Survivor Season 34 Preview

Season 34 is just 5 days away - March 8 at 8:00 on CBS! The theme this season is "Game Changers". We have an all returning cast, so no new faces.

Some pre-game stats:

• 3 former winners: Sandra Diaz-Twine (7 & 20), J.T. Thomas (18), and Tony Vlachos (28). 
• 6 3-time players: Andrea Boehlke (22 & 26), Ciera Eastin (27 & 31), Sandra Diaz-Twine (7 & 20), Jeff Varner (2 & 31), J.T. Thomas (18 & 20), Malcolm Freberg (25 & 26)
• 2 4-time players: Cirie Fields (12, 16 & 20), Ozzie Lusth (13, 16 & 23)
• Only player to never attend a Tribal Council: Caleb Reynolds (lasted 4 episodes and his tribe never lost)
• 3 players who played the longest ago, from season 20 (14 seasons ago): Sandra Diaz-Twine, J.T. Thomas, and Cirie Fields
• 2 returning players from season 33: Michaela Bradshaw and Zeke Smith; the rest of the cast knew nothing of Michaela or Zeke because season 33 would not air for 3 months after the filming of season 34.

New Game Twists - NO Revote!

No revote! - This means that if a vote is a tie, they will go immediately to a tie-breaker instead of doing a 2nd round of voting for the names that were written down. The purpose of doing this is to change the "split the votes to flush out an idol" gameplay. This ups the risk, because a tie vote could mean drawing rocks if they can't determine unanimously who should go home.

Survivor, Ep. 33.14: Finale

Sorry, this is so late. I was without my laptop for a couple of days. So, because there are already so many recaps out there, I'm not going to go into as much detail as I normally do, but I will just give the basics of what took place in this most epic finale to a truly awesome finale!

6 players left - 3 Gen-Xers and 3 Millennials

Vinaka Camp
Bret can't believe the "losahs" he's playing with, who continue to keep David in the game, while getting out people who aren't threats.

David decides to stir the pot - he has been collecting beads and trinkets from treemail, water bottles, etc. all season, and he grabs some of their paint, and he fashions the most realistic looking fake idol to date. He paints an emblem on a coconut and puts the idol inside it. He mixed red and white paint together to make pink - which isn't a color they had, so someone wouldn't think that it was made by someone at camp. Genius! He is hoping to go fishing and catch a fish - Jay. At first, I didn't see the point in making someone else find the idol, because really, what could it do other than make them think they are safe. But then, it dawned on me. By doing that, the person will think they found the idol...and STOP LOOKING for a real idol. Genius! Normally, when someone makes a fake idol, they do it to convince others that they have it to avoid votes being cast for them. This was a different way to approach it. Well, his plan worked flawlessly. Jay finds the idol and is ecstatic, because now, no matter what...he's safe (except he isn't). Oh, poor Jay. I hate to see this happening to him! Seeing how happy he was just kills me, because I know this isn't going to end well. He was so shocked to find it that it probably clouded his judgment a little. He didn't question the authenticity of it at all. He didn't even notice that there wasn't a paper with any instructions on it, proving that it was real.

Immunity Challenge #1

Survivor, Ep. 33.13

We're in for a full episode tonight! 2 Immunity Challenges and 2 Tribals! And only 1 hour to do it all! This is going to feel very fast, I have a feeling.

Here we go!

Vinaka Camp
Will thinks he left Tribal as a man. He thinks he can flip-flop back and forth til the end and come out the winner.

Bret thinks they are all insane for taking out Zeke before David.

Bret tells Adam and Sunday that Jay is a huge threat, as well as David and Will, and they need to go. Bret thinks the 3 of them can go far to the end. They shake on it that Jay, David, and Will will be the next 3 to go.

Immunity Challenge #1
Challenge: David - "This looks involved." race to discs and stack them on a pole and balance them while going through obstacles to transport all of them. Drop a disc and you start over. And you can carry as many discs at a time as you want. Then all 10 discs will be rolled into a narrow slot.

David is over first, followed by Bret, Ken, and Jay. Will drops and has to go back. Hannah and Sunday are barely moving. David is flying over the balance beam. Bret drops.

2nd phase: David and Ken are neck and neck. This time, the bar is horizontal instead of vertical.

Will again with problems on a balance beam and he is in last.

Bret is the first through with 4 discs. Jay has 6! David and Ken are back with their stacks. And Will is still in the first part! Come on, man!

Jay is first to finish phase 2. He can start rolling the discs. Jay, Bret and David all rolling.

Jay is on a roll with 4 and now 6. Bret and David have 2. Jay hits 7, 8, 9, and 10 all in a row! Woohoo! Will is in trouble :(

Vinaka Camp

Survivor, Ep. 33.12

Vinaka Camp
I still can't believe they drew rocks at last Tribal.

Hannah feels very guilty that Jessica went home instead of her. David can't believe he burned his idol for no reason, and he's now in the minority. He thinks he will be the first to go.

Zeke thanked everyone for doing what they did to save him. Bret and Jay said David seriously needs to go. Zeke is so sure that he won the battle against David. He feels like he has a very strong alliance of 5 and that they will easily pick the others off until they are the last 5 standing.

Ken receives his legacy advantage that was left for him by Jess. I'm so glad she kept her word. I hope he gets to use it!

Reward Challenge

Survivor, Ep. 33.11

Vinaka Camp
Jay said he had no idea what was going on at Tribal. He realized that no one was really talking about him, so he decided to keep his idol. Jess said the vote solidified her alliance.

Bret told Zeke that Chris would have won the game. Zeke apologized or not including him on it. He said that Bret and Sunday are not on the bottom. Bret said he would love to move forward with him and Zeke was all for it. Zeke needs 6 in his army if he hopes to take down David. He got to Bret and Sunday before David and he's pretty happy about that.

David tells Bret and Sunday that Jay should be the next to go. However, he realizes that Zeke has a good chance of winning because he's playing the best game. He has conversations with everyone. Bret knods along and then of course goes and tells Zeke. Bret tells Zeke that David needs to go. How funny that 2 of the nerds in this game have the biggest war going. They have 2 warring armies ready to do battle against each other. David thinks he can read Zeke's mind and he thinks they are thinking the same thing in this chess game. He hopes he can sell to people that Zeke is playing harder than he is. Zeke thinks David is a bigger threat to win than he is.

Zeke tells Hannah and Adam what David is planning. He tells them that David has an idol. Zeke says that neither Will nor Jay are coming for him right now. Hannah doesn't know who to choose to work with, Zeke or David.

Reward Challenge
Challenge: 3 teams of 3 - legs will be tied together and arms bound to their sides and they will have to work together through a sand obstacle course and then a puzzle.
Reward: helicopter tour and have a picnic of fried chicken, mac and cheese, pies, etc.

Teams:
This time, the person who is the odd one out doesn't do the challenge, but DOES get the reward

Purple: Hannah, Jess, Adam
Green: Will, Ken, Jay
Orange: Sunday, Zeke, Bret

David is lucky again, and he gets the reward no matter who wins!

Will comes in first and Ken follows him. This is hilarious to watch them slithering around in the sand like snakes. Ken is booking it and he's done, and Jay takes the course. Jess is struggling up the hill. Jay is really moving slowly.

Green is now onto the puzzle. Bret makes up a long time for Orange. He's losing his pants! Jess is dying on the course. She finally made it to the end.  Orange is now ahead of them. Adam went ridiculously fast for Purple.

All teams are now working on the puzzle. Orange is catching up very quickly and pass up Green. Oh no! It is completely neck and neck. Come on Green!!! And it's Orange with a huge come from behind win. Wow.

