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Survivor Recap: A Star Is Born

I’m here for Star’s revolution.

For this week’s reward challenge, the survivors have to wriggle through the sand like Dune worms, arms and legs bound together, dragging a buoy on a rope with their teeth, but not before Jeff leads them in a “fried chicken and waffles” chant that they all get way too into. I often tune out during multi-part physical ones involving platforms and ropes and slides and mazes and climbing and throwing, but watching these eight contestants concentrate on not spilling the blocks had me rapt. This is when she reveals, “At home, I love to rap,” and launches into a freestyle about how her enemies are plotting, which the editors accompany by turning it into a mini music video and laying down a backing track.

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