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We're in Hat Sai Yau, a small fishing village on the coast of southern

in the heart of the ancient Orient, where these 16 Americans are about to

the adventure of a lifetime.

They will depart from this village as a group of men and a group of women. Their

destination, Taratau Island, a beautiful but dangerous jungle, which was once a

haven for pirates in the middle of the Andaman Sea.

Exotic and deadly wildlife abound, including the king cobra and the world's

longest snake, the reticulated python.

It is also the monsoon season.

And the island is certain to be pummeled by frequent tropical storms.

This will be their home for the next 39 days.

They will be abandoned, left to fend for themselves, utilizing the resources of

the land and their own survival skills.

It is the ultimate challenge.

16 strangers forced to work together to create a new society while battling the

elements and each other. They must learn to adapt.

or they'll be voted out of the tribe.

In the end, only one will remain to claim the million -dollar prize.

39 days, 16 people, one survivor.

Go, guys. Follow me.

Come on in, guys. Take a seat. Ladies on the left, men on the right.

Welcome to Survivor Thailand.

First thing we're going to do is a little get to know you.

This will be your first chance to speak, and I'd like you to share a little

information about yourselves.

Name, age.

Occupation. If for some reason that goes against your strategy of how you want

to play the game, then only share what you want to share. We'll start in the

front left.

I'm Stephanie Deal. I'm a firefighter EMT. I'm 29 years old from Fayetteville,

Arkansas.

Gondia Johnson, 33, legal secretary.

Erin Collins, 26 years old. I'm a real estate agent in Austin, Texas.

Helen Glover. I'm 47 years old, and I'm a swimming instructor for the United

States Navy.

I'm Penny Ramsey. I'm 27 from Plano, Texas, and I'm in South.

I'm Shan Huang. I'm from New York City, and I help people find jobs.

I'm Jan Gentry. I'm 53 years old, and I'm a first grade teacher.

I'm Tanya Vance. I'm 27 years old, and I'm a social worker.

Let's move over to the guys here in the front in the yellow.

I'm Clay Jordan from Monroe, Louisiana, and I'm 46.

What's up, y 'all? I'm Rob. I'm 23 years old from Scottsdale, Arizona, and I'm a

bartender. Hello, my name is Kenneth Stafford. I'm 29 years old, and I'm a

York City police officer.

Hello, I'm Brian.

I'm 34, and I'm in the highline world of used car sales.

Hi, my name is John Raymond. I'm a pastor. I'm 40 years old from Slidell,

Louisiana. Hi, I'm Ted Rogers, Jr., Durham, North Carolina.

I'm 37, and I'm a software development manager.

My name's Jed.

I'm 25, from Dallas, Texas. I'm a dental student there.

I'm Jake Billingsley. I'm from McKinney, Texas, and I'm 60 years old, and I'm a

land broker.

Hi. In Thailand, the elders are treated with the utmost respect. They are

revered. So I'm going to ask the two oldest survivors, and if memory serves,

that's you, Jake.

And Jan. Guys, come up here.

Okay.

First order of business.

Deciding on your tribe's colors.

Now, in doing so, you are also deciding your tribe name and at which beach you

will live. Now, each beach has its own set of advantages and disadvantages.

At one camp, getting shelter is going to be more difficult. At the other camp,

getting water will be more difficult. All I can tell you at this point, this

beach has sunrise.

This beach has sunset.

Who wants which beach?

Sunset.

Sunrise. Okay, we're off and rolling.

All of a sudden I'm like, okay, wait a minute. This has never happened before.

We've separated men and women. I had to start thinking, okay, I've got to put my

game face on for, you know, how do you jive with just all men in a group?

Your tribe?

Supjai. Supjai.

Jan, your tribe?

Chewygon. Chewygon.

If we were going to be an all -women tribe, I thought that we were totally

to kick the men's ass because women are just better at, like, multitasking. We

handle pain better.

We're just more logical.

Now, of course, the natural assumption at this point would be that we have a

tribe of men and a tribe of women. That assumption, of course, would be wrong.

You two are going to act as tribe selectors, and you're going to choose

tribes right now.

