Survivor: Guatemala

Survivor: Guatemala
Official logo of Survivor Guatemala
Genre	Reality television
Winner	Danni Boatwright (6–1)
No. of episodes	14
No. of days	39
No. of survivors	18
Tribes	Nakúm Yaxhá Xhakúm
Heroes vs. Villains	Stephenie LaGrossa
Production
Location(s)	Laguna Yaxhá, Yaxhá-Nakúm-Naranjo National Park, Petén, Guatemala
Filming dates	June 22, 2005 – August 5, 2005
Broadcast
Original run	September 15, 2005 – December 11, 2005
Chronology
Preceded by	Survivor: Palau
Followed by	Survivor: Panama

Survivor: Guatemala — The Mayan Empire, commonly referred to as Survivor: Guatemala, is the eleventh season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed in the Yaxhá-Nakúm-Naranjo National Park near the more popular Tikal National Park, located in northern Guatemala.

Applications were due on January 14, 2005. Around March 2005, 800 applicants were selected for an interview by CBS. Out of these 800, 48 semi-finalists were selected to go in Los Angeles sometime around April 2005. From these semi-finalists, 16 were chosen to participate the show between June to August 2005. This season also features the return of Survivor: Palau fan favorites Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard, thus raising the cast roster to 18. Other notable castmembers include former beauty queen and model-turned radio announcer Danni Boatwright and ex-NFL quarterback Gary Hogeboom. Tina Scheer, a contestant on Survivor: Panama, was slated to be on this season; however, her son had been killed in a car accident and she backed out.

Aside from the staple twists such as the double boot and the tribe switch, a new twist called the Hidden Immunity Idol was introduced. Upon receiving their first post-merge Tree Mail, the new Xhakúm tribe received news that a tiny immunity idol was hidden somewhere at camp. The user must use the idol before tribe votes. After usage, the idol will be discarded. The Hidden Immunity Idol will only be valid until the final four.

In the end, radio talk show host Danni Boatwright defeated pharmaceutical sales representative and returning contestant Stephenie LaGrossa in a 6–1 vote.

Stephenie LaGrossa competed for a third time as a castaway in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, where she was assigned to the "Heroes" tribe. She was placed 19th.

Although a DVD release of the season has not yet been planned, Amazon.com is currently giving its customers the option to sign up to be notified when the item becomes available.

Season summary

Sixteen of the 18 players in the game were already split into two tribes, Nakúm and Yaxhá; both tribes received one additional tribe member, Bobby Jon and Stephenie, respectively, both who had previously appeared on Survivor: Palau; Probst described these players as resources to help either tribe, but had otherwise no safety against being voted out. The first challenge began immediately, requiring both tribes to trek 11 miles overnight through the jungle to one of the camps near Mayan ruins, along with any available supplies that they wished to carry. The trek left many of the players exhausted and dehydrated for several days following.

During the first nine days, the Nakúm tribe proved more successful at the challenges losing only one immunity challenge, sending Yaxhá to Tribal Council twice. During one challenge, Danni, a sportscaster, identified Gary as a former professional quarterback, though Gary would maintain that he was just a landscaper through most of the rest of the game. A tribal switch occurred on Day 10 that left Bobby Jon, Danni, Blake, and Brandon in the majority at Yaxhá, outnumbering Brian, Amy, and Gary. At Nakúm, the tribe was split 4-4 with Margaret, Judd, Cindy, and Brooke from the original Nakúm and Stephenie, Rafe, Jamie, and Lydia from the original Yaxhá. Immediately after the swap, Stephenie and Jamie formed an alliance with Judd to take control of Nakúm, which later included Rafe, Cindy, and Lydia. Though the two tribes performances were fairly even in wins and losses, a crucial immunity challenge won by Nakúm put them in a decisive 6-4 lead into the merge over Yaxhá. On night 18, directly after the Yaxhá tribe had voted off Amy, they left for the Nakúm campsite where the two tribes merged into the Xhákúm tribe. Upon merging, the new tribe was informed of a hidden immunity idol located in the jungle, that could be used before the votes were cast to save themselves. However, the Nakúm alliance of six held strong initially as they voted off Brandon.