Bret's takeaway from the win: "I got naked on Survivor!"

Adam was very tempted to use his advantage, especially since David didn't earn the reward, but he decided to save it.

Reward
Oh great, Bret's going to get drunk again. Zeke decides he's going to be his new drinking buddy. Holy crap...Bret tells Zeke that he's not the only gay guy out there. What?! Bret said he thought about telling everyone, but it just was never the right time and he's from a generation that doesn't really talk about it. He said he's trying to play the game and not saying anything is how he's lived a lot of his life.

Bret and Zeke ask Sunday what she thinks about David. Zeke wants to get Jay and Will on board to get David out. Zeke is uniting them all against a common enemy, and he's in control.

Vinaka Camp
Hannah immediately grabs David and she wants to tell him that she is going to turn on Zeke. She told David what Zeke is planning to do and that he told people that David has an idol. David thinks he's blown up his game and he's so upset. Hannah says that Zeke trusts her. David said he could play his idol and let the votes be for him, and then Zeke goes home.

Immunity Challenge
Challenge: stand behind a cage door and move a handle through a maze, when it's free they will complete a slide puzzle.

This is hard because they are doing it blindly because they can't see the handle and puzzle on the other side of the door. Jeff tells them that he will not tell anyone if they are in the lead or if they are falling behind, as to not give any clues away.

Jay is getting close, and he's out of the maze first! He goes to town on that slide puzzle. I hope he knows what he's doing. And just like that, Jay is done with the puzzle! No one else got out of the maze. David was about as close as anyone. I think he only had a few inches to go. Jay did an amazing job on the slide puzzle and finished it in record time. Jeff said it was a complete blowout.

Vinaka Camp
David asks Jess for a favor. He tells her that he told Bret that Zeke is the biggest threat. He wants her to vote for Zeke. She feels like she needs to because he played an idol to save her. Ken made a promise to never write David's name down.

Zeke asks Hannah if David is the most dangerous person in the game. She is a terrible actor, as she looks up and all over the place and she doesn't want to give an answer. Zeke gets worried that he can't trust her. He asks her who she is going to play the rest of the game with - him or David. Zeke realizes that he's not going to be working with her anymore. Zeke now thinks he needs to vote out Hannah because she can't be trusted. He gets a lot of people to agree - Jay, Will, Bret, and Sunday.

Hannah asks Adam to vote for Zeke. Adam is not confident about this plan. He sits back and lets Hannah run the show, but it makes him nervous. She tells David that he should give her his idol because she's worried that because Zeke doesn't trust her and they will most likely turn on her. I'm a little surprised that she picked up on that vibe so quickly. They think it will be a tie and then a tie again, and then they would draw rocks. David doesn't know what to do and doesn't know if he wants to play his idol or not. Wow, how quickly things can change in this game!

Tribal Council
No one is certain how the votes are going to go tonight. Jay is the only one who feels like he's safe :)

David feels like a fruit bat because he is looking at things upside down. Jeff said everyone is playing like it's their 2nd time in the game.

Adam and Hannah are already whispering - Bret tries to listen in. David said it is a trust cluster muck. That made Bret upset for some reason. They all make fun of David and tell him not to start crying. Wow, where did that come from?! Jeff is blown away by what is happening. Jess is confused and has no idea what is going on.

Bret whispers to Sunday to stick to the plan. Ken said he's confused why they are worried about whispers. Bret said this is how the game is played - welcome to the game. Whoa, what crawled up Bret's shorts tonight?! He is being so harsh for absolutely no reason.

Bret says they should vote, and Jeff asks if they should and everyone agrees. Here we go...

As the votes are being written, Taylor gets attacked by a huge bug over on the jury bench and he can't get it off of him. LOL!

The Votes
Oh no...here we go again...David speaks up and he pulls out his idol. Adam tells David that they were whispering that they wanted to vote for Ken. David then tells Jeff the idol is for Ken. What?! Adam what a good lie!

Zeke
Hannah
Zeke
Hannah
Zeke
Hannah
Zeke
Hannah
Zeke
Hannah

It's a tie! Oh, look at that...no votes for Ken. Didn't see that one coming. David, how on earth could you fall for that so quickly. Good move on Adam's part though, wow.

Hannah whispers to Jess to trust her and vote for Zeke. She then whispers to Adam that she thinks Jess is going to flip and she's going home.

Hannah
Zeke
Hannah
Zeke
Hannah
Zeke
Hannah
Zeke

Deadlocked. If the 8 can unanimously agree they will go home. If they can't agree, Hannah and Zeke are immune with Jay and Ken. The rest will all draw rocks and the odd rock goes home. Do or die. Holy crap!

Will said that none of them want to give up their game for Hannah and Zeke. David said it has to be Zeke. Arguments ensue. Taylor is just leaning back and laughing over at jury. They ask to see who wants to vote for whom, and they are still deadlocked.

Jeff calls it. They can't decide and they are going to draw rocks. OK, thank you, David for giving Ken that idol because I would hate for him to go home like this. Oh man, this sucks! Will draws and he says he thinks he's going to cry.

And the loser is...Jess. Bret said he was sorry and didn't want to go to rocks, but David did. Well, that kind of worked out well because her name was on the chopping block several times. She was devastated. She now has to pass on her legacy advantage, and she kept her word and is giving it to Ken.

Wow, Jeff really wasn't kidding when he said that this season has some of the biggest blindsides and crazy moments.

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Survivor, Ep. 33.10

Vinaka Camp
Adam apologizes for not telling everyone about his advantage. Bret said Taylor is gone because he stole food and that's that. Adam wants Jay out of the game for what happened with Taylor and Jay. Jay says that Taylor drug him down with him and he wished he would have stopped talking in Tribal. To try to win back some favor, he dug up some of the remaining food and gave it back to them. He thinks maybe now they won't suspect that he has an idol.

Chris and Bret talk and they think Jay can wait, and they need to go after Jess. They almost have the numbers they need with Sunday and Zeke on their side.

Hannah connects with Ken as they ponder over the beautiful sunrise. Umm...she kind of has a major crush.

Zeke and Will go off and talk. Will said he is ready to get off the sinking ship and he's done working with Jay. Will tells Zeke that Jay has an idol and he knows because he was there when he found it. He said that this can't get back to Jay or he's dead. He's hoping that this will help him build trust with Zeke. IMMEDIATELY, Zeke goes and tells every. single. member. of. the. tribe. Wow. That backfired, and it backfired quickly. That spread faster than wildfire.

Zeke and Chris decide to make Jay think he is the next to go so he uses his idol, and then they will continue with their plan to actually blindside Jess.

Reward Challenge
Challenge: swim to a raft and pull it to a platform, climb a ladder to get a key and go back to shore, then stack colored boxes so no color is repeated on any side.

Reward: floating pizza bar

Teams: randomly drawn and 1 person will have to sit out. David speaks up and says he's not a good swimmer and no one would want him on their team. He didn't want anyone to miss out on pizza because of him. They all said he can do it and he shouldn't give up. He broke down as Jeff said that's never happened where someone wanted to sit out on a reward challenge so they wouldn't hold others back, and then to have the group encourage them.

Orange: Ken, Jess, Chris, David, Will
Purple: Zeke, Bret, Sunday, Hannah, Adam

Jay picked the odd rock, and he has to sit out :(

Orange has a slight lead to the platform to get the 5 keys. Ken dropped a key and has to swim out to get it. He lost a little time, but still easily beat Hannah. Sunday takes a huge fall into the water and is struggling to shore. It's Orange with #4 and Purple has #3. David is bringing up the rear for Orange, but he did well. Zeke beat him in a sprint to the beach, but David has the last key and Purple still has 4.

