'Survivor: Worlds Apart's newly-merged Merica tribe votes off former Blue Collar Kelly Remington

Survivor: Worlds Apart's newly-merged Merica tribe eliminated Kelly Remington during Wednesday night's sixth episode of the CBS reality competition's 30th season.  


Kelly, a 44-year-old state trooper from Grand Island, NY, was the seventh person voted out of the game. Her new Merica tribe got her out on Night 19 at the season's seventh Tribal Council session.

"They got me! The girls played the idol. It was brilliant. I thought I had it in the bag. I just think that I maybe probably pissed them off because I didn't stick with their alliance, so this is probably just to get back at me. So, we got comfortable -- all of us did. We thought... the Blue went strong, five strong. But we're not. So, good luck! I hope they can kick some ass and bring it home, Blue Collar, I know they will," Kelly said following her ouster.

At this point in the season, the Escameca tribe was comprised of Sierra Dawn Thomas, a 27-year-old barrel racer from Roy, UT; Mike Holloway, a 38-year-old oil driller from North Richland Hills, TX; Dan Foley, a 47-year-old postal worker from Gorham, ME; Rodney Lavoie Jr., a 24-year-old general contractor from Boston, MA; Joe Anglim, a 25-year-old jewelry designer from Scottsdale, AZ; and Tyler Fredrickson, a 33-year-old ex-talent agent assistant from Los Angeles, CA.

The Nagarote tribe was made up of the following castaways: Kelly; Jenn Brown, a 22-year-old sailing instructor from Long Beach, CA; Hali Ford, a 25-year-old law student from San Francisco, CA; Will Sims II, a 41-year-old YouTube sensation from Sherman Oaks, CA; Carolyn Rivera, a 52-year-old corporate executive from Tampa, FL; and Shirin Oskooi, a 31-year-old Yahoo executive from San Francisco, CA.


On Night 16, over at the Escameca tribe, Tyler and Rodney felt "bamboozled" by the other guys after their vote to get out Joaquin Souberielle. Tyler said that despite all the problems the Blue Collars were having with one another, they "voted with a lot of symmetry." Mike knew Rodney was pissed and tried to do some damage control.

Rodney was mad his fellow Blue Collars teamed up behind his back, but Mike explained to Rodney that they feared Joaquin was "reeling" him in, which Rodney found disrespectful.

Rodney got played and saw Mike emerging as a leader. Rodney told the cameras he never would've gotten caught up in a bromance that blurred his vision from the strategy of the game. He insisted to Mike he had just been acting, getting his "De Niro on."

Rodney said in a confessional he'd have to pretend to be "Mike's bitch" in order to survive and get to the merge. However, he planned to backstab his tribemates to avenge Joaquin's ouster right when he got the chance. Rodney wanted to get Mike, Dan and Sierra back.

Over at Nagarote's camp, Carolyn wanted to target the Blue Collars one by one once they merged, and Kelly promised them she wasn't with the other side. However, Kelly's closest ally was Mike and she had every intention to work with him and whatever alliance he had scrounged up. Kelly planned to stay with the Blue Collars until the end.


On Day 17, the two tribes gathered together thinking there was a challenge, but they quickly discovered it was the merge. They then returned to camp and absolutely nothing was there. Although they'd have to start over and rebuild their shelter from scratch, they got to enjoy a big feast.

Kelly and Mike were thrilled to be back together again because they were "like one, like family." Mike thought the Blues were five strong and so they just needed to two castaways to join them so they'd have the numbers.

Another strong pair was Tyler and Carolyn. They had been together since Day 3, and Tyler was the only person who knew she had a hidden Immunity Idol. They trusted each other 100%, but Carolyn didn't want anyone to know they were a power couple so they'd be safe. She took notes from Joaquin's ouster because he had been openly tight with Rodney.

Hali and Jenn determined Shirin was definitely with them and so they had to get the White Collars on their side as well. The No Collar girls -- and Shirin -- wanted to work with the White Collars over the Blue Collars. Joe, a former No Collar, also joined this group. Will appeared to want to work with them as well.

Meanwhile, Rodney wanted to get the numbers so he could ultimately screw over Mike, Dan and Sierra. Rodney told Will it could be the two of them with Kelly and Carolyn -- while he pretended to still be tight with the Blue Collars. Rodney envisioned them going into Tribal Council seven strong although they'd have the intention to pick off the Blue Collars one by one.