As a reward for winning a reward challenge, Judd received a clue to a hidden immunity idol (the first appearance of this game element in the series). To distract the other players, Judd lied about the clue's contents, which Gary was able to pick up on and locate the idol himself, using it to save himself from being eliminated at the next tribal council, where Bobby Jon was voted off in his place. Judd's lie became a focal point for Gary to attempt to break the original Nakúm voting block; though Gary was soon voted off, Stephenie and the other former Nakúm members felt Judd was no longer trustworthy and voted him out. At the reward challenge for the final five, a car was the reward prize. Cindy won the challenge, but was given an option by Probst as a means to break the Survivor "car curse" (that no player that has won a car continued on to win the game) by exchanging her prize to give a car to each of the other four players. Cindy ultimately rejected the option, and was voted off at the next tribal council.

After Lydia's elimination, Stephenie became concerned on an earlier deal made by Rafe and Danni to take each other to the final tribal council; though she struggled to remain in the final immunity challenge and outlast Danni, she ultimately lost, becoming emotional over her failure. Rafe informed Danni that she did not have to stay true to their previous deal, and at the following tribal council, Danni eliminated Rafe. The jury at the final tribal council considered that Stephenie has played a more devious game than Danni and backstabbed several of them, and ultimately gave Danni's more social play the win, six votes to one.

Contestants

Contestant	Original Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish	Total votes
Jim Lynch 63, Northglenn, CO	Nakúm	20	20	1st Voted Out Day 3	8
Morgan McDevitt 21, Decatur, IL	Yaxhá	20	20	2nd Voted Out Day 6	8
Brianna Varela 21, Spanaway, WA	Yaxhá	20	20	3rd Voted Out Day 8	7
Brooke Struck 25, Hood River, OR	Nakúm	Nakúm	20	4th Voted Out Day 11	5
Blake Towsley 24, Dallas, TX	Nakúm	Yaxhá	20	5th Voted Out Day 14	5
Margaret Bobonich 43, Chardon, OH	Nakúm	Nakúm	20	6th Voted Out Day 15	7
Brian Corridan 22, New York, NY	Yaxhá	Yaxhá	20	7th Voted Out Day 15	7
Amy O'Hara 39, Worcester, MA	Yaxhá	Yaxhá	20	8th Voted Out Day 18	4
Brandon Bellinger 22, Manhattan, KS	Nakúm	Yaxhá	Xhakúm	9th Voted Out Day 21	6
Bobby Jon Drinkard 28, Huntsville, AL Palau	Nakúm	Yaxhá		10th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24	8
Jamie Newton 24, North Hollywood, CA	Yaxhá	Nakúm		11th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27	10
Gary Hogeboom 46, Grand Haven, MI	Yaxhá	Yaxhá		12th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	8
Judd Sergeant 34, Ridgefield, NJ	Nakúm	Nakúm		13th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33	5
Cindy Hall 31, Naples, FL	Nakúm	Nakúm		14th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36	6
Lydia Morales 42, Lakewood, WA	Yaxhá	Nakúm		15th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37	10
Rafe Judkins 22, Providence, RI	Yaxhá	Nakúm		16th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38	2
Stephenie LaGrossa 25, Philadelphia, PA Palau	Yaxhá	Nakúm		Runner-Up	2
Danni Boatwright 30, Tonganoxie, KS	Nakúm	Yaxhá		Sole Survivor	1

The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaway has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.

