Survivor 45: Living the Survivor Dream - Ep. 13 Season Finale Blog Party

 

Yep, tonight is the three-hour (oy!) season finale.

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

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

Drew

Survivor fans ready?

They are starting out on a new beach tonight. There will be two Immunity Challenges, two Tribals. We get into the Previously On segment.

Austin was definitely blindsided by the Drew vote. He had no clue. He wants to talk with Dee about it. He tells her no hard feelings and that it was probably a good game move. Meanwhile, back at the camp Katurah, Julie and Jake are talking about what a pair Dee and Austin are.

In the morning they see a box. Three stations around island -- coconuts, crabs, bamboo -- count them and use the number as a combination to open it. First person to solve it gets an advantage.

JAKE wins the advantage!

To the first Immunity Challenge. Crawl under obstacle, dig up machete, cut down sandbags, untie knots, throw three sandbags in baskets, reveal numbers, retrieve keys, climb tower, puzzle. Winner gets Reward -- Sanctuary dinner. Jake gives Jeff his advantage -- two of his sandbags will be in the baskets, he only has to land one in the closest basket. Jake is in the lead. But he forgets to bring his key and has to go back for it, costing him time.

AUSTIN wins Immunity and a guaranteed place in the Final Four! Austin chooses Jake to go with him because he hadn't won any rewards and it was such a battle this time.

Katurah still wants Dee to go. She talks to Julie. Julie wants to keep Dee and get Jake out. All three women talk about voting out Jake. Meanwhile, Jake and Austin are drinking wine and eating steak. Austin tells us he wanted to bring Jake for strategic reasons. Jake tells him he has an idol. Jake would like Julie out tonight.

They return to camp where Austin tells Dee that Jake has an idol and wants Julie out. Dee and Austin both would prefer Katurah out rather than Julie. Jake tells Katurah that he has an idol and now she thinks they can send Dee home. Dee tells Julie that Jake has an idol.

They head to Tribal and it's very confusing who will be going home tonight. 

Tribal Night 24 commences. Tribal is not contentious. Time to vote. It looks like everybody is getting a vote on them except Austin!

The tally - Jake plays his idol for Katurah.

Katurah, Jake, Dee, Julie, Julie.

Bye-bye, Julie. 

Night 24 at camp. Jake is angry because Dee is still there. He's snapping at Katurah. She says she voted Julie because she thought there was another vote out there for her. She would have voted Dee had she known he was going to play his idol on her.

Final Immunity Challenge. Maneuver bowls on a perch walking through a frame. First person done wins. 17 total bowls.

Austin accidentally dumps his. Jake and Dee are at around ten bowls. Ack! Jake loses his. Dee is at 14 bowls! Jake breaks his frame thing returning for his bowls and gets disqualified.

DEE WINS THE FINAL IMMUNITY CHALLENGE! She will decide who to bring with her and which two must duel with making a fire.

Jake tells Dee not to take him (she didn't plan to anyway) and wants to make fire so he could have a move he makes. Dee warns Katurah to work on her fire. Austin goes to help Jake with his fire and realizes how bad he is at. He goes to Dee and suggests she keep Jake and put him on fire against Katurah.

Tribal Council time. What will Dee do? Jeff asks about Dee's conversations with each of them. Katurah says Dee was worried about her strengths. Austin tells Jeff he was willing to make fire. But he doesn't know if he will or not. Jake wanted to make fire, didn't want to be taken.

Dee brings Austin -- so Jake and Katurah will make fire. JAKE WINS!

Katurah admits to all that she's a lawyer before Jeff snuffs her torch. Love all around. Austin, Dee and Jake are the Final Three.

The Final Three get their big breakfast feast. They talk about the jury members, Kaleb first. Kaleb tells us he's a bit partial to Jake. Kellie, Kendra (who speaks highly of Austin). And on and on.

The Three head to Final Tribal.

Kendra - I want to feel your truth. How did you make the game yours?Jake? Nothing I wouldn't do. I cried a lot but I love the game. Dee? My reason was my family. Day be day, having fun. Austin? I was the alternate, wanted to do everything.

Katurah - Facing your fears. Austin - blindside thing, lying to someone's face. Dee - Feels the same way, betraying or blindsiding. Jake - Fear of failing but getting right back up.

Drew - Reba Core Four success? Dee - loved it because it was the four of us. Austin agrees. Austin's name was never written down.

