I & N's Survivor: Vanua Levu (Season 3)

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I & N's Survivor: Vanua Levu is the third season of Bob and Nasty's first series of a Survivor group game on Tengaged. Credit for the season logo goes to PeachessnCream who took over for Bennett following his retirement from making Survivor logos. The season began on May 9, 2016. The original tribes were Bua wearing Brown buffs, Macuata wearing Purple buffs, and Cakaudrove wearing Dark Green buffs. The tribes merged into the Yanuca tribe wearing Turquoise buffs on Day 13. The finale was hosted in three parts with Nasty taking the final five and four, while Bob took the final three on May 29, 2016. The votes for the winner were read on June 2, 2016 where KC beat out Hufus in a 5-4 vote. Reed was named Player of the Season.

Twists
The Black Vote: Drawing on inspiration from Survivor South Africa's third season's black bracelet, the black vote is a power given to the person voted out of the game. They're allowed to assign an extra vote to someone from the tribe they were eliminated from, this vote would be taken into account the next time that person attended tribal council.

Contestants
This season featured eighteen new contestants to the series, two of whom competed in Bob's original Survivor series before this one.

Episode 1 "Prayin For the Best"
The season kicked off with eighteen new contestants arriving on the tropical island of Vanua Levu to begin the journey of a lifetime. They were greeted by Nasty who revealed to them the twist for the season which was the Black Vote, (see above for description), and also divided them up into their tribes which was for the first time in I & N's Survivor three tribes in total. All three tribes were named after living regions of Vanua Levu, Bua wearing Brown buffs consisted of Bryce, DJ, Michael, Reed, Scott and Will, Macuata wearing Purple buffs consisted of Brett, Jim, Kyle, Noah, Rodrigo, and Ty, and Cakaudrove wearing dark green buffs consisted of Clair, Hufus, Josh, KC, Lincoln, and Max. The tribes then competed in the Who the Hell is ___? challenge with Macuata thoroughly dominating, with Bua just barely edging Cakaudrove despite KC's superhuman efforts to win it on his own for the most part. Back at the camps, all three hidden tribe idols were found on the first guesses made by Reed, Brett and Hufus (Hufus and Reed accomplished theirs without a clue, while Brett had one clue). At Cakaudrove, it became apparent that Hufus and Lincoln were the easy targets for elimination as the other four members were active and participating in the game. The foursome agreed to split the votes in case of an idol, but when Hufus came back online and promised to do right by the tribe, they all unanimously voted out Lincoln in a 5-1 vote sans Max who voted for Hufus. Lincoln eventually casted his Black Vote against Hufus since he was the only other person to receive a vote.

Episode 2 "The Puppy Dog Card"
At Bua it became apparent that an alliance had formed with all of the members except for DJ in it, due to DJ being from the Philippines and having to adjust to the time shift for his region. It was also apparent that Michael had formed individual deals with all of the others and was considered the leader of said alliance making the others uncomfortable with the amount of power he possessed so early. At Macuata, everyone was completely chill with one another as they hadn't really talked much since easily winning the challenge. However, Kyle was beginning to annoy the others with his boastful nature and his trying to make deals with everyone. At Cakaudrove, the tribe was hoping to rebound from the loss and Hufus was looking to prove himself to his tribemates. At the Thread Spamming challenge hosted by Bob, the tribes had twenty four hours to make their tribe threads as long as possible while using only themselves to post and each post had to made by a different person each time (no back-to-back posts from one person). Macuata once again easily cruised to victory while Cakaudrove passed Bua thanks to Hufus' efforts to prove his worth. At camp, It looked like DJ was going to be the easy vote off but during the challenge Will disappeared and didn't help to post at all near the end while DJ came forward and helped out as much as possible. It was based of this decision alone that Michael convinced the others to eliminate Will instead of DJ in a 5-1 vote. Will casted his Black Vote for Michael since he was the main readon for his elimination in his mind.

Episode 3 "When Dealing With Zombies"
After the vote off, the tribes competed in a classic challenge of Bob's known as 21 flags where the goal was to be the tribe that gets the final flag while only taking 1, 2 or 3 flags at a time. Once again, Macuata dominated the challenge while Bua benefited from going before Cakaudrove and snatched victory to avoid tribal back-to-back. Back at camp, it looked as if Hufus was going to be the easy vote off, but Josh was becoming annoyed with Max's lack of effort around camp and in the challenges. With this in mind he pitched the idea to Clair and KC to align with Hufus and take out the less beneficial Max who wasn't even trying as hard as they were. KC readily agreed while Clair was more skeptical as she was friends with Max and didn't want to run the risk of an idol ruining their chances. So she elected to vote with Max against Hufus to try and make him feel better as well as avoid his Black Vote should he leave. At tribal the votes cam out 3-2 in favor of Max leaving, but Lincoln's Black Vote against Hufus came into play and tied it up forcing a revote. In the revote, Clair voted for Hufus while KC and Josh chose to keep Hufus in the game and eliminated Max in a 2-1 vote. Max gave his Black Vote to Josh since Clair told him that it was Josh's idea to eliminate him.

