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Day 37: Brett immune & Jaison Voted off (4-1)

This episode started off just like I’d expect it to: The four Foa-Foa members want to vote off Brett, and feel they can, and have the odds stacked up againts Brett. Then, Russell tells Natalie she’s going if Brett wins immunity, just to keep the stronger guys in to beat Brett. Natalie seemed disappointed, and says to Russell she wants to keep her loyalty to him. So, st this immunity challenge, the survivors had to go through a course to retrieve a bag of puzzle pieces and put the puzzle together. The first to finish the puzzle would win. It was close between Mick and Brett, and it ended up to be Brett who won, meaning a former Foa-Foa member would have to send someone home. Back at camp, Russell decides to target Jaison and Mick, instead of Natalie. Russell tells Mick and Jaison who to vote for, and at Tribal Council, it was Jaison who got the votes, and he was voted off.

Day 38: Russell Immune & Brett Voted Off  (3-1)

The Survivors woke up to do the rights of passage, where they remember the sixteen Survivors voted off or in this case, medically evacuated. This is usually nothing special, but they’ve done this in just about every season. Then, it became time to the final immunity challenge. In this challenge, the survivors had to balance a statue on a pole that gets bigger as they go for as long as possible. The last one standing would win. After a little while, it was Mick, following  shortly after that, Natalie, who let go, making the challenge between Russeell and Brett. It was Brett who fell, and Russell won immunity. At the camp, Russell wonders if he’d end up switching the vote, keeping a stronger ompetitior in the game, and get Mick, a weaker competitor out. So, at tribal council, it was Brett who voted for Mick, but the other three stuck together, and Brett was voted off. Natalie, Mick, and Russell have became the official final three of this season.

    Day 39-Final Tribal Council: Natalie Wins, Russell takes Second, Mick takes third (7-2-0)

Natalie, Russell, and Mick head off to the final tribal council where these jurors disappoint me; they were lame in their questions. Jaison asked them who they were, and if they didn’t say who they were, he’d expose that for him. Shambo ripped Natalie and Mick, saying they were too horrible, and clearly stated she’s voting for Russell. Laura talks to Russell about making her leave, in which Rusell says to Laura she’d be up here, if she didn’t leave at that time. Brett’s question to Mick was creepy, he was talking about what they’d do on a “bro-date”, which probably had nothing to do with the game. I think about five or six of these jurors skipped out on asking all three jurors aquestion, they went to just one or two people. Erik was my favorite juror, who made a rather surprising plea. He says Natalie played the better game, as an honest, loyal person, where Russell was just cocky and arrogant the entire time. Erik clerly must have forgoten how Foa-Foa felt at tribal council when Russell S. was medically evacuated. So, in Los Angeles, the winner was revealed. Natalie was the winner with seven votes, recieving a vote from everyone except Shambo and John, who voted for Russell.

I think Natalie winning was a bit of a shock to me, I expected Natalie to just be underestinated by jurors, but apparently that was Mick who had that on him. Sometimes it’s always nice, but very ironic to see the “loyal one” win Survivor. You should’ve seen Russell at the finale/reunion, he was a lousy show off and a sore loser the entire time, and I think I’ve lost respect for him, until season twenty that is. Just like I reported earlier, there is a next season which will be called Heroes vs. Villains (I’m calling it Survivor HVV, for my blogs) that features the best nice players of honor and integrity, heroes play against the best decieptive, backstabbing villains. We’ll just have to see how this turns out, and see if this experiment was worth watching. I’m pretty sure most of my favourites there come from the heroes tribe, for sure. I’ve got one more post (my seasons & winners rankings) until I see you guys next year, as I will be blogging American Idol 9, Survivor: HVV, and The Amazing Race 16 this winter. Enjoy the new Survivor 20 logo.

This Survivor episode started with Brett reciting Bible verses to Natalie, who was very impressed by this. Natalie says that she likes how her and Brett share being Christian in common. Brett, who is the last of Loyal Galu, says he knows they’ll all want him out because all of his former allies are in the jury, which is true. Russell tells us that his next target is Brett, simple because Brett has potential to win this game. At the reward challenge, they divided into teams: Mick, Natalie, and Brett were the first team, Natalie picked, in which she picked Brett, clearly because she wanted to pray during this challenge, in which when the challenge actually begun, she did end up praying with Brett, hoping she’d win this reward. However, in this challenge they had to pull strings, hoping to not release coconuts. The first team to release 100 coconuts loses. Natalie’s prayer didn’t work, the reward went to Shambo, Russell, and Jaison. Apparently God has better plans for Natalie, Brett, and Mick, such as a day at camp.

Russell, Shambo, and Jaison went on this reward, which was a meal with locals. By the way, neither Shambo, Russell, nor Jaison could dance, not even with Samoans. Russell says the food will “pump him up” for the next challenge. while Brett and Mick will starve. Jaison talks about this reward was the best day, since apparentlyall of the other 33 other days were crappy for him. Shambo and Jaison ended up having been worried, and confused as to why Natalie picked Brett first in the challenge. Russell tells the cameras that he insists Natalie is with him, and not Brett or anyone else. If Natalie was so into being with Russell, then why she picked Brett for the challenge was something I don’t know. Back at camp, Natalie, Brett, and Mick decided to follow Brett’s idea and pick snails and have dinner by the beach, and just forget about the game.

At the immunity challenge, the survivors had to count various objects, and place the number on a staation, where the numbers would come out to a combonation they’ll need to solve first in order to win immunity. During this challenge, Jaison was the first to finish, but had his combination wrong, and had to recount. So, it was between Brett and Mick, in which it was Brett who won, and was spared making himself win the first ticket to the finale. So, it was time for heading back to camp, where Jaison gets Shambo targeted, simply because Jaison knows him and Mick can easily beat Brett in challenges better than the others. Shambo is told by Russell that Mick is leaving. In which, we hear Russell talk about voting for Mick, simple because he’s likeable, or voting for Shambo, because Mick/Jaison could be reliable for beating Brett in immunity. So, at tribal council, it was Shambo who was voted off, proving that Foa-Foa can remain a loyal four, and showing that turning on your tribe only works if you have more than one motive, not just Laura or Dave.

Shambo leaving was amazing, because I never liked how she was playing the game. It looks like this game could be won by Russell or Brett, then Jaison. Unless those jurors are extremely upset over Russell not really being a firefighting  Hurricane Katrina victim who lost his dog. I kind of want Russell to make the final three, just to see what BS he can tell the jury, and what attitude the jury gives to him. It’s too obvious to viewers, as most viewers would know who’d win if Brett is  there, he’ll win. So, I think the editors are trying to just put that on us, and make people think Brett will win, but I still think it’s too obvious. Russell will only win if the jurorsare in a good mood, and that’s not what I predict. I feel Jiason would win if Brett/Russell are both out the door. One more thing, Russell not playing his idol on the last day you can play it, just goes to show how arrogant and cocky he’s been, and that turns me off. The finale is Sunday, so my finale blog/ and rankings should be up Monday.

Survivor ended up voting two people out last night, spliting the episode into two immunity challenges, and two tribal councils where two people were voted off. During this episode we were promised that Russell would pull “his boldest move ever” at Tribal Council. More explained as we go along. So, it’s night 30, and we see that Shambo is truely shocked that John was voted off, instead of Dave, what her “vision” said last episode. Russell lies, and tells Shambo it was John who was trying to target Shambo. Umm, if Shambo was John’s target, than how can Russell who thinks he’s a genius explain John voting for Mick and not Shambo? Anyways, it’s Day thirty one and we see Jaison, Monica, and Brett talking about Russell posibly being a jury threat, due to the way he’s played the game. OK, we see that these other people are aware of the puppet master, but aren’t doing anything yet. Then, Jaison tells Monica and Brett that Russell is actually a self mde millionaire, making an atempt to shake things up.

