Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X castaway Jessica "Figgy" Figueroa was voted out of the game during Wednesday night's Episode 6 broadcast on CBS.

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Figgy, a 23-year-old bartender from Nashville, TN, became the sixth castaway voted out of Season 33 of Survivor on Night 18 at the game's sixth Tribal Council session.

The new Takali tribe, featuring a mix of Gen Xers and millennials, had to vote one of their members off after they lost the Immunity Challenge to the opposing Vanua and Ikabula tribes.

"I came in here with one speed, guns blazing. I was definitely a force to be reckoned with, so I guess it's more if a compliment to be taken out right now, because otherwise, I probably would've taken out every single one of them," Figgy said following her ouster.

"So I'm not disappointed in my game at all, but I'm definitely bummed that I won't get to be around [Taylor Stocker]. 'Figtails' will probably be reunited one day but just not any time soon."

In addition to Figgy and Taylor, a 24-year-old ski instructor from Post Falls, ID, the new Takali tribe also featured Adam Klein, a 25-year-old homeless shelter manager from San Francisco, CA; Jessica Lewis, a 37-year-old assistant district attorney from Voorheesville, NY; and Ken McNickle, a 33-year-old model from Denver, CO.

The Survivor broadcast began at Vanua's camp on Night 15 after the Gen Xers turned on Ciandre "CeCe" Taylor and voted her out at the previous Tribal Council.

The new Vanua tribe was now comprised of Zeke Smith, a 28-year-old asset manager from Brooklyn, NY; Michelle Schubert, a 28-year-old missionary recruiter from Yakima, WA; Chris Hammons, a 38-year-old trial lawyer from Moore, OK; and David Wright, a 42-year-old television writer from Sherman Oaks, CA.

David said getting rid of CeCe was "absolutely the right thing to do" because, going forward, the tribe will be working with people whom they really trust. Zeke laughed about how the Gen Xers sent home one of their own when they had the majority over the millennials.

The episode then flashed to Day 16 at the new Ikabula tribe.

The tribe members were Justin "Jay" Starrett, a 27-year-old real estate agent from Fort Lauderdale, FL; Will Wahl, an 18-year-old high school student from Long Valley, NJ; Hannah Shapiro, a 24-year-old barista from West Hollywood, CA; Michaela Bradshaw, a 25-year-old in vacation club sales from Fort Worth, TX; Sunday Burquest, a 45-year-old youth pastor from Ostego, MN; and Bret LaBelle, a 42-year-old police sergeant from Dedham, MA.

Jay said in a confessional he's playing the game to win money for his mom and sister back home. Jay explained that while millennials have the reputation of being selfish, that's simply not true, especially in his case.

Jay then went looking for a hidden Immunity Idol and happened to find a symbol of his tribe stamped on a piece of bamboo. He ripped it open and found the idol, sharing the news with Will.

"Mom, you just got one step closer to getting a house," Jay told the cameras.

Michaela walked up to the guys when they were celebrating the idol find, so they had to tell her about it. Jay said Michaela was one of his allies, and while she intended to keep quiet about the idol, she admitted that she'd have no problem snitching on him if it came down to it.

The three tribes then gathered together and met Survivor host Jeff Probst for a Reward Challenge.

Figgy announced in front of everyone that she was sad about having been split up from Michelle in the tribal swap. Figgy said she loved Michelle, who then insisted "truth works well" in this game. Later on, however, Figgy's admission just made people more wary about Michelle's power.

For the challenge, Jeff instructed each tribe to pick "a caller." The rest of the tribe was blindfolded, and listening to Figgy's verbal commands, they had to find and collect four sets of puzzle pieces. Once the caller directed one tribe member to a table, that blindfolded person had to solve a puzzle solely based on the caller's verbal instructions.

The first tribe to finish the challenge would win Reward in the form of apple pie, cookies, brownies, iced tea and cold milk. The second tribe to finish would be allowed to eat some chocolate chip cookies. 

Takali sat out Jessica from the challenge, while Ikabula sat out Bret and Hannah.

Figgy excelled as a caller, however, she struggled to advise Ken how to solve the puzzle. Figgy's confusion allowed the other two tribes to catch up to her tribe and then eventually jump ahead. Michelle instructed Zeke on how to solve the puzzle, while Jay did the same for Michaela.

Meanwhile, Hannah's arms were cramping up and her face was tingling. She had to sit down away from the action because she was suffering from a panic attack. The medic assured Hannah she was fine, but she didn't want to appear weak to her fellow castaways. Hannah revealed she struggles greatly with anxiety in everyday life.

