Thursday, April 5, 2018

Survivor Season 36: Ghost Island Week 6 Recap

This is season 36 of Survivor. This time, twenty players (14 remaining) are competing in Fiji, and, for the first time ever, the show will revolve around a new game-changing element: the mistakes of castaways past, the talismans of which are scattered on a land dubbed Ghost Island.




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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 a few seasons in, but I'm starting to get the hang of it. 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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Malolo


The new Malolo is now three original Naviti (Angela, Desiree, Kellyn) and one original Malolo in Michael.

After having James voted out last week, Michael saw the writing on the wall and headed out idol searching the first chance he got. He didn't even have to hide it. The others didn't blame him at all. I'm not sure they know he found one though!

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Naviti


The new Naviti also has three original members (Domenick, Chelsea, Bradley), and are this time joined by two Malolo in Libby and Donathan.

The only thing going on here is that basically no one can stand spoiled, whiny Bradley anymore.

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Yanuya

Like the other two tribes, have three Naviti (Sebastian, Wendell, and Chris) and two Malolo in Laurel and Jenna.

In the end, I wonder who ends up with the most occupations; Chris who has done everything, or Debbie from Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty who apparently had 247 careers?

Finally someone showed some initiative and started looking for idols. That person was Wendell, and yes he found one.


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Reward Challenge/Ghost Island

This challenge was one used previously where block letters had to be stacked on a platform that was being balanced by each person holding an attached rope.

It was a learning experience at first as all three tribes ended up dropping their letters and having to start over. Naviti finished first to win the steak and kabobs. Yanuya finished ahead of Malolo to get at least some chicken kabobs.

There was still a lot of uncertainty on what happens on Ghost Island, so instead of rocks they figured it was safest to pick someone that had been there before: Kellyn. The rest of Malolo went back to camp and promptly burned their tribe banner to "break that curse".

Ghost Island: The last time Kellyn was on the island (Week 3), she chose to not play given the option of losing her vote a tribal. This time she had a 2 in 3 chance of winning so she went for it. She received the Secret Advantage from Survivor: Game Changers, that Sarah found that was right by Michaela's feet. Michaela missed out on that advantage, which led to Sarah eventually winning the whole thing that season. This time however, instead of stealing a vote, she gets an extra vote.


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Immunity Challenge

This challenge involved each member swimming to a ramp, climbing up and diving off the other side to retrieve a set of rings in the water. Once someone made it back to the beginning, the next person could go. When all the rings had been recovered, the entire group would then head to the opposite end, untie their rings, and try and toss them onto a hook.

Yanuya made quick work of this, winning immunity and watching the other two tribes go at it. Naviti led in a close race, but just couldn't get that last ring on there as Malolo passed them to finally avoid Tribal.

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Tribal Council

With Naviti still having a 3:2 voting advantage in this tribe, would they stick to battle lines and go after the Malolo (Libby, Donathan), or would other situations for advancement show themselves in an alliance breaker? Truth be told, they just couldn't stand Bradley anymore.

Libby got one vote, Bradley got the other four to be sent home.

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

Malolo: Angela (2-3), Michael* (5-0), Kellyn** (3-0), Desiree (3-2)

Naviti: **Domenick* (2-0), Chelsea (3-0), Libby (4-2), and Donathan (3-1).

Yanuya: Sebastian (2-0), Laurel (3-0), Wendell* (1-0), Jenna (4-0) and Chris (0-0)

Voted out (in order): Gonzalez, Jacob, Morgan, Brendan, Stephanie, James, Brendan

*Has a Hidden Immunity Idol. Domenick found his idol in Week 1. Michael found one in Week 2 and played it in Week 3. Michael found his second and Wendell his first this week.

**Has a Secret Advantage. Jacob willed it from Ghost Island to Morgan in Week 1. Morgan was voted out in Week 2, and willed it to Domenick.
Kellyn got hers from Ghost Island this week.


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