Marvin Kiefer is the first jury member in Survivor Philippines Palau

As the Sonsorol members woke up on their second day as a merged tribe in Survivor Philippines Palau, the girls breakfasted with a small chat. They first talked about how they truly miss the Filipino bread, complimenting a cold daybreak back home: hot ‘pan de sal.'

"Ganitong oras masarap kumain ng masarap na pan de sal," Tara reminded them.

From gastronomic treats, Echo shared her first travel experience abroad when she went to Singapore at the age of 17. Going to the airport was also her first trip to Manila. Echo also said that she politely asked a passenger to exchange seats, so that she could be able to peek through the window. For the entire duration of her travel, she just looked at the clouds.

"Probinsiyana. Alam n'yo ba kasi 17 years old ako that time pumunta ako ng Singapore. First time kong makapunta ng Manila nakita ko iyong mga billboards talaga, sabi ko one day magkaka-billboard din ako. Promise. That's the first time kong pumunta ko ng Manila. Second time is arrival (from Singapore)," Echo narrated.

But the morning wouldn't be complete without discreet discussions about their strategy for the tribal council ahead. Charles talked to Jef about how much he wanted to kick Tara out of the game. Meanwhile, Jef was worried about Marvin refusing to talk to her.

Charles: "Final na ako, Tara ako. Tara rin sya."
Jef : "Hindi ko alam."
Charles: "Nagkasira-sira tayo tribe. Lumabas ang tunay niyang ugali."
Jef : "Gusto ko mag-usap kami ni Marvin. Pero hindi n'ya ako kinakausap."
Charles: "Hindi kasi kahapon ano, magulo ang isip n'ya kaya hindi ka niya kinausap. Nag-usap nga kami matagal-tagal."
Jef : "Oo nga. Ba't nga niya hindi ako kinausap."
Charles: "Hindi, magulo pa nga isip n'ya kaya lahat ng lumalapit sa kanya hindi niya muna kinakausap."

"Siyempre, na hurt naman ako nang konti knowing na ayaw akong kausapin ni Marvin, kasi, among everyone else naman sa aming lahat, I think ako naman iyong pinaka may concern sa kanya, e. Tapos noong iyong sincere naman iyong intention mo na hindi ko naman gusto mag-fish sa kanya pero gusto ko naman talaga malaman kung kumusta na siya. Gusto ko siyang, gusto ko siyang alagaan somehow that day kasi alam kong stressed na sya. Ako na iyong nagre-reach out pero parang ang sara-sara-sarado pa rin n'ya," Jef said.

Marvin, on the other hand, knew that his tribemates were talking about the tribal council and that he's one of the targets, being a big threat because of his strength.

"Iyung ako na lang mag-isa nag-walk, nag-iisip ako, na parang yun, they're talking kung sinong tatanggalin, tapos, alam ko na ako isa. I'm a big target talaga, ‘yun so nag-isip lang ako, at least find time for myself, kasi kung ano iyong plano ko. Kung ano yung pwede kong gawin para hindi ako matanggal, pero wala, parang sabi ko, gusto ko lang talaga maligo," Marvin said.

Meanwhile, Tara admitted that she didn't want to be friendly with the rest of her tribemates.

"Hindi ko ginawa ang effort to be close to them, because kaplastikan yun e. Alam ko kasi at the very point of this game, kailangan kong magtraydor. Kailangan kong magsinungaling," Tara asserted.


The tribemates then busied themselves dismantling the shelter Cris put up and went on to improve the same shelter which Justine previously built and won her a slot in Sonsorol.

ECHO'S MOVIE. Another light moment came when Justine thought of suggesting a movie title fit for the Spicy Bicolana, Echo.

Justine: "Ano, papano pag inalok ka bold star?"
Echo : "Sige na. Magkano ba?"
Justine: "Talaga, kakayanin mo?"
Echo : "Sige na magkano na? Para magkapera na agad at makapagpasarap na ako sa buhay."
Justine: "Ang pamagat ng iyong unang pelikula alam mo?"
Echo : "'Wag mong babanggitin, magkakamatayan tayo."
Justine: "Gusto n'yo bang malaman ang pamagat ng kanyang unang pelikula?"
Tara : "Ano, anong pamagat ng unang pelikula?"
Echo : "Gandahan mo naman, sister."
Justine: "Maganda. Isang salita lang."
Echo : "Hindi censored."
Justine: "Hindi censored."
Echo : "Girl, alalahanin mo ang mga kapatid ko maliliit pa at ako'y tinitingala."
Justine: "Malalim ang kahulugan pero ikaw na ikaw ang dating."
Echo : "Sige na nga magtrabaho na tayo. Tapusin na natin ‘tong mga kabolahan."
Justine : "Sasabihin ko na muna."
Charles : "Ano?"
Justine : "Takip-silim."
Echo : "Hayop. Hayop ka. Ikaw naman, girl, Bukang Liwayway"
Justine : "Ayan, sige mag-partner talaga tayo."
Tara : "Maganda iyon."
Echo : "Kasi girl, bukang-buka talaga girl."

