Watching Survivor

Wow, what a great season, huh? With folks like Coach, and the Good Ole Boy triumphing in the end in a landslide, how can we not love Tocantins? I couldn’t have asked for a better finale - though I CAN and I will CONTINUE to ask CBS to spend just as much time on a Big Brother Finale for us this year as well! Show us some BB Love, CBS! Survivor gets 3 hours, would it kill you to give us two?!

Anyway.

So what were your thoughts? Are you happy JT won? Do you, like so many others, think Taj was robbed? Were you shocked at the questions? do you REALLY love coach? What about that lie detector test? And his “Lady friend” who said she slayed the dragon nightly? Is this some sort of kink we don’t really want to know about? Dish, my darlings!

While you get ready to - as Coach would say - pontificate on these things, take a look one more time at the preview for the nineteenth season of Survivor: Samoa!

At least this season is one I can spell - AND say!

If it holds true to form, they should start filming around July, for a September Premiere, after the end of Big Brother 11.

When the spoilers start trickling in, I’ll try to get them here to you asap! While we wait -check out the Survivor charity auction that Jeff mentioned last night. If you want a piece of Survivor: Tocantins, be sure to check it out - all proceeds go to the charity, and that’s just good Karma right there!

Also - it announced today that winner of Survivor: Africa (season 3), Ethan Zohn has cancer. He’ll be fighting for the biggest Survival of all - so spare him a good thought or 10, hm?

I can’t wait!

Awww, don’t they all clean up pretty?!

Welcome to the live Reunion show - JT are you crying? “YES!” JT says he’s happy and created the best friends he ever had, his parents are crying, it’s the happiest he’s ever been, and Jeff tells him he’s one of the most loved players they’ve ever had. Peoples ay hate coach, love JT. What’s the reaction been at home? JT says it’s hysterical, they LOOOOOOOOVE me, I love them too, they’ve been very supportive, and he says he didn’t even tell anyone, even his parents thought he was fourth at best. Ha!

Jeff asks if it was easy for him being outdoorsy? He says it was very hard, even day 12 he was questioning what the hell hew as doing, he was starving, and couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, hardest thing he’s ever done.

Why Stephen? He said that he was the only guy he doubted the most - day three of four hew as working harder than anyone and hs the best heart of anyone he knows. Stephen, what was the key to the alliance? He says they always clicked, it was always about bein there to win a game, work together constantly to make sure they were there at the end. He had an inside mole in the game - and Stephen says yeah,Coaches relationship with JT, he’d tell JT everything. Tyson would tell Coach, and Coach would tell JT, and coach laughs and says “I’m the gift that keeps on giving!” and Tyson jokes “He owes me a million dollars”

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I’m trying to get the stream to connect ya’ll - it’s not working yet. I am still trying!

:11 FOUND A WORKING LINK! WHOO! Alright, here we go. Just in time for the first Immunity challenge for today. Once again, Immunity is back up for grabs - today they’ll race through a tarantula shaped obstical course for puzzle pieces to solve web shaped puzzle. Nice!

Survivors ready - Go!

JT flys through and gets his first bag first, Erinn working on his first, stephen and Taj too, as they race back toward the puzzle - JT heads out for number two… the rope will tear you up, says Jeff, and says they’ll lose skin - JT has his second bag, and no one else has their first until now - Taj then Stephen, then Erinn… JT with his second. Go JT! He has one bag left! It’s going to be a showdown - JT and Taj ion the same leg - she lays down, he crawls over, and TAJ is out with her second bag, and here comes JT with number three and he’s starting to work on the puzzle - Stephen is on his way, he’s got his final bag too. The puzzle looks like hell! Erinn and Taj on the way back with their last bag - the puzzle is HARD, and will take a long time. Taj and Erinn make it to the puzzle table, and JT has a head start, Stephen is hot on his heels, and Erinn is the last to get there. 1 piece in the center, two in the second, three in the third… WIll Stephen prove himself a wiz with puzzles too - JT has 5 pieces left, but is he right? Erinn making up a LOT of ground… The last to start, and she’s catching up fast! It’s JT stephen and Erinn! JT has one piece, but can’t find a spot… one is in the wrong spot… ERinn has closed the gap, it’s all Erinn and JT! Who will get it! JT WINS IMMUNITY! WOW that was close! Awesome challenge!

They head back to camp - and Erinn says she had it, one piece to go, and JT won. It’s frustrating, and she’s sitting next to people who have been together since day one, she’s very aware they could take her out…

:18 Commercial!

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Wow - what an episode! There are a lot of choice moments in it… stay tuned and find out!

Forza, Night 33, we rejoin the final five as they return from Tribal Council and Debbie’s ouster, which had Coach shocked to the core. JT tells Coach that his number one ally was gunning for him, that Debbie wrote his name down. He looks shocked, says he’s the lamb lead to the slaughter, and they tell him if they told him ahead of time, they wouldn’t believe him. Coach tells us that he knows he’s dangerous, and is shocked that they protected him. He says the lesson is the game is still being played with truth and honesty and it’s the first time in the game he’s almost speechless - almost. Now he wants to talk to Stephen and JT and find out when he’s going because he knows that Coach Wade is no longer in control of the game.

Roll title sequence!

Day 34, and Coach thanks JT and Stephen for saving his ass, and knows he’s at their mercy. He asks them what they want to do about Exile, and JT says they should send the girls over and over, and Coach says that he feels like he scarred his lungs yesterday, and like for him, it’s whatever they want. Coach tells us taht he wants to go to Exile, and he hopes that his asthma doesn’t act up, he’s losing it, his asthma is kicking his ass, and his back hurts worse every day. Coach says that he wants to go, but the cold calculating part of him wants to send taj or erinn.

