Month: March 2016

As the Brains turned on each other in Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 6, Peter was eliminated.

Cydney notices a bulge in Neal’s pocket, which she takes to be an idol. That could be the worst hiding job ever.

As one tribe sails across to meet the others, they are now merged.

There are 4 Beauty, 4 Brains, and 3 Brawn left. Nick approaches Aubry and Neal to form an alliance against the Brawn, but he is concerned about both Tai and Julia. Then he goes to the other team and learns that Tai has an idol.

Next up is Debbie. She wants to be in an alliance with Tai, but he doesn’t like her aggressive approach. Her other allies notice that her approach is probably a problem as well. Realizing they’re probably screwed by Debbie being Debbie, Aubry asks Neal if he has the idol, and he says he does. She should have just looked at his pocket.

Jason’s theory is that Beauty always goes with the jocks, which he apparently thinks describes himself, while they shove the nerds in lockers.

The immunity challenge requires ball balancing while also balancing on a perch. Joe is out early, and Debbie is right behind him. Jason falls toward the end of the round. After 5 minutes, they add a second ball. Michele, Neal, Scot, Cydney, and Aubry all drop within seconds. Then a third ball is added. Julia has been steady the whole time, but she’s the next one out. As Tai is eliminated, Nick wins immunity.

Michele doesn’t think that Jason or Scot can get any votes, and Nick thinks they are idiots. So they’ll be siding with them to get rid of Aubry.

At the challenge, they were discussing all their wounds. Jeff shows up at camp with medical to check everybody out. Tai is healing nicely. Scot is badly infected, but they will just keep an eye on it. Aubry looks sketchy, but they will be conservative and start her on antibiotics.

The nasty looking thing on Neal’s back is not an issue, but because what’s on his knee is potentially damaging to a joint, he is pulled from the game.

It wasn’t Aubry but her right hand man instead, and he departs with the idol they had hoped would save them if anything went wrong, which apparently it was.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 8, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Following a tribe swap, the Beauty tribe became the targets at their new camp. They opted not to get rid of idol holding Tai, making Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 5 Anna’s last.

Peter approaches Tai to tell him he wants to get rid of Joe.

Debbie has decided that Nick looks like a Greek god, which she should know because she has convinced herself that she has also been a model.

Returning to the game, Julia joins the tribe that lost last time, Gondol.

For the challenge, they will retrieve buoys, which will then be shot into baskets. Reward is a picnic. As Michele struggles to grab her buoys, Gondol builds a nice lead. This should be an easy win for the pro basketball player, right? Okay, maybe easy is not the right word. Nick makes a comeback and even passes Scot for a while, but Gondol ends up winning reward.

Peter immediately goes up to Julia to discuss getting rid of his old alliance.

Debbie tells Michele that they should try to get rid of Jason. Nick instructs Michele that they’re not doing that. She’s the target after she blew that challenge, but if she does what he says, maybe she’ll be fine.

Joe notices Peter walking around talking to everybody else and eventually accuses him of trying to get rid of him. Peter acknowledges there’s a certain element of truth to that, as in it’s completely true. Joe knows he’s lying because he is being evasive.

For the immunity challenge, they must climb over a series of obstacles before finally freeing some blocks that must be stacked in a tower. Whatever else happens, it’s all about stacking the tower and not letting it fall and hit anyone in the head and cut them open and make them bleed (as happens to Joe). Chan Loh wins immunity.

Aubry doesn’t trust Peter, with good reason, but she’d rather keep him for now than risk the rest of the tribe having the numbers to take them out next time. Joe reluctantly apologizes for accusing him earlier, and Peter has decided his plan blew up in his face so he’ll go back with the Brains.

Realizing the real power is with Aubry, Tai and Julia approach her. Now she’s the one who wants to get rid of Peter, but Joe doesn’t want to go flipping things around at the last minute.

Even as they get to Tribal Council, there is whispering what the vote is supposed to be. This whispering eventually gets louder, culminating with Scot taking a page out of Keith’s book and telling everyone to just stick to the plan.

Votes
Peter
Julia
Peter
Julia
Peter
Peter

With 4 votes, Peter has been voted off the island. The fact that it’s 4 means Aubry just blindsided Joe.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 7, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

First Caleb was the victim of a poorly designed challenge and had to be evacuated from the game in Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 4. Then Alecia, who for some still unexplained reason (Probst tried to explain it, badly) was placed on a tribe that was supposed to be about brawn and consisted of much larger bullies than her, was finally voted off the island.

We now pick up with the same story as before. How easy it is to find hidden immunity idols. This time, Neal is the one who finds one.

The good news for Brawn since they suck so badly is that it’s time to even up the sides, or at least as even as things can be with 13 people. They can drop their buffs.

Chan Loh (Blue): Michele, Cydney, Neal, Nick, Debbie, Jason
Gondol (Yellow): Peter, Tai, Scot, Aubry, Joe, Anna
Red: Julia

The odd woman out is Julia. Who? So far I’ve mentioned her once this season, to say that she was sitting out of a challenge. She will return to Brawn beach by herself and will reenter the game after the next vote.

