Survivor 45: Following a Dead Horse to Water - Ep. 8 Blog Party

 

Good evening! Tonight we will see the return of the Survivor auction. I can't even tell you when we last saw that. But, unlike ZingBot on BB, I always enjoyed the Survivor auction.

9:25PM ET. So, please shift over to that post for that show. Merci.

I will be live blogging the show the best I can, constantly updating it. Refresh this page to get the latest updates. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool. Here's where we stand:

Kendra --- Cherry Pie, EthanC

Emily --- ChicMc, Donna in AL, Jackie

Austin --- Pearl, Nora M, Sharon N

Drew --- Dr Celine, monty924

Bruce --- Krysta, Skyriverblue

Kellie --- Michelle, Bizaro22

Jake --- Donna in FL, TS14Fan

Katurah --- Donna NY, April W

Dee --- Judi Sweeney, Brent McKee

Julie --- Andi, PDX Granny

JURY

Kaleb

Survivor fans ready?

Sitting out the Previously On segment.

They're returning from Tribal. Was Sifu the right choice? What about Bruce? The second group returns and tells them they voted out Kaleb. Jake has some amends to make as he actually wanted to go to rocks to save Kaleb. Julie is a bit irked that Jake voted for her. The Kaleb vote was understandable. Now she feels she can't trust Jake. Lines have been drawn.

Day 15 - The girls realize they are in the majority -- 6 to 4. Is it time for them to make a move? The six all want Bruce out. Kellie is very pleased with the thought of the women banding together to get him out.

A boat is arriving. The boat has a table with attached serving plates. The crew puts the names of each castaway at a plate. Who's ready for a blast from the past? The Survivor auction where they can bid on food items. They have to find the cash in bamboo tubes in the forest. Once they find a tube, they have to go put it on their plate, then go find more.

Everybody is running around gathering them except Bruce. The rest all have multiples; he has nothing. He's barely trying. Ohhh ... he found one! Now they are opening the tubes. All have different amounts. Dee has $900.

Time for the auction! 30th season, 2015, was the last time it was done. No advantages this time around. 15 items for the auction -- only the first five guaranteed. Auction will end without warning. The person with the most money left loses their vote. Bruce only has $80. Jeff draws the stone for the number of total items. Bidding is $20 increments. Beer and pretzels to Kendra for $360.

French fries, ketchup and a soda. $500 to Kellie. A covered item -- Emily $440 and it's a charcuterie platter and a glass of white wine. Chocolate milkshake Dee for $900. Covered item Katurah $480 -- Jeff offers to trade for another covered dish. She sticks with the first one -- two giant fish eyes. That was all her money. Austin buys them for $100.

The covered item from before goes to Drew for $520 -- candy bowl. A slice of pizza goes to Austin for the rest of his money. Toothbrush, toothpaste and mouthwash sold to Julie for her complete $420. Covered dish bought by one, shared by three. Jake buys for his whole $340. No utensils. He invites Julie. Reluctantly chooses Bruce. 

Three people still have money -- Kellie with the most $200. One item -- covered dish. All her money, PB&J, potato chips and a margarita. Bruce has $80 and Emily has $60. Oops! Bruce loses his vote. The auction is over.

Back at camp, the women are having fun talking about the auction. Oh, and we get a backstory about Kendra reuniting with her biological father.

Emily is more partial to Drew and Austin than the women. She warns Drew about the six women. Drew thinks it will be great to flush the idol, plus targeting Bruce for his own needs. Austin and Drew talk to Katurah and Julie. Bruce is the target with Jake as a backup.

Immunity Challenge time. Hold onto a rope containing a log with one third their pregame body weight, move down knots on the rope. Jeff also has a bag of rice. Four people need to sit out of the challenge to get the rice which would last. Dee, Emily, Drew, Katurah all under pressure as Jeff cut a hole in the bag and let rice out of it.

Kellie is the first out. Then Kendra out. They move down to the final section with no knot. Julie, Austin, Jake and Bruce still in it. Austin out. Jake out. It's between Bruce and Julie -- the two oldest in the game. Julie drops. BRUCE WINS IMMUNITY!

Bruce knows so many want him out and he had no vote, they thought it a done deed. He has an idol in his pocket, too. Kellie is really irked. Emily says it put a wrench in the plans. Will they vote out Jake? Can they get Bruce to use his idol to save Jake? Kellie is with Jake and even Bruce. Emily and Kellie tell Jake not to use his shot in the dark and he will be safe. They didn't give him an alternate name. So, he searches for an idol.

Drew has a plan to flush the idol and go after Kellie because she has so much power in the game. It seems to be between Jake and Kellie as targets as they head off to Tribal Council.

Tribal Council - Night 16. Kaleb sits alone in the jury box looking all clean. He looked shocked at Bruce's Immunity necklace. They talk about the rice and the four who sat out of the challenge. Jake makes a pitch. He loses track of his thoughts. He talks about them dogpiling onto him and was willing to go to rocks last Tribal. Kellie thinks Jake went into it too fast. Jake gets quite defensive if it's a unanimous vote tonight. Is it a ploy because he's a lawyer?

He talks about if he pulls out my ... er an idol tonight or play shot in the dark. Time to vote.

The tally. Jake plays his shot in the dark. He is NOT Safe.

Jake, Jake, Jake, Kellie, Kellie, Kellie, Kellie, Kellie.

9th person voted out is Kellie, second member of the jury. She is mad.