Jeanne(2)
Kel(19)
Sean K(18)
Joel(4)
Rob C(2)
Robert(20)
Shii Ann(24)

Elisabeth(10)
Sean R(22)
Vecepia(12)
Greg(5)
Kelly G(16)

Day 17

	Lataa
	The Uber-Alliance still stands strong with 7 people.  The largest single alliance in any game to date.  Although the last Salvie game showed that some Ulaen still had loyalties to Ulaen at the other camp.  Sean, Kel, and Jeanne agree to watch out for that, in case any of them switch sides.

	Ulaen
	The camp feels confident in their alliance, and they think they will be able to get far in the game.  They suspect that after the merge, they may be able to bring Shii Ann over to their side.

The camps are told to each choose one Lataa and one Ulaen to meet in a neutral spot.
	Greg, Vecepia, Sean K, and Rob follow their maps, and meet in a straw hut somewhere between the two camps.  They are told that they are in charge of taking care of the merge.  They have to pick a spot for the final camp, choose a color, and a name for the new tribe, and bring the rest of the players to the new campsite.

	The players settle on a light blue color, and the name Aqueña for the new tribe.  They paint the flag, and Greg and Rob bring it out to where the new camp will be while Sean and Vecepia get the other eight players and guide them to the flag.
	While walking, Greg and Rob get to talking, and Greg tells him that they need someone from the Lataa camp in his alliance to help even out the numbers.  Rob refuses to switch sides just yet, but he agrees to go into a secret alliance with Greg.  He tells Greg about his plan with Deena in the beginning of the game, and they agree to try it again.  They will tell their alliances who to vote for, and purposely divert votes away from each other.

		Salvies
	The host meets the twelve final players in the game, and congratulates them on making it halfway through the game.  As a reward for making it so far, each player is given 10 salvies.
	The players cheer, and finally get to know each other.  The host returns an hour before sunset, and instructs the players to follow him.  He walks them to their first look at the boneyard.  For the first time since each of these people have been eliminated from the game, they are able to see the names "Roger", "Deena", "Ryan", "Rob Mariano", "Gretchen", "Kelly Wiglesworth", "Heidi", and "JoAnna".
	The mood changes from joyous to sadness, as the players reflect upon their fallen friends.  Then a glance at their buffs, and the different color reminds them that they are a new tribe now, and this is a new game.  The sun began to set as they reached the boneyard.  The sun was gone before any of them left.

Elisabeth(20)
Greg(15)
Jeanne(12)
Joel(14)
Kel(29)
Kelly G(26)
Rob C(12)
Robert(30)
Sean K(28)
Sean R(32)
Shii Ann(34)
Vecepia(22)

Day 18

	The players spent the night sleeping in the sand.  They were woken up on their first day as a new tribe by Jeanne and Kel.  The two wake everyone up so they can start building a new shelter, and finding a new source of food.  Rob and Greg exchange rolling eyes as they build.
	Sean K and Kelly go off, and finally have a talk since the switch.  Sean doesn't want Kelly to be in "the other alliance", so he talks to her about joining him, Kel, and Jeanne.  Kelly tells him that she likes her new alliance better, and asks him to join them.  Sean says he's not sure which way he wants to go yet.

	The Lataa uber-alliance discusses who to vote out first.  Jeanne brings Greg's name up, but Rob quickly tells them they should try to get Vecepia out first.  She is more conniving, and should not be allowed to get much farther.  The alliance agrees.

	The natural choice for the Ulaen alliance is Jeanne.  No one has any objections to that.  First Jeanne, then Kel.
	Kelly and Sean relay information to each other, and Sean thinks about who he would rather have leave the game:  Vecepia, or Jeanne.

Finally, it is time once again, to vote.
Elisabeth  :  Jeanne
Greg        :  Jeanne
Jeanne    :  Vecepia
Joel         :  Vecepia
Kel          :  Vecepia
Kelly G    :  Jeanne
Rob C      :  Vecepia
Robert     :  Vecepia
Sean K    :  Jeanne
Sean R    :  Jeanne
Shii Ann  :  Vecepia
Vecepia   :  Jeanne

Jeanne and Vecepia each get 6 votes.
For the first time, there will be a different elimination game.  Instead of drawing cards to determine a final score, the players will draw cards, and the highest card earns a point.  Each player to reach a predetermined amount of points is safe from elimination.  The last player to reach enough points is eliminated.

(votes)name(salvies)
(6)Jeanne(12)
(6)Vecepia(22)

Jeanne uses 7 salvies, and starts with 1 point.
Vecepia uses 6 salvies, and starts with 0 points.

In this elimination challenge, the final player to reach 10 points will be eliminated.

Draw 1:  Jeanne(2) gets a point
Draw 2:  Vecepia(1) gets a point
Draw 3:  Jeanne(3) gets a point
Draw 4:  Vecepia(2) gets a point
Draw 5:  Vecepia(3) gets a point
Draw 6:  Jeanne(4) gets a point
Draw 7:  Jeanne(5) gets a point
Draw 8:  Vecepia(4) gets a point
Draw 9:  Vecepia(5) gets a point
Draw 10:  Jeanne(6) gets a point

Jeanne - 6 points
Vecepia - 5 points

Draw 11:  Jeanne(7) gets a point
Draw 12:  Vecepia(6) gets a point
Draw 13:  Vecepia(7) gets a point
Draw 14:  Vecepia(8) gets a point
Draw 15:  Vecepia(9) gets a point

If Vecepia gets one more point, she remains in the game, and Jeanne will be eliminated.

Draw 16:  Jeanne(8) gets a point
Draw 17:  Vecepia(10) gets a point

Vecepia is safe from elimination.

The ninth person eliminated from Cutthroat is Jeanne Hebert.