NEW YORK, April 7, 2006
Survivor: Austin Walks The Plank
Latest Loser Says Integrity Was A Tricky Line To Negotiate
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Play CBS Video Video Austin Booted From 'Survivor' On "Survivor: Exile Island," the three remaining La Mina tribe members tried to swing the game back in their favor, but it wasn't enough to keep Austin Carty in the game. Carty speaks with Julie Chen.
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Video Secret 'Survivor' Scene Latest "Survivor: Exile Island" castoff Austin Carty joins Julie Chen on "The Early Show" to view and discuss an unaired scene from the popular series.
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Interactive Survivor: Panama, Exile Island Meet the players, watch videos, go to the show's official site, and learn more about Panama.
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In The Spotlight Survivors Of Panama Videos: "Survivor: Panama, Exile Island" contestants' profiles and interviews.
Episode 8 otherwise was a story of coconuts, cuddling and couples.
Picture hundreds of coconuts and sweaty folks racing around to dump them into competitors' boats – to slow them down, what else? – and you still haven't captured the chaos of the reward challenge that was a win for Aras, Bruce and Sally.
The victory didn't taste as sweet as they expected, as they waited in drenching Panamanian rain for transportation to their reward.
The reward on the other hand was better than expected, and far from the pale of jungle survival: a yacht which promptly dumped them on a sandbar furnished with a large canopy bed.
Sally, a 27-year-old social worker from Minnesota, was distinctly underwhelmed.
"It's this sandbar in the middle of nowhere with this beautiful canopy bed, and it's pouring rain, and I'm like, there is no way that that is our reward," she wailed. I was so frustrated."
Breakfast, moments later, brought a warming trend and a change of heart.
"All of a sudden, this tray is set down, and I am not kidding you, it went from this cold, miserable moment to the most incredible day ever," said Sally, who soon found herself huddled in bed sharing the feast and a champagne toast with 58-year-old karate master Bruce and 24-year-old yoga instructor Aras.
Meanwhile Danielle, a 24-year-old medical sales rep from Boston, was keeping company with Austin in the rain on nearby Exile Island.
"Being on Exile Island, under the torrential rains, forced me to go into the quickest bonding experience I've ever been through," said Austin, not yet seeing the writing on the coconuts. "Luckily, Danielle and I got along great."
He was rewarded with sweet words from Danielle.
"Out of all the people that I could get stuck on the island with, I'm glad it was Austin," she smiles. "If something did change, Austin would be a potential backup plan."
Not in Panama, it won't.
Tune in next week to see who is next to be shaken loose from the tree.
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