Sitting In My Spy Shack
As soon as Solarrion landed back on their beach, Jefra asked, “Who flipped on the alliance?” Tony immediately spoke up and said, “Woo & I.” Tony was not afraid to tell his alliance that LJ was a big threat to him & the only way to get him out was to blindside him & his alliance. Trish, Jefra & Kass were too close to LJ & if the slightest noise about his blindside would cause them to react. Spencer mentioned at tribal council that the “final six” was falling apart.
Knowing the heat was on Tony, the following morning Tony constructed his second “Spy Shack” in hopes to catch his alliance’s conversations without him. Trish & Jefra met to discuss Tony’s actions. After LJ’s blindside, Jefra told Trish she no longer trusts Tony. Trish continued to tell Jefra its okay & the alliance will remain in the majority even without LJ. This added to Tony’s paranoia.
Challenge – Reward
Rove, Rove, Rove Your Boat
The teams has to go out in a boat to retrieve paddles with letters on them. The first team to come back with all the paddles and use them to figure a common Survivor phrase (“Worth playing for”), wins.
Reward: Trip to Callao Cave, a barbecue lunch, and letters from home
Winners: Jefra Bland, Jeremiah Wood, Spencer Bledsoe & Tasha Fox
This reward was essential for Spencer, Jeremiah & Tasha because it was now the perfect opportunity to make Jefra flip on her alliance. In her vulnerable stat, Jefra agreed to join the bottom three to take out Tony. To add even more emotions to this reward, the group received letters from home. This was the IDEAL situation for Spencer, Jeremiah & Tasha because Jefra was at their mercy, emotionally.
Back at camp Kass, Trish, Tony & Woo were nervous about Jefra being alone with Spencer, Jeremiah & Tasha. To help reduce the level of anxiety, Tony went on a search for the hidden immunity idol, but was unable to find anything. Trish & Woo decided to look for other means of food when they stumbled upon a papaya tree. Woo climbed all the way up the tree, but on his descent he fell, plummeting to the ground. Luckily, he only walked away with a hurt butt.
Challenge – Immunity
Hard to Handle
The castaways must stand on an angled balance beam while balancing a ball. At regular intervals, they would move further down the beam, making it harder to keep steady. The last person standing wins.
Winner: Tasha Fox
Tasha is a challenge BEAST! Seriously, I would have never thought she would win two back to back individual immunity challenges. Survivor is full of blindsides & twists, so NEVER count any of your opponents out.
When Solarrion returned to camp, it was an easy decision for the majority alliance: Spencer or Jeremiah. Spencer, Jeremiah & Tasha met on the beach when Spencer revealed that he has the hidden immunity idol while Jeremiah revealed he is a model. If played correctly, Spencer could change the game.
Trish immediately knew there was something wrong with Jefra by the way she presented herself. This is why I really appreciate Trish’s game play. She pays attention to her alliance & talks to them unlike many people who push members away. Jefra told her she was going to flip on Tony to knock him out of the game, but Trish was able to bring Jefra back to the majority alliance. On the other hand Tony went looking again for the special hidden immunity idol to ensure his time on the island. Tony came across a large white tree with massive roots & this is where he began digging for the special hidden immunity idol. To his surprise, he located the SPECIAL hidden immunity idol.
Before going to tribal council, Jefra told Jeremiah that she is sticking to her alliance & she is sorry for not helping them.
At tribal council, Jefra was open about her options with Tony’s alliance & Spencer’s alliance. 
Spencer was very vocal about Tony’s alliance saying how frustrated he is with Trish, Woo, Jefra & Kass because Tony is pulling them along. Spencer & Tasha said if they end up on jury their votes would go to Tony because he is playing a phenomenal game. Before votes were read Spencer played the idol for himself, but he read Tony’s alliance wrong resulting in the elimination of Jeremiah.
Survivors still alive:
Jefra, Kass, Spencer, Tasha, Tony, Trish & Woo
The following morning, Trish & LJ discussed Tony’s explosive behavior from last night’s tribal council. Tony’s paranoia is going to be his downfall. They need to make sure Tony feels secure with this alliance or else he is going to pull a Kass & flip on his alliance.
The castaways will be divided in three teams. One member of the team must throw a rope with a hook in a box with sandbags at the top of a platform and pull the hook to drop twenty sandbags. Then another team member must toss the sandbags to another who must throw them in a net tube. When all the sandbags are inside the net tube, all the members of the team must take off the sandbags from the tube. Then one member must toss the sandbags in a trampoline to reach five net baskets. The first team to put one sandbag on each basket, wins reward.
Jeff would reveal a cycle of colored tiles to the castaways. Once the cycle is complete, the castaways would recite the pattern back by placing colored tiles in a chute. If they are incorrect, they would be eliminated. The last castaway standing wins immunity.
