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Survivor: Caramoan calendar

By: Jeff Pitman | Last updated: May 1, 2019

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Pre-game
Day 0 (May 13) Survivor: One World finale in NYC.	Day 0 (May 14) (some) cast flies out?	Day 0 (May 15) (some) cast flies out?	Day 0 (May16)	Day 0 (May 17)	Day 1 (May 18) Jeff Probst arrives in Manila. (H/T Survivor Skills)	Day 2 (May 19)
Pre-game	Ep1: "She Annoys Me Greatly"			Ep2: "Honey Badger"		Ep3: "There's Gonna Be Hell to Pay"
Day 0 (May 20) Pre-game interviews?	Day 1 (May 21) Filming begins. Ep1 RC: "Water Slaughter" - Bikal wins.	Day 2 (May 22)	Day 3 (May 23) Ep.1 IC: A Long Way to the Top Pairs of contestants race up successive floors of a 4-story structure and toss down crates of sandbags. Final pair collects sandbags and tosses into six holes, raising a flag. Reynold passes Malcolm on final part for a Gota win of immunity plus flint. Previous: Ep.1 RC Next: Ep.2 idol × Ep1 IC: "A Long Way To the Top" - Gota wins. TC1 - Francesca voted out (6-4), 19 left.	Day 4 (May 24) Reynold finds Gota's hidden immunity idol.	Day 5 (May 25) Ep.2 RC/IC: Plunge, Pull and Pop Trios of contestants are pulled out to a dock on a sled (by 3 tribemates). After diving to remove restraining sticks, they collect ring floats, and return to shore, where 3 more tribemates toss the 9 rings until they land on 3 target poles. Bikal easily wins immunity and fishing gear. Previous: Ep.2 idol Next: Ep.3 idol × Ep2 RC/IC: "Plunge, Pull & Pop" - Bikal wins. TC2 - Allie voted out (6-4), 18 left.	Day 6 (May 26) Malcolm and Corinne find Bikal's idol.
Ep3: "There's Gonna Be Hell to Pay"	Ep4: "Kill or Be Killed"			Ep5: "Persona Non Grata"
Day 7 (May 27) Ep.3 RC/IC: Cell Block Sea Tribes swim out to a cage and climb in. Once in, they must untie an underwater gate & drag a chest to the beach. Then the chest must be slid along a track requiring 3 missing pieces to be lassoed and pulled into place. Bikal wins immunity plus a tarp, camp chairs, and cushions. Previous: Ep.3 idol Next: Ep.4 RC × Ep3 RC/IC: "Cell Block Sea" - Bikal wins. TC3 - Hope voted out (3-3-3 [5-1]), 17 left.	Day 8 (May 28) Ep.4 RC: Head and Shoulders Contestants must untie planks to allow two tribe members to cross three platforms, then all stand atop a final platform (as in Cook Islands). Cochran sits out. Bikal wins a visit from Tata, a local bushman. Previous: Ep.3 RC/IC Next: Ep.4 medevac × Ep4 RC: "Head and Shoulders" - Bikal wins visit from Tata.	Day 9 (May 29)	Day 10 (May 30) Shamar removed from the game, 16 left. Ep.4 IC: Smash and Grab Five contestants from each tribe race out, climb a tower, jump & smash a tile to release a key. Two other contestants use keys to unlock a chest, which contains sandbags for tossing to knock down a number of wood blocks. Dawn and Corinne sit out. Bikal wins yet again. Previous: Ep.4 medevac Next: Ep.5 RC × Ep4 IC: "Smash & Grab" - Bikal wins again. TC4 - Laura voted out (6-[0]), 15 left.	Day 11 (May 31) Ep.5 RC: Nut Bucket Two contestants from each tribe hold ropes to keep up a basket, while the opposing tribe tries to fill the baskets with coconuts. Phillip is last standing for Bikal, who win steaks. Previous: Ep.4 IC Next: Ep.5 idol × Ep5 RC: "Nut Bucket" - Bikal wins. Reynold finds another idol.	Day 12 (June 1)	Day 13 (June 2) Ep5 IC: Unused. Gota "wins" immunity. TC5 - Brandon "voted out" (8-1), 14 left.
