The Right To Stay

This is the first episode of Survivor: Canada

Introduction
A dark silhouette of the Canadian Rockies mountain range can be seen in the distance against a slightly less dark, vivid stary night sky. A quick timelapse shows the sun rising from the peaks, and illuminating the glacial formed valley below, in which crystal clear lakes, dense forests, and large fields lay situated. Moose can be seen running through fast paced creeks, causing an uproar of water, and elk stand grazing on the vibrant green grasses. It's a true unspoiled world, nearly untouched by mans industrial thumb. Where snow capped mountain tops sit only a few thousand feet above the treacherous world below, where day time temperatures soar, before crashing at sundown. It is here eighteen Americans from all walks of life will be marooned, forced to create their own civilization. If they fail to adapt, they'll be voted out from their tribe. In the end, only one will remain to claim the one million dollar prize. This is their story. 39 DAYS,18 PEOPLE,ONE SURVIVOR.

Four seaplanes, each with the Survivor: Canada logo branded on the side, fly into view. After rising to fly above a few peaks, they all start to decent into the valley below. The lake lays still as the plane's pontoons skim the surface, creating the first ripple in the water. The four planes touch down, and maneuver over to, two docks stretching out into the lake from the shore. A plane on either side of each dock, we get the first glimpse of the castaways faces as they look out the windows in curiosity.

The plane doors swing open in unison, and six castaways file out of each one. They all walk off of the docks in single file, and form one long single line on shore, with a view of the whole mountain range decorating the scenery behind them. A few heads look back and forth down the line, no doubt sizing up their competition, while some others stare behind in awe at the beauty of the views.

While looking up and down the line, it's clear there's a face among the crowd that's not a stranger to most stand there.

A helicopter emerges from over the trees and lands before the castaways, causing a storm of dust and leaves to pound the eager faces. As the propellers swirl to a stop, none other than Jeff Probst hops out of the aircraft. He is met with a very warm welcome of cheers, smiles, and clapping hands.

With a smile, revealing his infamously deep dimples, Jeff welcomes the castaways to the game and announces it's time for their initiation.

"Jeff Probst: Welcome... to Survivor Canada! We brought eighteen of you here from all across the country for one thing, to prove you have what it takes to become the sole survivor. You all may have your own intentions as to why you want to win, but for whatever reasons you all want to be the last one standing."

"Jeff Probst: Lets get right to it, shall we? It's time for your first challenge! Succeed, and it guarantees you stay here for... well, at least five more minutes."

News that quickly wipes the smiles of excitement off of everyone's faces.

Jeff explains that they will all face off in two heats, one consisting of women, the other consisting of men. The competition will be a puzzle, to create the fairest playing field for all the contenders. The first man and the first woman to complete their puzzle will be tribal captains, responsible for picking the games tribes. The man and woman that finish last in each, will be eliminated from the game before it even starts.

The Right To Stay Competition
Challenge: Block It Out

The castaways are given four blocks, each individual block had four different color sides. The blocks would then need to be stacked so that one color didn't show more than once on each column.

Jeff states that the ladies will go first.

{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="margin: auto; text-align: left; font-size: 8pt;" ! colspan="4"|Right To Stay (Girls) !Winner !2nd-8th (In order) !Eliminated !Notes
 * Canada_liza.gif Liza
 * Canada_danielle.gifCanada_michele.gifCanada_jasmine1.gifCanada_meredith1.gifCanada_ariana.gifCanada_whitney.gifCanada_hazel.gif Danielle, Michele, Jasmine, Meredith, Ariana, Whitney, Hazel
 * Canada_danielle.gifCanada_michele.gifCanada_jasmine1.gifCanada_meredith1.gifCanada_ariana.gifCanada_whitney.gifCanada_hazel.gif Danielle, Michele, Jasmine, Meredith, Ariana, Whitney, Hazel