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Next week is the big finale night! Oh my, where does the time go?
Here's the blog pool news from Lifeguard Laurie herself (she rocks!)
Alison - Cher C, Jenna G, Renee
Angelina - Donna in FL, Margo, Vicki Volk
Christian - ChicMc, Judi Sweeney, Sharon C
Davie - CherryPie, KelseyNY, Robin Allard
Kara - David, Karen in CA, Sharon N
Mike - Ed in Ohio, meb, Tammy
Nick - Brian, Jennasmom, Paula Bell, Silk
Jury:
Elizabeth
John
Dan
Alec
Carl
Gabby
Survivor fans ready? Seven are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Christian knows from the last vote that he's in trouble. Nick, knowing that no one has found his fake idol, puts on an act that he himself found it. That's to throw off anyone (including Christian) from searching for the idol. Davie is suspicious and goes off looking for an idol. He knows Nick already has one idol, possibly two. So Davie goes to Christian and tells him they should target Nick next.
Reward -- attached to rope, gather rope, obstacles, sandbags to knock over stack of blocks. Helicopter ride to glorious food.
DAVIE wins Reward! He chooses Nick because Nick chose him for the family visit. Angelina tries to play the rice card to go. Instead, he goes for Kara because she looked out for him once the tribes switched up.
At camp, Angelina cooked up a big pot of Revenge Rice. Davie plans on enlisting Kara into his Get Nick Out Plan. He tells her that Nick might have two idols. She seems to be on board. Yes, she even tells us it's a plan that works for her own game.
Back at camp, Kara enlists Alison into the plan. She doesn't want Angelina or Mike to know because they might tell Nick. She likes the idea and is happy her own name isn't up. She runs and tells Mike. He's once again torn. He knows Nick is a big threat for the win, but he's also close with him.
Davie started idol hunting once again. Instead he finds a clue to an advantage. He has to go to where the merge feast was held. He has an idol that can only be used at the next tribal, but he can increase the power of the idol. Is he feeling lucky? He could also lose his vote. Out of four urns, two hold advantages. He asks for a sign from the lord. He keeps the idol safe and doesn't play. He doesn't dare lose his vote.
Immunity Challenge time is here! It's raining. Stand on a narrow perch while balancing a ball on a disk. As time goes on, more balls added. Hmm. Why so many of these kind of challenges the last several weeks?
All make it through to the second ball. Kara out, Angelina out. Davie out. Christian out. Nick out. Mike and Alison get to the three ball round. Alison out.
MIKE wins Immunity!
Mike thinks he can now do what he needs for his own game. Meanwhile, Nick is thinking of how dangerous Alison is in the game, plus it would be another Goliath out. And Mike is geeking out Survivor-wise. He thinks that they should get Christian out rather than either Nick or Alison. He talks to Nick about the Christian move. Mike is getting a bit dismayed that people aren't jumping on his Oust Christian Plan.
Nick goes to Davie and tells him the lie about the fake idol. Now he's not as much of a threat to Davie. He thinks they should get Alison out. Mike tells Nick that Davie and Kara want him (Nick) out and they should get Christian out. Mike just can't get a handle on things and is bewildered as to what's going to happen.
Tribal time! Jeff starts out asking about strategy and voting changes as the numbers dwindle. The questioning period itself was far from epic and things are all still confusing as to targets.
Davie (has to) play his idol. For himself. Nick gets up, plays his idol. He played the fake idol to get a read on people. Plays his real idol for himself.
The tally:
Davie, Davie, Alison, Christian, Alison, Christian, Christian.
Aw, there goes Christian. I'll miss him!
As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be live-blogging the events -- refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Feel free to join in!
Only three episodes left! We're getting down to the wire here.
I put up a cheat sheet with names and images at this link.
Here's the blog pool news from Lifeguard Laurie herself (she rocks!)
