Survivor Season 36: Ghost Island Week 8 Recap

This is season 36 of Survivor. This time, twenty players (12 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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Lavita

Back at camp, Libby wonders why she is getting votes since she feels like she has done nothing wrong. Domenick doesn't gloat any over finally ousting Chris. as a matter of fact he chooses to do the opposite and lay low as to not target himself. Good move. Wendell checks in with the "Dom4" via Laurel (plus Donathan) and tells her that Dom and he both have idols (why?). She is skeptical.

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Reward Challenge/Ghost Island

The contestants were split into two groups of six to battle it out over slingshots to win some Mexican food. The first to knock down all their targets was the team with Angela, Donathan, Wendell, Laurel, Chelsea, and Libby. They figured out a quick strategy of letting the weaker players just shoot and get out of the way for the stronger players to score. Worked for them.

They chose to use rocks instead of picking someone for Ghost Island and Jenna ended up with the white rock. On her visit she got the infamous "Nope. Not Today. No Game For You." This is boring. Everyone should get something I think.

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Individual Immunity Challenge

This challenge involved eating disgusting things delicacies from Fiji.

1st round (fish eyes): Michael, Desiree, and Laurel advanced from the first group. Angela, Sebastian, and Domenick from the second group.

2nd round (live grubs): Sebastian, Michael and Angela choked those down first

3rd round (sea slugs): Michael got them down as well as Angela who basically inhaled the first one whole.

Final round (Mother of Pearl): Angela was a beast and wins immunity. Michael went back after he lost just to prove to himself that he could finish it.

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Tribal Council

Now this could go many ways. Michael was the consensus for the whole group, but if he has an idol they plan to split votes with Libby. Michael has a plan himself to split up Domenick and Wendell. Malolo is wondering if they can make a move to even out the numbers, while Naviti ponders staying along tribal lines and continue to knock out Malolo one by one. Would they vote as one group, two groups, or two tribes?

Michael wondered if he was being too paranoid as he played his idol. Apparently not as he got seven (!) votes of which none counted. Wendell got one vote from Michael apparently, and unfortunately Libby was on the receiving end of the last four votes to be sent home.

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

Lavita: Angela (3), Michael (7), Kellyn**, Desiree (2), Domenick*, Chelsea, Donathan (1), Sebastian, Laurel, Wendell* (1), and Jenna.

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

Voted out and on the jury (in order): Chris, Libby

*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 in Week 6. Chris got one on Ghost Island in Week 7, but was voted out with it in his pocket. Michael played his idol 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, who used it Week 7.
Kellyn got hers from Ghost Island in Week 6.

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