The Big Adventure

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The Big Adventure
Episode Information
Season	Africa
Episode Number	12/14 (040)
Original Release	December 27, 2001
Episode Chronology
Previous	"We Are Family"
Next	"Truth Be Told"
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The Big Adventure is the twelfth episode of Survivor: Africa.

Story

Day 31

For the next challenge, Jeff revealed greetings from videos sent by the Survivors' loved ones, leaving the castaways in tears. Jeff revealed that their loved ones will be an integral part of the challenge (see above). Knowing her wife so well and vice versa, Lex's answers were almost identical down to the letter, winning an all-expense luxury hotel accommodation, using Jeff's own credit card. Jeff then revealed that Lex can bring one tribemate to join him, in which he invited Tom. After Jeff jokingly begged to go easy on his Visa card, the two immediately boarded the airplane as the four other castaways went back to camp.

Upon reaching the hotel, Tom expressed his delight after seeing a bed and a toilet after a month. While enjoying the reward, tho agreed to not divulge too much on how their reward went to their tribemates. Back at camp, the girls killed time by creating a deck of cards. At night while Lex and Tom are eating a heavy meal, the other four survivors have no choice but to eat their usual corn mush for dinner.

Day 32

Lex and Tom (albeit hungover) were awakened by hotel doormen, telling them that they would have a hot air balloon ride as their last order of business. Upon seeing the picturesque Kenyan landscape, Big Tom declared, "This game brought me new life." After the trip, the plane brought the two guys back to camp. Despite being happy when Tom and Lex returned, a distraught Ethan felt threatened that the two's full bellies will energize them for the upcoming Immunity Challenge. Teresa on the other hand became nervous about her and Kim P.'s fate, since they are the only two remaining members of the original Samburu tribe.

Day 33

At the Immunity Challenge, Kim J. accidentally broke her own pot, while Tom was unstoppable after hitting several of his tribemates' pots. After a close a close match between Tom and Kim J., Kim J. hit Tom's second pot, but Tom hit the latter's last pot, earning him immunity.

Back at camp, tribal lines were now questioned and an idea of a gender-based vote was considered. Meanwhile, Lex felt concerned about Teresa, stating the the woman has "fire in her belly." "There's nothing more dangerous than a desperate animal," he added. Teresa on the other hand was trying to persuade Kim J. to vote challenge threat Lex out. Despite taking him after the last Reward Challenge, Tom still felt bitter of Lex for trying to save Brandon six days ago. "I'm still irritated with Lex," Tom said. "I feel like Lex betrayed me," Tom said.

But at Tribal Council, the old Boran alliance still held strong, and Kim P. was next to go in a 4-2 vote. This left Teresa as the last remaining member of the original Samburu tribe.

Challenges

Reward

Challenge: Know Your Loved One
Tribe members were to be asked a series of personal questions which their family had previously been asked on videotape. If each tribe member's answer matched the answer their family gave, they would score a point.
Reward: An exclusive resort in the Masai Mara, go on safari to see the migrating wildebeest, sleep in a real bed, and a feast, all charged to Jeff's own VISA credit card.
Winner: Lex van den Berghe (shared with Tom Buchanan)

Reward Challenge: Know Your Loved One
Placement	Winner	Competitors
Castaway	File:S3 lex t.jpg Lex	File:S3 ethan t.jpgFile:S3 kimj t.jpgFile:S3 kimp t.jpgFile:S3 teresa t.jpgFile:S3 tom t.jpg Ethan, Kim J., Kim P., Teresa & Tom
Question Breakdown
Question	Ethan	Score	Kim J.	Score	Kim P.	Score	Lex	Score	Teresa	Score	Tom	Score
What is your most embarrassing moment?	File:S3 ethan t.jpg	0	File:S3 kimj t.jpg	0	File:S3 kimp t.jpg	1	File:S3 lex t.jpg	1	File:S3 teresa t.jpg	0	File:S3 tom t.jpg	0
What physical trait do you least like about yourself?	File:S3 ethan t.jpg	0	File:S3 kimj t.jpg	1	File:S3 kimp t.jpg	0	File:S3 lex t.jpg	0	File:S3 teresa t.jpg	0	File:S3 tom t.jpg	1
What is your biggest fear?	File:S3 ethan t.jpg	1	File:S3 kimj t.jpg	0	File:S3 kimp t.jpg	0	File:S3 lex t.jpg	1	File:S3 teresa t.jpg	0	File:S3 tom t.jpg	0
What is your greatest achievement?	File:S3 ethan t.jpg	0	File:S3 kimj t.jpg	1	File:S3 kimp t.jpg	0	File:S3 lex t.jpg	1	File:S3 teresa t.jpg	-	File:S3 tom t.jpg	1

Immunity

Challenge: Pot Shots
Eighteen clay pots hung on a line. Each Survivor's name was marked on three pots. Using an African weapon known as a Ringa, the group had to throw the wooden sticks at their opponents' pots, trying to break the ones that didn't bear their own name. The last person left with an unbroken pot would win Immunity.
Winner: Tom Buchanan

Immunity Challenge: Pot Shots
Placement	Winner	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Castaway	File:S3 tom t.jpg Tom	File:S3 kimj t.jpg Kim J.	File:S3 lex t.jpg Lex	File:S3 ethan t.jpg Ethan	File:S3 kimp t.jpg Kim P.	File:S3 teresa t.jpg Teresa

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 11: Moto Maji
Voted Against	Voter
File:S3 kimp t.jpg Kim P. (4 votes)	File:S3 ethan t.jpgFile:S3 kimj t.jpgFile:S3 lex t.jpgFile:S3 tom t.jpg Ethan, Kim J., Lex, & Tom
File:S3 lex t.jpg Lex (2 votes)	File:S3 kimp t.jpgFile:S3 teresa t.jpg Kim P. & Teresa
VOTED OFF: File:S3 kimp bw.jpg Kim Powers

Voting Confessionals

“	This is the part of the game I hate, having to vote someone out of the tribe that you really care about. I'm stoked you've made it this far though, really stoked.	”
—Lex

“	A strong competitor, this is why I'm giving you my vote. Still crazy about you though.	”
—Teresa

Final Words

“	It was a heck of a game. It was something that I'll never ever be able to describe in enough detail to get anybody who wasn't here any idea of what it was actually like to be out here. I've gained some courage and gained some inner strength and I'm very, very thankful for that. It's been something that will probably have changed me for the good, I hope.	”
—Kim Powers

Still in the Running

Boran
File:S3 clarence bw.jpg Clarence	File:S3 diane bw.jpg Diane	File:S3 ethan t.jpg Ethan	File:S3 jessie bw.jpg Jessie	File:S3 kelly bw.jpg Kelly	File:S3 kimj t.jpg Kim J.	File:S3 lex t.jpg Lex	File:S3 tom t.jpg Tom
Samburu
File:S3 brandon bw.jpg Brandon	File:S3 carl bw.jpg Carl	File:S3 frank bw.jpg Frank	File:S3 kimp bw.jpg Kim P.	File:S3 linda bw.jpg Linda	File:S3 lindsey bw.jpg Lindsey	File:S3 silas bw.jpg Silas	File:S3 teresa t.jpg Teresa

Trivia

• Jeff's "own personal Visa" number is 4000 0123 4567 8910.
  • The probability of this number still existing is highly impossible due to spam and identity theft.
• With Kim P.'s elimination, Ethan is the only person left in their twenties.

 

External links

• CBS episode summary

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