At tribal council, Spencer told Jeff he was expecting the worst from the majority alliance of six & Kass even said, “Its a game, Jeff, and from here on out, people may start making moves like I made. You can’t play this game & not get a little dirty.” I have to say, Kass made a great point – BUT AFTER HER BIG MOVE SHE’S BEEN COASTING. Tony told Jeff he never knows what is going to happen so that’s why he brings his bag of tricks with him to tribal council. The idea of loyalty was throw around by LJ to make Tony feel better about his relationship with him, but once the votes were read the idea of loyalty was obliterated. Five votes LJ, three votes Jeremiah & one vote Spencer.
Finally returning to camp, the Solarrion tribe erupts due to Kass’ mutiny on the Aparri alliance. Kass admits that she is playing with her guts, but Spencer said she is playing with her estrogen. Morgan started yelling at Kass about her moves & Spencer just didn’t want to hear a word from Kass. Kass keeps saying, “I’m playing the game I want to play.” She also loves the fact that she causes so much chaos within the entire tribe.
The Castaways were divided into two teams. After going through a series of obstacles to retrieve a wooden chest they then hauled it up a tall slope. The castaways must then assemble a ten piece puzzle. The first team to solve the puzzle and place the topper in the chest on top wins reward.
At reward; steaks, baked potatoes, tomatoes, THE WORKS! This was sooo mouth watering & I’m not even on the show! While eating, Spencer finds THE CLUE TO THE HIDDEN IMMUNITY IDOL IN HIS NAPKIN – GAME CHANGER!
Woo revealed to everyone that Spencer had a clue. Now EVERYONE is on the hunt! Both alliances are now forming search parties! Woo & LJ are running, Spencer is rounding up his alliance to catch up with them. Tony runs into the woods with a spear, Woo & Spencer are on top of each other, Jeremiah & Morgan are running through the river – everyone is freaking out! Literally all 10 castaways are after this idol.
After the individual immunity challenge, Spencer won on top of finding the hidden immunity idol! The Solana alliance has begun to target Tasha & Morgan because they don’t believe they would share it with her. Morgan has been called lazy & isn’t worthy of being here. Plan A is Morgan & Plan B is Tasha. Once again Kass is middle man, while the Aparri alliance has decided on voting Tony out. Because Kass is in the middle Kass may flip & take out Tony. Spencer asked Kass to intervene & vote with his alliance. Spencer has gotten over the betrayal & asked Kass to really consider his offer of voting out Tony. Kass has no alliance & is looking to sit in the final 2/3.
At tribal, the tension, once again, began to build when Kass admitted her mutiny. Spencer also admitted his high levels of emotions towards Kass & said he is over her betrayal. Morgan pleaded her case of not being a threat & no likeability making her an easy castaway to take to the finals. Trish retaliated by saying, “She is lazy & I can add more to the list of unlikeable abilities.” Morgan even confessed that she is used to being pampered in the real world. There is always someone in the bottom & this will be an interesting vote because Kass is at the bottom of both alliances. Kass bluntly admits to not being afraid of beating friends in competitions. Spencer did not play his hidden immunity idol before votes were read. After all the convincing, Kass did not swap on her new alliance resulting in the elimination of Morgan.
anything at this point – the only ones who stayed together were Mike Skupin & Lisa Whelchel. Abi-Maria Gomes proved to be a mean, volatile & down right rude person. It was a task to get rid of Abi because she found a hidden immunity idol & even won individual immunity securing her place until the final five. The underdogs, Malcolm & Denise proved themselves to be assets to the majority alliance. Coming from a tribe that lost every member, Malcolm & Denis remained loyal to each other until Denise voted him out in the final four because she knew Malcolm would have a clean sweep of the jury votes. Denise, Skupin & Lisa sat in the final three, but the victor being Denise – the sex therapist who survived EVERY single tribal this season.
but three iconic castaways made their debut; Candice Cody, Ozzy Lusth & Parvati Shallows. Candice & Parvati were jury members while Ozzy came in second place, but won fan favorite. The major real I LOVE this merged tribe is the Aitutaki four consisting of Yul, Ozzy, Sundra & Becky. These four were against extreme odds – four of them verses eight Rarotonga members. Literally these four Aitutaki members were the final four castaways in the game. Thanks to Yul’s excellent social game & Ozzy’s physical dominance in challenges, these four did not let the extreme disadvantage get in the way of their success. I just love how these four were so strategic in picking off these members one by one.
