Ghost Island Episode 6: Gut Feeling

The swap is happening, whether you like it or not

Jeff brings the tribes together for another swap, which Michael seems happy about.
Naviti is now Domenick, Donathan, Bradley, Libby and Chelsea. Malolo is now James, Angela, Kellyn, Desiree and Michael. The new green tribe (Yanuya) is Chris, Sebastian, Wendell, Laurel and Jenna. So Michael is still on the bottom, but Domenick and Chris get a break from eachother at last.

Yanuya like their odds of not having to go to tribal, and Wendell presents Sebastian with a shell that he saved for him. Chris is happy to make up with Wendell now that he's away from Domenick, and goes into detail about how hard it is to be really really good-looking.

The tug-of-war continues

On Malolo, James and Angela are spilling the beans on what happened on their old tribe...which makes Kellyn a little nervous, since maybe Angela doesn't want to stick with old Naviti anymore. James and Michael reconnect and pledge to work together to keep Angela on their side.

"Tastes like home"

Bradley is happy to be back at Naviti (of course he is) and Chelsea literally cries over the coffee. Domenick is happy to have options, but is most wary of Libby, who he calls "the Devil in an angel's body". Bradley takes this new info on board, and is fine with following Domenick's lead on this one.


The immunity challenge sees 4 blindfolded players directed by a caller to 3 stations: one on a pole that has to be untied, one in the sawdust and one in the dirt. Then they go to a puzzle table to solve a puzzle, still blindfolded. Domenick, Desiree and Wendell are the callers. Kellyn drops a bag on Angela's head as Desiree loses her voice. Donathan and Chelsea untie the wrong bag, but Malolo are happy for the help. Chris and Sebastian get lost on the course. Michael trips at one point and Libby takes a hard knock getting out of the sawdust pit. Desiree takes her tribe over to the puzzle table way ahead of the other

School of hard knocks

two. Donathan spins Chelsea around for the last bag as Yanuya get their last one back. Naviti get back too, though Chelsea hits her face. Two tribes heading for it, Yanuya are first, but Wendell has to go back for the bag. Malolo have made little progress, allowing for Yanuya to claim a stunning comeback win. Naviti get second place.

Felling like a failure

Desiree is crying after the loss, realizing she was a big part of it. Kellyn settles on James as the target, whereas James makes a play for Angela to vote with him. Kellyn is working on Angela too, promising her that the other Navitis will and have stayed loyal. She senses Angela wavering though, and isn't sure what's gonna happen.

Doomsday music greets tonight's tribal, where Desiree opens up by taking responsibility. But Jeff makes the point that James also blew a challenge and got a second chance. Desiree says strength isn't something you want to go up against after the merge, but James and Michael are saying get to the merge first. Kellyn is pledging for Naviti to stay strong, whereas James says reach across the aisle. Probst asks if they go with their head or their heart. James, Angela and Desiree all say head, Michael says heart, but Kellyn says listening to your gut is the perfect combination of both.

The votes come out, and James is surprised that it ends up being him. Even Michael voted him out. I feel like it was the wrong move for Angela, but now I'm not sure how hard Michael was fighting for him either. At any rate, that's another Malolo gone now. Hard to see that trend not continuing in the next few weeks.

STAR OF THE WEEK: KELLYN BECHTOLD

Credit to her, she held her tribe together even if it might not have been what I wanted to see. Angela had every reason to flip, but Kellyn kept her in line and seems to be playing a smart and logical game.