Survivor 40: Winners at War - March 4 Blog Party

Will we go another week keeping Rob, Sandra and Parvati in the game? True, having them around after the merge makes them bigger targets for the less manipulative players. However, that's the point. All three are manipulative. Of course, manipulation is a valued skill in these competitive reality shows -- cases in point besides these three: Richard Hatch, Will Kirby (BB), Dan Gheesling and more. In Survivor, it's a huge part of Outwitting the competition.

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be updating this entry with the major events. Refresh the page to get the latest updates! As always, the real party is in the comments area -- I hope to see you there!

But first ... here's the latest blog pool update from the Lovely Lifeguard Laurie:

DAKAL (Red tribe)
Kim Spradlin-Wolfe - Dr_Celine
Nick Wilson - Barbara BW, Judi Sweeney
Sandra Diaz-Twine - tbe
Sarah Lacina - SueGee, Cheryl in NC
Sophie Clarke - ChicMc
Tony Vlachos - Karen in CA, Donna in Alabama
Tyson Apostol -Janice
Wendell Holland - Nickelpeed, PDX Granny
Yul Kwon - Ed in Ohio

SELE (Blue tribe)
Adam Klein - Lifeguard Laurie, Petals
Ben Driebergen - Rbennie, Shannon
Denise Stapley - Becky, Jennifer
Jeremy Collins - Sharon N
Michele Fitzgerald -Terry is a Texan
Parvati Shallow - Donna in FL
Rob Mariano - Auntie Leigh

Extinction Island
Natalie Anderson - Nana in the NW
Amber Mariano - Delee, Glenn Allen
Danni Boatwright - Jennasmom
Ethan Zohn - Rochelle, Jackie

Survivor fans ready?

Back from Tribal, Rob tells them "well-played" while Adam is under the gun for playing all sides. He thinks he needs to apologize. I think he needs a pocket of idols myself. Ben is still determined to focus on Rob and Parvati although he no longer trusts Adam at all.

Dakal is having fun on the surface due to their wins, but things might be smoldering a bit beneath the happy faces.

On Extinction, they each have a chance to win a fire token, with tremendous effort. They have to take twenty trips up and down the mountain, retrieving a log each time. It must be done by sundown. Such fun!

Natalie is a powerhouse in the task. She tells us she has 35 fire tokens -- this is only for one token! Ethan is in pretty bad shape. Even so, he refuses to stop. But then the medic comes in. Uh-oh. She advises him not to continue the task. With only four more trips to go, he rests. But then he decides to go for it once again. Natalie finished first and they all finished before Ethan -- and celebrated with him when he finished. They each earned one fire token.

Adam is sucking up to all, waiting on them, offering to keep helping out. Ethan sent Parvati his fire token. Rob and Parvati know they're on the bottom and are trying to trip up Adam. Since Adam isn't playing along well with them, they lie about him, telling the others he's still coming to them, etc.

Dakal is having too much fun. Tyson, not trusted by some, is a hit with a few. He knows people are suspicious. He thinks Wendell, Nick, Yul and Sophie are playing under the radar. Meanwhile, Sandra thinks Tyson should go because he committed the ultimate crime of targeting her.

Immunity challenge time. Four tribe members tied to a boat, pull boat out to ramp, one climbs up and jump for suspended key falling in the water. They need three keys, puzzle. The reward is chickens. As usual, Sandra sits out -- this time joined with Tony.

SELE comes from way behind to win Immunity (finally)!

Tyson thinks their loss was the two puzzle people. (It was.) He wants to target Nick. Sandra will go with the majority vote as long as she's not targeted. Tyson thinks this is coming along too easy. He's right. A contingent want to target him. Tony likes hiding behind Tyson so he isn't the target.

Tribal Council and Jeff's Probsting questions. They talk about groups. Sandra claims she will vote with the main group. They talk of fandom coming into the game. Nick says he feels responsible for the loss. Uh-oh. The fact that there's a "plan" is mentioned.

The tally -- 
Nick, Kim, Tyson, Tyson, Tyson, Tyson, Tyson ...

Tyson is headed to Extinction. Although he thinks Nick orchestrated his demise or helped to do so, he gives his fire token to Nick because Nick said Tyson was his idol.

Next week they drop buffs and switch up the tribes!