But first, the quitter is revealed (I love the Internet). Her name is Melissa and you can read a TV Guide interview with her here. She was going to be the mostly-naked girl this season. You want proof? She's already done a photo shoot for an online men's magazine (which you'll have to find on your own). Only in America can you have your 15 minutes of fame without even starting your 15 minutes of fame.

Back to the people earning their fleeting stardom. Ravu starts Day 4 by licking water off of leaves. The best part of waking up, right?

Over at Moto we learn that Lisi is annoying when she's singing, laughing, or killing ants with a hammer. But everybody's eating well so nobody cares.

Ravu can't make fire with sticks so they drink water from coconuts instead.

Moto Boo gets something in his eye, then he cuts his hand and leg with the ax. Dreamz predicts, "Boo will hurt himself out of the game." Boo's hammock then breaks for good measure.

Day 5, and Sylvia returns to Ravu and her bossy ways. Yau-Man welcomes her back with a big hug and then sneaks a peak into her bag to see if she got the Idol. Awesome.

Sylvia says she's "a bit extraneous." Is that the opposite of orthogonal? The guys talk about getting rid of her.

Dreamz says, "Being on Survivor is pretty much…a little bit easier than being homeless." That's what I always figured but I wasn't sure. He says after his mom started using drugs he and his siblings lived on the streets and ate food from the trash. He wants to win so he can help his family.

Earl and other Ravus hike to look for food but find nothing. Then Erica finds pineapples right next to their camp. Earl says, "Me and Erica, we're getting married now."

The Challenge is for Reward and Immunity. There's canoeing, crate-pulling, and a puzzle pole. The winners get fishing gear and flint.

Ravu builds a lead and is first to complete the paddling. They still have their lead after pulling in all the crates. But they can't figure out the puzzle. Erica yells instructions but she's wrong, and Moto steals the victory. They send Earl to Exile Island, which means he's safe from the vote.

Earl discovers that Exile is better than his tribe's camp because he has fire. He then very politely kills a snake.

Back at Ravu, Anthony is really fed up with the situation and starts to lose it. Mookie blames Erica for losing the Challenge and wants her gone. Rocky and Sylvia agree.

Anthony wants to keep Erica's strength and wants to stick to the old plan of dumping Sylvia. Michelle and Rita agree with him.

At Tribal Council Jeff calls out Erica for her erroneous yelling during the Challenge. She says she was just giving her input. Sylvia says she feels like an outsider. Anthony says Sylvia tells people what to do. Sylvia says she can't be the leader because she was gone, but she thinks they need to choose a leader tomorrow.

Jeff reveals a rule change. The Hidden Immunity Idol needs to be played before the votes are read. Will this finally get someone to use it?

Rocky votes for Erica, and Anthony votes for Sylvia. The tally goes: Erica, Sylvia, Erica, Sylvia, Erica, Erica, Erica, and she's gone. Anthony voted alone.

Next time on…Survivor: Sylvia looks for the Idol and thinks she knows where it is, Ravu gets fire, and somebody on Moto thinks they're going to die.

So Erica goes from hero to out in one day. Will the discovery of fire be enough to spark Ravu to victory? I think they're one more Immunity loss away from forcing The Powers That Be to intervene.

And that sure would suck leaves.

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