Orange unlocks all of their blocks first and are ready to stack. Purple is on the 3rd block trying to unlock it.

Chris and David work on the puzzle for Orange. Zeke and Adam work on the puzzle. Right now it looks neck and neck. And out of nowhere, Purple gets it right and wins. Poor David :( At least he isn't the reason they lost. They were in it, the others just figured out the puzzle first.

Reward
Hannah is so psyched for her first food reward. She did feel guilty about those that were left on the beach. She told the others to keep their voices down because the others at camp would be able to hear them.

Bret is glad to have won the reward with Zeke. Zeke is closer to Chris, so he wanted to make that bond.

The waiter comes out with letters from home. Adam bursts into tears. So happy for him! That has to mean so much to him to find out how his mom is doing.

David is kind of breaking down emotionally. He said he's been craving pizza and beer for days. Ken asked him how he was doing because he was genuinely concerned for him. David didn't really want to talk about it because he didn't want to cry again. He said he is so appreciative of everyone's encouragement. It's really changed him as a person. David was glad to reconnect with Ken and said he wants to sit final 3 with him and that hasn't changed since their time together earlier in the game.

David thinks that the Chris/Bret/Sunday threesome needs to be broken up. They bring in Jess and they think they should vote out Chris. Jess is OK with that because her and Chris have never really gotten along.

Immunity Challenge
Challenge: stand on a narrow beam while balancing a statue with a pole - but horizontally...not vertically like the challenge that took out our beloved Joe. They will move farther away to more narrow parts of the beam in intervals.

Ken has ants crawling on him as the challenge begins. What?! Yeah, that's going to make it just a little hard to concentrate.

Order of elimination:

1. Hannah
2. Ken

Adam says that Ken's ants moved to him. And then like dominos...

3. Sunday
4. Chris
5. Will
6. Jay
7. Bret

After Jay falls, he wipes his eyes and said an ant crawled in there. Wow, never before have ants been a contributing factor.

8. Adam
9. Jess - she looked really solid

Down to Zeke and David - quite the unlikely pair. Zeke is struggling, while David looks really solid. Zeke is all over the place moving around but he saves it every time. David starts shaking and just when you think his statue is going to fall, Zeke can't hold on any longer and he falls off the beam.

10. Zeke

Way to go David! What a big moment for him! That's so great to see him take down all of those athletic people. It was cool to see Ken so happy for him.

Vinaka Camp
Jay is worried because he doesn't know what's going on.

Sunday is glad that her group is serious about wanting to vote out Jess. Chris thinks Zeke and his people are with them. They hope to convince Jay he is going so he'll play the idol.

David and Zeke talk and David tells him he wants Chris out. Zeke is close with Chris, but he wants the power. He is hoping to pit the Gen-Xers against each other. Zeke tells David that Chris wants Jess out. David tells Jess that Chris wants her out. Jess tells Adam what Chris is planning. Adam thinks that Zeke is with them,but he's not 100% sure.

Zeke tells Hannah that both sides think they are pulling off a blindside. He has options and it will be interesting to see which way he goes.

Tribal Council
Jay felt like a lone wolf and he still feels like he's on the outs. David said there are different voting blocks in play. He said there could be voting blocks working together. Hannah says she thinks they are actually #TrustClusters. Hannah is beside herself because Jeff just repeated a term that she made up. LOL

Jeff asks if anyone thinks that something they've done could get them votes. Jess said she had a run-in with Gen-Xers way back. Chris knew what she was talking about - when she blindsided him and Bret and voted out Paul. He said you have to have a short memory in the game and she has nothing to worry about - keeping up the ruse to get Jay to use his idol.

The Votes
Jay does NOT play his idol!

Chris
Jess
Chris
Jess
Chris
Jess
Chris
Jess
Chris
Chris

#Blindside! Smart move, Jay. He read the room and played it smart. Jay is all smiles, but I think he still has a very rough road ahead of him. They weren't gunning for him tonight, but next vote they could be.

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Survivor, Ep. 33.9

I missed it last week, but they subtly renamed the new merged tribe Vinaka - which is a combination of the 3 individual tribes (sort of, I guess).

Vinaka Camp
Jay calls the other side a "cesspool". Things are looking bleak for him and Taylor. He and Taylor have no idea how that happened and they laughed that everyone trusted Adam. Taylor goes to Adam to check in. He wants to be on good terms with him because he could spill the beans, so to speak, about him burying 2 jars of food. I thought the whole food thing was outed at Tribal, but I guess not all of it. Taylor is holding on to his own secret about Adam - his advantage. If Adam tells, Taylor is going to tell. What is this, the third grade? LOL!

Taylor goes off by himself to dig up his food and to savor it all by himself.

Jay is worried about being next on the chopping block. He talks to Hannah and she said that playing with the guys would have made her into a goat. Jay said he was proud of her for taking her game into her own hands. She is happy with herself for actually playing this game that she loves and being good at it. I don't know if I would go that far. I think she's been pretty lucky.

Reward Challenge
Reward: trip to a resort to lounge by a pool and eating cheeseburgers, fries, and cocktails

Challenge: go through an obstacle net, get a key to unlock a box, then drag the box under a net; once through they hack the ropes to open the box to retrieve bolos that they toss to the ladder -- it's basically Hillbilly Golf!

Schoolyard Pick--
Purple: Chris (captain), Bret, Ken, David, Sunday, Taylor
Orange: Hannah (captain), Adam, Will, Zeke, Jay, Jessica

Purple takes an early lead. Orange can't get the key. Then Orange got stuck under the net. Taylor tosses all of them and lands them easily for Purple, while Orange never got the box out from under the net.

Poor Hannah realizes she doesn't know how to pick a team. She was on a high from her blindside vote the night before, and now she failed at picking a good team.

Reward
Taylor said his body has been adapted to eating food because of the food he's hidden, so this allows him to eat and drink more easily than the rest of them - advantage! Bret said he's going to drink as much as he can. What an idiot! NOT a smart move! He definitely had them all laughing, that's for sure.

Sunday is ready to take control of the game in these uncertain times of their fractured Gen-X tribe.

Vinaka Camp

Survivor, Ep. 33.8

Ikabula Camp
The tribe is reeling from the epic blindside and departure of Michaela. Jay is feeling pretty proud of himself for pulling off this epic move. He knew he had to do it pre-merge because she's a closer and she would have won individual immunity. Hannah said they can trust her and she would have voted with them. Jay said they didn't want her to have to do that. She realizes that she is on the bottom of the alliance and she is ready for revenge.

A boat pulls up in the morning and they get word that they need to pack their belongings because they are merging!

MERGE!
Ikabula and Takali are shipped off to the Vanua camp. Everyone is so happy to be back with their original alliance members. For Michelle and Bret, they both think that this gives them new life in the game.

Jay thinks that he is the kingpin on the tribe, and no one knows. He has an idol, and he's got Will, Michelle and Bret on his side.

Chris can't tell if the merge is a good thing for him or not. He thinks that he, Dave, and Zeke are meshing really well, but he also had an alliance with Bret and Sunday.

Zeke can't wait to get back with Adam and Hannah to find out what they have found out from their tribes. This is his nerd voting block. Hannah told him about Jay's betrayal of Michaela, and that makes him really nervous. He said that Jay has this charm and so many people are being drawn to him and are falling under his spell. He sees a broliance forming between Jay, Will, and some others and that worries him.

Adam decides to go look for an idol during the big feast. He's a fan, so he knows there is usually a clue or something. He knows the camp well. He finds a note hidden in the treemail. This is an advantage to steal a reward from someone after it's been won by someone else. Wow! A new power that no one has received before. Too bad it's not another idol, but still pretty cool.