Here's how it's going to work. You're going to choose one member at a time.

will alternate between men and women, and you'll begin by selecting a member

the opposite sex.

Jan, you get first choice.

When Jeff said that we were picking the tribes, I really did kind of get scared.

I was scared because I'm not really a leader, and I was put in the spotlight,

which kind of frightened me.

Do you know who that is?

Jake,

pick a woman.

It really puts you on the spot, you know. The first person I picked was

Stephanie. And I guarantee you, if you look in that girl's eyes and then you

look at her body, you know that this lady is ready to take on the world.

Jan, you're picking a woman.

Right there.

You picked Helen.

Jake, the cop from New York City.

Initially, I'm looking at, it looks like a pretty strong guy, and it looks like

sort of a weak elderly lady, and I'm thinking, holy moly, I hope I get on the

strong guys team.

Jan.

Um.

You picked John.

All right, Jake.

Penny,

now a member of Sukjai.

Jan, who's the next member of Chewygon? On the back?

Uh -huh.

Gondia. Jake, you're picking a guy.

Jake's demeanor, I was drawn to.

When he picked people, I would also be drawn to the younger crowd or the

athletic crowd.

I thought, man, I really want to be on that team.

And so my heart was pumping when everyone was picking.

Yes, Mr. Dennis, you're in soup chai.

All right, Jan.

I didn't want to be on the little old lady team.

Like, after I saw who she started picking, I'm sitting there, and it was

pig. And I'm thinking to myself, don't make eye contact. Don't make eye

I had music.

Brian. Come on down. It comes with guitar.

All right, Jake.

She in on the shoot guy.

Jan, you're up.

There's a lot of anxiety. I think everybody sitting there was thinking,

know, you don't want to look like, you know, that you're the last person pig.

You picked Tanya.

All right, Jake. Oh, my skateboarding buddy back there.

What's up, y 'all? I get to talk.

I love you guys. I haven't even talked to you yet.

God. Well, just like in fifth grade dodgeball, somebody's got to be last.

Jan, your last choice.

Clay,

now a member of Chewy Gone.

I'm the smallest.

And the oldest one is sitting there.

I knew I was going to be last, but they got it down in the rough, but they don't

know.

Jake, make your last official selection.

All right.

You've got to be kidding me. I'm the last one?

Come on.

I can give so much to this tribe. Being picked last is very humbling. I probably

needed that experience.

We have our two tribes, Supjai and Chewygon.

I don't know what Jan was thinking when she picked the people that she picked. I

like to see athletic -looking people, so I base picking a team on athleticism

and just that gleam in their eye that looks like they'd be there for the

duration.

I think Jake is in great shape for being 60. I think we probably have the four

best -looking guys on our tribe than the other four that are sitting over there.

Absolutely.

First thing we'll do, we'll build a latrine.

I was surprised by Jan's picks. It seems like most of the tribe members were

older members, if you will. The other tribe, they were extremely excited

they think they'll be able to walk over us in challenges, et cetera.

They're going to be surprised.

On board both boats, identical set of supplies, very, very meager. And for

each tribe gets one small can of beans.

You are definitely going to have to work together to build your new world.

The day is already very late. The weather is very temperamental. I suggest

get on your boat and get out to your camp.

Look for your tribe flag and the small fishing canoe.

Get out of here.

We figured out quickly as a team that you needed to turn the boat around, and

the other team didn't figure that out. The other team is quite a bit younger,

and they're an anxious little kid.

And they just got in the boat, pow, pow, pow. They were thinking it was a race,

and we knew it wasn't.

Okay, guys, let's go.

Go,

go, go.

Right side, right side, right side.

I found it interesting to realize that none of our team...

understood how to paddle a boat okay right side you paddle on the right you

left you paddle on the left you go right and we're turning a little big left

hand circle here and you know people on the right are just powering away

over here. You could see who was wanting to take leadership roles and tell you

what to do and John in particular wanted to get here as fast as we could.

This team, you know, we had a lot of the older group and I'm the youngest one

here and I was hoping I would be on the other tribe actually.

I got stuck with the group that I didn't really think I could relate to.

