Survivor 46’s Charlie Is Torn Over Doubtlessly Turning on Maria: 1st Look

If Charlie Davis desires to be topped the Sole Survivor on the season 46 finale, he’s going to must betray his No. 1 ally, Maria Shrime Gonzalez.

“I’ve labored actually exhausting to plant this concept with Ben [Katzman], Kenzie [Petty] and Liz [Wilcox] that we are able to take out Maria and Q [Burdette],” Charlie, 26, says in Us Weekly’s unique first look of the Wednesday, Might 15, episode of Survivor.

Charlie and Ben, 31, method the water effectively alongside Kenzie, 29, to debate their subsequent transfer to make sure they make it to the ultimate 5. Ben shares with Kenzie and Charlie that his blunder on the final tribal council, the place he unintentionally voted for Kenzie as an alternative of Venus Vafa, might give them a bonus going into the following vote.

“I’ll say there is just one bonus to me being a complete fool final night time,” Ben says. “I believe Maria and Q would possibly assume that’s, like, a wedge.”

Whereas the provide is engaging for Charlie, he in the end has discovered himself in an advantageous spot since each teams wish to work with him.

“On the identical time, I might follow Maria and Q — who trusts me utterly,” he explains in a confessional. “However a part of me is like, ‘What if I simply do what I got down to do with Maria?’ That’d be superior. So I’ve to essentially take into consideration what’s greatest for my recreation and it’s simply such a dilemma at this level. And it’s a special dilemma than something I’ve confronted [in] this recreation.”

Charlie and Maria, 48, have been connected on the hip since they aligned through the early days of the sport once they first related on the Siga tribe. The pair, who fashioned an alliance just like Malcolm Freeberg and Denise Stapley in Survivor Philippines, performed the center till it was time to attract a line within the sand and voted out Jem Hussain-Adams. Since making it to the merge, the duo have continued to run the sport as much as the ultimate six.

“I’ve voted out individuals I actually appreciated however nobody like Maria who I’ve performed the entire recreation with and who I take into account to be my greatest pal out right here,” Charlie continues. “However I can’t be waffling backwards and forwards. Now’s the time the place I’ve to be laser-focused on attending to the tip — and I’ve to decide.”

In final week’s episode, Charlie, who’s the season’s resident Taylor Swift fan, hinted he was on the point of enter his Repute period. Charlie actively gave Maria credit score for blindsiding Tiffany Nicole Ervin, portray an even bigger goal on her again. Whereas Charlie considered making a transfer in opposition to Maria final week, he in the end didn’t since she gained immunity.

Survivor airs on CBS Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.