The Spoils Had Already Spoiled

The Spoils Had Already Spoiled is the fifth episode of Survivor: All-Stars.

Day 12 (Night)
Having voted Salma out of the game, the four remaining Saboga members return to camp, realising just how few in numbers they are. The foursome start to head to sleep, knowing that resting will be important if they hope to have any strength for upcoming challenges. Teddy lays awake for longer than his fellow tribe members, coming to terms with the fact that he's now the only ex-Sole Survivor left on his tribe.

Chapera
The tribe walk as a foursome over to a bundle of bamboo, with tree mail informing them that they must use all the supplied bamboo to construct a raft for an upcoming immunity challenge. All four appear to be working well together on the construction of the raft, which they use a smart design to put together. The four utilise all their time to practice on the raft in the water, correcting any mistakes that reveal themselves.

Mogo Mogo
Mina agrees to sit out for Mogo Mogo, who currently have a one person numbers advantage over the other two tribes. Reniero takes lead on the construction, somewhat annoying Delma who is shut out of any attempt at making suggestions.

Reniero's design is generally regarded as strong by the rest of the tribe, although Delma still appears annoyed by his dictatorial style of leadership during the building of the challenge. She privately complains about his attitude to Mina and Abbas, clearly becoming fed up after thirteen days of living with him.

Saboga
All four take equal share in constructing the raft, although they worry that their design may not produce the speed they desire.

The tribe practice in the water, generally pleased with how their raft turned out, hoping that it'll be enough to break their losing streak.

Reward Challenge
Chapera and Mogo Mogo watch as the new Saboga tribe walks in, revealing to them that it was Salma who recently left the game. Neither tribe seems particularly surprised by this revelation, predicting that both her ex-Sole Survivor status and age would be factors in the vote. Jeff begins to explain the rules of the reward challenge, and that the winning tribe will receive a fishing spear, hooks and diving mask.

Challenge: Shipwrecked Raft Rescue

Tribes must build a raft from provided bamboo and rope before the challenge. Two members will be on the raft and must paddle out to retrieve the other two members stranded on pontoons, then grab the tribe flag from a floating crate and return to shore.

Reward: Fishing spear, hooks, and mask.

Additional Stipulation: If Chapera finishes first or second, they would get the final clue to their rice box. On the other hand, the tribe that finishes last will be dissolved, with its remaining members to be absorbed by the other two tribes.

Information: All three tribes get off to a strong start, with Michael & William paddling for Saboga, Ben & Isaiah paddling for Chapera, and Abbas & Reniero paddling for Mogo Mogo. Ben & Isaiah are the first to their pontoon, collecting Holly and taking the lead, with the other tribes collecting Teddy and Sheamus at the same time. Teddy's addition to Saboga appears to initially slow them down, with the speed of the raft and his weight proving to make navigating more difficult. Adela is then collected by Chapera, who easily stay in the lead after collecting their flag. Mogo Mogo collect Delma, and somewhat slow down allowing Saboga and a recently collected Danni to somewhat catch up. Chapera are the first tribe back, guaranteeing their safety from being dissolved. Despite a close race, Mogo Mogo are able to edge out Saboga thanks to the swiftness of their raft in the water, signalling the end of the Saboga tribe.

Winner (according to finish): Chapera and Mogo Mogo.

Chapera and Mogo Mogo are given several minutes to privately discuss who they might want to pick from the now dissolved Saboga tribe.

For Mogo Mogo, Mina vouches for Michael, who she calls a hard worker, whilst Abbas tries to pitch a case for Teddy, suggesting that he's a "workhorse" and somebody they can keep from helping Chapera.

William smiles with glee as he joins the Chapera tribe, hugging his new tribe members who all seem pleased with how the pick'em turned out. Danni places the Saboga flag on the ground, laying the tribe to rest before she takes a Mogo Mogo buff off Jeff, joining her new group with some hesitation. The two tribes return to camp, each with two extra members, knowing that this means the beginning of a whole new chapter to All-Stars.

Chapera
The Chapera tribe returns to camp, with new members Teddy and William eager to see their new home. During the tour, Teddy and William seem somewhat disappointed at the state of the Chapera camp, which hasn't properly recovered since the bad storms a few days previous.

The tribe get to work throughout the afternoon, almost completely revamping the tribe from its squalor-state. Ben and Teddy talk about it being strange to be on the same tribe again, but both claim to be "happy" to see one another.

Ben and Holly go off alone into the jungle, collecting supplies as the others talk whilst building. During their conversation, Ben decides to expand his alliance in order to cast protection over the original Chapera members.

Mogo Mogo
The tribe return to camp having narrowly avoided being dissolved, bringing along new members Michael and Danni into what will be their home for the foreseeable future. The tribe begin placing their belongings around camp, showing Michael and Danni their impressive layout that's undoubtedly enabled them to remain strong throughout the game.

Mina begins preparing rice for the tribe, adding in a small fish caught by Abbas, giving everyone a chance to speak with one another and bond throughout their first afternoon together. Michael and Mina appear to be bonding the best during the meal, no doubt thanks to their prior friendship after participating in Pearl Islands together. An hour later, Delma, Mina and Reniero join one another by their water source, leaving Sheamus and Mina to continue the tour around their camp. Reniero confronts the women on their decision to welcome Michael and Danni so openly.

Reniero doesn't bother arguing back, instead turning around and returning to the others at camp. Delma and Mina talk about his behaviour after he leaves, agreeing that he's too authoritarian in his beliefs. Delma semi-seriously suggests that Reniero goes home if they lose, which Mina says "could be fun". Abbas watches as Reniero comes back to camp, seeing the girls return a few minutes later. Mina takes a moment to let Abbas know of the situation, and that the dynamics of their tribe remain more complex than their false perception of unity has led them to believe.

