Showing posts with label Survivor 43. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Survivor 43. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Survivor 43: Episode 13 - Season Finale - Blog Party - Dec. 14

 

Tonight's season finale is three hours long. Get some snacks now before it starts!

I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the FINAL blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee

Jury
Jeanine
James
Ryan
Noelle
Sami
Cody
Karla

Survivor fans ready?

We start off with Night 23 at Tribal and Jesse plays the idol for Owen, votes out Cody. Karla uses her idol because she's worried now. And Jesse still has an idol ... Cody asked him to hold it. Oh my. Survivor brownie points for strategy there, Jesse.

Gabler thinks he is ruling his destiny. We're getting the Final Five thoughts on making it to the end. Karla seems the most worried about how she will do.

They're exploring the new campsite. Oh my ... five envelopes with clues to a secret advantage. They have to solve a long word scramble phrase to get the actual clue to the advantage. Owen thinks the biggest game threats are Karla and Jesse.

Karla figures out the phrase first and is off running as well as she can with her ankle. Then it's Owen off running. He passes Karla. They're both looking for a tree with a knot at the base by the shore. WHOA! Karla worked her way around Owen and snags the clue! Owen is not a happy camper. He was right there and she reached around him!

It's a slight advantage for today's Immunity Challenge.

Day 24 ... Immunity Challenge. Karla presents her advantage paper. Maneuver a buoy in water through obstacles, untie puzzle bag on the beach, transport puzzle blocks on a teeter-totter thing, solve puzzle. They have to carry the puzzle blocks with two hand grip short posts.  Jesse is struggling. Reward - steak, baked potatoes, wine and cheesecake. Karla starts with ten puzzle blocks, approximately a third.

Karla is in the lead. It's a word scramble. All five are trying to solve the puzzle now.

OWEN wins it! "You cannot hide in a dangerous game."

He can choose one person to go with him to the Sanctuary -- he chooses Cassidy. Wow! What a spread! Both are glad that Karla didn't win today. But is she more dangerous than Jesse? Hmm. Owen thinks he would lose in a final three with Jesse. Cassidy would like to see Karla go tonight. Neither think Gabler is a threat. They decide on getting Karla out tonight.

Back at camp Gabler was hoping he could have gone with Owen. He's breaking down physically. Karla and Jesse know that they are the likely targets. No one knows that Jesse has an idol -- it was Jeanine's.

Karla tells us she's telling Jesse she wants Cassidy out, but in reality, she wants Jesse out -- thinking that he made the biggest move of the season getting Cody out. They talk to Gabler, he hears Cassidy. However, Karla takes him aside and goes after Jesse. She talks to Owen about it, too. Then she talks to Cassidy. Cassidy is not as accepting about the Jesse target. Karla pretty much tells her she will poison the jury against her and not vote for her if she makes the final three.

Cassidy runs to Jesse and tells him. Jesse is torn between Cassidy and Karla vote out. He tells us he will use the idol but hasn't figured out HOW he will use it.

Tribal Council time! Jesse says that Karla threw some punches today. Karla talks about Jesse's excellent game move last Tribal. She wants him out and says it. Jesse says he feels good and shows his idol, saying he's punching his ticket to the final four. Jeanine on jury is in shock -- they all thought the idol went home with Dwight. Karla says there are two other options -- Gabler and Cassidy. Hmm.

Whoa -- Karla and Jesse talk and agree to take out Cassidy. Then Jesse talks to Gabler, Owen joins them. Hmm. Cassidy votes Karla. 

Jesse plays the idol for himself.

The tally -- Jesse, Karla, Karla, Karla ... three is enough. She takes it very well. When the votes are shown, the other four all voted Karla. I updated the blog pool above.

Right to the final Immunity Challenge. Use a long fork, bowl through a channel in a structure, the platform is suspended on a string, fifteen bowls. I'm thinking this might be something that Gabler could be good at. We'll see. He's leading by just a bit over Cassidy. Jesse is doing the worst.

Argh. Gabler's stack fell down. It's between Owen and Cassidy with three bowls each left. Owen's stack goes over!

CASSIDY WINS IMMUNITY! None of the guys look happy. And the only one who congratulates her is Owen.

She has indeed done well. They return to camp to find fire making supplies. Owen thinks it will be himself and Jesse at the fire. He thinks Jesse may have it in the bag. But he doesn't want to ever give up. He tells Cassidy he thinks he can win against Jesse in fire. She says she wants someone who can beat Jesse with fire.

Both Jesse and Owen practice fire. Jesse tells Cassidy that she should go against him with fire. She is not receptive! Jesse is choking up as he tells us he won't stop. Gabler tells Cassidy that he thinks he can beat Jesse in fire. He wants to win fire against Jesse for points with the jury. But his body is betraying him. He tells us he intends to donate the entire prize to Veterans in Need if he wins. 

They start walking off to Tribal. Both Gabler and Owen want to go against Jesse with fire. Oh my.

Tribal Council - Night 25. The jury seems impressed that Cassidy won the final immunity. Jesse looks miserable. Jesse says his pitch to Cassidy. Both Gabler and Owen say they want to make fire against Jesse. Cassidy says she will do what's best for her own game. Earlier Jeff pointed out that Owen and Cassidy with three Immunity wins each, have won 2/3 of the Immunity Challenges in the game.

Cassidy takes Owen with her. So, fire making for Gabler and Jesse.

GABLER makes the fastest fire ever made in the show. Jesse looks miserable. The jury was rooting for Jesse. That won't bode well for Gabler at the end.

Jesse cries. It's very sad. Gabler tries to comfort him. Jesse says he was playing for his kids, setting an example. He did that and felt he played a great game. Owen is crying. Everyone is a bit teary-eyed. Cassidy makes him laugh when she says she had to have him out or he would have won.

The final three are back at camp. Owen thinks he's the underdog. It sounds like at least some of the jury in confessionals agree and will support him. 

They get the feast. 

Gabler points out to us that he didn't receive one vote and is the old man of the show. They have some jury members point out his good points to us. And now we have Cassidy telling us why she needs to win and we get jury members pointing out her strengths. Cassidy is the champion, Owen is the underdog and Gabler is the outsider.

