Once again this week, I won't be live-blogging tonight's show. I can't sit long enough to do so. No way could I type the happenings as they happen without it looking like I was just pushing any key on the keyboard. I do the live blogging from a desktop computer and there is no way right now. My apologies.
Please, if you could provide some show updates in the comments, it would be appreciated.
Enjoy the show and the party in comments!
Lifeguard Laurie has updated the blog pool. Here's the latest:
NEW MALOLO
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Chris Noble - Petals, Ed in Ohio, ChicMc
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
James Lim - TS14Fan, Krysta Gibson
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Libby Vincek - tbc, jennifer, Laurie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
NEW NAVITI
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Bradley Kleihege - SueGee, Nana in the NW, Auntie Leigh
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
TORCHLESS
Stephanie Gonzalez
Jacob Derwin
Morgan Ricke
Brendan Shapiro
Stephanie Johnson
Sounds like a merge or another tribe shake-up is afoot for tonight ...
Once again this week, I won't be live-blogging tonight's show. Due to my spine surgery last week, I can't sit long enough to do so. No way could I type the happenings as they happen without it looking like I was just pushing any key on the keyboard.
Please, if you could provide some show updates in the comments, it would be appreciated.
Enjoy the show and the party in comments!
Lifeguard Laurie has updated the blog pool. Here's the latest:
NEW MALOLO
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Chris Noble - Petals, Ed in Ohio, ChicMc
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
James Lim - TS14Fan, Krysta Gibson
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Libby Vincek - tbc, jennifer, Laurie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
NEW NAVITI
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Bradley Kleihege - SueGee, Nana in the NW, Auntie Leigh
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Stephanie Johnson - Brenda, Rbennie, Kristen from Ohio
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
TORCHLESS
Stephanie Gonzalez
Jacob Derwin
Morgan Ricke
Brendan Shapiro
I won't be live-blogging tonight's show due to spine surgery this morning. As I write this, I haven't really had said surgery yet. I'm scheduling the post to appear at its regular time. I should be home as the show airs, but will only be able to peek in now and then, if that much. General anesthesia, spinal surgery and pain meds don't make for sitting and blogging just a few hours later. So, you're on your own -- please behave!
Update: I'm home alive. But no way can I live blog the show.
Since Jeff went and jumbled up the tribes once again, Lifeguard Laurie has updated the blog pool. Here's the latest:
NEW MALOLO
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Chris Noble - Petals, Ed in Ohio, ChicMc
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
James Lim - TS14Fan, Krysta Gibson
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Libby Vincek - tbc, jennifer, Laurie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
NEW NAVITI
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Bradley Kleihege - SueGee, Nana in the NW, Auntie Leigh
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Stephanie Johnson - Brenda, Rbennie, Kristen from Ohio
Brendan Shapiro - Martha Light, Rochelle
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
TORCHLESS
Stephanie Gonzalez
Jacob Derwin
Morgan Ricke
Enjoy the show!
Just a word of warning -- right now my area is having a severe winter storm. Trees, power poles and power lines are down all around me. If I disappear from posting, I have not died and there's no need to contact the authorities. It just would mean I've lost my power.
That said ...
Drop your buffs tonight? On the second/third episode? (Since it was basically two episodes in the season premiere and we lost two castaways.) Really? We're going to have to see how this all goes down!
Standing with our usual practice of reassigning pool folks who lost their hopes and dreams on the first night, Lifeguard Laurie reassigned those who had Gonzalez and Jacob because both of them went. My pool dude Jacob was getting on my nerves anyway! Laurie rocks like that. So, here's the blog pool update:
Malolo
Brendan Shapiro - Martha Light, Rochelle
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
James Lim - TS14Fan, Krysta Gibson
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in Fl
Libby Vincek - tbc, jennifer, Laurie
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
Stephanie Johnson - Brenda, Rbennie, Kristen from Ohio
Naviti
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Bradley Kleihege - SueGee, Nana in the NW, Auntie Leigh
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Chris Noble - Petals, Ed in Ohio, ChicMc
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Morgan Ricke - Nickelpeed, Cheryl in NC
Sebastian Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
Torchless
Stephanie Gonzalez
Jacob Derwin
Survivor fans ready? Eighteen are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
As they return, James is so relieved not to have been voted out. But he still feels bad about doing so horribly at the challenge.