Chapera
Adela, Ben and William manage to locate the final key for Chapera's rice chest, gathering the tribe in excitement to open it. However, after opening the chest they discover that the contents of their chest got damp during the flooding, and as a result much of their rice has gone mouldy.

With the tribe feeling glum over the loss of most of their potential rice, Teddy decides to get to work using the tribes new spear and fishing mask to bring in a high protein meal. The tribe watch on as Teddy returns with three large fish, bringing much needed food supplies after the rotten rice fiasco. Teddy joins William and Holly in preparing the fish for cooking, adding some of their non-spoiled rice to the pot in order to have their biggest meal yet.

Mogo Mogo
The tribe get on with their daily tasks, taking time to bond socially as they work. Whilst alone, Mina and Michael talk together about the prospect of joining forces, knowing that they can potentially trust one another more than they can others in the tribe.

Back at the shelter, Reniero continues appearing bossy as he tries to dictate how much rice should be cooked, suggesting that as a tribe they don't need to eat it every single day in order to make it last for longer.

As the argument progresses, Sheamus eventually steps in to defuse the situation. Abbas and Danni sit silently on the side, somewhat smirking at the repetitive butting of heads between Delma and Reniero, which has clearly become comical to them. Abbas whispers "welcome to Mogo Mogo", causing Danni to smirk and shield her face with her cap.

Immunity Challenge
Challenge: Pilfering Pirates

Run over floating balance beams, grab a basket from a boat, and come back. First to twenty wins. There is an Attack Zone in the middle of the course for physical contact, but both players must be inside it when contact occurs.

Information: For Chapera, the entire tribe performs extremely well, in what appears to be one of the strongest performances by a tribe all season. For Mogo Mogo, a majority of the tribe perform well, namely Danni, Delma, Michael and Mina. However, the other two competing men Abbas and Reniero don't fare so well. In particular, Abbas takes a hard fall after easily being thrown from the platform by Teddy, forcing him to intentionally avoid running for the rest of the challenge. Chapera's widespread strength and speed easily gives them the win.

Sit-Outs: Sheamus sits out for Mogo Mogo after claiming that balance isn't his forte.

Winner: Chapera

Mogo Mogo
After returning to camp having just lost the immunity challenge, Michael walks over to a private area of camp where he begins vomiting, complaining that he feels exhausted once again. The tribe do their best to comfort him, but seem concerned given his health.

Michael begins speaking with others around the camp, trying to gage who he should vote in order to save himself. Mina suggests that they potentially vote for Danni, which is the easiest thing to convince the other Mogo Mogo members of. Elsewhere, the other original Mogo Mogo members discuss who to vote out, pitching reasons for and against keeping Michael and Danni.

Delma and Reniero begin bickering again, as Abbas and Sheamus tell the pair to stop their fighting. The conversation appears to go nowhere, with Reniero telling Sheamus that he needs to "get (Delma) in line".

Delma begins campaigning around camp, speaking with everyone at some point about voting out Reniero. Danni, Mina and Michael all agree to the plan, but Sheamus seems to dislike the plan.

Sheamus later goes and speaks to Reniero, who appears on board with the idea to vote out Danni. He opts to tell Reniero that he and Delma need to squash their drama soon, as it's causing them to turn on one another. Reniero questions what he means by this, eventually getting Sheamus to admit that people are bringing his name up.

Like Delma, Reniero goes around camp and starts talking to the rest of his tribe mates, pitching to them that Delma is their weakest member and that she needs to be the one to leave. In conversation with Mina and Abbas, Reniero brings up their earlier point that her friendship with Sheamus makes Delma more powerful, and that to remove her would be to free up Sheamus for the three of them. Before tribal council, Mina and Abbas are seen talking together, unsure as to who between Delma and Reniero is the better choice, or if there's a chance to pull their group together in time to vote Danni out, retaining the Mogo Mogo majority in the game. The seven tribe members head to tribal council as the sunsets, with only Abbas, Mina and Sheamus confident of their place in the tribe by the end of the evening. At tribal council, Michael and Danni are questioned about how they're fitting into the Mogo Mogo tribe. Both claim to enjoy their new home, but are honest about their nerves concerning the first vote, recognising that either of them leaving would be the easiest decision. Jeff then asks if there has been any cracks that give them hope, bringing the conversation onto the open disdain between Delma and Reniero, both of whom have their moment to describe what they dislike about the other.

Sheamus talks about the complexity of the vote, suggesting that several names have come up, and that he's not certain if everybody is on the same page, but that a unanimous vote is the best outcome the tribe can hope for. Jeff asks the tribe to raise their hands if they've heard multiple names, causing all seven to raise their hands and laugh.

None of the votes are shown during the voting process, leaving it unclear whether Mogo Mogo has managed to reunify for the good of their numbers, or if Delma/Reniero has been successful in ousting the other from the game. After Mina sits down, Jeff collects the urn, bringing it back to read the first set of votes since the dissolution of the Saboga tribe.

Delma stands up, stunned by the move to vote her out, having expected the support of her fellow Mogo Mogo members. Sheamus offers her a verbal apology, but she ignores it as she takes her torch over to Jeff. After Delma leaves the tribal council area, a smug Reniero smiles and nods, glad to have been victorious over his rival. The remaining six members return to camp, hoping that this decision will bring the needed peace and unity Mogo Mogo requires to get back to winning challenges.

Trivia

 * Day 14 for Chapera was due to be a much longer segment in terms of conversations and paragraphs. However, the previous part of the episode was written on March 4, 2020, with the rest being written two days later. Due to the break in writing, it was cut down in order to finish the episode quicker.