They're off to the jury questioning. Jeff pep talks them. Social, physical, strategic focus.

Jesse -- wishes them luck.

Noelle - Gabler differentiate game from others, trust and behind the scenes, had multiple ways to move along in the game. No one has written his name down, hope they will tonight. Cassidy - every vote was the right vote, close bonds with those who mattered, not personal, last woman standing. Owen - Underdog, superfan, scholar of the game, first tribe a disaster, thought he would be first boot, even worse after the merge, had to crawl and scratch himself out of the hole, learned he just needs to be himself.

James -- ACK THAT VOICE. Owen trust in Noelle. Gabler - Elie looked in my bag (Jeanine confesses), stirred pot, voted Elie out, then decided had to change his game.

Karla - Cassidy pre-merge move. Blindside Geo and get tribe in merge.

Jesse - Social relationships in game -- Gabler, hiding underwater - he's making the jury giggle. Cassidy -- in trenches with the right votes, people after her and she got them out. 

Jeanine - Gaber and Owen closest alliances. Owen, Noelle then the final four. Gabler - had a few core alliances.

Sami - Gabler, were you going back and forth in alliances? Cassidy wonders if it's because he didn't seem like a threat or real alliances.

Ryan points out that the three won all but two immunities in the game. Noelle credits Cassidy for being a woman and winning so many challenges. Wants to know why Cassidy chose Gabler instead of doing fire against Jesse. Cassidy says that she deserved the immunity, and that Owen wouldn't have that win against Jesse. Owen points out that Karla snagged the advantage from him, and he had to win Immunity at five. He apologizes to James for blowing up at him.

Mistakes? Gabler and Cassidy think of conversations. Owen has many mistakes he made.

Last question -- Jesse how did you persuade people to vote your way? They bring up votes. Jeanine for Gabler, Cassidy the Ryan vote -- Ride or Die claims credit for that. Owen, no specific vote, no idols, no advantages. He showed he could be a key part rather than the actor.

Time to vote for a winner. James votes Cassidy. Karla votes Gabler. No other votes are shown.

Reads the votes right now in Fiji.

Cassidy, Gabler, Gabler, Gabler, Gabler, Gabler.

GABLER WINS! All the rest of the votes were for him! They celebrate right there with champagne and pizza! Congratulations blog pool winners Donna in FL and Joanne Victoria!

The jury tells Jeff the jury question answers gave Gabler the win.

Now he says he's the second player over 50 to win. He will make history another way. He says that he's donating the whole prize in his father's name to Veterans in Need. More tears. Gabler says they ALL are a part of the donation. Ryan, with a military dad, is really touched.

Gabler has proved he is the MAN of the Season!

Survivor 44 sneak peek ... you have to want it, you have to be fearless. NFL player. Rocket scientist. And more. Uh-oh ... medic call! It looks good. The premiere is March 4.


Wednesday, December 07, 2022

Survivor 43: Episode 12 Blog Party - December 7

 

The Amazing Race season finale is on at 9PM EDT. A separate post for that show will magically appear a few minutes before the end of this show. It's odd that both shows aren't finishing up at the same time.

As for Survivor, I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc
Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee

Jury
Jeanine
James
Ryan
Noelle
Sami

Survivor fans ready?

It's Day 22 with six remaining. Owen wanted Karla to vote for Cassidy to stir things up. But Karla voted for Sami instead. He still wants to stir up issues between Karla and Cassidy. And Cassidy seems to believe him.

She confronts Karla about it. Karla denies it that she was coming after her (even though she was). Cassidy is the only one who really knows about Karla's idol. Karla pulls out the tears. She tells Jesse so he can back her up.

Instead of backing her up, Jesse throws Karla under that good old reality bus to Cassidy. 

It's right to the Reward Challenge. Random two teams of three, one person strapped into a huge ball and two pushing while blindfolded. The one in the ball has to direct the blindfolded through a course ending in a table maze that the one in the ball has to call. The Reward is Sanctuary and pastries.

Owen (in ball), Karla and Cody win Reward!

On Sanctuary Cody might be overdoing it on the caffeine and sugar. But the three start talking. Karla admits she's a threat but won't admit she has an idol. She fake cried to the guys, Cody and Owen believe she doesn't have an idol but that she is very dangerous. Owen wants Karla out more than Cassidy.

Back at camp they are eating rice and Gabler talks final three with Cassidy and Jesse. Cassidy tells them that Karla has an idol. They also know that Cody has one. Jesse has Jeanine's idol that no one knows about. Gabler and Cody talk about taking Karla and her idol down.

Immunity Challenge time! Race obstacles collecting number tiles, combination, retrieve key, unlock puzzle pieces, put puzzle together.

CASSIDY wins Immunity!

Owen and Gabler are worried if both Cody and Karla may play idols. Cody talks to Karla, both admit to idols. Cody tells her neither of them should use their idols and vote either Gabler or Owen. Hmm. Karla talks to Gabler who says he will vote Owen. Owen admits he will vote Gabler if he has to.

Cody tells Owen about his "plan" with Karla so they can blindside Karla. He is sure Jesse is in his corner. Jesse is getting to the point where he wonders if he can beat Cody. Will he betray the trust? He has Cody's idol because of the Knowledge is Power advantage a few weeks back. Ohhh ... he goes to Owen about taking out Cody. Oh my. Owen tells Cassidy. Uh-oh. Jesse has to give the idol back to Cody so Cody can prove he has it. He needs to get it back from Cody. That blows Jesse's plan.

Tribal Council time. Cody looks very smug. Karla says she still doesn't feel well -- her body broke down during the immunity challenge. Jesse says Karla and Cody will be playing their idols tonight. Jeff wonders if it's a bluff. Gabler thinks he will be lasting until tomorrow. Jesse doesn't seem as sure. Owen isn't all that sure. Cody is still smug.

Time to vote. Karla votes Owen.

No idols played. Wait. Jesse plays one for Owen.

The tally - Wait. Karla plays hers for herself.

Owen, Karla, Cody, Cody, Cody ... aha! He was too smug! Jesse betrayed him!

