I will try my best to at least post the major events of the show as it airs here on the East Coast. I still can't twist around or sit too long with the back surgery, thus the live blogging might not be as thorough as it could be. Refresh the page to get the latest!
We're in for the penultimate show of the season -- next Wednesday is the three-hour block of finale and reunion.
Lifeguard Laurie has updated the pool and here's where we stand going into tonight's episode ...
POOL
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
JURY
Chris Noble
Libby Vincek
Desiree Afuye
Jenna Bowman
Michael Yerger
Chelsea Townsend
Seven are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Kellyn is feeling the odd man out, although a woman. Donathan and Laurel are trying to think of their next move -- both know that Dom and Wendell need to go. Yet they're reluctant to take them out. Donathan talked to Kellyn about uniting to take out Wendell.
Reward has three teams of two rolling spools down elevated wooden sets -- racing up and down to retrieve, up to four spools going at once. Reward is delivering school supplies and fried chicken feast. One person
"Captains" choosing teammate --
Kellyn - Sebastian
Wendell - Dom
Donathan - Laurel
Angela not playing, cannot go to Reward or Ghost Island.
Now a fifth spool is added.
Sebastian/Kellyn out.
Then Donathan/Laurel
Wendell and Dom win! They can take one person to go with them. They choose Laurel. They send Sebastian to Ghost Island. The Laurel choice cements Donathan's desire to split up Wendell and Dom.
Sebastian (on Ghost Island) risks his vote to first get a key and then win an advantage. He won the "steal a vote" that Kellyn got earlier this season and he has an extra vote.
On Reward Wendell tells us they chose Laurel to make her feel more secure in their alliance. Laurel tells them she's with them for the final three ... then tells us she will cut their throats.
Back at camp, Donathan goes ahead with his "truth bombs." Wendell says that's a reason for him to go to jury. He admits the same to Dom. So now both Dom and Wendell think Donathan has gone rogue on them.
Immunity Challenge time is here. Race, retrieve planks, build bridge, cross it, tower, build ladder, climb it and solve a puzzle.
LAUREL wins! Wendell actually finished first. But since he didn't call Jeff over, it's Laurel. Angela never got beyond the first stage of the challenge.
Although Laurel had wanted to get Wendell out, she's guilt-ridden over the fact that Wendell really won the challenge get to her. She goes back to the Kellyn out plan. Wendell, Laurel and Dom go with her. Donathan acts freaky again and says they're targeting him.
Oh, geez. He sees some furtive movements between Dom and Wendell and goes totally unhinged. He goes to the girls about getting Dom out. Wendell isn't sure who's the biggest danger -- Kellyn or Donathan. Kellyn can win challenges, but Donathan is totally unpredictable.
Tribal Council -- they talk about the deterioration both mentally and physically. Dom mentions that Donathan may have changed gears. Donathan talks about trust and telling others what's happening. Dom/Wendell are sneaky talking about a hammock plan. Laurel seems confused. Kellyn thinks she's going. Donathan thinks he's going.
Donathan votes Dom. No others are shown.
The tally -- no one plays an idol.
Dom, Donathan, Kellyn, Kellyn, Donathan, Donathan, Kellyn
Re-vote for the tie-breaker:
Donathan, Kellyn, Kellyn, Kellyn
Donathan didn't sink his ship no matter how he tried. Kellyn is voted off.
I will try my best to at least post the major events of the show as it airs this week. I still can't twist around or sit too long with the back surgery, thus the live blogging might not be as thorough as it could be. Refresh the page to get the latest!
Lifeguard Laurie has updated the pool and here's where we stand going into tonight's episode ...
POOL
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
JURY
Chris Noble
Libby Vincek
Desiree Afuye
Jenna Bowman
Michael Yerger
Eight are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Kellyn, feeling cornered by the others, admits she had the extra vote and threw both votes to Laurel at the last Tribal Council.
Reward Challenge - spa with ribs, chicken, burgers, ice cream ... and a loved one. (Schmaltz time!) Gag me now, please. They've been apart a whole month.
They have to race through obstacles, unknot sandbags, more obstacles, toss sandbags at a target.