Alison - Cher C, Jenna G, Renee
Angelina - Donna in FL, Margo, Vicki Volk
Christian - ChicMc, Judi Sweeney, Sharon C
Davie - CherryPie, KelseyNY, Robin Allard
Gabby - Cheryl in NC, Krysta Gibson, Rochelle
Kara - David, Karen in CA, Sharon N
Mike - Ed in Ohio, meb, Tammy
Nick - Brian, Jennasmom, Paula Bell, Silk
Jury:
Elizabeth
John
Dan
Alec
Carl
Survivor fans ready? Eight are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Nick isn't happy that Gabby and Christian voted out Carl, a David. He thinks that now the Goliaths will go after the remaining Davids. He says he won't hesitate at the chance to blindside Christian now. On noes!
Okay, the Reward Challenge starts out with the loved ones sappy reunions. Of course, they haven't seen these people in 100 years!
Race through water and obstacles in pairs, dig in sand for keys, unlock balls, each has to land a ball to win. Angelina and Nick win it!
They can choose one other ... Davie. One more ... Mike.
Angelina thinks the four on Reward should be the Final Four. Davie is uncomfortable with the alliance.
Back on the island, Gabby thinks Christian acted like he was comforting his girlfriend. She doesn't want that to happen to her. It makes it look like she does nothing without him. She decides she needs respect and should go after her main ally. Of course, Kara is for the plan although shocked that Gabby is suggesting it.
Immunity Challenge time -- balance on narrow perch holding a pole connected to a bucket of water.
Mike out first. Into the second phase which makes it more difficult, harder to hold the pole. Gabby out in the transition.
Alison out. Angelina out.
Making it more difficult again, more pressure on the arm.
Nick out. Christian out. It's down to Davie and Kara. A bug kept landing on Davie's face. Oops! He twitches due to the bug and he's out.
KARA wins Immunity! She likes Gabby's idea of getting Christian out. Uh-oh!
Gabby thinks she needs to make the big move to get rid of Christian. Christian meanwhile wants to vote out Alison. Gabby keeps rationalizing to us why she needs Christian out. I think it would be a bad move on her part. The shame of it is that so many others want Christian out. Nick is mad at him over the Carl thing.
Davie isn't as convinced. He suggests Gabby as a back up as Christian has an idol. Davie tells Christian that Gabby's gunning for him. Christian is stunned. He thinks he needs to mend fences with Nick. Unfortunately, Nick isn't as keen on working with Christian as Christian thinks he is. Christian is reluctant to use his idol. Hmm.
Tribal Council time. Jeff asks about the Carl blindside. Nick is vocal in the fact that Christian betrayed his trust. Nick claims that they made up. Gabby is asked about "big moves." She wants to do something with gumption. Hmm.
Gabby does vote for Christian. No other votes shown as they're voting.
Christian tells Jeff he isn't sure, then plays the idol.
The tally:
Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Alison, Gabby, Gabby.
Yep, there's her big move -- Gabby got herself voted out!
As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be live-blogging the events -- refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Feel free to join in!
If you didn't realize it, tonight is a double episode. Make sure your snacks are handy!
I put up a cheat sheet with names and images at this link.
Here's the blog pool news from Lifeguard Laurie herself (she rocks!)
Merge!!
Alec - Carol C, Jean, Rbennie
Alison - Cher C, Jenna G, Renee
Angelina - Donna in FL, Margo, Vicki Volk
Carl - DonnaNY, MikesGirl, tbc, Delee
Christian - ChicMc, Judi Sweeney, Sharon C
Davie - CherryPie, KelseyNY, Robin Allard
Gabby - Cheryl in NC, Krysta Gibson, Rochelle
Kara - David, Karen in CA, Sharon N
Mike - Ed in Ohio, meb, Tammy
Nick - Brian, Jennasmom, Paula Bell, Silk
Jury:
Elizabeth
John
Dan
Survivor fans ready? Ten are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
We got to see Carl's triumphant "BING" once again. He's still patting himself on the back. The numbers are finally even with the two original tribes. Angelina is ticked that two of her own voted for her. Now she's on the rampage against them and no longer loyal.
