One World Episode 5: The Game Is Afoot

The girls ask Troyzan whose idea it was to give up immunity, and he says Colton. Not knowing what the guys are thinking, the girls are keen to stick together and go to the merge 7-strong. The two tribes are now equal and whoever wins next will take the lead.

Then Jeff drops a bombshell that nobody wanted to hear - they're switching up the tribes. It's going to be done at random, so everybody takes an egg and breaks it. Alicia, Christina and Monica all get an orange egg and switch over to Manono. Troyzan, Jay and Mike all get blue and switch over to Salani. Kim is very happy with her new tribe. Alicia and Colton are not.

Christina and Colton want coffee

The new tribes get stuck in to a challenge right away. The stakes are high because whoever loses has to leave the One World beach and start a new camp. The teams have to carry a bucket of water, fill it up and bring it back, plugging all the holes. First to fill up their bucket wins. Manono bring their bucket back first, but Monica slips over twice and loses a lot of water. After two trips each, Salani are in the lead. It's a race to see who can get back first - it's Manono, but they don't quite have enough. Salani do and win reward. Jeff goes to Colton, because he knows he'll have some blunt truths, and he calls it Greek Gods vs Peasants. Sabrina couldn't be happier with her tribe pick. She was just hoping to end up on the same tribe as Kim, getting two others from her alliance as well was just a bonus.

So the exiled Manono tribe go to a new beach where they are forced to start afresh. Christina is optimistic, but Colton thinks his new teammates suck, and is jealous of Salani and their peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Tarzan falls over a bamboo pole while they're building the shelter, once again demonstrating what a bunch of buffoons they are. Alicia and Colton agree to work together. How sweet, the two most obnoxious people in the game are aligned. Colton tells Christina he's with the girls, but only because it's what she wants to hear. Monica isn't sure that he's legit.

The Dream Team rule the roost

Chelsea and Mike are catching crabs. Mike wants to put peanut butter and jelly on them. Sabrina, Jay and Troyzan help them corner a rooster, which Troyzan catches. Good times! Lying on the beach together, Jay talks strategy with Kim and Troyzan. He's open to working with the girls, and wants to cut Mike out of the alliance. Kim vouches for Chelsea to be their fourth. She's sitting pretty right now - part of the two main alliances in the game, and has the option to go either way.

Alicia is trying to talk Colton out of voting out Christina first. She wants to keep the girls around, for obvious reasons. Jonas has noticed the amount of time Colton has spent talking to Alicia and asks him about it. "How does he get away with this?" Jonas says. Because you let him, dude. Jonas concludes that Colton is probably forming alliances with the girls and playing both sides.

Kim and Chelsea hold all the power now

Kim goes looking for the idol, knowing there must be another one out there. She finds it in a tree and stuffs it in her pants. Chelsea is the only one she tells, because she doesn't know who she's going to use it on yet. I'm sure when she does use it, it'll be a game changer. No question she's the most powerful person in the game right now.

Monica catches a chicken in a box, but it gets out because they didn't check the side. Colton talks to Alicia and tells her that he wants Monica out first, as she will be more dangerous in a merge because she has more friends, whereas no-one likes Christina. This is assuming they lose the next challenge...which Colton is.

A *little* height difference? Really, Probst?

The challenge is water basketball. Colton is facing Jay, Jonas is facing Troyzan, and Mike and Tarzan are by the baskets. This challenge will be a blowout. Mike tosses it in the basket with ease for a 1-0 lead. Next up, Leif is guarding the goal. Why? And being next to Mike just shows what a mismatch this is. Despite his height, Leif puts in a good showing and nearly scores. Mike gets the point again though, and makes it 2-0.

In the all-women matchup, Monica manages to pull a point back for the underdogs and make it 2-1. For the final round, Colton hangs onto the ball for dear life, but eventually they get it loose and Jay, Troyzan and Mike all take shots, with Mike scoring his third to give Salani victory.

So, Alicia and Colton are ready to blindside Monica. However, Alicia tells Christina she thinks Tarzan should go for being the weakest player. Christina spreads that around and Jonas and Leif pretend to agree. Monica thinks she struck lucky and the men have lost sight of the numbers game. Oh, you poor naive girl. Colton then tells Tarzan and Leif to vote out Monica. "Tell me who Monica is again?" he asks. Colton reveals his frustration at having to constantly babysit Tarzan and repeat instructions over and over again.

Jeff is amused by Tarzan

At tribal council, Monica demonstrates her positive upbeat attitude that I love so much, whilst Colton calls the tribe a sinking ship. Tarzan talks weirdly, confusing Jeff and others. He even teaches Jeff a new word - neologism. They have a great exchange, where Tarzan also reveals he has aphasia and struggles with people's names. That's about all he reveals though -  he's holding back because "the game is afoot, Jeff".

And now the vote is afoot, and the biggest tension is now whether Tarzan will remember to write down the right name. Monica's frowny face vote for Tarzan is accompanied by Christina's drawing of a banana. The next four votes are all for Monica though, who turns towards Colton and says "wow" as she collects her torch. Christina is left completely confused too. Bad luck Monica, you got dealt a poor hand. But will the fortunes of the rest improve? Why do I get the feeling it's going to get worse?

STAR OF THE WEEK: GREG "TARZAN" SMITH

This loveable loon is providing great comic relief. His time at tribal council revealed he's a much more layered and complex character than we thought. I've never used the term "smart dumb person" before, but I do believe it applies here. Tarzan is an enigma and I want to know more about him.