Season 51: The Open Era

Drop Your Buffs: Three Tribes

Seventeen castaways, three buffs. Toka and the new hot-pink Dina drew six each, and Savu got five: Jeff had planned the swap for eighteen, and Rob's quit left the count one short. Dina started on a new beach with a pot, a machete and flint.

Dina Wins Its First Challenge

Fill the bucket with ocean water, pass it down the line, then roll a ball through a spinning maze. Dina got there first and won immunity and a coffee kit in its first challenge as a tribe. Eric sat out to even the numbers.

Toka Drops the Ball and Is Still Safe

Toka's ball popped out of the maze at the finish. Jeff ruled the maze finished anyway, which gave Toka second place, safety and a pitcher of iced coffee, and sent Savu to Tribal. Thien An sat out.

Kristin Feeds Toka

The only old Savu on the new Toka, playing on a foot with broken bones, went into the trees and came back with food. Most of the tribe was grateful. Carter called it buttering him up.

The Lover Boys

Kilby got a tribe without any of the five who wrote his name last week, and a new best friend in Eric. They called it a bromance and named themselves the Lover Boys. Sharonda watched it with a wary eye, and Eric had to talk her round.