Episode 4 "Sitting Pretty Dang Pretty"
Back at camp, Hufus was ecstatic to still be in the game but extremely upset with Clair for trying to eliminate him. However, he swallowed his complaints and told her everything was good in order for the whole tribe to move forward as a unit. At Bua, the others were getting fed up with Michael's leadership and were looking to maybe overthrow him while he still kept gunning for DJ. At Macuata, Brett was extremely comfortable in his position at camp since he had the idol in his pocket and had entered into an alliance with Noah, Jim and Ty with Rodrigo acting as an extra vote. At the challenge, Bob gave the tribes a three hour window to get as many people as possible to tag their tribe's name in a blog on his profile. The two tribes with the most posts would win immunity. Once again Macuata continued their dominance while Cakaudrove held off Bua to avoid tribal again. At camp, Scott approached his tribemates and asked them to vote him off as he was dealing with some real life problems that were hindering his performance in the game. He apologized to them for his lack of commitment and said they deserved better. At tribal that night, the others granted his request as he was voted off in a 4-1-1 vote over DJ and Michael. (Michael voted for DJ, while Will's Black Vote against Michael was applied tonight.) Scott casted his Black Vote against DJ since he was still the outsider technically.

Episode 5 "Their Loyal Little Sheep"
After Scott's elimination it was revealed that there was going to be a random tribe swap with the Bua tribe being dissolved due to it having less activity than the other two. The new tribes broke down with Brett, Bryce, Hufus, Josh, KC, Noah, and Rodrigo making up the new Macuata while Clair, DJ, Jim, Kyle, Michael, Reed, and Ty made up the new Cakaudrove. At the challenge, Nasty gave the tribes a sliding puzzle and stated that the tribes had 24 Hours to complete it in the fastest time possible. The two lowest times from both tribes would be compared and the lowest overall would win immunity. In the end, KC's time beat out Reed's to secure victory for Macuata continuing their winning streak. Back at camp, Clair was concerned since she was the only remaining Cakaudrove member on the tribe. However, she knew Jim and DJ from a past group game and was able to reconnect with them and formed a trio with them which they added Ty to which gave them majority in the tribe. She also reached out to Michael and discovered that he was gunning for DJ originally but had since switched to Kyle due to his sketchiness. Jim and Ty didn't want to vote out their former Macuata brethren but in the end they conceded to go with the majority and Kyle was eliminated in a 6-1-1 vote (Kyle voted for Michael, while Scott's Black Vote for DJ was applied.) Kyle casted his Black Vote against Clair for campaigning against him.

Episode 6 "This Fucked Up Tribe"
Back at camp, the tribe broke off into various factions as DJ commented on the social circle the tribe had developed and how things were going to get really confusing, really fast. Over at Macuata, the tribe was split down the middle with the former Cakaudrove members on one side, and the original Macuatas on the other. This left Bryce in the middle with no one as he was the only Bua on the tribe. He hoped to play the field and see what kind of offers he'd receive. At the challenge, it was a close fought battle but Macuata pulled out a 12-11 victory in Survivor Golf keeping them undefeated in challenges. Despite this Noah and Brett both lost their cool with Nasty and threatened to beat him up after the challenge if they had lost. At camp, Michael was campaigning hard to get Jim out as he was a huge challenge threat that would run right over the others if he reached merge. On the flip side, Clair was suspicious of Reed as he was very secretive in his messages to the group while Jim wanted Michael gone for likewise being a challenge threat. At the vote that night it was revealed that Michael was eliminated in a 3-2-1-1 vote. (Clair voted for Reed, Kyle's Black Vote for Clair was applied, and Michael and Reed voted for Jim.) Michael casted his Black Vote against DJ since he had a hand in eliminating him.

Episode 7 "I Worked My Magic"
At camp, Reed knew that he was going to be the next one to go after Michael's elimination and was prepared to use his idol if need be. At Macuata, Noah and Hufus bonded and Noah even commented on making a final 2 deal with Hufus since he saw him as the perfect person to take to the end. The challenge was hosted by Bob and was called the Survivor Smorgasbord, in it the tribes would volunteer one person to try and post the amount of times required to eat a dish the fastest. The person who finished first and posted the correct way would win a point for their tribe. Macuata finally lost a challenge and was visiting tribal for the first time this season. At camp, both sides tried to swing Bryce to their side but he was several days inactive and wasn't answering them. Knowing this, the two sides were prepared to draw rocks, but Hufus brought up the idea to his alliance, dubbed #TeamChaos, that if they targeted Bryce he would be eliminated since he would self-vote. That night, the votes went against Josh and Bryce 4-3, but Max's Black Vote against Josh forced a 4-4 tie. However since Bryce was 3 days inactive, Bob made the call to eliminate him since it wasn't fair if someone else left. Bryce eventually casted his Black Vote against Noah.