A search is on for the hidden idol again -- early run by the Davids. Nick found an idol clue -- must sneak out of camp at night to the farthest point to retrieve it.
Reward - two teams of five, rope bridge, ladder target in which they have to throw three rungs on the base. Survivor picnic is at stake. It's a random draw.
ORANGE wins! Christian, Alison, Gabby, Mike, Alec
Alec is shmoozing the Davids. The shmoozing is interrupted by letters from home.
At camp Alec is pointing out that Alec is a challenge beast and needs to go. Kara, close to Alec, tells him. So, now Alec is after Carl. The Reward people all overate and are sick and sluggish. All the better for Nick's nighttime idol search. Davie is covering him at camp.
Nick has the idol!
Time for the Immunity Challenge! Balance on narrow perch holding a handle behind your head. Jeff tells them they can give up the chance for immunity for nachos and beer. Angelina, Carl and Nick go for the food and beer.
Mike's out. Davie's out. Kara, who was looking the most solid, steps off. Alison out. Gabby's out after Alec plays mind games on her. It's Christian and Alec remaining. Alec keeps saying he will win. Christian tells him he won't.
Christian starts telling a story. He keeps telling the story -- saying that it helps him. Alec is writhing in pain. They're at the five hour mark. Alec DROPS!
CHRISTIAN wins immunity after five and a half hours!
Alec tells us that he just couldn't handle the challenge mentally. He knows everyone is talking about voting him out. Carl thinks it's a no-brainer to vote out Alec. However, there is still Carl/Gabby friction. She thinks he's too bossy. Gabby thinks (rightfully) that Carl shouldn't be telling Kara their plans. Christian tries to calm crying Gabby and he is also thinking that Carl is becoming a liability.
Alec is onto Carl getting cocky and thinks Carl should be blindsided. He even goes to Christian. Christian thinks keeping a bigger threat (Alec) around is better for his own game. Hmm. And they're hiking off to Tribal.
So, it's Tribal Council. I have a feeling Carl might have sung his last tune.
Jeff starts off with the Immunity Challenge. Alec said he got dizzy. There doesn't seem to be any real animosity about the ones who ate. Carl hopes that, since he hadn't eaten on any reward, he hopes it doesn't count against him. Then Christian talks about everything being a calculated risk. Angelina thinks there are new alliances and that's more important than who ate nachos. Alec says if he's kept, others will have a bigger target than themselves. Carl stands by his nachos pick.
In voting, Christian tells us his vote is to benefit his own game and no one else.
Tally:
Alec, Carl, Alec, Alec, Alec, Alec, Alec, Alec.
Welp, the "target" got targeted.
Now it's five Davids, four Goliaths. Nick is getting a bit cocky. Gabby cries. Of course. They all flipped -- Alec was the sole Carl vote. Alison is hoping Christian and Gabby might still work with her.
Into a Reward Challenge. Climb ladder, leap into water, retrieve buoys. Reward is a feast on a boat. Schoolyard pick, that person can't win reward. Captains pick.
Kara - Carl, Davie and Mike
Angelina - Alison, Alec, Nick
Christian sits out. Kara's team wins!
She hopes it will get her closer to Davie and Mike. Mike tells us that he and Kara did a lot of sucking up to them. Carl tells Kara he wants to get Alison out. Will he ever shut up and think about who he's talking targets to? Sheesh. Heehee, Davie who is so not a jock is beside himself with his performance in the challenge. But Carl is talking himself further into a hole while Davie is being personable.
Back at camp, Gabby is trying for a blindside on Carl. She goes to Alison with the plan. It's looking so solid that it probably won't happen.
When the reward winners return to camp, Carl talks up the Alison Out plan. Angelina is siding with Carl. But it doesn't look like anyone else is all that keen on it. Carl wants Gabby left out of the loop. That makes Christian more certain that Carl needs to go. Mike is the swing vote between the two groups.
Christian tells Gabby that Carl wants Alison out although he (Carl) told her Angelina.
They are almost out of rice. Angelina wants to bargain with Jeff for more rice, giving some of their gear.