It's right to Immunity? Drop your buffs! Switching tribes! Jeff passes out covered buffs. No challenge just yet -- they're off to their new (for some) camps.
Purple is Naviti, Orange is Malolo.
I'm not going to get this new tribes down live.
The original members of the tribes are pretty much equally split with the old. There is only about a one person advantage with the splits.
Sebastian, now Malolo, sees four old Naviti tribe members with him. Brendan isn't thrilled with the swap and think the other tribe members from Naviti whine too much. Domenick and his nemesis Chris are on the same tribe together still. Heh. Chris is telling everyone that Domenick has an idol and they need to get him out. That might not be the best thing to do!
Stunning scenery! Stephanie also thinks the Naviti people are whiners. Stephanie and Jenna run off looking for an idol. On the other tribe the Old Malolo Four go searching for an idol. Michael finds James's original China Immunity Idol that he went home with in his pocket, along with a second idol. Now Michael has the chance to reverse the curse.
Libby and Morgan are bonding. Y'know ... it's really hard to keep up with who's whom after just the premiere show (although two hours) and now the tribe switching tonight! Gah. Of course, throw in there that I have trouble siting and my spine surgery is a week away ... GAH!
Now it's time for the Immunity Challenge -- race through ramp walls, dig up a tall ladder, someone has to go up the ladder, unravel rope, use rope to pull up to platform. puzzle. Reward is a tarp. Again, Ghost Island in effect.
Malolo wins Immunity rather easily. Oh, geez. They can't decide and now they want to draw rocks! Chris draws the white rock and will go to Ghost Island. There goes the chance for Domenick to get him out of the game.
On Ghost Island, Chris hopes they will still get rid of Dom. He drew a break of a No Game Today urn. He breaks down and cries. At least he's doing that away from his tribe!
Wendell and Angela talk. Angela wants Libby out. Now Wendell wants Angela out and new alignment with the former people. Now Dom is showing the fake idol and telling the others it's fake. And, of course, he's saying that's why Chris is after him. James is suspicious that Dom might have a real one. Now Morgan's name is being brought up as a target. These folks are all over the place.
Tribal Council time. This tribe is actually a four/four from their original tribes with Chris on Ghost Island. Jeff is asking his Probsting questions about the cohesiveness of the originals, ties and such.
The tally: No one plays an idol.
Libby, Angela, Angela, Angela, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Motgan
Morgan is voted out. What will she do with the Legacy Advantage? Wasn't she the one who had it?
Ah, she's willing it to Domenick and she hopes it's not a curse.
My power remained on for this, yay!
It's here! A season made up purely of Survivor superfans and delving into the ghosts of the mistakes made by previous castaways! As tonight's two hour long season premiere airs, I'll keep up with things the best I can live blogging. It's hard in the beginning until I get to know the cast, so please bear with me. Refresh this page to get the latest news!
Lifeguard Laurie is once again in charge of the blog pool and here are the random picks --
Naviti
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Bradley Kleihege - SueGee, Nana in the NW
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Chris Noble - Petals, Ed in Ohio, ChicMc
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Morgan Ricke - Nickelpeed, Cheryl in NC
Sebastian Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
Malolo
Brendan Shapiro - Martha Light, Rochelle
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Jacob Durwin - Auntie Leigh, Jackie
James Lim - TS14Fan, Krysta Gibson
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Laurel Johnson - Judi Sweeney, PDX Granny
Libby Vincek - tbc, jennifer, Laurie
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
Stephanie Gonzalez - Donna in FL, Kristen from Ohio
Stephanie Johnson - Brenda, Rbennie
Survivor fans ready?
The graveyard for bad decisions. The new bunch have to find the idols and other things to survive the mistakes of the past. Jeff tells them that one bad decision can haunt them forever. They will have the chance to reverse the curse of a previous bad decision. Right decision at the right time.
They must select one person to represent their tribe. Malolo -- chose Brendan. Naviti chose Chris.