The game

Episode title	Air date	Challenges		Eliminated	Vote	Finish
Episode title	Air date	Reward	Immunity	Eliminated	Vote	Finish
"Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise"	September 15, 2005	Nakúm	Yaxhá	Jim	8–1	1st Voted Out Day 3
"Man Down"	September 22, 2005	Nakúm	Nakúm	Morgan	8–1	2nd Voted Out Day 6
"The Brave May Not Live Long, but the Cautious Don't Live at All"	September 29, 2005	Nakúm	Nakúm	Brianna	7–1	3rd Voted Out Day 8
"To Betray or Not to Betray"	October 6, 2005	None¹	Yaxhá	Brooke	5–3	4th Voted Out Day 11
"Crocs, Cowboys and City Slickers"	October 13, 2005	Yaxhá	Nakúm	Blake	5–2	5th Voted Out Day 14
"Big Ball, Big Mouth, Big Trouble"	October 20, 2005	Nakúm	Rafe	Margaret	6–1	6th Voted Out Day 15
"Big Ball, Big Mouth, Big Trouble"	October 20, 2005	Nakúm	[Gary]²	Brian	5–1	7th Voted Out Day 15
"Surprise Enemy Visit"	October 27, 2005	Yaxhá	Nakúm	Amy	4–1	8th Voted Out Day 18
"The Hidden Immunity Idol"	November 3, 2005	None³	Gary	Brandon	6–4	9th Voted Out Day 21
"Secrets and Lies and an Idol Surprise"	November 10, 2005	Judd	Jamie	Bobby Jon	6–2–1	10th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24
"Eating and Sleeping With the Enemy"	November 17, 2005	Danni, Gary, Judd, Stephenie	Rafe	Jamie	6–2	11th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27
"Everything Is Personal"	November 24, 2005	Cindy, [Rafe]	Rafe	Gary	6–1	12th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30
"Price for Immunity"	December 1, 2005	Survivor Auction	Danni	Judd	4–2	13th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33
"Big Win, Big Decision, Big Mistake?"	December 8, 2005	Cindy, [Stephenie]	Stephenie	Cindy	4–1	14th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36
"Thunder Storms & Sacrifice"	December 11, 2005	None	Rafe	Lydia	3–1	15th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37
"Thunder Storms & Sacrifice"	December 11, 2005	None	Danni	Rafe	1–0	16th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38
"The Reunion"	December 11, 2005	Jury Vote		Stephenie	6–1	Runner-Up
"The Reunion"	December 11, 2005	Jury Vote		Danni	6–1	Sole Survivor

In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.

^1 There was no reward challenge due to tribal switch.

^2 Rafe was given a chance to award individual immunity to one member of Yaxha, where he chose Gary.

^3 There was no Reward Challenge due to tribal merge.

Episode 1: "Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise"

Reward Challenge: Tribes must run through the jungles of Guatemala in an 11-mile trek. Bringing their belongings and some heavy supplies, they must locate an authentic Mayan pyramid at the end of the course. The first team to reach the pyramid wins.
- Reward: Flint and the right to live amongst the ruins.
Immunity Challenge: Using their canoes, the tribes would paddle out to buoys in the lake to retrieve a torch hung from each buoy. Racing back to shore, four members would run to the top of the hill and begin hauling up the canoe with a rope. The remaining tribe members would rotate logs underneath the canoe, allowing it to roll up the hill, much like the technique the Maya used to move large items. Once the canoe passed a finish line, each tribe's remaining member would run to the top of the hill with the torch and light the victory cauldron. First tribe to light the cauldron wins Immunity. Should Yaxha win the challenge, they would receive their flint.

The sixteen new castaways learned upon arriving in the Guatemalan jungle that they would be joined by Bobby Jon Drinkard and Stephenie LaGrossa from Survivor: Palau as they will also compete in the season (though on opposing teams, not as teammates as before). They were also told that their first challenge would be an 11-mile (18 km) hike to a campsite near some Mayan ruins. After a grueling overnight hike, Bobby Jon's Nakum tribe narrowly defeated Stephenie's Yaxha tribe, giving them the right to live adjacently to the Mayan ruins, as the losing Yaxha moved on to a less desirable campsite where they have to make their own shelter. Though victorious at their first challenge, the long hike left most of the Nakum men cramped and in bad condition; Bobby Jon collapsed, Blake was sick and had been injured by a barbed plant, Jim had tore his biceps and, along with Judd, was endlessly vomiting. Despite this, medical practitioner Margaret tried to nurse them back to health. In their inaugural immunity challenge, the fatigue of the Nakum men hampered their performance, leading Yaxha to their first victory as well as Stephenie's first win in a tribal immunity challenge. Back at Nakum camp, the tribe decided to eliminate one of their ailing men. At tribal council, Nakum deemed that Jim (the oldest man) was the most injured, and he was unanimously voted out 8–1.

Episode 2: "Man Down"

Reward Challenge: One at a time, the Survivors must sprint up a ramp, over a net run to a giant rope web, where they must climb underneath it and gather hanging bags. After untying a bag, they must drop into the water and race with their bag back to the start, where the next person would be waiting to leave. Each tribe member must attempt to get a bag once. A rendition of this challenge would later appear in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.
- Reward: Fishing supplies
Immunity Challenge: Tribes were tethered to ropes in a pit of mud. The first tribe to drag the other to their side of the mud pit and grab a flag would win that round. The first tribe with three flags would win Immunity. Should in fifteen minutes, no tribe had reached a flag, the challenge will be modified in one-on-one match-ups.