Jeff tells them they will be heading to a new beach tonight. Next week is the season finale. 

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Survivor 43: Episode 11 Blog Party - November 30

 

The Amazing Race is on at 9PM EDT, a separate post for that show will magically appear a few minutes before the end of this show.

As for Survivor, I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

Some weirdness to mention -- last year we had no Ponderosa videos with the jury members in sequester after they were voted out. There are none on the website for this season. But if you do a YouTube search for "Survivor 43 After the Snuff" -- there are videos obviously filmed with a cell phone posted. Hmm. 

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc
Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee
Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane

Jury
Jeanine
James
Ryan
Noelle

Survivor fans ready?

We open with the castaways returning from Tribal Council. I still feel bad that Noelle is out but I totally understand it. I think she more than proved her point that her disability doesn't stop her. Sami was shocked at Noelle being voted out. He thinks he and Owen were left out of the vote. Sami admits to the others he wrote down Karla's name. 

Gabler tries to make good with Owen so they can work together. Owen feels the others are all out to get him. Sami is still mad that he was left out of the vote for the first time. We get it teary sentimental bit about Sami, his mother and his little brother. Aw. Head up, shoulders back and make the best of it.

Karla and Sami talk. Apparently, he didn't burn that bridge. He lies to Karla and tells her that the first one to mention her name was Cassidy. So, Karla is freaking because she told Cassidy about her idol and she thought they were allies.

They see boat mail coming. It's handed to Karla. "Seven days left Any advantage is an advantage worth having. There's one hidden in your jungle. GO." They all run off looking for it. I may be mistaken but they keep going all around it. Yep, that's it. Hanging on a tree. Ah, Cody notices it and sneak pockets it.

It is an advantage -- he can bet on a player to win the next Immunity Challenge, if they win, he wins. He's given a heads-up about what the challenge it -- the almost drowning one we've seen before.

Immunity Challenge time. Test your ability to remain calm when all seems to be not calm. They are under a grate which gets lower as the tide rises, trying to breathe in the ocean. Cody gives Jeff his advantage. Jeff tells them about it but says he won't say who he chose until Tribal.

Gabler out first. Sami out. Jesse out. They are now at an hour. CODY is out -- he was sure he would win! 90 minutes. Almost two hours. Cassidy is out. She lasted two hours. Karla and Owen the only ones left. Two hours 45 minutes. Now the tide is dropping.

Jeff tells them since they beat the tide, BOTH will win Immunity because they outlasted the challenge! This has never happened before. For some reason, I don't think Cody chose either of them. Sami thinks Cody will also be safe and he will need to play his Shot in the Dark at Tribal tonight.

Sure, they're all hugging back at camp. Cassidy is upset with herself. Owen talks to her. Like Sami, she feels that three will be safe and she's vulnerable. They two talk about Sami going tonight. Karla agrees. She is worried that Cassidy knows about her idol ... and tells Sami they need to vote out Cassidy. Hmm. Sami is a bit suspicious. Now more are mentioning Cassidy's name. 

Jesse is leery. He thinks it might be time to take out Sami. He talks to Own who is a bit suspicious about him. Jesse tells Cody about only Karla voting Cass with the rest of them voting Sami.

Tribal Council time. Jeff has to talk about Karla and Owen outlasting the high tide. Gabler says there was chaos back at camp. Karla says they're all polite. Owen brings up that he was left out of the voting plans last week. Sami thinks he's at the bottom. Cassidy talks about strengths, weaknesses and trust. Sami mentions they haven't seen an idol played. He tells them he's going to play his Shot in the Dark tonight. Karla says it's unfortunate that people trust him, and he is willing to throw his vote away.

Time to vote. Samu does pull the die out of his pocket. 

Cody voted on OWEN to win, so he is safe. 

The tally -- wait, Sami's Shot in the Dark -- he's NOT SAFE.

Now the tally -- Sami, Sami, Sami, Sami ... he's out! He's good about it. We do have to remember he's a kid. He just graduated from high school before the filming of the season.

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Survivor 43: Episode 10 Blog Party - November 23

 


Good evening, Survivor fans!

The Amazing Race is on at 9PM EDT, a separate post for that show will magically appear a few minutes before the end of this show.

As for Survivor, I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc
Noelle     MikesGirl, Tammy
Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Dwight    Petals, Skyriverblue
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee
Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane

Jury
Jeanine
James
Ryan

Survivor fans ready?

We start with them coming back from the Tribals. Karla voted with the crowd only because Sami told her the plan. She feels left out and is worried. Cassidy is thrilled James went home. Jesse feels comfortable and has two idols. He thinks Sami is overplaying. He feels great about where he's at. Huh. Over-confidence has sent many a castaway packing.

We start with a Reward Challenge. They spin themselves dizzy to draw a sandbag towards them, obstacle course, balance beam, throw sandbag atop a small platform on a pole. Reward is a feast and an overnight at Sanctuary ... and even beer.

Cassidy then Karla are the first ones through to throw their sandbags. All are now throwing sandbags. NOELLE wins after having real troubles with her leg and the obstacle course! Her leg had fallen off at the end -- the suction let go.

She also gets letters from home as well as whoever goes with her. She can choose on other -- Sami. One more -- Jesse. One more -- Owen. Ah, the letters are from several people -- Owen got ones from his mother, father and girlfriend. Lots of tears. Jesse is crying reading the letter from his wife.

Hmm ... someone should be keeping an eye out for an idol. Sami says he would like Cassidy out. Owen suggests splitting the vote between Cassidy and Karla in case Karla has an idol.

Back at camp, Cody is definitely leery about what's going on with the Reward people. They talk about Sami, Noelle and Owen. Cody thinks Owen is the new Dwight. Cassidy wants to get Gabler to get on board with her. Cassidy and Karla want him to work with them. He feels others at Reward also are on his side.

Immunity Challenge time. One hand steady a balancing board, other hand builds house of cards. First house to reach a red arrow marker wins. The cards are not playing cards. They sound ceramic. They're all falling all the time.

CASSIDY WINS IMMUNITY!

