Survivor 40: Winners at War - March 18 Blog Party

I hope everybody is dealing with the virus as best as one can deal with it. Hang in there! 

Now on the show we have three tribes and only the one tribe winning Immunity will be safe. So, two castaways will be leaving us. I think that kind of shows that we're not all that far from the merge. 

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be updating the blog with the major events. Refresh the page to get the latest happenings! As always, the real party is in the comments area -- please feel free to join in on the fun!

Lifeguard Laurie has been so kind as to go with the shuffle and update our blog pool. Here are the latest standings -- 

DAKAL
Denise Stapley - Becky, Jennifer
Jeremy Collins - Sharon N
Kim Spradlin-Wolfe - Dr_Celine
Sandra Diaz-Twine - tbe
Tony Vlachos - Karen in CA, Donna in Alabama

SELE
Michele Fitzgerald -Terry is a Texan
Nick Wilson - Barbara BW, Judi Sweeney
Parvati Shallow - Donna in FL
Wendell Holland - Nic+F10:F30kelpeed, PDX Granny
Yul Kwon - Ed in Ohio

YARA
Adam Klein - Lifeguard Laurie, Petals
Ben Driebergen - Rbennie, Shannon
Sarah Lacina - SueGee, Cheryl in NC
Sophie Clarke - ChicMc

Extinction Island
Natalie Anderson - Nana in the NW
Amber Mariano - Delee, Glenn Allen
Danni Boatwright - Jennasmom
Ethan Zohn - Rochelle, Jackie
Tyson Apostol -Janice
Rob Mariano - Auntie Leigh

Survivor fans ready?

Ben is thrilled Rob is gone. Adam is a bit worried about his own position on his smaller tribe.

Rob hits Extinction. Tyson found a log message which pretty much instructed them to turn stones to find a fire token. "The more stones you turn over, the better your chances are." Tyson thinks it's something to do with the tide because there's a time reference. Sure enough, he finds his first fire token. It's an idol nullifier he can sell for a token with the castaways. He purchases peanut butter with his token garnered from Parvati.

Immunity Challenge time. Lots of "oohhs" when Jeff pointed out Rob is gone. Swim to boat, retrieve three bags of rice, get them back and retrieve three balls, then table maze. Reward is peanut butter and jelly. The losing two tribes will go separately to tribal councils and each will lose a person.

YARA wins Immunity!

Parvati is very worried. While she has the idol nullifier, it's numbers she needs. However, Michele is trying to turn the tide against Wendell. On Dakal, Jeremy thinks he might have to use his walk out of tribal advantage. Sandra is pointing out that Tony is missing. Of course, he's been up in his "bunker." Hmm ... will Denise be targeted? Or, will it be Jeremy? Sandra offers her immunity idol for two fire tokens ... to Denise. Hmm.

The first tribal is Sele. Wendell thinks it's a season of pre-existing relationship. He touts backstabbing while Nick thinks that approach won't work as well with all. Uh-oh, now Wendell is on the hot seat. Now they're talking exchanging fire tokens for votes. Yul says the situation reminds him of watching parents bicker. It's not obvious who will be voted out at this point.

The tally:
Parvati, Wendell, Wendell, Parvati, Parvati

Well, yeah. Parvati is a big threat for the win. But it's too bad. She leaves her fire tokens to Michele.

Time for Dakal tribal council. They start out talking about who's a threat and those who aren't -- even though they all won their own seasons. Tony claims they all came to a consensus. He seems to be pointing out Denise. Sandra is sitting there like a calm Queen remaining the Queen.

Denise plays an idol, then asks for a minute more. She plays the second one for Jeremy!

The tally:
Denise, Denise, Denise, Denise, SANDRA

Whoa! The Queen is no longer the Queen! She gave her fire token to Yul.