e merge & immunity challenge, Jalapao member Joe Dowdle was medically evacuated due to a serious knee injury, adding to Timbira’s power. With the excellent social skills, JT was able to convince Coach to vote out one of Timbira’s own, Brendan. JT began to play off Coach’s philosophy of, “Play with honorable, loyal & respectful castaways.” Coach was the biggest fracture in Timbira’s tribe ultimately crumbling the massive power Timbira had over Jalapao. One by one, JT, Stephen & Taj (the last 3 Jalapao members) took out the Timbira tribe until JT & Stephen turned on Taj in the final 4, sending her home with a hidden immunity idol. JT & Stephen sat in the final 2 – JT completely owning up to everything & working the jury very well while Stephen sucked. JT’s jury’s voted him unanimously Sole Survivor. This is the first time in Survivor history to have a castaway play a “Perfect Game” – meaning JT never received a vote for elimination, but received every jury vote for the victory.
this season) The next tribal council, Galu didn’t think Russel could find another hidden immunity idol, oh they were wrong blindsiding Kelly. Russel made a deal with John that if John votes out one of his own, Russel will vote out one of his own next, another lie which John fell for voting Laura out following his own elimination. As Galu crumbled, they began to listen to Russel & the Foa Foa four. Fianlly when Galu member Brett won three individual immunities back to back the Foa Foa four had to vote out their own – Russel was going mad with the lies everyone told each other and the decided to vote Jaison. As vicious as Russel was he played a very good game – in the final three Russel, Natalie, & Mick would be crowned Sole Survivor. The jury voted strictly on emotion giving Natalie the victory because she played a strong social game & let Russel take all the damage.
Cirie & Amanda these women were out for blood. Being a Fans Vs Favorites season, the big threats of favorites remained – James & Ozzy. Parvati spun a web of alliances that she was able to perfectly maintain. With her power she decided to take this women to the end. They took out Ozzy with a hidden immunity idol, then Jason with a hidden immunity idol & tricked Erik into GIVING up his immunity necklace which resulted in an elimination immediately. But that was just the boys, Amanda blindsided Alexis with her hidden immunity idol, then Natalie was the only female non favorite standing at this point when Amanda, Parvati & Cirie took her out. Thinking it was a final three, these girls rejoiced to only be blindsided by Survivor with a final two. Amanda won the final challenge & voted Cirie out because of her popularity with the jury. Parvati won the title of Sole Survivor due to her big moves & devious game play.
Survivor – the Merge, when both tribes come together & it is now every man for themselves! There are eleven castaways left – six on Aparri & five on Solana. On paper, Aparri is looking good with the majority of numbers, but this is Survivor & ANYTHING is possible when it comes to the merge. Both tribes are now living on the old Aparri beach. One of my favorite ALL time things on Survivor is the buff color & this year’s new merged tribe is black. Okay, so it may be over used, but I BOUGHT IT ANYWAY!
This challenge is a wild card – everyone seemed good until the last slate. I thought Survivor turned into dominoes for a second because 8 people fell off as soon as they stood up on the final stage, leaving Tony, Morgan & Woo. I was very surprised Morgan was up there in the final three! But as soon as I began to root for her, she fell off leaving Tony & Woo. The Survivor Gods must have been watching because the BIGGEST gust of wind came in while both men fought hard to stay balanced on that structure. Tony struggled a lot to stay alive, but he just could not keep his balance, granting Woo the first individual immunity.
With Woo winning the challenge, the old Aparri tribe knew they had to take out either, Jefra or Trish because they are the least likely to have the idol & they may even flush out an idol, but Sarah was not on board. Sarah believed that her alliance should target Tony or LJ. Sarah also believed that Tony or LJ didn’t have the hidden immunity idol, which was dumb because she had ZERO evidence while both of them walked around camp with their hidden immunity idols. Sarah… what are you doing?! YOU MUST ASSUME EVERY POSSIBLE OUTCOME & VOTE ACCORDINGLY. As Sarah argued, Kass began to really let Sarah know what she felt is best for their alliance. This made Sarah feel isolated. Like her alliance didn’t care about her vote making her emotions volatile. In one of her confessions she stated, “I will make the decision on who goes home next, I’m the president right now.” She is not the kind of person her alliance should be pissing off.
As for tribal council, OH LORD HOLD ON! Tony pulled out the big guns after Jeff asked about hidden immunity idols in the game. Tony LITERALLY showed the castaways his idol after Spencer called him out, saying it was a bluff. The Aparri alliance scrambled, saying “The other vote. The other vote.” Tony even said it is a community idol & it just isn’t for Tony. Both alliances huddling together in whispers, “Keep it the same.” “No, the other one!” Jeff was boggled! Once all castaways went up to vote, the drama intensified – Tony played his idol for LJ, BUT WAIT! LJ pulled out his idol (which his tribe didn’t know about) & played it for Tony! Jeff read the votes & it appeared that Tony & LJ did not read the Aparri tribe very well. Jefra got 5 votes, while Sarah got 5 votes as well. With the final vote, Sarah was eliminated. Kass flipped on her alliance.