At Nakum, Bobby Jon felt disappointment for losing the first immunity challenge, fearing that his Palau losing streak might happen again, while Blake's sickness grew worse. At Yaxha, Gary decided not to divulge his past as a former NFL quarterback, fearing that Yaxha might brand him as a threat or deem him as already wealthy; and as a solution, he introduced himself as Gary Hawkins and claimed that he works as a landscaper (actually his current job after retiring from American football). At the reward challenge, sickly Blake managed to narrowly outran Brian, winning fishing supplies for Nakum. After losing the challenge, Yaxha found themselves desperately finding for food, having reduced to eat ants, grasshoppers and minnows. While at Nakum, Blake's health condition turned for the worse as he started to hyperventilate, annoying Judd. At the immunity challenge, the tribes found themselves in a stalemate situation, causing Jeff Probst to resort in conducting one-on-one bouts. During Judd and Gary's match, Danni (a sportscaster by profession) recognized Gary as the former quarterback Gary Hogeboom and revealed it to everyone else, giving Judd time to outsmart Gary, giving Nakum their first point. Two rounds later, Nakum remained undefeated, thus winning their first immunity challenge and giving Bobby Jon his first win at tribal immunity. Back at Yaxha camp, Jamie felt threatened by Stephenie, planned to vote her out, though Gary wanted to vote either Lydia (for being the weakest) or Morgan (for being lazy at camp). Later on, Brian turned on Gary about Danni's revelation during the challenge, but he quickly denied the allegations. Brian later plead to Gary that they never lost a challenge because of Lydia's weakness and admitted that Lydia was more valuable for her work ethic and campaigned for Morgan to go instead for not doing much at camp, despite her athleticism in challenges. In the end, Brian's plan to save Lydia worked, and Morgan was voted out 8–1.

Episode 3: "The Brave May Not Live Long, but the Cautious Don't Live at All"

Reward Challenge: Scattered around the challenge grounds are materials needed to construct an archeological tent. One sighted castaway must instruct his/her tribemates (blindfolded and tethered in pairs). After collecting all pieces, blindfolds can be removed and the tribe must assemble the tent. After assembling, the tribe must go back to their tribe mat. First to finish would win.
- Reward: Pillows, blankets and tarp
Immunity Challenge: Castaways compete in an elevated net court with two hoops for both tribes. Tribes must face off in randomly selected threesomes, race to the ball thrown in the center, and then pass the ball to each other in an attempt to move within shooting distance of their hoops. If a player holds the ball, he/she cannot walk and must pass it to a tribemate (violating this will force the person’s tribe to hand the ball to the other tribe)The first tribe to throw the ball through a hoop would score for their tribe. The first tribe to score five points would win Immunity.

At Yaxha, Brian congratulated himself about his plan of blindsiding Morgan at the last Tribal Council. The next day at Nakum, zookeeper Cindy was fascinated about the howler monkeys waking them up every morning, but the loud noises left Judd aggravated. During the reward challenge, Yaxha collected their pieces first, but quickly stumbled as they build their tent, giving way to Nakum's third consecutive win. Back at camp, Yaxha started to be fed up with their usual corn mush meal, resorting to Gary and Rafe scouring for termites. Back at Nakum, Judd and Bobby Jon complained about Margaret's bossiness about modifying their shelter. During the Mesoamerican ballgame immunity challenge, Stephenie got angry when she noticed Brianna inactive during their round and decided to pass the ball to an open Lydia, but Lydia walked with the ball (a breach in the challenge rules), forcing them to give the ball to Nakum. In the final round, Danni shot it in the hoop, giving Nakum another victory. Back at Yaxha, a limping Amy confessed that she sprained her ankle during the challenge, but assured everyone that she was fine. Jamie, also fuming about Brianna's dismal challenge performance, campaigned for her ouster, while Brianna talked to Stephenie about targeting Lydia. In the end, the tribe agreed that Brianna is a liability, and she was next to go in a 7–1 vote.

Episode 4: To Betray, or Not to Betray

Immunity Challenge: Both tribes paddle out and retrieve three tribe coloured bags containing Maya war clubs. They then throw the clubs at three targets 30, 40 and 50 feet away. First tribe to have three people hit the three targets wins immunity.

