Down & Dirty
Last week Matsing was absorbed into Tandang and Kalabaw... Tandang celebrated gaining Malcolm's muscle while Denise did not bring any luck to Kalabaw - they lost Dana to illness and voted out Dawson (dashing my hopes of winning the pool once again.)
Kalabaw - Night 13
Returning from Tribal Council, Katie is feeling vulnerable, she lost her whole alliance with the girls leaving so she's going to try and work her [pretty girl] magic and see what happens.
Kalabaw - Day 14
Katie starts working on Denise - they think that Jonathan has the idol - Katie says they have to get rid of him now, there's no other choice.
Tandang - Day 15
We learn that they are running low on rice, Pete tells us it's because Mike Skupin has been eating it dry with the belief that it cooks in your body (what?) Pete believes Mike is the most useless player ever to be returned to Survivor and he's got to go home. (Do I smell the throwing of a challenge?)
-Abi doesn't want to make any food for breakfast, she wants to try and make it last - Mike doesn't seem to understand the concept of rationing.
-Artis says Mike has eaten them out of house and home and it makes no sense to him, especially with him being a returning player. Artis feels like Mike is now expendable with the addition of Malcolm to their tribe.
REWARD CHALLENGE
(Okay, I just have to say - why is RC wearing a string bikini bottom... I get it, she's proud of her body, but Come On! You're going to be doing something physical and this is a family show - sheesh!)
Anyway, there is a huge wicker ball in a mud pit - Jeff tells them they will race out 3 at a time and try to push the ball into their goal while the other tribe is doing everything they can to stop that from happening. First tribe to 3 points wins reward. Food (sandwiches, brownies) in a nice dry location.
Tandang sits out RC and Artis (well, at least I don't have to worry about her bottom being ripped off - I swear, it was possible.)
Off they go and there is a lot more mud wrestling than ball movement...Penner ends up with his arm between Skupin's legs and then Skupin sits on his head in the mud... it's a stalemate with all of them just holding on and no movement at all - they sit there for an hour... still nothing.
Then they start talking turkey - Jonathan offers to trade their rice for the sandwiches (Reward). Jeff says if they come up with an alternative to the challenge he'll let them do it. Keeping in mind Tandang is almost out of rice... they ask Artis what he thinks (since it's his birthday) and he says he's not giving up nothing! You can keep that mess to yourself, I don't want to hear nothing.
-Mike Skupin is still pushing to take Kalabaw's rice, basically giving them the Reward win in exchange for food. Everyone reluctantly agrees to it and Jeff declares the challenge over.
Doesn't seem like anyone is really that happy about the deal - Jeff Kent says they are going to have to expend a lot of energy getting food now - Artis isn't much happier on the other end - thinks they are just not seeing the big picture. Technically, this is Tandang's first loss.
REWARD
Kalabaw cleans up and gorges themselves on sandwiches, chips, brownies. Jonathan is still trying to sell them on the giving up the rice was a great idea, Jeff K is still not buying it... then Jonathan notices envelopes with their names on them and Denise is instantly crying... (oh no, is this turning into the crying episode? It's too early.) Oh yeah, letters from home and they are all crying. And now they all feel that giving up the rice was totally worth it. (Well that worked out well for Penner.)
Tandang - Day 15
They return to camp and Artis is keeping his mouth shut so as not to go off. He tells the camera he can't believe that they let a member of the tribe make decisions for the tribe when he has done nothing for the tribe (meaning Mike Skupin).
And they didn't get that much rice, it was about the same amount as what they already had so they doubled their meager rice in the deal. Lisa tells the camera coming back from the challenge was worse than a loss when it shouldn't have been because they had rice - but it was giving
up, a forfeit and it felt all the worse for it.
Abi of course doesn't have the restraint of Artis and she is spouting off about how stupid it was to just give up. (You guys agreed to it!) She tells the camera Jonathan used psychology on them and it worked. (Yup.) Then she's just mean about the amount of rice they got, calling them all stupid.
-RC and Mike are off talking and she tells him that Artis was spouting off and swearing during the challenge, blaming Mike for making a bad deal. Mike doesn't feel like he did anything, everyone agreed to it. And Abi is such a negative Nelly she brings the whole tribe down with her attitude (I agree with that.)
-RC's strategy is to just let Abi be herself and hopefully she'll implode, but they still have the upper hand for now, which rankles.
Kalabaw - Day 16
Jonathan is proving to be all talk about catching fish - he scares a stingray away, then is out on the reef getting skunked. He comes back with two little goldfish which they eat raw.
-Katie and Carter are whining about being hungry. If they have to play the starving game, they're going to lose. (OMG! Get off your butts and find food yourself then, whiney babies! Yes, I sound like an old fart but really, kids these days!) It seems like Jonathan has set himself up with this deal though, they can all blame him directly for having no food. He's cooked his own goose. (Did someone say goose?)
-Jonathan is still spinning it - it's mandatory that they win Immunity and get some momentum. The numbers are tipping badly and if they lose they are supremely screwed.
