it's so important to have an advantage in that pivotal, pivotal challenge. But you know what we want to do right now? We want to meet each other. We want to get to know each other. We don't want to go run around and, like, sow paranoia right now.	”

	Sol	“	I don't want to put a target on my back looking for this advantage, but I want to look for that damn thing so bad. Like, what are we doing? We're chilling at the camp right now? There's an advantage out there. What the hell, guys? I get it. Time to build bonds, but it's, like, we got work to do.	”

	Sierra	“	We're at the water well. And there’s red, splattered paint everywhere. It looks like a murder scene out here. And then there's some, like, pottery pieces that are saturated red paint.	”

	Caroline	“	It starts feeling like a murder mystery. And then, Rome digs a little bit and sees a huge pot with a bunch of red paint.	”

	Caroline	“	When I see that red paint, my mind flashes to Sue at the water well. And I think - Sue found the idol! Sue is playing this game. I am proud of Sue, and I'm gonna keep her secret no matter what.	”

	Sue	“	When I heard that everyone found this mysterious red paint, my heart sunk. Now I know I am busted. I feel like a criminal that they found a little piece of evidence, and now the cops are coming and I can hear the sirens coming closer to me. And I had this panic inside. But the smartest thing to do is just keep my mouth shut right now and see how it plays out.	”

	Genevieve	“	Everyone's chilling, but I just can't let go of this advantage concept, and I've got one place in my mind that I want to check. I can't stop thinking about this stupid buoy. It's like this little bee in my bonnet of, like, why is that out there? It's probably nothing. All of the Tukus would have checked this if it was something. But it stands out to me as something. I get out there, and even as I'm one foot away, I'm like, "This is just a random buoy." But as I'm, like, one inch away. I see something is attached to it. I'm like, "This can't be real." Oh My God. I never find anything. And now, I finally found something. Sam was kicking himself, 'cause he's like, "Yeah, we saw that buoy. We said it was nothing." Should have gone for a swim, Sam.	”

	Tiyana	“	A few days ago, Caroline and I found Sue covered in red stuff. And immediately, my red flag was raised, because I was kind of confused as to what she could have possibly done. But now it's kind of starting to make sense to me.	”

	Sue	“	Caroline figured it out. I trust Caroline the most. I feel that she'll keep my secret. But the problem is I feel. Tiyana knows, and I see how she can flip-flop. So she's always gonna be that middle person that I'm not gonna always trust. And if I have to chop the head of the snake off, I will, to protect myself.	”

Day 12

	Rome	“	What I'm trying to do right now in this game is try and get as much information as possible - because information is key. And so, if you're able to trust someone with some information, that's massive in this game. So last night, Kyle... me and him while we're sitting there talking, he'd let way too many names fly out of his mouth. He's sitting here saying that Sam is the person that he feels like could win this game easily. Then I asked him, "Okay, if that' how you feel about one of the guys, which lady are you most threatened by?" And he said, "Tiyana." He also told me with Caroline and Sue, they're not really good at challenges, and they're not really doin that well socially, either, so, he's essentially writing them off already. So what do I do with that information?	”

	Rome	“	The more information that I have like that, the more I can warn the people that are the targets of someone that, "Hey, people are coming for you." And if people feel like I'm the one bringing them that information, then I'm the one that they're gonna want to keep around.	”

	Sue	“	After hearing that Kyle's still chirping about me and Caroline, my daggers are out again. I want Kyle to be the first target.	”

	Tiyana	“	My mind immediately goes racing because Kyle is one of my closest allies. Like, it wouldn't make any sense for him to start throwing out my name. I said it a million times. I'm gonna play with my gut. And once he told me that, my gut feeling it wasn't a, "oh my gosh, I'm nervous, and I am paranoid." It was a, "That doesn't feel right."	”

	Sol	“	The thing about Rome is, Rome just talks, talks, talks, and it's crap, crap, crap. So I needed to make sure, like, "Hey, whenever you're talking to Rome, you got to fact-check this stuff."	”

	Kyle	“	Rome doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut. And he twisted up a bunch of words that I told him early this morning because I was trying to have general conversation with him. I am fired up, buddy. I am feeling froggy as it gets at this point. I'm still No-vote Kyle. I'm a sitting duck. So, at this point in time, all I have is my social skills. I'm fixing to squish him like a bug.	”