Sebastian wins! He chooses Dom to go with him. Then he picks Wendell. One more -- Donathan!
He also has to choose someone to go to Ghost Island for an automatic advantage. He can choose himself. Wendell gives up the love time with Dad to get the advantage.
Wendell's advantage is the one Malcolm had -- if he drops the ball in the challenge, he gets another shot at it. Malcolm dropped the ball twice, thus blowing his advantage.
Dom wants to talk business with his boys at the lunch. Donathan is a bit leery. He thinks he needs to take out a bigger target if he can. But he wasted his idol last Tribal.
The girls think they can pull in Donathan and break up Dom/Wendell. Laurel knows both Dom and Wendell each have an idol. She's definitely thinking of going with the girls ... keyword: thinking. We'll see.
Immunity Challenge time -- as we had hints earlier, balancing a ball on a sectioned cylinder. Wendell has to read his advantage to the rest.
Kellyn first out. Next round has a fourth section added. Angela off, Wendell dropped but can go again. Wendell now out with a second drop. Final round with a fifth section added. Sebastian out. Laurel out. Chelsea out. Dom and Donathan left up.
Domenick wins Immunity!
Wendell is feeling secure. Dom and Wendell want to target Chelsea. Kellyn wants Wendell out. They want to pull Donathan in. They talk to him. Donathan agrees he's down with the girls. We'll see. They think it must be a blindside.
Laurel is sending out bad vibes but not telling Wendell. He's suspicious. She and Donathan talk. They do think it might be time. But they're both a bit leery of taking the jump and voting out their ally Wendell.
Tribal. Uh-oh. Donathan says that there is an opening for either him or Laurel. All seem worried. Then he says that both the girls and the guys have come to him. Jeff's questions get them all wondering even more. And, then it's time to vote.
The tally -- Wendell does NOT play his idol.
Wendell, Chelsea, Wendell, Chelsea, Wendell, Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea
They did NOT make the move and now Chelsea's gone.
I will try my best to at least post the major events of the show as it airs this week. I still can't twist around or sit too long with the back surgery, thus the live blogging might not be as thorough as it could be.
Tonight we will see two castaways get their torches snuffed. Since it's not a double episode (listed as 61 minutes), this should be interesting!
Lifeguard Laurie has updated the pool and here's where we stand going into tonight's episode ...
POOL
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
JURY
Chris Noble
Libby Vincek
Desiree Afuye
Ten are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Uh-oh, Laurel is feeling safe because she saved the others from Desiree last week. You know how things are when someone feels safe in the game! Sure enough, Kellyn is a bit suspicious.
Wendell and Dom are still doing their male bonding thing. Dom is willing to take the risk of cutting off Wendell when the time is right. He wants to find an idol. He finds the fake idol from S33. Jay got voted off using it. It's not a real idol. It has a curse -- Dom has to fool another player into thinking it's real. He's pondering how to use it.
No Reward, right to Immunity. Pull up on a bar clamping a ball between two sets of jaws. Twist announced that two people will win Immunity and two separate Tribal Councils with two people out. Orange and Purple temporary tribes. Absolute last standing has their tribal last so they know who went home from the first one.
Orange -- Michael, Laurel, Domenick, Wendell, Kellyn
Purple -- Chelsea, Donathan, Angela, Sebastian, Jenna
Kellyn first out. Michael out. Donathan out. Laurel out. Sebastian, then Jenna out. Angela out. Chelsea wins individual immunity!
It's Domenick versus Wendell. They're trash-talking each other.
Wendell, though weakened, throws it to Dom. (He probably wouldn't have lasted.) Dom wins!
Dom thinks getting rid of Michael shouldn't be an issue. Michael knows he's the target. He asks Donathan to borrow his idol just to show the others. Donathan doesn't want anyone on his tribe to know he has the idol. Michael wants to convince the others he has an idol even though Donathan doesn't loan him it. He tells Kellyn he has one. She tells Dom. He doesn't believe it and still plans to vote Michael.
