After what people saw on The Amazing Race, they gave the twins little chance for survival in Survivor: San Juan del Sur Episode 1, voting Nadiya out first.
Josh tells Baylor why he blindsided her by voting against her. He wanted to prove and strengthen their alliance. Oh. She’s not sure whether this is smart or sketchy.
Hunahpu (that name flows right off your fingers) may have lost their flint. Jon accepts the blame.
Speaking of The Amazing Race, the first commercial break (and the second commercial break) tells us it’s on Fridays, for those who didn’t know, which most people did not. Boy, CBS shot themselves in the foot with this one. TAR got beaten handily by Shark Tank, but it still did better than the newly humiliating Sunday night lineup.
The reward challenge is for fishing gear. John is selected, and he will go against his girlfriend Julie. They will balance balls on a large paddle through a series of obstacles, then roll the balls into slots on a table at the end. Julie runs away with the challenge, sending John to Exile. She’ll be sending Jeremy there with him again.
Before they head home, Hunahpu makes a proposal to Jeff. Having lost their flint, they need some. They don’t want to give up the fishing equipment. Rather, they want to give him their half eaten bag of beans. He would have accepted that trade if they made it before the challenge began rather than waiting to see if they won first. So his counteroffer is now that they must give up the fishing gear. No, not interested. He warns them they will need it eventually, and the price will go up. They reluctantly agree to forgo the reward they just won.
John’s secret, which was out within about 5 minutes of the show beginning, is now spreading. Everybody knows who he is, and they know his reputation.
At Exile, Jeremy gets the clue, while John gets the blank piece of paper. Though he believes he heard something about John making racist comments while he was with the Braves, he is still going to buddy up with him for the sake of the game, rather than writing him off and assuming he is no good.
The immunity challenge is a sumo style bashing with padded bags. Julie sits out for Hunahpu. Jaclyn beats Kelley. Drew beats his big brother Alec to tie it 1-1. Wes beats Jeremy to give Coyopa back the lead. Natalie beats Val, and it’s tied again. In a bloody battle, Jon beats John to give Hunahpu the 3-2 lead. After giving her daughter a bloody lip, Missy loses focus and loses to Baylor to tie it again. Reed beats his boyfriend Josh to take the 4-3 lead for Hunahpu. Dale beats Keith to bring us to one final tie breaking battle. Jaclyn’s birthday is not lucky, and Kelly wins immunity for the undefeated Hunahpu.
At least they weren’t dumb enough to go with that all female alliance last time because they are not having any success in the challenges as it is.
Jeremy shared the clue with John, and John easily finds the hidden (for lack of a better term) immunity idol.
Then he proposes a split vote: 3 votes for Val and 3 votes for Baylor. Just in case one of them has the idol. The idol that he has. Yet he still thinks Val has one, which she claims she does, and warns her to play it.
Fingers point at Baylor during Tribal Council. The girls are not happy because their plan backfired last week.
Votes
Val
Baylor
Val
Baylor
Val
Baylor
Baylor
Val
They are tied at 4 votes each. A revote will occur in which they can only vote for Val or Baylor, who will not vote.
Votes
Baylor
Val
Val
Val
Val
With 4 votes, Val has been voted off the island. Even John, who promised her husband he would protect her, votes against her. He blames her because she did not play her nonexistent idol. As for the stray Baylor vote, Jaclyn seems to have failed to take the hint how the tribe was voting.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: San Juan del Sur Episode 3, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.