First, a
look at this week’s rosters:
|
Scott |
Alex |
Sophi |
|
Will |
Rizo |
Savannah |
|
Slater |
Rizo |
Sophie |
|
Morgan |
Rizo |
Savannah |
|
Nickole |
NA |
NA |
|
Kat |
Rizo |
Savannah |
|
Aly |
Sophie |
Steven |
|
Stephanie |
Rizo |
Savannah |
|
Jo |
Rizo |
Savannah |
|
Tom |
MC |
Savannah |
|
Chris |
Sophi |
Sophie |
|
Danny |
Jawan |
Savannah |
|
Amy D. |
Rizo |
Steven |
|
Amy A. |
Kristina |
Steven |
|
Angela |
Rizo |
Savannah |
|
Lia |
Sophi |
Sophie |
|
Melissa |
Sage |
Savannah |
|
Kyle |
Rizo |
Savannah |
|
Blake |
NA |
NA |
With 10 selections, villainous Savannah was the leading choice. You people would choose Lex Luthor if you thought he’d help you win! And when I say “You people, I mean ‘me too’ since I’ve chosen her several times. Just win, baby! She’s followed closely by Rizo, and of those choices *7* of you chose the combination. Everyone else was drafted at least once. Even Kristina!
Second, 5
bonus points to Will, Aly, Morgan, and Melissa, for correctly identifying the song
describing Savannah’s trip to the bottom and then back to the top is the first
lyric of “Helter Skelter”, a song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles and U2 stole
back. Check it out, it’s the best concert opener I
ever heard!
On to the
update!
Back At Camp
We left with
the tribe split with half of them safe at camp and half voting out MC at Tribal
Council. Speculation runs amok at camp that Sophie is the easy choice due to
how well she did in competitions. She may be in an alliance with Sophie, but
Kristina wouldn’t mind her going home because it wouldn’t get blood on her
hands. Someone should probably tell
Kristina how alliances work. She clearly doesn’t know.
When the
others return MC-less, and Rizo still has his idol, Kristina feels gut-punched
as MC was her ride-or-die. Sophie fought
like hell to stay, and seeing their genuinely shocked reactions that she was
still here is an eye-opener for her. She forswears allegiance to Steven and
Kristina, declaring to us that she’s now a free agent.
Savannah breaks Rule #1: STFU and shares with Soph that she banked her vote. They’re pretty tight now, but I still think it’s a bad idea. Soph still thinks they are on the bottom but (incorrectly) thinks they have all the advantages or idols still in play. Rizo is on cloud nine, seeing that in addition to his allies having all the powers he’s also gained an ally in Sophie
Without MC,
Steven needs a new “person” and chooses Sage with whom he’s in the “Bottom’s
Up” Alliance. He tells her that Kristina has an idol, but not to share even
with Jawan, which Sage agrees to. Steven thinks that Sophie being shocked that
they were shocked she came back means she didn’t see the tides turning against
her. He’s right, but it’s too narrow a view and if he talked about what happens
with Sophie next, we don’t get to see it.
Sage, Alex and Steven talk about Rizo, Savannah or Sophie as the next target. Alex has been playing the middle, seeing Sage and Jawan as the power group which is a ludicrously bad read. Staying firmly in the middle, he tells Rizo and Savannah they are the targets. Ever haughty, Rizo shamelessly self-promotes his brilliance in seeing right through Alex’s attempts to play both sides, noting “If you’re loyal to all, you’re loyal to none” (5 points for “Say the title of the episode” [Rizo] to Will, Slater, Morgan, Kat, Stephanie, Jo, Amy D., Angela, and Kyle!)
Reward Challenge
In this
challenge, they are split into two “tribes” of four. Sophi is the odd person out
and can choose which team’s fate to share. This will be scored as “Win
Tribal Reward”, and Sophi will not be eligible for points since she’s
not competing.
They have to
roll a big, heavy metal cube through an obstacle course, climb it to retrieve a
sandbag, crawl under a net, use the sandbag to knock three rungs off a tall
pole and then frisbee toss them back onto the pole. First team to land all three wins fried
chicken, fries, soda, lemonade, cheesecake and blueberries. Jawan tries not to think about the reward
since he’s done that every time and lost every time.
The teams
are:
Yellow: Rizo, Sage, Steven, Jawan
Blue: Kristina, Sophie, Alex, Savannah
Soph: Chose to back the Yellow team (which
I’d have done too)
Yellow takes a short lead retrieving their bag, but Blue catches up at the ring knock-down. Steven knocks his rings down for Yellow first, and Rizo gets some practice trying to land them back onto the pole while Sophie struggles to knock them down for Blue. Rizo’s made no progress and switches to Jawan as Sophie finally knocks down the rings. Alex quickly lands 1-2-3 and takes home the win for Blue!