Emily - Dee use a decision with your brain, not heart. I need to build my relationships.

Kaleb - Congratulates Jake. Jake says he tried to build relationships. He had to keep trying.

Kellie - Saving others? Not telling people? Austin had an idol and played one for Julie. 

Julie - Questions Dee and Austin. Showmance? Is it real? Dee says real. Austin says real, not strategic. Dee admits to Austin that she told Julie the vote.

Time to vote. Kendra votes Austin. Emily votes Dee. Drew votes Austin.

The tally -- Dee, Austin, Dee, Austin, Dee, Austin, Dee, Dee.

DEE WINS SURVIVOR 45!

Congratulations to blog pool winners Judi Sweeney and Brent McKee!

Survivor 46 sneak peek - newbies. Yay! February.

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.

Survivor 45: This Game Rips Your Heart Out - Ep. 11 Blog Party

 

Good evening! I still can't believe that my random blog pool pick convinced Bruce not to use his idol last week and he got the boot with it in his pocket!

A separate post for The Amazing Race 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:

Emily --- ChicMc, Donna in AL, Jackie

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

Survivor fans ready?

We get to see Bruce go again. It's Night 19 and we have a bunch of happy campers. They think it's epic that Bruce went home with an idol. Everyone is thrilled. Emily gets the credit, as deserved, for the Bruce boot. But will it put a target on her back now?

The Reba Four now have the majority. Dee, Austin, Drew and Julie. Ah, Dee and Austin are bonding more and more. Austin brings up the Rob/Amber marriage. Dee says she came out there saying no showmances, but that doesn't mean she can't have fun.

Jake is a bit sad. He's hoping he's not the backup vote again as he talks to Katurah. Katurah, who is a lawyer herself, pretends to be interested in Jake's lawyer work. Julie joins them. Katurah tells them her backstory of being taken out of school in the 5th grade as her parents were in a religious cult. She tells us she decided she would be a lawyer who advocates for Black people as she knows the need.

A boat is approaching the camp. They all go to greet it. Jake takes a note -- one person must go on a journey. He told us he wanted to go. The person drawing the green rock goes. Whoops. That's Emily! She goes.

Julie thinks Emily is building an amazing resume. Drew agrees. Drew proposes Julie do something with the idol to get some clout. Of course, it's the idol Austin gave her because he thought she was in trouble. But she thinks of it as her idol. Julie thinks Drew is going to be one taking shots first with the Reba crew. Dee also thinks that there's a crack in Drew ... named Emily. She wants to target her next.

Emily lands on a shore where there is a sign to trek down the course to make her decision. She comes to a couple of tables with a puzzle. Four tried and failed, how about you? If she does it, she cannot be voted out. If she fails, she loses her vote. She decides she cannot risk her vote and leaves without solving the puzzle.

Drew tries to get intel from Jake and Katurah. Drew thinks Julie has to go. Katurah seems to agree with him. She tells us she would like to blindside Julie. She talks to Austin about it. Austin agrees that no one should go to the end with Mama J. Katurah suggests Julie, then Emily. Austin talks to Drew, maybe Emily then Julie? But Drew is close with Emily. But will Dee be accepting of the decision?

Emily arrives back and tells them about not completing the puzzle. Dee doesn't trust her, thinks she's lying. She talks to Drew. He tells her Julie wants her out but they want Julie out. A lot of them are coming to Emily and telling her they want Julie out. Has Emily fixed her bad start in the game?

Day 21. Immunity Challenge time! Attached to a rope, untangle, obstacle course, puzzle. Reward is a hamburger cookout.

Drew and Austin in the lead.

DREW WINS IMMUNITY! Drew chooses Jake as he hasn't had a reward in a while. Then he chooses Austin. The three will have their own BBQ. The others will go back to camp but cannot partake. Dee is worried that the guys may change the goal to keep Reba Four together.

Julie thinks that it's fine that Drew took the boys. The women decide to have a spa day in the ocean. Katurah says it's uncomfortable as they are planning to go after Julie or Emily. They talk about their buffs. They talk about Jake.

Drew wants to try to build a relationship with Jake. They talk about Emily and Julie being targets. They seem to all be on the same page with Julie being more dangerous. They need to keep Dee out of the loop and no way can Julie find out because she would use the idol. It's really bothering Austin to betray Dee.

