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You Started, You're Finishing is the twelfth episode of Survivor: Nicaragua.

Story[]

Day 28[]

Challenges[]

Reward Challenge: Gulliver's Travels
The tribe would be divided into two teams by school yard pick. The teams would be tethered together and would untie an 8-foot (2.4 m) stuffed dummy from a table named "Gulliver" after the novel Gulliver's Travels. The teams would then carry the dummy through a series of obstacles. The first team to cross the finish line would win.
Reward: An advanced screening of the movie Gulliver's Travels and staple snacks found in theaters.
Additional Stipulation: The odd player out will choose one of the teams to root for at the challenge, and if that team wins, they would also win reward.
Winners: Blue Team (Benry Henry, Chase Rice​, Holly Hoffman​, and NaOnka Mixon) (Holly Hoffman gave up her reward in exchange for a tarp and a can of rice for the tribe; since Dan Lembo guessed the winning team correctly, he joined on the reward)

Tribal Council[]

Tribal Council 12:
Libertad
No vote
QUIT:
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NaOnka Mixon and Kelly Shinn

Final Words[]

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NaOnka
I feel like I owe nobody an apology—not even myself, and I have no regrets whatsoever. I made it far, so to say that I did that is a hell of an accomplishment for me.
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Kelly S.
I am very sorry for Alina, Marty and Brenda. It's hard to look at them and know that they could've possibly been in the top three. I feel bad.

Still in the Running[]

 Wendy
20th
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 Shannon
19th
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 Jimmy J.
18th
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 Jimmy T.
17th
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 Tyrone
16th
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 Kelly B.
15th
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 Yve
14th
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 Jill
13th
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 Alina
12th
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 Marty
11th
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 Brenda
10th
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 NaOnka
9th
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 Benry
Libertad
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 Chase
Libertad
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 Dan
Libertad
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 Fabio
Libertad
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 Holly
Libertad
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 Jane
Libertad
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 Sash
Libertad
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Trivia[]

Behind the Scenes[]

  • 13 years after the episode aired, NaOnka explained that the producers continued trying to coax her to stay in the game, and she initially considered staying in the game had Jeff asked Kelly S. about her decision to quit first.[2]

Other[]

  • NaOnka and Kelly S.'s exits mark the seventh and eighth times that a contestant voluntarily left the game.
    • With this episode, Nicaragua ties with All-Stars for the most number of quitters, with two each. This record would later be matched by Edge of Extinction.
    • This episode also marks the third and fourth times that a player quit at Tribal Council, following Osten Taylor from Pearl Islands and Janu Tornell from Palau.
    • This also marks the first time that more than one contestant quit the game at one time.
    • Their voluntary expulsions result to a controversy among fans, because the incident made it seem that they had a "free pass" to Ponderosa and the jury. This issue has been remedied, when it was revealed during the Survivor: Nicaragua Reunion Show that, if a player quits the game during the jury phase, the producers reserve the right to deny them a jury seat and/or withhold their consolation prize.
  • This episode also marks the first time that the players were instructed to go to Tribal Council without any twists or any preceding challenge. This was to give Kelly S. and NaOnka time to think over their decision about wanting to quit, and then if they still wanted to quit (which they did), they would be eliminated at that Tribal Council.
  • After this episode, all female members of the original La Flor tribe have been eliminated.

References[]

Survivor: Nicaragua Episodes
"Young at Heart" · "Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us All" · "Glitter in Their Eyes" · "Pulling the Trigger" · "Turf Wars" · "Worst Case Scenario" · "What Goes Around, Comes Around" · "Company Will Be Arriving Soon" · "Running the Camp" · "Stuck in the Middle" · "We Did It Guys" · "You Started, You're Finishing" · "Not Sure Where I Stand" · "This Is Going to Hurt" · "What About Me?" · "Reunion"
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