Ep6: "Operation Thunder Dome"			Ep7: "Tubby Lunchbox"			Ep8: "Blindside Time"
Day 14 (June 3) Ep.6 swap Tribal swap. Contestants break paint-filled eggs to reveal new tribes, although fans are forced to only have 1 woman and 2 men on either tribe, thanks to production choices. Well done. Both swapped tribes are given more rice and flint. Previous: Ep.5 IC Next: Ep.6 IC × Tribal swap. "The Switch." Forced fan minority on each tribe, for fairness.	Day 15 (June 4)	Day 16 (June 5) Ep.6 IC: Crate Outdoors Contestants, in pairs, race out to roll heavy crates back to the start, then assemble a staircase puzzle using the crates. New Gota places all 6 crates quickly, when New Bikal has placed only one. Previous: Ep.6 swap Next: Ep.7 RC × Ep6 IC: "Crate Outdoors" - Gota wins easily. TC6 - Matt voted out (4-2-1), 13 left.	Day 17 (June 6) Ep.7 RC: Hot Pursuit Contestants, clipped together and carrying 20-lb sandbags, race around an oval course, trying to catch other tribe. Brenda sits out, but cheers an easy Gota victory. Gota wins a trip to a 'coffeehouse' with coffee, pastries, cookies and brownies. Previous: Ep.6 IC Next: Ep.7 IC × Ep7 RC: "Hot Pursuit" - Gota wins coffee and pastries.	Day 18 (June 7)	Day 19 (June 8) Ep.7 IC: Phoenix Rises Three contestants paddle out to retrieve a submerged phoenix statue, take it back, put it on a ramp. Another person uses grappling hook to snag five keys, which unlock ramp. Previous: Ep.7 RC Next: Ep.8 IC × Ep7 IC: "Phoenix Rises" - Gota wins again. TC7 - Julia voted out (3-3 [4-0]), 12 left.	Day 20 (June 9) Tribes merge. "Enil Edam" tribe formed.
Ep8: "Blindside Time"		Ep9: "Cut Off the Head of the Snake"			Ep10: "Zipping Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Day 21 (June 10)	Day 22 (June 11) Ep.8 IC: Caramoan Catering Gross Food. First round: beetle larvae, Andrea, Cochran, Malcolm, Eddie, Phillip, Michael advance. Round two: shipworms - Eddie, Cochran, Malcolm advance. Round three: balut, Eddie out. Round four: slice of pig brain, Cochran wins. Previous: Ep.7 IC Next: Ep.9 RC × Ep8 IC: "Caramoan Catering" - Cochran wins. TC8 - Corinne voted out (7-5), 11 left.	Day 23 (June 12) Ep.9 RC: Jump Shot After a schoolyard pick, two teams of five - four shooters, one defender. Sherri is not picked, and sits out, no reward. Teams take turns throwing a softball-sized ball past the defender into a fairly large goal. Very few miss. Orange team (Eddie, Reynold, Michael, Erik, Cochran) wins a trip to a waterfall with rappelling and a picnic. Previous: Ep.8 IC Next: Ep.9 IC × Ep9 RC: "Jump Shot" - Erik, Michael, Reynold, Eddie, Cochran win waterfall picnic.	Day 24 (June 13)	Day 25 (June 14) Ep.9 IC: Last Gasp As originally seen in Palau, contestants hold on beneath a metal grate as the tide rises, gradually taking away air space. Brenda is the last to drop out, wins. Previous: Ep.9 RC Next: Ep.10 RC × Ep9 IC: "Last Gasp" - Brenda wins. TC9 - Michael voted out (7-3-1; first juror), 10 left.	Day 26 (June 15) Ep.10 RC: Muddy Waters In a repeat of a challenge Malcolm just did in Phillipines, Malcolm still loses, as team cal-purple (Erik, Reynold, Dawn, Cochran, Phillip) wins a spa getaway. Previous: Ep.9 IC Next: Ep.10 IC × Ep10 RC: "Muddy Waters" - Reynold, Cochran, Dawn, Erik, Phillip win spa picnic.	Day 27 (June 16)
Ep10: "Zipping Over the Cuckoo's Nest"	Ep11: "Come Over to the Dark Side"		Ep12: "The Beginning of the End"			Ep13: "Don't Say Anything About My Mom"
Day 28 (June 17) Ep.10 IC: Keel Hauling Contestants jump off dock, pull themselves underwater to the other side using a rope, then move a ring to a new pole. Two rings in the first round, five in the final round. Phillip opts out of the challenge entirely. Malcolm, Reynold, Andrea, Brenda advance to finals, Reynold wins. Previous: Ep.10 RC Next: Ep.10 idol × Ep10 IC: "Keel Hauling" - Reynold wins. Ep.10 idol Idols: again. Even though another idol is not normally hidden post-merge if one is still in circulation, Malcolm finds one just when he needs it. Magic. Previous: Ep.10 IC Next: Ep.11 RC × Malcolm finds another idol. TC10 - Phillip idoled out (4-[0]-[0]), 9 left.	