Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Survivor: Cambodia/Second Chance Week 8 Recap

This season of Survivor is called Second Chance and it's basically that. Twenty players (12 remaining) from the previous thirty seasons of Survivor were voted on and allowed a second chance at winning.




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Now, first of all, let me say that I am in no way an expert in any kind of way about this show. Actually I am only three seasons in and I know only nine of the current participants. This blog post is my way of helping me keep all things sorted out. So take it easy on me if I make mistakes.

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This week started off with Andrew and Jeremy talking about the rest of the tribe and how the expect them to make a "big move" soon. As if on cue, Ciera and Stephen began to discuss the possibility of blindsiding Joe as soon as he loses an immunity challenge.

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Reward Challenge

This week's reward was for a bunch of food and refreshment at a cabana for only six contestants. The tribe was split into two groups: Kimmi, KW, Keith, Wiggles, Joe, and Ciera were on Team 1, with Jeremy, Spencer, Andrew, Stephen, Abi, and Tasha on Team 2.

Each team had to row out a boat and untie four crates. When they retrieved all of them, they had to be stacked where no side had two of any of the same colors.

Team 1 surprisingly gathered all their crates quickly and were on shore stacking them way before Team 2. But as is often the case the puzzle part at the end allows the other to catch up, which happened here. Team 2 even thought they had solved it first but Probst told them they were wrong. Quickly after that, Team 1 succeeded and won reward.

Once the teams were separated some interesting discussions followed. Stephen was talking (i.e. whining like a bitch) about how he hated this because his previous game was ruined because the winning group had schemed together. This is actually what happened as Ciera passionately tried to get everyone to start playing harder, and even got Joe thinking about loyalty versus the reality of the game.

The best part of the whole thing was that Keith got the motorcycle started and gave everyone rides in the cart it towed behind. A good time was had by all. Keith is just a likable guy.

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Individual Immunity Challenge

The challenge for this week was to keep a ball on a disk which was supported by two ropes. The distance back each person held the rope would be increased with each round

Round 1: KW was the first one to let their ball drop, followed by Ciera, Wiggles, Jeremy, Abi, Stephen, and then Andrew

Round 2: Only Kimmi and Tasha went out in this round.

Round 3: Spencer was the first one out here, leaving only Keith (who won this challenge in his season), and Joe. They even had to go an extra round where they added a second ball to the disk. Both struggled but Joe was able to hold on longest to win immunity (and piss Fishback off).

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Tribal Council

Joe winning immunity crushed Stephen's plans, and actually ended up working against him. Andrew didn't like him trying to get support to vote out Joe, so now suddenly Fishback became the target. Everyone kind of agreed to that, but when it got to Jeremy he vetoed it. He didn't see him as much of a threat, or at least as not as threatening as the women on the bottom. When it got back around that it wasn't going to be Stephen then they knew something was up and decided that they should all make sure they vote for the same person.

At tribal council after the votes were cast, KW thought there might be a split vote and wasn't ready to go home yet so she went ahead and used her immunity idol... and boy did it pay off! She received nine (9!) votes, but none of them would count at all. Even better was that the vote was NOT split meaning that whoever the three women voted on was now out. And that person was Andrew! So long. See ya. Thanks for playing, now go join Kass on the jury.

Beautiful!

So that leaves us with (total tribal votes received in parentheses):

Kelley W (9), Spencer (8), Abi-Maria (6), Ciera (4), Tasha (2), Wiggles (2), Joe, Keith, Stephen, Kimmi, and Jeremy* 

*Has an Immunity Idol

Voted out (in order): Vytas, Shirin, Peih-Gee, Jeff, Monica, Terry**, Woo

On the jury: Kass, Andrew

** Left voluntarily

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