I will try my best to at least post the major events of the show as it airs this week. I still can't twist around or sit too long with the back surgery, thus the live blogging might not be as thorough as it could be.
The ever vigilant Lifeguard Laurie has updated the pool and here's where we stand going into tonight's episode ...
POOL
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
JURY
Chris Noble
Libby Vincek
Eleven are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Food is scarce. What did they expect? Desiree is ready to cast herself off the Naviti bandwagon. She believes she was on the bottom with them. Does she expect anything different from Malolo? Hmm.
Reward Challenge -- two teams of five, rescue members of their teams, locks, puzzle. The reward is a flight and picnic. Winning team will send someone from the losing team to Ghost Island. Schoolyard pick. One won't play. Donathan didn't get picked.
Sebastian, Jenna, Kellyn, Michael and Chelsea win Reward!
Angela, in a rock draw, goes to Ghost Island.
Michael tries to work his way into the group. They aren't really encouraging back at him.
Meanwhile, at Ghost Island follows the fire to get to a game of chance where she can risk her vote to play. She knows she's the majority voting block, so risks it. Oops. No vote.
Laurel tells Dominick that some of the Naviti girls want to flip and take out the "big" players. Kellyn is in shock that Desiree would be working against her. She thinks someone is trying to take the target off of Michael.
Michael thinks he needs an idol to stay alive. Donathan goes with him. Michael isn't thrilled about that. Donathan finds one half of the super idol (Tai) and a clue that the other half is under the flooring at the camp. He tells and uses Michael and Laurel to get the other part.
Time for the Immunity Challenge. Balance a ball on a disc balanced on two ropes. Last one remaining in it wins it. Wendell, Jenna and Desiree out. Laurel out. Angela out. All in less than a minute into the challenge. Donathan out. Dom out -- two minutes in. Michael out. Kellyn out. It's down to Chelsea and Sebastian.
Chelsea wins Immunity!
Desiree still wants Kellyn out. She's furious that Laurel told Dom that she's after Kellyn. She thinks it's back to getting rid of Michael.
Now we have a kerfuffle going on between Desiree and Laurel. Now Dom is suspicious of Desiree. She just might have painted a target on her own back with her scheming. Desiree is denying her betrayal in a talk with Kellyn. Kellyn still thinks Naviti needs to remain strong for now.
Tribal Council time! Donathan brings up the Desiree/Laurel kerfuffle. A kerfuffle ensues.
The tally -- no one plays an idol.
Desiree, Desiree, Desiree, Desiree, Michael, Michael, Desiree, Desiree.
Desiree is out. She did it to herself.
Next week two will be voted out.
I will try my best to at least post the major events of the show as it airs this week. I still can't twist around or sit too long with the back surgery, thus the live blogging might not be as thorough as it could be.
Lifeguard Laurie was relieved that the merge finally came and they stopped shuffling the castaways into different tribes! Here's the latest blog pool standings --
POOL
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Libby Vincek - tbc, jennifer, Laurie
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
JURY
Chris Noble
Who wants to eat icky food? Well, go ahead. I'll watch.
Twelve are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Libby is a bit worried because she's received votes three Tribals in a row. Dom is thrilled that Chris is gone. Wendell wants to stick with Dom, Donathan and Laurel hoping it's a core group. He tells Laurel that Dom indeed has a real idol, trying to make sure the loyalty is there. He also tells her that he himself has an idol. All of this makes her a bit more leery of him as he's been keeping secrets. She thinks Dom and Wendell might have too much power.
Reward Challenge -- Two teams of six. An afternoon at the Survivor Taco Bar. Schoolyard pick. Balance beams across platforms, race across beach, catapult at targets. Wendell, Donathan, Laurel, Angela, Chelsea and Libby win Reward. They draw rocks and Jenna goes to Ghost Island.
Chelsea ended up with a "No Game For You" scroll. She is quite disappointed.
Uh-oh. Wendell found out that Michael's been tossing his name around. New target drawn on his back!
Time for the Immunity Challenge. It's the food eating competition. Always lovely to watch! Fish eyes first! First three of six to get both eyes down move on to the next round. Michael, Desiree and Laurel move on. Angela, Sebastian and Dom move on in the next group.
Beetle larva (live, of course) is next. Michael, Sebastion and Laurel move on.
Some kind of icky sea "squab?" Michael is moving on! Angela is moving on.
Mother of Pearl meat and lots of it. ANGELA WINS IMMUNITY!
Michael wants Wendell out. Angela wants Michael out. The original Naviti think they should get Michael out. They want to get Laurel in with them. The original Naviti/Malolo tribes seem to be sticking together quite well. Libby is willing to vote for Michael but now she's worried her name will still be in there.
Tribal Council time. Lots of Probsting questions, little drama. It's time to vote.
The tally ... Michael plays his idol!
Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael, Wendell, Libby, Libby, Libby.
Libby is out.
I will try my best to at least post the major events of the show as it airs this week. I still can't twist around or sit too long with the back surgery. I overdid things a bit today with physical therapy and some errands I had to run.