He decides to talk to Dee. Dee tells him they were thinking Emily. He talks potential ways to the end and Julie. Nooo ... she says and we cut to commercial.

He tells her it's a strong movement against her and everyone seems to want it. Dee tells him that she won't write her name down. She thinks it's too soon. She wants to know why Emily is not an option and it's numbers. Dee tells us she's going to play this game with heart. 

Dee tells Julie that she needs to play the idol tonight. Julie is mad that the others are wanting to blindside her. Julie tells Jake and Emily they could make a move ... Katurah. Wait, write Austin. Emily tells Drew about the conversation with Julie. He knows someone told her. Austin admits to Drew he told Dee. Julie tells Dee she wants to write Austin's name down, not Emily.

And it's Tribal Council time! Night 21. Talk about getting to the end, relationships, etc. Emily points out that everybody brought bags full as no one feels safe. Everybody is close now in the game. Talk of idols. Time to vote. Looks like most are voting Julie. Dee votes Julie and says to play the damn idol. We do not see Julie's vote.

Julie plays the idol for herself. Austin does NOT play his.

Julie, Julie, Julie, Julie, Julie, Julie, Julie, Emily.

Aw, Julie apologizes to Emily and Emily takes it fine.

Survivor 45: How Am I the Mobster? - Ep. 10 Blog Party

 

Good evening! Gee, with the proliferation of K names this season, perhaps a K Name alliance could have rocked it until the end!

A separate post for The Amazing Race 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:

Emily --- ChicMc, Donna in AL, Jackie

Austin --- Pearl, Nora M, Sharon N

Drew --- Dr Celine, monty924

Bruce --- Krysta, Skyriverblue

Jake --- Donna in FL, TS14Fan

Katurah --- Donna NY, April W

Dee --- Judi Sweeney, Brent McKee

Julie --- Andi, PDX Granny

JURY

Kaleb

Kellie

Kendra

Survivor fans ready?

Sitting out through the Previously On segment. Kendra gets voted out again. And it's Night 17 as they return to the camp. Jake is appreciative and feels in a better place now. Heh, Drew compares him to Charlie Brown with a rain cloud following over him. Once again the talk goes to getting Bruce's idol flushed.

Day 18. Aw, Austin gives Julie a neck rub. It turns out that she couldn't sleep because she feels she betrayed Kellie and Kendra. Dang, now she has Drew all teary, too. 

Meanwhile, Emily, Bruce and Katurah think Reba Four are running the game. Emily is upset that Bruce isn't using his idol strategically and is only worried about himself. Bruce tells Katurah that he gave Kellie his idol and she left with it. He tells her he was lying and that would be their hook to get at Reba Four. Bruce tells Jake but doesn't tell him it's a lie.

To the Reward Challenge early tonight! Racing through obstacles and get a ball through a table maze. The Sanctuary, turkey dinner, beer, soda, juice, spend the night ... pillows, blankets.

EMILY WINS REWARD!

Ohh ... letters from home are involved. She decides to take Julie. Then Katurah. That was a shock for her. One more spot. She chooses Dee and makes it a ladies' night. Drew's tears didn't get him aboard.

The women are bonding. Katurah tells about the Bruce idol lie. They all want Bruce out, Jake as the back-up. Meanwhile, the guys are having a farting and flexing night out at camp. Drew is having troubles "bro-ing out." It's just not something he does. But he's enjoying it. Bruce tells Jake that Dee needs to go on the chopping block. 

Jake believes Bruce's lie about the idol and tells Drew.

Letters from home time at the Sanctuary. Tears of joy, tears of missing those people who make up a life.

Day 19 - the women return to camp. Drew tells Emily about Bruce giving Kellie his idol and she tells him it's a lie. Emily tells Jake that if Bruce plays his idol he (Jake) will probably go home. Jake doesn't want to be the back-up target and would prefer the target go to Drew. Julie tells Drew about Jake throwing his name out there. Drew confronts Jake about the name throwing.

Immunity Challenge time.  They are on inclined planks with small handholds on either side. As time goes on, they have to go lower and smaller handholds. 

Emily out first. Katurah is scared and gives up. Julie out.

Dee is out. Just the guys are left. Drew out. Jake out. It's Austin against Bruce now. Bruce out!

AUSTIN WINS IMMUNITY!

