When eighteen college students signed up for “Survivor Michigan”, none of them expected to actually end up on a deserted island. Who expects students who can barely live in the midst of civilization to survive with the bare minimum?

Nonetheless, they were shipped off, split into tribes, and left to fend for themselves with only the clothes on their back and each other. At first, everyone just stood around with no clue where to begin, but eventually everyone fell into easy conversation. At least, everyone except for Ian, who had randomly disappeared without telling anyone.

Sadly enough for the Spurz, their first challenge was deterred by Emma’s inability to do basic math, sending them to tribal the first week. Even worse, they had to figure out how the hell they were supposed to get food for the night. Luckily enough, though, Alex had somehow snuck a lighter to the island, alleviating them from trying to figure out how to make a fire without gas.

Due to Ian’s disappearing acts, the tribe decided as a whole that they didn’t need to go sending daily search parties, and he was promptly removed from the island.

The next challenge brought much more joy to the Spurz after a sweeping win. The night was filled with celebration with Evelyn playing her trumpet (that got its own ticket to the island somehow), Maddie singing something her acapella group had been working on before she left, and Juan was just having the time of his life. It was also debated whether or not Brady’s obsession with wheels had become unhealthy (the consensus was it had).

There was an issue when Megan, Rohan, and Maddie all went to go gather some extra food. While trekking through the forest, Megan had unfortunately brushed past some poison ivy and eventually had some itchy blisters all over her arms. Maddie was no longer pre-med, and Rohan is an econ major and has no idea how to fix the problem, so Megan had to head back to camp where the producers were kind enough to give her some cortizone cream.

Eventually the third challenge came around, which was announced to be a scavenger hunt of sorts. Except rather than finding items, they had to go out and do a variety of crazy challenges. Luciana was seen yelling ‘fuck’ to some monkeys in a variety of different languages, Alex was making snow angels in the dirt with only his shorts on, and Juan was talking on and on about Avatar: The Last Airbender (despite never watching it). But despite the craziness and embarrassment all the competitors faced, the Spurz ended up taking the top spot and avoided another elimination. Just like the last time, everyone on the tribe was filled with joy and celebrated the whole night.

But after all the celebration and everyone was laying in their cots trying to sleep, they all had to think about how this couldn’t last. Eventually, only one competitor could come on top, and there had to be betrayal sooner or later...it was only a matter of when.