Night 6 and we begin at Camp Aitu.  The gang has just returned from Tribal
Council after giving lover-boy Billy the boot.  They are still smirking over
Billy's revelation concerning his love-at-first-sight encounter with Candice
of Raro Tribe.  None of them believe it at all.

Day 7 and Puka Tribe is busy fishing.  Cao Boi continues to annoy them with
his stupid stories.  Fortunately, Raro and the other tribes get tree-mail which
announces an event.  All are gathered and Jeff tells them to strip their buffs.
It looks like it's time for a merge!  Jeff first divides all by gender.  He then
has everyone draw tiles from separate bags.  Two men and two women draw
tiles with an X on them.  Jeff explains that these four people are now cap-
tains.  A selection process begins with captains choosing one of their gen-
der.  Each chosen then selects the next player.  After all are chosen, Jeff
hands out eggs to each captain and tells them to crush the eggs.  Two eggs
have red dye, two have blue.  The new Aitu Tribe get red buffs and consist
of Jon, Yul, Ozzy, Cao Boi, Cecilia, Jessica, Becky, Sundra and Candice.
The new Raro Tribe gets blue buffs and consists of Brad, JP, Nate, Adam,
Pavrati, Jenny, Cristina, Rebecca and Stephanie. 

Both tribes return to their respective islands where they inspect the camps
and bond.  At Raro Tribe, Pavrati seems happy with all the hunks.  She's
had her eye on Adam all along, and now with Candice over at Aitu, she has
a clear road.  Pavrati also flirts with Nate.  At Aitu Tribe, Candice is informed
of Billy's love for her.  She tells her side of the story, refuting what Billy had
said.  Candice and Becky waste no time in forming an alliance.  Yul and
Jonathan are brought in to their plan.  Jonathan tells them that he is certain
he can win Jessica's support, giving them a solid five votes.  First on the
boot-list will be Cecilia or Ozzy, then Sundra.   Yul secretly tells Becky that
he found the immunity idol.

Day 8 and Nate goes fishing with the Hawaiian sling.  He spears an octopus!
Nate calls to shore for help as the octopus wraps itself around him.  All are
impressed with Nate's catch.  There's a lot of meat for lunch.  Pavrati con-
tinues to flirt with him.

It's time for the Immunity Challenge.  We've seen this one before.  Each
tribe are tethered together with rope and clips.  Each member must carry a
pack with fifteen pounds of rocks.  The tribes start on opposite ends of
the course just off shore.  They must race around in knee-deep water till
one tribe catches the other.  As members fall-out, they must pass their
packs to another tribe member.  Jeff informs them that there is a secret
detail to the challenge which he'll reveal once completed.  Once the race
begins, it is not long before the ladies start falling out.  Cecilia is first, fol-
lowed by Sundra, Becky, Candice, Stephanie, Cristina, Jenny, Jessica and
Pavrati.  Only Rebecca hangs in, but soon she falls out as well.  Raro closes
in and eventually catches up with Aitu.  Yul tries to hold them off but Cao
Boi falls and Raro tackles Yul, defeating Aitu.  Jeff reveals the secret twist,
the winning tribe will select one from the losing tribe to be exiled, and there-
fore safe from Tribal Council.  Raro conferences and then selects Candice
to be sent to Exile Island. 

Aitu returns to camp and wonders why Raro chose Candice to be safe at
Exile Island?  Jonathan and Yul worry about their voting block now.  Ozzy
talks with Cao Boi about giving Becky the boot.  Ozzy then chats up Cecilia,
Sundra and Jessica about his plan.  Jessica lets Jonathan know what's
going on.  She's leaning towards going along with Ozzy and company.
Jonathan is not happy to hear this.  He works on her while Yul works on
Cao Boi.  Cao Boi then talks with Jessica.  He doesn't trust Jonathan, but
understands that it's a numbers game now.

At Tribal Council, Jeff inquires how the merge went considering the tribes
had been divided along ethnic lines?  Jonathan answers that he believes
the captain's choices were based on strengths.  Yul follows up with that
there are only two kinds of people there.  Those who came to play The Game
and those who came to have a life experience.  Jonathan agrees, but adds
that even those who merely want an experience are now firmly in The Game
anyway.  Sundra answers Jeff concerning being the only Hiki member on
Aitu.  While she may be valuable as a swing vote, she feels vulnerable since
no previous allies are with her.  Jessica feels uncomfortable with The Game
and being pulled by the factions.  Ozzy says that tonight's vote will show
him who is who.  It's time to vote.  Ozzy, Cecilia and Sundra vote to boot
Becky, the rest toss Cecilia off.  After snuffing out Cecilia's torch, Jeff warns
the rest that Aitu seems to be deeply divided.

SPOILERS:  At Raro, new alliances are drawn as Pavrati works her magic.
Meanwhile, over at Aitu, Cao Boi offends all when he kills a baby bird
while raiding it's nest.