Bruce is sure he will be safe because he has the idol. Julie and others talk to Bruce and advise him to use the idol, Jake will be the back-up. Katurah thinks going for Jake would be a wasted vote. She wants Julie to go ... after all, they all love their Mama. Oh my. Emily gets Bruce to go with the Mama J vote. Hmm ... will Emily get him to go home with the idol in his pocket? 

Jake is told the truth now by Bruce about having the idol. That ticks him off even more. He thinks everyone is lying to him and he's at the bottom every time. He's in tears in confessional. Katurah comes over to him. Bruce comes over. He gives a pep talk.

Emily is worried if Mama J stays. Is Jake the safer option? Can Bruce actually go home?

Tribal Council time. Lots of smiles. Emily says the energy might be different because someone else is wearing the immunity necklace. Jake says it's not a personal thing, but he feels dumb and out of the loop. Jeff brings up the fact that the moniker Mama J could be used to hurt her. She says it gives her an extra burden. Drew says today's vote is more complicated than previous ones. Julie told Jeff she would be surprised if it's her today (when Jeff asked her). They talk about Bruce's idol.

Time to vote. Drew votes Jake.

The tally ... Bruce does NOT play his idol.

Jake, Jake, Jake, Julie, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce.

They got him to go home with an idol in his pocket! And it was Emily's plan.

Survivor 45: Sword of Damocles - Ep. 9 Blog Party

 

Good evening! Tonight we will watch someone's torch get snuffed. Tomorrow we will all get stuffed! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I'm never sure why they air new episodes the night before Thanksgiving. It's always quiet in here.

A separate post for The Amazing Race 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. 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

Jake --- Donna in FL, TS14Fan

Katurah --- Donna NY, April W

Dee --- Judi Sweeney, Brent McKee

Julie --- Andi, PDX Granny

JURY

Kaleb

Kellie

Survivor fans ready?

Previously On segment is airing, of course.

It's Night 16. They returned from Tribal. Jake is still on a high after not getting booted out. He had no clue they were going to target Kellie. Bruce thinks that he would have been voted out had he not been safe. They tell him that Kellie was targeting him.

Kendra is still very upset but is trying to think of positives about it. She suggests that they target Dee. Julie tells Dee that Julie is coming after her. Drew, Dee, Austin think they need to draw the idols out.

Day 17. Bruce is concerned that Kellie was working to vote him out. Does he really believe it? He was told that Kellie thought he was overbearing. So, now we get his backstory. Foster homes.

Drew comments that Bruce is not wanting to work in camp.

Drew, Austin and Emily talk. She suggests getting others to vote for Dee. The guys still want to draw out the idols. She's worried they are both too close to old Reba. 

Treemail. Only one wins Immunity, divide your tribe into thirds. Jake, Drew and Jake are together. Austin, Emily and Katura. Julie, Bruce and Kendra. Austin put one of his idols in Julie's bag.

Time for the Immunity Challenge. Stage 1 - retrieve a disk, balance a ball across a balance beam, dig for rope rungs, use rungs to build a rope bridge, toss three balls onto three small rims, then it becomes individual with the last three as teams will drop in stages. Reward for the final three is Sanctuary and rotisserie chicken. First group out, all three players lose vote but will take a journey to possibly win it back.

First stage - Emily, Austin and Katurah out of it.

Second stage - Jake, Drew and Dee out

Julie, Bruce and Kendra are now against each other for individual immunity. Arms are outstretched holding disks up. Kendra out. Julie versus Bruce just like last time. Julie drops.

BRUCE wins Immunity, the second time in a row. All three still go to the Sanctuary.

Emily, Katurah and Austin are headed off to their journey. 

We get the three back at camp first. They decide to eat some rice. They feel they're in a bit of a holding pattern. Dee and Drew talk about taking out Kendra tonight.

Bruce, Kendra and Julie arrive at Sanctuary. Kendra thinks Dee should go; Julie thinks Jake should go. Bruce is fine with Jake going.

The three all have a chance to earn back their votes. Austin, Emily and Katurah each go off on separate paths. It's logic math problem on a timer. They have to place three plus signs and one minus sign to a series of numbers to make it total 100. Katurah fails. Austin wins his vote back. Emily fails.

