Battle Ground

Battle Ground is the premiere episode of Survivor: Runner-Up Revenge and aired February 12, 2025.

Plot Synopsis
3 tribes, Chroma, Péba, and Loko, start building their shelter.

Chroma (Blue): Parvati, Danielle, Russell, Colby, Lillan, Domenick, Gavin, and Noura

Péba (Yellow): Natalie A, Boston Rob, Amanda, Chase, Natalie T, Philip, Woo, Tasha, Aubry

Loko (Green): Michele, Stephenie, Ozzy, Chrissy, Mike, Dean, Julie, Stephen

'''At Chroma, Parvati attempts to create an all-women's alliance. At Péba, Boston Rob starts trying to control the tribe, but less than in "Winners at War". Also, Natalie Anderson finds a hidden immunity idol good for their next 3 tribal councils.'''

'''Each tribe has very little comfort, so on Day 3, the first challenge of the season comes. It is a reward challenge offering: First tribe: Tarp, Blankets, a raid, and a trip to Luxury Land. Second tribe: Blankets. Last tribe gets raided by the First tribe. For today's challenge, you will race up and down an obstacle. You'll then drop a bridge and then climb to the top of a tower, where you must solve a massive village puzzle (from Survivor: Island of the Idols)'''

'''Due to having extra members, Péba takes extra time on the initial stage, while Loko raced through it. Chroma was in on it as well, but Dean races through a puzzle he knew to win for Loko. Péba comes in second because they had extra minds thinking.'''

'''At Luxury Land, Loko enjoys a feast of bacon and eggs, while Dean sneaks off to try to find a hidden immunity idol. This backfired and the rest of the tribe saw him as a target. The hidden immunity idol (good for your next 2 tribal councils) was actually in Michele's napkin. Loko's energy is now entirely full.'''

'''At the Chroma raid, Loko takes Chroma's rice and destroys their shelter. They also take their chess game that Chroma made on the island for entertainment.'''

'''Immunity Challenge (Day 5): For today's challenge you will dive down and collect a buoy. Once you have collected all 10 buoys, you will toss them into your basket. First 2 tribes to land all their buoys in the basket win immunity. First tribe to finish also wins fire in the form of flint. Let's do it! (from Survivor: Cagayan)'''

Ozzy dominates this challenge for Loko, and second place is very close, but Péba pulls the victory 10 buoys to 8, sending Chroma to Tribal Council.

'''At Chroma, Danielle is targeted by everyone, including Parvati. Danielle, however, finds an immunity idol good for their next 2 Tribal Councils, but gives it to Parvati in hopes that she will call the shots differently. Parvati is later targeted on the basis that she is a previous winner. Danielle says nothing about this and leads a charge to take out Russell because of his bond with Parvati.'''

'''At Tribal Council, Jeff asks what a lot of the players think the tribe's main focus is. A few say bonding between the players, and others say physical strength. The castaways are asked to vote. Danielle is shown voting Russell. '''

The votes are: Parvati, Russell, Parvati, Parvati, Domenick, Domenick, Domenick, and Domenick.

'''Day 6: At Péba, Rob, Philip, and Natalie Tenerelli make a "Redemption Island" Final 3 alliance. Boston Rob also gets involved in a different alliance with Natalie Anderson, because of "Winners at War". Woo and Tasha make a "Cagayan" alliance. At Loko, Stephenie, Chrissy, and Julie make a women's alliance, leaving Michele out of it.'''

'''Immunity Challenge (Day 7): For today's challenge you will navigate through a maze collecting 5 medallions numbered 1-5. You must collect them in order. Once you have all 5 medallions, find the end of the maze. First tribe to finish, and only the first tribe to finish, wins immunity. The 2 losing tribes will go to Tribal Council separately to vote 2 people out of this game (from Survivor: The Australian Outback)'''

'''There was no contest in this challenge. Colby knew the route and did it perfectly, 5 medallions to Loko's 2 and Péba's 1. '''

'''At Loko, Dean is still targeted, and he knows he needs to find an idol. The episode keeps you wondering if he found one. '''

'''At Péba, 3 different alliances make their arguments to the other alliances about who they should vote out. Boston Rob tries to make people do it his way, and he also acts as the swing vote between the "Cagayan" and "Winners at War" duo alliances and the "Redemption Island" trio alliance. Amanda and Chase are the only ones without an alliance, so they make one.'''

'''Loko goes to Tribal Council first in the episode, and Jeff asks who the tribe members think from their tribe is most likely to win the game. The names that are brought up are Michele, because she already won, and Ozzy because of his physical strength. Jeff asks if anyone has an idol, and it is revealed that Dean does not.'''

The votes are: Michele, Dean, Michele, Dean, Dean, Dean, and Dean.

Péba goes to Tribal Council second. Jeff asks about the different alliances and why it is based on the season. Everyone says that it is beneficial to have a majority, and that all of them think they can persuade others. Jeff says that not everyone can possibly be right. The votes are cast

The votes are: Natalie Anderson, Boston Rob, Aubry, Chase, Boston Rob, Natalie Anderson, Aubry, and Aubry.

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