Survivor USSR

Survivor USSR is the tenth episode of Survivor: All-Stars.

Day 27 (Night)
After Danni's blindside, the final seven return to camp, with Adela, Teddy and William being left out of the vote by Ben and Isaiah.

A majority of the tribe lay in the shelter and try to get some sleep. Ben whispers to Adela, wanting to mend his relationship with his ally whose trust was broken during the last vote. However, she remains quiet and keeps her eyes closed, ignoring much of what Ben is saying.

Day 28
The tribe awaken to a particularly bleak morning, with the weather having once again turned cold with the sun hidden behind endless clouds. Isaiah, Mina and William sit together in the partial warmth of the shelter, whilst the other four split off into pairs to complete some basic chores. Abbas and Teddy stand on the rocks together searching for snails, having noted the water is too rough to have any hope of catching fish. Teddy decides to speak to Abbas about the potential of them working together moving forward.

The two head back to the shelter with a small collection of snails, with Teddy not feeling any closer to keeping himself in the game. Elsewhere, Adela and Ben go off collecting water in order to talk through their differences after the last tribal council. Ben begins explaining to Adela that he made the move to oust Danni in order to protect himself, Adela and Isaiah, believing it to be necessary in order to get the three of them to the end.

The pair seemingly shake hands, as Adela accepts Ben's apology. Both return to camp with the water, but their conversation fails to flow as it normally would.

Reward Challenge
The group arrive to the reward challenge where they find seven giant replicas of their heads hung up in a row. Jeff informs them that they will be filling in a questionnaire about one another, and then must answer what they believe the majority gave as their answer. Each correct answer enables them to cut a portion of rope on an opposing player, with each individual having three portions of rope keeping a large log from swinging down and taking out their statue. The last person standing will win reward and determine an eating order for the other six players at a private restaurant for that evening. The final seven answer their questionnaires privately, then meet up again with Jeff to begin the challenge.

Jeff asks the second question which is 'Who does not deserve to be an All-Star?', evoking laughter from the final seven, who know that somebody's feelings are about to be hurt.

Jeff's third question is 'Who uses sex appeal as a weapon?'. There is some open debate between the group as they answer, with almost everyone agreeing that none of them are in any way sexual in their approach to strategy.

Mina cuts Teddy's third and final portion of rope, taking him out of the challenge. William uses his hit against Ben, ending his time in the challenge. Following this trend, Isaiah uses his hit against William, sending the third person to the eliminated bench. Abbas then cuts Adela's rope, whilst eliminated players Teddy and Ben use their final moments in the challenge to take hits at Isaiah and Abbas respectively. Adela closes off the round by cutting Mina's first portion of rope.

The next question asked is 'Who is the most honest?', which everybody but Isaiah correctly answers as being Abbas (whilst Isaiah says Mina). Mina cuts Adela's next portion of rope and is followed by Abbas, eliminating her from the challenge. Before joining the sit-out bench, Adela decides to cut Abbas' second portion.

Challenge: Face Off

Answer questions about the players in the game, then try and guess the answers most commonly given for the same questions. For every correct answer, a player is allowed to chop one of three ropes. Last person standing wins.

Reward: First choice of restaurant meal and choice of the other castaways' orders.

Winner: Mina

Chaboga Mogo
The seven return to camp, having just a few hours before they leave for their reward dinner. Feeling annoyed by the actions of the majority, Teddy decides to call out the final trio from the challenge in a passive aggressive manner.

As the sun sets, the final seven head off to the food reward, with polarising emotions between those expecting to eat well and those knowing that they'll likely be hungry by the end of the evening.

Reward Dinner
At the restaurant, each contestant takes a seat along the table, with Mina placed at the head due to winning the challenge. Jeff arrives and talks Mina through the seven dishes on offer: a steak and shrimp dinner with all the fixins and an open bar, a cheeseburger and fries with a glass of cola, a hotdog and a glass of orange juice, a sandwich and chilled glass of filtered water, a salad with a glass of filtered water, a plate of boiled potatoes and filtered water, and a small portion of rice with a cup of water from Chaboga Mogo's well.

