Survivor: Nicaragua - Season Finale Blog Party Post

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Welcome one, welcome all! The blog party is ready to start! The Sunday night East Coast football curse strikes the timing of the show just as it did for most of The Amazing Race. I expect things to start about 20 minutes late. I'm SO happy I don't have to stay up to write up the three hours for TV Squad although I miss the income from that.

Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time. As the show airs, I'll post major events here, but the real fun and most of the reactions are in the comments section. See you there! I'll bring Trader Joe's Veggie Sticks and the Guinness.

8:18 PM ET. It's finally starting.

YES! Fabio wins immunity!

Dan was voted out.

2nd Immunity -- Holly out, Chase out. Whoa, Fabio got it again!

Sash, Chase and Fabio voted out Holly. (She voted Sash.) A good move for Fabio, methinks. I don't think Sash has jury votes. Chase is iffy.

Dan and Marty voted Fabio, Alina and Brenda voted Chase.

The vote:
Fabio, Chase, Fabio, Chase, Chase, Chase, Fabio, Fabio, FABIO!

Fabio wins!

New rule for the show -- No longer will any quitters necessarily go on the jury. The show will reserve the right to "do what they want with them." Good.

Most votes ever, biggest percentage ever, no one close ... Jane won the $100 grand for the favorite player.

NEW SEASON: When voted out, live on Redemption Island, one person will reenter the game after surviving the others coming in.

Survivor: Nicaragua - December 15th Episode Blog Party Post

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Welcome one, welcome all! The blog party is ready to start! Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time. As the show airs, I'll post major events here, but the real fun and most of the reactions are in the comments section. See you there!

Look out, it's the product placement family episode! Chase won reward and chose Sash and Holly after telling Fabio he would choose him. @@

Yay! Fabio won immunity!

Chase and Sash both played their idols. Jane voted out.

Survivor: Nicaragua - December 8th Episode Blog Party Post

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Welcome one, welcome all! The blog party is ready to start! Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time. As the show airs, I'll post major events here, but the real fun and most of the reactions are in the comments section. See you there!

Chase won reward, taking Holly and Jane with him after promising Sash he'd take him. Uh-oh. Sash is the odd man out between the two alliances.

Sash won immunity. Tribal should be interesting.

Hmmm ... Benry was voted out.

Survivor: Nicaragua - December 1st Episode Blog Party Post

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Welcome one, welcome all! The blog party is ready to start!

This is post number 3000 on this particular blog. Oh my. I could have written a dozen novels by now! But this is more fun. Tonight's episode sounds very interesting ... according to promos, two might quit. And, on Jeff Probst's blog, he said he thinks we'll all be happy with the outcome. Ohhh ... does that mean we might be rid of Na'Onka?

Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time. As the show airs, I'll post major events here, but the real fun and most of the reactions are in the comments section. See you there!

Whoa! Na'Onka gave Chase her hidden immunity idol. She seems ready to pack it in.

Benry. Chase, Na'Onka and Holly won reward. Dan won for supporting him. Now Na'Onka and Kelly both claim it's their last day and they're quitting.

Holly volunteered to sit out the reward so that they all will have a new tarp and rice.

THEY BOTH QUIT!

Survivor: Nicaragua - November 24th Episode Blog Party Post

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Welcome one, welcome all! The blog party is ready to start! Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time. As the show airs, I'll post major events here, but the real fun and most of the reactions are in the comments section. See you there!

It's the Thanksgiving clips show, so there won't be much real action.

Survivor: Nicaragua - November 17th Episode Blog Party Post

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Half of the group won reward -- a helicopter trip to a volcano and feast. Jane, Na'onka, Chase, Kelly and Fabio.

Whoa! Jane won immunity -- a physical one at that!

Brenda was voted out. Sash didn't save her with the hidden idol!

Survivor: Nicaragua - November 10th Episode Blog Party Post

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They ended up with men vs. women on a rough reward challenge. The men won (zipline, feast, etc.). Chase sat out and thought the women would win, so he's with them (women).

Brenda won immunity in a memory game challenge -- it was between her and Marty at the end.

My pool boy Marty got the boot. I'm not sorry to see him go.

Survivor: Nicaragua - November 3rd Episode Blog Party Post

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Welcome one, welcome all! The blog party is ready to start! Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time. As the show airs, I'll post major events here, but the real fun and most of the reactions are in the comments section. See you there! Hopefully they'll nail Na'onka for the stealing as seen in the promos!

Merge on? La Flor got directions to their new camp. Moving to Espada.

Two will win immunity -- a man and a woman. Jane won for the women and is hanging in against the last three men in the challenge -- Marty, Chase and Fabio. Marty's out. Chase is out. Fabio wins for the men!