While preparing their sea urchin meal, Mika, Jef and Amanda talked about Charles's loyalty to the "girl's alliance" that they were plotting.

Amanda: "So, sadali lang. Pag natanggal si Bruhilda at saka si Sacho, ilan na tayo matitira?"
Jef : "Eight."
Amanda: "Eight. So kailangan makuha natin si Charles."
Mika : "Hindi, kuha na natin s'ya. I know already."

Later the tribemates shared their lunch at the newly constructed table. Except for Justine, it was their first time to eat clams.

Echo cherished the moment that all ten of them were still together in the game.

"Nakakatuwa iyong part na lahat kami nandoon sa lamesa, e ako hindi talaga ‘ko mapakali kasi maganda iyung bahay, may lamesa na," Echo said.


VIXENS. The three original Airai girls then had a moment of bonding by taking a bath by the beach, scrubbing each other's back.

"Nandoon kami sa sa bandang dagat, dahil away from everyone. Natuwa ako, na-miss ko si Miks. Nagkaroon ako ng sama ng loob sa kanya, pero noong nakasama ko siya ulit nakalimutan ko lahat," Jef said.

Tara and Justine, meanwhile, kept each other company.

"So far, si Justine lang lagi kong kausap, more on like hindi rin ako makapaggawa ng alliance," Tara admitted.

Tara shared with Justine the things that happened in the former Airai camp, specifically regarding the elimination of their tribe mates. But Justine was not easily convinced by Tara's version of the story.

"Iyong pinag-usapan namin with Tara na kung ano yung mga nangyari before, so nagkaroon ng shuffle iyong groups ng Koror at Airai. I really don't believe her 100 percent kasi I have heard other stories na about doon. Of course, she won't tell anything negative on herself din. So I just listened to her and iyon nga, ganun pa rin naaawa. Even me naawa ako pero you have to think," Justine said.

But Tara was adamant that it was Mika who could not be trusted.

"Si Mika, traydor siya. Nag-o-off-cam siya sa akin, nagso-sorry siya sa akin na hindi niya pinapakita para palabasin na ako ang masama," Tara revealed.

Even Shaun was alarmed by Tara's attempt to form an alliance.

"Nabanggit nila sa akin na, tingnan mo si Tara nandun na naman. Panay ‘ako, ako, ako,' naghahanap na naman ng mga kaalyansa niya," Shaun said.

Justine, on the other hand, believed that she was one of the most likely candidates in the coming elimination process.

"Alam ko behind their minds, since you overcome those challenges, you're a big threat. This is the flow of the game, kasi kung hindi mo magagawa na talunin iyong flow, most likely kasunod ka niya ng tinutulungan mo." Justine said.

However, Marvin was quite confident that Tara would probably get the boot in their first tribal council as Sonsorol.

"Hindi ko nararamdaman na ako iyong malaking target. Parang may taong nag-iisip sa akin, may taong na-iisip kay Tara. Gusto nila una tanggalin si Tara bago ako tanggalin muna. Si Tara bago ako, para tanggalin muna yung masamang ugali, " Marvin said.


THE CHARLES AND ZUKI SHOW. Later, Suzuki tried to lighten the mood of their camp before their tribal council by rekindling his ‘love team' with Justine as he fixed the table.

Justine also took notice of Echo's so-called ‘waste management.'
Justine : "Metro Aide ka ba sa Manila? Nakakaloka ka."
Echo : "Pangit pag madumi."
Justine : "Alam mo, sis, pagkatapos ng Survivor ikaw na lang maiiwan dito kasi inari mo na siya."
Echo : "Hindi naman, girl, wala lang magawa."
Justine : "'Wag ka mag-alala, Echo, sa dami ng abilidad mo hindi ka mawawalan ng trabaho, promise."

Meanwhile, the ‘ultimate crush' noticed that Jef was giving him the cold shoulder.

"Si Jef walang sinabi sa akin, hindi siya lumapit sa akin noong araw na ‘yan parang ina-avoid niya ako," Marvin said.

"Kahit na dine-dedma niya ako, may lumalamang pa rin na hindi ko s'ya botohin na umalis e. Mas lumalamang pa rin na, feeling ko kasi mas kailangan ko siyang alagaan ngayon e, so yun nga I don't wanna be the person to hurt him," Jef confessed.

Meanwhile, Charles provided a comic relief, while waiting for the tribal council ahead.

