Loyal to the Soil

Loyal to the Soil
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	47
Episode Number	10/15 (670)
Original Release	November 20, 2024
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Nightmare Fuel"
Next	"Flip the Win Switch"
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Loyal to the Soil is the tenth episode of Survivor 47.

Story

Night 16

	Teeny	“	I... am devastated that Sol went home. And Genevieve is actually the one who orchestrated Sol's blindside to begin with. And I only found this out from Andy during Tribal Council.	”

	Teeny	“	I'm just pissed off. I don't want to be treated like an idiot. Once again, I'm back in this position like I am when Kishan went home, where Genevieve has just completely blindsided me. I've never been more left out or confused or completely in the dark on what was going on. And that is the worst feeling you can have in this game, is not knowing what's going on and being blindsided by your closest alliance member and having to then blindside your other closest alliance member.	”

	Genevieve	“	I knew there would be fallout from the Sol vote. The fallout's name is Teeny. But I did not anticipate the fallout being Teeny feeling like it was intentionally done to humiliate her. And I try very hard not to have any emotional connections to people in this game because it makes it harder to play. And when you hurt someone and see them so distressed and know that is entirely your fault - doesn't feel like a fun game anymore. Sorry.	”

	Genevieve	“	Teeny and I had a very honest discussion, and we both kind of acknowledged there's an end coming for us, and it's not sharing a million dollars.	”

	Teeny	“	I don't know if I believe Genevieve. I'm playing this game with so much emotion, which was my biggest fear coming in here, and I don't know how to switch it off. Honestly, my head is in a swirl, and after this Tribal Council, I truly don't know how to pivot in this game.	”

Day 17

	Genevieve	“	Unfortunately, everyone knows I'm behind the Sol vote, including Teeny, who is holding it against me, personally. So, that is why I need to be careful today, because the tallest blade of grass gets cut, and I grew a lot yesterday.	”

	Genevieve	“	And so now, there's four relatively strong Tuku. And so, I think today, everyone's gonna be eyes on the four, 'cause we'd like to get it down to three.	”

	Andy	“	You know, it's kind of funny because I was someone with zero options on Day 3, but now strategically, I feel like I'm in a very interesting place in this game. What I'm observing is a bit of a power shift. In early Gata, when I was truly on the bottom, Sam had all the power over me. But this time, there's just a different dynamic right now. I'm like a slithering snake, I feel like. Like, I’m in the middle, and I'm whispering different things in people's ears.	”

	Andy	“	Right now, I'm like a pendulum, swinging this way and swinging that way, and what I really try to do is play people off each other because I'm in so many conversations right now.	”

	Rachel	“	I've been looking for an ally in this game for a long time, and it's pretty ironic that it all comes back to going with Andy. We've had a rocky road, but I think Andy's kind of my guy right now.	”

	Andy	“	I'm a smiling assassin. Like, I feel like I have ice in my veins, but, you know, people don't see that. People see the charming Andy, and that really is my greatest strength. I've built a web of different alliances that no one really sees the full picture except for me. And it's very sticky, and everyone's caught up in it. And, you know, all I got to do is crawl over here and decide, you know, who my next victim is, bite their head off and crawl over here and decide who my next victim is after that. I'm a lethal player in this game.	”

	Sam	“	I feel like I've been on a losing streak, and so, to get a win is a nice confidence booster for me to just say like, 'hey, you can still do this.' And now I'm gonna have a full belly and gonna have some time to maybe talk some strategy as well.	”

	Kyle	“	For winning the challenge, we were rewarded with the sanctuary. So, right away, we just start going ham on the food. I mean, you can put social hour on hold because we're just gonna start stuffing face holes.	”

	Rachel	“	I'm just so excited. I see the giant bowl of rice. Like, I mean, come on. In Survivor, you're supposed to eat rice. I haven't had any rice yet. You know, I tried. I put it in my pocket, but I didn't get any, so... Like, it's amazing to just feel nourished.	”