Two boats carrying the missing six back to camp arrive. Emily feels on the outs again. Emily and Katurah tell the truth about losing the vote. Austin lies and tells them he lost the vote, but he tells his alliance the truth. Sounds like Kendra will be targeted. Julie tells Dee and Drew that her three wanted Jake out. Kendra tells Emily it's Jake and Emily tells Drew. He goes around telling all and most go with the Jake idea. Dee really wants Kendra gone and works that angle.

It's Tribal Council time. Jeff tells them that last week's boot of Kellie will go down as devasting history. Then Jeff brings up the challenge with the two oldest competitors at the end. He mentions that they don't really know if the three lost their votes or not.

Time to vote. The ones who lost their votes still go up but cannot vote.

The tally - Jake, Kendra, Kendra, Kendra, Kendra ...  four is enough.

Bye-bye Kendra!

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.

Survivor 45: The Thorn in My Thumb - Ep. 7 Blog Party

 

Good evening! Tonight's show should be interesting. The promos have two people getting their torches snuffed. 

A separate post for The Amazing Race 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. 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

Kaleb --- CherylNY, Cookie Jar

Dee --- Judi Sweeney, Brent McKee

Julie --- Andi, PDX Granny
Nicholas “Sifu” --- KelseyNY, Debbie in FL

Survivor fans ready?

Sitting through the Previously On segment.

They're returning from Tribal. Kaleb had played his shot in the dark and everyone had voted against him. Of course, he knows he has no friends there. Bruce, in front of all, calls out Katurah for being hesitant to vote Kaleb out. She tells us that Bruce is the thorn in her thumb and now a serious liability. Now Bruce is on Kendra's radar, too.

Day 14. Kaleb is bonding with Katurah. They talk about Bruce. They think they want to target him next and recruit others. Emily and Kaleb continue to want to work together. Emily talks to Austin. He has a two-way steal a vote with Kellie. He did not vote the last Tribal. His idol has reached its final form if she goes.

Kaleb talks to Jake. He wants to get in with Bruce a bit more. Bruce is saying great things about Kaleb to Kaleb. But he has an ulterior motive. Bruce is making Kaleb feel like one of his kids. Bruce has Jake and Kellie as his number ones, does he need Kaleb?

Kellie thinks that Bruce has too many agendas against others to deal with. There are five original Belo members. Jake thinks a Reba/Belo war will be coming and they need Kaleb.

Right to a classic Immunity Challenge -- holding onto a pole. Twist -- two groups of six, two people lasting longest win Immunity. Reward -- Sanctuary and the winning group gets to go second to Tribal. The loser of the first Tribal won't make jury.

Blue Team

Emily first out for Blue, Julie out for Red. Kendra and Jake both out for Red. Sifu out for Blue, Bruce out. Austin out Red. Drew out. 

Kellie wins for BLUE and is now competing for Reward. Kaleb out for Red. Katurah out. Dee wins for RED and is up against Kellie for Reward. Dee wins Reward for Red!

Blue goes to the Sanctuary. Red has to go to the old Lulu camp and make some decisions.

Dee thinks they're all voting Kaleb. Julie is worried for herself. Jake, of course, wants Kaleb as a shield. Jake thinks that Dee is dangerous but safe. However, Dee is with Julie, so he wants to go for her to leave.

Drew thinks a Sifu blindside is best He does want Bruce out but wants to work with him. Drew left his bag with his idol at the other beach. He talks to Kendra to try to get a Bruce out movement afoot. Bruce thinks Kendra is dropping his name ... and he's right. He has his idol and trusts Kellie.

Austin and Dee are talking about Kaleb. Maybe keeping Kaleb might be best? Dee says no and thinks Jake will work with them to get Kaleb out. Jake agrees with her but that's a lie. Kaleb tells Jake that Katurah should be told about Bruce's idol. Maybe she can flip them. Three votes on Julie, three on Kaleb, revote, draw rocks -- is Jake's plan. Convince Austin they don't need to draw rocks.

Katurah knows that Jake wants Julie out. Jake agrees that Bruce has an idol. Although now she knows that all of her previous alliance knew that Bruce had the idol but her. Will she vote with the Reba people? Now she can't really trust them.

Old Lulu Camp -- Sifu and Emily talk about voting out Bruce. Sifu thinks it might be him getting voted out tonight. Kendra and Kellie talk about Bruce, thinking it might not be time for him to go yet. At least that's Kellie's take on it. Maybe Sifu is an easy target? Drew thinks Bruce out would be better for his own game but doesn't know if they can swing it. 

