The Challenge › The Island › Ep. 1607

A new twist in the game allowed keys to be up for grabs by anyone who is still fighting for a spot on the boat. Evelyn had taken Johnny's key but the Island king wasn't going to go without a fight. Johnny took back his key and once again the alliance celebrated their victory.

With the alliance still manipulating the game, challengers like Ryan are hoping that by being the popular guy they won't be left behind with the boat sets sail. Johnny feels comfortable in being the leader of the alliance and reclaiming his key. The only thing is, now he has to see that all of the other alliance members have keys too.

Johnny and Kenny want Ryan to take away Jenn's key to give it to Johanna, but Ryan is loyal to his friend Jenn. Dunbar isn't safe either and is constantly being criticized for being handed his key when Abe left the game. Either way, there are two face-offs left which means two chances to get a key.

Since Ryan refuses to take Jenn's key, Kenny is still trying to find a way to get his favorite Island cuddle buddy a key. Johanna and Colie have demands on their face-off chances and want the alliance to stick to their plans. Ryan won't let Johanna forget that she told the group that she wants to be handed a key.

It's airdrop day and that means that the competitors are rewarded with more toilet paper, food, a cell phone and a video camera. The challengers use their video camera wisely and record messages to their families at home in case they never leave the beach.

The pieces to the boat are put together and the boys decide that the girls are not fit to be in the boats. Johanna and Colie think that they can tan all day and sit pretty in the alliance, but Johnny has other plans.

Colie wants to go into a face-off with a strong key holder so she can either win a key or be handed a key. Johnny is not comfortable with being told what to do and tells Colie that no one is being promised a key at this point.

A fight starts to brew between Colie and Johnny when Johnny suddenly decides he doesn't want Colie to take advantage of the alliance. Johanna steps in and announces that she, Ryan and Colie will be in the next face-off. Johanna doesn't want any back talking from Johnny and he is not impressed with the girls trying to take control of his alliance. In the meantime, Ryan is still feeling the pressure to take Jenn's key but he doesn't want to hurt his friend.

Host TJ Lavin stops by the start off the face-off voting and this gives Colie a chance to announce her desired face-off. The group decides that Ryan, Colie and Johanna can go in the next face-off. Before TJ leaves, Johnny asks if there are any more rules to game and TJ tells him that he needs to focus on building the boats first.

The group gets to work on the boat but the boys want to take over everything. Robin is not content with not having her sailing skills utilized and won't leave the boys alone. Will the challengers get it done in time?

Paula sits down with a frustrated Robin and tells her to just let Johnny do what he wants to do. The boys don't want to be on a boat built by girls and insists that Robin is better off at doing the dishes. Inside the house, Ryan, Colie and Johanna swear to stay friends no matter what happens in the elimination.

The face-off, "Timber," the competitors have to hold up their tree trunks as long as possible. The winner is rewarded with a T-Mobile Sidekick LX, along with one year of free service so they can stay connected to all of their Island friends. Johanna, Colie and Ryan get set up and immediately concentrate on keeping their bag of coconuts from falling to the ground.

The three competitors are holding onto their ropes but Colie looks like she's having the most trouble. Colie lets go and takes herself out of the face-off, leaving Johanna and Ryan. Johanna sees that Ryan is still hanging on without any trouble and she ends up letting go, giving Ryan the chance to take a key. Johanna and Colie get ready for elimination but neither of them wants to see the other go home.

Ryan still has to decide which key he is going to take and has to choose between KellyAnne and Dunbar. The rest of the girls are already talking about the last face-off and who to vote in for the final chance to get a key. At the same time, Dunbar is worried about Ryan taking away his key and instead of getting the others to be sympathetic he's starting to rub them the wrong way.

At elimination, Johanna is the first to step up to plead her case to the group. Johanna believes she should stay because she has what it takes to get through the final challenge. Colie then takes over and tells the group that she wants them all to vote for her friend Johanna to stay, which would send her home.

The group sticks to Colie's wishes and sends her home, keeping Johanna on the The Island. Ryan steps in front of the others and announces that his decision was based on the fact that he's playing for himself and not an alliance. Johnny and the rest of the alliance members are already annoyed with Ryan and he hasn't even announced which key he's taking yet.

Ryan then reveals that he's taking a key away from KellyAnne, adding in that he has to still please the alliance that he's a part of.

TJ shocks everyone when he tells the group that for the last face-off all of the competitors without a key will be thrown into the challenge. Evelyn is ecstatic at another chance to take away an alliance member's key and the alliance is in awe of the new rule.

Johnny Bananas is already looking for a way out from this new twist in the game, but no one knows if the alliance can recover if Evelyn gets to be a final key holder.