	Kyle	“	I love Gabe to death, but out here in the world where we have to play for a million dollars, it's every man for himself right now. And with my reputation rapidly growing in this game as a physical competitor, it's kind of hard to trust in the alliances you have because you never know when they're gonna try to cut you short. This is a prime opportunity for me right now. I need to be able to make a move on Gabe before he makes a move on me. And Sam and Rachel are the perfect candidates to start stirring that pot.	”

	Sam	“	I would love, love, love to get Gabe out of this game. He's somebody who is a massive strategic force. And it doesn't hurt that he was part of the reason why Sierra and I got split up. Get my revenge a little bit and twist the knife while I'm at it.	”

	Rachel	“	Clearly, these two boys, Kyle and Sam, want Gabe out. And I think a lot of people in this game feel that way. But if I could vote anybody out next, I would like to vote out Genevieve. I think that she, out of everyone, is the most, like, onto me. And so, I think it's just me trying to figure out, is that my next best step?	”

	Rachel	“	Sam and I were able to really have it out during this reward, but I feel like every opportunity that I give Sam to not lie to me or screw me over in some way, he still does. So, I'm open to hearing the plans. I want to know what they want to do, you know, at the next Tribal. But I'm also not sure if I'll actually go with them or not.	”

	Andy	“	So, the way that I'm playing this game, I'm looking for opportunities to build bonds on all different sides of the fence. And my next move, I want to go, across the aisle and build a really good relationship with someone on Tuku.	”

	Andy	“	Sue is the exact player that I want to have with me, because she plays this game with her emotions and how she feels about someone. And I know that when it comes to Kyle, there's sort of beef with Sue.	”

	sue	“	I’m like, 'I wanna kill you Kyle'. […] He does the poor me, the woe is me. […] The sooner Kyle’s cut, the- the happier I’ll be. […] Because he wrote my name down. […] He wrote my name down. […] He wrote my name down. […] He wrote my name down. […] Because he wrote my name down. […] He wrote my name down.	”

	sue	“	'Tweedleydee' and 'Tweedleydum.' Do you want to - I want to be like, '**** you, you ******* ****.' I cannot wait to write that name down.	”

	Gabe	“	I'm starting to have to reconcile with the fact that Kyle might have to leave this game earlier than I'd like him to. I-It's tough because, on a strategic level, I know how Kyle's gonna vote every single vote. A-At least I think I do. And so, I'd like to keep that for as long as I can. But I have to weigh the benefits of having Kyle in this game and the negatives of having four Tukus that intimidate a lot of people. And of all four of 'em, Kyle's gonna be the easiest sell.	”

	Sam	“	My game plan coming back to camp is I need to find whoever else is feeling like they're at the bottom and start to, one at a time, assemble an army.	”

	Sam	“	I never thought I'd say it, but I'm interested in working with Sam. I think Sam kind of finds himself in a similar position as me. He's lost somebody he's super close to. He's been blindsided. And right now, I'm trying to latch on to anything that's available. It is beyond overdue for a vote to go my way. But I don't want to be too trusting, because my attachments to people in this game have been a kryptonite for me.	”

	Teeny	“	I am having a Survivor low. I feel like I am sort of in mourning of my relationship with Genevieve. Like, I feel like what we went through was almost just, like, a breakup for us. Because I really wanted to play in lockstep with her. And realizing she doesn't view me like that in this game is devastating. And it messes with my self-esteem, and it's really just throwing me for a loop. And I feel like a lot of it, what's coming out is, like, stuff with my identity that I haven't fully sorted out. In my real world, I do distract myself by being with my friends and being super social and feeling like I'm well-liked. And it takes away from the insecurities I feel in my own skin a lot of the time, and... Throughout my life, I've worked through a lot of identity issues. I've discovered my sexuality, I've come out of the closet. But I feel I've landed at a place right now in my life where I don't know exactly how I fit I in a sort of man-and-woman, binaried world. I feel like I'm dealing with a lot of very personal inner-world issues and trying to mask them for the sake of my game. And it's getting harder because I'm losing people who I care about. And people who I thought I could trust, I can't trust anymore. So I just feel really alone in processing myself in this game and my place in this world and who I am.	”