(3 points
for “Win Tribe Reward” [Alex] to Scott!)
(3 points
for “Win Tribe Reward” [Savannah] to Will, Morgan, Kat, Stephanie, Jo, Tom,
Danny, Angela, Melissa and Kyle]!)
(3 points
for “Win Tribe Reward” [Kristina] to Amy A.!)
(3 points
for “Win Tribe Reward” [Sophie] to Aly, Lia, Slater and Chris!)
Kristina,
who’s won rewards already, begs Jawan to trade with her so he can eat. This is a genuine moment, and one I can’t
recall seeing before. Jeff will allow it,
but Jawan is reluctant, wanting to have earned it, but the thought of food
overpowers his sense of propriety, and he accepts the offer. Note: He
didn’t “win” reward – Kristina did – so Kristina gets the points.
At The Winner Meal
Jawan is
happy he made the swap, and shares some of his backstory about always need to
feel like the provider. Still feeling
betrayed by her “allies” reactions, Sophie shares an honest angry reaction to
her “inevitable” torch snuffing. They’re
all open for business, but nothing seems to take root.
Back At Camp
Sage and Kristina finally decide it’s time to flush Rizo’s idol, they just need numbers. All I can do is shake my head and try to find the right meme to describe it. Here’s the best I got:
Thinking
Soph is more concerned with being on the right side of the vote, Kristina tells
Soph the plan to get Rizo’s idol out while splitting the vote onto Savannah.
Soph follows Rule #7: Always Say Yes but she has no plans to follow
through with that. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Sophi] to Scott,
Lia, and Chris!). When the winners return, Soph shares the plan with
Savannah. They feel like a true threesome now, and they all have advantages.
Hearing the other side’s plan, Savannah wants either Sage or Jawan while Rizo wants to build a common enemy in Alex. He tells Sophie how Alex wanted her out, and it’s a perfect fit. Sophie’s betrayal is still fresh. She’s looking for a lifeline and Rizo’s it. The self-proclaimed superstar moves on to Sage and Jawan who also fall for his exaggerated stories.
Immunity Challenge
In this
challenge, they will sit back and use their feet to press a disc against a
horizontal pole. Last man and woman
to drop win individual immunity.
Faster than
I can type up the instructions, Rizo drops (3 points for “First Person Out
Of Individual Immunity Challenge” [Rizo] to Will, Slater, Morgan, Kat,
Stephanie, Jo, Amy D., Angela, and Kyle!). Kristina quickly follows, of
course. Savannah tries to distract
everyone by asking Steven to quote facts about space, and he has a ton of
them.
Scott’s
favorite space fact: It is approximated that there are 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
(that’s 200 billion trillion) stars. Yet
if you flew off the Earth in any direction and travelled forever, you have a
99% chance of travelling forever without hitting anything. That’s how vast
space is.
Anyway, Sage
drops at about the 15-minute mark, Sage, Alex, Soph and Jawan drop meaning (8
points for “Win Individual Immunity” [Steven] to Aly, Amy D. and Amy A.!). The
women come down to Sophie vs. Savannah again and they get to 20 minutes, 30,
40! Savannah still hasn’t even moved
while it’s obvious Sophie is struggling.
A few minutes later, she drops and the villain is safe again. (8
points for “Win Individual Immunity” [Savannah] to Will, Morgan, Kat,
Stephanie, Jo, Tom, Danny, Angela, Melissa and Kyle]!).
Rizo thinks
the challenge went great (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Rizo] to
Will, Slater, Morgan, Kat, Stephanie, Jo, Amy D., Angela, and Kyle!). While
Savannah feels like winning was a necessity, which is how villains generally
feel.
Back At Camp
The chaos
begins.
Sophie,
Kristina and Steven are going for Rizo. Sage and Jawan can split their vote to
Sophi to block Rizo’s idol play. Sophie likes that plan, but she also likes her
burgeoning relationship with Rizo, who tells her about Jawan and Sage joining
him to go for Alex.
Jawan wanted
to work with Alex and tells him Rizo’s plan, but he’s soured on Alex’s messy
play. Alex goes to Sophie, Kristina and
Sage about Rizo but it’s too late. Rizo got there first and he’s in their
heads.
Got all
that? Good, because it’s time for…
Tribal Council
The tribe scrambled today with many chefs in the kitchen, some at the beach and a few at the water well. Rizo sees that as fluidity, people coming together for a vote rather than tribal lines. Savannah is happy her immunity win disrupted the plans since her name was out there. “Can you say ‘cocky’” - The Quotable Carol (my significant other). Yes, I can.
