As SURVIVOR: PEARL ISLANDS twisted forward, the Drake tribe made their first journey to Tribal Council. In a surprise move, the tribe voted out Burton Roberts, the 31-year-old marketing executive from San Francisco, California with five out of seven votes. Upon leaving Tribal Council, an upset Burton delivered his Final Words. "I'm disappointed beyond what words could explain. But being a strategic player and knowing the threat that I posed, I probably would've done what the majority ended up doing."

SUFFERING THE ELEMENTS

As day 10 rolled in, the tired Morgan tribe faced losing their shelter to the rising tide. With little food to fuel them, they built a breaker wall out of sand. Andrew Savage, the 40-year-old attorney from Chicago, Illinois, speculated," I think it's us against everything else out here. Against the surf, against the mosquitoes, against the crabs, against the fire ants…everything."

It wasn't much better at the Drake camp, where stress gave way to emotions as Jon Dalton, the 29-year-old art consultant from Danville, Virginia, exploded into a tirade over work delegation. The unusual dynamic of a full tribe enduring for as long as ten days was taking its toll. Cliques formed. Personalities clashed. "I think because we've won so many Challenges, it's starting to get annoying, because we really want someone to leave," stated Christa Hastie, the 24-year-old computer programmer from Los Angeles, California.