	Teeny	“	I don't know if I believe Genevieve. I'm playing this game with so much emotion, which was my biggest fear coming in here, and I don't know how to switch it off. Honestly, my head is in a swirl, and after this Tribal Council, I truly don't know how to pivot in this game.	”

	Teeny	“	But then, all of a sudden, I see the entire side of my bag is just embers and flames. The bag that carries my life in this game and all of my items now looks like this. I feel like this is just another cherry on top of the mess that my game feels like right now. I've been kicked while I'm down, but it does light another fire under my ass to get this game moving in the direction I want it, and... I think it's a sign of a new life in this game for me.	”

Day 18

	Gabe	“	I got Sam to give up his Shot in the Dark so that I can eat rice today. So now I know for a fact there's gonna be no 'hail Mary toss-up, this person's safe.' It was a very good thing for me.	”

	sue	“	Getting that immunity necklace around my neck was so important to me today because I've been trying to get Kyle out. So, Kyle big-time saved himself, but I can't cry over it. And now, unfortunately, we need to figure out the next target.	”

	Sam	“	I did not want to give up my Shot in the Dark for rice. I kind of know where I stand in the tribe. I know that my name is one that is frequently tossed around as somebody who could go, but I feel cautiously optimistic about my place in the game because I've started to sort of get the ball rolling on this alliance that I'm hoping can really take control of the game.	”

	Sam	“	Gabe is such a threat in this game because he is the leader of Tuku, and once you get Gabe, you kind of blow up this Tuku alliance.	”

	Teeny	“	It is such a delicious option to think of Genevieve walking out the door right now and knowing that she will not have the chance to pull something over on me again. But I know there's people on board to get Gabe out, so I know the timing is not right right now. I know we need to get Gabe out first, and that's what I'm sticking to.	”

	Gabe	“	Tonight, I want Genevieve out of the game. Genevieve put a huge target on her back when she made that Sol move.	”

	Gabe	“	Right now, I feel the best I've ever felt in this game. With nine people left in the game, we have four Tukus left: Me, Kyle, Caroline and Sue. And we need five votes for a majority. We got the numbers, and as long as there's no funny business with idols or advantages, I'm making it to eight with three other Tukus. And the fact that the fellow players around me have allowed this to happen is mind-blowing.	”

	Caroline	“	Gabe is a close alliance member of mine. And while I love the honesty I have with Gabe and I love our relationship, with the track record right now of the merge votes, he's played a better game than me. So, while Genevieve is a big threat, I'm starting to feel like if I vote out Gabe it means that I can really start my game.	”

	Caroline	“	And now that Kyle has won, Gabe is an even bigger target.	”

	Caroline	“	Things are opening up now, but I'm still not entirely sure when is the best time to get out Gabe. Because targeting Gabe means targeting Sue and betraying her trust and potentially destroying our alliance. And my alliance with Sue is so important to me. So, I'm still figuring out exactly what the right move to do is here, 'cause it could ruin me in this game.	”

	Rachel	“	Everybody is so hell-bent on cutting Gabe because he's just such a big threat. But I do think that Genevieve going before Gabe would be better for my game because everyone will still have their eyes locked on Gabe after that, and no one will be looking at little old Rachel. And so, I would love to, like, convince a player like Kyle to go after someone like Genevieve because if Gabe goes, he's next, full stop.	”

	Rachel	“	I really struggled for, like, a while to get any footing, but I think that the position that I'm finally in right now is the position that I always wanted to be in. I just want the votes to go the way I want them to go. You know, I came into the game saying that, like, I don't want to be the captain, I want to be the ocean. Like, I want to just, like, turn the ship in a direction I want. I don't need to be holding the steering wheel. But I'd prefer Genevieve goes home next.	”

	Genevieve	“	Soon as I ate the rice, I was like, 'I want my Shor in the Dark back.' Because now I'm worried. I am the most worried for myself. Coming off the Sol blindside and, like, the fallout with Teeny, like, I'm truly eating this rice around camp being like, 'last meal on the beach.' Like, and it gets to you. Tonight, I have the least amount of confidence I've had in the game.	”