Time to vote. The tally -- Bruce, Sifu, Sifu, Sifu, Sifu ... four is enough.

Sifu is voted out.

Red is heading in to Tribal. Dee says the group bonded today. They can't be robots but if the target is you, you can't be safe. Jake talks trust and reliance. Kaleb wonders if he is alone, must show that he can be an ally. Time to vote. Dee votes Kaleb, Kaleb votes Julie.

The tally -- Kaleb, Julie, Kaleb, Julie, Kaleb, Kaleb. 

Aw, rats. I liked Kaleb. He's the first jury member.

Kendra talks to Bruce, but he doesn't trust her. Bruce tells Kellie he will play his idol tonight. 

Tribal Council time for Blue first. Drew talks about how the one out won't be on jury and it's scary. Jeff continues asking his Probsting questions. Sifu says he knows people see him as a threat. Sifu sees the division within the six.

Survivor 45: I'm Not Batman, I'm the Canadian - Ep. 6 Blog Party

 

Good evening! According to the promos, we are expecting the merge tonight! 

A separate post for The Amazing Race 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. 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:

Belo – Blue Tribe – Fijian word for Heron

Kendra --- Cherry Pie, EthanC

Emily --- ChicMc, Donna in AL, Jackie

Austin --- Pearl, Nora M, Sharon N

Drew --- Dr Celine, monty924

Lulu – Yellow Tribe – Fijian word for Owl

Bruce --- Krysta, Skyriverblue

Katurah --- Donna NY, April W

Kellie --- Michelle, Bizaro22

Jake --- Donna in FL, TS14Fan
Kaleb --- CherylNY, Cookie Jar

Reba – Red Tribe – Fijian word for Goshawk

Dee --- Judi Sweeney, Brent McKee
Maya (J) --- Petals, Glenn Allen, Nickelpeed
Julie --- Andi, PDX Granny
Nicholas “Sifu” --- KelseyNY, Debbie in FL

Survivor fans ready? 

Sitting out the Previously On segment. Whoops! There goes Brando!

We start with Belo returning to the camp. Emily feels part of a team for once. Kendra was blindsided. She wants revenge on Emily but is putting a happy face on for the tribe.

Lulu Day 12. Bruce has a Beware advantage which he finds in front of the others on his tribe. He loses his vote. They all ran to camp. Bruce wants Katurah to not find the idol and is with everyone else but her. Whoops, there she comes! Jake fakes losing a ring. 

A boat arrives at Belo. Drop your buffs, they will be taken to their new home. Reba gets drop your buffs, new people will be arriving soon. Lulu also have the note. Bruce FINDS what he's looking for! He tells Kellie, Kaleb and Jake about finding it.

The two boats are on their way to the Reba camp. Dee is happy to see Drew and Austin. So many are reuniting. Kaleb is thrilled to be back with Emily and is happy that she is doing better. They are the only two Lulu left. They all get a feast!    

Kendra is acting a bit wacky about things. Is she trying to channel her inner Carolyn from last season. Kendra gets with Bruce, tells all she knows. Emily is regretting the comments she made to Bruce at the start of the game. Bruce acts like he accepts her apologies but tells us he will get her.     

Austin is still thinking sandwiches. He still wants revenge on J and the other one there. His idol will expire after this tribal council unless he loses his vote. Julie thinks J will cut them as soon as she can. Drew thinks it's time to elevate themselves to the new stage of the game.

GAH -- a Lindor CHRISTMAS AD. Too early! Too early! EEK! A Kohls Christmas commercial. Make them STOP!

Day 13 and it's pouring. Sifu loves it. He's probably the only one. Emily and Kaleb are really clicking all over again. Kaleb gets more intel from Belo. Emily tries working more on Bruce. No one is talking to him. Kendra does, though. Bruce thinks Kaleb is floating around with everyone. He tries talking to his old Belo. Then he talks to Kaleb. Kaleb does not appreciate Bruce's advice not to talk to others. Kaleb talks to Kellie who agrees with him. She's over Bruce.

Immunity Challenge time! Jeff takes back the tribal idols. There is no individual immunity yet because they haven't reached that stage. Randomly divided intotwo groups of sixc, threw mud, to cart, push cart, sandbags, top of tower, keys, slide down, work together to top of big boulder, two puzzles. First team to finish earns merge buff, merge meal and immunity from the first tribal council. One too many. That one will bet on a team. 

