Winners At War Episode 11: Back To The Old Me

Jeremy is back at camp after pulling his Houdini trick and is waiting to see who joins. He's disappointed when he sees it's Tyson that's gone. Ben wants Jeremy out next but Jeremy is trying to persuade him that he'll the biggest threat without him. Michele and Kim agree they are on the outs.

With everybody asleep at night, Tony decides it's finally time to go and look for an idol. Only thing is, Nick soon wakes up and joins him. Tony manages to get rid of Nick by sending him to search by the well, and he is able to find the idol.

Here he goes, creeping again

Too sexy for this shirt

Sarah hosts a fashion show that all the girls participate in, but Tony is not having it. Tony decides to play double agent and tries to win back Jeremy's trust, and Jeremy buys it. Kim doesn't, and lets the others know.

Whilst collecting firewood, Natalie and Parvati find a bottle with a clue on it. They eventually figure out it's under the shelter and Natalie has to wait for everyone to move away to watch the sunset to get it. It's called the extortion advantage, where they can demand as many fire tokens as they want or the victim won't be able to play in the immunity challenge or cast a vote. The girls are really excited to mess up the game with it.

Definitely NOT an advantage

Tony finds the note in his bag and is super excited about it...until he realizes it's being used on him. He has to find 6 tokens and only has 3. The first person he asks is Michele but she doesn't have any and has to invent an advantage she bought. He then goes to Jeremy and he agrees to give him 1. Nick and Ben also give him 1. He managed to get three different people from two different alliances to help him out...that's impressive.

The immunity challenge is to stand on a beam and use a pole to keep a statue balanced. Kim is out first and Denise, Michele and Sarah struggle with the first transition. Nick and then Sophie fall next, leaving just three guys left. Ben and Jeremy then fall right after the other, giving Tony another win. And now he's super grateful he was able to play in it.

Last minute switchup

Kim has decided to go back to the other side since she knows Jeremy doesn't have the numbers, and agrees to vote him out. Sarah suggests putting to votes on Michele too. Jeremy thinks he has a plan to vote out Ben (who he has been very irritated by lately), but Denise is with Kim and thinks it's time for Jeremy to go. Tony wants to take advantage of the split and go to Jeremy and Michele last minute to vote out Sophie, along with Nick. But Jeremy doesn't believe Tony when he says the girl aren't with him, which puts the plan in jeopardy.

At tribal council, Ben says he's always waiting for the bomb to drop because he doesn't know all the info. Jeremy says everyone is telling half-truths. The players discuss resumes, and Nick says some moves you don't want credit for. Sophie doesn't want to be a resume padder and wants her moves to make sense. Jeremy justifies the move to play his advantage but is not confident tonight. Sarah says a good blindside against these players can prove you are the best.

I've never been here before

The votes come in with a split between Jeremy and Michele as planned. But then the last 4 votes send a stunned Sophie out of the game. "Nooo, idol in my pocket!" she yells, as she stumbles around in a daze to get her torch snuffed. Sarah and Ben look pretty shocked too, as Jeremy gives out the death glare. Sophie is pretty sad at Extinction, but feels like she's proved she's not a bottom tier winner after all. I agree, she was clearly one of the stars this time. Now we'll see what impact the Sarah/Tony split has on the rest of the game.

STAR OF THE WEEK: TONY VLACHOS

Tony was all over this episode: finding an idol, overcoming extortion, winning immunity and pulling off an epic blindside. Cagayan Tony is back, and it's good to see him again.