Day 19 and the ocean looks great! Noelle tells us they need to come up with a new backup. Noelle feels she can't trust Sami. She's thinking they can probably still vote out Karla. Jesse emotionally wants to keep Noelle but thinks she is the strongest competitor. He talks to Cody.

Jesse has a plan and is using cover stories. He wants Noelle to go and talks to Sami to make him a fall guy for targeting Noelle. He tells Noelle that the vote will split between Karla and Sami. He tells Karla the vote will split between Noelle and Sami. Then he talks to Gabler about blindsiding Noelle. Gabler wants to think on it. Okay, Gabler tells him he will vote Noelle tonight.

Gabler goes to Karla and tells her that Jesse and Cody are running the show. Hmm.

Tribal Council time. Time for Jeff's Probsting questions. He brings up the Reward Challenge and Noelle's amazing efforts. She says she hopes to be an example. Jesse is questioned about his time at Sanctuary. Gabler gets to compare what's happening compared to surgery. Now they're comparing each other to assassins.

They vote. Owen votes Karla, Jesse votes Noelle. That's all we see.

The tally -- Karla, Noelle, Sami, Karla, Noelle, Noelle, Noelle.

I hate to see Noelle go but I actually do think that no one would win against her at the end. It was a smart decision.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Survivor 43: Episode 9 Blog Party - November 16

 

Good evening, Survivor fans!

The Amazing Race is on at 9PM EDT, a separate post for that show will magically appear a few minutes before the end of this show.

As for Survivor, I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

My apologies for the non-blog last week. I'm actually still in the same predicament. The television I ordered mysteriously got lost in transit and its replacement hasn't arrived. I was thinking I could stream tonight's TV shows on my old tablet, but no go. It's too old for streaming, I guess. So, I'm doing this split-screen on my desktop computer tonight. Please bear with me!

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc
Noelle     MikesGirl, Tammy
Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Dwight    Petals, Skyriverblue
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
James     DonnaNY, Krysta Gibson
Ryan       John Cantrell, Jackie
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee
Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane

Snuffed Out
Morriah
Justine 
Nneka  
Lindsay 
Geo
Elie
Jeanine

Survivor fans ready?

We open with them returning from Tribal. Sami wants to shake the game up and pick off the people at the top. He talks to Owen. Owen is upset with James as he told him they were sticking with the Ryan vote. Gabler is the one who told him otherwise. After all, James is not the Godfather, dude.

James is trying to work others against Owen. He does seem to think he's the Godfather after all.

We're right into the Immunity Challenge. Two teams of five, separate Tribal Councils. The last person standing wins reward -- PB&J for their team and they get to go to Tribal second. Two going home tonight. Red/blue.

They have to lift up a handle to keep a ball above them trapped. Ball comes down, so do they. Jesse out first for red. Cassidy out for red. Noelle out for blue. James out for blue. Gabler out for red. Owen out for blue. Sami out for blue. 

KARLA wins Immunity for Blue! She did it with a stitched-up finger even.

Karla out, so Red will win the reward. It's Ryan and Cody up still for Red. Ryan out.

CODY wins Immunity for Red as well as the Reward!

Blue goes back to the beach where they decide who will go home. Red goes back to camp to enjoy the PB&J.

At camp Ryan tells Gabler it's Cass tonight. They talk to Cody. Cody tells Cassidy that it's Ryan being voted out.

At the Vesi camp, Karla wants to vote out Owen with her ally James. Noelle talks to Sami about the Owen vote, too. I personally wouldn't mind if James went -- his voice always sounds like he has marbles in the back of his throat! Owen tries to confront James in front of the rest of the team because James is putting on a rather big jerk act. I don't know. If they keep focusing on Owen going in the edit, he just might not.

Day 17. The Red vote still seems to be between Ryan and Cassidy. Cody and Jesse are trying to figure out what ties the two have with others. They know James would want Ryan out. Cody likes Gabler, so wants to recruit him into his way of thinking. Gabler is finally finding a home! They figure Owen or Cassidy will go from Blue.

Noelle would prefer James go. She wants to make a big move. She is thinking of using her Steal a Vote advantage. Sami, Noelle and Owen want to vote out James. Woot! Uh-oh ... Sami is allied with Karla and gives her the idea they should vote James out.

Night 17 and Blue settles in at Tribal. Jeff recaps. They had no rice, etc. James says there was frustration at the beach. Sami talks about James and Owen having a heated discussion. Yes, there was yelling. 

Noelle uses her advantage Steal a Vote. She steals Owen's vote. She gets two votes. 

The tally -- Owen, James, James, James ... three is enough. Bye, James! He is sarcastic and tells them "see how far you get now."

The Red Team comes into Tribal. They see that James is on the jury with Jeanine. Jesse seems a bit shocked -- he knows James had the Knowledge is Power advantage. To their own questions, Cassidy loved the PB&J but the evil eviction is back. Ryan says the voting in a small group is a lot scarier.

Time to vote. Ryan votes Cassidy. Cassidy votes Ryan. And, that's all we see.

The tally -- Cassidy, Ryan, Ryan, Ryan ... there goes my pool pick. He tells them they will go hungry now. Unlike James, he really did keep them in food with his fishing.

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Survivor 43: Episode 8 Blog Non-Party PLUS The Amazing Race 34 Non-Party - November 9

 


Folks, my apologies. I'm having technical difficulties with a dead television and a new one somehow delayed in transit (or stolen). I blog on my desktop computer with the now-dead TV nearby. I experimented with streaming on my phone and I just can't put it anywhere where I can see it clearly and it's not in the way of my keyboard.

So, I will be passing on blogging both shows tonight. All should be resolved by next week. Feel free to party in the comments, though.

SueGee has updated the blog pools -- here they are:

SURVIVOR
Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc
Noelle     MikesGirl, Tammy
Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
James     DonnaNY, Krysta Gibson
Ryan       John Cantrell, Jackie
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee
Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane
Jeanine     Laura. Auntie Leigh

Snuffed Out
Morriah
Justine 
Nneka  
Lindsay 
Geo
Elie
Dwight
******************************


Aubrey & David -- Donna in FL, Dr Celine, Skyriverblue
Derek & Claire -- Beachbound Gmom, ChicMc, Donna NY
Emily & Molly -- Joanne Victoria, Judi Sweeney, Sharon N
Luis & Michelle -- Andi, Mikes Girl, RJMnSC
Marcus & Michael -- Brenda, Chrob61, Nickelpeed
Quinton & Mattie -- Donna in Alabama, monty924, Sharon C

PHILIMINATED
Aastha & Nina
Tim & Rex
Rich & Dom
Linton & Sharik
Abby & Will (Covid)
Glenda & Lumumba

Have fun!