Here we go!

We didn't realize that we were paddling the boat backwards.

I was steering the boat from the foredeck.

And I'm like, our boat is backwards. And we all started laughing. And we're

like, who cares?

I think the thing went faster backwards than it did forward.

In an ideal situation, what should have happened is we should have landed, we

should have hugged, and we would have immediately drawn up the plans for

and started dispatching people to do whatever.

Instead,

we all went, you know, wild.

I can't believe you're calling me a mango tree.

Do you see a mango anywhere? Do you see anything?

There's nothing.

You can totally swing on this, you guys.

Rob is a real ace.

I mean, the boy has got more enthusiasm and energy than anybody I've ever seen.

You know,

I've got a crew that's totally enthusiastic and ready to go, but they

nothing.

When we kind of passed that bend and we saw the orange on the island, I was

like, oh, my God, this is my tribe. This is my home.

We all kind of just enjoying each other's company and trying to figure

out. I'm going to have a good time doing it.

But at the same time, this is a business trip, as I like to say.

And remember, you guys, we're no longer a team. We're no longer a team.

and everything. Oh my gosh.

This is a good thing. A very good thing.

Looks like a four -star hotel to me.

The good thing that you notice right off the bat was that

there were caves.

So that means our first element was basically covered if the caves were

This may be a good place for us to set a fire. I think

my whole tribe was relieved when we saw the cave.

We were like, we don't really have to build anything to cover us. We can kind

just chill out in the cave, which was a big advantage.

What do y 'all think about this idea?

What if we make sure we do camp here tonight just in case the monsoons will

dry? Okay. Tomorrow in the daylight we look for fresh water. We can look for

food. Well, we find our shelter and then along the way we store food, coconuts,

coconut plants scattered about.

There's coconuts all over the place. That is really exciting.

Waffles for oysters and clams, et cetera, that we could pick up.

Get him. Get his ass. Get him. Get him. Watch out. He's going to bite you. We're

all out there and catching with our finger and pick them up and pull off

bite chompers and put them in the pot.

So we just all went out waiting and having a ball.

Man, we got all kinds of food, y 'all.

There's so much shellfish. There's shellfish stuck on top of shellfish.

The first night, we were so thankful the way that Jake picked and so excited

about the team that we ended up with. We all decided to come down to the beach

and just check it out.

A couple people went in there in their clothes.

Stephanie even got naked. Oh, my God. Are you naked?

Thanks to me.

She got in the water and cruised around nude.

All right.

You are crazy.

I've never met a girl that independent and, like, secure with her sexuality.

Oh, man, you are crazy.

I was skinny dipping last night. Just kind of waited out there a little bit

dipped down.

You done?

Madame, you're floating.

Oh, my God. She was wild. She was crazy. I mean, don't get me wrong.

Doing skinny dipping, everyone should do it, but you will not see my ta -tas.

But you looked good in the moonlight.

Did you?

Well, thank you.

After we kind of calmed down a little bit, we knew that we had to get

some form of a shelter.

We built a kind of a halfway shelter that we knew we were going to tear down

rebuild. Nobody was proud of it. Location and everything sucks.

Dude, we got the entire data mall. Are you sure we can all see? Hold on.

Good night, you guys.

Good night. Good night, dream team.

Good night, dream team.

Hey, where's my skateboard?

Yeah, don't worry about it.

You just got to get used to the... Your stomach's getting stuck. You got to get

used to this environment.

I think I'm about to be sick.

Oh.

Tanya got a little sick.

I think what it is is that she just got dehydrated. I don't think I drank enough

water yesterday.

Just take it. Just take it.

We need to stay hydrated because water is one of the most important things out

here with the heat.

So we decided we would all go to find the water source.

You ready?

Yeah, let's do it.

Let's go.

We had just got in the water and started trekking, and John, he came to this

crevice, and he's like, well, let's climb up in here. John, let's walk.

can walk on the edge, on the top.

That's not a bad find.

Be careful, man.

We got you.

You straight?

I'll meet you all around the corner. Okay.

Really, I want to see what fruit trees we have up here. Okay.

