Survivor: Samoa – 19 November 2009

The show started off with Shambo talking into the camera about if she found the immunity idol that she would give it to Russell. Idiot! Hello? Why would you give up immunity to someone else who will eventually vote you off? I don’t understand how she is still there. Just vote her off already. Please!

It looks like Monica has figured out that Shambo has sided with the members of the former Foa Foa tribe. There is still a strong distinction between the two groups that supposedly merged into one.

For the group reward challenge, the teams had to have one person in a swinging cradle connected to ropes and the remaining members had to move the cradle around so the person in the cradle could pick up flags and then put them in order. It was smart for the purple team to put a lighter person in the cradle – easier to maneuver. Purple is clearly the colour to beat this season. It has been the dominant colour throughout the season so far. Unfortunately, this time Russell was on the winning team, which gave him an opportunity to get a clue to find the immunity idol …yet again. I was hoping that one of the members of the losing team would try to seek it out without the clue to outsmart Russell, but no luck there. So, when the winning team returned from their reward, Russell didn’t waste any time hunting down the idol. I have to say it, I think he was getting help from someone on the crew. Whether the help was in the form of a subtle glance or more blatant help is unknown, but it’s just a bit too suspicious that Russell would get the idol that many times in a row.

For the immunity challenge, it wasn’t quite as exciting, but this time Mick took possession of individual immunity.

As for tribal council, it was the first time I’ve ever seen a tie on the show. It was pretty exciting. You could feel the tension mounting and once again, the look on Dave’s face said it all. It came down to a tie between Laura and Natalie. On the second draw, it came down to Laura as the next person voted off. Dave dropped his jaw and muttered “Wow!” Wow indeed. An initial bad plan by Monica to vote John as the tie breaker was shifted aside by John himself after he found out what was going on. I hope he wins. He’s much more subtle in his plot that it’s not even like manipulation.

9 Remaining:

• John
• Russell H
• Monica
• Brett
• Mick
• Dave
• Jaison
• Natalie
• Shambo