Tonight on Survivor 2013 we’ll be treated to a challenge called “Phoenix Rises” which is aptly named as it’s actually a recovered challenge from Philippines when it was scraped due to harsh weather and conditions.

Six players on each team. First three head out in a boat, paddle out to a platform, and then dive down to recover a statue of a phoenix. Bring that statue back to your tribe’s tower and mount it.

Now the other three take over and start grappling for rings. Using those rings the players will unlock the tower and win the competition.

As an added bonus, Jeff lets us know they’re playing a trick on the lead challenger creator, John. The crew keeps suggesting the challenge is too difficult and taking too long trying to get John to lose his temper. Check it out in the video below to see if they succeed.

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Tonight on Survivor 2013 Caramoan we get to see more of how the new tribes will play out. And it looks like it’s going to play out quite predictably.

All the previews for this week include a bit about Malcolm forming a super alliance with the alpha males of the Gota Tribe — Reynold, Eddie and Erik — and steamrolling the game. So will the underdog tribe, Bikal, find themselves at tribal council again? And if so, will Phillip’s game be up? We’ll know all that and more tonight!

Be sure to check back later here for live coverage of tonight’s episode of Survivor Caramoan and tomorrow for a full recap of Episode 7. And as always, we’ll be here for all of your Survivor 2013 news, results and recaps throughout the week. And you can always join us on Facebook and Twitter to get those sent right to you.

This week on Survivor 2013 Caramoan, it looks like the merge is coming. Meanwhile, Phillip continues to annoy everyone. Wow, they’re not doing a very good job selling this episode are they? At least not from the preview below.

“Could the tribal merge be approaching?” the announcer asks in the Survivor 2013 Episode 7 preview. Well of course it is. But what does it mean for this episode? Well, it looks like Malcolm wants to create an alliance with the four alpha males — himself, Reynold, Eddie and Erik. An all-male alliance… how original.

The official show synopsis, however, has nothing to do with any of that super alliance business. Check it out:

As the newly formed Bikal Tribe continues to struggle physically in challenges, they grow increasingly tired of Phillip’s attitude. Meanwhile, over at the Gota Tribe, Reynold shares confidential information about his hidden Immunity Idol that could change his game on the next episode of Survivor. — TV GUIDE

Last week on Survivor 2013 Caramoan, we saw a tribe shake-up happened and the result was a not-so-even couple of tribes.

Gota ended up with ALL the physical players. Not most, but ALL. And that’s just how it happened. It was a random drawl and Jeff Probst tells Entertainment Weekly that not all challenges are based on physical strength (really?) and that things should still play out fairly.

“Anytime we do a tribe shuffle what we are hoping for is a shake up in the game that leaves us with two evenly matched tribes and many broken alliances,” Jeff Told Entertainment Weekly. “We knew going in that we’d have uneven numbers of fans and favorites simply due to the math of who was left, but the big unknown was how the strength would be divided. It was pretty clear pretty quickly that Gota had a distinct advantage over Bikal when it came to physical strength. Fortunately, not all challenges are based around strength so there is still hope for Philip and the remaining members of Bikal.”

What do you think of the new Tribes? Do you think they’re unfairly uneven?

This week on Survivor 2013 Caramoan, we saw a Tribe shake-up and said goodbye to Survivor fan Matt.

And like the day after every elimination, Matt stopped by for his exit interview (how did I not know his hair was so long? It didn’t look that long during the game!)

Matt says he was a bit of a spaz before the game started, but once it did, he adjusted quickly.

“I was so psyched to be playing the game but I was definitely scared too,” Matt said. “I was freaking out before I left but the second that I got in the game I was completely focused. I put every single ounce of my soul into playing this game.”

And like every Survivor contestant, he learned a lot of things about himself and was shaped by the game.

“I got to overcome a lot of my fears by playing Survivor,” Matt said. He was afraid of heights and wasn’t a fan of the ocean. So he conquered both of those fears.

Find out what else Matt had to say in his exit interview below.