It’s an immunity challenge, and during the immunity challenge, it was simply a traditional game of bowling. Each Survivor had to face someone head to head in a two shot round. If they knock over more pins, they advance. The final round was between Shambo and Jaison. After Shambo missed both of her two shots, Jaison managed to hit two pins, and it was enough for Jiason to take another immunity win. At Camp, Shambo is still dead set on taking Dave out, continuing to play the game personal and delusionally. However, Russell begins scheming, again, as usual, and says that Davehas a lower shot of winning than Shambo, and wants to consider taking Shambo out. So, at tribal council, Dave and Shambo clearly voted for each other, but all the others voted for Dave, and Dave was the eleventh person voted off, and Shambo’s vision was delayed, but true.

It’s the next visible day, and Russell begins telling everyone and taking about Brett being the next biggest threat. Considering that Brett has all his Galu tribe members and has no negative vibes from those Galu jurors, him as a jury threat is clearly logic to say. So, it was time for the next immunity challenge, in which they had to swim out and receive bags, then launch them on a calipult into a basket. It was clearly a close race between Brett and Mick, and it was Brett who won, foiling the plans of Russell, as he was left to not vote for Brett. Back at Camp, Monica confronts Rusell about being a self made millionaire. Great job Russell, you tell one person something, and now you know everyone knows it. You have nobody to blame but yourself, congratulations. Russell gets upset that he made a mistake telling these people his secret, and storms around camp, upset and outraged, out to find out who told Monica this. The fingers are pointed to Jaison, who says Monica is stirring up stuff because she’s trying to stick around.

At Tribal council, Monica begins telling Russell like it is, and Russell pulls out his idol. Not to play it, but to just simply wear it, and let everyone knows he has it. Sure, that’s a “bold move”, I mean, we all saw Yul of season thirteen show everyone the idol. Not at tribal council, but at an auction, but still, Russell was just being like what Monica said at Tribal Council, “humble”. At tribal council’s vote, it was Russell who took two votes (From Monica, Brett) and Monica who took five votes, and she was voted off. Clearly she wasn’t the one who told everyone Russell was a millionaire, Jiason did that trick, and Russell was just dumb to believe Jaison. I truly feel Jaison will be the only one bold enough to take Russell down, if Russell is taken down. Mick and Natalie seem too scared to take him down now, and Brett has no numbers, and Shambo won’t turn on Russell.

Since this is the near end of the game, with just two episodes left, I want to give a complete analysis of what the jurors could do, and where I believe the current final six stand with the jury:

The present Jurors and their potential views:

Erik-Could vote for either Shambo or Brett, who were most loyal to him, or Russell, as he isn’t likely to be an extremely bitter juror. I don’t see him voting for Mick, Jaison, or Natalie, unless he has to. If anyone becomes a swing vote in the jury, it’s him, hands down.

Kelly-I think she’s pulling for Brett, and obviously not Russell or Shambo. Will possibly vote for either Jiason, Natalie, or Mick next, if Brett is out.

Laura-Will not vote for Russell or Shambo, and is clearly pulling for Brett all the way. Will vote for Natalie, Jaison, or Mick is one of them is there.

John-Is likely pulling for Shambo, then Brett. I don’t see him voting for Russell, and could vote for Mick, Natalie, Jaison, if Bret and Shambo are absent from the final three.

Dave-Will not vote for Shambo or Russell, and will pull for Brett. Will only vote for Natalie, Mick, or Jaison if it’s the only option.

Monica-Will not vote for Shambo or Russell, and is pulling for Brett. Will only vote for Natalie, Mick, or Jaison is necessary.

The final six, and their chances of winning is a specific order:

Brett- He will get a vote from Kelly, Laura, Dave, and Monica hands down. Erik may vote for him, depending on what the circumstance is, and who’s there, and how well the finalists present themselves. He could get John’s vote, if Shambo is absent from the final three. He will only get to the final three by two shots: winning the next three immunities, which could happen, I wouldn’t be surprised if that happened, or the Foa-Foa members use him as a pawn to turn on each other, and he slides to the final three, or perhaps a combo of the two scenarios. He would be considered in my books, a Jenna Morasca type winner. Used as a pawn, could potentially win immunity  in order to stick around, and recieve a landslide amount of votes from the jury.

Jaison- He isn’t in Russell’s final three plans, so what he needs to do is get him, Mick, and Natalie to the final three, and execute that plan. I only see him winning if he is somehow gets bitter juror votes. If Brett, say, is the next to go, he’ll likely, and this was in the previews, take Shambo/Russell to the final three, and could get votes, considering some jurors will never vote for Shambo or Russell (Laura, Kelly, Dave, & Monica). Or Jaison could be thinking Russell/Shambo are more dangerous, and execute a plan to boot them 5th & 4th, and could still win. I sense Jaison is the potential swing vote at final five, if Brett’s next.

Natalie- If Russell has his current way, and we see him, Shambo, and Natalie in the final three, I can see  Natalie winning this way and this way pretty much only. Laura, Kelly, Dave, and Monica were betrayed when Shambo turned on Galu, and clearly don’t like Russell, and have no interest in seeing Russell win. If Russell has his final three plans go into action, Natalie could be the benefit from this.

Mick- He will only get to the final three by winning immunities, and could only beat out Russell and Shambo, if he’s in the final three with them. I can tell he’s Russell’s alternate target is Brett gets immunity, or perhaps, he gets cut loose for being caught targeting Russell. He’s not in Russell’s final three plans, and would easily lose to Jaison or Natalie, if he went to the final three with them. I don’t see a Mick/Shambo/Russell combo, right now.

Shambo- Will get a vote from Erik and John, and probably just those two. I don’t see any other vote for her, right now. Two won’t be enough votes for her, and Monica, Kelly, Laura, and Dave could be last on  their lists for her to win.

Russell- I can only see him recieving a vote from Erik, and if Brett isn’t blindsided, maybe Brett. I clearly see that if he betrayed Mick and Jaison, they’ll be way to bitter.

Here are what I feel are the most Likely Final three outcomes and how things could turn out:

Russell/Natalie/Shambo – If Russell has his final three plans executed epically, this should be the outcome I predict. Shambo would get 2 votes (Erik, John), Natalie has an easy four votes (Kelly, Laura, Dave, Monica). It wouldn’t matter what Brett, Jaison, or Mick did, but they’d porbably vote for Natalie anyways. Natalie could win with at least a 2-3-4 vote, or a 2-7-0 vote. Mick and Jaison will hold a huge grudge if Russell turns on them, I can easily see that.

Brett/Any 2 – If Brett gets to the final two, withany of the other two of the other five, simply by winning the last three immunities, he’s already got five votes, four of them already set in stone, with Erik who could go either way. He’s got Kelly, Laura, Dave, Monica, and could get Erik’s vote to call it a deal.

Russell/Shambo/Jaison – In the event Natalie became a loose cannon, and Russell had to let her go, this is potentially Russell’s next dream final three. In this event, I can see the same four Anti-Shambo/Anti-Russell four (Kelly, Laura, Dave, Monica) voting for Jaison. Mick and Natalie would be just as bitter that Russell didn’t take them to the end, and Brett would likely follow with this, too. I see Shambo getting Erik/John to vote for her, dead set in stone. If this combo occurs, it’ll likely end in a 2-7-0 vote, Jaison’s favour.

Jaison/Natalie/Mick – If Foa-Foa and Shambo take out the last target, Brett, and these guys go to the finale, I see Jaison will easily try to weasel himself as a swing vote, and make the decision to take Natalie/Mick or Russell/Shambo to the final three. If he takes Natalie and Mick there (and I think it’s less likely), I see the jurors being less present jurors actually voting for the better player, if Jaison executes this final three, he will get the votes from the present jury plus Brett’s vote, simply  only losing a vote from Russell/Shambo, or maybe Russell could admit defeat and vote for Jaison. If this final three occures, I can expect to see Jaison winning with at least seven votes (first six jurors, Brett), With Russell/Shambo going either of the three ways.