And that sort of thing. All right, John, we're walking.

Be careful, man. Be safe.

We don't need to be separating like that. But some people get eager and say,

well, we don't need to stay. We want to go on and check it out.

I laugh if we get there and John is there before us.

See that sand over there? Yeah.

That's where we need to go. I think that's where we need to go, up in the

jungle. Okay. We thought we had the map figured out, and we thought, well, all

right, dumping us off in the middle of the jungle here, I guess we're going to

have to start scaling cliffs. There's a little path, right? Once we get to this,

it's just the hardest part. Right here, Gandhi.

Right here.

Here,

hand that to me.

Got it, Brian? Yeah.

Got it.

And we might even run into John.

There's no way that if this is the water source that we're supposed to be able

to come up here every couple days with a big huge gallon jug and fill it up and

go back down again. So I don't think we're on the right track.

No, and I really don't feel confident in my rock climbing skills.

We came down the hill, and then when we got back down to the bottom, here comes

John. He's back now.

By the time I got there, I said, well, hey, let me take a look at the map. And

looked at the map, and I'm like, okay, you know what?

I think maybe we need to go around this other bend over here. And so Helen and I

and Tanya...

Took the boat over there.

Y 'all find that water. I'm feeling good.

Everybody else decided they would follow, but by this time the water had

in, so they decided to come in swimming.

Gandhi, are you okay?

Let's eat water.

So we swam, I think maybe, it seemed like a mile.

You guys okay?

At first, we came in and we saw this big, ugly pool of brackish water that

been standing there and we're like, oh my goodness.

We

ran

around looking for other spots just a few feet up the trail.

There was a big round piece of wood that indicated a water source.

It's clear.

Give you some skin, baby.

That's awesome.

When they come, I say, come on, guys, we'll find the water hole. And we'll

them out here and we'll show them the bracket stuff and say, you know, what

we're going to have to do is filter when we get back and just kind of fool them.

You want to do that?

We just kind of keep fooling them a little bit until they notice the tank,

they go, no way, and then we'll laugh it off.

And when we got an eyesight of John and Tanya and Helen, I was kind of wondering

why John or Helen didn't come out and get us with a canoe.

Where's the canoe out here?

Retards. Y 'all been seeing me lose my... We're about to freaking drown.

And then when we got there, John decides...

that it would be funny to play a joke on them.

All we can figure is that we can filter it and then boil it, huh? What do you

think?

Yeah. Or maybe we can take the lid off of that tank and get some out of there.

What's in there?

Fresh water.

Why can't we do that?

That's our water tank.

Oh, and look at how clean it is.

I was happy.

And I was telling him, you know, that was really...

That was a good joke.

But then in my mind, I'm thinking that it wasn't really a time to joke about

that. Just that.

What is wrong?

Looks like the water hole.

Oh, we got water.

Oh, my God.

Clear to me. That is clear.

drinking water yeah but we don't have to go to the other end of the jungle to

get it thankfully the water hole we had found today it was very close by maybe

100 yards away the water looks clear even though we're definitely gonna have

boil it but it it looks like it'll help us out dude i think honestly i think we

can do a really good job with it dude this is totally gonna work you guys know

that right yeah we spent a lot of time building the foundation for

What's going to be our final shelter? This is going to be so nice.

It's going to be fun. Oh, yeah, this is going to be cool.

We're going to have a good time. It's so soft, you know? My tribe's priorities

right now are kind of getting out of whack.

Their priorities are shelter and no one's thinking about anything else. I'll

mention food, and everyone's like, no, I want a floor.

I mean, come on. People are going to get really hungry, and you've got to just

split work up. We're not going to get done.

kind of do i guess whatever he wants like he went fishing which hasn't

anything yet but um we really need a strength like when it comes to building

shelter i'm sick of chopping dude i've been doing it ever since i got here look

at our hands look at our damn hands look at his hands his hands are like he just

walked them i know

My head's been covered.

I know, so why do it? I'll do it. Just lay it out.

The way I look at it is we're spinning our wheels.

So many people are going in so many directions and doing stuff, and they're

producing anything.