Taylor wakes up in the middle of the night and takes some mason jars and stuffs them full of food from the feast. He decides he will keep it for himself and eat as much of it as he can. He's clanging the jars all over and Bret hears him. He decided not to say something. Adam sees him also and he decides to confide in Taylor about his reward to try to gain him back as an ally. He tells him that Jay is building an army. He said that Jay is closer to Will than he ever was to him. Adam thinks maybe they should go after Will so that Jay is forced to go back to Taylor as his #1. Taylor secretly doesn't want to work with Adam because of what he did to Figgy. He lets him think that he is interested in his plan. Adam then confides in him about the reward advantage that he found. He said he is telling him about it because he is serious about working with him. Taylor is stoked because he didn't have to do anything to get Adam to just tell him everything and then he can just come right back and blindside him.

In the morning, Ken said he woke up to find a lot of the food missing.

Chris thinks they have underestimated the Millennials and their bond. He thinks if all the Gen-X band together, and try to get Taylor with them, they would have the numbers.

Jay tells Taylor that he thinks that Gen-Xers will target them first. Taylor asked him how tight-lipped he can be. Jay said "very". Taylor tells him that Adam wants to target Will. Jay is shocked. He didn't understand that move. Taylor said he is doing that because he thinks Will is his #2 guy. Meanwhile, Zeke totally overhears them talking about targeting Adam. This isn't good because Adam and Zeke are in a tight alliance. Taylor tells Will that Adam is targeting him. Will realizes he really needs to win immunity,

Immunity Challenge

Survivor, Ep. 33.7

Before we get to tonight's episode, there were some interesting developments in the #FigTails romance post-show. In case you don't follow any news about Survivor, I'll fill you in. Last week, Figgy was asked about her relationship with Taylor in her exit interviews. She didn't go into too much detail, but she basically said they dated briefly after filming (which was in March/April), but after finding some things out (about him), they are no longer together. There appeared to be some animosity towards him by the way she answered the questions. Well, today, word got out that Taylor had tweeted that he is going to be a father in November. Guess what, it's not with Figgy, obviously! So, it appears that the child was conceived before he left for filming - whether he knew it at the time is the question. Can't say their break-up was at all surprising, but I didn't expect it to be because of something like this.

OK, now, onto the show!

Takali Camp
Adam tells Taylor he would love to talk to him if he was willing to listen. Taylor was super bummed to say the least. Adam told him it was lose-lose for him and maybe he did mess up. He agrees that he 100% screwed Taylor and also ended their "island romance". Adam just rubs salt in the wounds by telling Taylor that he is in a much worse situation than he was before and it's all his fault. No, ya think?! Taylor's reaction is the title of this episode: "I will destroy you!" lol

Vanua Camp
David wants to show Zeke his trust, so he shows him his idol. And with that, a new #supercouple is born. Zeke said he will take very good care of David...for the time being.

Reward Challenge

Survivor, Ep. 33.6

Vanua Camp
Zeke thinks it's hilarious that Gen X got rid of one of their own, on the one tribe that they had the majority.

Ikabula Camp
I'm really starting to like Jay. He talked about being there for his mom and his sister and wanting to win it for them. He and Will go idol hunting. Jay finds a stick with their tribe symbol on it. He broke it and "ah ah ah!" there it is! He didn't try to hide it from Will. Will was super excited, too. They both agreed not to tell anyone...and then...there comes Michaela! "Whatchu got there?!" The jig is up. She says she isn't telling anyone else...unless she gets wind of something going down, and then "I'm snitchin'". LOL

Reward Challenge
It's the blindfold challenge to collect puzzle pieces.
Reward: apple pie, cookies, brownies, and more; runner-up gets some chocolate chip cookies

Jess will sit out for Takali, Bret and Hannah will sit out for Ikabula

There are 3 tribes and a lot going on, so no play-by-play on this one.

Callers: Figgy, Michelle, Jay

Hi-lights:

• David is blindfold and completely lost and cannot follow Michelle's directions at all
• Figgy yelled "faster Ken!" and ran him directly into a pole - ouch!
• Ken took another big fall flat on his face
• Michaela got frustrated with David (opposite teams) and just pushed him out of the way
• Probst: "David finally has something to do."
• Hannah is on the bench and said she is feeling faint - Probst told her to move to the shade
• Vanua was in dead last, but Zeke got them back into it at the puzzle with Michelle guiding him - and they win!
• Jay and Michaela just barely beat Ken and Figgy, who had a big lead
• Back to Hannah - she is starting to panic because her face and hands are tingly - she asked Dr. Joe if he was going to let her die...it turns out it was kind of a panic attack, where she got too excited and was breathing too fast

Winner:Vanua
Runner-Up: Ikabula

Vanua Camp

Survivor, Ep. 33.5

Gen-X Camp
David tells the group they can just let him have it. I still can't believe he played the idol! He now doesn't have the idol, he doesn't really have a solid alliance, and...none of it matters because they are swapping!

Jessica tells Ken about her advantage. She tells him that she would have passed it on to him had she been voted out. She realized that he was trying to help her and she wanted him to trust her again. He said he does trust her.

Day 13, and the "idol search party" begins. It's every man and woman for himself or herself. David felt good because he knew to look for their tribe's symbol. Sure enough, he sees a log with the symbol. But, CeCe and Sunday are too close to him, so he doesn't make a move. CeCe and Sunday eventually got bored, and David went back for the idol. He cracked it open, and the most unlikely and paranoid person has now found his SECOND idol! Wow! That was incredibly lucky.

Drop Your Buffs!!!
Not only are the tribes switching, there are now going to be 3 tribes! Whoa! Didn't see that one coming! The third, new tribe will get 1 extra member because they have to start completely from scratch.

Vanua - Millennial camp
CeCe, Chris, David, Zeke, Michelle -- 3 Gen X / 2 Millennial

Takali - Gen-X camp
Taylor, Figgy, Adam, Jessica, Ken -- 3 Millennial / 2 Gen-X
(how in the world did Taylor and Figgy end up together?!)

Ikabula - new camp
Michaela, Hannah, Jay, Will, Sunday, Brett -- 4 Millennial / 2 Gen-X

Ikabula Camp
Michaela is pissed! She wanted to flip Jeff off. Jay is pretty psyched because his Millennials have the numbers 4-2.

Jay tries to get a fire going, but he can't keep it going. He's getting really frustrated, and Brett also gave up, so Michaela decides to give it a try because they have to have fire. Sure enough, homegirl got it going! Way to go, Michaela! She got really emotional and went off by herself to cry. This girl is really growing on me each week. She is proving that you can overcome so much and be the hero.

Takali Camp
Ken gives the Millennials a tour. Taylor thinks because they have the numbers, it's OK for them to be a couple in front of the Gen-Xers. Figgy does not think so. He doesn't think it's any different that people knowing that 2 people are in an alliance. Adam is pretty much in hell because he's alone with the power couple.

Adam and Ken talk and Adam confides in him that he felt like he was in the middle, but close to the bottom. He talked about how Figgy almost went home, and he was a vote against her. Ken is loving this. He sees the crack in the Millennials. He really likes Adam. I LOVE this partnership! Adam is now easily right in the middle of 2 tight alliances.

Vanua Camp
Zeke is pretty discouraged because he doesn't have the numbers and he's on the tribe with the one person he doesn't trust. Michelle is pretty worried also.

Zeke and Chris bonded over both coming from Oklahoma and football.

Chris told Zeke in private that he shouldn't feel like he is down and out because of the numbers. He has other plans. Zeke wants to play with the big ginger-haired football player, who was one of his heroes from the championship team of 2000. He is in Heaven.