Wednesday, November 02, 2022

Survivor 43: Episode 7 Blog Party - November 2

 


Good evening, Survivor fans!

The Amazing Race is on at 9PM EDT tonight -- The Real Love Boat has been moved to just streaming on Paramount Plus -- and a separate blog entry will be up for that. Yes! That later hour was killing it here on the blog. Although I'm not all that thrilled blogging two hours in a row, it's better than the later hour. A separate post for that show will magically appear a few minutes before the end of this show!

As for Survivor, I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

They're messing with our heads. The merge isn't really the merge or it's an incomplete merge. Whichever castaway it was that put it as Merge-atory definitely had it right!

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc
Noelle     MikesGirl, Tammy
Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Dwight    Petals, Skyriverblue
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
James     DonnaNY, Krysta Gibson
Ryan       John Cantrell, Jackie
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee
Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane
Jeanine     Laura. Auntie Leigh

Snuffed Out
Morriah
Justine 
Nneka  
Lindsay 
Geo
Elie

Survivor fans ready?

We watch Elie's torch get snuffed again. Jeanine was completely blindsided. She's trying to convince others that it's the best for her game that Elie got voted out.

Hmm ... they all seem dressed as if for late fall, if not winter. It must be cold there. And then we see Owen with practically nothing on. Gabler is still on the outs with people but now his idol has expired. 

Tree mail time! It tells them they need to split into six pairs to compete in the Immunity Challenge. No one really wants to publicly pick partners which would expose alliances and such. So, they make their own version of selecting rocks to decide teams.

Already to the challenge time. Day 14. They tell Jeff they pulled rocks. Challenge run in three stages. Have to make the cut to move on. Last two pairs in first stage out. Stage two, first two pairs move on to the final stage. Final stage is an individual game, last person left standing wins immunity.

First stage - through a rope net tunnel in mud. They have to roll to unwind it. Then they dig for planks. Noelle and Jeanine (separate duos) are both stuck in the "tunnel." Noelle even took her leg off trying to get through. 

Second stage - Taking planks up net incline, use the planks to cross rope bridge, then slide down ramp.

Cody/Dwight and Gabler/Owen make it to the final stage. It's an endurance comp with them holding a bar with a quarter of their body weight to keep a bucket hanging. Dwight out first. Owen out.

Gabler is dedicating each minute to things/people such as Noelle, war heroes, Idaho, his dog, etc. They are now at 38 minutes when the longest previous record for the challenge is 25 minutes.

GABLER WINS THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY!

Gabler tells us he is playing for veterans who are suffering from trauma and PTSD. 

Most of them have no idea who might be going up. Dwight, in front of Sami and James, finds an advantage. Word gets around. He gives it to James. The others think James got the advantage and now his name seems the most popular for the vote. Cody tells Jesse they should take out Dwight to weaken Noelle.

James's advantage is the Knowledge is Power one - the one where you ask someone if they have an idol, and they must tell the truth. Then you steal the idol. They all still think James has it. Noelle gives her Steal a Vote to Owen, so she won't lose it to James. Or Dwight.

They are heading off to Tribal. And we're heading off to a commercial. Make that commercials ... several of them.

Jeff tells them the challenge was built to make them each work for each stage. He asks them about previous tribe lines. Jeff asks many of them about how confident they are they will be staying tonight. All seem to be confident, yet we know someone will leave!

James, Dwight, Ryan, James, Dwight, Ryan, Ryan, Dwight, Dwight, Dwight, Dwight ... that's enough to vote him out.

Bye, Dwight! He apparently has Jeanine's idol which she gave to him to avoid the questioning.


Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Survivor 43: Episode 6 Blog Party - October 26

 


Good evening, Survivor fans!

The Amazing Race is later tonight at 10PM EDT and a separate blog entry will be up for that. 

I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

Promos tell us that tonight's the merge. Now, that means that they should be looking for big threats to get out of the game rather than just keeping their tribe safe. I guess we'll see!

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Vesi Tribe (Red)
Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc
Noelle     MikesGirl, Tammy
Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Dwight    Petals, Skyriverblue,

Coco Tribe (Blue) 
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY, 
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
James     DonnaNY, Krysta Gibson
Ryan       John Cantrell, Jackie

Baka Tribe (Yellow)
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee
Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane
Elie         Nickelpeed, Nora M
Jeanine     Laura, Auntie Leigh

Snuffed Out
Morriah 
Justine
Nneka
Lindsay
Geo    

Survivor fans ready?

Coco Day 12, tree mail. They are to drop their buffs and the game is about to change. Ryan thinks it's the perfect time and now he's a free agent. Baka and Coco are heading to the Vesi camp with supplies.

Noelle is worried about what's next -- it's not a typical merge and they have no new buffs. Dwight is trying to figure out who has what idol-wise, no votes, etc. Elie figures out Cody has an idol because someone said he collected all the beads from his camp.

Day 13. Jeff is at a challenge set-up. He takes back the tribal idols. No need for them anymore. He tells them they are at the threshold of the merge. Two teams of six, one extra person, gray rock does not compete but chooses a team to "ride or die" with. Red and blue rocks. Noelle has the grey one. If she chooses the team that wins, she's safe. Wrong pick and she's vulnerable.

Get 20 sandbags on their platform -- they have to dig them up and move them, get sled, move crates onto sled, move along to next station. Build a puzzle staircase out of the crates. Climb up to untie ring of keys. Up ramp with rope net top. Solve puzzle. Karla is bleeding; her blue team is behind. Meanwhile, Noelle chose blue! Blue is doing well on the puzzle.

They earned their spot in the merge! Jesse, Dwight, Jeanine, Karla, Gabler, Ryan and one more all safe tonight. All will vote, though. Heh -- one put it as Mergeatory. Perfect!

