Thursday, April 23, 2009

Survivor Tocantins - April 23/09

It's night 24 in the Forza camp. Brendon has been blindsided and had become the first member of the jury, leaving Sierra alone to face the rest of the tribe. She asks for an audience with Dragonslayer (aka Coach Noodnik) to tell him she is sorry for voting for him but gets no sympathy.

The next morning finds Coach doing his yoga meditations and celebrating the sense of peace that comes with blindsiding someone. There is a whole lot more Dragonslayer crap that I can't go into for fear of vomiting on my keyboard. Somebody drown this guy already! Sierra continues to plead her case with anyone who will listen but realizes she is at the bottom of the food chain. Tyler tells Sierra that she isn't smart enought to have masterminded a plot and has no worth in his eyes. Needless to say Tyler is pretty sure where his next vote is going. Stephen and JT meanwhile quietly assess their position and decide that its a good one.

The reward challenge involves two teams of four running into the jungle in pairs to collect large wooden panels filled with holes. When all four panels are collected and secured to the correct base, the panels must be turned and repositioned in such a way that you can look through the aligned holes to see seven vowels. These seven vowels are then used with seven consonants and some punctuation marks to make a phrase. The red team of JT, Tyson, Erin and Debbie easily beat out the black team of Coach, Stephen, Sierra and Taj to win reward. They elect to send Stephen to Exile Island to eliminate any chance of Sierra getting any new immunity idol that may have appeared there. Then they head off to a local Brazilian village to feast and watch a demonstration of Capolera, a Brazilian martial art. Erinn is ecstatic since she has never been on reward, but the combination of gorging on food and participating in the acrobatic Capolera has Erinn puking in the bushes in front of the watchful camera lense. At Exile Island Stephen discovers yet another clue to the idol that Brendan just left with. Good thing I have all this sand to make up for it thinks poor Stephen.

On Day 26 Sierra is still pleading her case, this time with Debbie. But her fate seems to be sealed. Coach tells her she should do the honourable thing and fall on her sword like a Samurai warrior. Still, when Sierra tells Coach that he would think she was weak if she didn't try, and reminds him that he once saw something in her, Coach begins to soften just a bit. Stephen arrives back home in time for the immunity challenge. This one is a Survivor version of shuffleboard. Each throws three pucks down a board that is a topographical map complete with hills and a river. The one whose puck rests closest to the X after three shots wins. For a moment it looks like Sierra might win her immunity, but Debbie knocks her out of position and wins immunity. Back at camp Tyson gets downright nasty about Sierra and hopes that she cries a lot when she is sent home. Little does he know that in another corner Stephen is quietly suggesting that it is Tyson who should go. Erinn agrees that this would be a good chance to get rid of him when Sierra seems to be the obvious target. JT likes the plan too, but assures Coach that the Warrior Alliance is secure and tells us privately that he is torn. At Tribal Council Dimples wonders aloud why all of Coach's life experiences don't seem to mean diddley in challenges, making Coach more than a little testy. Tyson and Sierra have one more spat and then its time to cast the votes. When Dimples tabulates them it is Tyson who is going home. Tyson is incredulous, Sierra cries in relief, JT looks smug and Coach looks like someone who has just signed on to conduct the orchestra on the Titanic. Along with Tyson go both Debbie and Grace who were both riding atop Tyson's enormous ego. Georgia voted for Tyson to win so she is also shaking her head tonight at this sudden turn of events. Who will be the next to go? Will Sierra continue to hang on despite all odds? Will Coach finally get eaten by the dragon? Will JT finally realize that he and I were meant for each other and call me? Stay tuned and find out next week. Until then,

Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
Pat (aka JT maybe I made a deal with Coach but he's an ass so who cares Thomas)

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