Immunity Challenge
Challenge: swim and collect buoys, then toss buoys into basket and first 2 to 5 wins; they have the option to toss a hook to pull it closer

Will sits out for Ikabula

Adam is first, CeCe is next, and Sunday is last for Ikabula...she gives up! Someone now will have to swim twice and make up a ton of time. Wow. Jay goes and easily gets the buoy.

Jessica is back with the 2nd buoy. Meanwhile, CeCe is taking FOREVER (gee where have we heard that before?)

David just smacked himself in the face with his buoy! Ha! Now he's having trouble getting out of the water with the buoy...how embarrassing. Oh no! He got up and it rolled off the other side and back into the water. Zeke asked if he was throwing it. He then loses it again. Oh, this is so bad.

Takali is the first to finish, and Ken starts to throw to hook the basket.

Jay is making up a lot of time and is catching up while Ken tries to untangle his rope.

Ken lassos and nails it, so they can pull it closer.

Michaela is trying to pull in the basket for Ikabula, and she's got it.

Ken's buoy is in and out. Michaela shoots and scores 2 for 2! Wow! Ken scores 1 for Takali.

Vanua decides to just start shooting. Michaela gets #3 and #4! You go, girl! And she gets #5! This girl is on fire! Ikabula has immunity! I might just go out on a limb and say that Michaela might just be the best female competitor ever on Survivor. She is killing it lately! She's got strength, speed, and pinpoint dexterity. Lethal combination.

Vanua is having no luck, so they decide to pull it closer.

Ken finally gets basket #2 and then #3. Vanua lassos and gets it closer.

Ken gets #4 and #5! Yes! Nice job, Ken! Takali gets immunity. It will be Vanua going to Tribal.

Vanua Camp
Zeke correctly states that CeCe and David are atrocious at challenges. No surprise there. He thinks they don't care because they have the Gen-X numbers. What they don't know is that Chris has other ideas. I really think it is CeCe's time to go. I think if they vote David, he might not see it coming and won't play his idol at a 2nd Tribal in a row.

Chris took a lot of the blame and said he should have done better. Really?

Haha CeCe just called them "Millenniums".

Gen-X says they should tell them they are voting for Michelle, but vote for Zeke.

Chris's idea is to vote out CeCe with Zeke, David, and Michelle. He wants to build something strong that will last into the merge. David thinks he should go along with the plan so that Chris trusts him. Chris isn't sure he can trust David since he's burned him twice. Chris said if it doesn't go like this, he might just choke David in front of Jeff.

Michelle tells CeCe that she knows it's either her or Zeke on the chopping block. She said she has strengths so she shouldn't be voted out. She thinks it should be David instead.

CeCe told David that Michelle wanted to vote out David because he's weak.

David is confused and wonders if he should play his idol for CeCe instead. NO, NO, NO, NO! Not again, David! Don't be stupid 2 times in a row! <insert Michael Scott video of him screaming "No" over and over and over again>

Tribal
Zeke knows that he and Michelle are on the bottom because of their previous tribe numbers. David thinks the Gen-X 3 are strong. Zeke said David can't move further in the game without siding with Millennials.

Chris said Zeke and Michelle did try to talk and save themselves. Chris also talked about trusting David and threatening to choke him if he blindsided him again.

Michelle came right out and said that she thinks that David should be voted out.

The Votes
Whew! No idol played.

Michelle
CeCe
CeCe
CeCe

Woohoo! Whoa, she did not see that coming! Her jaw dropped to the floor! #Blindside

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Survivor, Ep. 33.4

Gen-X Camp 
Chris refuses to talk to anyone. He was NOT happy. He said he was ready to dump the rice and make a tribe of one. Jessica told the entire group what Paul said about the whole guy alliance thing and that being the reason they decided to vote out Paul.

Sandy asked Lucy the next day if they had done the wrong thing. WHOA! Lucy can talk! It's episode 4 and she finally got her first confessional! Lucy feels like she needs to do something, so she goes to Chris and Bret and apologizes. She tells them that Jessica is pulling all the strings and is trying to run things. She asked them if they wanted to do something, she would work with them. She also said that Ken and Dave would follow her, so they could easily go after Jessica and get her out.

Millennial Camp
Pig tracks have been found, so they decide to go look for it. They come across a goat instead. This is hilarious! They are all just stealthily hunting and climbing after the goat. Meanwhile, Adam, left alone, decides to look for the idol. And what do you know?! He found a clue that tells him where to look. He was so emotional reading it...too cute. Unfortunately, the "prize" is back at camp.

Reward Challenge
Reward: meat and veggies
Challenge: race to a ring and take it to a pole - the other tribe tries to stop you; first to 3 wins
Millennials sit out Michelle

Chris and David vs. Jay and Adam -- David scores as Chris completely manhandled both Jay and Adam himself

CeCe and Sunday vs. Michaela and Figgy -- Michaela and Figgy drag CeCe and Sunday

Tied 1-1

Bret and Ken vs. Taylor and Will -- Taylor takes out Ken! Will gets the ring but Ken strips it from him! Bret ties up Taylor and they break free to go after Ken but it's not enough, Ken scores!

Jessica and Lucy vs. Michaela and Hannah -- Hannah is way too timid - Lucy grabbed Michaela AND Hannah by herself...Michaela broke free by taking her top off! Lucy is a fighter, but Michaela is too strong and she pulls everyone to the pole and the Millennials are screaming for her!

Tied 2-2

David and Chris vs. Jay and Zeke -- Zeke tries to just annoy Chris and pester him and it worked! Jay is all alone with the ring but Chris does get it back. Zeke is being scrappy! Jay is pulling David but the ring slips and Chris gets it and Chris gets his hand on the pole first.

Gen-X wins reward. Wow, that was some tough battling!

Millennial Camp
I love Michaela's quote: "They about to see some tatas today!" lol

Adam works on trying to figure out his clue. It said to look for the tribe motif and something about it "sheltering", so he thinks it is hidden in a shell. He finally stumbles on something on the beach. He can't break it open, but he finally gets it. He was worried that he needed to get back to camp. Next thing you know, Hannah yells to him asking how his idol hunting was going and she said "good luck, buddy!" He's worried that she might have seen him with the idol. He asked the camera crew if she saw him with it. Obviously, they can't tell him. He broke down so emotional again because it was so hard for him to come because his mom was diagnosed with a very serious disease. He said it's been very hard on him, and it's hard knowing that his dreams are coming true because he's such a superfan, while his mom is sick at home. Poor guy. He seems like a genuinely nice guy...I hope he does well in this game!

Gen-X Camp
David and Lucy talk, and she won't give him a name about who has been discussed if they lose, but she did tell him and Ken later that they don't have anything to worry about. She tells them that everyone is on board to take down Jessica. She threatened them not to go tell her about it. Ken didn't like her "rules" and stipulations about this vote.

Immunity Challenge
Challenge: race through obstacles to a chair that will be lifted up to retrieve bags from 3 levels and in numerical order; pieces in the bags will be a puzzle

Millennials sit out Adam

Bret is flying through the obstacles, wow! Chris gets in the chair. Figgy gets in the chair for Millennials. Why didn't the Gen-Xers pick a girl who would be light to go up in the chair? So far, Gen-X is in the lead and Millennials are falling behind.

Chris gets all 10 and they bring him down. Ken takes to the course. Michelle comes on for Millennials. Ken worked very quickly and he's done already!

David is coming on for Gen-X. Michelle is done and now Michaela is flying through the course. A lot of time has been made up. David gets the last piece, Michaela is on 29 with one left.

