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

 

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

A separate post for The Amazing Race will magically appear at about 9:25PM ET. So, please shift over to that post for that show. Merci.

I will be live blogging the show the best I can as it airs here on the East Coast. Refresh this page to get the latest updates. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool. Here's where we stand:

Emily --- ChicMc, Donna in AL, Jackie

Austin --- Pearl, Nora M, Sharon N

Drew --- Dr Celine, monty924

Bruce --- Krysta, Skyriverblue

Jake --- Donna in FL, TS14Fan

Katurah --- Donna NY, April W

Dee --- Judi Sweeney, Brent McKee

Julie --- Andi, PDX Granny

JURY

Kaleb

Kellie

Kendra

Survivor fans ready?

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

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

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

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

EMILY WINS REWARD!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AUSTIN WINS IMMUNITY!

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

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

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

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

Time to vote. Drew votes Jake.

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

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

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

The Amazing Race 35: In the Belly of the Earth - Ep. 9 Blog Party

 

I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving! 

I will be live-blogging and updating this post constantly as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest updates. As always, the real blog party is in the comments. I hope to see you there!

Lifeguard SueGee has once again updated the blog pool and here's where we stand going into tonight's show:

Ashlie & Todd -- Dr Celine, NanaintheNW, SueGee

Greg & John -- Brent McKee, Jackie, Judi Sweeney

Joel & Garrett -- ChicMc, Ethan, Willie J, Jasonuwp

Robbin & Chelsea -- Indiana Jane, KelseyNY, MikesGirl

Rob & Corey -- marthalight, PDX Granny, Sharon N

Steve & Anna Leigh -- David, Donna in FL, Glenn Allen

Are you ready? Let's GO!

Teams are remaining in Slovenia. On foot to Congress (?) Square for their next clue.

Roadblock - Wooden kitchenware. Sellers attach to backpack and make a delivery, so do the teams (or one member of the team, that is). 

John finishes first, gets the next clue and heads back to Greg. Drive to a network of caves where legend has it the dragons live. Descend down into a cave to find the next clue. Todd finishes it next and heads back to Ashlie. Then Corey gets it done. Uh-oh. Chelsea didn't load up two pieces on the backpack and has to go back for them. Both Garrett/Joel and Steve/Anna Leigh made it through. Now Robbin and Chelsea are through.

Greg/John make it first to the caves. Then Rob and Corey. The clue has them go further into the cave, find pieces of a dragon, put it together to get the next clue from the dragon keeper. Robbin/Chelsea continue to make errors and drive by the entrance to the caves.

Greg/John finish the dragon and get a clue to drive to the Fonda Fish Farm where they will get the clue to a Detour. Anna Leigh/Steve, then Garrett/Joel finish the dragons.

Detour - Scrape Off has them removing barnacles from two rings. Swap Out, use a kayak to swap out two mussels laden buoy ropes.

Robbin/Chelsea are finally at the caves. Ashlie and Todd are still there. But now they're gone just as the women approach the dragon.

Greg/John have already swapped out one buoy. Rob/Corey got there but started off without a buoy. Uh-oh. They took a buoy but left the mussels! Greg/John get the clue to drive to the next Pit Stop.

Rob/Corey decide to switch Detours as they cannot find the bag of mussels they left behind. Meanwhile, Anna Leigh/Steve finish the Scrape clue. Joel/Garrett are heading to the Pit Stop now, too.

Ashlie and Todd, after getting lost, make a mistake at Scrape and leave the chains behind when they get their kayak. They finish Scrape just as Robbin/Chelsea arrive at the Detour.

Pit Stop Order

1. Greg/John - Also won $5,000 each

2.Joel/Garrett

3. Steve/Anna Leigh

4. Rob/Corey

5. Ashlie/Todd

6. Robbin/Chelsea are Phiminated

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

 

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

A separate post for The Amazing Race will magically appear at about 9:25PM ET. So, please shift over to that post for that show. Merci.

I will be live blogging the show the best I can. Refresh this page to get the latest updates. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool. Here's where we stand:

Kendra --- Cherry Pie, EthanC

Emily --- ChicMc, Donna in AL, Jackie

Austin --- Pearl, Nora M, Sharon N

Drew --- Dr Celine, monty924

Bruce --- Krysta, Skyriverblue

Jake --- Donna in FL, TS14Fan

Katurah --- Donna NY, April W

Dee --- Judi Sweeney, Brent McKee

Julie --- Andi, PDX Granny

JURY

Kaleb

Kellie

Survivor fans ready?

Previously On segment is airing, of course.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Second stage - Jake, Drew and Dee out

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bye-bye Kendra!

