Survivor 51 Episode 6 Preview: Dina's Fallout, Savu Down to Three, and Who's Exposed

Where Episode 5 left the board

Episode 5 sent two tribes to Tribal and cost the game two players. Toka won the buoy challenge and a basket of pastries, which kept it away from Tribal for a second week since the swap. At Savu, Devin, Jelly and Ori voted Alexis out 3–1.

Dina was the chaos. Maggie turned up on Dina's beach, and at Tribal Lewis and Kilby each played an Extra Vote, the first time two have been used at one Tribal Council. That made it 4–4 between Lewis and Linnea, and the revote deadlocked 4–4 again. With Lewis and Linnea unable to vote, the other four had to agree or draw rocks. Cristian, Eric, Sharonda and Kilby all wrote Linnea. Our Episode 5 recap has every vote.

Six castaways have been voted out, and all six are women: Aaliyah, Ana, Patt, Jenna, Alexis and Linnea. The eliminations timeline has the order.

What the preview shows

CBS hasn't released a logline for "I Love Crying" yet. CarterMatt's read of the preview is that it is about Dina's fallout, with Eric signalling that his side is not going to let the deadlock go. That puts the pressure on Lewis and Kilby, the two original Tokas who outlasted Dina's four original Savus with two Extra Votes.

Who is exposed

Lewis and Kilby are the names to watch. Lewis took four votes on each of Dina's first two counts, and Kilby forced the rock threat that sent Linnea home. If Dina goes back to Tribal, the former Savus still have three votes to their two.

Savu cannot lose again without breaking itself. Devin, Jelly and Ori voted together to send Alexis home. Another loss means two of them write the third's name. It is not an even three, either: Jelly is holding Toka's idol and kept it from Devin, and Devin is holding a Secret Extra Vote he hasn't played.

Toka has the numbers and two powers' worth of trouble. Six castaways, no Tribal since the swap, and Carter still has the idol Rob left him. Maggie's trip to Dina means she now knows Lewis and Kilby better than anyone else on Toka does, which matters the moment the tribes meet again.

Every idol and advantage still in play is on the idols and advantages page.

Your one decision: the pick'em

There are no roster or Sole Survivor moves left to make before Episode 6, but there is one deadline: the Episode 6 pick'em closes when the episode airs. It offers every castaway still in the game, and a correct pick keeps your streak alive on the season leaderboard. Make it on the predictions page, where two more Episode 5 follow-ups are open: who goes first from Savu, and whether Lewis survives the next Dina Tribal.

Three questions before you pick:

1. Which tribe is likeliest to lose? Savu has lost both challenges since the swap, and now it has three bodies to compete with.
2. Who just made enemies? Lewis and Kilby outlasted four original Savus, and three of them, Cristian, Eric and Sharonda, are still on their beach.
3. Who is holding something? Jelly's idol and Devin's Extra Vote are both on Savu, and Carter's idol is on Toka.

Watching along

Episode 6 airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS and streams on Paramount+. Print a Survivor 51 bingo card and check the current tribes before the episode, and we will have the recap and the fantasy fallout up the same night.

Cast photos: Robert Voets/CBS

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