Blue and Red. Katurah has no color. She bets on Blue. If they win, she will join them. If they lose, she will join them.

RED

BLUE

BLUE wins Immunity and the merge meal. Someone on Red will go home tonight. They will still vote tonight at Tribal but cannot be voted out.

The Blue team is having a ball at the Sanctuary. Drew, Julie, Sifu, Bruce, Austin, Katurah. Sifu wants J out because she wrote down his name. Of course, it was Dee. Kendra thinks Kaleb is dangerous.  

On Red, Jake is nervous. J tells Jake that Kaleb needs to go. She's on high alert about him. Dee tells Jake she wants to vote out J. Kellie is happy with a J choice.

Day 13. Red people are all worried. Katurah talks to them about J. She thinks Kaleb is strong but she wants J out. Bruce thinks they should be voting out social butterfly Kaleb. Uh-oh ... Drew is up for it. Although Austin wants J out, he thinks it might be best to get rid of Kaleb. Emily wants to save her only ally Kaleb. Uh-oh.

Emily warns Kaleb. Kaleb tells Drew Bruce has an idol. He lets Austin know. They are walking off to Tribal.

Tribal Council Night 13. Jeff asks Drew about what happened yesterday. Drew says there is still a lot of instability. Emily thinks she squashed the issue with Bruce. J says yesterday was overwhelming. Kaleb says he's an optimist, may be a big threat but not a big strategic threat. Is there a Lulu curse? Ohh ... Kaleb tells them the most dangerous threat would be J. Oh my. 

Time to vote.

J votes "Caleb." Austin is not voting to extend his idol into a real idol.

The tally: Whoa! Kaleb plays his Shot in the Dark. Jeff opens it. Kaleb is SAFE! J is NOT happy.

Back to the tally: Kaleb, Kaleb, Kaleb, Kaleb, Kaleb, Kaleb, Kaleb, Kaleb, Kaleb, Kaleb, Kaleb. ALL the votes were for Kaleb. No more shot in the darks can play. They have to revote. J wants Emily out, Bruce tells Emily he wants J out. J is really pushing the Emily. Uh-oh.

Revote time. Emily votes J. J votes Emily.

The tally: J, Emily, J, J, J, J, J ... six is enough.

J is gone, my blog pool random pick Emily remains and they have now all made the merge.

TWO people are going home next week.

Survivor 45: I Don't Want to Be the Worm - Ep. 5 - Blog Party

 

Good evening! Let's see if the new Lulu tribe is just as cursed as the old one was. They seem to be heading a better direction winning Immunity and getting flint after nine days without it.

A separate post for The Amazing Race 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. I may have issues with some of the names as there are some we've rarely seen. 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 with the tribe switches. Here's where we stand:

Belo – Blue Tribe – Fijian word for Heron

Brando --- Jasonuwp, Marthalight, MikesGirl

Kendra --- Cherry Pie, EthanC

Emily --- ChicMc, Donna in AL, Jackie

Austin --- Pearl, Nora M, Sharon N

Drew --- Dr Celine, monty924

Lulu – Yellow Tribe – Fijian word for Owl

Bruce --- Krysta, Skyriverblue

Katurah --- Donna NY, April W

Kellie --- Michelle, Bizaro22

Jake --- Donna in FL, TS14Fan
Kaleb --- CherylNY, Cookie Jar

Reba – Red Tribe – Fijian word for Goshawk

Dee --- Judi Sweeney, Brent McKee
Maya (J) --- Petals, Glenn Allen, Nickelpeed
Julie --- Andi, PDX Granny
Nicholas “Sifu” --- KelseyNY, Debbie in FL

Survivor fans ready?

Keeping in with my way of doing things, I'm sitting through the Previously On segment.

We pick up with Reba returning from Tribal. Sifu comments about his name coming up in the vote. Dee agreed she was surprised to see hers name. Dee, of course, was the vote for Sifu. She thought others would vote for him, too. Sean told Sifu he didn't vote for him on his way out. Julie is shocked. Now Sifu knows that someone is lying about writing Sean. He's suspicious but can't figure who wrote his name.

Belo Day 10. They have no food, no energy. Emily spots a worm. Kendra picks it up. The others encourage her to eat the worm. She does. Kind of, sort of. It doesn't stay down. The others talk about Kendra's energy.