Kellyn thinks she should vote for Laurel. She goes to Wendell. Now Wendell thinks they need a plan. He tells Laurel that she might have to vote Kellyn. Ah, the chaos begins. Kellyn is planning to use her advantage and cast an extra vote on Laurel. Oh my.
On the other tribe, Sebastian and company plan on voting for Jenna while telling her they're voting Donathan. They don't want Donathan using his idol. Uh-oh, he's thinking of saving Jenna! He's also worried about Laurel on the other tribe. Jenna is planning on using him and voting for him. Poor innocent Donathan!
Tribal Council #1. Three Naviti, two Malolo. Jenna says she's sure she's going home and is ready for the vote. It's short, not overly sweet and goes right into the vote.
The tally -- Donathan plays his idol -- he has his Super Idol. He plays it for himself, thank goodness.
The tally -- Donathan, Sebastian, Jenna, Jenna, Jenna
Jenna is out! She gets to sit with the jury so the next tribe knows she's been voted out.
Tribal Council #2. Once again with this team, Naviti has the voting numbers. Dom says he doesn't believe Michael has the idol. Yikes -- Dom whispers to Wendell. Now Kellyn is nervous. Laurel says she thinks she (Laurel) is the target now. Time to vote.
The tally -- remember Kellyn's advantage. No idols played.
Kellyn, Wendell, Laurel, Michael, Michael, Laurel
Re-vote -- Laurel and Michael can't vote.
Re-tally -- Michael, Michael.
He tried his best, but he's gone.
I will try my best to at least post the major events of the show as it airs this week. I still can't twist around or sit too long with the back surgery, thus the live blogging might not be as thorough as it could be.
The ever vigilant Lifeguard Laurie has updated the pool and here's where we stand going into tonight's episode ...
POOL
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
JURY
Chris Noble
Libby Vincek
Eleven are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Food is scarce. What did they expect? Desiree is ready to cast herself off the Naviti bandwagon. She believes she was on the bottom with them. Does she expect anything different from Malolo? Hmm.
Reward Challenge -- two teams of five, rescue members of their teams, locks, puzzle. The reward is a flight and picnic. Winning team will send someone from the losing team to Ghost Island. Schoolyard pick. One won't play. Donathan didn't get picked.
Sebastian, Jenna, Kellyn, Michael and Chelsea win Reward!
Angela, in a rock draw, goes to Ghost Island.
Michael tries to work his way into the group. They aren't really encouraging back at him.
Meanwhile, at Ghost Island follows the fire to get to a game of chance where she can risk her vote to play. She knows she's the majority voting block, so risks it. Oops. No vote.
Laurel tells Dominick that some of the Naviti girls want to flip and take out the "big" players. Kellyn is in shock that Desiree would be working against her. She thinks someone is trying to take the target off of Michael.
Michael thinks he needs an idol to stay alive. Donathan goes with him. Michael isn't thrilled about that. Donathan finds one half of the super idol (Tai) and a clue that the other half is under the flooring at the camp. He tells and uses Michael and Laurel to get the other part.
Time for the Immunity Challenge. Balance a ball on a disc balanced on two ropes. Last one remaining in it wins it. Wendell, Jenna and Desiree out. Laurel out. Angela out. All in less than a minute into the challenge. Donathan out. Dom out -- two minutes in. Michael out. Kellyn out. It's down to Chelsea and Sebastian.
Chelsea wins Immunity!
Desiree still wants Kellyn out. She's furious that Laurel told Dom that she's after Kellyn. She thinks it's back to getting rid of Michael.
Now we have a kerfuffle going on between Desiree and Laurel. Now Dom is suspicious of Desiree. She just might have painted a target on her own back with her scheming. Desiree is denying her betrayal in a talk with Kellyn. Kellyn still thinks Naviti needs to remain strong for now.
Tribal Council time! Donathan brings up the Desiree/Laurel kerfuffle. A kerfuffle ensues.
The tally -- no one plays an idol.
Desiree, Desiree, Desiree, Desiree, Michael, Michael, Desiree, Desiree.
Desiree is out. She did it to herself.
Next week two will be voted out.