Alina was voted out and is the first member of the jury. Jane wanted Marty out as do most of the commenters here. Marty is my pool person.

That doesn't mean I like him.

Survivor: Nicaragua - October 27th Episode Blog Party Post

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Welcome one, welcome all! The blog party is ready to start! Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time. As the show airs, I'll post major events here, but the real fun and most of the reactions are in the comments section. See you there!

Espada won reward -- horseback rides, breakfast at a farm.

Apparently they won immunity too, not that I could tell thanks to Comcast or WCBS2 losing its signal for ten minutes. Grr.

Jill was voted out. Hmmm...

Survivor: Nicaragua - October 20th Episode Blog Party Post

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Welcome one, welcome all! The blog party is ready to start! Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time. As the show airs, hopefully I'll post major events here as I'm setting this to auto-post due to going out to dinner (if I'm not here at the start, I should be by the end), but the real fun and most of the reactions are in the comments section. See you there!

8:02 PM ET -- I'm HOME!

Jill won immunity for herself and a feast for La Flor while Holly won immunity for herself on Espada.

Tie - Marty and Kelly B to go for La Flor. Marty did NOT use the idol. Perhaps he's not as smart as he thinks he is! Kelly B out on the second vote.

Yve was voted out of Espada. Gee, has there been an Yve on this season?

Survivor: Nicaragua - October 13th Episode Blog Party Post

Survivors Ready?

Welcome one, welcome all! The blog party is ready to start! Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time. It looks like the merge is on tonight -- that should be interesting, to say the least.

As the show airs, I'll post major events here, but the real fun and most of the reactions are in the comments section. See you there!

With a rock draw, Brenda and Holly are new tribe captains.

Jane, Jill, Marty to younger. La Flor

Alina, Benry, Chase and Bianca to older. Espada

Tribe names remain, La Flor and Espada. No more young vs. old, no more medallion of power. Espada wins reward -- live chickens. La Flor won immunity.

Tyrone was voted out by the fools -- leaving weak Danny and want to go home and didn't play her idol Na'Onka.

Survivor: Nicaragua - October 6th Episode Blog Party Post

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Welcome one, welcome all! It's the fourth episode and the blog party is ready to start! Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time. Are you as irked as I am that they're still trying to capitalize on Jimmy Johnson in the promos for this week?

As the show airs, I'll post major events here, but the real fun and most of the reactions are in the comments section. See you there!

Rats, NaOnka has the hidden immunity idol.

Younger tribe won reward and immunity ... again.

The knee replacement beats out buffoon. Jimmy T voted out over Danny.

Survivor: Nicaragua - Sept. 29 Episode Blog Party Post

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Welcome one, welcome all! It's the third episode and the blog party is ready to start! Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time.

Just a warning -- I'm SO sick with a killer cold and will try to post the major happenings in this entry. But, if I don't, the comments should have the latest.

Younger tribe wins immunity and reward.

Jimmy Johnson was voted out.

Survivor: Nicaragua - Sept. 22 Episode Blog Party Post

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Welcome one, welcome all! It's the second episode and the blog party is ready to start! Everyone is welcome to join in with comments as the show airs here on the East Coast or even later in West Coast time.

I may or may not be here tonight as a huge line of storms is coming this way. If I'm here, I'll be posting commentary and major happenings right here in this post as the show airs. If I'm not here, then I'm sitting in the dark watching the lightning outside. If that's the case, carry on!

Wait ... I know y'all like to carry on anyway!

Woohoo! The older tribe won reward and immunity! They chose fishing gear over a tarp for their reward.

The weather is wicked here. I may still be lost.

Shannon, the big-mouthed good-looking schemer, was voted out.

Survivor: Nicaragua - Season Premiere Blog Party

The season premiere is about to start here on the East Coast. For the premiere, I'll be posting the major events here in this entry as it airs. Since I won't be writing up the episodes for TV Squad this season, I might play around with live-blogging the show itself or another format down the road. Not to worry -- we'll always have the blog party going on! All the real fun is in the comments section -- everyone is invited to join in! Just treat each other with respect ... feel free to mock castaways who might deserve mocking!
;-)

Zoetawny has made a new show blog logo for us to rock in the new season. That's because she herself rocks. But we know that.

Margo has set up the blog pool. If you didn't make the cut, feel free to cheer on the castaway of your choice! Here's her list (remember, it's MARGO calling 'em "oldies," not ME).

