Survivor 45: The Ex-Girlfriend at the Wedding - Ep. 12 Blog Party

 

Good evening! This is the penultimate episode of the season! Yep, next week is the three-hour (oy!) season finale.

A separate post for tonight's The Amazing Race season finale will magically appear at about 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 as it airs here on the East Coast. 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:

Austin --- Pearl, Nora M, Sharon N

Drew --- Dr Celine, monty924

Jake --- Donna in FL, TS14Fan

Katurah --- Donna NY, April W

Dee --- Judi Sweeney, Brent McKee

Julie --- Andi, PDX Granny

JURY

Kaleb

Kellie

Kendra

Bruce

Emily

Survivor fans ready?

Time to skip the Previously On segment.

It's Night 21 and they are returning from Tribal Council. Julie is thrilled to be safe. She tells us that Dee is the one who saved her but told the rest that she's mad at her. Austin's amulet is only good until the next Tribal and he must play it then.

Austin tells Dee that they need to get word out that she didn't tell Julie. Dee is acting like she's scared that Julie is going to come after her. Julie comes after Drew, Dee and Austin calling out Reba Four strong. But she tells us that Drew blew it up so it's now game on.

Day 22 dawns. Katurah goes searching for an idol as she knows once idols are used, they are usually back hidden the next day. Dee notices that she's gone. So, Austin and Dee go out looking for her. Austin sneaks up on her. She admits to him that she's looking for the idol before Julie comes out looking for it.

Meanwhile, Julie is up after not sleeping well. Julie talks with Drew. She wants to believe in Reba but ...! She thinks the blindside was done by Drew and Dee's the only one she can trust. Dee and Julie talk and both think Drew is the problem child mastermind who must go.

Time for the Reward Challenge. First person to finish wins a picnic -- helicopter ride to a sandspit to picnic. They must make their way to shore from individual platforms, roll a barrel standing on it using ropes to steady themselves, grab three keys and sliding puzzle.

AUSTIN wins Reward! He picks Dee to go with him. One more spot. He chooses Katurah after telling Jeff he would need to have alliance members to stay at camp to dissuade conversation about booting him.

Drew is bummed that he never gets picked to go on Reward. He feels like he's back in middle school. Julie feels like she is being babysat.

Back at camp, they all seem to be a bit bummed. It turns out that both Drew and Julie have been on a helicopter, and both threw up. Julie knows that Drew is to babysit both her and Jake. They both think they will look for an idol.

The helicopter does a flyover of the camp. Like rubbing salt in a wound. Katurah knows she's a third wheel and sees that there might be romance with Dee and Austin. We get more takes on the showmance.

At camp Jake thinks he's stuck with his two targets. He goes off on his own looking for the idol. He finds a clue to it ... a note that says the idol is in a secret compartment in the raft. He's got it! The last time it can be used is when there are five players in the game.

Immunity Challenge time. One foot on one end of a hinged beam. On the other end is a ball. Ball drops, you're out.  

Julie out, then Jake out. Katurah out. Drew out. It's down to the showmance partners Dee and Austin.

DEE WINS IMMUNITY!

Drew wants Julie out still. I guess we will see about that!

Back to camp, Dee and Austin have a friendly rivalry going on. Austin thinks Juliee needs to go. Same with Drew. Jake, on the other hand, thinks differently. Jake wants to go after Drew. Little does he know, Julie was already wanting to work with Dee to go after Drew. Jake talks to Katurah about going after Drew. Jake thinks he's masterminding it all. But Dee already was thinking the move. They need to make Drew think they are targeting Julie.

Drew thinks it's a clear shot at Julie and that Austin is with him. Dee is considering telling Austin about blindsiding Drew but ...! Time for them to head to the Tribal Council.

Tribal Council Night 23. Jeff brings up the Reward Challenge and the fact that he was worried about who to leave behind. Julie talks about being babysat at camp. Friends, love and voting people out. Drew says the money brings you back to reality. Dee thinks that they're all lying to each other. Alliances not really locked in. Drew thinks if he gets through tonight, he has a clear shot to the end. Julie can't think of it that way.

Time to vote. Drew votes Julie.

Tally time ... Austin plays his amulet for himself. 

Julie, Julie, Drew, Drew, Drew, Drew ... 6th member of the jury. He says no goodbyes. They will be taken to a new place to start over as they get to the end.