Survivor 41 Week 1

• 5:35AM September 23, 2021
• Charles Bergeron

Welcome back to Fiji - Survivor 41 starts off with a bang on Jeff's favourite barge, and we jump straight into a reward challenge. With the blue tribe never unclipping the back of their boat, and the yellow tribe never finding their last oar to begin even trying to paddle, green tribe handily wins the first challenge of the new season. (+3 for all members of the green tribe)

Thanks to the 2 hour premiere, and an editing emphasis on backstory of the players, everyone got at least one moment in the spotlight, with no confessional shutouts this episode. The big stars of the episode though are JD (11 confs), Evvie (9), and Danny (8).

Danny, JD, and Xander are chosen to go off on their own, to make a secret decision - Risk their vote, or protect it. Danny protects his vote, while JD and Xander both risk, gaining them an extra vote advantage each, good to the final 6 (+5 points each).
 

The immunity challenge seems like another easy win for the green tribe, but stumbling on the puzzle lets the blue tribe pull ahead (+4 to all blue tribe members)

Two tribal councils tonight - Jeff's got questions for everyone on the yellow tribe, but green tribe's time is limited, and direct questions only to Sarah, JD, and twice to Shan. Abraham is sent packing, followed by Sarah, netting +2 points to everyone else who attended tribal.

Shan says the title of the episode at tribal, 'a new era', for an extra 3 points