Separate groups are talking James or Cody out. It doesn't look good for Cody. While all of them are scheming against each other, the other six have the merge feast. Ryan wants them to be in an alliance. No go with many of them. Gabler tells them Elie went through his bag. Most have someone already in mind. It will probably be a very split vote.

Merge Tribe Day 13- Cody thinks he might not need to use his idol. Elie was told that Gabler told all that she searched his bag when it was Jeanine. She won't tell him who did it. She goes to Sami and tells him that he and James told Gabler she did it. She wants him to help her clear her name. Jeanine is upset that Gabler is saying she has an idol. James is going around quizzing people. It sounds like Elie is the biggest target. Will Jeanine play her idol for her? Hmm.

Tribal Council time. All showed up, with the seven wearing buffs. Chaos and disorganization are brought up. Jeff brings up that it's complicated. Well, duh. Elie says she felt very panicked. Talk of idols and advantages. They're spreading this out. Will the vote even be done tonight?

Ah, time to vote. Dwight votes Elie. No surprise there.

The tally -- Elie, James, Owen, Cassidy, James, Elie, Elie, Elie, Elie ... she's out. Jeanine did not use her idol to save her. Jeanine seems shocked.

All now have made the merge and get their buffs.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Survivor 43: Episode 5 Blog Party - October 19

 


Good evening, Survivor fans!

The Amazing Race is later tonight at 10PM EDT and a separate blog entry will be up for that. 

I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

So far, we have FOUR women voted out! Don't you think it's time for a dude to have his torch snuffed?

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Vesi Tribe (Red)
Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc
Noelle     MikesGirl, Tammy
Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Dwight    Petals, Skyriverblue,

Coco Tribe (Blue) 
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY, 
Geo        Jasonuwp, Dr Celine
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
James     DonnaNY, Krysta Gibson
Ryan       John Cantrell, Jackie

Baka Tribe (Yellow)
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee
Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane
Elie         Nickelpeed, Nora M
Jeanine     Laura, Auntie Leigh

Snuffed Out
Morriah 
Justine
Nneka
Lindsay    

Survivor fans ready?

We start with Day 9 at Coco ... actually night. They are returning from Tribal. Cassidy knows the vote for her was from either Geo or Ryan. Geo pretty much blamed Ryan although admitting he voted for her. Cassidy says that both of the men think they're running the tribe, but aren't.

Baka Day 10 -- Searching for hidden idols. Elie and Jeanine are hunting. Jeanine finds the Beware Advantage which happens to be covered in ants. Elie convinces her that they could do what they want without her vote. So, she opens the advantage. It's the same bead collection advantage we saw with the other two tribes. Owen catches them looking at it and they pretty much have to show it to him. Now he's thinking he might want to align with them. Elie tells Sami.

After Jeanine gets all the beads, Sami tells Gabler -- the one she's bound to target. Due to having all the beads, she now has an immunity idol.

Day 11 we have the Immunity Challenge. Four tied together, through stick obstacles, more obstacles, bucket of water, teeter-totter, fill bucket at end, go back for more water, gate falls when bucket is full, roll balls up a ramp, three must remain at top. Reward is large tarp for first, smaller tarp for second. Karla sits out and Gabler sits out.

VESI wins Immunity! Baka wins second Immunity! Unfortunately, Ryan had knocked his balls off the top rung and blew it for his tribe. He tells us he did it on purpose because he wants to vote out Cassidy.

Vesi picks Geo and Jeanine to go on a "journey." Jesse goes from Vesi.

Coco Day 11. Ryan apologizes for losing the challenge. He wants Cassidy to think he's going home. James thinks they should take out Ryan. Ryan is clueless that he might be the target. Meanwhile, all the women see right through him.

The chosen three are on a boat to an island ... oops, went by the island. They end up on a boat which they have to row to the island. They have the same Risk/No Risk opportunity as the others had. All three Risked it.

Back to camp, Jesse tells us there's no use lying to them. He opens his shell in front of all. He lost his vote and now they all know it. 

Jeanine opens hers alone. She lost her vote, too. She tells them she risked it and then "opens" it in front of them. 

Geo tells Karla what happened. He got an advantage -- he can ask someone if they have an idol or advantage and they cannot lie to him. While everything is going on, Cassidy is getting paranoid much like Lindsay did last week.

Tribal Council time! Jeff asks Cassidy if she feels momentum. She said it was a bit lost but can come back. Ryan says the challenge started with momentum, but he dropped the ball. Jeff keeps asking questions about Ryan throwing himself on the sword and being the easy vote.

Geo votes Cassidy.

The tally: Cassidy, Cassidy, Geo, Geo, Geo. Goodbye, Geo.

He's shocked. Karla keeps whispering she's sorry while James looks a bit smug. 


Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Survivor 43: 4th Episode Blog Party - October 12

 


Good evening, Survivor fans!

The Amazing Race is after this show later tonight at 10PM EDT and a separate blog entry will be up for that. So, I will have an hour's rest between blogging shows tonight. Cool!

I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

This is getting interesting -- at this point the Vesi tribe is down to four and cannot afford to lose another member. Coco is still standing at full strength while Baka is down one member. I would think something should be happening soon to shake up the tribes even though it's too early for a merge.

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Vesi Tribe (Red)
Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc
Noelle     MikesGirl, Tammy
Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Dwight    Petals, Skyriverblue,

Coco Tribe (Blue)
Lindsay     David, Marthalight, 
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY, 
Geo        Jasonuwp, Dr Celine
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
James     DonnaNY, Krysta Gibson
Ryan       John Cantrell, Jackie

Baka Tribe (Yellow)
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee
Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane
Elie         Nickelpeed, Nora M
Jeanine     Laura, Auntie Leigh

Snuffed Out
Morriah 
Justine
Nneka    

Survivor fans ready?

It was a dark stormy night. Noelle is thanking the others for keeping her over Nneka. Cody, of course, is the most vocal about them being dead last. 

Over on Baka, Gabler is putting palm fronds on people for protection? Hmm. He's getting on Elie's nerves. If he keeps telling others how to make a fire when they are already making fire. Gabler knows Elie went through his bag.