It's basically neck-and-neck. It comes down to the puzzle. David, Ken, and Chris work for Gen-X. Figgy, Michaela, and Michelle working for Millennials. They are all counting out letters on their hands trying to figure out the phrase. 20 minutes have passed...

David thinks he's figured it out. Millennials don't seem worried at all. And it's now been 45 minutes!

Gen-X continues to put out letters and try things, but Millennials don't move much.

Millennials think they have something, and so do the Gen-Xers. Millennials think they have it, and they do! Woohoo! Wow! Like Jeff said, they came out of nowhere with that one!

Now, hopefully, either Jessica or Lucy will be going home for Gen-X! As long as Ken and David are safe, I will be one happy camper.

Gen-X Camp - Pre-Tribal
Chris and Bret hope the plan is still to blindside Jessica, and they need Lucy to make it happen. She tells Chris that she has Ken and David on board. She feels like she is the one in charge and she likes that.

David asks Ken what he thinks. Ken didn't like being scolded by Lucy. He said if they all link up together, that only puts him and David and CeCe at the bottom again. He thinks that they should try to go after Lucy. David thinks it sounds like a good idea. He tells CeCe briefly about the plan because he sees Lucy coming in their direction. Ken tells Jessica the plan to get her out and that Lucy was telling everyone that she was the mastermind. Jessica couldn't believe that because she thought everyone came up with it together. Jessica went right to Lucy and told her what Ken did! No!!!!!

Lucy asked Ken who he was voting for and he said he wasn't sure. He told her he didn't like the way she told him what he could and could not do. Oh, this is just a mess! David thinks the smartest thing to do is vote out Jessica with the rest. He wonders if he should maybe play his idol for Jessica to get Lucy out. He's worried because he lied to Lucy's face and he thinks she knows it. Yikes! You just can't trust anybody!

Tribal Council
David said the last Tribal didn't bring them together as a tribe as they had hoped. Chris said the state of the tribe is complete chaos.

The betrayal of Jessica and Lucy came up and out in the open in front of everyone. Lucy justified herself by saying people appreciate when she's blunt. She thought he should be grateful that what they were doing was keeping him in the game. Jessica asked Ken if she was supposed to believe him straight up for what he told her and he said she should. He thought they were close. It's clear maybe there were because now Jessica looks worried because it looks like she might believe him now.

For about the first time, I have no idea which way this is going to go!

The Votes
Holy crap....I just said to myself...OK David, you're smart enough to know that you shouldn't use this on someone other than yourself, right? And what does he do? He stands up and plays it for Jessica!!!!! He stands up and says that he's enjoyed playing with everyone, but he's about to do something that is not going to make too many people happy.

Jessica - does not count
Jessica - does not count
Jessica - does not count
Jessica - does not count
Jessica - does not count
CeCe
Lucy
Lucy

Haha! Jessica is one relieved cookie right now! She cannot believe it!  Her eyes are huge right now. I still can't believe David used that on her! Boy, that really turned around and bit Lucy on the ass very quickly, didn't it! I sure hope that this gives David and Ken something to work with. Jessica is clearly on the outs, so with CeCe, they would have 4, which would give them the majority. I'm wondering why Ken decided to vote for Jessica, though.

But...uh oh...next week is the swap! Drop your buffs!

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Survivor, Ep. 33.3

Millennial Camp
Zeke and Adam were completely blown away by the blindside. Hannah tried to be an adult and talk to them about why she switched. She said she had no intention of switching prior to Tribal. She said when Michelle told her to trust her and that they had the numbers, she didn't see why she should vote with the minority. Zeke just wanted to be left alone.

Gen X Camp
David knows he's at the bottom and has a battle in front of him. But, he does have the idol, so he's got some life if he can use it wisely.

Look at Paul going diving for those fish! He really has made a miraculous recovery! He came back empty handed though because of the current. He thought he was good because he can do this in the Florida Keys where he's from. Ken points out that Ken again said he could do something and didn't follow through...similar to a lot of people on the tribe. He doesn't understand why people are behind these guys and he's on the bottom.

UPDATE (Spoiler - skip reading this if you don't know who gets voted out!):

...in Paul's exit interview, he was asked why Ken wasn't a part of the core 6 alliance. His answer was very interesting and telling: "He didn’t connect with anybody in the group. He didn’t talk to Bret, he didn’t talk to Chris, he didn’t talk to me. He really stuck with talking to the girls. We tried, it’s not like anybody disliked the guy. He’s a great guy. He comes from a completely different world that I do, but he’s an awesome guy. He just did not want to talk about the game with us. We tried desperately to keep him in our alliance. He would’ve been perfect with us."

Twist
Each tribe will draw colored rocks. Certain colored rocks drawn will be sent to the other tribe to do some recognizance.  For the Millennials it is: Will, Taylor, Figgy, Jay - wow, interesting. For Gen X it is: David, Chris, CeCe, Paul.

The 8 members meet together, so they aren't actually going back to each others' camps. They also get a nice feast.

David asked who the Millennials got rid of and if it was a blindside. They said it was. Gen X asked if anyone has hooked up yet, and Jay quickly said no. That was the last thing he wanted getting out was that they were dumb enough to let a power couple stay in the game.

Paul talked about being in a rock and roll band.

David wants to make friends with the Millennials since he is on the bottom of the tribe and when they merge he will need help getting rid of Paul. Figgy wants to know who is on the bottom of the tribe. They said Paul is kind of running things. CeCe said it was stupid for Paul to leave them alone so they could divulge that info.

David tells Taylor that he would side with him over his own tribe in the event of a merge.

The girls wanted to know about Ken, whom they call him "Ken Doll".

Gen X Camp
CeCe told Ken about the Millennial tribe's nickname for him. He said he grew up with that nickname all of his life. Clearly, they only see him as having good looks, but he is providing for the tribe and he's leading them in challenges. He is invaluable and they would be stupid to get rid of him..at this point. Later, he's going to be a huge threat to win. He talked to Jessica and wonders why he's on the outs and he's not involved in any strategy talks. He said Paul is the only one rubbing people the wrong way, so why are they keeping him?

Millennial Camp
Taylor is all "puppy dogs and rainbows". He thinks he's sitting pretty and he's got his girl by his side.

Adam said that Figgy sucks at Survivor and he can't believe the vote to keep her last time. He talks to Michaela and Hannah. He said that Michelle and Jay were integral in getting the vote switched. If they vote out Figgy or Taylor, they split up the power 4 and swing the majority.

Immunity/Reward Challenge
They have to carry big bags of sand and coconuts (40 lbs) over and under obstacles and then across really wonky balance beams, then toss the bags at blocks to knock them over. The pieces are puzzle pieces that they will put together.

Reward: hammock, pillows, blankets, lounge chairs, candles

Gen X is behind early. Millennials are first to the balance beam. They are tied at 1 bag across each. Will falls and has to start over, so Gen X has the lead.

CeCe is taking a really long time on the beam. Jeff said someone should have carried her bag because someone can run twice, even though she would still have to cross the beam. She took forever!

Taylor carried at least 3 of the bags. They now have to get all members across. Will is struggling for some reason, but he makes it and now they only have Adam. Lucy keeps falling and they keep trying to root her on and she keeps shushing them.

Millennials are across and are tossing bags. Jay is tossing and wasn't making any of the blocks moving at first. Now, they are starting to fall. Ken starts throwing for Gen X and he's making quick work. Jay has only the bottom row left, but Ken is catching them up fast.

Jay gets all the pieces off, so now it's puzzle time. Zeke and Michelle work on the puzzle.

Ken gets all the pieces off and Sunday and David start on the puzzle.

Millennials are looking good, and they are down to 2 pieces. Gen X has all but about 4 or 5. But it is Millennials for the win!

