Nothing Tastes Better than Five Hundred Dollars is the ninth episode of Survivor: Gabon.
Story[]
Day 28[]
Day 29[]
Day 30[]
Challenges[]
Challenge: Survivor Auction
Players will be given $500 to be used for the auction. Players may share money and items. Auction will end without notice.
Items Earned:
Purchase Breakdown | ||
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Item | Winner | Bid |
Three Beers & Peanuts | Randy |
$180 |
Covered Item (Send Yourself or Someone Else to Exile Island and Take Their Money) Ken decided to send Bob. |
Ken |
$340 |
Covered Item (Peanut Butter & Chocolate) | Sugar |
$340 |
Bubble Bath and a Change of Clothes | Susie |
$340 |
Hamburger & Fries | Matty |
$400 |
Covered Item (Spaghetti, Garlic Bread, and a Glass of Wine) | Randy |
$280 |
Advantage in the Upcoming Immunity Challenge | Corinne |
$500 |
Covered Item (Chocolate Chip Cookies for the Tribe) This item was said to be for the entire tribe. Randy shared a cookie with everyone, although Sugar initially refused it, then accepted Randy's cookie and gave it to Matty. |
Randy |
$20 |
Challenge: The Domino Effect
In the first round, the castaways would race across a series of balance beams carrying a bag of puzzle blocks. The first two castaways to bring all three of their bags would go to the final round in which each player must stack all of their pieces like a line of domino tiles while avoiding ropes that would topple the tiles that were already stacked. Once all of the blocks were properly stacked, the castaway would start a chain reaction which would release a flag. The first castaway to raise their flag would win.
Additional Stipulation: For purchasing the Challenge Advantage during the auction, Corinne Kaplan is allowed to forgo the first part of the challenge, skipping directly to the finals.
Winner: Ken Hoang
Tribal Council[]
Tribal Council 11: Nobag | |
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Voted Against |
Voter |
Randy (5 votes) |
Crystal, Ken, Matty, Sugar, Susie |
Susie (3 votes) |
Bob, Corinne, Randy |
VOTED OUT: Randy Bailey |
Voting Confessionals[]
Sugar, Randy, and Crystal's confessionals and an edited version of Corinne's confessional were shown in the episode.
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Final Words[]
Randy |
“ | Being voted out by these bozos is probably one of the best accolades anyone could get. To hell with these freaking people. I hope Corinne does well if she was not in on today's plot, and I don't think she was. You know, most of the others with the exception of Matty, I hope they get bit by a big green mamba. | ” |
Still in the Running[]
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Trivia[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Life at Ponderosa[]
Other[]
- This episode was voted the 18th best Survivor episode of all time in the "Top 25 Greatest Episodes of all time" poll by Survivor Oz in 2015.
- Through an email conversation with Mario Lanza, the author of "The Funny 115" and host of the Survivor Historians podcast, Randy revealed that his blindside was heavily edited to make it seem that he was surprised to find out that the idol Bob gave him was fake. Randy explained that he knew Bob's idol was fake, and his stunned reaction was taken from the previous week's episode.[2]
- This episode marks the first time that a person possessed an advantage for the Immunity Challenge but does not go on to win the challenge.
References[]
Survivor: Gabon Episodes |
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"Want to See the Elephant Dung?" · "She Obviously Is Post-Op!" · "It Was Like Christmas Morning!" · "This Camp Is Cursed" · "He's a Snake, but He's My Snake" · "It All Depends on the Pin-Up Girl" · "Apple in the Garden of Eden" · "The Brains Behind Everything" · "Nothing Tastes Better than Five Hundred Dollars" · "I Was Put on the Planet for This Show" · "The Good Things in Life Aren't Easy" · "The Good Guys Should Win in the End" · "Say Goodbye to Gabon" · "Reunion" |