In an anticlimactic end to one less funny than he thought castaway, Colton was eliminated for medical reasons in Survivor: One World Episode 6. Then the tribes merged.
Another night, another opportunity for us to hear about how Christina’s going home.
The new tribe name is Tikiano, a combination of tiki (god) and ano (year).
Tarzan wants to get the guys to stick together and join Alicia for the majority. Jay and Mike are not happy to be back in league with him, but they’re okay with having the numbers.
The challenge is to race through obstacles, dig for puzzle pieces, then solve the puzzle. Reward is pizza and beer, plus a secret note. They divide into two teams: Alicia, Jay, Sabrina, Chelsea, Christina, and Troyzan against Leif, Kat, Michael, Kim, Jonas, and Tarzan. Sending the biggest guy to dig proves to be better than sending the smallest guy. Kim continues her team’s struggle. The last person to go for her team, Sabrina, squanders the majority of their lead, leading to them being just about tied as they head into the puzzle. With Tarzan and Jonas struggling to communicate, their opponents win reward.
Heading into commercial, we take a look back at Parvati’s double hidden idol play and JT blindside. (Just had to Youtube it.) Parvati kicks ass. It would be nice if we had some players like that this season. Or last.
The secret note tells this random new team that there’s another new idol hidden at camp. I am sure they are all shocked. I bet it’s in a tree.
Jonas finds out about Tarzan’s plan of the guys sticking together. Somehow, this ends up with the two of them arguing and deciding they hate each other. And here I was worried we would be stuck with a lack of random excessive bitterness and hatred.
Troyzan wakes up early and begins his idol search. He is successful and finds himself a hidden immunity idol. Wait for it. In a tree.
The first individual immunity challenge is one of endurance. They will stand on a log while balancing balls. I await the double entendre. With just one ball on his disc, Tarzan is the first one to be eliminated. With two balls, Christina is out. Michael follows her. Then Chelsea and Kim. Those who remain will continue with three balls. Alicia is quickly out. Jay drops next. Jonas is out. Then Sabrina. Leif is out. Neither Troyzan nor Kat would seem to be in any danger regardless, but Troyzan outlasts Kat to win immunity.
Chelsea and Jay discuss an alternative to men vs. women. They talk about sticking to their tribes rather than genders, and Jay suggests voting out Jonas.
Learning that he’s on the chopping block leads Jonas to apologize to Tarzan for their earlier argument. They decide to vote for Kat. Not sure why.
In perhaps the most ridiculous Survivor argument yet, Tarzan’s shorts in the laundry become a big problem for some of the girls. He insists he knows a lot about microbiology, so whether his pants are soiled or not does not matter.
At tribal, Jonas makes an obvious point. Mike’s a bigger threat for immunity than he is. That said, he’s voting for him, in spite of Tarzan’s plan to get rid of Kat, as they don’t have the votes to accomplish that. In turn, Tarzan wants to get rid of Jonas again. That didn’t last.
Votes
Jonas
Mike
Mike
Jonas
Jonas
Jonas
Jonas
Jonas
Jonas
In a tribe divided, the only thing they can seem to agree about is that the women need to have a numbers advantage. With 7 votes, Jonas has been voted off the island. As the provider, he wishes them good luck with their food situation. In addition to Jonas, the other vote in Mike’s direction is Leif.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: One World Episode 8, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.