Survivor: Ghost Island - May 9 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. Refresh the page to get the latest!

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 
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL 
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie 
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom 

JURY 
Chris Noble
Libby Vincek 
Desiree Afuye 
Jenna Bowman 
Michael Yerger  

Eight are left. Who will be voted out tonight?

Kellyn, feeling cornered by the others, admits she had the extra vote and threw both votes to Laurel at the last Tribal Council.

Reward Challenge - spa with ribs, chicken, burgers, ice cream ... and a loved one. (Schmaltz time!) Gag me now, please. They've been apart a whole month. 

They have to race through obstacles, unknot sandbags, more obstacles, toss sandbags at a target. 

Sebastian wins! He chooses Dom to go with him. Then he picks Wendell. One more -- Donathan!

He also has to choose someone to go to Ghost Island for an automatic advantage. He can choose himself. Wendell gives up the love time with Dad to get the advantage. 

Wendell's advantage is the one Malcolm had -- if he drops the ball in the challenge, he gets another shot at it. Malcolm dropped the ball twice, thus blowing his advantage.

Dom wants to talk business with his boys at the lunch. Donathan is a bit leery. He thinks he needs to take out a bigger target if he can. But he wasted his idol last Tribal. 

The girls think they can pull in Donathan and break up Dom/Wendell. Laurel knows both Dom and Wendell each have an idol. She's definitely thinking of going with the girls ... keyword: thinking. We'll see. 

Immunity Challenge time -- as we had hints earlier, balancing a ball on a sectioned cylinder. Wendell has to read his advantage to the rest.

Kellyn first out. Next round has a fourth section added. Angela off, Wendell dropped but can go again. Wendell now out with a second drop. Final round with a fifth section added. Sebastian out. Laurel out. Chelsea out. Dom and Donathan left up. 

Domenick wins Immunity!

Wendell is feeling secure. Dom and Wendell want to target Chelsea. Kellyn wants Wendell out. They want to pull Donathan in. They talk to him. Donathan agrees he's down with the girls. We'll see. They think it must be a blindside. 

Laurel is sending out bad vibes but not telling Wendell. He's suspicious. She and Donathan talk. They do think it might be time. But they're both a bit leery of taking the jump and voting out their ally Wendell. 

Tribal. Uh-oh. Donathan says that there is an opening for either him or Laurel. All seem worried. Then he says that both the girls and the guys have come to him. Jeff's questions get them all wondering even more. And, then it's time to vote.

The tally -- Wendell does NOT play his idol.

Wendell, Chelsea, Wendell, Chelsea, Wendell, Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea

They did NOT make the move and now Chelsea's gone.