Right to a challenge already. It's for Reward. Knocking blocks off ledge with sandbags, one walks on the blocks, others throw sandbags on swing platforms.  Playing for ten fresh fish delivered to camp, can go to one other camp and steal an item. Ryan is doing poorly for Coco.

VESI ACTUALLY WINS!!!

Since they have no flint, the fish isn't a great reward. They are not allowed to steal the other camp's flint. So, they trade the reward for fruit. 

Cody volunteers to go. Cody thinks they should go for fishing gear. Meanwhile, the other two tribes are worried that they will be raided. Baka thinks Coco should be raided because they have a full tribe and more winnings. 

Cody heads off and does indeed hit Coco. He tells them he wants to steal their machete. They try to negotiate and offer him food. He ended up with some fishing gear and food, more than he originally sought. But they did keep their machete.

Immunity Challenge time. Race to knock off heavy sandbags looking for a keyring with one key on it, unlock a huge net, take puzzle pieces under the net -- four pieces. Untie the puzzle piece bags. Two players do puzzle. 

Baka does the puzzle first and is on to moving the puzzle pieces up a cargo net. Now they have to build a triangle (the first was a square).

VESI wins Immunity! They yell out clues to Baka so Coco loses. Baka is safe. Coco must go to Tribal tonight.

Coco is steaming because Vesi shouted out and helped Baka win. The guys are talking about voting out Cassidy. Geo thinks he's in charge. Meanwhile, Cassidy is sick of Geo and the women are talking about getting him out. James is trying to convince a paranoid Lindsay that the vote will be for Geo to go.

To Tribal we go. Jeff asks Ryan to grade the tribe. He gives an 8.5/10. Ryan wants to provide for others. Lindsay says today was a wake-up call and said some of the others didn't seem to want to talk to her. Ryan says he didn't talk to her and she claims she wasn't a priority. Geo claims to be nervous.

Time to vote. The tally -- Cassidy, Geo, Lindsay, Lindsay, Lindsay.

I guess it's not paranoia when they indeed vote you out. Bye, Lindsay!

Wednesday, October 05, 2022

Survivor 43: Episode 3 Blog Party - October 5

 


Good evening, Survivor fans! I hope everyone fared okay through Ian. Here in the NYC Metro Area of NJ we have had rain and winds for five days from the remnants.

The Amazing Race is after this show later tonight at 10PM EDT and a separate blog entry will be up for that. In between the shows is the new Love Boat thing. Although I really like Jerry O'Connell, the show itself is nothing I want to watch. So, I will have an hour's rest between blogging shows tonight. Cool!

I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments section. I hope to see you there!

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Vesi Tribe (Red)
Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc
Nneka     Sharon N, Bizaro22
Noelle     MikesGirl, Tammy
Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Dwight    Petals, Skyriverblue,

Coco Tribe (Blue)
Lindsay     David, Marthalight, 
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY, 
Geo        Jasonuwp, Dr Celine
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
James     DonnaNY, Krysta Gibson
Ryan       John Cantrell, Jackie

Baka Tribe (Yellow)
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee
Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane
Elie         Nickelpeed, Nora M
Jeanine     Laura, Auntie Leigh

Snuffed Out
Morriah 
Justine    

Survivor fans ready?

We join in as Cody is collecting the beads so he can vote during Tribal Council, sealing the Justine ouster instead of the Nneka one favored by many. Now the others are a bit leery of him. Noelle is worried. She wants to really up her game now.

On Baka, Gabler slept on the beach. His fellow Baka-ites are concerned. Some think it's best he goes, both for the tribe and for his own health. They also worry about when his idol expires. Sami seems to be quite anti-Elie. He tells Gabler that she looked in his bag. Dwight and Gabler try to fool Elie and convince her he wants to keep his "expired" idol as a souvenir for his daughter.

On Coco, they are celebrating James's birthday. They are talking about suspicions regarding the hidden idol and those who might be searching for it. Karla found a Beware Advantage similar to the one found by Cody in his camp. She put it back. Oh my.

She talks to James, not telling him she found the advantage, but asking what he would do if he found one. She goes for the advantage. Yep, it's the same beads thing that Cody did. She will lose her vote at Tribal until she collects a bead from each person. She tells people she wants to make a bracelet for her wife. James is easy. She has to work at the rest. Now Ryan is the only one left. Now she has them all!

Immunity/Reward Challenge. They are out on the water on ramps. Leap off tall tower into ocean, climb stack of crates, dive to retrieve keys, turtle puzzle. Reward lots of fruit and large supply kit. Second place gets smaller version of the same. Geo sits out on Coco. He searches around the bench just in case something is hidden there. Smart move.

BAKA comes in 1st Place for Immunity! Coco wins 2nd Place!

Baka has to pick one person from each tribe to go on a journey. Noelle, Owen and James go off on a boat. They will be back before Vesi has to go to Tribal.

Nneka had been doing the puzzle with Jesse. She feels she once again let the tribe down. Sad, but she is right. Jesse and Cody say they can't keep losing. They recognize that Noelle is as strong with one leg as others with two. They know that Nneka is weak, but they have a strong bond with her. We get a sad story from Jesse about how she reminds him of his deceased mother, and it would be like voting her out.

The three off on the trip have a similar trip to Cody and the others in the first episode. We get Noelle's story of her sports background, the loss of her leg and how she is now Paralympic contender. 

It is the Risk or Reward challenge. The two men treat her good. She needs to get the advantage and tells them she was on the bottom. Both agree to let her be the sole Risk taker in this one.

Noelle tells her teammates she has nothing and didn't want to risk the vote tonight. She decides she needs to tell Dwight. She can steal a vote from another player and cast an extra vote.

Tribal Council time. Jeff starts off asking about the challenge. Jesse said they weren't operating at their best and he was yelling at them. Nneka talks about caring for people on the tribe. Jody says they need to remember there's a game to play. Dwight says he needs to hang onto his alliance. Noelle says she is worried because she wasn't there today, wants to continue playing.

Time to vote. 

The tally: Noelle, Nneka, Nneka, Nneka ... three is enough. Bye, Nneka.

