Justin Pioppi had a bad beat on Survivor 48. The new castaway was in a good position within his tribe, but several events led to his being voted out in the third episode. A crucial moment happened when Justin lost his vote during a Journey.

Survivor 48’s latest episode ended with a wild Tribal Council that involved a successful Shot in the Dark play, a revote to a revote, one person writing down three different names, and a last-second vote change to finally eliminate someone.

Jeff Probst recaps who got voted off Survivor and why the rule change happened during a dramatic Tribal Council.

Sometimes Survivor teases fans with words like "historic," "epic," "shocking" and they don't always live up that billing. However, this week's Tribal Council

Previously on Survivor 48, the disharmonious Vula tribe returned to Tribal Council to send an overconfident Kevin Leung home in a blindside that surprised Mary Zheng, who expected to be the one eliminated after losing her vote earlier on.

Cedrek wanted Sai out to end the chaos between her and Mary, which he believed was preventing their tribe from working as a team and leading to consecutive challenge losses. Sai gave a better argument than Justin before Cedrek voted, however. Cedrek sent Justin home on the condition that Sai and Mary work things out for good. They agreed.

So, as Probst explained, “The only person who has a voice at tonight’s Tribal is Cedrek. So Cedrek, you will decide who goes home tonight, either Sai or Justin. And if he can’t come to a decision, there’s no need to draw rocks.