Day 29 (June 18) Ep.11 RC: Survivor Auction Cochran buys an IC advantage. Malcolm buys a 60-second peek at a clue to a hidden idol location. Andrea gives up a dinner for rice and beans for the tribe. Previous: Ep.10 idol Next: Ep.11 IC × Ep11 RC: "Survivor Auction" - Cochran buys IC advantage.	Day 30 (June 19) Ep.11 IC: Drop A Log As in the Samoa auction episode, contestants use a rope to hold up a log weighing 30% of their initial body weight. Every 5 minutes, they move one knot down the rope, lowering the log. Cochran's auction-bought advantage allows him to move back up two knots at any point. Cochran wins. Previous: Ep.11 RC Next: Final 8 IC × Ep11 IC: "Drop A Log" - Cochran wins. TC11 - Malcolm voted out (3-3-3 [6-0]), 8 left.	Day 31 (June 20) Final 8 IC: Bermuda Triangle Contestants stand on individual floating triangular platforms. At 15-minute intervals, they move higher up the structure. Erik & Eddie drop out immediately for donuts. Cochran drops at 15 min for hot dogs. Dawn, Sherri, Reynold fall off at 30 min. After three hours, Brenda & Andrea switch to one foot, Brenda falls. Andrea wins immunity to Hidden Idol clue. Previous: Ep.11 IC Next: Ep.11 idol × Ep12 RC/IC: "Bermuda Triangle" - Andrea wins. Ep.11 idol "Hidden idols again (afternoon of day 31). Using the clue Andrea won at the RC, Erik finds the hidden idol. He promptly gives it to Andrea. Previous: Final 8 IC Next: Final 7 IC × Erik finds idol, gives it to Andrea. TC12 - Reynold voted out (4-2-1-1), 7 left.	Day 32 (June 21)	Day 33 (June 22) Final 7 IC: Fun Climb Contestants must pull a float along a rope obstacle course, then untie some keys, which unlock a ladder puzzle. They must then complete the ladder puzzle, in order, then climb up to release a flag. Erik wins. Previous: Ep.11 idol Next: Ep.13 RC × Ep12 IC2: "Fun Climb" - Erik wins. TC13 - Andrea voted out (3-2-2), 6 left.	Day 34 (June 23) Erik climbs a tree, and a good time is had by all.
Ep13: "Don't Say Anything About My Mom"		Ep14: "Final Push" (season finale)			Game over
Day 35 (June 24) Ep.13 RC: Loved Ones Dizzy Gillespie Contestants plus loved ones must spin three bars around and put them on a rack. Then the pair takes turns trying to land three bolos on the bars. Brenda and her dad, Raymond, win. Brenda picks Dawn & her husband, Dave, to accompany her on a barge barbecue. Probst offers Brenda the choice of picking one more contestant plus the second loved ones, or giving up her (and Dawn's) rewards for the four contestants not shown. Brenda gives up the reward. Previous: Final 7 IC Next: Ep.13 IC × Ep13 RC: "Loved Ones Dizzy Gillespie" - Brenda wins, gives reward to all but herself, Dawn.	Day 36 (June 25) Ep.13 IC: I Hold On As in One World, contestants hold on to a tow rope that Probst extends in 15-min intervals. Cochran is out first, then Eddie, Erik, Sherri. Brenda drops out after 25 minutes, but later says she jumped. Dawn wins. Previous: Ep.13 RC Next: Ep.14 medevac × Ep13 IC: "I Hold On" - Dawn wins. TC14 - Brenda voted out (3-2-1), 5 left.	Day 37 (June 26) Ep.14 medevac Medevac, night 36. Immediately following Brenda's vote-out, Erik collapses, and is removed for 'starvation symptoms' which is actually mostly an infection in his leg. Previous: Ep.13 IC Next: Final 5 IC × Erik removed (Night 36). Final 5 IC: Teeter Tower As in South Pacific, contestants must build a tower of cards on top of a balance, while holding up the balance with one arm. Cochran eventually wins, getting advantage in the IC. Previous: Ep.14 medevac Next: Final 4 IC × Ep14 F4 RC: "Teeter Tower" - Cochran wins IC advantage.	Day 38 (June 27) Final 4 IC: Vertically Challenged Contestants must race up a structure, untie a puzzle bag, take it back, for each of 3 floors. Cochran's advantage lets him skip untying the knots holding the bags. Once 3 bags are retrieved, contestants do a vertical fire puzzle. Cochran wins. Previous: Final 5 IC Next: Final Tribal Council × Ep14 F4 IC: "Vertically Challenged" - Cochran wins. TC16 - Eddie voted out (3-1), 3 left.	Day 39 (June 28) Final tribal council and jury vote. Cochran wins, 8-0-0.	(June 29) Departure. Contestants fly back to the U.S.	(June 30) Contestants arrive back home; inevitable facebook activity resumes.