This episode started off with Shambo talking about how great it was to see Laura voted off, in which she should be thanking John, he’s the one who made that happen, not necessarily her. Then, next, the survivors wake up with tree mail, and they get money, all of them assuming next is an auction. At the auction, we see Natalie buy a peanut butter sandwich, and a nice shower, Shambo buys Sea Noodles, Mick spends all his money on a hamburger with fries & beer, Jaison buys an advantage to the next immunity challenge with his entire $500, and John buys a clue to the hidden immunity idol, and someone bought apple pie, but I forgot who, I think it was either Dave or John.

Back at the camp, John goes searching for the next Hidden Immunity Idol, where after he claims he can’t find it, he assumes that Russell has the next idol. Meanwhile, they have decided to cook Shambo’s friends and allies, the chickens. When Shambo was cooking, Dave commented on how she should cook the chickens, in which this got Shambo really ticked off. At night, Shambo was sleeping in which she’s claims she sees a vision that Dave was being voted off. That, to me, sounds pathetic and delusional. I thought I was watching Survivor, not another TV Show, Medium. So, Shambo tells Russell she wants Dave out next. Russell approves, even though he knows Shambo is just playing with her emotions, and not her brain.

At the immunity challenge, the survivors had to hold onto a log, weighing the same as them, for as long as possible. It was Jaison who used his advantage good enough to win this challenge, so he won immunity. Back at camp, Russell talks to John about voting Mick off, until Russell tells John he has the idol, then Russell says it should be John who goes, to keep his idol a mystery. Russell talks to Dave to insure he can get the votes to take John out, and Dave says he can. At Tribal Council, Jeff Probst owns Shambo, when Shambo says there was no strategies done today, in which Jeff Probst says that can’t be possible. Things at tribal council went according to plan, for Russell, and Mick and Dave got one vote, but John got the other seven, and he was voted off, becoming the fourth blindside in a row.

I’m so happy that John got the boot, especially after he screwed over Laura, maybe he should’ve listened to Monica and take the four votes, instead of the surprise seven votes. I also feel very satisfied that Shambo was taken for a loop, and was betrayed. I hope it just goes to show her. I really wish Brett was in the show more, but he’s just so nowhere, and that has to suck. I really hope that Natalie, Jaison, and Mick pull through and become the final three. Also, props to Dave for outwitting Shambo. I don’t expect Shambo to go back to Galu, I mean, just look, they’ve all scrwed her, she just might as well accept eighth place. I also give props to Russell for executing John’s departure and the betrayal to Shambo, I mean, if Shambo had a logic reason to vote for Dave other than something personal, she might have got Dave out. Other than that, I really hope Shambo’s next and Natalie/Mick/Jaison take final three.

Love: Natalie, Jaison, Mick

Like: Brett, Dave

Neutral: Monica

Meh: Russell

Dislike: Shambo

In this special episode of Survivor: Samoa, they aired a “Closer Look” episode, literally giving us a closer look into the game. They didn’t vote anybody new off, and gave us a whole lot of new, interesting stuff to watch. This recap, however, to say the least, was the best episode so far this season. Here is some of the most remembered moments from this episode:

- Erik begins to make close ties with Russell S., with Russell as the leader, he feels he can be “second in command” or something like that. That’s actually a good strategy, to make good ties with the leader. Erik was a smart player, I wish he was still in the game.

- Russell H. was seen cuddling with Ashley on the first night. Yes, Russell is married and Ashley has a boyfriend, but their cuddling would’ve been beter than seeing Russell cuddle up with Ben. Russell and Ashley were cuddling like they were married to each other, however.

- Next, we see that Russell talks about not wanting to share food with the other camp members. He has his own papaya tree where he claims only he can eat at. He says he has no intention of feeding anyone else, as they aren’t his kids, and he’s not their dad. That’s what you call greedy. You’re not a family, but you’re a team. You can help you team out, that’s what a team is for, Russell, you idiot.

- After the second immunity challenge, we see that there was more than just Ben getting kicked out. We saw that Jaison was upset over being tackled by John. Does Jiason not realize this is a game where the producers were not clear on tackling rules, leting anything and everything happen. So, Jaison interrupted Jeff Probst talking, and makes a statement, telling John he’s coming after him. That’s never a good move to tell someone you’re after them, and that’s just more proof that Jaison takes things a bit more person than he should be. I can give condolences to what Jaison went through about his father, but this is a game, not real life.

- Next, back on Foa-Foa, we see that Russell did tell someone he’s a millionaire, he told Mick. That is a good way to earn tribal trust, but like Mick said, it could be used against him in the final two, or three.

- Next, we see Erik and a new rival: the emancipated chicken who was let out by Shambo. Erik decided to set up a trap for it, and later while Erik is away from camp, that chicken falls for the trap, and Shambo lets the trap go, capturing the chicken. Only late at night, we find Russell goign out and freeing the chicken, hoping to cause tension between camp life. I just wonder if Russell would let go of that chicken, if he had been the one to catch it.

- Next, we see that Dave was really pulling a dumb, pointless blunder by telling Shambo that she’s safe with Galu, and that the Galu tribe can carry her along. Shambo is upset, and immediately says she’s going to not be on board with a Galu alliance. I really thought Dave was a complete idiot telling Shambo she’s being carried by her tribe, and tells her she can’t be trusted. No wonder Shambo is in love with the Foa-Foa tribe. Way to go, Dave.

- Before Erik was voted off, just seconds before everyone left for Tribal Council, we learned that Brett was the last to know about Erik’s departure. Bret was probably the closest ally to Erik, since Russell S. was out, and I really like Bret’s try to be loyal to the guy’s alliance, and letting it go when he had no choice but to. I love how Brett’s loyal, that’s his strategy, I see, he doesn’t need to be the high and mighty puppet master yet.  

- Lastly, we see this very irritating moment, when Shambo is grieving about her dead sister, and Laura was simply trying to comfort her in Laura’s brought up, spiritual way. Shambo says Laura was making her miserable, in which I didn’t see that. Shambo is really just against Laura, probably because they both want to be the alpha-female leader of their tribe.

That’s what basically happened, and what we saw. Next week, they showed up clips of what’s left to see, in which I remember Monica may come up with another train wreck, epic failure of a plan like she did last episode, Jaison, Mick, and Natalie making deals without Russell, and Russell and Natalie get into a massive fight. Here’s a little LLNMD list of the nine survivors currently left, below. And I’m curious to  know when this show is done. I mean, we’ve got to have at least four more episodes left, so I don’t know what Survivor is going to do. I feel-and would totally expect-a double boot somehow.

Love:

Like: Brett, Natalie, Mick, Jaison

Neutral:

Meh: Dave, Monica, John

Dislike: Russell, Shambo

So, in Survivor it started with some tension of Russell playing the Idol last night and Kelly getting booted. Now, it seems that idol is going to be the dominating thing that gets people across. I just wish they had Exile Island, that’s better than everyone getting to look for an idol. OK, so During the reward challenge, they all had to carry one person along a rope structure to get flags. Five of them won, and they got to go via plane to another neighboring island and have lunch by a waterfall. They also received a video of where the next idol is.

At Camp, they all scramble around to find the idol, and behold, with no surprises, Russell found another idol, making this his third idol. Shambo automatically talks about not standing Laura, and hoping Laura loses immunity so she could vote for her. At the Immunity challenge, the survivors had to break a tile with a rock. If they hit a tile, they’d get to move on to throw a spear at a target board. Only John, Monica, Bret, and Mick got that opportunity. In the second half, Brett got two close hits, but Mick was closer, and he won.

