24. One captain divides everyone else into two tribes, while the�other gets to pick which one to lead.


Seasons: Vanuatu
Memorable Quote: "Remember the Merge" -Bubba

Here is a twist that may have given us no entertainment for the episode�except for Bubba "subtly" trying to tell his old tribemates to throw the challenge. It was just a great concept.

Both tribes were told to�pick a cheif, or a leader, and they would divide the tribes. The difference was that it's not like the Amazon tribal swap or the Thailand original tribes where these two both held all the power to decide who they wanted on their tribe school yard pick style. No, in Vanuatu, the producers gave Scout the power to divide the rest of the players into two tribes. Now, someone who is given the right to divde the rest of the players in the game into seperate tribes might seem to have alot of power, but the catch was that Sarge gets to pick which tribe he is leading, which also means he picks which tribe Scout leads. Both of the "cheifs" seemed to have alot of power, but neither really had a say in anything. It's like when your mom gave you the right to cut a piece of candy in half to share with your brother, but the catch is, he gets to pick which one wants.

Basically, this�was, in my point of view,�a completely fair twist. It's�just low on entertainment value.


I've just always thought it would have been a more interesting pre-merge if Vanuatu's swap had occured in episode 5. Both tribe were down to 7 members each, with the elders enjoying a 5-2 majority on both tribes. A swap then could have gotten the youngins back in control.

Of course, I'm thankful now that it didn't happen, because Vanuatu is one of the few seasons where the post-merge is way more entertaining than the pre-merge.