Espada Tribe: (Oldies but Goodies)
Dan Lembo - Sydney
Holly Hoffman - Merrilee
James “Jimmy T” Tarantino - SueGee
Jane Bright - PDXGranny, Big Ed
Jill Behm - Delee, Monty924
Jimmy Johnson - Ben
Marty Piombo - Jackie
Tyrone Davis - SharonS
Wendy DeSmidt-Kohloff - Gaylos, Auntie Leigh
Yve Rojas - Jennasmom

La Flor Tribe: (Young-uns)
Alina Wilson - Lisanne
Ben “Benny” Henry - Laurie, Dusty
Brenda Lowe - Lynn1, Margo's Mom
Chase Rice - Terry in PA
Judson “Jud” Birza - ML, Zoetawny
Kelly Bruno - Catonine, Rbennie
Kelly Shinn - MEB
Matthew “Sash” Lenahan - Nana in NW, Donna in FL
NaOnka Mixon - Margo, Donna in AL
Shannon Elkins - JoyN, Becky

Survivors ready?

Brenda (La Flor) found the medallion of power (new) and they're dividing the tribes by age. It would mean power down the line for her tribe or they can take flame and fishing equipment instead. What they don't choose, the other tribe gets. Probably a wise decision, they chose the fishing gear.

Espada made their own fire.

Kelly B. with her prosthetic leg is already a target on her tribe. They're worried about sympathy votes at the end and her ability in challenges.

After the first night, Jimmy Johnson isn't feeling so hot and says it's harder than he thought.

There are hidden idols once again -- two girls on La Flor found a clue.

If Espada uses the medallion of power, they can have an advantage in the immunity challenge. If they use it, then it goes to the other tribe. They're confident they won't need it in this challenge -- filling buckets of water from gutters, puzzle.

La Flor won immunity. Uh-oh. Wendy was voted out. Good, I think she would have driven me crazy and I'm not even in Nicaragua!

Survivor: Nicaragua Premieres WEDNESDAY!

Survivors ready? The new season kicks off Wednesday night 8 PM ET. Looking at the cast, there are plenty of both teams I think I'll like. Of course there are a few who could leave right away, too! I'm posting the video with Jeff Probst's assessment of the castaways. I usually like his take on them and, after all, who would be more of a pro for analyzing them?

I'll probably be handling the blogging of the show a bit differently this season. I'm not doing the reviews for the show over on TV Squad (but I will be doing The Amazing Race there - premiere date 9/26). I'll definitely be having the usual blog party posts for commenting here and I might go a bit more with a live blogging aspect during them instead of lots of notes taken and major bits in the post. Right now I'm undecided.

The esteemed and lovely Margo will be running the blog pool for the show. I imagine she'll be along shortly with the list of pool participants. We have a big cast this season and it looks like it's gonna be a good one. You know my heart is with the older tribe, but may the best castaway win ... and the rest be thrown to sea ... or something.

THE TRIBES

La Flor --
Alina Wilson, age 23 from Downey, CA, an art student.
Ben "Benry" Henry, age 24 from Los Angeles, a club promoter.
Brenda Lowe, age 27 from Miami, paddleboard company owner.
Chase Rice, age 24 from Fairview, NC, pro race car jackman.
Jud Birza, age 21 from Venice, CA, student.
Kelly Bruno, age 26 from Durham, NC, medical student.
Kelly Shinn, age 20 from Mesa, AZ, nursing student.
NaOnka Mixon, age 27 from Los Angeles, PE teacher.
Matthew "Sash" Lenahan, age 30, NYC, NY, real estate broker.
Shannon Elkins, age 30 from Lafayette, LA, pest control company owner.

Espada --
Dan Tempe, age 63 from Watermill, NY, real estate executive.
Holly Hoffman, age 44 from Eureka, SD, swimming coach.
Jane Bright, age 56 from Jackson Springs, NC, dog trainer.
Jill Behm, age 42 from Erie, PA, ER doctor.
Jimmy Johnson, age 67 from Islamorada, FL, former NFL coach.
James "Jimmy T" Tarantino, age 48 from Gloucester, MA, commercial fisherman.
Marty Piombo, age 48 from Mill Valley, CA, technology executive.
Tyrone Davis, age 42 from Inglewood, CA, fire captain.
Wendy DeSmidt-Kohlhoff, age 48 from Fromberg, Montana, goat rancher.
Yve Rojas, age 41 from Kansas City, MO, homemaker.

Survivor: Nicaragua Cast Announced

The CBS website is live and the cast has been officially announced. The spoilers had it right. I'm not going to be able to watch Jimmy Johnson without thinking of those late night ads for male enhancement pills. Ack! I'm posting the "Meet the Cast" video here and, as I have time, I'll be taking a closer look. You KNOW I'm going to be cheering on the older tribe!