It Is Not a High Without a Low
Last week the newly formed majority of six quickly turned on their own and voted out Zeke much to Michaela and Sarah's dismay.
Maku Maku - Night 29
Back at camp Tai confirms that all the majority five voted for Zeke which means the three he thought were with him all wrote his name down. Cirie, Sarah & Michaela are talking and they think that Tai could be a number they can use because of that fact... and they want to break up Sierra & Brad next so Culpepper is their next target.
Maku Maku - Day 30
Sierra feels like she got burned by Sarah who has been her best friend out there but, in a bid to win back her favour, Sierra reveals to Sarah that she has the legacy advantage which is an immunity idol that is only good for when there are six people left... and if she doesn't make it to six Sarah will get a nice little gift as Sierra has to will it to someone. Sarah sees this as a reason to keep Sierra around, she is willing to work with her and share info with her (but she really just gave you a reason to slit her throat and take her treasure... or is it just me?) Sarah says Brad's game is over (huh, okay, maybe just me.)
Day 30 - Reward challenge
The winners of the challenge will have a good, old fashioned BBQ... and it's crying time because today they are playing for their loved ones. Jeff no sooner gets those words out than Sarah starts a keening wale and crumples to the ground (holy carp lady, hold it together) but that is just the beginning because they all blubber through the loved ones parade:
Sarah's husband Wyatt - is a cutey-patooty. (Um, did we know she was married, let alone a mother, apparently she has a son as well.) Sarah really is playing this game close to the vest.
Andrea's mom Linda - reveals more than she'd like I think when she reveals that Andrea lost her sister who had encouraged her to apply for Survivor initially. (Huh, what else will we learn today?)
Aubry's sister Carrie - meh, they hug, unconditional love - yeah yeah.
Sierra's dad Dan - Dad gives some advice about keeping thick skinned and climbing the mountain- yawn.
Michaela's mom Candy - she is so cute and shocked to see Michaela crying - Michaela is just so proud to have been able to get her mom a vacation to Fiji it seems.
Troyzan's brother Todd - (Troy & Todd, their parents weren't too imaginative with the names) but they were very affectionate, Troyzan is one of six kids and they are all very close.
Tai's love of his life - Mark - Awww, they kiss and hug, then Tai asks how the cats are doing (checking on the kids) they were cute.
Culpepper's wife Monica - She looks really good when she's not starving - and Brad runs over to hug her - and he tells her he finally realizes how hard it was for her (ugh, for some reason they annoy me.)
Cirie's youngest son Jared - she missed his high school graduation to be out there - and he is so handsome. They have a very close relationship, he can talk to her about anything - and they made me cry but I think it was because they were just so happy to see each other, it was sweet.
So finally the challenge - the Survivors will be divided into three teams of three - they will be tethered together at the waist and then have to get through a series of obstacles (over a barrier, under a half buried log), then unbraid a rope to release a key and use the key to open a chest full of sandbags, then throw the sandbags to clear all stacked blocks off a table - first triplet to clear the blocks wins the reward of the BBQ with their loved ones back at camp.
Teams were:
Brad, Aubry & Andrea
Cirie, Troyzan & Sierra
Tai, Sarah, Michaela - At first blush I thought this team would win easily, they all seemed super motivated to spend more time with their loved ones but then I underestimated the power of the Culpepper - Andrea, Aubry and him were able to dig under that log quicker than anyone else and that made a huge difference - but then the quarterback was able to easily throw the sandbags to clear the table before any of the other teams even got to that point.
So Culpepper, Aubry & Andrea win... and they get to choose another person and their loved one to share with them - Andrea says Cirie and she is crying that everyone can't join them... well Jeff tells them they get to choose one more (which is like torture at this point, they are all begging for it to be them) and they choose Sarah. Let me tell you, Michaela was mad, and there was no hiding it.
They show Andrea dismissing how upset Michaela was, "She's smart, she knows it's a game. We'll give Michaela a day and she'll be back on track." (Really? it was a little gross how condescending it was - Seems Andrea is getting a little big for her britches.)
Day 30 - Back at camp the loved ones are getting their feed on and having the Survivor experience - Brad is strategizing with Monica - she tells him that Michaela is ripe to flip since she was so mad not having been chosen to partake in the reward. Brad hopes that Sierra & Troyzan are working on Michaela to get her to vote with them, but Brad also knows that he has to win immunity if he wants to stick around.
Maku Maku - Day 30
Michaela is talking to Tai in the water - she feels like she's on the bottom, no one cared about her and her mother and Tai is the same, he's got no one out there either so they agree that they will stick together. Sierra & Troyzan move in to bring these two back in the fold so they will now have the majority and they are going to target Andrea to go.
