Survivor: Ghost Island - April 18 Blog Party

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.