Stephen tells us that they are DYING to send Coach to exile because he’s so skittish about it, and think he’s scared. Stephen and JT shrug it off, decide they’re not going to tell him that he’s going - JT tells us that he’s ready to test him and send him to exile, it’d be nice for him to be weak in the next immunity challenge.

Reward challenge!
They must race through a maze that says “Survivor”, construct a pole, get the sandbag, and use it to knock down three poles and raise their flag. Oh yeah, they have to do the whole thing while their ankles are shackled. Yippy! They’re playing for an overnight stay at the governors retreat - including a shower, a bed, and a feast. Winner sends one to exile.

Survivpr’s ready? GO! JT is in the lead, and everyone follows him, except TAJ - she hits a dead end, and Coach just follows JT, who’s been right so far. It’s follow the leader. JT has no problem making his way through the maze - and coach has no trouble following him. It’s JT, than coach - followed by Taj, Erinn and Stephen.

JT and Coach are working the poles, Coach would love to win a reward “Damn right” he says. JT puts his pole together first, as everyone gets to work on it. JT has the lead and hasn’t looked back - and his pole is strong. He grabs his sandbag on the first try, coach is still trying as JT knocks down the first target, the second, and the third - JT WINS REWARD!

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Hi guys! It’s survivor time and I’m scooting in right under the wire! Ha! Even though my headphones aren’t working - we’ll power through!

:00 Forza, night 30. And everyone is happy and congratulating themselves on the final 6, but Coach is pissed that Taj wrote down Stephen’s name, Debbies name, and is talking to Debbie about it and Coach says he’s pissed off at people not even playing the game as he is. Debbie says to let it go, and Coach says that he’s upset playing with the coward alliance.

Debbie tells us that it gets old, he doesn’t let things go. and he’s off to the side saying “cowards cowards cowards” and says he doesn’t care about the money, he cares about changing the game start to finish and his honesty and integrity and he said that from day one.

:03 Commercial!

:05 Day 31, and Debbie is telling us that she’s been with coach from day one but it’s no longer working for her since he’s been a downer and not doing anything around camp, and it came to her last night that she needs to sep up. Debbie talks to Taj and JT and says that if Coach doesn’t want the money, why is he here? they have to do something. JT says that she’s playing a stragetical game, and is scared right now, and maybe she’s up to no good. JT goes to talk to Stephen and she joins and says they must be talking about her, and she doesn’t want Coach speaking for her. She says she gives a pinky swear word, god strike her down she’s in with them two. They shake on it, and hugs all around.

Stephen says she’s strategic and people doesn’t give her credit cuz she’s sweet, and that worries him.

:07 Reward challenge time! It’s time for the Survivor Auction - they each have 500, they cannot share money or food. The first item is french fries. Bidding goes up and Debbie gets them for $120.

Next up - Chicken parma, with red wine, and it’ goes nuts, the bidding. Coach gets it for $320.

NExt item is covered - and JT gets it for $160 - they crossing fingers, it’s NACHOS! JT says it’s no steak but it’ll work.

The next one is covered as well, and he lets stephen get it for $100 - It’s a brazil delicacy, chicken hearts - and he munches it down without a problem, even given thumbs up.

LAst item - it’s a CELL PHONE! It does a lot, and it can bring love from home - loaded are messages from loved ones, and Taj is crying. Only one can buy it, ad they can pool money if they want too. Taj is crying - JT, gives her the rest of her money, as does Debbie, everyone is giving their money t Taj. Jeff asks what it says, and Erinn says Taj has had it rough, she left her baby at home, and Taj doesn’t have to bid even - she has everyone’s money, she gives him all the money - Jeff says just takes 20, and lets her see her message. She’s in crying, and I’m a giant sap cuz I’m a lil sniffly too. They tell her to focus on he game, they’re holding it down at the George household.

There’s one line, Jeff says - maybe had been hard to hear - and she realized they said “See you back at camp” and she starts jumping and asks if they can go now. He says here’s how it works - he says it means what you think, and he gives her a choice. If she goes to exile, with Eddie, then everyone gets to see their loved ones - and she screams “I’LL DO IT!!!” and she heads off to Exile, and everyone else races back to camp.

:14 Commercial!

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At LAST! Sorry ya’ll, my kid had her final swim meet, and there was all sorts of chaos leading up to that, and added carpools and… well. yah. I suck, I’m sorry, but we’re gonna get ourselves back on track! Ready? Let’s do it!

Previously, on Survivor… Tyson was sent packing and Sierra survived. Ha!

We rejoin Forza right after the Tribal council, and Sierra tells us that she couldn’t have asked for another tribal. Stephen says that they didn’t tell Sierra and Debbie because they knew how their vote was going, while Coach tells everyone he didn’t see it coming and JT tells him they hope that he didn’t blame them. Stephen tells us that everyone was trying to smile saccarine smiles at him as Coach tells them there’s no hard feelings at all.

Roll Title Sequence!

Day 28. Debbie asks what the next move is, and Stephen and JT tell her Errinn and Sierra. Debbie tells us she’s recoiling like a snake to see what her next move is… does she beleive them? She goes and talks to Coach and says that they blindsided them and she’s pissed, they’re sitting ducks. She tells us she’d have bet that Tyson would still be there, but if Errin and Sierra go like planned it takes Timbira down to two. She tells Coach that she won’t be happy with 5th, or with Coach as 4th. She tells us they need to pull Timbira tribe back together, and maybe gain control of the game again.

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