I will try my best to at least post the major events of the show as it airs this week. I still can't twist around or sit too long with the back surgery, thus the live blogging might not be as thorough as it could be.
Lifeguard Laurie was relieved that the merge finally came and they stopped shuffling the castaways into different tribes! Here's the latest blog pool standings --
POOL
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Libby Vincek - tbc, jennifer, Laurie
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
JURY
Chris Noble
Who wants to eat icky food? Well, go ahead. I'll watch.
Twelve are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Libby is a bit worried because she's received votes three Tribals in a row. Dom is thrilled that Chris is gone. Wendell wants to stick with Dom, Donathan and Laurel hoping it's a core group. He tells Laurel that Dom indeed has a real idol, trying to make sure the loyalty is there. He also tells her that he himself has an idol. All of this makes her a bit more leery of him as he's been keeping secrets. She thinks Dom and Wendell might have too much power.
Reward Challenge -- Two teams of six. An afternoon at the Survivor Taco Bar. Schoolyard pick. Balance beams across platforms, race across beach, catapult at targets. Wendell, Donathan, Laurel, Angela, Chelsea and Libby win Reward. They draw rocks and Jenna goes to Ghost Island.
Chelsea ended up with a "No Game For You" scroll. She is quite disappointed.
Uh-oh. Wendell found out that Michael's been tossing his name around. New target drawn on his back!
Time for the Immunity Challenge. It's the food eating competition. Always lovely to watch! Fish eyes first! First three of six to get both eyes down move on to the next round. Michael, Desiree and Laurel move on. Angela, Sebastian and Dom move on in the next group.
Beetle larva (live, of course) is next. Michael, Sebastion and Laurel move on.
Some kind of icky sea "squab?" Michael is moving on! Angela is moving on.
Mother of Pearl meat and lots of it. ANGELA WINS IMMUNITY!
Michael wants Wendell out. Angela wants Michael out. The original Naviti think they should get Michael out. They want to get Laurel in with them. The original Naviti/Malolo tribes seem to be sticking together quite well. Libby is willing to vote for Michael but now she's worried her name will still be in there.
Tribal Council time. Lots of Probsting questions, little drama. It's time to vote.
The tally ... Michael plays his idol!
Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael, Wendell, Libby, Libby, Libby.
Libby is out.
I will try my best to at least post the major events of the show as it airs this week. I still can't twist around or sit too long with the back surgery. I overdid things a bit today with physical therapy and some errands I had to run.
They've been changing up the tribes much too often this season. Thankfully, they're promising the merge on promos for tonight. Lifeguard Laurie's been keeping up with it all. Here's the latest blog pool standings --
NAVITI (purple)
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Libby Vincek - tbc, jennifer, Laurie
MALOLO (orange)
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
YANUYA (green)
Chris Noble - Petals, Ed in Ohio, ChicMc
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
TORCHLESS
Stephanie Gonzalez
Jacob Derwin
Morgan Ricke
Brendan Shapiro
Stephanie Johnson
James Lim
Bradley Kleihege
Let's get this show on the road!
Thirteen are left. Who will be voted out tonight? The tribes got word the merge was on. They all meet up and have the traditional merge feast.
Chris's new buff holds a clue that he needs to sneak out of camp on a boat at night to get an idol at Ghost Island. It was random that he happened to get it in his buff. Will he be able to get away with the trip?
Dom and Wendell try to get Chris on their side. How'd it work out? Now they plan on targeting Chris because he won't commit to working with them.
Okay, Chris is starting to sneak away. He seems to make it to Ghost Island without drawing attention. He gets JT's idol from Game Changers -- JT left the idol back at camp and got blindsided. It's now only good at the next Tribal Council. Hmm. Now he can gamble to extend it, but he might lose his vote at the next Tribal. He extends it one week and then gets the No Vote. Now he has to sneak back in.
He doesn't get caught. But Dom notices he's sleeping a lot and doesn't like it.
Now a lot of talk about bringing out Dom's idol. The fake one? Both Chris and even more so, Dom, are putting targets on their backs.