The Amazing Race 35: A Planes, Trains and Automobiles Day - Ep. 8 Blog Party

 

I will be live-blogging and updating this post constantly as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest updates. As always, the real blog party is in the comments. I hope to see you there!

Lifeguard SueGee has once again updated the blog pool and here's where we stand going into tonight's show:

Ashlie & Todd -- Dr Celine, NanaintheNW, SueGee

Greg & John -- Brent McKee, Jackie, Judi Sweeney

Joel & Garrett -- ChicMc, Ethan, Willie J, Jasonuwp

Morgan & Lena -- Bizaro22, Debbie in FL, Krysta

Robbin & Chelsea -- Indiana Jane, KelseyNY, MikesGirl

Rob & Corey -- marthalight, PDX Granny, Sharon N

Steve & Anna Leigh -- David, Donna in FL, Glenn Allen

Are you ready? Let's GO!

Sitting through the Previously On segment. Teams will be leaving Germany and travel to the capital city of Slovenia, a first time TAR visit to the country. Teams will be taking part in an Expedia type journey.

Greg/John, first from the last leg go to pick up flight and train tickets. They get a 4pm flight when most, if not all, will be on a 7:30pm flight. 

Ashlie thinks Slovenia is where Dracula is from. Heh. They want to slow the boys (Greg/John) down. Teams are heading towards the airport, many hoping for standby on earlier flights. Greg/John have two teams with them on the early plane -- Rob/Corey and Ashlie/Todd got standby. The three teams have a train trip planned which should bring them to Slovenia by 1am. Uh-oh ... their transfer is going to be missed!

They go back to the Vienna station they had left. The other teams should be happy to see them. All the teams are now on the same train.

The capital city which I will not try to spell is gorgeous surrounded by mountains. Teams rush to get their cars to drive to the next clue. Garrett/Joel are at the clue box first. Expedia experience -- gliding - Roadblock Who wants a birds-eye view? Find a four-letter clue from the glider. Heh ... Todd cannot do the Roadblock due to height and weight restrictions. Rob went for Corey and Rob.

Four boats on the lake with numbers on them. Rob gets 1991. The question is what year did Slovenia gain its independence. Garrett thought it was old, got it wrong. Rob got it right with 1991. They have to drive to a Planica Nordic Center for the next clue. Ashlie got it right, too. John right also. Robbin, too!

Anna Leigh and Steve got lost and Anna Leigh is acting out. I feel sorry for her father. They finally find the glider planes just as Garrett finally gets a right answer there. Lena/Morgan still there, but now finish.

Ohhh! An Express pass is available at the Nordic Centre, climb 1100 steps to get it Steepest zipline down. Ashlie/Todd go for it and miss their marked entry. Rob/Corey come across the clue for the Express pass and go for it. Todd/Ashlie realize their mistake and try to catch up to Rob/Corey. Todd/Ashlie give up. Greg/John go for it as Rob/Corey are only halfway up. The brothers bail and gave up!

Teams must ski to the top before choosing a Detour. Greg/John first to the clue box. Field Work - collect fluff and store hay or House Work - create a home for a colony of bees. Ashlie is having all kinds of issues staying up on the skis.

Rob/Corey have the Express Pass! Oh, geez ... Anna Leigh and Steve are going for the Express Pass even though it says taken! Todd/Ashlie got done with the hay first. They are on their way to a skyscraper for the next clue -- climbing up a huge spiral staircase. Rob/Corey finish the hay. Then Greg/John.

Anna Leigh and Steve make it to the top and find out the Express Pass was taken. At least they get to take the zipline down. They go for building the bee houses while Garrett and Joel are still there. They finish and leave Anna Leigh and Steve behind. Garrett/Joel have to turn around and retrieve their notebook.

The Pit Stop is the Dragon Bridge. Todd/Ashlie and Greg/John are heading towards the Pit Stop.

Pit Stop Order:

1. Greg/John - Trip for two to a country in Africa

2. Todd/Ashlie 

3. Rob/Corey

4. Garrett/Joel

5. Robbin /Chelsea

6. Anna Leigh and Steve

7. Morgan/Lena -- Philiminated

Survivor 45: Following a Dead Horse to Water - Ep. 8 Blog Party

 

Good evening! Tonight we will see the return of the Survivor auction. I can't even tell you when we last saw that. But, unlike ZingBot on BB, I always enjoyed the Survivor auction.

9:25PM ET. So, please shift over to that post for that show. Merci.

I will be live blogging the show the best I can, constantly updating it. Refresh this page to get the latest updates. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool. Here's where we stand:

Kendra --- Cherry Pie, EthanC

Emily --- ChicMc, Donna in AL, Jackie

Austin --- Pearl, Nora M, Sharon N

Drew --- Dr Celine, monty924

Bruce --- Krysta, Skyriverblue

Kellie --- Michelle, Bizaro22

Jake --- Donna in FL, TS14Fan

Katurah --- Donna NY, April W

Dee --- Judi Sweeney, Brent McKee

Julie --- Andi, PDX Granny

JURY

Kaleb

Survivor fans ready?

