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"I gotta fit in, not them. There's more of them than there is of me."
– Rudy Boesch, Survivor, season 1
Wednesday on Survivor, the men dominated the challenges and sent the women to Tribal Council. But just as the alliances on the women's tribe solidify, everything is in flux for the men – thanks to the scrambling shenanigans of one sulky strategist.
Colton Crumbles
"He's making Russell look like a little schoolgirl!" Jonas says. He's talking about Colton, who's been shirking his responsibilities at the men's camp to spend time with the women.
The viewers know that Colton isn't trying to make alliances. He just wants to make friends. The poor kid feels like he doesn't belong anywhere – too girly for the boy's tribe, one appendage too many for the girl's tribe.
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She didn't even get to snuff her torch.
After breaking her wrist during the first immunity challenge of Survivor: One World, Kourtney Moon, 29, was eliminated by default Wednesday – but not before a dramatic tribal council where her entirely female team imploded with drama.
Moon, who is now home to Austin where she repairs motorcycles, spoke to PEOPLE Thursday about healing her body and ego, the catty dynamics of her tribe mates and what it was like sharing a campsite with the men's tribe.
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"Think long-term"
– Ethan Zohn, Survivor: All Stars
It may be One World, but as cartoon chipmunk Jay said, "It's still two hemispheres." Survivor's new season premiered last night, and the big twist is that both tribes are forced to share a beach.
That's about all they're sharing. Castaways bristled, bonded and broke their bones. But one thing became very clear: one beach did not mean one happy reality television family.
Men are From Samoa, Women are from the South Pacific
Right off the bat, the One World twist threw traditional game dynamics into a tailspin. Normally on day one, tribes would focus on building shelter and discovering the island. They'd strip down and go for a swim and share life stories and braid each other's hair.
Instead, the two tribes thumped their chests and marked their territory.
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"I was just trying to observe, as carefully as I could, to determine what people were here for and what they were doing." – Richard Hatch, Winner, Survivor: Borneo
Survivor is back for a new season, and after two years of Redemption Island and the Medallion of Power, we finally have a twist worth getting excited about: One World puts both tribes on the same beach, and opens the door to a whole new evolution of strategic play. I can't wait!
The twist this season divides the tribes by gender. But, while they will remain distinct tribes, both groups are going to live on the same beach. Note to CBS: shouldn't this have been called One Beach?
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As former Survivor winner Ethan Zohn prepares for stem-cell treatment in the coming weeks, the support he's getting from girlfriend Jenna Morasca is clear just by looking at the couple.
Zohn, 38, and Morasca, 30, debuted matching pink hairstyles this week to stand in solidarity as Zohn tries to beat cancer. Zohn also cut his hair into a Mohawk.
Last September, after months of being in remission from Hodgkin's lymphoma, Zohn found out that the cancer had returned. In January, he announced that he was "responding very well" to the latest round of treatments.
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Sophie Clarke was the youngest finalist vying for $1 million on Survivor: South Pacific, but age played no role in mastering the competition.
Clarke, 22, beat out veteran Benjamin "Coach" Wade, 39, veteran Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth, 30, Albert Destrade, 26, and Rick Nelson, 51, on the CBS hit show's 23rd season.
"I feel awesome!" Clarke told PEOPLE on Monday, the day after the show's winner was announced.
"I had a good idea I was going to win. But I didn't want to be too blasé about it because you never know. Then I found myself getting more and more nervous leading up to it – but then I won."
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"Dragons die. But so do dragon slayers."
– George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire
A big part of Survivor is performing best when it matters most. Sophie may have had a passive game all season, but a crucial final immunity win that kept Ozzy from the end and an excellent performance at the final tribal earned her a million dollars and the title of Sole Survivor. Most importantly, it also earned her the Final Fishy.
Sunday's Survivor started off like the climax of a monster movie. The remains of the Upolu tribe huddled in terror on the beach as a beast emerged from the sea – a beast with gorgeous hair and a surfer drawl. And he would stop at nothing to win his million dollars.
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Not even halfway into the night, Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth had made a total turnaround.
In one last but not least-grueling duel on Survivor: South Pacific, he outlasted Brandon Hantz, 19 – who, just a week prior, made a lethal decision to yield his immunity necklace – on a challenge that required each competitor to hang onto a pole as long as he could.
No longer a resident of Redemption Island, his domination continued. Ozzy, who has competed on the reality show two other times, won the first challenge of the finale, where each castaway had the delicate task of building a house of cards while steadying a balancing board – a win that earned him immunity in the first round of elimination.
"Plan A: win," Lusth, 30, said. "Plan B: win." Also competing for the $1 million-prize and sole survivor-title: Benjamin "Coach" Wade (also a Survivor veteran), 39; Albert Destrade, 26; Rick Nelson, 51; and Sophie Clarke, 22.
But with an alliance forced to break on the heals of a season filled with strange strategies and betraying blindsides, did his winning streak continue? Keep reading to find out who won:
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On Sunday, Survivor: South Pacific comes to its conclusion. The season's been full of blindsides, big characters and some of the strangest strategic moves in recent memory (Ozzy asking to get voted out! Brandon handing over his immunity! Everything Cochran ever did!) Now there are six players left, three of whom will face the jury.
The phrase "bitter jury" is redundant. All Survivor juries are bitter. They've seen their hopes for a million dollars and reality TV stardom crushed by the three people sitting before them.
The question is – what are they bitter about? Juries all make their decisions on different criteria. JT, the winner of Tocantins, once said to me, "You have to make the jury feel good about voting for you."
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"When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realized the wisdom of strategy." – Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings
Erik Reichenbach must want to lick the tears off Brandon's face. At last, he's been replaced as Dumbest Survivor Ever!
Oh I know what you're thinking. Didn't JT win that award at the Heroes vs. Villains finale? But looking back, we all know that JT's move was a bold but flawed risk. Erik giving up the immunity necklace when he could smell the ink on that oversized million-dollar check? Pure idiocy that could never be topped.
Wednesday night on Survivor, it was!
Brandon and Erik were in almost the same situation. Final five. Big jury threats. Surrounded by a devious pack of liars. And both of them, in noble gestures of generosity, give up immunity to protect their allies. And are immediately sent home.
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