The first individual Immunity has them standing on beams balancing a pole on their heads that has a statue on it. They're falling out like flies. Jenna, Donathan, Desiree and Andrea are out. When they move further, Sebastian out. Move further on the beam, Dom out, Michael out, Chris out, Laurel out, Wendell out.
Kellyn, Chelsea and Libby are remaining.
Chelsea out. Libby out. Kellyn wins the first individual Immunity!
Chris talks to everyone except Dom and Wendell about splitting the vote between Dom and Wendell to bring out Dom's idol.
Meanwhile, Dom and Wendell know Chris is probably skunking them and want Chris out. Wendell tells Dom he has an idol and is willing to use it. They go around talking to everyone except Chris.
Desiree wants to use her group of four to get out Libby while everyone else is focused on Dom, Wendell and Chris.
In Tribal, Dom parades out his fake idol (claiming it's real) and goes on his soapbox about Chris. Now Wendell interrupts Chris's rebuttal. It's a showdown! Chris and Dom shine up the targets on their backs quite nicely. Wendell and Dom vote Chris.
The tally ... wait, Dom gets up. He plays his Legacy Advantage. He saves himself with that.
Chris, Chris, Libby, Libby, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris.
Going home with an idol in his pocket. The curse remains.
I will try my best to at least post the major events of the show as it airs this week. I still can't twist around or sit too long with the back surgery. We're having severe winds and some power outages in the area. If I vanish, I'm not dead ... just lost my power.
They've been changing up the tribes much too often this season. Thankfully, Lifeguard Laurie's been keeping up with it all. Here's the latest blog pool standings --
NAVITI (purple)
Bradley Kleihege - SueGee, Nana in the NW, Auntie Leigh
Chelsea Townsend - David, Merrilee
Domenick Abbate - Donna in Alabama, Janice
Donathan Hurley - Becky, Terry is a Texan!
Libby Vincek - tbc, jennifer, Laurie
MALOLO (orange)
Angela Perkins - monty924, Karen JC
Desiree Afuye - Bizarro22, Karen in California
Kellyn Bechtold - Glenn Allen, Margo, Delee
Michael Yerger - Sharon N., Tammy
YANUYA (green)
Chris Noble - Petals, Ed in Ohio, ChicMc
Jenna Bowman - Brian, Judi Sweeney
Laurel Johnson - PDX Granny, Donna in FL
Sebastion Noel - Indiana Jane, Shannon, Jackie
Wendell Holland - Skyriverblue, Jennasmom
TORCHLESS
Stephanie Gonzalez
Jacob Derwin
Morgan Ricke
Brendan Shapiro
Stephanie Johnson
James Lim
Okay ... on with the show!
Michael remains on the outside in his new little tribe. So, he thinks he needs to find an idol. He finds Ozzy's fake idol which has now "grown into a real hidden idol.
Reward Challenge - pull on rope supporting disk, spelling Reward in blocks on the disk. First tribe wins steak and chicken kabobs, second wins not as lavish chicken tribe. Since there are now three tribes, the two winning tribes pick someone to go to Ghost Island.
NAVITI wins 1st place! Malolo takes second.
They decide to send Kellyn to Ghost Island. She wins an advantage there. She won the one that Mikayla didn't notice and was used to vote her out. Kellyn's advantage with it is to get another vote in Tribal.
It looks like Bradley's personality is gonna kill him when it comes their time for Tribal. Wendell finds a clue to an idol. And, then the idol itself. Immunity necklace that Erik gave to Natalie. It has grown into a hidden immunity idol on Ghost Island.
On Malolo, they decide to burn the tribe banner in hopes of reversing the curse.
And it's then time for the Immunity Challenge. Diving. retrieving rings, ring toss.
Yanuya wins first place and finally Malolo wins second and won't go to Tribal.
Bradley has been talked about as a target. Libby seems to be a target. Dominick is torn between the two. I'm just glad that Dhonathan's name isn't being tossed around. The kid is growing on me.
Tribal Council time. Hopefully Bradley will talk too much and go away. He can be obnoxious.
The tally --
Libby, Bradley, Bradley, Bradley ...
Woot! Bradley is out!
The merge will go down next week.
