Who Was Voted Off of Tonight's Episode of 'Survivor 46'? A Running List of Every Eliminated Castaway

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for Survivor 46 Episode 9.

One of the things that makes Survivor so engaging is that it isn't just a game of surviving the wilderness but also about surviving socially and strategically. To win, one has to form (seemingly) genuine connections with fellow players while vying for the million-dollar grand prize.

Each week during Season 46, at least one person is voted off the island during tribal council. With two-hour episodes, 26 days, 18 castaways, and a whole bunch of new twists, this season is the most unpredictable yet.

So, who was voted off Survivor 46?

As everyone aired their frustrations and grievances over Q’s chaotic move at the previous Tribal Council, they were ready to take him out. However, when Charlie won immunity, everyone saw the opportunity to blindside someone instead. As the plan landed on Tiffany, she promised she’d play her idol to get rid of the target on her, so the blindside shifted to Hunter.

He felt uneasy, but when Q acted out again at Tribal Council, he was sure enough people would vote Q out. The vote landed in a 4-4 tie between Hunter and Q, with one vote on Ben. In the revote, everyone voted for Hunter after he didn’t play his idol, and his immunity loss turned out to be his game loss.

“The Six” planned to vote out Tiffany after she told Q that Maria was a better target than Venus. After the immunity challenge, Liz wanted to target Tevin so that he wouldn’t get credit for voting out Soda, which mixed up The Six’s initial plan. But at Tribal Council, Q asked to be voted out, which caused chaos and a “Live Tribal.” The vote flipped back to Tevin and he was blindsided as he left the game with an extra vote in his pocket.

(1st Tribal) — In a New Era staple, the merged tribe was split into two groups competing for individual immunity. Kenzie won immunity, but couldn’t outlast the second group, meaning they didn’t win the reward and whoever’s voted out wouldn’t make the jury. After Tim pushed too hard to take out Hunter instead of Ben, the former Yanu tribe realized that Tim was playing two games so they decided to blindside him instead.

(2nd Tribal) — In the second group, it seemed like a clear vote from the outside. Charlie was the only vulnerable former Siga member, but the cracks on Yanu were “more like oceans between continents,” as Charlie put it. Soda wanted to blindside Venus, Venus wanted to blindside Soda or Tevin, and Tevin wanted to blindside Soda. In the end, Maria and Charlie ended up controlling the vote and deciding to take out Soda because of her status as a social threat.

In a wild twist of events after the “Mergatory,” two very unevenly matched teams were forced to face one another. By the powers of a rock draw, one team had five men and one woman, while the other team had one man and five women.

Expectations were correct and the latter team lost, making them vulnerable at Tribal Council. The “stronger” team asked Siga and Nami to each put one of their members on a chopping block. Because of Siga’s hesitation, Yanu decided to swing the votes towards Moriah.

She played her shot-in-the-dark to no avail and was sent home.

Finally, Yanu has won an immunity challenge! Well, they came in second place with just moments between them and the Siga Tribe. This makes Episode 5 the first time that Siga would lose a member of their tribe, but because they’ve been the “vibes tribe” up until this point, no one knew which way the votes would go. However, Charlie and Maria’s secret alliance trumped the vote as they decided to take out Jem instead of Ben. Because Jem thought she was aligned with Maria and Moriah, she decided not to play her idol and ended up going home.

As a surprise to no one, the Yanu tribe lost the immunity challenge once again, even after winning a nourishing food reward. Bhanu was already on the bottom, but when he revealed the ins and outs of the tribe on his journey to Ben and Liz, he sealed his fate.

He then lost his vote, and at this point, no one is willing to work with him and he knows it. So instead of a traditional tribal council, Bhanu said his last words and he was sent home without even voting.

In a surprise twist ending, a member of the winning tribe went home in Episode 3. After Yanu lost the challenge (again), Bhanu went on a journey with Liz and Ben. While on the journey, Bhanu emotionally leaked everything about his tribe before losing his vote. Later, Q and Tiffany strategized about potentially voting out Kenzie instead of Bhanu. But because Randen's nerve issue could be a misplaced disk, he got medevaced from the game for an MRI, so tribal council was canceled.

The Yanu tribe lost again, and they've turned into the official "losers" of the season. While it seemed like a cut-and-dry vote against Jess at the beginning, things got complicated when Kenzie overworked her social strategy. She tried to form an alliance with Jess and Bhanu, but they told Q about Kenzie's move. Q realized he may not be able to trust Kenzie, but that he could work with Jess and Bhanu against her. Even still, Jess's weaknesses in the challenges ultimately cost her the game.

After the Yanu tribe lost the Immunity Challenge, the first tribal council came down to a race between David Jelinsky and Jess Chong. Throughout the episode, the Yanu tribe proved a bit of a mess as Jess had trouble getting her head in the game, while Jelinsky quit the Sweat challenge an hour and a half in. While Jelinsky formed an alliance with Kenzie, Tiffany, and Q, his repeated volunteering combined with his failure to follow through led to his ultimate downfall as the first boot.

New episodes of Survivor 46 air on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. EST on CBS.