Hey, Shannon, if we all could start bringing fronds over and stuff over here

from the other side.

We need food as well as we need shelter. Look at my hand.

Let me see your hand. I understand your hand.

Let me see your hand. Dude, I was told to go get food. Okay, I'm not saying

that, sweetie. Let me see your hand.

That's my point, dude. I'm not yelling at you, sweetie. I'm saying I want to

sleep tonight, okay? How'd you sleep last night? Pretty good, huh?

My point exactly. Walk away.

I was told to go get food, man. I can't take this.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

What do you want me to do?

He is messing with the wrong girl.

You do not mess with the she -devil and not get the horns, okay?

Do you want me to get food? Do you want me to get coconut songs?

I sent him to get the food. That was my decision.

But these guys don't want you to do that, man.

Yeah, it's super frustrating. All we've been doing is talking. He's done talking

to you.

Babe, help.

Help. Hey, on CNN, you should have come down on me and not her. I'm trying to be

rational. I want to sleep where it's not raining.

Give everybody a little bit of slack.

Nobody's had a damn bit of food.

I haven't either, man. I know. Believe me. Got to agree with him, though. We

to get this done.

That's all I'm trying to say, dude. Looks like it could rain soon.

Shelter is so important.

So far, our priority has been shelter, so we have not eaten.

And I think it's starting to take a toll on us, even though we say that it's

not.

That's it. What is it?

No.

I hope it's in English, not Thai.

Hey, you guys.

Female's here.

Well, all right.

You've worked with your tribe mates. Your conclusions are drawn. But in this

first challenge, you'll need brains and brawn. You'll all want to stay here and

experience this heaven. But losing today will be your tribe down to death.

Brains and brawn. Brains and brawn.

Well, we've got the brawn.

Somebody else has got a brain.

That other team, they're definitely inferior to our youth and our strength.

We definitely got all the hot chicks, or most of them.

And we definitely got the young, strong guys.

It's huge.

All right, guys.

Welcome to your first challenge.

It is for immunity.

Now, to succeed on Survivor, it requires the mental ability to think through and

solve problems. It also requires the physical ability to execute those tasks

while dealing with the unexpected, like rain.

First challenge, much the same way. It will require brawn at times, but it will

also require brain. It's a race around this small island, and it begins like

this. You're going to paddle out.

Through the two buoys, make your way to a station where you'll find a rope maze.

Choose one member from your tribe to move the rope through the maze.

When you solve it, it'll release your flag.

Retrieve it, get on your boat, move to the next station, which is simple.

A different tribe member will dive down 10 feet and unhook your flag and get it

on your boat.

The last station is a traditional tie puzzle.

You'll choose one more tribe member to maneuver the pieces around until the

piece that has the knife attached to it can fly through the slot.

Take that knife out of the sheath, cut the rope, that releases your last flag.

First try back to me at this platform with all the flags wins immunity.

And I gotta show you this immunity idol.

You have immunity.

Guarantees you three more days on the island.

Losers, tribal council tonight where somebody will be the first person voted

out. Let's take our positions and start.

Here we go, guys. Immunity at stake.

Survivors ready?

Ready!

Go! Go!

Go!

Go!

Go! Go! Go!

I got your hand, Tanya.

Nice come from behind. We're going back to camp with immunity.

Nice effort.

Unfortunately, tribal council tonight, somebody will be the first person voted

out.

secretary i work with facts the fact is that we had a great lead and the lead

was lessened because i took too long to figure out the puzzle so

now i'm feeling like that it's time for sister to

go you can vote how you want i don't want to influence you one way or the

you vote however you want to vote who's to say who's who's the most vulnerable

uh but i know that uh you know i think everybody's pretty much thinking you

we need a strong team you know gandhi of physical challenges isn't going to be

her thing obviously mental challenges aren't going to be her thing sorry you

know gandhi but somebody's got to go might as well be you can

you unfortunately

has has a shot of being voted

off and i only think that because she's had a tough time out here if everybody

voted her off tonight it would be

Because they feel sorry for her. Even though you're saying don't worry, I

it is a game. It's a game to me, and I know I haven't felt well.

