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THE SWITCH: SILAS VOTED OUT
November 8, 2001
 On Night 15, Silas Gaither, the 23-year-old bartender from Germantown, Tennessee, was voted out of the Boran tribe. Silas, leader of the young Samburu alliance, was thrown a curve ball when the unpredictable nature of SURVIVOR revealed itself. Each tribe was asked to select three of its "best" members, "best" meaning whatever they might interpret that to mean. When the three chosen members from each tribe showed up at a neutral location, they were informed that they were now members of the other tribe. Silas became a member of the Boran tribe, which intentionally threw the Immunity Challenge in order to vote him out. Leaving the Tribal Council, Silas looked back at his time in Africa, saying, "The twist in the game was amazing. I kind of had my cards lined up the way I wanted them to get through the merge. I couldn't recover from it. I was a threat to Ethan and the rest of the group. I planned on winning the whole thing." ( Silas's Final Words )
Night 14
Angered over receiving votes at the last Tribal Council, in which career counselor Linda Spencer was voted out, Silas returned to camp feeling vengeful, asking the elders why they decided to cast votes against him. Earlier, the younger Samburus had asked the elders to vote against Lindsey because she already had votes. According to SURVIVOR rules, when the Tribal Council is deadlocked, previous votes are used to break the tie. Thus if the elders had voted against Lindsey, she would have remained the most vulnerable member of the younger Samburu faction because no other young Samburu would have previous votes against them. Frank explained the elders' voting tactic: "We are still a tribe divided; we are two tribes in one. They need us. They can't do it alone. We are going to keep fighting."
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