At the Reward Challenge, the tribes were asked questions to find more out about everyone else, as well as assigning rewards such as a shower and a picnic. After a question which asked who had the most tribe pride, the tribes were reshuffled; Brooke, Cindy, Jamie, Judd, Lydia, Margaret, Rafe, and Stephenie were the new Nakúm and Amy, Blake, Bobby Jon, Brandon, Brian, Danni, and Gary were the new Yaxhá. Judd was very enthusiastic about being on a new tribe because he felt he was the least vulnerable, while Amy and Margaret were upset because they felt they were out of the running. Stephenie and Jamie began thinking that the two people most on the chopping block were Lydia, who had been on the chopping block before as being questionably weak, and Brooke, who they assumed as not very physical and could easily give them the number's advantage. At Nakúm, Judd formed a friendship with the former Yaxhá members on his tribe. Danni directly questioned Gary if he had been an NFL Quarterback, but as usual, he denied it. After the new Yaxhá tribe won the Immunity Challenge, Judd betrayed his original Nakúm teammates and helped to vote Brooke out 5–3.

Episode 5: Crocs, Cowboys and City Slickers

Reward Challenge: The tribes had to go through three stations, first cutting a rope with a sharp rock, then through a log to release handles. The remaining four members had to use the handles to turn a wheel, which would pull a mine cart up the hill and a ramp. Six of the tribe members then had to climb into the cart, where the remaining member would cut the rope keeping the cart up, sending it flying down the hill and across the line into a sand pile.
- Reward: Chips, drinks and a croc-proof cage.
Immunity Challenge: Each tribe divides into two groups of three, as well as one tribe member being left. The individual launches balls from a catapult towards the groups of three, who have a net to catch the balls between them. First tribe to catch five balls wins immunity.

After Tribal Council, Margaret showed how frustrated she was with Judd for betraying Nakúm. At Yaxhá, Brian expressed how uncomfortable and annoyed he was about how religious his new tribe was. At the Reward Challenge, Jamie for Nakúm struggled to cut the ropes with a rock and Yaxhá easily won chips, drinks and a crocodile-proof swimming cage. After the loss, Stephenie tried to hide her depression from losing so many challenges. Before immunity in Nakúm, Lydia tried to cheer up her teammates by dancing. Nakúm won immunity. Brian was in trouble because he knew that the numbers were against him. After all, it was 4 old Yaxhá vs 3 old Nakúm. Brandon believed with sticking with the tribal lines and refused to break his bonds with former tribemates. However, Blake was wearing on everybody's nerves by telling outlandish inappropriate stories of his partying days in Texas. Brian used his cunning to "Bait Blake" into telling these stories which obviously angered his tribemates. When it came down to tribal council the "Golden Boy" Blake was blindsided by a 5–2 vote. Brandon stuck to his word and voted for Brian.

Episode 6: Big Balls, Big Mouth, Big Trouble

Reward Challenge: Tribes were split into pairs and one pair from each tribe competed to move a giant ball across the field and into their goal. First tribe to score three goals wins reward.
- Reward: Barbecue items, including a grill, burgers, beer and root bear, as well as the right to compete in an individual immunity challenge.
Individual Challenge: The survivors race out to collect three bags of puzzle pieces, containing eleven letter tiles. First person to unscramble the phrase "Ancient Ruin" wins.
- Reward: Immunity, the right to sit in on the other tribe's tribal council and assign individual immunity to someone on the other tribe.

At Yaxhá the tribe talked about the twist of Blake being voted off while in Nakúm, Margaret was feeling depressed due to being with Judd. At the Reward Challenge, it was revealed that both tribes would be attending Tribal Council. Nakúm won their second challenge in a row. As part of their reward, Nakúm competed in an individual Immunity Challenge, which was won by Rafe. He was also able to watch part of the Yaxhá tribal council. Before Tribal Council at Yaxha, Brian lobbied his alliance to vote off Bobby Jon however Gary and Amy are unsure about it. At Nakúm, Judd's loud ego started to annoy several of his tribe mates. Nakúm went first to tribal council where Margaret and Judd faced off against each other trying to get the other voted off. In the end, Margaret, due to personality conflicts, was voted out of Nakúm 6–1, and at Yaxhá, Rafe gave Gary individual immunity and Brian was voted out 5–1, perceiving him to be untrustworthy.