Before Tribal Council, Shambo is telling her own Galu tribe mates she will be voting for Laura, so the vote was looking to be 5-5, as of then. Then, Monica tries to develop a plan to get the Foa-Foa tribe members to vote for John, trying to force a 5-4-1 vote. However, John heard of this plan, and disapproved of it, making him consider voting for Laura. At tribal council, the vote came out, and it was a 5-5 tie. Five votes went to Laura and Natalie. Jeff Probst automatically states in the event of another tie, everyone except Mick, Laura, and Natalie would draw rocks, in which the colored rock person takes the blame. At the second vote, John ended up switching sides and voted for Laura, and Laura was voted off.

I’m not Happy with Laura gone, simple because she was the rock to Galu, and John had to mess that up. I hope that John stands no chance of winning this game. It’s also painful to watch Laura lose to Shambo, who’s so stupid. I mean, she’s playing this game personal. She has sucked so much this game, simply because he probably doesn’t take the time to play with her tribe. Galu had several opportunities to have all of them still there, but they fall apart. John may have sided with Foa-Foa & Shambo, but I don’t see him staying with Foa-Foa, and he’s probably going to try to use Shambo as a good ally, and try to play Russell, have Russell think he’s staying with him, then boot Russell, downing Foa-Foa.

I really hope the Foa-Foa people stay together, and I hope to see Shambo & John make an attempt to go back to Galu, but see Foa-Foa burn them. Foa-foa has stuck together since the merge (3 rounds straight) and Galu has blindsided their own players (3 rounds straight). I want Foa-Foa to pull through. They got the best of Shambo, and John, now it’s time for Shambo and John to pay their own mistakes for turning on Galu. Foa-Foa is loyal to Foa-Foa, they are just getting on John and Shambo easily. Also, Monica had a price to pay, simple because she tried to get four votes to John, in which I would’ve never tried to put someone on my own tribe in a situation like that, because you can never do that.

Love: Mick, Natalie
Like: Jaison, Brett
Neutral: Russell, Dave
Meh: Monica
Dislike: John, Shambo

During this episode of Survivor, it basically starts off with Natalie killing a rat, and no, it wasn’t Shambo. Darn it. The Survivors ended up eating the rat, as we hear the famous Survivor phrase “This rat tastes like chicken” (Survivor Borneo flashback). Then, it was time for a reward challenge where they had to collect coloured coconuts on a pole and rearrange them into a sequence of numbers to have one person solve the combo. It was Dave, Monica, Kelly, Shambo, and John who won, They won a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to slide down a pile of rocks (a waterslide, made of rocks!) and eat chicken, massive sized donuts, and other food.

During this reward, the Survivors were all given their first immunity idol clue. Meanwhile, back at camp, Russell scrambled and scrambled around camp to find the idol, in which he assumed it was at camp. Sure enough, he fins the idol right under the bridge. Producers, please, just next time cut away with reward challenges and clues, just have them compete for an immunity idol by running around in circles at camp. That should cover fifteen minutes of my time once a week. Anyways, Russell shares the fact he found an idol to Shambo, where they easily talk about getting Laura out.

At the immunity challenge, the Survivors had to throw a hook at one of two bags and bring them to the end. The first three to finish will move on. It was Mick, Shambo, and Laura who moved on to round two where they had to use blocks to figure out a pattern on a board. Laura easily took charge of her fate in that challenge, and by talking to herself, she easily won. Laura may perhaps turn to be the female Ozzy, winning almost every immunity. That would be epic. Then, Shambo cries about the fact she can’t get rid of Laura, and she literally makes a desperate, sour face at her confessional.

So, the Survivor were all strategizing over who to get rid of. The former Galu tribe mates were all about sticking together, so they all agreed to vote for either Russell or Natalie, mainly Russell since he could easily have another idol. Russell is now unsure about what to do, play the idol and possibly see Natalie go, or not play, and possibly see him go. At Tribal Council, Russell ended up playing his idol, and was spared from the seven votes he did receive. It was ultimately Kelly who received the four votes, from the Foa-Foa four, and became the second person to join the jury.

I completely have so much respect for the Foa-Foa four, they are sticking together, unlike Galu’s Shambo who’s so worried about swapping sides to boot Laura it’s as if that’s all she cares about. In the game of Survivor, a tribe that sticks together goes the furthest. United We stand, divided we fall simple applies to Survivor very well. In thee past, we see that tribe who have stuck together (Tagi, Boran, Chauy Gahn, Chapera, Koror, Casaya, Aitu, Moto, Jalapao) lasted out to become the finals in the finale. Laura is about the one from Galu I like, the rest are just there, and then there’s Shambo. Next week, we’ll see all ten of them scrambling find that idol. That should be fun. Also, I want to see lots or just one comment, I really like getting them. Who are you all rooting for?

LLNMD List:
Love: Laura, Russell, Mick, Natalie
Like: Jaison, John, Monica
Neutral: Dave, Brett,
Meh:
Dislike: Shambo.

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During the episode of Survivor, Foa-Foa talks about their constant losing and constant hope of a merge. This is where Russell talks about being on a tribe full of dummies, saying he’s got everyone played. If Russell is so much smarter, than can’t he just use his wisdom to have helped his tribe win? I mean, Galu can’t be the dumb ones, they always kept winning, whereas Foa-Foa with just two wins, makes them the tribe with the lowest wins (reward or immunity) in the history of Survivor, given Ulong won three challenges, and Survivor Fiji’s Rich/Poor twist makes Ravu/Moto an exception. Anyways, at the Galu tribe, Shambo is talking about the missing canteen, and also talking about Laura, not liking her. Laura goes ahead and counts the canteens, in which I saw Laura just double checking. Shambo’s ego got dented, and she goes off on Laura, and they argue about the canteens, which turned into Shambo talking to Laura about Laura, Monica, and Kelly being some kind of 90210 clique.

Next, the Galu tribe members and the Foa-Foa tribe members were given tree mail, in which they met on a beach where once again, Jeff Probst was absent, so the Survivors opening the chest full of new blue buffs and paints. They officially merged into one tribe. Brett named the tribe Aiga, or Samoan for “extended family”. Hey, Aiga is fine with me, it’s better than getting “Dabu” or “Aitutanga”. They were to all live on the former Galu beach. This is where Russell goes around the camp, and “planting seeds” as he calls it, of complete bull crap telling people he’ll give them the idol if he can get him to final seven. He goes to Laura, but smart, wise, Laura with common sense doesn‘t buy Russell‘s bull crap. So, he goes to Monica, and she simply doesn‘t buy it either. He goes to Shambo, and Shambo once again talks about not liking Laura. So, Russell tells Shambo that he’ll take Laura out. She agrees. Russell goes to John, who also buys the plan. Russell says something unusual, saying that someone is smart, that being John.

Then, it was time for the immunity challenge. I was eagerly expecting some kind of will-power endurance immunity challenge. Instead we get T-Ball, which is a game they teach kindergarteners how to play. The one who hit the ball into a place to score points. The man and woman with the highest score would be the eventual winner. For the men, it was John who won, which was completely fabulous, since it meant Russell didn’t win, and had to settle for second. For the ladies, it was clearly Laura who won. Honestly, did she even have to worry about not winning that one? This meant that Russell’s and Shambo’s plan to take Laura out were foiled. Yay for me! So, back at camp, there had to be a new plan. John begins talking to people about voting for Monica, saying that Laura/Monica are still a dangerous duo. Then, the formerly Foa-Foa members want to take Erik out, especially Jaison, who says he never liked him. However, Erik and the Galu guys decide it should be Russell who should feel vulnerable enough to play his idol, and they vote for Jaison.

