Who Was Voted off of Tonight's Episode of 'Survivor 48'? A Running List of Every Eliminated Castaway

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for Episode 3 of Survivor 48.

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, at least one person is voted off the island during tribal council. We're keeping a running tally of all of the contestants who were voted off the show. Here's whose torch got snuffed tonight.

OK, you’re gonna want to strap in for this one.

Once again, Vula lost the Immunity Challenge and was sent to Tribal Council. The tribe consisted of Mary (who had been pretending to have Immunity all day), Sai (who kind of believed her), Cedrek, and Justin (who had no vote — although he didn’t tell anyone that).

For the first vote (yes, you read that right), Mary successfully played her Shot in the Dark and was declared safe. This was lucky since all of the votes had been for her. So, there was a re-vote. Everyone except Mary was vulnerable.

The second vote revealed a tie between Justin and Sai. Usually, tied players can’t vote again (since their votes would just cancel out), but Jeff then revealed that Justin had no vote, so Sai could in fact vote for a third time.

The third vote revealed a deadlock between Justin and Sai. Usually, this means that all non-tied contestants must come to a unanimous decision about who to send home. However, since Mary had no voice in this vote after playing her SITD, it all came down to Cedrek.

Even though he had voted for Sai twice at this point, he ultimately decided to keep her around and send Justin packing, with the stipulation that she and Mary learn to work together as teammates (which, if we’re being honest, we really hope does not happen).

Justin’s torch was snuffed, and Mary, Cedrek, and Sai live to fight another day.

(Psst! If you’re still confused about how this all went down, we have a detailed explanation of Episode 3’s vote here!)

After losing their second Immunity Challenge in a row, Vula once again found themselves facing Tribal Council. In the lead up to Tribal, Sai was convinced her core four alliance with Kevin, Cedrek, and Justin would vote out Mary, but Kevin had other plans.

He coordinated with Justin and Cedrek to instead take out Sai, saying it was too dangerous to keep her since she had an Idol. Although they seemed onboard with the idea, Cedrek then approached Sai and told her to play her Idol and stick to the original plan of voting out Mary. When Sai learned that Kevin had tried to orchestrate her ousting, she started to plant seeds of doubt about whether they should keep Kevin around.

Ultimately, Justin, Cedrek, and Sai voted together to take out Kevin, although Sai also played her Idol just to be safe. Maybe Sai and Mary will get a chance to repair their relationship after all!

Early on in the episode, we saw lines drawn between Steph and Sai. Sai came into the game ready to strategize, whereas Steph seemed to make the social angle of her game her priority. We've seen both work out in the past, but tonight, Steph's social strategy was her downfall.

After Vula lost the season's first Immunity Challenge, Sai pretty much immediately put a target on Steph for falling short during the puzzle portion. Steph and Mary were aligned in wanting to get out Sai instead and tried to form a four-person voting bloc with Kevin and Justin.

Unfortunately for them, Kevin and Justin had already shown loyalty to a core four alliance including Sai and Cedrek. Kevin and Justin seemed to consider voting Sai out but ultimately remained loyal to their alliance. Steph made a last-ditch effort to save herself by playing her Shot in the Dark but was unsuccessful, and her torch was the first one snuffed this season.

New episodes of Survivor 48 air on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. EST on CBS.