Time for the Immunity Challenge. Over an obstacle, spin around post, across balance beam collecting three bags of puzzle pieces, solve a word puzzle.
Angelina interrupts Jeff with the rice negotiation. All of the fishing gear, most of the cooking gear, two chairs, swinging chair. Jeff says he will give rationed rice if someone will sacrifice their shot at immunity. Angelina goes for it so all can have rice.
DAVIE wins Immunity!
Angelina thinks the Alison Out plan will work. I'm not so sure about that.
Carl is still dictating that Alison needs to go. He thinks they should use Angelina and Mike as long as they have to. Alison is rightfully worried that she might go -- she knows she's the target. Mike tells us that Carl is annoying but Alison is more of a threat to his own game. Christian again talks to Mike about taking out Carl. He's not really all that sure.
Tribal time. Jeff's Probsting questions have a lot to do with the mood at camp.
The tally:
Alison, Alison, Carl, Carl, Alison, Alison, Carl, Carl, Carl.
He blew his own game. Bye, Carl.
Next week is the family/loved ones visit.
As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be live-blogging the events -- refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Feel free to join in!
I'm not sure how well-attended tonight will be due to the holiday. I hope everyone has a mighty fine Thanksgiving!
I put up a cheat sheet with names and images at this link.
Here's the blog pool news from Lifeguard Laurie herself (she rocks!)
Merge!!
Alec - Carol C, Jean, Rbennie
Alison - Cher C, Jenna G, Renee
Angelina - Donna in FL, Margo, Vicki Volk
Carl - DonnaNY, MikesGirl, tbc, Delee
Christian - ChicMc, Judi Sweeney, Sharon C
Dan - Donna in Alabama, Laurie Miles, SueGee, Marlo Lee
Davie - CherryPie, KelseyNY, Robin Allard
Gabby - Cheryl in NC, Krysta Gibson, Rochelle
Kara - David, Karen in CA, Sharon N
Mike - Ed in Ohio, meb, Tammy
Nick - Brian, Jennasmom, Paula Bell, Silk
Jury:
Elizabeth
John
Survivor fans ready? Eleven are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Davie is gleeful that his move eliminated the Mayor of Slamtown. He also got John's jacket somehow.
Alliances seem to be falling apart. Dan is worried that Kara is upset that he saved Angelina. Kara tells us he's too emotional and that he's the anchor that's bringing her game down.
Reward has them playing for a burger bar with beer and soft drinks. Two teams. One person, odd man/woman out, will not play. Nor will they get reward. Carl is the one out.
It's obstacles, lift a person to untie a bag of tiles, more obstacles, combination lock, then a snake puzzle.
Alec, Dan, Davie, Mike and Kara win Reward. (Teams were a random pick.)
Back at camp, Gabby and Alison bond a bit more. At Reward, they're talking Goliath strong and getting Christian out. But Kara thinks it would help her game to get Dan out. She tells Alec and Alison that Dan has another idol.
Thinking there is another hidden idol back at camp, Davie and the Davids get up early and go searching. They end up giving up ... except for Christian. He goes about it methodically. And ... he's got one! He says at some point, he'll have to tell the Davids because he needs their help -- he knows he's a target.
Immunity Challenge time! Obstacles, retrieve balls -- one at a time and there are three, balance ball on a plate while walking on a teeter-totter, get balls in hole at end table puzzle doohickey.
ALEC wins Immunity!
Kara wants Dan out. Dan wants Christian out. Kara thinks, because Dan has an idol, they need to split the votes. Alison thinks she should probably stick with her Goliath alliance. Alec, Dan and Alison think that Christian is the best one to get out. Now Kara is worried about putting her own game in jeopardy by going for a Dan vote.
Meanwhile, Christian and the other Davids notice that the Goliaths are all hanging out together. Nick tells them he has a secret advantage to steal a vote. Christian tells them about his idol. Carl tells them he has a nullify an idol advantage. They just have to use the right tools and think this out thoroughly.
And, they're off walking to Tribal ...