So, at tribal council, Erik was stating his peace about wanting to keep Galu together, and easily picking off the rest of Foa-Foa. Jaison easily got arrogant, saying he’s had to prove himself in real life in order to get something. Well, you haven’t proven yourself in Survivor, and your reality tv life, that’s simply why you’re on a tribe with four verses eight. Jaison begins to really tick me off by saying “Look at my resume!” I mean, what’s that got to do with Survivor? So, it was time to vote, and after the voting was complete, Russell played his idol, securing he’d be safe from the vote. Erik chose to not play his idol. When the votes came out, Foa-Foa’s former tribe mates had their way and the Galu 90210 clique of Laura, Monica, and Kelly sided with them, in which the Galu guys couldn’t do anything else after that. So, with ten votes, Erik was voted off. Only Shambo prevented the unanimous vote.

This episode was very crazy, I mean it went from Foa-Foa being a target, to Laura being a target, to Monica being the target, to Erik being the target and eventually booted. Foa-Foa is easily ripping up the Galu tribe, and doing a very good job of it, thanks to not Russell being so great, but for John being the idiot who thinks he can get Monica out. I really don’t want to see the Foa-Foanese tribe members rip through Galu, I favour Galu simple because I think they have more potential, because they have the numbers, and can easily stop listening and pick up the pieces and get especially Russell and Jaison out. Shambo is still making me very irritated because she’s so worried about Laura she can’t find her own place in the game, and she can’t even vote for Erik even though Erik was playing her, despite the Galu guys voted for Erik. Why is Shambo playing this game?

LLNMD List:
Love: Laura
Like: Monica, Kelly, Mick
Neutral: Brett, Dave, Natalie
Meh: John
Dislike: Jaison, Russell, Shambo.

The Survivors on Galu had a task: elect a new chief. All of the guys, including Erik, Dave, John, and Brett all plan on allowing Shambo become chief, before the even begin electing. So, when it comes time to elect a leader, Shambo was elected, receiving the four guys’ votes. The other women, especially Laura and Kelly were really not happy with this decision. Galu’s chief election was just like U.S. politics, you satisfy 60%, and disappoint 40%. Then, on Foa-Foa, Mick, Jaison, Russell, Natalie, and Liz were all pretty much fed up with their constant losing of the challenges, and wanted no more than to just win.

At the reward challenge, it was a matching and memory game: They could either take the necessary item and forfeit their point, or just take the point, and forfeit the item(s). During the challenge, Galu was in compete dominance once again, as they took seven points, one special item, and won reward. Their reward was a meal on a sailboat. Shambo, as leader, sent Laura to the Foa-Foa camp. Laura claimed it was just a personal attack.

At Foa-Foa, Russell and Laura are talking about church, ministry, and stuff like that at first. Russell tells her that his father was a preacher. I really hope that is true, because lying about being religious is just plain too far, too much. Then, Laura is told by Russell about a secret alliance he wants to make with her. Laura automatically agreed with. Then, Russell tells us his currently plan: Take Laura and Natalie to the final two, whom he thinks are the “dumb girls”. Let’s just reminisce this, that plan didn’t work for Rob, I doubt it’d work for Russell.

In the immunity challenge, I’ll just say it was a bit more creative, in a way. Instead of swimming to get puzzle pieces, they used hooks to fish them out. During this challenge, Foa-Foa had a lead, then Galu took it over, as Jaison was nearly giving up in the challenge, and Galu won immunity again, proving to Mick that some necklace isn’t bad luck. Jaison really was clearly not in this, and maybe Foa-Foa could’ve won if Jaison was in this. Simply, if you can go to college, you can do a puzzle.

Back at Foa-Foa, Russell, Mick, and Natalie seemed to have a strong upper hand, and it was either going to be Liz, the bottom, untrustworthy person, or Jaison, the guy who gave up in the challenge. At Tribal Council, they all once again mentioned a few words abut being so very tight. It was Liz with four votes who got voted off. Next week, the survivors will merge, but I still expect some kind of twist. This would be Survivor’s first ever merge with more than ten players.

I really like Russell attempting to work on the other tribe. He’s really going to have to work on getting the Galuanese tribe members to turn on each other. I am about 50-50 on the chance of Shambo jumping sides to make alliances with the Foa-Foanese survivors, whom she has said was her friends. If she does this, she’d probably want something dumb like taking Laura out to happen. However, why go with just Shambo, when Russell and Foa-Foa can easily convince Laura to jump sides, and that would allow Kelly and Monica to jump sides with her. That’s about certain to happen, if you ask me.

I am actually looking forward to and would be satisfied with a Russell/Laura/Natalie final three, simply because is Russell is doing all the backstabbing, it could give Laura a few “friend’s votes, but considering she turns on her tribe, I’d expect the Galuanese guys and/or Shambo to perhaps vote for Natalie to win. That’s just if Russell got his way, I think Laura would try to bring her, Monica, and Kelly along as far as possible, as it seems.

A few words about the Survivors:
Shambo: Umm, please vote her out, Galu!?!?!?
Erik: I don’t know if it’s just me, or did he not want to be the leader, as hopes of not being a threat?
Brett: Well, at least he can lead a tribe to victory, so he can’t be as dumb as the edit makes him look
John/Kelly/Monica: Absolutely no opinion, whatsoever, as of now with these guys
Dave: Not much to say about him, either, he seems as he’s just trying to be second in command of the Galu Guys alliance.
Mick: As good of a leader as he is being Russell’s sidekick, I think I’m just a bit disappointed with him now.
Jaison: A major disappointment, he supposed to be smart, but he gave up in a challenge and I’m glad he’s not in control, because he’d probably play personal, if he was in any powerful position.
Natalie: Like Brett, She’s probably got more sense than what the edit- and what Russell says.
Russell: Good thinking wanting the “dumbest” final three partners. . . . .NOT! It’s going to get us a so-called “dumb winner”. People are bitter, you don’t just take someone to the final two because they maybe perhaps look dumb, you have to take the one nobody would like to the end. That’s how people like Dreamz and Sugar get to the end.
Laura, I just see her as just another person nobody would vote for in the final three, is she were to turn on her tribe mates, which I see that happening because she wants Shambo out fast, therefore, at least she’s just another favourite I rooted for to go to the final three (she’d be, like, the eleventh favourite I’d see in the final three).

LLNMD List:
Love: Laura
Like: Mick, Natalie
Neutral: Brett, Monica, Kelly, John, Dave, Erik
Meh: Russell, Jaison
Dislike: Shambo.

1-5 Power Rankings:
5:
4:
3: Russell, Natalie
2: Laura, Erik, Mick. Dave
1: Jaison, Brett, Monica, Kelly, Shambo, John.

The Samoan nature continues to rain, and everyone is tired of their 80 hours of rain. Russell S. is seen working, while the other Galu tribe members were huddles together, shivering. At Foa-Foa, it was the same case, almost, as Russell H. was working, while not even minding the horrible rain, and the others remain huddled together, freezing. Finally, the rain stopped, and the Galu tribe members are amazed they wake up to see a rainbow. Spirits could be up, and they were given their next challenge.

During the challenge, the Survivors had to strap someone is a ball, and have two people blindfolded carry the ball person to a table maze, with the ball person guiding the blindfolded them through everything , even the table maze. This is where Foa-Foa was to take the lead, and this is where Russell S. passed out, due to dehydration. Jeff Probst stopped the challenge to have the medical team check Russell S. out. Russell S was in a bad condition, and Jeff Probst says to the other survivors the challenge is cancelled, which this is the first time a challenge is discontinued inn the middle of it. Nobody won reward, and everyone else had to go back to camp. As planned, however, both tribes were to report to tribal council where two people, one from each tribe, were to be voted off.