Episode 8 "I Am Out For Blood"
Back at camp, Josh was furious that he was made the target from the group and made it his personal vendetta to get Noah out as he saw him as the leader of the Macuata group. The Macuatas then contacted Bryce to see who he was casting his Black Vote against and he claimed it was for Josh, so they planned to target Josh again and send him packing. At the challenge, it was the Survivor Betting Challenge where the two tribes would bet they could do something faster or more times than the other tribe in a given time frame. The tribe that bet the most or least given the situation would then attempt the challenge and if they succeeded they earned a point, but if they failed the other tribe would get a point. Cakaudrove swept all three points and sent Macuata back to tribal. At tribal, Josh and Noah rallied their sides and the vote was deadlocked at 3-3, however Bryce's black vote was revealed to be for Noah and Noah was made the first member of the jury in a 4-3 vote. He casted his black vote for Hufus since his betrayal hurt the most.

Episode 9 "In The Middle Of A Big Spiderweb"
After Noah's shocking elimination the two tribes discovered that they had merged and were given new Turquoise buffs. They were then instructed to make their own flag for the tribe that would be judged on a scale of 1-10 by the Viewer's Lounge. The person whose flag won would get the opportunity to name the tribe what they named it in their flag and be immune from the vote. KC ended up winning the challenge and named the tribe Yanuca. At camp, scrambling was present as everyone feeled each other out to see where they stood. Tired of being on the bottom, Reed and DJ approached #TeamChaos and joined forces with them while Jim rallied the old Macuatas to him. Clair also decided to rejoin forces with her old Cakaudrove members. Ty also found the merge idol on his first guess without a clue. However, since they were afraid of an idol ruining their plans the Macuata group split their votes evenly between Clair and Reed hoping they had the numbers, while the others all voted for one person sans KC who threw a vote against Jim. Brett felt nervous, but decided against playing his idol which cost him dearly as he became the second jury member in a 5-2-2-1-1 vote. (Michael's Black Vote for DJ, and Noah's for Hufus came into play.) Brett casted his Black Vote against Clair for betraying them.

Episode 10 "Scramble Time"
The Macuata group began to worry as they realized that they were in the minority and decided to approach the more likely people to flip to try and work them to their side, but made little headway. The challenge hosted by Bob was the Ocean Sliding Puzzle where the tribe members would race across an ocean obstacle course before crossing the finish line, the three fastest would move on to the final stage where they would attempt to solve a Survivor phrase puzzle in the fastest time to win immunity. Jim and Hufus made it to the final stage after Josh was disqualified for posting incorrectly. Jim then finished the puzzle first to claim victory. At camp, Hufus and Josh decided to try and convince the others to vote out Clair as she was a huge social threat moving forward due to her nice personality and demeanor. While Clair discovered the betrayal and went after Josh to try and eliminate him. However, her efforts were in vain as she was eliminated in a 7-2-1 vote to become the third jury member. (Clair and Jim voted for Josh, Rodrigo voted for KC, and Brett's Black Vote for Clair was applied.) Clair cast her Black Vote against Josh.

Episode 11 "Now I Can Unleash The Brazilian Dragon"
Pleased that his nemesis Clair was gone from the game, Hufus vowed to unleash the beast on this game and make it to the final three with his allies. The Macuata members knew they were still on the bottom, but were happy that all three of them had survived tribal. That night was the first Survivor Auction in I & N's Survivor history. Josh bought himself a Black Vote Reader and a trip to Exile Island to miss the upcoming vote, Reed bought a plate of Nachos and a Bunch of Hookers, DJ bought himself a glass of river water, Ty bought a hidden immunity idol, Jim bought a 2016 Ford Mustang with the immunity necklace inside of it, while Bob, Nasty, Hufus, DJ, and KC all bought letters from home. Following the auction, the Macuata alliance decided to target Hufus since Josh was away at Exile, while #TeamChaos and its affiliates targeted Ty thinking he wouldn't play his idol. The pressure of the moment led to both Hufus and Ty playing their hidden immunity idols, (Ty played his Auction one), but they ended up both going to waste. #TeamChaos changed their target to Rodrigo last minute since he was the most unlikely person to have or get an idol from someone else, and the Macuatas targeted KC since he was a challenge threat while Rodrigo panicked and voted for Reed. At tribal, Rodrigo was eliminated in a 4-2-1-0*-0 vote becoming the fourth jury member. He casted his Black Vote against Ty for not helping him with the idol.