In the end, Vanua won from behind and Ikabula finished in second place. Figgy was distraught about having let down her Takali tribe.

At Vanua's camp afterwards, Zeke noted he was on the bottom of the millennials so he was considering taking Michelle out. Zeke thought that would be fine since Michelle had been "plotting" against him before and had strong ties to Figgy and Taylor.

Zeke wondered if he needed to give up on the millennials tribe in general.

At Ikabula's camp, Hannah expressed how her brain was exhausted but she had to keep going.

Over at Takali, Taylor's romance with Figgy was growing stronger and they were definitely a power couple. Taylor thought there was no reason to hide it from the rest of the tribe, especially because Adam knew about the showmance and was on their side in the game.

Figgy finally conceded to Taylor's wishes and told Jessica and Ken about her relationship. Neither Jessica or Ken were surprised at all -- in fact, the Gen Xers joked about how obvious Taylor and Figgy had made it. Ken said they're not as cool or untouchable as they believed.

Figgy and Taylor assumed they had the numbers with Adam.

On Day 18, the three tribes met Jeff again for the season's sixth Immunity Challenge.

Jeff explained each tribe must race across a series of balance beams, collect bags of coconuts and then bring them up the beach. Once they had six bags of coconuts, the castaways could open them to find three balls. Two players on each tribe must then maneuver those balls through a table maze.

The first two tribes to land all three balls at the end of the maze would win immunity. Adam sat out for Takali, while Ikabula sat out both Will and Sunday.

Takali, once again, had a huge lead in the challenge. Jessica and Figgy worked on the maze together and the tribe was excited about their "huge time advantage," according to Jeff.

However, Michaela and Hannah worked very efficiently together, and Zeke and Michelle also made up some time by working well as a pair.

Ikabula won first place by landing all three balls at the end of the maze when the two other couples had only landed one ball. Vanua finished in second place after Michaela encouraged them and gave them some hints about how to finish the maze faster.

Michaela announced in front of everyone she wants the millennials to stick together and that's why she helped Vanua. Michaela explained she didn't feel the need to assist Takali because they had a majority of three millennials vs two Gen Xers.

At Takali's camp after the challenge, Figgy said if the millennials were smart, they'd work together to take out the Gen Xers.

Adam realized he was the swing vote between a millennials pair and a Gen X pair. He could choose to side with Figgy and Taylor or Ken and Jessica. Adam talked to Figgy about taking Ken out because he's "a dangerous player" and come the merge, he'll be a threat in the challenges.

Taylor worried Adam might double cross him and be smarter than they thought he was. Taylor didn't trust anyone but Figgy.

Adam warned Jessica the millennials were going after Ken, but she said she needed him because they had each other's backs. Jessica told Ken to convince Adam that he would never write his name down and he was safe with them.

Ken therefore told Adam just that -- that Adam shouldn't go forward in the game with two "arrogant and conniving cool kids." Ken said Adam would just be at the bottom of an alliance with a power couple.

Adam was scared to trust people he's never worked with before, but Ken promised he would never betray him. Adam acknowledged people at home were probably screaming, "Get out the power couple," but he wasn't sure if that move made sense for him at this point in the game.

At Tribal Council on Night 18, Figgy revealed that although Adam had voted for her at the first Tribal Council, she forgave him and forgot about it.

Taylor then told Jeff that he and Figgy really liked each other but "love" is a really strong word. Figgy told the tribe they are just two people voting together, like Jessica and Ken. Figgy insisted she didn't appear on Survivor just for a showmance, claiming that she and Taylor were still being strategic with every move they made.

Adam noted he was in the middle of a romantic couple and a strategic couple.

Taylor said the millennials have the numbers come the merge, so it wouldn't make sense for Adam to flip on them now. Taylor said the millennials would probably target him for betraying the original tribe.

Adam explained his vote would be representative of looking towards the future rather than just one night, leading everyone to think he was going to vote out Ken. Jessica pointed out there was a lot of contention on the millennials tribe, so Adam would probably be fine.

Before casting his vote, Adam noted he genuinely liked the person he was voting for and someone would be going home upset -- and someone would be returning to camp upset.

Jeff then revealed the votes in the following order: Ken, Figgy, Ken, Figgy and Figgy. 

"I'll explain, if I can," Adam told Taylor, who gave his tribemate the death stare.

Figgy cried on her way out and wished Taylor good luck.


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