I feel a little vulnerable, you know. I have been sick, but I can't control what

my body does. I'm still going to try.

My vote will probably be for John.

From the first day, a lot of the people were upset with John because he was

saying, you're not rowing hard enough, or you need to do this. A lot of people

started getting annoyed because he was taking a leadership role.

Tonight we're going to tribal council. I've got to vote somebody out.

I'm sick about it. I don't want to think about it. That's like voting somebody

out of your family.

As you walk in, grab a torch and approach the flame.

Everybody dip your torches and get fire.

We do this because fire represents your life in this game.

As long as you have fire, you're in the game. When your fire's gone, so are you.

You can put your torches back in their slots.

Take a seat.

Well, I'm sorry to say, welcome to your first tribal council.

At Tribal Council, it's very simple. You are held accountable for your actions

on the island. Sometimes those actions will help you.

Sometimes those actions will hurt you. Before we get to the vote, let's talk

about today's challenge.

Great effort. You guys could have won it. You were in front for a long time.

You get to this final station, Gondia. What happened?

I was working it out, and I started to get anxious when the other team's member

got up there and started doing it. And there was a part where I just got stuck.

I just cried out that I was stuck.

And a few minutes after that, I had finished it, but then, of course, that

too late.

Do you feel responsible for your tribe being here tonight?

Yes, because it would have never happened if I would have finished my

time. You know, it's hard enough, Clay, to get along with people that you know,

let alone seven other strangers in a high -stress situation.

How has that been?

It's difficult any time you walk in and you don't know anybody.

First, you've got to kind of figure out who these people are and what makes them

tick. Well, the problem is when somebody steps in and disagrees with what goes

on. Then there's where your problem will come in.

Have you had that situation yet?

Somewhat. How do you resolve that?

That's why we're here.

We don't want to be here, but it's necessary. That's the way the game is

John. What's been the toughest part for you?

It really hadn't been tough yet.

I'm really pleased with the teamwork, the positive attitude, just the spirit.

have a lot of faith on the team, and I guess I'm still waiting for it to get

hard. Brian, in your profession as a used car salesman, do you have an

advantage, do you think, in assimilating with strangers?

No. If you judge people...

by the surface or just by on sheer looks then you're a very shallow person in

the first place so you got to go a lot deeper than that and uh really get to

know people and it's uh just it's all about love so it's a it's a beautiful

thing once you uh once you get to know everyone and uh not judge the book by

cover it's very important very important someone always has the unfortunate

distinction of being the first person voted out now we're going to just find

which one of you gets that honor. It is time to vote. John, you're first.

God bless you. It's a tough game. Have a great vacation.

The only thing I can say is it's a financial move. I think you might be a

better off than the rest of us.

So maybe you don't need the money as much as us, but glad I got to know you.

John, you're an awesome man.

I just felt that there was tension, and I thought in the long run it would sap

us of our energy, and we need to be as strong all the way without the tension.

I'm going to tell you the votes.

Once the votes are read, the decision is final. The person will be asked to

leave the tribal council area immediately.

I'll read the votes.

First vote.

Gondia.

Clay.

John. That's one vote John, one vote Gondia, one vote Clay.

Two votes John.

That's three votes John.

That's four votes, John, and that's enough. You need to bring me your torch.

John, the tribe has spoken.

It's time for you to go.

Very clear to me from your guys' reactions that tonight's vote was not

Only three days in for what will hopefully be a very long journey.

Head back to camp, get some sleep.

Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.

Next time on Survivor. At Chewygon, the games begin.

Suk Jai continues to find trouble in paradise.

We're fighting against nature. We're fighting against each other.

It's unfortunate.

And Helen and Jan get lost.

If I had a pistol in my pocket, I would have pulled it out. Shot her first, shot

me second.

Well, I get the distinguished honor of being the first one voted off of

5. This is quite a surprise for me. I didn't think there was any alliances on

the team, but I guess there were, and I just wasn't a part of it. I enjoyed all

of my teammates.

We had a good time out here. It's been an incredible experience.

It's been wonderful.

God bless you, and see you back home.