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Spectacular Day

Matt enjoys being off of Redemption Island and back in the game.

"The merge feast was one of the things, a small driving factor, for me on Redemption Island. I was like, 'I want to get to the merge feast. That's what I want.' When I first came up to camp, I didn't see any of the food, but the second I saw it, all my senses were overwhelmed. I didn't know what to do. I just started eating. It was so good. The chocolate, the dried fruit, the bread, the nuts, the brushetta. It was just unbelievable. I was just sitting there. It was a surreal moment. I'm actually back in the game, with all these people, eating the merge feast, just like I wanted to. It was a great moment. It was a spectacular day, from winning the last duel, to rejoining, to going and meeting everyone, and enjoying the food with them. It was really a special moment."

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"I think everyone was happy to be at the merge. Everyone was thoroughly enjoying themselves. It was a great time. People were telling stories and having fun. It's been a really good vibe, but I think if things get harder, pent-up frustrations may kind of build within people as we get less and less sleep together and the food kind of runs out. I think the vibe will stay good, but it will start deteriorating. I don't think it will stay at teh high level it's been since we got here."

Breaks My Heart

Ashley reveals why they are sending Matt back to Redemption Island.

"The challenge today, we had to stand on a perch and balance a ball on, like, this disc. I was the second person to fall off. Probably balance was not my strongest thing. Thank God I'm probably not on the chopping block. It's actually nice being one of four girls, because we're already viewed as weaker, so the guys are more on the chopping block than we are, especially when we have the numbers. I'm not as worried, but still, I have to step it up in challenges, I can't be the first or second person out. It looks horrible."

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"Well, I thought it was clear someone from Zapatera was going home, but I don't know what's going on. Rob and Grant are coming up to me and Natalie and saying it should be Matty again. It makes sense, because he is being really wishy-washy, he can't play the game or something, he doesn't want to be deceptive. That's the crappy part of this game, you have to to an extent. I love Matt, I don't want to have to send him back ot Redemption Island, but I think that's what's going to end up happening. The four of us, Rob, Grant, Natalie and I, and now Phillip has joined the bandwagon, because that means he gets to stay longer. It breaks my heart to do it to him again, but honestly, I think it will be better in the long run."

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"Matt is too nice of a guy, and that's what burned him in his first chance. That's why we blindsided him. He just likes to talk to everybody, he likes to be the good guy, good with everybody. You have to, especially at this point in the game, choose a side. You can't be neutral. He's doing the exact same thing he did before and that's why we have to vote him out again. I feel bad, but dude, you have to change your strategy, because what didn't work for you the first time isn't gonna work for you the second time either."

Building Trust With Matt

Mike reveals his level of trust in Matt.

"Matt and I shared some Bible verses yesterday. He's very much a believer in God; I am as well. I'm trying to learn more and more every day about the Bible and working on my own faith. That's some common ground that we share to where we have a little bit of implicit trust in one another. That's aside from the game, but albeit aside from the game, it's a trust-builder."

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"My gut at this point tells me to trust Matt. He's been very discreet with me. He has been very discreet with his interactions with me. He could be totally playing me, but I believe he's telling me the truth at this point. We're gonna find out at tonight's vote one way or another. If he's not telling the truth, we're hosed. If he's telling the truth, we gotta chance at this thing."

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"I believe that Matt has a trust for me as well, and I'm gonna look out for his best interests if he's looking out for mine. I have the ability to take him deep in this game if he can show trust in me and I can show trust in him."

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"We have a big tribe. 12 votes is a huge number of votes at Tribal Council. Votes could be scattered all over the place. However that's not what my gut tells me. I think Rob has a serious lockdown on his tribe and his votes are going to be strategic, planned down to the minutia. I think it's gonna be basically be Russia firing on the United States, salvo versus salvo, whose bombs land first."

I Thought It Was Over

Grant reveals his thoughts on the continuation of people going to Redemption Island after being voted out of the tribe.

"I thought Redemption Island when we got Matty back, and then Jeff spurts out that it's not over, someone's coming back. It's a pain. That place is a pain in the butt, man. I don't wanna go there, and I think honestly the way things are shaking out right now I'm not gonna have to go there, but it's another obstacle, it's another thing usually in Survivor you don't have to worry about. It's a pain. I hate it. I think it's...it's a good twist, don't get me wrong, it's gonna be awesome, but I don't wanna worry about it. Plus I don't want to go to any more matches. I was good with two. Let's just hope I'm not there. I don't think I'm gonna be."

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"Yeah, I was over it after the first time I went. It's not a place I wanna be. One, the game of Survivor is not being played. It's literally just yourself playing for another chance to get back in the game. You're by yourself soul-searching, pretty much. Which is awesome, but..."

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"There's no strategy and there's no game in it at all. Going there as an observer, I take it all in. That's awesome, great. It's good you can get information from...when there were two tribes. Now there's just one. I'm cool with being right here."

I Choked

Julie talks about the first immunity challenge and Tribal Council vote as a merge tribe.

"Today's challenge, our first immunity, I choked! I lost first, with one ball, the only one. I would like to say it was on purpose so I wouldn't be a big threat, but I choked. I don't see a big target on my back right now, so maybe it happened for a reason."

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"Tonight, we are voting for Grant. We played out all strategies from all ends."

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"We hope Matt is gonna vote with us to get Grant off."

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"Tonight is huge. Oh my gosh, it's huge. If this works, this is our only chance really, because it's a numbers game. If this works and we figured out Rob's strategy, we're back on top. We've been circling the drain, going OK, it's a number game, alright, this will be the last night for us five together."

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"I am looking forward to tonight. It's gonna be a very interesting Tribal. It's gonna be oh my gosh. Hopefully we're right and we're going to be doing a victory dance. Oh my gosh. Bring a whole new life to the game."

Food and First Impressions

Rob reveals his feelings about the feast and the old Zapatera tribe.

"After the merge, we walk into our new camp. We have a new flag, got a little feast waiting for us."

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"I was really happy to get the <didn't hear> It's like my favorite Italian meat. Sliced some of that up, and had some other food. We've honestly been eating really good these past few days. Our team's been doing good, winning a lot of rewards. It's good. Feel strong."

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"Of course, you start to make first impressions of everybody. The new Zapatera tribe all strike me in an eerily similar way. I hate all of 'em. I don't like 'em. I don't like anything about 'em. I think the best thing I ever did was go to the duel when Stephanie was voted out. I heard it straight from her not to trust any of 'em, and not to trust Matty, and that's still ringing through in my head."

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"I think we gotta keep our eyes open."

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Ralph:

"Boston Rob's the one I got my sights set on. I see right now me and him ain't gonna agree on nothing. I might shake my head, yeah yeah yeah, but behind his back, I'll be, nah. Just like the shelter today, here we are busting butt, trying to get a shelter built that looks like crap, instead of building something half-decent enough to cover us tonight. It's pitiful. It needs to be seen. Pitiful."

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"From what I've seen of him, today, since we merged, he is one bossy due. I come from a job where I had a boss. I come to play a game, Survivor. I didn't come here to be bossed by Rob. He asked me to do something? Fine. He tells me to do something? Totally different ballgame. I don't look at it that way."

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"I don't want to listen to that for 20 days. It might be me gone. We'll see. It will either be me or him. Russell wasn't that way. Russell wasn't no boss, he just went around trying to start trouble all the time, from what I've seen in the last 3 or 4 hours. He just tells people exactly what to do. We might need a leader, but there's a better way to run a leadership than being that bossy. Say do you care to do this. Be nice to people. He's pretty rude. From what I've seen he is."