Russell S., most likely unaware of what just happened and wanting to say, even though in slurring, he’s still able to stay in the game. Jeff Probst tells him he blacked out twice and was in no condition to be on Survivor. Jeff Probst commented it’s the scariest thing he’s ever seen in Survivor. Russell S. was removed from the game, and crying, Russell S. was very disappointed. Back at Foa-Foa, the survivors prepare to boot one of their own. Liz and Natalie are almost sure they have no chance of splitting up the guys and voting one of them off, so they agree to vote for each other. Russell H., however, is there telling Natalie that Liz is to be voted off.

Back at Galu, the guys Erik, Dave, John, and Brett all band together and agree to vote for Monica, and they agreed to tell Shambo their plan, but not include Shambo in their alliance. Meanwhile, Monica tells Laura she wants to se Shambo, especially since Shambo got her last time. Then, the survivors reported to tribal council together (OK, you know something’s up) and Jeff talks to both tribal in the same old tribal council talk-show type routine seen every tribal council. Jeff Probst then is to tell the survivors the double boot has been canceled. The pizza was rewarded to them, but I know this through source, they really didn’t air that part.

Yes, it was sad to see Russell, a tribe leader with no signs of losing and almost had final five written all over him, leave the game like this, but you’re not really suffering if you take care of yourself, have the right amount of water, food, etc. He should’ve taken better care of himself, Survivor may not be Paradise Hotel, but it’s not a impossibly too rigorous and dangerous either. I think the idea of not going on with the double boot pretty much confirms that there will be a later double boot and five people will make it to finale night.

I’m almost frustrated seeing Liz and Natalie “accept” the fact they “must” or whatever vote for themselves when this is Survivor, you “have” the right to do things to avoid getting your torch snuffed. The way things are going, I don’t see Liz trying to keep herself around, because we didn’t see it this time. Also, I’m not liking the all-guys alliance, and adding Shambo in it while not being certain yourself is not too bright of a move either. I think John and Bret are not really caring about this all guy alliance, they really didn’t seem like they cared or wanted to really be with that plan. Erik is pretty much arrogant, and really cocky towards the other team, so I see him being not much but Foa-Foa’s top contender on their hit-list, if Foa-Foa remains as strong as they say they are and win these next few challenges.

Most of them are real hard to like, whether their invisible, or just not likable.

LLNMD list:
Love: Laura, Mick
Like:
Neutral: Brett, Kelly, Monica, Dave, John, Russell S.
Meh: Natalie, Liz, Jaison, Erik, Russell H., Shambo.
Dislike:

1-5 Power Rankings:
5:
4: Mick, Erik, Russell H.
3:
2: Laura, Dave, Jaison,
1: Shambo, Brett, Kelly, John, Natalie, Liz, Monica

This episode gave us something we rarely see, which is the survivors talking a whole lot about the environment they live in. The rain probably became the serious plot of the show, in which It was mentioned more than Russell. The Survivors deal with two days of rain, straight. Also, the episode started with Shambo the only one who voted for Monica, and possibly-most likely isolated herself further from the tribe.

In the Reward challenge, the Survivors had to play a roulette game where two sea worthy delicacies were combined in a smoothie. The challenge remained neck and neck, with four points to each team, in which they needed to score five points first in order to win. It was Ashley who couldn’t down her smoothie, and she lost the game for her tribe, Foa-Foa. Galu won, earning barbecue food. Russell S. sent Shambo to Foa-Foa, in which Shambo didn’t like, since she’d be missing out on another reward. Russell S clearly states in his confessional-and to the other tribe mates-” somebody had to pay for that chicken that was lost”.

Back at camp, Russell S. had a problem getting fire going in which Dave got irritated with. Dave ends up starting a fire, and seems to have mixed feelings about being the only guy who can start a fire. I’m sure it can’t be hard to rub metal against a stick, or whatever. I think it takes patience and performance to build a fire, not luck or 100% skill. The rain continued to pour down, and the survivors talk about how horrible it is in Samoa. They’re cold, shivery, and just miserable. At Foa-Foa, Shambo shares the HII clues with Foa-Foa, and spends so much time digging in the tree, not finding anything. Liz suspects that Russell H. has the idol, and Russell near-threatens Liz, saying “You’re walking on Thin Ice”.

At the Immunity challenge, the survivors had to have two people pull weight of a net and have four people shoot coconuts in the net. The Survivors who were the weight were Laura and Russell S. (Galu) & Liz and Russell H. (Foa-Foa). During this challenge, Ashley once again performed below the standards of the other competitors, and it was Russell H. and Liz who fell short, and Galu won immunity again. At Foa-Foa on Day 14, the Survivors remained in the shelter, freezing, and not scrambling to see who’s the next target. Judging from people’s out-loud thoughts, it was Ashley who seemed to be the weakest, and Liz who seemed to be the most untrustworthy that people were talking about. At Tribal Council, Liz received one vote, and Ashley received five votes, and she was voted off.

I’m going to officially say this: I don’t think Russell H. is playing the game hardcore and supernaturally epic like he thinks he is. If someone goes against you, just like how Marisa and Betsy did with Russell H., and are a strategic threat, it’s freaking common sense to get them voted off. Marisa was probably the move he did best and the move he could call his own. Betsy was easily voted off because she didn’t vote with the tribe. Had Betsy voted with the tribe, she could’ve been there on Day 14. It wasn’t him who gets Credit for Ben’s boot, and I think if he was capable of strategizing more this episode, he would’ve gone after Liz over Ashley, because if Russell so says he isn’t caring that’s in raining a whole lot, he would’ve figured out a way to get Liz out. Russell is getting the “cocky, arrogant, ego-tripping” edit, not the “strategic, mastermind, supernatural” edit people thinks he’s getting.

Anyone can say “I’m going to be Survivor’s biggest villain, look at me, I got so-and-so out, I’m so going down as the best villain in the history of Survivor-and the history of Reality TV-and the history of the world of Reality TV”. The only thing that’s got him to the point we are at now is that he’s just showing a split personality: He’s Russell H, a guy who “survived Hurricane Katrina”, and is “voting with the tribe”, and in front of the cameras, he’s an arrogant, big ego’d, personality who’s delusional and thinks he’s the best player ever. That’s what he’s good at so far.

Opinionated Words of each Survivor left in the episode:
Laura (Could be the strongest female in the game both physically and probably sociably.)
Mick (I like him, he’s the best male competitor, but I don’t want to see him listen to Russell all the time)
Russell H. (see, above)
Natalie (Sweet, girl next door, who would have to rely on the most bitter jury ever in order to win.)
Jaison (He won’t wow me, he’ll be just be easily played by Russell and be blindsided.)
Russell S. (Okay, I guess, and I’ll say his decision to send Shambo to Foa-Foa was okay, I guess)
Dave (An obvious MVP player, at least when it comes to Surviving Samoa.)
Brett (Still way too invisible for an official, educated opinion.)
Monica (Well, certainly after Shambo, and I think she might be playing the social card that’s going to keep her here)
Kelly (Like Brett, really invisible, and I don’t know where she exactly stands)
Erik (I see him as a blindside victim, but I really don’t know.
John (Surprisingly, I don’t remember him much, what is he doing?)
Liz (I like her, and want to see her succeed in a case of her verses Russell and the idol)
Shambo (Ugh, she’s too strategically and socially hopeless. She’ll be cut before she gets to do anything.)
Ashley (She blew it. Being horrible in challenges is almost the easiest way to be ditched.)

LLNMD List:
Love: Laura, Mick
Like: Monica, Brett, Kelly, Natalie, Liz,
Neutral: Jaison, John, Russell S., Ashley, Dave, Erik,
Meh:
Dislike: Shambo, Russell H.

NOTE: Is it just me, or does Laura, Brett, Monica, and Kelly always hang out with each other? Could this be a potential alliance? I mean, it’s clearly something can go on, just by knowing this when Shambo talks about “The 90210 Clique”. I am probably alone on this, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Laura wrangled up Brett, Kelly, and Monica and they walked all over the merge tribe. Just something to think about. If either John, Dave, or Erik on their side, and I would most likely see John doing this, this could be the potential game here. And, this about this: Why else would Laura, Brett, and Kelly want to keep Monica last week, and not Yasmin? I think it was literally these guys who got Yasmin out, since Erik and Dave wanted Shambo out more, and Russell S. wanted Monica out next.