So, it starts. Jeff starts out by asking Alison what impact last week's Tribal had on them. Dan affirms Jeff's question about the war being on again -- David and Goliath. Mike talks of the importance of not being the first to flip and betray the tribe. Lots of talk about trust or the lack thereof. To me, it sounds like the Davids are up to something.
Nick pulls out his steal a vote from another person advantage. He's going to steal Alison's vote. Now he has two votes for himself. She surprised and not happy.
Whispering between Kara and Dan. Will he use his idol?
Dan uses his second idol in the game to save himself.
The tally:
WHOA! The idol nullifier is in play and Carl played it against Dan!
Christian, Christian, Christian, Angelina, Angelina, Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan.
It worked! Carl is thrilled. Goliath members are shocked.
As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be live-blogging the events -- refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Feel free to join in!
I put up a cheat sheet with names and images at this link.
Here's the blog pool news from Lifeguard Laurie herself (she rocks!)
Merge!!
Alec - Carol C, Jean, Rbennie
Alison - Cher C, Jenna G, Renee
Angelina - Donna in FL, Margo, Vicki Volk
Carl - DonnaNY, MikesGirl, tbc, Delee
Christian - ChicMc, Judi Sweeney, Sharon C
Dan - Donna in Alabama, Laurie Miles, SueGee, Marlo Lee
Davie - CherryPie, KelseyNY, Robin Allard
Gabby - Cheryl in NC, Krysta Gibson, Rochelle
John - Bizaro22, Indiana Jane, Nickelpeed
Kara - David, Karen in CA, Sharon N
Mike - Ed in Ohio, meb, Tammy
Nick - Brian, Jennasmom, Paula Bell, Silk
Jury:
Elizabeth
Survivor fans ready? Twelve are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Angelina is scrambling to repair the damage from Elizabeth at Tribal. They're not buying what she's selling. Dan doesn't trust her because she won't own up to doing anything wrong.
In a Strike Force talk between Christian and Mike has Mike questioning Gabby after the Tribal Council. Hmm.
Davie and Nick find a clue to an idol. Oh my. Then Carl came. Then a bunch was there. Davie distracted people while Nick found what turned out to be an advantage. Carl was with him, so he knows. The advantage is to steal a vote at Tribal.
Reward Challenge -- two teams of six, hold onto sandbags connected to a trough over their heads. A dozen pizzas for the winning six. Schoolyard pick for teams. Every 15 minutes one has to drop out and his team takes his 10 pound sandbags.
Gabby, Christian, John, Alec , Alison and Nick win! Dan screwed up for his team by showing off.
Mike is thinking his possibilities in the game. He's worried the Davids will overthrow the Goliaths. He thinks that Christian is a big threat in the game. Alec, one of the Six, isn't as big on getting out Christian. The Goliaths meet up and all decide to focus on Christian.
(So I'd say now, Christian probably will not go this week!)
Angelina is set to be the decoy. Rightfully, she's a bit worried about her own position in the game.
Time for the Immunity Challenge!
Balance on a narrow perch while holding a buoy, drop buoy or fall and you're out. They hold the buoy with two sticks.
Quickly it's down to three -- Angelina, Nick, Dan. Nick's out.
DAN wins immunity!
Dan tells the Davids all are voting out Angelina. However, the real plan is that all of the Goliaths are voting out Christian. Angelina does not like her name out there like that.
Ohh ... Alec tells Nick that Mike wants Christian out. Nick tells Christian. Nick asks Davie if they could use the advantage to help Christian. Davie considers (to us) that he could give Christian the idol.
Time for Tribal Council ... will Christian make it through the vote? Lots of talk about the numbers game. Interesting talk, but not in any manner an epic one.
Whoa! Davie plays his idol, apologizing to his fellow tribe members for keeping it secret and plays it to save Christian. All are shocked.
More! Dan plays an idol for Angelina!
The tally,
Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Angelina, Angelina, John, John.
Rats! I liked him ... John suffered the fate of the dueling idols and was voted out.
