| Custody Battle | |
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| Season | Survivor: Guts & Glory |
| Episode Number | 1/14 |
| First Broadcast | February 29, 2016 |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous | "Fire of a Thousand Suns" (previous season) |
| Next | "She Was A Fighter" |
Custody Battle is the premier episode of Survivor: Guts & Glory. 18 college students begin their semester-long quest to become the University of Maryland's next Sole Survivor. In this opening episode, they are forced to connect during a sub-freezing campout, and learn that this season has many surprises in store. One contestant struggles with fitting in culturally, but meets an unlikely ally. Plus, a grueling 6-part challenge tests the three tribes.
Challenges[]
Immunity[]
Gutstacle Course - A 6-part race from the bottom to the top of "The Mall". The first part consisted of a wheelbarrow race. The tribes divided into three pairs of two and each had to make their way down the field and back. The second part required a member from each tribe to retrieve bolos from a snow pile and then land them on a ladder. The third part required two pairs of two people to balance a ball on a board and make their way up the fountain ledges, making it through all the checkpoints. Then, they must lift 5 members of their tribe over a rope suspended between two trees without touching the rope. Next, they must link arms and race through various pathways until they make it to the ledge where a puzzle is waiting. The first two tribes to complete the puzzle and make it to the Terrapin statue will win immunity.
Winner (according to finish): Sohcahtoa & Úla Úla
| Immunity Challenge: Gutstacle Course | |||
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| Placement | Tribe | ||
| 1st | Sohcahtoa |       Alex, Evan, Micah, Michelle, Mollie & Shannon | |
| 2nd | Úla Úla |       Allan, Brian, Elyse, Emily Katie & René | |
| 3rd | Azula |       Brandon, Matt, Mikey, Nicola, Priya & Sherry | |
Tribal Council[]
| Tribal Council #1: Azula Tribe | |
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| Voted Against |
Voter |
Priya (4 votes) |
Matt, Mikey, Nicola & Sherry |
Sherry (2 votes) |
Brandon & Priya |
VOTED OFF: Priya Ashley | |
Voting Confessionals[]
Note: Mikey's voting confessional was revealed during the "Previously on Survivor" segment of She Was A Fighter.
| “ | (voting for Priya) Priya, sorry | ” |
–Matt | ||
| “ | (voting for Sherry) Right now we just need to make the team as, um, strong as we can. We need to win, we cannot lose next week. | ” |
–Priya | ||
| “ | (voting for Priya) I really hope I can stay one more night, but not sure. I already prepared for my farewell speech. | ” |
–Sherry | ||
| “ | (voting for Sherry) Oh my god. I voted for Sherry. I'm sorry baby, I love you so much, I really do. Love you! | ” |
–Brandon | ||
| “ | (voting for Priya) Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow of the game. | ” |
–Nicola | ||
| “ | (voting for Priya) That's what happens when you forget you're playing a game. | ” |
–Mikey | ||
Final Words[]
| “ | So, I'm blown, definitely, but it's okay. I just wanna know who voted me out cause, I don't know, kinda sucks. I thought we were going for the approach like we vote out the weakest people cause we need to win the competitions but I guess they were talking without me so maybe I should've talked to Sherry when she reached out? I don't know. But it sucks, but honestly I still want to know what happens with the game and it is what it is. | ” |
–Priya | ||
Still in the Running[]
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Trivia[]
- This is the first time where the contestants have been divided in three tribes at the beginning of the competition.