-Michaela feels like she has put herself and Tai in a great position to vote either with the group that votes Andrea or the group that votes Brad - at the end of the day it's about Michaela doing what is best for Michaela. (Exactly.)
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
They will have to balance on a narrow beam and hold a buoy between two sticks (ball with two divots in the sides) - if at any time they drop the buoy or they lose their balance, they are out. Last person standing wins immunity.
Once they get going they quickly start dropping like flies Aubry drops her ball, followed by Sierra then Andrea and Sarah, Cirie, Troyzan and they are down to three - Michaela, Culpepper and Tai.
-In the end, Michaela lost it, Tai lost it and Brad was able to dig deep and pull this one out - Culpepper wins Immunity - his first individual immunity win in all the time he's played, huh.
Maku Maku - Day 32
So with Brad now having immunity Andrea tells her people to vote for Sierra. Tai is saying he is with them and will vote how they want - but he is with Michaela, and they are thinking that they should vote Andrea with the other group tonight.
-Michaela & Tai tell Sierra that the Andrea group is voting for her tonight but they assure her that they are going to vote Andrea with her - she's terrified.
-Aubry tells Sarah that they are voting Sierra and Sarah has no hesitation, she is all in for that - because she wants that legacy advantage (ah, there it is!) Sarah goes to solidify that she and Sierra are still good so that she will still will her the advantage when she leaves and Sarah tells the camera, "This is not about making friends," (ah, she's not there to make friends, one of my favourite tropes.)
-Sierra shares with Sarah that Michaela and Tai are voting together and are voting Andrea tonight but this is not what Sarah wants, she needs them to help her vote Sierra out.
-So Sarah goes to Michaela and tells her that Sierra has the legacy advantage which is essentially a hidden immunity idol, and they have to get her out. Michaela doesn't like this complication but seems to flip pretty quickly to Sarah's way of thinking. Of course she tells us she is still deciding what she's really going to do tonight.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
We start talking about the loved one reward and Sierra points out that she, Troyzan, Tai and Michaela just happened to be the four that were left out of the Reward last time too - so this just gave them the opportunity to get closer and figure out if they want to move forward in the game together.
-Brad did win his first immunity but he can't even revel in it because it doesn't help the four on the bottom only himself (ugh, really - I'm not buying his selfless non-leader shtick).
-Sierra said she didn't worry about who won immunity she was just worried about herself (that I believe to a point - she was also glad that Andrea didn't win) - she just wants them to see her as a non-threatening vote and points out that Andrea is a bigger threat.
-Andrea downplays her immunity wins and points out that if the underdogs "sneak by" and get to the end, they have a great chance at winning the game. (She's acting like she's the boss, if she lets them sneak by, really? Hubris goeth before the fall.)
-Aubry talked a couple times but I just hear Charlie Brown adults - wha wah wha... she never says anything of any consequence.
-Sarah says she hopes they have a solid group right now but you never know in this game, has the deck reshuffled? (While you were eating steak with your loved ones? Probably.)
-Jeff asks Michaela if saying you are in a group is the kiss of death - if you are in the We should you be worried? She says that you have to be careful that the big W doesn't turn upside down and become a Me - then you might not have been in the we to begin with and you got to get out before it bites you. (Jeff loved the W turning upside down and even does it with his fingers... Whatever - I'm bored with this, let's vote.)
-Sierra and Andrea both know they are the names on the block and they are hoping the people they talked to today stay true with their word... but then they both talked to the same people so someone was being lied to... let's find out who. (It's like there can be only one blond!)
Time to Vote:
Andrea votes Sierra - It's either you or me girl.
Sierra votes Andrea - I hope I'm part of the real We.
No one plays a hidden immunity idol.
Votes:
Sierra - 1
Andrea - 1
Sierra - 2
Andrea - 2
Sierra - 3
Andrea - 3
Sierra - 4, 5... and it's SIERRA voted out tonight. Sarah looks at her like she's expecting that advantage but Sierra walks off into the night. Oh, but Sierra does will the legacy advantage to Sarah (I guess they'll give it to her later so not everyone knows about it) saying she hopes that Sarah didn't vote for her tonight, she was the only one true to her (oh, you poor thing, no she wasn't) and she hopes that Sarah makes it to six and does something great with it.
With Sierra leaving, that takes: Lois L., Fraser G. and Elliot L. out of the pool.
Next week:
Tensions are high - looks like Michaela is trying to push Brad around and he's not having it - then Cirie is hatching a plan with Tai... ooh, could be good.
Sierra's final thoughts: she thought she was part of the We and she was not - she got too comfortable but she is proud of the game she played. (Snore).