The seven talk intermittently as they each tuck into their respective meals, with Teddy and William both visually bored during the process. Isaiah makes good use of the open bar, drinking a total of seven beers throughout the evening, becoming more intoxicated with each one. Isaiah begins talking nonsense whilst drinking, occasionally making it obvious that a deal has been made between Ben, Abbas, Mina and himself. Isaiah is able to use the bar as long as he wishes, doing so even after the others have finished eating. Mina seems to find his drunken ramblings amusing, spending much time in conversation as others rest their heads on the table. Isaiah apologises for taking so long, but Adela tells him to "keep drinking", suggesting that being in the restaurant away from the bugs is much more comforting than returning to camp. After finishing his seventh beer, Isaiah calls it a night, and heads back to camp with his tribe mates (using Ben's shoulder for assistance).

Day 29
Isaiah remains inside the shelter sleeping due to a hangover, with the others going around camp to complete daily chores. William stays by the fire and tends to it, wanting to preserve as much energy as possible for the next immunity challenge. Adela, Ben and Teddy sit together in the shallow waters in order to scrub their clothes.

Elsewhere down the beach, Abbas and Mina discuss Teddy and William's proposals that they instead form a final four to take out Ben, Isaiah and Adela. Mina agrees that Ben is a powerful player and will eventually need to be taken care of, but voices concerns with leaving Teddy in the game.

Throughout the rest of the day, Abbas and Mina continue being the most popular people to speak with on the beach, with Adela also receiving some pitches off Teddy and William as to why she needs to turn on Ben and Isaiah. Teddy and William tell one another despite their efforts that they're not confident they'll both make it through the next tribal council, putting even more pressure on themselves to win individual immunity.

Immunity Challenge
Challenge: When It Rains, It Pours

One arm above their head with their wrist tethered to a bucket of water on top of a platform. The castaway who could stand there the longest without tipping the bucket would win.

Information: After a few minutes, Ben slightly moves his arm and pours his bucket over himself. After fifteen minutes, Isaiah is unable to keep his arm up any longer, and is the second out of the challenge. Adela soon joins her original tribe mates on the sit-out bench after she too is unable to keep her arm up. Forty minutes into the challenge, Abbas accidentally bring his arm forward, with the slight movement bringing the water down on top of him. The group on the sit-out bench seem nervous at both Teddy and William holding out in the challenge, silently hoping that Mina is able to outlast them both. After the one hour mark, William slips and is doused by his bucket. Despite telling Jeff that he knows he needs to win, Teddy is ultimately unable to outlast Mina after ninety minutes, keeping his head down after his bucket pours over him. Mina celebrates and offers Teddy a hug, feeling half bad that she may have condemned him to elimination.

Winner: Mina

Chaboga Mogo
The group return to camp after Mina's individual immunity win, granting her a one in six chance of becoming the Sole Survivor. The foursome who ousted Danni at the last tribal and Adela agree amongst themselves quickly that Teddy would be the best target. Abbas initially puts up some fight, saying that William is more likely to slip through cracks, but is quickly ignored by the others. Abbas and Teddy go off together down the beach to talk about the vote. Abbas flat out tells Teddy that there's nothing he can do for him, and that he'll be going home at the upcoming tribal council.

Back at camp, William begins questioning a lone Adela and Isaiah whether or not they'll ever stray from their alliance with Ben.

As the sun begins to set, William and Teddy continue pleading with their fellow tribe members to vote out Ben, pinning all the decision making on him, saying that certain people (Adela and Isaiah in particular) will have no shot to win unless they separate themselves from him. Ben begins to feel the heat of being a target for the first time all game, fearing that Abbas, Mina or Adela could capitalise on his moment of vulnerability. At tribal council, Ben and Isaiah talk about their move at the previous tribal council to oust Danni from the game. They suggest that they wanted to break up the "most powerful trio in the game", and that without the move they believe one of the original Saboga players would win. Teddy rejects this idea, believing it to be a lot of Ben "settling old scores" and Isaiah just going along with him.

Mina responds to this by pointing out that she was more than happy to work with Teddy and William had they themselves not sided with Chapera. Mina rhetorically asks "if they were so concerned about what a threat Ben was, then why is it only after they were betrayed that they think Ben is too big to keep in the game?". Ben suggests that nobody in the game is bound to him, and that he could (like anyone) be voted out at any moment.

Teddy nods, knowing that predictably he'd be the one to leave the game after losing the immunity challenge. He wishes William luck, hoping his friend is able to outlast the seemingly dominant alliance. He jokingly tells Ben "welcome to the club" before leaving the tribal council area, remaining positive despite the new experience of having his torch snuffed. The final six return to camp, with sole remaining Saboga member William knowing the odds against him are massive... but not impossible.