1-5 Power Rankings:
5:
4: Mick, Russell H., Laura.
3: Natalie, Brett, Monica, Kelly.
2: Jaison, Liz, John, Dave, Erik, Russell S.
1: Shambo

This episode started with Russell H. upset with Jaison, who got his way over getting Ben out. Natalie feels secure with her alliance wth Russell H. and is sure she thinks she has a chance to beat him. That might happen, if the jury is extremely bitter. Russell says Natalie may be one of the best allies for him. I think it could be the best thing for Russell, too, because Natalie is just so far under the radar. At Galu, Shambo shares the HII clues with Erik and Joh. Erik is now HII Hungry.

Next there was a reward challenge with a twist: Jeff Probst wasn’t there waiting to narrate the observations of the challenge. The Survivors, Russell H, Mick, and Natalie, or I think it was Natalie, from Foa Foa and Russell H., Shambo, and Dave from Galu compete in a bocce type game. The Galu tribe won, earning chickens.

Back at the Galu tribe, Erik has everyone working, or napping, as he goes and seatrches for the second idol he finds. Therefore, Russell H. & Erik are HII holders. Then, Shambo decides to make friends with the chickens. At Foa Foa, Jaison continues saying it’s cold, and he’s been so cold, and claims Survivor may be the biggest regret ever. Back at Galu, Shambo lets the chicken out, and some of the survivors end up chasing it. The Survivors are also tired of Shambo, and are considering voting her out more and more.

In the immunity challenge, the tribes had to carry blocks and stack blocks, then get across a narrow rope bridge and stack more blocks. The first tribe to finish would win. Galu kept a lead throughout most of the challenge, until Foa Foa made a comeback, tying it up. It was Foa Foa who turned their luck around and won, earning immunity for the first time.

At Galu, there were two people the tribe mates were putting on the bubble. Yasmin for her poor work ethics around camp, and Monica for her poor performance during the immunity challenge. Russell S. wanted to make sure Monica was voted off, but a group of the Galu tribe mates were talking about voting Yasmin out. At Triblal Council, the tribe mates favored the work ethics that Yasmin didn’t have, and she want voted off.

Here is a few words about the Survivors remaning:
Ashley: Not really seen much this episode, but may still have potential
Brett: Four episodes and still no confessionals, he would be lucky to make it far.
Dave: Probably the most neutral Survivor here.
Liz: Most invisible this week, but judging on next week’s previews, it isn’t looking good.
Erik: Has strong potential, and could be backbone to Galu.
Jaison: Is losing it, and is easily slipping way off.
John: I think he could be a potential rival for Erik, and could do some damage.
Kelly: Well, at least we can sit in a conversation about strategy?
Laura: I probably trying to play a decent social game.
Mick: Foa Foa’s only hope, give or take Russell or Ashley.
Monica: Weak, got spared, and doesn’t look like things could work out.
Natalie: Like All Star Amber, Dumb, under good coat-tails (Russell H.), and may win this whole thing (if facing a bitter jury).
Russell H.: Would be okay, if I ever get past the Hurricane Katrina hoax.
Russell S.: A horrible leader, I mean, what happened to “pleasing the majority?”
Shambo: Playing a pitiful social game, but is still more valuable than Monica.

Next week boot prediction: There are many people who could be the next to go. At Foa Foa, it looks like Russell H. will have complete say again, but could go any way, and vote for either Ashley (his first plan), Jaison (becuase he irritates him), or Liz (judging by previews, unless Russell decides to convince Liz to stage something). At Galu, it could be Shambo (If Erik gets his way), Monica (if she’s continuing to be weak), or Russell S. (if the tribe thinks he’s a horrible leader). Since I want to pick one, I’ll go with Jaison.

LLNMD:
Love: Laura, Mick,
Like: Ashley, Liz,
Neutral: Russell S., Natalie, Russell H., Dave, Erik, John,
Meh: Jaison, Brett, Monica, Kelly, Shambo, Yasmin.
Dislike:

1-5 Power Rankings: (=, stayed the same), (+, moved up), (-, moved down)
5:
4: Mick (=), Russell H (=), Dave (=), Erik (=)
3. Ashley (=), John (=)
2: Russell S. (-), Laura (=), Natalie (+)
1: Liz (-), Jaison (-), Shambo (-), Brett (=), Monica (=), Kelly (=)

In this episode of Survivor, Russell H. gloats about being in control, still, and says soon he’ll have everyone here acting like zombies. Russell H. is seen asking Natalie who she thinks should be voted off. Natalie says “Uhhhh, Ummmm”. Then, Jaison claims he wants Ben out for his comment he made towards Yasmin, as Jaison is still offended. Ben says he’s the only one doing work around camp, and that all of the survivors, who struggle to make a fire, would die out there if he was to be voted off. Then, Russell H. stirs the pot up again and tells Ben is was Ashley who tried to get him out. We know it was all Betsy’s idea, as that’s why she didn’t take control, and Ben believed Russell, and tells Ashley off, but Ashley backs out o that fight. Good girl, Ashley, the last thing we need other than Russell is Ben attempting to say something else ignorant.

At the Galu tribe, Shambo is appalled over seeing Laura leading three other tribe mates in a yoga class. There’s nothing wrong with yoga, I mean, It must work, simply because Galu keeps winning. In the third immunity challenge, the Survivors had to run into the water and retrieved colored boxes and arrange them so that the colors don’t repeat. The first tribe to finish wins immunity & reward, which Jeff revealed to be comfort items. The Galu tribe won, again, and Russell S. chose to keep he comfort items over the other items, as he claims he’s trying to make the women happy. That’s nice, I mean, if it were Ben there, he’d probably say “I’m uh make deeze gals, uhh, suffer her,, and uhhh, take the stuff.”. Shambo was selected to spend time on Foa-Foa’s camp.

At Galu, the women were indeed happy with the comfort, but one of the guys said he wasn’t so happy. Meanwhile, Shambo tells Foa-Foa that she hates her tribe, and that they were doing yoga, and that they don’t work, etc. The Foa-Foa tribe loves Shambo, however, and says she’s very positive round camp, and all. Then, it was more game time for Foa-Foa. Jaison claims he refuses to play the game with Ben around, and would likely quit if Ben wasn’t voted off, saying no million dollars is worth to see Ben around. Russell H. objected, saying he still wants Ashley out, telling the guys that Liz, Ashley and Natalie could very well collide together if Ashley got to stay.

At Tribal Council, Jaison confronts Ben about his remark towards Yasmin, saying it was a racist remark, and saying stuff about history, yeah, all that jazz. Ben says his remark wasn’t racist and tells Jaison that he’s not a slave and such. So, at the vote, it looked like it was between Ashley and Ben. It was Ben who got all the tribe’s votes, and he was voted off. I personally can’t be more happier to see Ben go, simply because he’s got to be one of the most ignorant Survivor’s to date. Jaison, however, doesn’t look like he’ll stand a chance, judging by the previews. Usually, when we see a tribe down four freaking members, they usually spend ten minutes of the show whining about how much they are a horrible tribe at challenges. However, this year, I don’t think we’ve seen Foa-Foa too worried about losing, which is a mystery to me.