Coming back to camp, Solana’s tribe was highly divided – Lindsey immediately confronted Trish, not about the game but on a personal level. Trish said “I don’t care about you, I never liked you.” and Lindsey rebutted with, “You’re a bully & I don’t care what you think.” As tensions rose, Lindsey removed herself from camp & isolated herself from everyone to call Jeff Probst in. Lindsey said, “If I stay here any longer with Trish I will do something bad.” She didn’t want to her daughter to see what could happen if Lindsey remained with Trish, ultimately removing herself from the game. Tony & Trish were convinced that Lindsey quit because her closest ally, Cliff was blindsided earlier that night.
platform that they would hold in one hand. They would use the other free hand to attempt to knock their opponent’s idol off the platform. The castaway whose idol hit the ground last would score one point for their tribe. The first tribe with four points win.
tackling the shit out of other person to know their idol down first. In all honesty, when it was Morgan Vs Tony that was completely unfair – he just tackled her. Even Jeremiah’s fumble was very entertaining, I thought he was going to catch it, but sadly no.
The tribes had to place poles of varying lengths into their holders to form a staircase, and then run up it. They would then make their way through a multi-story wooden maze. Once every tribe member had made it through the maze, one tribe member would retrieve a key and use it to unlock a box of puzzle pieces. Two other tribe members then had to use the puzzle pieces to solve a puzzle, which displayed three numbers. They had to use the three numbers to solve a code, the first tribe to solve their code and raise their flag won.
most likely castaway to flip on the new Aparri tribe at the merge. As much as she tried to persuade her tribe, she kept painting the target on her back bigger & bigger. Jeremiah revealed to Spencer & Alexis that there is no way he has the hidden immunity idol because Tony’s attempt to target Jeremiah failed – the clue was for the Solana tribe, not Aparri.
In this challenge, castaways must eat a variety of native, (usually gross) foods. This challenge has appeared multiple times throughout the survivor series. When it is seen as a tribal challenge, whoever finishes the chosen dish first, wins a point for the tribe. When this challenge is used as an individual challenge, the last person to finish the dish is out, the last man standing wins.
Each competitor has 150 to 200 wooden tiles. They must use the tiles to build a house of cards up to certain height. The first person to reach the target height wins. However, if there is a specified time limit, the person with the tallest house of cards when time expires wins.
One arm above their head, with their wrist tethered to a bucket of water, on top of a platform. The castaway who could stand there the longest without tipping the bucket would win. At random points during the challenge, the host would tempt the contestants with food items. They would get the food item only if they step down.
The players must swim under a steel grate and stay above the water. As the tide rises, player will run out of breathing room. If the fear of drowning is too much, that person can bail out. The last person still in the grate wins the challenge.
pounds! How the hell was Jeremiah & Spencer suppose to get him off the freakin’ pole?! So that’s the only reason why Solana won, but its okay it was just reward. In all honesty, I would not want this reward. After days of no food, the last thing I would want is coffee.
With the first tribal council for the new Solana tribe tensions were high because of the fear of Trish flipping alliances with Jefra & LJ. But it shouldn’t matter because Tony, Cliff, Woo & Lindsey would be together. LJ would be safe because of his hidden immunity idol. Well it turned out Tony voted for Cliff, along with Jefra, LJ, & Trish because he said “of strategist reasons.” This BLINDSIDED Cliff along with Woo & Lindsey.
such a strong lead over Aparri – Oh that’s right, J’tia ONCE AGAIN lost the challenge. For a nuclear engineer who works for the United States of America, she is unable to complete games on a reality show. (I had to add this picture for comedic relief from the terrible survivor castaway we know as J’tia.) For this challenge as a whole, it was very entertaining to watch all these people watch around blindfolded & just run into objects. It was such a good episode. This episode exemplifies, that in the game of Survivor, you should NEVER give up because the game can change in the blink of an eye. It also projects this theory to not only challenges, but the social aspects & strategic moves made by castaways. One conversation can TURN this game upside – never give up in Survivor.
problems when the times comes. Good thing Cliff is such a team player that he put the team on his back & carried them to victory. Speaking of hard working players, Spencer is doing the best he can do with his tribe. I give him so much credit for all the work he puts into each challenge. Where as J’Tia couldn’t even help retrieve the balls to throw back to Spencer. While Aparri tried to throw the challenge, they won & while Luzon tried their hardest to win, they lost. A moment of silence please.
At tribal council, Tasha & Kass decided to keep Spencer around because J’Tia really hasn’t been contributing to the tribe at all since day one. She may have been loyal, but that doesn’t cut it in their situation. Saving Spencer definitely solidified the three last Luzon castaways.
The Survivor Effect 