Episode 7: Surprise Enemy Visit

Reward Challenge: Four tribe members were attached to poles by rope and had to spin to get out and unwind each castaway.
- Reward: Chocolate and jungle canopy zip-line.
Immunity Challenge: Tribes sent out one castaway at a time to dig/bring back puzzle pieces and construct Mayan calenders.

In Nakúm after tribal council, Judd was glad that Margaret got voted out. The next day, Yaxhá won the reward of a jungle canopy zip-line ride and chocolate. Then, they invited Nakúm to camp for Danni's birthday. At first Nakúm was unsure, but they ended up going. They swam together in the croc-proof cage. Jamie and Cindy felt uncomfortable hanging out with Yaxhá. Nakúm won the Immunity Challenge. Afterwards in Yaxhá, they were unsure of whether to vote out Amy who is still suffering from an ankle injury that she had sustained days ago, or Bobby Jon who is threat due to his past experiences in Survivor. At Tribal Council, Yaxhá decided it was best to vote Amy out 4–1. After the vote, the four remaining Yaxhá moved to the Nakúm camp for the merger.

Episode 8: The Hidden Immunity Idol

Immunity Challenge: Survivors were to balance a clay pot on their head while standing on a small cube for as long as possible without touching the pot. After an hour, there was a tie breaker which involved the remaining players running up the steps of a Mayan temple with the pot balanced on their heads, with the first person to the top winning immunity. If no-one reached the top, the person who got furthest up the temple steps won.

After tribal council Nakúm was shocked to see that a merge was occurring. The next day, it was revealed in tree mail that there was a Hidden Immunity Idol located near the camp of the new Xhakúm tribe (formerly of Nakúm). The tribes merged into one and took the name Xhakúm. At the Challenge, Jeff explained that it would be both for Reward and Immunity. However, only those who didn't feel they needed immunity would partake in the food reward while the others competed for immunity. Gary ended up winning the individual immunity via the tie breaker, in effect saving himself because the former Nakúm members (Cindy, Jamie, Judd, Lydia, Rafe, and Stephenie) decided to stick together and had been targeting Gary. During the challenge, Jamie said that Judd is doing the challenge to help his alliance and that made members from both sides mad. With Gary immune from the vote, Bobby Jon and Brandon was now on the chopping block, but Stephenie convinced her allies to keep Bobby Jon in the game, allowing him to at least make the Jury. They were stuck on voting either for Brandon, who is a threat, or Jamie who brushed many people the wrong way. In the end, Brandon, arguably the strongest player of the remaining Yaxhá members, was ousted 6–4.

Episode 9: Secret and Lies and an Idol Surprise

Reward Challenge: Survivors would use an atlatl to throw an arrow to the center of a target, closest to get the arrow to the pole wins.
- Reward: Survivor gets best meal at the lodge, an open bar for the night and a choice of desserts, as well as a clue to the location of the hidden immunity idol.
Immunity Challenge: Obstacle course consisting of a balance beam whilst untying two planks, with the first four finishing moving on to a rope bridge, where the first two finishers competed in a two line balance bridge to win immunity.

After tribal council, Jamie and Bobby Jon made up from last episode. Judd won the reward challenge. Jamie, who got 4th place in the challenge, volunteered to go last so everyone else goes up one place. At the reward, Judd's dish was lobster and steak while Jamie's was a bowl of Ramon Nuts and a glass of lake water. Judd shared some of his food with Bobby Jon and Stephenie, as well as granting them access to his free bar and dessert list. After reward, Jamie told his alliance that Gary was planning to vote him out but they weren't so sure of him. Jamie won immunity. Gary, targeted for elimination by the dominant Nakúm alliance, surprised the tribe with the Idol at Tribal Council. With Gary safe from the vote once again, Bobby Jon was voted out instead 6–2–1 and became the first member of the Jury. He lasted three days longer than he did on Survivor: Palau.

Episode 10: Eating and Sleeping With the Enemy

Reward Challenge: Survivors are in teams of four, split into two pairs - one all male and one all female - and race through a mud pit obstacle course and fill a pot with corn.
- Reward: Helicopter lift to a private home with an overnight stay including food, shower, coffee, and videos from home.
Immunity Challenge: Survivors were attached to ropes and go through an obstacle course manoeuvring themselves round the obstacles. The first four to finish moved onto the final round, which consisted of one obstacle, which was three levels high. First to finish won immunity.