Have a great rest of your week everyone,
Coleen
Last week the newly formed majority of six quickly turned on their own and voted out Zeke much to Michaela and Sarah's dismay.
Maku Maku - Night 29
Back at camp Tai confirms that all the majority five voted for Zeke which means the three he thought were with him all wrote his name down. Cirie, Sarah & Michaela are talking and they think that Tai could be a number they can use because of that fact... and they want to break up Sierra & Brad next so Culpepper is their next target.
Maku Maku - Day 30
Sierra feels like she got burned by Sarah who has been her best friend out there but, in a bid to win back her favour, Sierra reveals to Sarah that she has the legacy advantage which is an immunity idol that is only good for when there are six people left... and if she doesn't make it to six Sarah will get a nice little gift as Sierra has to will it to someone. Sarah sees this as a reason to keep Sierra around, she is willing to work with her and share info with her (but she really just gave you a reason to slit her throat and take her treasure... or is it just me?) Sarah says Brad's game is over (huh, okay, maybe just me.)
Day 30 - Reward challenge
The winners of the challenge will have a good, old fashioned BBQ... and it's crying time because today they are playing for their loved ones. Jeff no sooner gets those words out than Sarah starts a keening wale and crumples to the ground (holy carp lady, hold it together) but that is just the beginning because they all blubber through the loved ones parade:
Sarah's husband Wyatt - is a cutey-patooty. (Um, did we know she was married, let alone a mother, apparently she has a son as well.) Sarah really is playing this game close to the vest.
Andrea's mom Linda - reveals more than she'd like I think when she reveals that Andrea lost her sister who had encouraged her to apply for Survivor initially. (Huh, what else will we learn today?)
Aubry's sister Carrie - meh, they hug, unconditional love - yeah yeah.
Sierra's dad Dan - Dad gives some advice about keeping thick skinned and climbing the mountain- yawn.
Michaela's mom Candy - she is so cute and shocked to see Michaela crying - Michaela is just so proud to have been able to get her mom a vacation to Fiji it seems.
Troyzan's brother Todd - (Troy & Todd, their parents weren't too imaginative with the names) but they were very affectionate, Troyzan is one of six kids and they are all very close.
Tai's love of his life - Mark - Awww, they kiss and hug, then Tai asks how the cats are doing (checking on the kids) they were cute.
Culpepper's wife Monica - She looks really good when she's not starving - and Brad runs over to hug her - and he tells her he finally realizes how hard it was for her (ugh, for some reason they annoy me.)
Cirie's youngest son Jared - she missed his high school graduation to be out there - and he is so handsome. They have a very close relationship, he can talk to her about anything - and they made me cry but I think it was because they were just so happy to see each other, it was sweet.
So finally the challenge - the Survivors will be divided into three teams of three - they will be tethered together at the waist and then have to get through a series of obstacles (over a barrier, under a half buried log), then unbraid a rope to release a key and use the key to open a chest full of sandbags, then throw the sandbags to clear all stacked blocks off a table - first triplet to clear the blocks wins the reward of the BBQ with their loved ones back at camp.
Teams were:
Brad, Aubry & Andrea
Cirie, Troyzan & Sierra
Tai, Sarah, Michaela - At first blush I thought this team would win easily, they all seemed super motivated to spend more time with their loved ones but then I underestimated the power of the Culpepper - Andrea, Aubry and him were able to dig under that log quicker than anyone else and that made a huge difference - but then the quarterback was able to easily throw the sandbags to clear the table before any of the other teams even got to that point.
So Culpepper, Aubry & Andrea win... and they get to choose another person and their loved one to share with them - Andrea says Cirie and she is crying that everyone can't join them... well Jeff tells them they get to choose one more (which is like torture at this point, they are all begging for it to be them) and they choose Sarah. Let me tell you, Michaela was mad, and there was no hiding it.
They show Andrea dismissing how upset Michaela was, "She's smart, she knows it's a game. We'll give Michaela a day and she'll be back on track." (Really? it was a little gross how condescending it was - Seems Andrea is getting a little big for her britches.)
Day 30 - Back at camp the loved ones are getting their feed on and having the Survivor experience - Brad is strategizing with Monica - she tells him that Michaela is ripe to flip since she was so mad not having been chosen to partake in the reward. Brad hopes that Sierra & Troyzan are working on Michaela to get her to vote with them, but Brad also knows that he has to win immunity if he wants to stick around.
Maku Maku - Day 30
Michaela is talking to Tai in the water - she feels like she's on the bottom, no one cared about her and her mother and Tai is the same, he's got no one out there either so they agree that they will stick together. Sierra & Troyzan move in to bring these two back in the fold so they will now have the majority and they are going to target Andrea to go.