I would like to see Foa-Foa win, so Shambo can either be voted off or flip her status around and work on building trusts with her tribe mates. I think Kelly or Bret would be the first to go, most likely Kelly from Galu, simply because she hasn’t been seen and it’s been three episodes. I’d be happy too if Foa-Foa continued losing, because I truly want Russell H to merge with less numbers, just to see him attempt to get Galu members on his side. Which, Shambo would be on board, but no truly anyone else, so far. I really hope Ashley gets to stick around, she’s been a target twice and managed to escaper from being voted off. She is probably the woman who’s doing the best strategically, given I don’t see any potential game play from Monica or Kelly, maybe Laura looks like she’s paying a decent social game and I don’t know where Yasmin stands as of now.

Here is two rankings of the Survivor Samoa cast: One is the LLNMD list I’ve been doing, and the other is a “Power Ranking” thread, where on a scale of 1-5, I’ll rank each Survivor’s chances of winning, based on strategic play, social play, show visibility and eventually, Jury relations of each Survivor. 5 means this Survivor has a strong chance of winning this game, and 3 means they have a fair chance of winning ,depending on where the game ends up taking off to, and one means, I don’t think they have any chance of winning the show. So, here’s LLNMD & 1-5PR.

LLNMD:
Love: Laura, Mick,
Like: Liz, Russell S., Ashley,
Neutral: Jaison,
Meh: Natalie, Russell H., Brett, Monica, Kelly, Dave, Erik, John, Yasmin, Shambo,
Dislike: Ben

1-5PR:
5:
4: Mick, Russell H, Dave, Erik,
3: Russell S, Ashley, John,
2: Laura, Liz, Jaison, Yasmin, Shambo,
1: Natalie, Brett, Monica, Kelly,

I have decided to blog the TAR/Survivor episodes on Monday’s together, because it’s even easier on me. OK, so starting off this episode Russell H. confronts Betsy about voting for Ashley instead of Marisa. This put Mike and Betsy on the outs for two reasons: 1. They voted for Ashley and 2. They are the two oldest. Meanwhile, on Galu tribe, Yasmin is complaining about the living conditions of the tribe, claiming that “the woods ain’t the hood” and that the hood is apparently a better place to dwell in. Meanwhile, back at Foa Foa, Russell H. begins reminiscing Survivor’s addition to the game, the idols where, without even getting the first clue, Russell H. finds the first idol. He shares this with Jaison, but has no intentions of really sharing that idol.

Next, we go to the reward/immunity challenge where the Survivor played a rugby type game where they had to wrestle each other for balls to pass to tribe members to shoot into a basket. The first tribe to three points would win fishing supplies and immunity. Things got really heated when Ben was disqualified from the challenge for aggressive conduct. This happened directly after Jeff Probst issued a warning regarding the aggressive game play being presented. In which, if you ask me, I think it’s about time they slow down with their physically conducting challenges. It was Laura, who I believe scored two points for her tribe, including the winning point which led Galu to another immunity. In a twist, the leader of Galu, Russell S. got to send one tribe member over to Foa Foa who observes tribal council. He sent Yasmin.

After the immunity challenge, the Foa-Foa tribe stayed after to have the medical team check on Mike, who was apparently very ill. Mike’s blood pressure was made very risky to keep him in the game, and as he fell trying to stand up, he got back up, and was removed from the game. Over at the Galu tribe, we see Shambo as she has gone fishing. She then returns with good news and bad news. The bad news: she lots o\some of the fishing supplies. The Good news: There’s fish in the ocean! Laura recalls it in a confessional. This probably left Shambo to negative vibes from her tribe. Meanwhile, back at the Foa-Foa tribe, Yasmin babbles about how much the Foa-Foa tribe sucks, and it’s like taking candy from a baby, confronts Ben, a dude, about him being aggressive to Yasmin, a woman. Ben and Yasmin completely go off on each other, an Ben calls her “Ghetto trash”.

It was now time for the Foa-Foa tribe to figure out who to vote for. Betsy approaches the women, Liz, Natalie, and Ashley about voting for Ben, since for 1. He was disqualified from the challenge. 2. He annoyed everyone by staying up all night chopping wood. 3. Going off on Yasmin. I really wonder if Yasmin could’ve influenced the vote to get Ben off. If she really wanted Ben off, she could’ve teamed up with Betsy, work on the other girls, and maybe make a deal with Mick, such as sharing idol information with him. Oh well, I guess I’m just smarter than some of these people. I’m just saying, if you’re put on another tribe but can’t go home, work with them, try to do something. So, at tribal council, Ben and Betsy were on the bubble, but Betsy failed to come up with the amount of numbers to take Ben out, and Russell, who executed Betsy’s goodbye, got his wish, and she was voted off.

This episode was very much like the first episode, we saw a whole lot of few players (Betsy, Russell H, Jaison, Yasmin, Ben) and we saw something from the Foa-Foa tribe where we saw what, just Shambo and a bit of Laura from Galu. Where did everyone else go? I really feel the next to go will be either Shambo, who’s on the outs of her tribe or Ashley, who is next on Russell’s hit list. Just like the previews said, I could see Jaison attempting to turn on Russell H, but it would be totally disappointing to see Jaison get burned for it. I’m not sure where Yasmin stands with her own tribe, but there’s a small chance of her ever rekindling with Foa-Foa.

Love/Like/Neutral/Meh/Dislike List:
Love: Laura
Like: Mick, Betsy, Liz, Jaison, Russell S., Natalie.
Neutral: Mike, Brett, Russell H., Monica, Kelly, Ashley,
Meh: Dave, Erik, John, Yasmin, Shambo,
Dislike: Ben

This episode started off with all 20 Survivors rowing their boat to a beach, until they finally arrive and are told they’ll be assigning someone on their tribe a leadership position With 4 votes, it was Russell S. elected leader for Galu Tribe and with five votes, it was Mick elected for the Foa Foa Tribe. The two leaders had to select which four people from each tribe had to participate in the first reward challenge. It was Russell H, Liz, Jaison, someone else I don’t remember who beat out the other four of Galu, winning Flint for their tribe.

During the tribe’s first time together, Shannon tells everyone she wants to be called Shambo, as that’s her nickname. John seems to be talking nonsense about building a shelter, which seems to annoy everyone in the camp. Shambo says Russell wasn’t a good leader, as she sees everyone laying in the ocean having fun. At Foa Foa, Russell H begins making several alliances with girls he thinks is “dumb”, making an alliance with Ashley, Natalie, Marisa, and even the older woman, Betsy.

Russell shows he’s more of a dickhead by making up a false story about Surviving Hurricane Katrina, and saying he lost his German Shepherd. OK, what’s almost even worse than Jonny Fairplay’s lie, because losing your dog is not as sensitive as losing your grandmother, so he’s a major dickhead. Not to mention I’m sure real Hurricane Katrina survivors are extremely upset over someone making up a fake story of something people really did go through. Marisa and Betsy are claiming there’s something fishy about Russell. Then, Russell goes even more pitiful by dumping the tribe mates’ canteens and burning someone’s socks.

Next, we can go straight to the immunity challenge. In the immunity challenge, the Survivors had to carry a rope across four wedges and release a crate for four people to recreate into a puzzle. It was the Galu Tribe who won, winning Immunity and Flint. At Foa Foa, it seemed that they all wanted to vote for Ashley, since they all think she’s the weakest member of the tribe. Then, Marisa tells Russell H there’s something suspicious about him. This got everyone wanting to vote out Marisa, since Russell H. was telling them to do so. So, at tribal council, Ashley was told she was the weakest member of the tribe, and Marisa and Ben go at it, claiming they don’t like each other. So, it was Marisa with seven votes who got voted off.

I really am with the people I know who says they don’t care that Marisa was the first to go, but the way it looked, I was sure she’d be one of the ones who’d last, simply because she was always on a Survivor preview. I really didn’t care too much for this premier, and it made no sense half the time because half of these Survivors were not shown at all. That got so annoying. I remember Russell H, Russell S, Shambo, John, Marisa, Ashley, Ben, Jaison, and that’s just about who I remember seeing right now. This was very disappointing.