I think that loss may go back to CeCe taking forever on the balance beam. Chris points out that 3 people for the Millennials made it across in the time that it took her to make it.

Jay asks Jeff if they can switch their comfort reward for fishing gear. Jeff said if Gen X agrees and if they can make it a fair trade. Gen X decides that they need to keep the comfort. They don't want them getting stronger by getting more food.

Gen X Camp - Pre-Tribal
Paul said CeCe cost them the challenge and she has to go. She was already on the bottom, so this just kind of seals the deal. Sunday and Bret agree that she needs to go to keep the team strong.

CeCe asked Sunday and Jessica what was going on because she had no clue. She feels unsafe because no one talks to her.

David wonders if they can make a move for Paul. He retrieved his idol from its hiding place, just in case.

Sunday and Jessica talk to Paul. They agree they have a strong 6 and should go right down the line. Jessica made an off-handed comment about them having an all-guys' alliance. He said he would give his word that they didn't, but if they did he would tell her and he would tell the girls they are on their own. This really struck Jessica and she realized he's not completely with them and would turn on them, so they might need to go after him.

Tribal Council
Lots of talk about the Gen X way of doing things vs. the Millennials way of doing things...in life and in the game. Nothing really exciting or noteworthy of any game moves or information.

The Votes
Paul
CeCe
Paul
CeCe
Paul
CeCe
Paul
Paul

Paul! #Blindside! Way to go David and company! Nicely done! It will definitely be interesting to see how the dynamics of the tribe change now.

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Survivor, Ep. 33.2

Gen-X Camp
CeCe is on the outs because she was aligned with Rachel. David is on the outs because...well...he's David. He's paranoid, he's looked for idols, and he's rubbed people the wrong way. He thinks he's more of a Cochran than an Ozzy. Clearly.

They finally get some fire, and David was the one to do it! Way to go, David! They all congratulate him...but...Chris still says he is the next to go. They want to keep him busy so he doesn't have time to think and worry about things.

Again, he goes out to look for an idol. He said he was going to look for rocks to sit on around the fire. He now has an allibi. He's now feet away from something that looks suspicious. It's a coconut with a marking on it. The trouble is...he has to get it open. He's the weakest person on the tribe, so this could be interesting. He actually got it open after bashing it for a little while. And it's not just a clue, it's an idol. Wow. I am shocked.

Holy crap! Ken just speared a humungous octopus! He wasn't kidding when he said he is at home doing this kind of thing. He had David help him clean it up and prepare it. David was pretty grossed out, naturally. They did kind of have a bonding session, as Ken is actually on the outs as well. He was not in on the Rachel vote. He thinks Paul is running the show. I actually like this pair. Ken is hot, David is hilarious. They could make an awesome duo...to watch at least. I don't know if they can actually make something happen or not. David wanted to show his trust, so he confided in Ken that he has an idol. He was so nervous when he told him, he was like shaking and he begged Ken not to tell anyone else. Ken said he wouldn't.

Ken and CeCe talk about Paul and how he's running things. Ken thinks if they work together, they can work their way to the top of the group.

Meanwhile, as expected, Paul goes down. He is the tribe member who has to have a visitor from the medic. He needed water and he sat down. He said his hands were numb and he looked like he was having trouble breathing. He said his chest was getting tight, and his hands were shaking. It was a pretty scary scene. The medic thought he might have had a heart attack, but he did a test and said he doesn't appear to have any damage to his heart. Dr. Joe said it was probably just heat exhaustion.

David hated to say it, but Paul's incident could work in his favor since he's the one he wants out.

Millennial Camp
Taylor is gaga over Figgy. He feels like he has love goggles on. she thinks his blue eyes are dangerous. Love is definitely in the air. This could break a major record for how quickly a couple has started making out! This is like day 6! Michaela thought it was disgusting as she heard them smacking lips in the dark. Jay can't believe he kissed her already and he thinks they are STUPID! He said the power couple could screw everything up for their alliance. He said couples never last on here and he sat Taylor down and told him what's what. Taylor knows this will could kind of put a target on them, but he doesn't actually think anyone cares that much. Zeke thinks they need to remember that they are supposed to be playing Survivor.

Michaela tries to lay low because that's what you need to do at the beginning of this game. She said it's hard because she knows how much is going on. Even though she might not be talking, her face and eyebrows are saying a lot. But...her and Figgy got into a little tiff.

I love Adam. Can I just say that again?! He's hilarious. He seems to be so smart about this game and he sees what's going on around him. He knows that you should lay low and you should not get into a cat fight to draw more attention to yourself! Clear Survivor 101 rules.

Immunity & Reward Challenge
Winner: gets a tarp
Sitting out: Hannah

Challenge: climb a cargo net, jump and get a key; swim the key to the platform then open a chest and get swimming mask to dive and get 5 rings; finally toss all 5 rings onto posts

Chris vs. Michelle - Chris started fast and had a slight lead
Paul vs. Will - Paul is doing very well for having an incident and being old - he beat Will!
Sunday vs. Michaela - Gen-X still in the lead
David vs. Zeke - Zeke passed up David! Look at Zeke go! David struggled getting up the cargo net and he looked so timid jumping, but he got the key. His swimming gave a huge lead for the Millennials

Millennials now opening the chest while Jessica tries to make up time

CeCe goes down first and comes back with nothing. Jay stays down and he gets 2 rings. Next Mari goes in.

Lucy gets the first ring for Gen-X, and Bret gets #2 and is closing the gap.

Mari gets #3 followed by Ken getting #3 for Gen-X. It's so close!

Taylor gets #4 and Gen-X gets #4.

Jay gets #5, but Bret is close behind with #5.

CeCe makes 2 tosses in a row. Jay gets 2 and it's tied. Ken gets #3.

Jay misses. Ken hits #4 and Jay gets #3. Ken hits #5!! Wow!

Gen-X just whooped the Millennials! Paul was looking so spry and he dove in the water to swim out to Jeff to get the immunity idol. What did they do, give him some kind of magical cure?! He looked stronger than ever!

The spoilers were actually wrong because they alluded to Gen-X going back to Tribal. CBS even posted a photo of a Gen-X member with a caption saying they were thinking before Tribal.

Millennial Camp - Pre-Tribal
Zeke is tickled to get to go to Tribal. He tells Adam and Mari that Figgy is the one leading the others and they need to break up the couple. Zeke then talks to Adam and Jay. Jay is now worried because they want Figgy out and there isn't much he can do about it. Jay relays that info to Michelle. She thinks they should go after Mari because she's smart.

Michaela tells Hannah that Figgy should go to break up the couple and then they have no power.

Jay goes to Figgy and Michaela and he tells her that they want her out first and then Michaela. Figgy and Michaela have not gotten along, but with her name being tossed around, she might need to work with them.

Will asks Michelle who she wants gone and she said Mari. She said Figgy is an easy vote later. He is nervous to change up the vote so close to Tribal.

Michelle isn't sure they have the numbers to save Figgy so she might have to pull some strings at Tribal to make it happen. Not sure what she could do, but this could be interesting.

Tribal Council
Hannah outs the pairing up of Taylor and Figgy. So funny! Figgy said they all kid around about it and it's too early to be worried about them. Zeke said it's clear that they would be loyal to each other over anyone else.

Michaela calls out Figgy for lying to her face. Meanwhile Jay, Michelle, and Hannah are whispering and Hannah gets all giddy about the whole Survivor experience. Jeff has no idea what's going on. Too funny!

Michelle said that Figgy is in the middle of some things going on and that she should be worried.

The Votes
Hannah starts to do math and count people on her fingers at the voting station. She is so confused and knocking things over. Jeff actually peeks around the corner to see what's taking her so long. Wow, that's a first!