At the very messy reward challenge, the team of Danni, Gary, Judd, and Stephenie won a night away from camp and videos from home. Rafe won Immunity, edging out Cindy, and afterwards Jamie became increasingly paranoid about being voted out. Jamie wasn't originally the intended target that night, but his paranoia ended up annoying everyone else to the point where they made his worst nightmare come true, voting him out 6–2 and making him the second member of the Jury.

Episode 11: Everything Is Personal

Reward Challenge: Each tribe member has three pots of corn and an answer cube. They are then asked questions on Mayan culture. Each question answered correctly allows them to smash one other tribe member's pot of corn. The last person standing wins reward.
- Reward: A feast, waterfall pool and massage.
Immunity Challenge: The tribe members first heard a story about a Mayan goddess, Ixchel. They then had to race to seven stations, each with a question about the story they heard. Each station had two options - one box contained a flag, one a stick. If they pulled a stick, they had to throw it into an urn and run back to the station to collect their flag. First to seven flags won immunity.

Cindy won the reward challenge, and took Rafe with her on a reward of a feast, waterfall pool and massage. Back at camp, Stephenie took exception to Lydia targeting her for winning too many rewards, and as a result, Lydia started becoming an outcast from her alliance. Rafe won Immunity again in a close finish against Gary, and at Tribal Council, the Nakúm alliance finally succeeded in eliminating Gary 6–1, despite his best efforts to turn the heat on Judd for lying about the whereabouts of the Hidden Immunity Idol.

Episode 12: Price for Immunity

Survivor Auction: Each contestant will be given $500 and can only bid with $20 increments. Highest bidder gets the item. Survivors may share money, but not with the item. The auction will end without notice.
- Reward: Here's what the Survivors won from the auction:
  - Cindy - Chocolate chip cookies with milk ($40), an overnight with her twin sister Mindy (received from Judd).
  - Danni - Plate of beef jerkey ($20), Philly steak sandwich with fries (shared with Rafe) (Mystery Item) ($180), an advantage at the next immunity challenge ($200).
  - Judd - Overnight stay with his wife Kristen and gave Cindy and Stephenie their love ones to spend an overnight with them ($880, pooled with Cindy) as well as banishing the remaining three to the old Yaxhá camp.
  - Lydia - Mosquito net ($140).
  - Rafe - Philly steak sandwich with fries (shared with Danni) (Mystery Item) ($180).
  - Stephenie - An overnight stay with her boyfriend Michael (received from Judd).
Immunity Challenge: The survivors competed on a multi-level board. They could move one space in any direction (not diagonally), flipping over tiles as they went along onto their red sides. When a tile is red, no-one can step onto it again. The middle platform spins, allowing relocation around the board. If you can't move, you're out. Last person standing wins immunity. Danni's advantage meant that she had a one-use power to switch players with anyone at any time.

The final six's loved ones arrived at camp after the Survivor Auction. Danni won an Immunity Challenge advantage, and Judd's wife, Cindy's twin sister and Stephenie's boyfriend were permitted to stay overnight at camp. As a result of using her advantage to switch places with Stephenie, Danni won the Immunity Challenge. Safe with immunity, Danni also succeeded in turning the game around for herself by convincing Lydia, Rafe, and Stephenie that Judd was untrustworthy and too much of a threat to keep around. In a 4–2 vote, Judd was sent packing, but not before uttering a parting shot to the remaining contestants, quote: "Bye, guys. Hope you all get bit by a freakin' crocodile. Scumbags."

Episode 13: Big Win, Big Decision, Big Mistake?

Reward Challenge: The second chance challenge. First, the five survivors raced across a balance beam, untying three sets of war clubs. The first three to finish used the war clubs to try and break a tile 30 feet away. The first two to finish solved a puzzle based on the Maya calendar, hopped in a cart and used a machete to cut the rope keeping the cart up sending them down the hill to the finish.
- Reward: A brand new 2006 Pontiac Torrent, which they can use to drive down to an archaeologist's camp, where a barbecue is set up, along with a place to spend the night.
Immunity Challenge: The survivors begin with their hands and feet shackled, whilst attached to a long rope wrapped around a pole. They must use keys to unshackle their hands, their rope, their final key and use it to unlock their feet, whilst unwinding enough rope to be able to run to the finish and release their flag. First person to release their flag wins immunity.