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
-One tribe member will launch balls out into the field while the other tribe members will attempt to catch the balls in their lacrosse stick/nets. It doesn't matter what colour balls they catch - any catch counts as a point for the catchers tribe. First tribe to 5 wins Immunity.
Tandang sits Mike Skupin and Abi - Probst points out she's sitting again and she says it wasn't her choice (but you're not fighting to participate either are you? I really cannot stand this chick.)
Denise and Lisa are launching - off they go.
Jonathan makes first catch - Kalabaw 1
RC and Pete both catch - Tandang 2
Jeff makes a catch - Kalabaw 2
Jeff K brings them up to 3, then 4... (Baseball guy should be able to catch.) Katie is doing nothing this time again.
Malcolm scores - 2 more and ties it up.
Jonathan pulls Carter off Malcolm and pairs Jeff with him...
Jonathan misses - Jeff trips and Malcolm wins Immunity for TANDANG.
(Jonathan better make sure he takes his hidden immunity idol to Tribal tonight.)
Kalabaw - Day 16
Jeff K. is on the fence, Carter was totally outmatched at the challenge, and he has an alliance with Jonathan - but he's not sure what to do - (Uh... take out Katie, she did nothing.)
-Jeff talking to Carter - they want to keep Denise, she will be loyal and she's such a hard worker. They can get rid of Katie, she's useless at camp and in challenges but they have to decide if they want to go with Penner into a merge or not. Jeff is reverting to his initial strategy of not wanting a veteran to win. Carter says he'll vote Penner if he wants to.
-Then Carter tells the camera that it might be a good idea to take Penner to the merge because eyes will be on him, not on Carter and Jeff (sound argument - speak up.) Instead he says to Jeff that he'll follow his lead and Jeff thinks they have to pull the "Penner Punch", but they just have to make sure he doesn't know it's coming so he can't play the idol.
-All three guys in the shelter and Carter asks, "Penner, what do you think Katie or Penner." (Jeff nearly swallows his tongue) "I mean, Katie or Denise." Jonathan doesn't seem to give the gaff any notice, he says they have a better chance of winning with Denise. So, it's got to be Katie. She comes over and Jonathan tell her it has to be Denise. Then he walks off.
-Katie isn't buying it, she asks Jeff & Carter what was he really saying... "Why are we keeping this guy around?" She knows she's not a strong player and is totally down with taking Jonathan out.
-Carter is so confused... Jeff is still trying to decide - easy vote Katie or risky vote Penner.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
Jeff asks who tonight feels like they are in trouble. Both girls put up their hands.
-Denise because she's still the new girl - last one hired, first one fired. But she's trying to show the tribe that she's the better choice to keep.
-Katie is nervous because she's the other girl - she doesn't perform well in challenges but she hopes they know she's loyal and she's with them.
-Probst reminds Penner of how often blindsides happen and yet he doesn't think it could be him? Jonathan says he doesn't even want to put it in their head that maybe they should take him out. (Oh, it's already there.)
-Jeff K. says last tribal was an easier vote of course. As they get deeper, each vote will get harder, that's how well they like each other, that's how well they get along. There is not going to be a vote that's not going to be a blindside.
-Jeff says interesting comment, every vote is going to be a blindside... Jonathan says it's just easier to let the person go and hopefully they will understand it's not personal. If it's him, he wouldn't like it but he would appreciate the game play and he wouldn't take it personally.
-Probst asks Jeff K if he plays any game that is similar to this (oh, trying to pull his background out maybe?) Jeff K says no, no game is like this - it sucks.
Probst asks, "It sucks, and you want to go home?" No, you know where I'm coming from. This game is very complicated - you're battling the elements , you're cuddling with people and then you have to blindside your friend because you're too guilty to tell him I really don't want you here anymore - that's why it sucks.
-Katie says she's basing her vote on loyalty, being around these people for 16 days. She's sticking to her word from the beginning (meaning getting rid of Penner.)
-Jonathan doesn't know if she's talking to someone or if she's just talking. These people didn't give anyone the chance to scramble today and he would have done anything in his power to stay if he thought he was going home. That's what he did with the person he's voting for, doing it to their face only adds to the agitation for the rest of us.
-Everyone knows a blindside is coming, the question is who's it going to be...
Time to vote:
Katie votes Jonathan
Jonathan votes Katie
Tallying the votes:
Anyone have a hidden immunity idol and wants to play it, now's the time... (He better seriously f'n play it.... OMG, Penner did not play the idol?)
Katie 1
Penner 1
Katie 2, 3 - and Katie is voted out of Survivor Philippines (huh, I really thought they would take Jonathan out.) And with Katie leaving that means Bryon L, Lindsay J and Tori K (II) out of the pool.
Next Week: Malcolm talks up Lisa saying she reminds him of his Mama - she says she's taking it with a grain of salt, but she's all giggly (he is a cutie pie). And it looks like the merge as a boat appears on the horizon and they all scramble to gather their stuff.
Katie's last thoughts - I got blindsided - it's not a good feeling - she came in thinking she was a strong athlete but it was so much harder... (and then my recording cut her off - oh well. I didn't even know her name until last week so, she will not be missed.)
Only two more days to the weekend, hang in there,
Coleen
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