Episode 12 "The Risks Of The Blindside"
Back at camp, Ty felt incredibly foolish for playing his idol recklessly and was now worried that either he or Jim would be the next person to leave. Hufus also felt foolish, but thanked Reed for bringing up the idea to switch to Rodrigo. At the challenge, the players were instructed to go to Nasty's friends list and find the number clues he left in comments on the first blogs his friends ever posted on the site. They would then send those numbers to Nasty and once he verified that they were right he'd mail them an equation to solve using the numbers, the first person to solve it would win immunity. It was a neck and neck race between Hufus, KC, and Ty but Hufus was able to clutch the victory and earned himself his first immunity win. At camp, the majority alliance debated between going against Jim or Ty but couldn't decided as they didn't know if either had another idol. Reed revealed to Hufus that he had the Bua idol and that he believed KC had the merge idol. Based of this fact the group decided to target Jim since he was a bigger threat. Jim and Ty tried their best and sought one of the others to flip and take out Reed with them. At tribal, Ty played the merge idol believing that he was the target, but actually Jim was and Jim left in a 4-3-1-1* vote becoming the fifth jury member. (DJ, Ty and Jim voted for Reed, while Clair's Black Vote for Josh was applied, and Rodrigo's was nullified since it was for Ty.) Jim casted his Black Vote against Reed.

Episode 13 "Karma's A Bitch"
Seeing his last ally leave the game, Ty became desperate and put all his effort into winning the upcoming immunity challenge. Meanwhile, the majority alliance tried to find out who was the person that flipped with Hufus and Reed believing that it was Josh. At the challenge, it was revealed to be Majority Rules where they would vote on who they felt was the person most like a certain phrase and then try to guess what the others said most often. The person with the most correct guesses would win immunity. Answers: Who will win? - Reed Most Annoying? - Ty Challenge Threat? - KC Gone Next? - Ty Who Has the Idol? - Reed Biggest Backstabber? - Josh Total Bitch? - Ty Best Social Game? - KC Tiebraker: Who won Bob's second ever season of Survivor? - Fly

Reed and KC tied at the end of the questions, and Reed was the only one to submit the correct answer and as a result won immunity. Believing that he was gone, Ty basically gave up on the game as he knew that they wouldn't break no matter how hard he tried. His thoughts were proved right as he was voted out in a 4-2 vote to become the sixth jury member. (Reed joined him in voting for Josh.) His black vote was randomly given to DJ since he wasn't online when the finale occurred.

Episode 14 "The Charmin Bears Are Right"
Following Ty's elimination, the final five competed in the "Survivor Trivia" challenge where the first person to answer four trivia questions correctly about the actual game of Survivor would win immunity. KC proved that he had the best knowledge as he won the challenge after only five rounds of competition. For the vote, #TeamChaos decided to turn on DJ and Reed since they believed it was a Final 3. Reed knew he was in trouble and decided to play the Bua idol on himself as it was the last time it could be played anyway. When the votes came, DJ was eliminated in a 3-2-2* vote becoming the seventh jury member as he was seen as a social threat to win since he hadn't pissed anyone else off. Knowing he needed to win to stay alive, Reed tried to make headway in the "Fallen Comrades" challenge. The challenge involved answering questions about their eliminated competitors and the first person to four correct answers would win immunity. Despite his best efforts, Reed couldn't score a single point as Hufus swept the challenge. At the vote, Josh was offline since he only had his phone to participate and forced a 2-2 tie between himself and Reed since he self-voted. Usually in this situation, a tiebreaker would occur but Bob had to ask if either Hufus or KC would change their votes. Neither chose to do so and Reed was eliminated in a 2-0 revote becoming the eighth jury member. Shocked that it was revealed as a final 2 and not a final 3, #TeamChaos lamented the fact they had to turn on one another. Following that, they competed in the Obstacle Course challenge where they would have to be the first to get through the course and complete a sliding puzzle to win the challenge and a spot at the FTC. Hufus and KC were neck and neck through most of the challenge, but KC killed the sliding puzzle and earned himself a spot in the final 2. He then debated between taking the inexperienced and nicer Hufus against the more manipulative and villainous Josh. In the end he voted to eliminate Josh making him the ninth and final jury member. At the FTC, Hufus and KC were both blasted for their gameplay by the jury members. Hufus was attacked for his poor social game, and his willingness to turn on others outside of his core three even though he worked with them for an extended period of time. KC was attacked for his perceived arrogance about the fact that he thought his game was better than everyone else's. In the end, KC beat Hufus in a 5-4 vote to become the Sole Survivor. KC earned the votes of Noah, Brett, Jim, Ty, and Reed, while Hufus earned the votes of Clair, Rodrigo, DJ, and Josh.