Survivor: David vs. Goliath - December 12 Blog Party

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be live-blogging the events -- refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Feel free to join in!

Next week is the big finale night! Oh my, where does the time go?

Here's the blog pool news from Lifeguard Laurie herself (she rocks!) 

Alison - Cher C, Jenna G, Renee
Angelina - Donna in FL, Margo, Vicki Volk
Christian - ChicMc, Judi Sweeney, Sharon C
Davie - CherryPie, KelseyNY, Robin Allard
Kara - David, Karen in CA, Sharon N
Mike - Ed in Ohio, meb, Tammy
Nick - Brian, Jennasmom, Paula Bell, Silk

Jury:
Elizabeth
John
Dan
Alec
Carl
Gabby

Survivor fans ready? Seven are left. Who will be voted out tonight?

Christian knows from the last vote that he's in trouble. Nick, knowing that no one has found his fake idol, puts on an act that he himself found it. That's to throw off anyone (including Christian) from searching for the idol. Davie is suspicious and goes off looking for an idol. He knows Nick already has one idol, possibly two. So Davie goes to Christian and tells him they should target Nick next.

Reward -- attached to rope, gather rope, obstacles, sandbags to knock over stack of blocks. Helicopter ride to glorious food. 

DAVIE wins Reward! He chooses Nick because Nick chose him for the family visit. Angelina tries to play the rice card to go. Instead, he goes for Kara because she looked out for him once the tribes switched up. 

At camp, Angelina cooked up a big pot of Revenge Rice. Davie plans on enlisting Kara into his Get Nick Out Plan. He tells her that Nick might have two idols. She seems to be on board. Yes, she even tells us it's a plan that works for her own game. 

Back at camp, Kara enlists Alison into the plan. She doesn't want Angelina or Mike to know because they might tell Nick. She likes the idea and is happy her own name isn't up. She runs and tells Mike. He's once again torn. He knows Nick is a big threat for the win, but he's also close with him.

Davie started idol hunting once again. Instead he finds a clue to an advantage. He has to go to where the merge feast was held. He has an idol that can only be used at the next tribal, but he can increase the power of the idol. Is he feeling lucky? He could also lose his vote. Out of four urns, two hold advantages. He asks for a sign from the lord. He keeps the idol safe and doesn't play. He doesn't dare lose his vote.

Immunity Challenge time is here! It's raining. Stand on a narrow perch while balancing a ball on a disk. As time goes on, more balls added. Hmm. Why so many of these kind of challenges the last several weeks?

All make it through to the second ball. Kara out, Angelina out. Davie out. Christian out. Nick out. Mike and Alison get to the three ball round. Alison out. 

MIKE wins Immunity!

Mike thinks he can now do what he needs for his own game. Meanwhile, Nick is thinking of how dangerous Alison is in the game, plus it would be another Goliath out. And Mike is geeking out Survivor-wise. He thinks that they should get Christian out rather than either Nick or Alison. He talks to Nick about the Christian move. Mike is getting a bit dismayed that people aren't jumping on his Oust Christian Plan.

Nick goes to Davie and tells him the lie about the fake idol. Now he's not as much of a threat to Davie. He thinks they should get Alison out. Mike tells Nick that Davie and Kara want him (Nick) out and they should get Christian out. Mike just can't get a handle on things and is bewildered as to what's going to happen.

Tribal time! Jeff starts out asking about strategy and voting changes as the numbers dwindle. The questioning period itself was far from epic and things are all still confusing as to targets.

Davie (has to) play his idol. For himself. Nick gets up, plays his idol. He played the fake idol to get a read on people. Plays his real idol for himself.

The tally:
Davie, Davie, Alison, Christian, Alison, Christian, Christian.

Aw, there goes Christian. I'll miss him!