Figgy
Mari
Figgy
Mari
Figgy
Mari
Mari
Mari
Mari

Adam looks completely shocked...and devastated. In the preview for next week, Adam and Zeke are upset that they too, were blindside. Mari said she didn't see it coming at all and it hurts.

We see that Will, Hannah, and Michaela all vote for Mari. The votes for Figgy were Adam, Zeke, and Mari.

Next week, a new twist!

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Survivor, Ep. 33.1

Season 33 is finally here! Woohoo!

Tribe Divisions
2 boats arrive, but they are not yet separated into their tribes. On the beach, Jeff asks them to grab a wrapped buff with their name on it, and they open it up to find what color they have.

Jeff tells them the twist. He announces Will as the youngest (only 18) and he hasn't even graduated high school yet! He left school to be on the show.

Scavenger
Scattered on the beach and in the jungle are items to collect. One station has a choice between 2 items. They have to decide on things that will give them help right away and what will help long term. Pots vs. hammers, fruit, fish, etc.

Jessica saw something - it appears to be a clue of some kind, that was dropped by someone else. She carefully put it in her pocket without anyone noticing.

Millennials took the chickens and left the fishing gear. Gen-X took the fishing gear because it will last them all 39 days. Millennials said they took the chickens because they lay eggs.

Before they leave, Jeff said they are in the cyclone season. He said they will need their shelters immediately and it's going to get real very soon.

Millennial Camp

Survivor Season 33 Preview & Cast Bios

Theme: Millenials vs. Gen X
For those who don't remember, a similar tribe division was used in Season 10: Nicaragua, where tribes were divided into tribes below and above the age of 40.

Location: Fiji

Idol Twist: rumor is that the hidden idols will be hidden somewhere inside shells. Jeff Probst says: "...you're going to get a clue and it's gonna say, yes, there's an idol somewhere down here amongst these shells. Good luck. And you're gonna look out on a beach full of shells and you will not be able to figure out which one has it. How could a shell possibly have an idol. You just gotta work. You gotta think."

Season Premiere: Wednesday, September 21 at 8:00 on CBS

Tribes:

Vanua - "Millennials" or "Young Tribe"
"Vanua" means "land" or "home" and in Fijian culture, represents the people and their customs and beliefs, as well as their relationship to the land. Vanua Levu is the second largest island in Fiji. The age range for this tribe is 18-31.

Hannah Shapiro  Age: 24 Occupation: Barista/Comedian From: Los Angeles, CA	Jessica "Figgy" Figueroa Age: 23 Occupation: Bartender From: Nashville, TN	Mari Takahashi  Age: 31 Occupation: YouTube Star/Pro-Gamer From: Los Angeles, CA
Michaela Bradshaw Age: 25 Occupation: Vacation Club Sales From: Fort Worth, TX	Michelle Schubert  Age: 28 Occupation: Missionary Recruiter From: Yakima, WA
Adam Klein Age: 25 Occupation: Homeless Shelter Manager From: San Francisco, CA	Justin "Jay" Starrett Age: 27 Occupation: Real Estate Agent From: Fort Lauderdale, FL	Taylor Stocker Age: 24 Occupation: Ski Instructor From: Post Falls, ID
Will Wahl  Age: 18 Occupation: Student From: Long Valley, NJ	Zeke Smith  Age: 28 Occupation: Asset Manager From: Brooklyn, NY

Takali - "Gen X" or "Old Tribe"
"Takali" means "spinning wheel" or "spindle". It is also the name of a luxury villa in Fiji, the Villa Takali. The age range for this tribe is 33-51.

Ciandre "CeCe" Taylor Age: 39 Occupation: Insurance Adjuster From: Los Angeles, CA	Jessica Blain-Lewis Age: 37 Occupation: Attorney From: Albany, NY	Lucy Huang  Age: 42 Occupation: Dietician From: Diamond Bar, CA
Rachel Ako Age: 37 Occupation: Recruiting Director From: Los Angeles, CA	Sunday Burquest  Age: 45 Occupation: Youth Pastor From: Elk River, MN
Bret LaBelle  Age: 42 Occupation: Police Sergeant From: Boston, MA	Chris Hammons  Age: 38 Occupation: Assistant District Attorney From: Oklahoma City, OK	David Wright  Age: 42 Occupation: TV writer From: Los Angeles, CA
Kenneth McNickle  Age: 33 Occupation: Massage Therapist/Model From: Denver, CO	Paul Wachter Age: 52 Occupation: Boat Mechanic From: Key West, FL

Bios and info: insidesurvivor.com

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Survivor, Ep. 32.13: Finale

Days 37-39

I can't believe it's time for the finale already! What a great season this has been, no? What's the big twist? Who will be in the final Tribal? Who will win? I have no idea, but I can't wait to find out! I'm interested to see if the rumors I've heard are true:

• One member of the jury is not involved in the final vote
• After a long run of a final 3, we have a final 2 instead this season

Here we go! It's down to Tai, Michele, Cydney, and Aubry - who's it gonna be? 75% chance it's a female. We shall see.

Dara Camp

Awe, Tai and his pal Mark...too cute!

The tribe is sad to lose Joe. Tai and Aubry want to try to get close to Cydney and hope that they can be the final 3. Aubry thinks Michele is the biggest social threat left in the game. She has close relationships and she hasn't done anything to hurt anyone else in the game. 

Michele thinks she is out if Tai wins Immunity. Cydney is feeling good because without Joe there, everyone seems to want to take her to the end. 

Michele says that everything is up in the air because you never know what's coming. I have a feeling that is some major foreshadowing of events to come.

Reward Challenge

Survivor, Ep. 32.12

Dara Camp  - After Tribal
Tai said he was really shocked. Joe said everyone felt that Jason had to go and it wasn't up to him. Tai was upset that no one told him and that made his extra vote useless. Tai tried to cover his tracks and said that the group was unified, but Michele said she wasn't in that group. He said he was never sure where she stood. Again he said there were 2 alliances that he was in that DIDN'T involve her. He needs to just stop talking! Tai was really shocked that Aubry pulled a fast one on him because she is the only one he truly trusted. She said that in the group, they didn't feel like they had a voice. She said he had so much control and they didn't like that. She felt bad that she didn't tell him what was going on. Neither are sure where they stand with each other. Tai said he voted the way he said he would.

Reward Challenge
Challenge: race into the jungle to find sandbags and then toss 5 into targets
Reward: Survivor spa and feast and spend the night on a real bed

Cydney takes off like a shot! She is way ahead of everyone. Minutes later, Joe finally makes it to the first bag.

Cydney scores, then Aubry scores. Both head back to the jungle. Oh look, Joe makes it back to start tossing.

Cydney and Aubry still close, followed by Michele and Tai.Lots of misses. Cydney gets #2 and Aubry gets #3. Michele gets her first.

Aubry gets #4. Aubry throws her last bag and it misses. If everyone else uses up all their bags then they can replenish, so she has to wait. Cydney is now out of bags, too. Joe has 2. Tai and Michele are out of bags.

Now they have to wait for Joe. He has to go back into the jungle for his last bag, while EVERYONE waits. If he can connect on 2 with what he has in that last bag, he wins! What a crazy challenge!

Joe misses again and again. He gets #4 and he has 1 bag left to get the last one. It's the one farthest away. There's no way he hits it. BUT WAIT! HOLY CRAP!!!! IT WENT IN! JOE WINS!  I never thought that would ever happen!

Joe gets to choose 1 person to join him. He chose Aubry because she has been his brain partner since day 1. Now, Joe gets to pick another one. Joe said Aubry could pick. Aubry chose Cydney.

Reward