Survivor 51 Episode 5 Recap: Not Here to Get a Pedicure

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Key Moments

Mike Wins It With His Arm

Toka won the buoy challenge, the pastry basket and a night off Tribal, and Mike did most of it: he was the only thrower on any tribe to land buoys in the baskets.

The Pastries Came With a Catch

One Toka had to give up their share and leave camp. Mike, Maggie and Kristin put their names in, Maggie was drawn, and she came back from Dina having handed out the Alliance Builder extra vote and her old Secret Extra Vote.

The Blood Idol That Wasn't

Lewis offered Sharonda his wedding ring as a "blood idol" that tied their fates together. "Where's the paper?" she asked. Cristian, who knows jewelry, finished it off.

Why They're Here

Savu's four traded the reasons they came: Devin for his two late brothers, Ori to retire his mother, Alexis for the law career she is building. Hours later, one of them was voted out.

Jelly Stays Put

Alexis needed one vote, and it was Jelly's. Jelly weighed cutting Devin, then stayed with the Helicopter Alliance, and Alexis went home 3–1.

Kilby Calls for Rocks

Two ties at 4–4, and Kilby would not move. He told the other three he would draw a rock; Sharonda, Eric and Cristian would not, and Linnea was voted out unanimously.

Dina

“Not Here to Get a Pedicure” was said by Linnea Capobianco — on the Dina beach, reacting to Maggie arriving from Toka

Camp Notes

Savu

With four left on the beach, Savu traded the reasons they came: Devin for his two late brothers, Ori to retire his mother, Alexis for the law career she is building. It made the vote that night harder for everyone.

In Key Moments

Why They're Here
Jelly Stays Put

Savu

In Key Moments

Why They're Here
Jelly Stays Put

Toka

Toka won a basket of pastries, and a note in it said one of them had to give up their share and leave camp. Mike, Maggie and Kristin all put their names in. Brady, meanwhile, said he loves Maggie and finds her "wishy-washy" and "annoying".

In Key Moments

Mike Wins It With His Arm

Dina

Lewis handed Sharonda his wedding ring and called it a "blood idol" that tied their fates together. Sharonda asked "Where's the paper?" Cristian, who knows jewelry, pointed out Lewis had told the same story about a different ring.

In Key Moments

Kilby Calls for Rocks

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Tribal Council

Two tribes, two Tribals. Toka's buoy-throwing win sent Savu and Dina to Jeff on the same night, and both votes came down to whether a swing would hold.

Savu was four: Devin, Jelly and Ori, the Helicopter Alliance, and Alexis. Alexis believed Ori was with her and went after Jelly, who did not want to be "just Dev's sidekick" or to see another woman leave. Jelly thought about it, and stayed. The vote was 3–1: Devin, Jelly and Ori on Alexis, and Alexis on Devin. Devin broke down at Tribal over voting out someone he had bonded with. Alexis Levine is the sixth castaway out of Survivor 51.

Dina was six, and the old Savus had it 4–2 before Maggie arrived. She had drawn Toka's trip off the pastry basket and came with the Alliance Builder extra vote, and she gave Lewis and Kilby an extra vote each. That let the two of them put four votes on Linnea against the four the old Savus put on Lewis. Earlier, Lewis had tried to buy Sharonda with a "blood idol" wedding ring; she asked "Where's the paper?", and Cristian ("I know jewelry") took the story apart.

The first vote tied 4–4, and so did the revote. Then Kilby told the other three he would draw a rock and meant it. Sharonda, Eric and Cristian would not go to rocks for Linnea, and the tribe voted her out unanimously. Linnea, who said the line that named the episode, was so stunned she forgot to bring Jeff her torch. Linnea Capobianco is the seventh out, and all six castaways voted out this season have been women, which leaves nine men and five women.

Fantasy fallout: Alexis takes −3 and Linnea −5 for the blindside, with +3 back for the title line. Lewis and Kilby each get +2 for the blindside and +2 for the alliance; Lewis's four votes cost him −4, so he breaks even, and Kilby nets +4 after his sit-out. Maggie banks +6 (sit-out, immunity, the journey, the alliance), and Mike matches her with immunity and the clincher. Devin's −3 is the breakdown and Alexis's vote.