	Genevieve	“	People are telling me they agree on Gabe. Don't fully believe it, but I'm just really hoping people see Gabe as a bigger threat than me.	”

	Gabe	“	I've been the decoy for a lot of votes this season, but today, I have a lot of paranoia. I know that Genevieve wants it to be me tonight.	”

	Genevieve	“	No one is dying to talk to me today, and maybe that's because I'm not gonna be here tomorrow. I have no idea where the alliances are. Like, our merged tribe is such a hodgepodge mess. There is the Tuku four, and then everybody else is just a random group of people who have lied to each other, been on the wrong side of votes, been on the right side of votes, and it's, like anybody's guess.	”

	Gabe	“	If tonight's vote goes the way that we want it to and Genevieve is gone, this game is going to be in the palm of my hand.	”

	Genevieve	“	For me, this Tribal Council is about survival. If I can make it through this one...	”

	Gabe	“	And if I can get through the night...	”

	Genevieve	“	The game will be wide open tomorrow.	”

	Gabe	“	I think I got it.	”

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Slither Me
The castaways are randomly divided into three teams of three. Their feet are tied together and their arms are bound to their sides. One at a time they must slither through the sand and push a ball over a series of mounds. Once all three balls have been retrieved, each member will push a ball across a long table, landing it in a receptacle at the end. The first team to land all three balls wins.
Reward: A visit to the Sanctuary where the winners would enjoy wraps, salad, and cake
Winners: Blue Team (Kyle Ostwald, Rachel LaMont, and Sam Phalen)

Challenge: Rollerball
Each castaway would have to stand on a small wooden log while balancing a ball on a wooden disk. At regular intervals, a ball would be added until each castaway would be balancing three balls. Should any of their balls fall off the disk or if they step off the log, the castaway would be out of the challenge. The last castaway to not drop a ball or step off the log would win.
Additional Stipulation: If four castaways agreed to forfeit their chance at immunity, the tribe would receive three days' worth of rice. The tribe successfully negotiated for every member give up their Shot in the Dark instead and received the bag of rice.
Winner: Kyle Ostwald

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 10: Beka
Voted Against	Voter
Gabe (7 votes)	Andy, Caroline, Genevieve, Kyle, Rachel, Sam, Teeny
Genevieve (2 votes)	Gabe, Sue
VOTED OUT: Gabe Ortis

Voting Confessionals

Gabe was shown writing Genevieve's name down. Rachel's vote was not shown during her confessional. Kyle was shown writing the letter G.

	Genevieve	“	(voting against Gabe) If you play an idol, I'm toast. Even if you don't play an idol, I might be toast. So, it's been a crappy day.	”

	Rachel	“	(voting against Gabe) You're the biggest threat out here and we would be fools to not do this while we can.	”

Final Words

	Gabe	“	I felt really good about my chances to make it to the end. It was just a matter of was I going to get through nine? I didn't get through nine, but I forged the exact relationships that I wanted to forge. I never woke up saying, 'What am I doing?'. I never went to sleep saying, 'Oh, God, I messed up today'. So I did everything and played as hard as I wanted to play, and I got a good feeling that I'll be back.	”

Still in the Running

Jon 18th	TK 17th	Aysha 16th	Kishan 15th	Anika 14th	Rome 13th	Tiyana 12th	Sierra 11th	Sol 10th
Gabe 9th	Andy Beka	Caroline Beka	Genevieve Beka	Kyle Beka	Rachel Beka	Sam Beka	Sue Beka	Teeny Beka

Trivia

Secret Scenes

• The Challenge I Wanted: Caroline reveals why losing the Reward Challenge was so difficult for her.
• (Untitled): Genevieve's tribemates share their concerns about her continued presence in the game.

On Fire with Jeff Probst

• Fire and Rain

Other

• This episode is dedicated to Barbara Probst, host Jeff Probst's mother, who passed away on November 8, 2024.
• The episode title was said by Andy.