-Michaela feels like she has put herself and Tai in a great position to vote either with the group that votes Andrea or the group that votes Brad - at the end of the day it's about Michaela doing what is best for Michaela. (Exactly.)
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
They will have to balance on a narrow beam and hold a buoy between two sticks (ball with two divots in the sides) - if at any time they drop the buoy or they lose their balance, they are out. Last person standing wins immunity.
Once they get going they quickly start dropping like flies Aubry drops her ball, followed by Sierra then Andrea and Sarah, Cirie, Troyzan and they are down to three - Michaela, Culpepper and Tai.
-In the end, Michaela lost it, Tai lost it and Brad was able to dig deep and pull this one out - Culpepper wins Immunity - his first individual immunity win in all the time he's played, huh.
Maku Maku - Day 32
So with Brad now having immunity Andrea tells her people to vote for Sierra. Tai is saying he is with them and will vote how they want - but he is with Michaela, and they are thinking that they should vote Andrea with the other group tonight.
-Michaela & Tai tell Sierra that the Andrea group is voting for her tonight but they assure her that they are going to vote Andrea with her - she's terrified.
-Aubry tells Sarah that they are voting Sierra and Sarah has no hesitation, she is all in for that - because she wants that legacy advantage (ah, there it is!) Sarah goes to solidify that she and Sierra are still good so that she will still will her the advantage when she leaves and Sarah tells the camera, "This is not about making friends," (ah, she's not there to make friends, one of my favourite tropes.)
-Sierra shares with Sarah that Michaela and Tai are voting together and are voting Andrea tonight but this is not what Sarah wants, she needs them to help her vote Sierra out.
-So Sarah goes to Michaela and tells her that Sierra has the legacy advantage which is essentially a hidden immunity idol, and they have to get her out. Michaela doesn't like this complication but seems to flip pretty quickly to Sarah's way of thinking. Of course she tells us she is still deciding what she's really going to do tonight.
TRIBAL COUNCIL
We start talking about the loved one reward and Sierra points out that she, Troyzan, Tai and Michaela just happened to be the four that were left out of the Reward last time too - so this just gave them the opportunity to get closer and figure out if they want to move forward in the game together.
-Brad did win his first immunity but he can't even revel in it because it doesn't help the four on the bottom only himself (ugh, really - I'm not buying his selfless non-leader shtick).
-Sierra said she didn't worry about who won immunity she was just worried about herself (that I believe to a point - she was also glad that Andrea didn't win) - she just wants them to see her as a non-threatening vote and points out that Andrea is a bigger threat.
-Andrea downplays her immunity wins and points out that if the underdogs "sneak by" and get to the end, they have a great chance at winning the game. (She's acting like she's the boss, if she lets them sneak by, really? Hubris goeth before the fall.)
-Aubry talked a couple times but I just hear Charlie Brown adults - wha wah wha... she never says anything of any consequence.
-Sarah says she hopes they have a solid group right now but you never know in this game, has the deck reshuffled? (While you were eating steak with your loved ones? Probably.)
-Jeff asks Michaela if saying you are in a group is the kiss of death - if you are in the We should you be worried? She says that you have to be careful that the big W doesn't turn upside down and become a Me - then you might not have been in the we to begin with and you got to get out before it bites you. (Jeff loved the W turning upside down and even does it with his fingers... Whatever - I'm bored with this, let's vote.)
-Sierra and Andrea both know they are the names on the block and they are hoping the people they talked to today stay true with their word... but then they both talked to the same people so someone was being lied to... let's find out who. (It's like there can be only one blond!)
Time to Vote:
Andrea votes Sierra - It's either you or me girl.
Sierra votes Andrea - I hope I'm part of the real We.
No one plays a hidden immunity idol.
Votes:
Sierra - 1
Andrea - 1
Sierra - 2
Andrea - 2
Sierra - 3
Andrea - 3
Sierra - 4, 5... and it's SIERRA voted out tonight. Sarah looks at her like she's expecting that advantage but Sierra walks off into the night. Oh, but Sierra does will the legacy advantage to Sarah (I guess they'll give it to her later so not everyone knows about it) saying she hopes that Sarah didn't vote for her tonight, she was the only one true to her (oh, you poor thing, no she wasn't) and she hopes that Sarah makes it to six and does something great with it.
With Sierra leaving, that takes: Lois L., Fraser G. and Elliot L. out of the pool.
Next week:
Tensions are high - looks like Michaela is trying to push Brad around and he's not having it - then Cirie is hatching a plan with Tai... ooh, could be good.
Sierra's final thoughts: she thought she was part of the We and she was not - she got too comfortable but she is proud of the game she played. (Snore).
Have a great rest of your week everyone,
Coleen
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