	Kyle	“	I ain't never working with Rome. He buried himself. Like, the first opportunity I get, Rome's outie.	”

Andy	Caroline	Gabe	Kyle	Rachel	Rome
Sam	Sierra	Sol	Sue	Teeny	Tiyana

Genevieve Sit Out

	Sue	“	This challenge was grueling, and even though we won, we have to continue, totally exhausted, and compete for the first individual immunity. Survivor is tough. (chuckles)	”

	Kyle	“	I am the first merged member. Huge check mark on Survivor bucket list. Thank you. I'm really excited now that I have my name off the table. So everybody's gonna have to do some scurrying around. They're gonna have to paint their own pictures. And I have a pretty good idea of who the picture's getting painted of.	”

	Sam	“	Walking into the feast is like. Thanksgiving afternoon when Mom says, "Food's ready," and the football game's about to kick off. I've been craving charcuterie. Since, like, day three out here, I've been asking, "Jeff, get me some meats and cheeses to put into my belly, please." And so, I see this big old platter of salami and pepperoni and prosciutto and every cheese that I don't even know the name of, but I know I want to eat it. I know right away, "You're gonna make yourself sick, and you're okay with that."	”

	Teeny	“	After a few sips of wine, I was almost impatient in waiting for somebody to bring up the fact that we have a vote tonight, and we are all still vulnerable. And even though we pulled out this big win, it doesn't mean that one of us might not be going home tonight.	”

	Kyle	“	Sitting down at this merge feast, there's only one hombre with an immunity necklace, and that he is me. I don't have a vote tonight, but Rome has got to go. Dude's a rat, man. I... You can't trust that ****... for nothing.	”

	Sierra	“	Even though Rome is, like, everybody's, like, number one name that they want to write down at Tribal Council, we do need to have a backup, whether Rome has an idol, whether he plays a Shot in the Dark. Andy's somebody I've been working with, but he's been sloppy throughout this whole game. So it's like, "You know, sure."	”

	Gabe	“	As opposed to years past in the new era where, you know, at this stage, you only have six or seven people vulnerable, everybody except for Kyle, who won individual immunity - we're all on the chopping block tonight. I'm one of those people, so, that's something that is both exciting and scary.	”

	Andy	“	This three-way, shared amulet... it's something that myself, Caroline and Teeny agreed to take just because we didn't all want to lose our votes on that journey that we went on together. And so, the best option is to get these off of our hands, play 'em in a public way, and we do it tonight, and we go into the merge with no targets on our back.	”

	Sol	“	Earlier, at Lavo, I was struggling with Rome. I don't think anyone has meditated out here more than I have, and I've had to do it because of Rome. He's a pain in my ass, so, to finally, like, have a chance to take out the Rome show feels like Christmas morning.	”

	Rome	“	The second that Kyle won individual immunity, I knew, "Okay, all the seeds I've been planting about Kyle? Ooh! They got to go out the window, and I got to come up with a new plan." So guess who I want out the game? Sol. So guess what I used? I used one little thing that Sol said during the challenge today.	”

	Rome	“	I might have shed a little crocodile tear here, too, talking about my pride and how... how Sol's been demeaning me. You could tell Caroline and Tiyana they were like, "man, that's just not right." And as long as I can keep on playing on people's emotions, I feel like I'll at least be good to go for tonight.	”

	Sol	“	I do not like that Rome is putting a target on my back. But honestly, I expected it. I mean, he's been trying to get me out since our first Tribal Council. The one thing, though, that I have going for me is that Rome's ego is gigantic. And right now, everyone is pumping that thing up, and it's getting bigger and bigger and bigger.	”

	Rome	“	Tonight, you need seven votes to get Sol out of the game. Kyle does not have a vote tonight. There's also three amulets. We don't know what those three amulets are gonna be doing. The only crazy thing that I can see happening tonight is those three amulets playing it on Sol. But Caroline does not like Sol at all right now. So I do not see that happening whatsoever. So, the big thing is is to get the people that have the influence down to vote out Sol.	”

	Genevieve	“	Okay, sure. That's one plan. Unbeknownst to Rome, Rome is the other plan.	”

	Sam	“	Hey, that's great, Rome. You keep throwing Sol's name around.	”

	Teeny	“	(sigh)	”

