"Race for time and beat the rest.
The quicker legs will be the best.
With wheels or feet you must make speed,
with extra tasks to take the lead.
Before the merger, you must play
and maybe cast a friend away."

This one is for immunity folks! someone is getting voted off tomorrow....

Each tribe dons their matching tribal clothes; red for Ocono, blue for Nicarong. The merge is getting close and every tribemate they can keep is crucial!

Can Ocono Tribe regain their winning streak? Or is Nicarong going into the merger with triple the players in Ocono?

Ocono and Nicarong Blossom in the Eighth Immunity Challenge
You reach Challenge Beach and see it full of flowers. there are 2 big baskets, and 2 3 wheeled bikes with a riding bar on the back. You also see thick knotted ropes hanging from each side of the Sipyen Falls! This looks like it will be an interesting race! Gia takes back the immunity idol and necklaces from Nicarong and then she explains that this is a 6 part race, and lets each tribe decide on their line-up.
The kids choose their lineup and Gia gives an empty basket to Aggie and explains that Pierre will race her through the path and she has to grab as many flowers as she can while he pedals. "Don't fall off or drop the basket or you will be disqualified and get no points!" Gia says. Aggie gulps, but takes the basket and climbs on the back of the trike. The tricycle is on a path of wooden planks laid out in a stripe down the beach and beyond. That makes Pierre relax, peddling thru the sand would have been a nightmare!
From the Nicarong tribe, Lola climbs on the back of the trike while Mandy works the wheels. All eyes are on the race as the kids take off! Aggie has to hold on with one hand and frantically grab at the blooms with the other! Pierre pumps his legs, and pedals faster and faster! Petals fly everywhere as Aggie grabs and grabs! Mandy works her muscles furiously, trying to keep up with the cajun lightning as Lola stuffs fistfuls of blooms into her basket.
They speed off down the path and the tribe waits breathlessly until both pairs come speeding back down the way the came (having looped around a big tree at the other end of the beach). As they come back, Nicarong has a strong lead over Ocono. Mandy fights and fights but can't catch up. Pierre pulls right up to Meghan who is waiting by the ropes to take the basket from Aggie. As the basket changes hands, Meghan loops it over her shoulder and starts to climb. Gia says, "Nicarong wins the first race, no flowers lost yet! 3 points for Nicarong!"
Lola and Mandy pull up and Lola jumps off the back of the trike and starts to climb the rope. Gia notes that she hasn't lost any flowers either, both teams still at 30 flowers. One fat flower looks like it might tumble out of the Nicarong basket, but Meggie's elbow nudges it back in the basket. Higher! higher!
Lola has great strong arms and starts to close the distance between her and Meggie. Meghan is up about halfway now and she loses her grip, sliding back down the rope about a foot! She yelps but keeps her cool and climbs up to the top, scrambling on the wet rocks and jumping across the narrow falls. She lowers herself down on the other side and starts to repel her way down, not dropping a single bloom! Lola is now almost right at her side as they start to climb down. Lola gets halfway down, closes her eyes and JUMPS! she lands on her feet, not a bloom lost, and hands her basket to Gia who is sitting on a rock by the falls. As Meghan touches ground several moments later, Gia speaks in the anxious silence, saying, "2nd race goes to Ocono! 3 points tied so far, no flowers lost."
Gia takes the basket from a saddened Meghan and she turns to Mandy and Inita, waiting blindfolded to touch and guess at each flower she hands them. One after the other the girls handle and try to determine what kind of bloom they have. Mandy calls out "crocus! daffodil! magnolia, sunflower!" Inita holds one bloom to her nose, calling out "jasmine!" then "hyacinth!" The girls continue, "orchid!" "dahlia" "heather!" "dandelion" "thistle!" until each one has emptied their baskets and Gia smiles as neither team loses any flowers.
The last race begins as Trey and Lyda Ruth take the baskets and must run up the wooden plank path to grab a ribbon off the tree and tie it on the handle of their basket then rush back! They are side by side the entire way! Their feet are flying as each one races to make it back first and put their basket on the hillock on Challenge Beach. As they come back into sight Lyda Ruth begins creeping ahead, 3 inches, then 6, then a full foot ahead of Trey, he groans and tries but cannot catch up as little Lyda dashes and lands her basket on the hill first. he puts his next to Ocono's and hugs his knees trying to catch his breath. Gia checks and no flowers have fallen out, and she says "Last race to Ocono, 6 points for them, Nicarong, 3 points, just the last part and then we will know!"
Inita and Mandy face off, each one giddy with the suspense as Gia pulls one flower at a time out of each basket. The girls must match them up with their names. Some of the Latin names are just impossible, but the girls think until their brains hurt!
Lola and Lyda gasp as Mandy gets one wrong, then another! almost crying out as Gia takes the flower and throws it on the ground. Inita gets every single one correctly, smiling and hoping for her team to win. Finally on the last flower, each girl guesses correctly, leaving Ocono with a total of 28 flowers and Nicarong with 30... Ocono wins immunity and I'll see Nicarong at Tribal Council #8.
Gia passes out the immunity necklaces to Nicarong and they happily take the Immunity Idol back in their hands.
	Trey comforts Lollie as she cries knowing they will lose another friend tomorrow.
The races and flower identifications were done in a quiz format, with the points scored and time elapsed determining who won the races. Click HERE to see the quizzes and puzzles.