After winning the Reward Challenge, Cindy was given the option of keeping her newly won 2006 Pontiac Torrent or giving one to each of the other remaining contestants. Cindy chose to keep the car, a decision which upset Rafe in particular. She chose to take Stephenie with her to the camp for the night on the reward, where they talked about voting out Danni next, as their alliance came into the merge with the numbers. After Stephenie won Immunity, Rafe successfully lobbied to get Cindy voted out, to continue the car curse by a vote of 4–1.

Episode 14: Thunder Storm & Sacrifice

Final 4 Immunity Challenge: The most complex Survivor maze so far, which consisted of six stations, containing eight puzzle pieces inside the maze. Once all eight pieces have been collected, the puzzle must then be solved by rotating the pieces until the ancient Mayan image of either a jaguar, crocodile or monkey is revealed. First person to reveal one of the images wins immunity.
Final 3 Immunity Challenge: The survivors stood on a small rotating platform with two ropes for their aid. After one hour, they had to release a rope. After 90 minutes, they had to go it alone, with their hands not allowed to touch anything to do with the challenge. The last person standing won.

The final four were surprised on the morning on Day 37 by a visit by a family of Mayans, who showed them an ancient Mayan ritual, culminating in them sacrificing a chicken to the Mayan gods. At the first challenge, Rafe won his fourth individual immunity, and Lydia was voted out as a result of her popularity with the jury 3–1. On Day 38, the final three took part in the Fallen Comrades walk, collecting images and the torches of the fallen fifteen, tossing them into the fire before proceeding to their final immunity challenge. After two hours, 38 minutes, Danni won the final immunity challenge. She chose to vote out Rafe, because she felt she would have a better chance in the final two against Stephenie. At the live reunion and finale, it was revealed that Danni beat Stephenie in a 6–1 vote.

Voting history

	Original Tribes			Switched Tribes					Merged Tribe
Episode #	1	2	3	4	5	6		7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Eliminated:	Jim 8/9 votes	Morgan 8/9 votes	Brianna 7/8 votes	Brooke 5/8 votes	Blake 5/7 votes	Margaret 6/7 votes	Brian 5/6 votes	Amy 4/5 votes	Brandon 6/10 votes	Bobby Jon 6/9 votes	Jamie 6/8 votes	Gary 6/7 votes	Judd 4/6 votes	Cindy 4/5 votes	Lydia 3/4 votes	Rafe 1 vote
Voter	Vote
Danni	Jim				Blake		Brian	Amy	Jamie	Stephenie	Jamie	Gary	Judd	Cindy	Lydia	Rafe
Stephenie		Morgan	Brianna	Brooke		Margaret			Brandon	Bobby Jon	Jamie	Gary	Judd	Cindy	Lydia
Rafe		Morgan	Brianna	Brooke		Margaret			Brandon	Bobby Jon	Jamie	Gary	Judd	Cindy	Lydia
Lydia		Morgan	Brianna	Brooke		Margaret			Brandon	Bobby Jon	Jamie	Gary	Judd	Cindy	Danni
Cindy	Jim			Lydia		Margaret			Brandon	Bobby Jon	Jamie	Gary	Lydia	Rafe
Judd	Jim			Brooke		Margaret			Brandon	Bobby Jon	Gary	Gary	Lydia
Gary		Morgan	Brianna		Blake		Brian	Amy	Jamie	Cindy	Jamie	Cindy
Jamie		Morgan	Brianna	Brooke		Margaret			Brandon	Bobby Jon	Gary
Bobby Jon	Jim				Blake		Brian	Amy	Jamie	Stephenie
Brandon	Jim				Brian		Brian	Amy	Jamie
Amy		Morgan	Brianna		Blake		Brian	Bobby Jon
Brian		Morgan	Brianna		Blake		Bobby Jon
Margaret	Jim			Lydia		Judd
Blake	Jim				Brian
Brooke	Jim			Lydia
Brianna		Morgan	Lydia
Morgan		Lydia
Jim	Margaret

Jury vote
Finalist:	Stephenie 1/7 votes	Danni 6/7 votes
Juror	Vote
Rafe	Stephenie
Lydia		Danni
Cindy		Danni
Judd		Danni
Gary		Danni
Jamie		Danni
Bobby Jon		Danni

References

External links

Official CBS Survivor Guatemala Website

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