The decline of the male population of castaways continued in Survivor: One World Episode 9 when Jay became the last person on the planet to realize the women were turning on him.
Realizing he’s an outcast, Troyzan has decided to put an even bigger target on his back by lashing out at everybody else. Feel free to be upset, but giving people a hard time isn’t going to want them to keep you around. To add insult to injury, he says that these girls are like a lot of women, who get everything they need and decide they don’t need men any more. That’s going to piss somebody off. The irony here is that he was among the idiots to vote his fellow men off the island. Now he’s stuck with people who wish to continue that trend. Sorry, dude. Should have played smarter.
It’s time for an auction. They’re all looking for food, but Troy just wants something that will give him power. Each person has $500 to bid, and they will bid in $20 increments.
The first item is 3 donuts and an iced coffee. Bidding starts at $100. Chelsea ends up winning it for $160. Next item is chips, guacamole, and a margarita. A stupid bidding war ensues between Kat and Sabrina, with Sabrina getting it for $400. Next item is a smart one, a protein shake and a banana. Kat starts at $40, but she’s competing against Leif, who grabs it for $100. Alicia starts the bidding for a Survivor shower and toothbrush at $20. Kat seems to want to win, but she can’t figure out the next increment. Kim takes it for $40. Next up for grabs is BLT, chips, and an iced tea. Christina starts at $40. Kat again gets into a bidding war, finally winning something for $180, surprised to find out there’s bacon in a BLT. The next item is a bowl of peanutbutter and some chocolate. Kim bids $200 from the shower. Alicia only bids against her once, giving it to her for $240, well worth it. Alicia promptly bids $500 for letters from home. Tarzan joins with the same steep bid. Troyzan bids $300 for an advantage in the immunity challenge. With pressure from the other girls, who don’t like her, Christina joins, but she loses to Troyzan for $420. Kat bids $60 for the covered item with a note, and she is joined by Christina. For $160, Kat receives a cake for the tribe to share for 60 seconds.
Troy’s advantage at the immunity challenge is that he automatically moves to the second stage, an improvement from 1 in 9 odds to 1 in 4.
The girls talk about how they’re annoyed that Christina backed down when bidding against Troy. She should have taken one for the team. Please. You’ve been talking about voting her out for more than half the season.
The immunity challenge is a three stage process. The first four to untangle ropes will go to the next round, where they will race up a stack of crates and bounce a coconut off a trampoline to break 3 targets. The first two to complete that will use a slingshot to fire coconuts at a wall of targets, where they will have to make a row of 3 hits to win. Troy is first to advance due to his advantage, though I imagine he would have done just fine regardless. He is joined by Tarzan, Kim, and Christina, the most surprising trio ever. Troyzan, with absolutely no support from the otherwise cheerful peanut gallery, is first to advance, followed by Tarzan. Both connect on their first hit. Troy connects on his second, but not in a row. Both hit on their third try, giving Troy two potential opportunities to win and Tarzan one. Tarzan connects to give him three more options. Troyzan wins immunity, taunting his fellow castaways, who warn him he’s losing the jury.
When they return to camp, Tarzan asks Troyzan to have a little bit of sportsmanship when he wins. Troy declines.
Without Troy as a voting option, the two choices become Tarzan and Leif.
Not being on the chopping block, Troyzan has a proposal. The guys, Christina, and Alicia need to get away from the alliance and join forces. An alliance of convenience isn’t great, but it’s better than the alternative of merely hanging on until it’s your turn to be voted out by the now dominant alliance.
Sabrina has a point, a valid point Troy again refuses to hear. You have to outwit, outplay, and outlast, but at the end of the day, you have to be somewhat likeable.
Votes
Leif
Leif
Leif
Kim
Kim
Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan
Leif
I was waiting for someone to start using a brain. I am still waiting. With 4 votes, Tarzan has been voted off the island. In this deliberately split vote, the fourth Leif vote came from Tarzan.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: One World Episode 11, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.