While Sage
thinks she can tell when someone’s losing it, Kristina has no idea if she’s got
a good poker face, Jawan thinks he’s been building trust over the last few
votes and is ready to take a shot at a big target, an open threat to Rizo to
play his idol.
Alex thinks everyone has their own criteria about whether they buy people’s stories. At least he got that right. (1 point for “Mention ‘in this game’” [Alex] to Scott!). Letting her thoughts tie her into a pretzel, Sophie has convinced herself that letting Rizo keep the Idol is the better option because she’d rather know where the idol is than have to guess.
At the vote,
Sophi is chosen to go first…again. (3 points for “First Person Choen To
Vote” [Sophi] to Scott, Lia, and Chris!).
Somehow,
Rizo has the guts to keep the idol in his pocket AGAIN. He has the guts of a
riverboat gambler, I’ll give him that. His decision proves to be the right one
as the votes come in. He receives one
vote, Sophi gets two but it’s Alex who bags the other six, becoming the third
member of the jury.
(1 point
for “Received Vote Against” [Rizo] to Will, Slater, Morgan, Kat, Stephanie, Jo,
Amy D., Angela, and Kyle!)
(2 points
for “Received Vote Against” [Sophi] to Scott, Lia, and Chris!)
(6 points
for “Received Vote Against” [Alex] to Scott!)
(-2
points for “The Tribe Has Spoken” [Alex] to Scott!)
(2 points
for “Jury Member #3” [Alex] to Scott!)
So, what
does that mean for our scores?
With 12
points, Savannah tops the scoreboard for the 2nd week in a row. She’s
followed by Alex and Rizo who were tied at 10.
Sage and Jawan both put up goose eggs this week and tie for low scorers.
With 12
points, Savannah tops the scoreboard for the 2nd week in a row. She’s
followed by Alex and Rizo who were tied at 10.
Sage and Jawan both put up goose eggs this week and tie for low scorers. With *7* players choosing both Savannah and Rizo
they were easily the most popular combination this week, and that means 2 extra
points for having two high scorers to Will, Morgan, Kat, Stephanie, Jo, Angela,
and Kyle. No one had both Sage and Jawan, but Melissa and Danny both get 5 points
for having the high/low combination. Melissa, for having Savannah and Sage and
Danny for having Savannah and Jawan.
Morgan
topped the scoreboard again this week and extends her lead to 19 over Amy D.
Angela, Jo and Kat remain in 3rd, 4th and 5th
respectively. Will jumps into 6th,
2 points ahead of 7th place Melissa. I fall back to 8th.
Danny falls and Kyle rises into a tie for 9th. Stephanie jumps four
spots into 11th and has a two-point lead over 12th place Aly.
Amy A. slides back from 9th
to 13th. She’s three points ahead of Slater and Tom, who are tied
for 14th. Chris is threatening to break into triple digit points,
but he’s not quite there yet. Maybe it would help if I bought him a shirt? Just
spitballin’. Anyway, he moves into 16th. Nickole and Blake haven’t
sent me picks in a while and have stopped earning points.
|
Overall Player Scores |
|
|
Morgan |
174 |
|
Amy D. |
155 |
|
Angela |
150 |
|
Jo |
128 |
|
Kat |
124 |
|
Will |
121 |
|
Melissa |
119 |
|
Scott |
116 |
|
Danny |
112 |
|
Kyle |
112 |
|
Stephanie |
108 |
|
Aly |
106 |
|
Amy A. |
105 |
|
Slater |
102 |
|
Tom |
102 |
|
Chris |
87 |
|
Lia |
83 |
|
Nickole |
79 |
|
Blake |
34 |
|
Weekly Player Scores |
|
|
Morgan |
29 |
|
Will |
29 |
|
Angela |
24 |
|
Jo |
24 |
|
Kat |
24 |
|
Kyle |
24 |
|
Stephanie |
24 |
|
Melissa |
22 |
|
Amy D. |
18 |
|
Danny |
17 |
|
Scott |
16 |
|
Aly |
16 |
|
Slater |
13 |
|
Tom |
12 |
|
Amy A. |
11 |
|
Chris |
9 |
|
Lia |
9 |
|
Blake |
0 |
|
Nickole |
0 |
|
Weekly Survivor Scores |
|
|
Savannah |
12 |
|
Alex |
10 |
|
Rizo |
10 |
|
Steven |
8 |
|
Sophi |
6 |
|
Kristina |
3 |
|
Sophie |
3 |
|
Sage |
0 |
|
Jawan |
0 |
|
MC |
0 |
|
Annie |
0 |
|
Jake |
0 |
|
Jeremiah |
0 |
|
Nicole |
0 |
|
Nate |
0 |
|
Shannon |
0 |
|
Jason |
0 |
|
Matt |
0 |
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