Charles : "Handa ka na ba pasukin ang boldstar?"
Suzuki : "Hindi ko gusto iyong trabaho na ‘yun saka personal na pagmamahal ko, hindi ko gagawin."
Charles : "Hindi mo kayang maghubad-hubad, sa Koror isla wala kang pakialam naghuhubad-hubad ka e."
Suzuki : "Hindi iyon panget na trabaho sinasabi, kaya lang hindi ko kaya."
Charles : "Talaga bang mabaho na ang kili-kili mo?"
Suzuki : "Kanina papansinin ko, habang nagtratrabaho ako siyempre tumutulo ang pawis ko papansin ko yung kili-kili ko parang nangamoy e."

He then interviewed the English-speaking, err, barking dog, Jumbo.

Charles : "Jumbo, are you happy to stay here as our co-tribe in Sonsorol team? Para tayong tanga, siguro sabi niya, ' para kang tanga.'"

Later, Echo and Tara finalized their vote.

Echo : "Marvin na."
Tara : "Baka manalo pa siya next time wala na tayo opportunity, kung girls rule tayong lahat alam mong may laban tayo whatever happens."

But Tara knew that as much as the strongest could be the first one to get the boot, the tribe might still target the weakest.

Before the tribal council, the members of Sonsorol watched the sunset as they stayed together beside a huge tree. Echo brought some "butbot" for snacks.

"Tumatak na lahat kaming sampu, kompleto. Pababa iyong araw, that means patapos na naman iyong day so pakaunti nang pakaunti iyong stay namin sa island," Echo said.

SONSOROL'S FIRST TRIBAL COUNCIL. Survivor Philippines Palau host Paolo Bediones welcomed the castaways to their first tribal council as part of the merged Sonsorol tribe. Paolo started the discussion by asking the castaways about their much anticipated merge.

Shaun said that he was quite confused. He still expected it but it was just a matter of when. On the other hand, Suzuki was excited to meet the other castaways he wasn't able to interact with. For Charles, he no longer expected a merge and would just wait for him, Mika and Tara to be eliminated one after the other.

Paolo then asked Marvin what it meant for him to be part of the merge.

"It meant to me, parang this is the next chapter of the game. I got to this point, parang iyong objective ko on that point is just get to the merge and from that point, different game na," Marvin replied.

For Jef, being one of the remaining 10 castaways was already a feat especially after being perceived as the weakest even on their first day in Palau.

"Siyempre big factor ‘yun. Ang laking achievement for us na kami iyong nahuli pero kami iyong nasama sa merge, kami iyong parang malaking achievement ito para sa amin (ni Charles)," Jef said.

Tara, meanwhile, the merge felt like a heavy load was lifted off her shoulders.

"Sobrang saya sobrang na-stress out na kami. Sobrang maraming drama, iyong parang mga iyakan namin and all, everything before it happened ang saya lang talaga iyon na nga tama iyong sinabi ko may merge talaga," Tara stated.

Paolo then asked the castaways what they thought about Isla Purgatoryo and Justine's winning streak.

Mika : "Sobrang, like wow my mouth just dropped-open. May nangyayari pala na ganito hindi natin alam and not just that yung parang like, wow, ang galing niya na naka-stay siya nang ganoon katagal na mag-isa lang siya and she beat every single one na voted out."

Paolo then asked Echo if they voted Justine out at the very first tribal council because of her perceived weakness.

Echo : "I would actually say na hindi iyon sinabi namin ‘pagkat ang sinabi naming dahilan is concern kami and yes sinabi namin na we wanted to have a strong group but then and pinaka-main point, there is ‘retokada'. Sabihin ko na iyon actually but then everybody agrees on that natakot kami na may mas difficult pa na challenge and then mahirapan siya, yun yung pinaka-thought na nasagi that time."

Paolo : "So it's not that dahil perceived weak siya kasi obviously hindi siya weak."
Echo : "Yah."

Paolo then asked Justine what she felt when he announced that she won the challenge.

Justine : "Naisip ko, Ay! baka ako na iyong natanggal kasi usually sa mga pageants iyong unang tinatawag iyong natatanggal."
Paolo : "Madalas ka naman bang tanggalin sa mga pageants."
Justine : "Hindi naman. Kasi nahihirapan na ako iyong nakaramdam na ako ng awa sa sarili ko kasi iyong ginagawa ko yung bahay, as in ang dami kong dugo ang dami kong sugat as in lahat yata ng corners noong bahay natuluan ko ng dugo. Iyon lang iniisip ko. Tapos noong niyakap nila ako, ang sarap noong feeling na hindi lang sa kanila ko napatunayan iyong kapasidad ko. Sa sarili ko, ako mismo hindi makapaniwala. Hindi ko alam na meron pala ako noon sa loob na kailangan pang magkaroon ng Survivor para lumabas iyon kaya sobrang laking pasasalamat ko."