They've been changing up the tribes much too often this season. Thankfully, they're promising the merge on promos for tonight. Lifeguard Laurie's been keeping up with it all. Here's the latest blog pool standings --
NAVITI (purple)
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Libby Vincek - tbc, jennifer, Laurie
MALOLO (orange)
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
YANUYA (green)
Chris Noble - Petals, Ed in Ohio, ChicMc
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
TORCHLESS
Stephanie Gonzalez
Jacob Derwin
Morgan Ricke
Brendan Shapiro
Stephanie Johnson
James Lim
Bradley Kleihege
Let's get this show on the road!
Thirteen are left. Who will be voted out tonight? The tribes got word the merge was on. They all meet up and have the traditional merge feast.
Chris's new buff holds a clue that he needs to sneak out of camp on a boat at night to get an idol at Ghost Island. It was random that he happened to get it in his buff. Will he be able to get away with the trip?
Dom and Wendell try to get Chris on their side. How'd it work out? Now they plan on targeting Chris because he won't commit to working with them.
Okay, Chris is starting to sneak away. He seems to make it to Ghost Island without drawing attention. He gets JT's idol from Game Changers -- JT left the idol back at camp and got blindsided. It's now only good at the next Tribal Council. Hmm. Now he can gamble to extend it, but he might lose his vote at the next Tribal. He extends it one week and then gets the No Vote. Now he has to sneak back in.
He doesn't get caught. But Dom notices he's sleeping a lot and doesn't like it.
Now a lot of talk about bringing out Dom's idol. The fake one? Both Chris and even more so, Dom, are putting targets on their backs.
The first individual Immunity has them standing on beams balancing a pole on their heads that has a statue on it. They're falling out like flies. Jenna, Donathan, Desiree and Andrea are out. When they move further, Sebastian out. Move further on the beam, Dom out, Michael out, Chris out, Laurel out, Wendell out.
Kellyn, Chelsea and Libby are remaining.
Chelsea out. Libby out. Kellyn wins the first individual Immunity!
Chris talks to everyone except Dom and Wendell about splitting the vote between Dom and Wendell to bring out Dom's idol.
Meanwhile, Dom and Wendell know Chris is probably skunking them and want Chris out. Wendell tells Dom he has an idol and is willing to use it. They go around talking to everyone except Chris.
Desiree wants to use her group of four to get out Libby while everyone else is focused on Dom, Wendell and Chris.
In Tribal, Dom parades out his fake idol (claiming it's real) and goes on his soapbox about Chris. Now Wendell interrupts Chris's rebuttal. It's a showdown! Chris and Dom shine up the targets on their backs quite nicely. Wendell and Dom vote Chris.
The tally ... wait, Dom gets up. He plays his Legacy Advantage. He saves himself with that.
Chris, Chris, Libby, Libby, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris.
Going home with an idol in his pocket. The curse remains.
I will try my best to at least post the major events of the show as it airs this week. I still can't twist around or sit too long with the back surgery. We're having severe winds and some power outages in the area. If I vanish, I'm not dead ... just lost my power.
They've been changing up the tribes much too often this season. Thankfully, Lifeguard Laurie's been keeping up with it all. Here's the latest blog pool standings --
NAVITI (purple)
Bradley Kleihege - SueGee, Nana in the NW, Auntie Leigh
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Libby Vincek - tbc, jennifer, Laurie
MALOLO (orange)
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
YANUYA (green)
Chris Noble - Petals, Ed in Ohio, ChicMc
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
TORCHLESS
Stephanie Gonzalez
Jacob Derwin
Morgan Ricke
Brendan Shapiro
Stephanie Johnson
James Lim
Okay ... on with the show!
Michael remains on the outside in his new little tribe. So, he thinks he needs to find an idol. He finds Ozzy's fake idol which has now "grown into a real hidden idol.
Reward Challenge - pull on rope supporting disk, spelling Reward in blocks on the disk. First tribe wins steak and chicken kabobs, second wins not as lavish chicken tribe. Since there are now three tribes, the two winning tribes pick someone to go to Ghost Island.
NAVITI wins 1st place! Malolo takes second.
They decide to send Kellyn to Ghost Island. She wins an advantage there. She won the one that Mikayla didn't notice and was used to vote her out. Kellyn's advantage with it is to get another vote in Tribal.
It looks like Bradley's personality is gonna kill him when it comes their time for Tribal. Wendell finds a clue to an idol. And, then the idol itself. Immunity necklace that Erik gave to Natalie. It has grown into a hidden immunity idol on Ghost Island.
On Malolo, they decide to burn the tribe banner in hopes of reversing the curse.
And it's then time for the Immunity Challenge. Diving. retrieving rings, ring toss.
Yanuya wins first place and finally Malolo wins second and won't go to Tribal.
Bradley has been talked about as a target. Libby seems to be a target. Dominick is torn between the two. I'm just glad that Dhonathan's name isn't being tossed around. The kid is growing on me.
Tribal Council time. Hopefully Bradley will talk too much and go away. He can be obnoxious.
The tally --
Libby, Bradley, Bradley, Bradley ...
Woot! Bradley is out!
The merge will go down next week.