Lulu Day 10. Jake and Bruce start to head out. Uh-oh. Jake collapses. It's the second time he's done that. Jake weighed 287 before going into Survivor. It took him two years to lose the weight. Kellie says his blood pressure lowered before he collapsed. He vows to fight until the end of the game.

Lulu Day 10 - Kaleb and Jake go off looking for crabs. Katurah realizes she's all alone and goes off looking for an idol. She bumps into the rest. The knew she was idol searching. They think Katurah is all over the place. Kaleb tells Katurah he saw her looking for an idol and tried to stop her before the others saw her. He, like he did with Emily before, creates bonds with others. He wants that bond with Kellie. He told her that Sabiyah found the idol in that camp and they bond.

Reba Day 10 - The women are upset that Sean quit and that he told Sifu he didn't vote for him on the way out. We get Dee's backstory and she doesn't come from a family that quits. Sifu is stunned by his wake-up call vote. He has made a fake idol. He tells Dee that he has an idol. J thinks Sifu thinks she put his name down. She didn't.

Belo Day 10 - Brando and Drew talk Kendra. Brando didn't have a strong connection in tribe before. Brando/Drew really bond, nerding out so to say. Nerd alliance? Drew is not for that at the merge. Brando wants to solidify the bond with Kendra. Brando thinks Emily is in the best spot as she is between the two members of the other two tribes she is in with now. She has promised both sides she's in with them. Uh-oh.

Lulu Day 10 - Bruce's Brucisms are coming out. He does seem to be always on. Katurah is on alert about him. Katurah thinks Kaleb may be seeing the issues with Bruce. He is definitely coming off as bossy. Kaleb is doing his best to please him.

Reba Day 10 - J tells Julie she will say she voted out Sifu and he doesn't need to use his idol. They don't know it's fake. She is going to pretend that she's on the outs and was desperate. Dee is thinking it might be best to vote out J if they go to Tribal again. Julie is in a quandary about it.

Day 11 Immunity Challenge. Race massive three level obstacle course, collecting keys, once they get the keys sandbags, knock down targets. Also playing for massive 10 fresh fish and cooking stuff, second half that prize.

REBA wins 1st Place Immunity! Lulu wins 2nd Place!

Belo will go to Tribal Council for the first time this season.

A twist - one person from each tribe to go on a journey. They will be back in time for Tribal. Reba, J goes. From Lulu, Kellie. Belo, Austin. The other tribes pick.

Once again, Emily is going to Tribal Council. Is that every single one this season? Hmm.

Belo is in pre-Tribal woe phase. Or will they scramble? Kendra is worried. She wants Emily on their side. She brings up Drew as he is so tall and thin. Brand offers to give Drew his shot in the dark to not write his name down. Let it be Kendra? Drew thinks he's being played. Emily and Drew talk. What? Vote out Kendra? Emily thought Brando and Kendra were together. Emily thinks Drew is lying to her. Kendra trusts that Brando and Emily will vote out Drew with her tonight.

Meanwhile, the journey. Kellie feels odd man out with two original Reba members. They have to hike to the top of a mountain. Ohh ... they find sandwiches at the top. They can choose sustenance or strategy. Food or an amulet which need to be played with all the amulets in the game. Austin wants the sandwich. J wants the amulet. If only one amulet remains in the game, it's like an idol. If two or three, steal a vote and extra vote.

Day 11. Still at the mountain. Austin is SO hungry! He relents and they will work together with the amulets. He wants to turn his amulet into an idol.

Belo Day 11 - Emily talks to Drew about the voting out of Kendra. She asks him if he's the one who started that. She tells him that she doesn't know who to trust. Austin lies to them, telling them they had sandwich or carry coconuts and they failed the task. He shows Drew the real truth on paper. Both Drew and Austin have advantages but they need to get Emily's trust. Austin shows Emily what he has. Drew or Brando? Which will get her vote to go?

Night 11 - Tribal Council. It's Belo's first time there. 

They get Jeff's Probsting questions about being there. Drew seems a bit into embellishments. Is Emily in the middle? Yep.

Time to vote. Austin sacrifices his vote to extend the life of his idol, but then restores the vote with his other advantage.

The tally: Drew, Brando, Drew, Brando, Brando ... Kendra is shocked. Emily apologizes to her. Drew and Austin briefly touch hands with Emily.

Next week is the merge?!?!