	Rome	“	I think I might be a little bit of a mastermind right now, you know? I got a plan in motion. I've been setting the seeds. Did you hear about it? The fact there's people in the game and I can corral this many people to vote my way? That must say a lot about how I'm playing the game.	”

	Rome	“	Tonight is about sending a message to Sol, letting him know that I won the war. It's all good. I'm gonna be feasting on Sol's bones tonight. I got a big old smile on my face because it's feeling like everything's gonna be rolling my way. Man, like, I am running this game. This ain't even Magic versus Larry. This is Michael Jordan versus Kirk Hinrich, all right? This is this is not even a competition right now, all right? I'm playing this game on a whole 'nother level. I'm on Survivor, baby, and I'm leading a mastermind vote at a potential historic Tribal Council. It might be a Rome game or a home game, and, Sol, I'm sorry, it might be a home game for you, buddy.	”

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Feel the Earn
Reward: A feast and eligibility to compete in the Immunity Challenge.
Additional Stipulation: For finding a Challenge Advantage at camp, Genevieve advanced directly to the Immunity Challenge and automatically joined the winning team on reward.
Winners: Yellow Team (Kyle Ostwald, Rachel LaMont, Sam Phalen, Sierra Wright, Sue Smey, and Teeny Chirichillo) (joined by Genevieve Mushaluk)

Challenge: Bow Diddley
Castaways must balance on a narrow beam while balancing a ball on a rounded bow. At predetermined intervals, they would move further down to a narrower part of the beam, making it harder to keep steady. If they drop their ball or fall off their beam, they would be out of the challenge. The last person standing wins.
Winner: Kyle Ostwald

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 6: Merge
Voted Against	Voter (Kyle ineligible to vote)
Rome (9 votes)	Andy, Caroline, Gabe, Genevieve, Rachel, Sam, Sierra, Teeny, Tiyana
Andy (2 votes)	Sol, Sue
Sam (1 vote)	Rome
Teeny (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	None
VOTED OUT: Rome Cooney

Voting Confessionals

Genevieve was shown writing Rome's name on the parchment. Sol was shown writing Andy's name on the parchment.

	Andy	“	(voting against Rome) Ich mag dich, aber... dein Spiel war wirklich schlecht. Auf Wiedersehen, mein lieber Freund. (voting against Rome) I like you, but... your game was really bad. Goodbye, my dear friend.	”

	Tiyana	“	(voting against Rome) Come on now, don't ever put my name out like that.	”

	Sam	“	(voting against Rome) They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but your game sure was destroyed in one.	”

	Teeny	“	(voting against Rome) I think everybody has finally caught up to the way that I feel about you.	”

	Rome	“	(voting against Sam) Oh man, I just don't want Sol in the jury, 'cause I know he'd never vote for me. Dude can't stand me. So, Sol, I know it's already going to be you tonight, so I'm gonna to shake things up a bit.	”

Final Words

	Rome	“	Welp, I got blindsided and, you know, I should've seen it coming, but at the end of the day, that's my only regret. Didn't make the merge, but I mean, I got to sit in Jeff's seat at a legendary Tribal Council. I played super hard and you know, I might've ruffled a few feathers here and there, but hopefully I brought a little bit of entertainment.	”

Still in the Running

Jon 18th	TK 17th	Aysha 16th	Kishan 15th	Anika 14th	Rome 13th	Andy Merged Tribe	Caroline Merged Tribe	Gabe Merged Tribe
Genevieve Merged Tribe	Kyle Merged Tribe	Rachel Merged Tribe	Sam Merged Tribe	Sierra Merged Tribe	Sol Merged Tribe	Sue Merged Tribe	Teeny Merged Tribe	Tiyana Merged Tribe

Trivia

Secret Scenes

• (Untitled): The final thirteen castaways hunt for the Challenge Advantage.
• Day 12 Schoolyard Pick: See exactly how the two teams came about in the Immunity/Reward Challenge.

On Fire with Jeff Probst

• The Game Is About To Change

Other

• This episode marks the highest percentage of non-immune contestants at a single Tribal Council since "We Made It to the Merge!".
• Occurring in the sixth episode of the 47th season, Rome's elimination coincidentally mirrors the real-life fall of the Roman Empire at the hands of German tribes in 476 AD. Andy and Sam made references to this event in their voting confessionals.
• The episode title was said by Andy at Tribal Council.