Must pick the person best to do the physical part -- Michael and Lairel for Malolo. Sebastion and Desiree for Naviti.
Dig up keys, solve puzzle.
Less rice than any previous season, will have fishing kit. Winning tribe gets a shelter building kit, loser has fishing gear taken away. If the leader thinks the puzzle person isn't going to make it they can forfeit giving up eggs and flint.
Naviti forfeited. They keep their fishing gear. Malolo gets the shelter. Did Chris blow his game by calling the forfeit?
I realize I'm being quiet. They're all introducing themselves to each other as they get shelters together. Chris and Sebastian have bonded early as have Dohnathan and Laurel on the other tribe. Domenick, I think it is, has already rubbed people the wrong way with his construction direction -- Sebastian and Chris have him in their sights.
Jacob, worried that he'll be a target, makes himself a target by going off to search for an idol.
When Dom hears that Sebastian mentioned his name as a possible target, he automatically assumed it had something to do with Chris. Y'see, when Jeff asked the tribe at the challenge if Chris made a mistake by forfeiting it, Dom was the only one who said he did.
Time for the first Immunity Challenge -- racing over a net bridge, loosen ropes, pull sled, puzzle. Ghost Island is in play. Someone from the losing tribe will be sent there.
NAVITI wins Immunity! Plus they get a flint. Naviti gets to choose who from Malolo to Ghost Island -- they choose Jacob. He is also immune from being voted out at the first Tribal.
Jacob is at Ghost Island. Many original Survivor relics. He gets a clue to follow the fire. Game of Chance - a secret advantage or lose your vote. He gets a secret advantage -- Legacy Advamtage. Sierra made an error with it. Jacob can restore the power by willing it to a person on the other side. He tells us he will will it to Morgan and reverse the curse.
Dhonathan wants Gonzalez out and vice versa.
First Tribal Council. Time for Jeff and his Probsting questions to get them riled up. Hmm. Gonzalez gets up and whispers to one guy and whispers all around. Dhonathan isn't whispering and seems sure he's the target.
The tally:
Dhon, Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Gonzalez ...
Gonzalez is the first person voted out! Good. She was pushy and arrogant. She might be physically stronger than Dhonathan, but I like their decision.
Meanwhile, Dom goes looking for an idol in the dark. And ... he finds one! It's the idol Andrea was voted out with in her pocket. Can he reverse the curse?
Morgan received the Legacy Idol. She knows Sierra blew it by talking. Jacob makes a fake idol and hopes it can pass it off as found on Ghost Island.
Jacob returns to his tribe. He's surprised that Gonzalez is gone. He shows them his fake idol. He tells them he will play it at the next Tribal no matter what because he doesn't want to be "Idol Guy." He thinks they believe him. They don't -- they think they'll play along with him and vote him out. They aren't really sure, though.
Dom tried to make amends with Chris, but is leery. Dom decides to make a fake idol and put it with the note to get Chris's trust. He even promises to give him the (fake) idol if he needs it. Now Chris is leery and doesn't trust him.
Ohh .. no Reward Challenges. It's the Immunity Challenge. Water and shooting baskets. Reward is chairs, pillows, blankets and sending a loser tribe person to Ghost Island. Angela sits out.
James can't go under enough to release buoys. Dhonathan just sat there. Now he's trying. He got them!
NAVITI wins their second Immunity. They send Dhonathan to Ghost Island.
Dhonathan is on the island. He got a dud message smashing his urn. Back at camp, James tells them the loss is on him. But, of course, they still want Jacob out. Stephanie works on Jacob. What a fool! He trusts her and tells her the idol isn't real, plus he tells her the Legacy Advantage went to Morgan. Fool. He deserves to go home. Now she wants to work with him. Hmm. Jacob told her that he wants to target Michael. Hmm. Now they're talking flipping the vote. But Michael and Brendan are worried there might be a flip.
Tribal Council Number Two for the night. More whispering.
The tally:
Michael, James, Jacob, James, Jacob, Jacob, Jacob.
Jacob is gone.
Whoa -- drop your buffs next week?!?!