Paolo then asked Jef about her performance during their first individual immunity challenge. Jef admitted that she also surprised herself.

"Ine-expect ko naman na kahit papaano ay magagawa ako pero hindi ko ineexpect na mangunguna ako, so nagulat ako doon sa sarili ko. Pero at the same time kasi the whole time na nagcha-challenge ako nagprapray ako, so kahit papano confident ako na God can help me," Jef said.

Shaun, also, didn't expect that he would be the first bearer of the immunity necklace. But the ‘hot dad' also knew that he has become a formidable threat among his tribemates. He vowed to perform his best to stay on the game.


KOROR IS DEAD. Paolo then asked Marvin if the Koror blood still exists, especially that its original member outnumbers the Airai tribe mates in Sonsorol. Marvin said that the old Koror tribe was already long gone, even prior to the merge.

Marvin : "Naisip ko iyon before merge, wala parang iba na iyon. I said Koror dead kasi nga si Charles saka si Tara, they lived with Airai for long time so parang..."
Paolo : "So patay na iyo unang Koror, wala na talaga?"
Marvin : "Wala na iyon, it's free for all. Parang there's no way you can trust them. Parang just because you were together in a so-called tribe with a name na kung sasabihin nila mag-alliance, ganun na totoo yung sinasabi nila. Maybe they're just fooling you so I don't think that's possible. I don't know it's a game we'll see what happens."

Paolo then asked Tara if there is a "kontrabida" or villain among the tribe mates.

Paolo : "Tara may kontrabida ba dito?
Tara : "Wala naman yata e, okay lang."
Pao : "Feeling mo wala , nagkaayusan na ba kayo ni Mika?"
Tara : "Okay naman kami e. Like ako kasi pag may hinanakit ako, ‘pag nagagalit ako, naiinis ako sinasabi ko iyon, nag-uusap kami and all, ako mismo iyong nagmumove para mapatch up yung mga bagay-bagay."


THE VOTES. Paolo then instructed the castaways to cast their votes and reminded them that Justine and Shaun could not be eliminated.

Amanda was first to cast her vote. Followed by Echo then Suzuki. Shaun was next. Marvin voted afterwards, followed by Tara. Justine came next, before Mika voted against Marvin.

"Wala akong masasabing bad sa'yo, ikaw lang kasi iyong sobrang big competition at this point," Mika said.

Charles cast his vote, and finally Jef who said "kailangan ko lang maging player, I'm very sorry but i have to do this."

Paolo tallied the votes. The first vote was against Marvin, the next was Tara's. The succeeding votes until the seventh was against Marvin.

"Ang ikapitong castaway na natanggal sa Survivor Philippines Palau at ang unang miyemo ng ating jury, Marvin," Paolo declared.

MARVIN, THE FIRST JURY MEMBER. Before Marvin left the tribal council, Paolo bestowed upon him the power to bless and to curse two members of Sonsorol.

"Ang itim na perlas, ibibigay sa isang castaway para mabigyan siya ng plus 1 vote sa susunod na tribal council, mamili ka ibig sabihin that‘s one vote against pag-isipan mabuti bago ibigay isang sumpa," Paolo said.

Marvin gave the black pearl to Mika.

"Ito naman ang puting perlas, hindi puwedeng ibigay sa parehong tao, ibig sabihin minus 1 vote kung saka sakali meron siyang boto sa susunod na tribal council, biyaya ‘yan ng puting perlas pakibigay sa isang castaway," Paolo stated.

Marvin then approached Suzuki and handed him the white pearl.

"Malinaw doon sa inyong boto na ang dating Airai at bagong Airai, ang dating Koror at bagong Koror ay wala na talaga. Tunay na isang bagong tribo na ngayon ang Sonsorol. Sa darating pang araw tinitiyak ko na magiging mas mahirap ang mga pagsubok para karapat-dapat kayong tanghaling Pinoy Sole Survivor. Tapos na tayo rito malalim na ang gabi balik na sa camp," Paolo concluded.

MARVIN'S FINAL WORDS. Marvin sent out his last message for the receipient of the black pearl, Mika.

"Kay Mika I gave you the ball because ayaw ko na matapos iyong Survivor na game just because of the 6 girls and parang alam ko na ikaw iyong leader, ayaw ko lang na the way that the guys are gonna go out because of female alliance. I wanted to go out with a fight that's why i gave it to you," Marvin stated.

The "Ultimate Crush" and "the Man of Steel" succumbed to his fate.

"I feel, I knew it. I expected it, sa pagtalo ko pa lang ng immunity challenge. Mixed feelings of course I wanted to fight at least makapunta ng top 6 but what can you do? God says it all, it's a plan there's no accident in life I have to accept it," Marvin concluded.

Survivor Philippines Palau airs weeknights on GMA-7 right after Rosalinda.