Carolyn told the cameras Rodney was still a Blue Collar and would therefore vote with them, however, she noted it felt nice to be included in a potential Final 4 plan. Carolyn was with the No Collars, but Tyler wanted to convince her to trust Rodney and then work with the Blue Collars. Carolyn was stuck in the middle and it became obvious the White Collars would serve as the swing votes.

On Day 18, Mike suggested they name their new tribe "Merica" because they were the red white and blue -- the melting pot that makes America so great. Hali absolutely loved the name while Shirin was embarrassed by it and hated it. Mike saw himself going to the end with Blue Collar players.

Mike and Rodney then talked and agreed that if Joe didn't win Individual Immunity, he would be the first person to go. Rodney told Mike they had Will, but Mike wasn't entirely sure if he could trust Will.

Rodney believed his alliance would be sitting pretty if Joaquin was still in the game because Joe would therefore be gone already. Rodney called himself "Tom Brady in the fourth quarter" and planned to cut Mike's head off.

Merica then met Jeff Probst for the first Individual Immunity Challenge of the season on Day 19. Each castaway was required to hang onto a large pole for as long as he or she possibly could. The last person hanging on would win immunity.


Dan dropped first followed by Will, Tyler, Sierra, Shirin, and Kelly. After 25 minutes, Mike fell followed by Rodney and Hali. Jenn hung on for dear life as she got stung by a bee in her thigh. It then started raining, and after 55 minutes elapsed, Jenn was out. The battle therefore came down to Carolyn against Joe, and Joe ended up winning. Mike's face clearly expressed disappointed over the results.

Mike switched his vote target to Jenn or Hali in order to break up a power couple and keep the Blue Collars in the game. Mike then suggested to Will they vote for Jenn. Because Mike still didn't trust Will, he told Rodney they needed to tell Will to vote Hali -- even though their real target was Jenn.

If Mike saw Hali's name at Tribal Council, he'd be able to trust Will going forward. Will, a swing vote, needed to choose to stay with his fellow No Collars and convince the White Collars to join them or team up with the Blue Collars alliance. It was a huge risk either way.

Meanwhile, Kelly had bonded with Carolyn and the women agreed Jenn and Hali needed to be split up. Kelly told the cameras that Carolyn didn't like the White Collars and would therefore blend in well with the Blues.

As for the other alliance, Hali, Shirin and Jenn discussed going after Kelly. Shirin said she trusted Kelly the least, and Hali thought voting Kelly out would "shatter the Blue Collars." Shirin wanted to work with the No Collars because she assumed the Blue Collars would keep voting together even though they hated each other.


The game basically boiled down to a Kelly vs. Jenn vote. The No Collars thought they had the White Collars against the Blue Collars. Mike and Hali both worked on Tyler to gain his trust and loyalty, however, the Blue Collars had stabbed him in the back before so he was wary. On the flip side, Tyler didn't know the No Collars personally.

Jenn then told her closest ally Hali that she had a hidden Immunity Idol and was ready to use it if she felt the need to save one of them. Jenn was "terrified" about what was going to unfold.

At Tribal Council that night, it was clear there were five Blue Collars, four No Collar players and three White Collar castaways. Mike assured Jeff the White Collars were the swing votes.

Tyler even admitted he had been approached by multiple people and was looking for a home. A line was going to be drawn between the tribe that night. Before the votes were cast, Shirin made it clear she was not a swing vote. Jenn smiled big at that news.

Before Jeff revealed the votes, Jenn decided to play her hidden Immunity Idol for herself. The Blue Collars appeared to panic.

One person voted for Hali, three castaways voted for Kelly, and seven people voted for Jenn. Will, who had voted for Hali, looked really confused and Jeff called the vote "a bomb." Hali complimented Jenn for being a genius.


Because the votes cast for Jenn didn't count, Kelly was eliminated since she had the next highest number of votes.

The episode's closing credits later showed Mike, Sierra, Dan, Rodney, Kelly, Carolyn and Tyler voted for Jenn. Will voted for Hali. The people who cast their votes for Kelly were Shirin, Joe, Hali and Jenn. 






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