Sitting out the Previously On segment.

They're returning from Tribal. Was Sifu the right choice? What about Bruce? The second group returns and tells them they voted out Kaleb. Jake has some amends to make as he actually wanted to go to rocks to save Kaleb. Julie is a bit irked that Jake voted for her. The Kaleb vote was understandable. Now she feels she can't trust Jake. Lines have been drawn.

Day 15 - The girls realize they are in the majority -- 6 to 4. Is it time for them to make a move? The six all want Bruce out. Kellie is very pleased with the thought of the women banding together to get him out.

A boat is arriving. The boat has a table with attached serving plates. The crew puts the names of each castaway at a plate. Who's ready for a blast from the past? The Survivor auction where they can bid on food items. They have to find the cash in bamboo tubes in the forest. Once they find a tube, they have to go put it on their plate, then go find more.

Everybody is running around gathering them except Bruce. The rest all have multiples; he has nothing. He's barely trying. Ohhh ... he found one! Now they are opening the tubes. All have different amounts. Dee has $900.

Time for the auction! 30th season, 2015, was the last time it was done. No advantages this time around. 15 items for the auction -- only the first five guaranteed. Auction will end without warning. The person with the most money left loses their vote. Bruce only has $80. Jeff draws the stone for the number of total items. Bidding is $20 increments. Beer and pretzels to Kendra for $360.

French fries, ketchup and a soda. $500 to Kellie. A covered item -- Emily $440 and it's a charcuterie platter and a glass of white wine. Chocolate milkshake Dee for $900. Covered item Katurah $480 -- Jeff offers to trade for another covered dish. She sticks with the first one -- two giant fish eyes. That was all her money. Austin buys them for $100.

The covered item from before goes to Drew for $520 -- candy bowl. A slice of pizza goes to Austin for the rest of his money. Toothbrush, toothpaste and mouthwash sold to Julie for her complete $420. Covered dish bought by one, shared by three. Jake buys for his whole $340. No utensils. He invites Julie. Reluctantly chooses Bruce. 

Three people still have money -- Kellie with the most $200. One item -- covered dish. All her money, PB&J, potato chips and a margarita. Bruce has $80 and Emily has $60. Oops! Bruce loses his vote. The auction is over.

Back at camp, the women are having fun talking about the auction. Oh, and we get a backstory about Kendra reuniting with her biological father.

Emily is more partial to Drew and Austin than the women. She warns Drew about the six women. Drew thinks it will be great to flush the idol, plus targeting Bruce for his own needs. Austin and Drew talk to Katurah and Julie. Bruce is the target with Jake as a backup.

Immunity Challenge time. Hold onto a rope containing a log with one third their pregame body weight, move down knots on the rope. Jeff also has a bag of rice. Four people need to sit out of the challenge to get the rice which would last. Dee, Emily, Drew, Katurah all under pressure as Jeff cut a hole in the bag and let rice out of it.

Kellie is the first out. Then Kendra out. They move down to the final section with no knot. Julie, Austin, Jake and Bruce still in it. Austin out. Jake out. It's between Bruce and Julie -- the two oldest in the game. Julie drops. BRUCE WINS IMMUNITY!

Bruce knows so many want him out and he had no vote, they thought it a done deed. He has an idol in his pocket, too. Kellie is really irked. Emily says it put a wrench in the plans. Will they vote out Jake? Can they get Bruce to use his idol to save Jake? Kellie is with Jake and even Bruce. Emily and Kellie tell Jake not to use his shot in the dark and he will be safe. They didn't give him an alternate name. So, he searches for an idol.

Drew has a plan to flush the idol and go after Kellie because she has so much power in the game. It seems to be between Jake and Kellie as targets as they head off to Tribal Council.

Tribal Council - Night 16. Kaleb sits alone in the jury box looking all clean. He looked shocked at Bruce's Immunity necklace. They talk about the rice and the four who sat out of the challenge. Jake makes a pitch. He loses track of his thoughts. He talks about them dogpiling onto him and was willing to go to rocks last Tribal. Kellie thinks Jake went into it too fast. Jake gets quite defensive if it's a unanimous vote tonight. Is it a ploy because he's a lawyer?

He talks about if he pulls out my ... er an idol tonight or play shot in the dark. Time to vote.

The tally. Jake plays his shot in the dark. He is NOT Safe.

Jake, Jake, Jake, Kellie, Kellie, Kellie, Kellie, Kellie.

9th person voted out is Kellie, second member of the jury. She is mad.