I'm thinking it was Dwight and Noelle with her vote and the steal a vote from either Jesse or Cody. There will be suspicion about the hinky vote, I'm sure! 

Whoa! I may be wrong, but it looks like it was all Nneka votes except her own! The two must have gone for keeping the stronger competitor on their tribe. I don't think Noelle used her advantage.


Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Survivor 43: Episode 2 Blog Party - Sept. 28

 


Good evening, Survivor fans! I hope everyone is doing well and my thoughts and concern go out to those enduring the hurricane in Florida. May you all be safe.

Tonight's episode is a first -- an extended second episode. Last week's season premiere was two hours; this week we have an hour and a half. Bizarre, I say! The Amazing Race follows this show tonight and a separate blog entry will be up for that. I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news!

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has put together the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Vesi Tribe (Red)
Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc
Justine    Sharon C, Andi
Nneka     Sharon N, Bizaro22
Noelle     MikesGirl, Tammy
Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL
Dwight    Petals, Skyriverblue,

Coco Tribe (Blue)
Lindsay     David, Marthalight, 
Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY, 
Geo        Jasonuwp, Dr Celine
Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924
James     DonnaNY, Krysta Gibson
Ryan       John Cantrell, Jackie

Baka Tribe (Yellow)
Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria
Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee
Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane
Elie         Nickelpeed, Nora M
Jeanine     Laura, Auntie Leigh

Voted Out
Morriah - Her torch was snuffed without being assigned. 

Survivor fans ready? I have to check my blog pool pick Ryan out. Is he a cutie-patootie?

Baka returns from Tribal. Owen thanks them for keeping him. It worries him that there was a vote for him already in the game. Gabler wants them to take better care of their bodies. 

It was a dark and stormy night. And there were bats hanging from the trees.

Sami on Baka says it was the scariest night he ever had. They were not prepared for the storm that came through overnight. Owen is worried that Gabler, a big guy, is running out of steam. Uh-oh, could Gabler be their next target? Gabler knows that the more he loafs around the bigger liability he becomes. 

On Vesi, it seems that Dwight and Jesse are creating a bond. Dwight tells us he's always been able to get along with people. He thinks he has built bonds with everyone except Cody -- remember, Cody is the one I called a snake oil salesman last week. Jesse thinks Cody is fun. Um, okay.

Jesse is having a hard time bonding with Justine. Hmm ... she worries about her nails being disgusting. I think I would have a rough time adjusting to her on an island as well!

On Coco they are exercising. There is a three girl girls' alliance. They plan on bringing in Ryan. (I guess it won't be girls then.) I found out which one is my blog pick, Ryan. I like him. Good. He's getting along with Geo and we are getting Geo's sad backstory about his family not accepting his being gay. 

On Vesi, Cody is asking Noelle all kinds of questions about her prosthetic leg. We get Cody's backstory which mainly consists of the death of a childhood friend when he was young. He credits that loss with his risk-taking of today.

On Baka, Owen says his friends describe him as a lovable curmudgeon. He's working to keep the curmudgeon aspect on the down low. He gets water while others are looking for a hidden idol. Jeanine and Eli are thinking of bringing in either Sami or Owen into their small alliance. Owen is considered the higher maintenance. It's looking like there will probably be a gender split in alliances -- the guys are suspicious of the women.

Day 5. Oh, a challenge on land and water! Immunity Challenge. Dive into ocean, swim to and get up over cage, retrieve giant snake, drag snake through obstacles, untie snake to retrieve number tiles, combination lock, massive puzzle. Reward gets fishing equipment, second prize smaller fishing kit. Again, the flint will be taken away from the losing tribe. Noelle and Karla sit out.

BAKA wins first Immunity! Coco wins second Immunity! Vesi has to go to Tribal and lose a member.

Noelle, though she sat out, thinks Nneka is the weak link and needs to go. I would guess that Noelle sat out due to the water and her prosthetic leg. Will she have to sit out every ocean challenge? I don't think so.

On Vesi - Cody calls having to cut someone from the tribe heartbreaking. Cody thinks Nneka did poorly but she's an ally of his. He doesn't want her to go. Noelle said she could have done the challenge. Nneka thinks people aren't making eye contact and she is worried that it could be her going out tonight. She hopes Jesse and Cody will be able to help save her.

After losing last week, Baka is thrilled with their win. Now we get Elie's background story. She has dyslexia, a common condition which is often mistaken for mentally weak. She is beside herself at how great she did with the puzzle. Gabler has spear fishing experience but has never used a Hawaiian sling.

Others on Baka are wondering if Gabler's idol has expired. They hope it does. Hmm. Eep ... Jeanine looks through Gabler's bag for the clue that came with the idol. He is safe for THEIR next two Tribal Councils, not just Tribals in general.

On Vesi, Justine thinks they could get Cody out. She thinks she has Jesse in her corner. However, Jesse tells us that she can't be trusted and should be voted out. But he wants to get on the same page as Dwight. He tells Dwight that Justine told him she's really good at lying. He doesn't think Dwight is too receptive to voting out Justine. But Dwight doesn't have a vote due to last week. 

Cody goes off looking for an idol. He finds an advantage! Immunity Idol Bracelet. Must persuade others to give a special bead from their bags at Tribal Council. Cody and Dwight have no votes tonight.

Cody is trying to convince people to give him the beads -- it's the only way he can vote. He tells them he's trying to make a hat for Tribal. Everyone is giving him them! Dwight was reluctant but didn't. Noelle has made bracelets with hers. Will he get one from her? They're off to Tribal and we're onto a commercial.

Tribal Council time. As you know, fire represents your life. Jeff asks about whether Cody weaved the palm fronds in his hat. Cody mentions the beads in the hat. Answering a question, Cody hints that Justine is in trouble. There seem to be three pairs. Dwight talks about how he lost his vote last week. Now Jeff is talking trust on the island and why people tell others things. Tribe strength or alliance? What is more important?

Time to vote. Noelle votes Nneka, no surprise there.

After commercials ... to the tally. Cody has his vote.

Justine, Nneka, Cody, Justine, Justine. Goodbye, Justine!