Chan Loh has two Brains, two Beauty, and two Brawn. Gondol has three Brains, two Beauty, one Brawn.

Beauty girls had an alliance, which has now been split three ways. Peter is relieved because he had played himself right out of the game before this happened.

Debbie quickly forms an alliance with the two Brawn members, and almost as quickly, she calls herself a mastermind. Likewise, Nick approaches Jason to try to form an alliance and get rid of the Brains.

Anna promptly throws Tai under the bus. She assumes the Beauty tribe is the target because Julia’s coming back next.

For the immunity challenge, they will retrieve a net of fish puzzle pieces, untie hook them on to a pole, and carry them to the puzzle platform to complete the puzzle. They are about even on retrieving the nets, but Scot by his own carrying the useless Aubry gains a lead by the time they get to the beach. Regardless, as usual it comes down to the puzzle, which is split between all Brains plus Anna. Chan Loh wins immunity.

Everybody knows Tai and Anna are the targets, including Tai and Anna.

Peter and Joe talk Aubry into getting rid of Anna instead of Tai because he is their primary provider. Despite Aubry being the one trying to get rid of him, Tai has decided he doesn’t like Peter, who he can get rid of with his idol, and he shows it to Scot and Anna to gain their support for this plan. Because of the possibility of a super idol (since Jason has one as well), Scot doesn’t want Tai to play his, which seems dumb.

Tai goes along with Scot’s plan and does not play his idol.

Votes
Peter
Anna
Anna
Anna
Anna

With 4 votes, Anna has been voted off the island. Well, Tai did not get himself voted out, but he did sacrifice what limited numbers he may have had.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 6, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Liz and Peter thought they were in complete control of the game in Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 3. Then Liz was eliminated.

So now we get to listen to Debbie. You thought Peter and Liz were bad? That was nothing. Debbie is talking like she’s the greatest player ever, while continuing to call Peter names.

For the reward challenge, they will race through obstacles, dig under a log, dig up some balls from a sand pit, and roll the balls in a series of targets. First place gets a kitchen set that includes spices and coffee. Second place has a smaller kit with a few dishes and salt and pepper.

This is all about the digging. There is nothing about this challenge that suggests the Brains can win, but they dumb luck their way into finding the balls first and get a huge lead. Brains win reward. Beauty come in second.

It doesn’t end there. Not only is the digging going on for a long while, but it is intense in the heat. Shortly after the victory, Debbie reluctantly agrees to let Joe call medical for her, or rather she tells him no but he does so anyway. They put her in shade and pour cold water, and she says she feels better pretty quickly.

Then Caleb, after leading his team to second place, collapses as well. He’s not as well off as Debbie, for lack of a better term, and it quickly deteriorates. They have to pull out machines and needles for him, and eventually an evacuation is required. Too bad because I thought Caleb was a bit of a putz after his creepy obsession in Big Brother, but he seemed pretty awesome so far in this game. Now I have to find someone to root for because at least half of the others haven’t shown any redeeming qualities.

Cydney falls alongside him. She’s not particularly responsive, but like Debbie she pulls through okay.

I know they test these challenges and even have teams come in for the sake of practicing them, but this particular challenge is clearly a failure.

Back at camp, it’s business as usual. Alecia confronts Scot because at the challenge he told her to keep cheering for him because that’s all she’s good for. So Scot and Jason pull their tag team bit against her again.

For the immunity challenge, they have to retrieve puzzle pieces on land and then in the water. Tai sits out for Beauty; Joe sits out for Brains. Brains are behind like always, but perhaps they can catch up on the puzzle. Brains wins immunity. Beauty places second.

Then Alecia says she tried. Somehow, her tribe twists this into her being selfish. How do you arrive at that conclusion? This is just a deliberate attempt to pick on her for no reason. Like I said, I’m not thrilled with the options now that Caleb’s gone.

Jason offers to do Tribal Council right away and just get rid of her now, but she does not agree.

Votes
Alecia
Scot
Alecia
Alecia

With 3 votes, predictably, Alecia has finally been voted off the island. Now these asshats will have to find a new target to attack.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 5, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Jenny talked herself right out of the game in Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 2, managing to lose the trust of both sides of the tribe by trying to play everyone.

Scot justifies his vote by saying that he promised Jenny he wasn’t going to vote for her.

Tai tried climbing a tree for an idol previously, scraping his chest and making his feet bleed in the process. This time, his plan is to make a tool by tying sticks together. A much safer plan, which works.

It doesn’t end there. There’s a twist. This never ends well. Two idols can form a super idol, which can be played after the votes have been read. This essentially destroys the strategy of whether to play an idol or not, other than it might make someone think twice about playing it in hopes of waiting for another. As if finding two idols is hard.

The Brains seemed to be going after the old people, but Liz and Peter are also thinking that Aubry and Neal are bigger threats. For her part, Debbie wants to get rid of Liz.

Tai starts crying as they kill the chicken. Nick is exactly the opposite, not caring at all. Two extreme sides to the same coin.

Anna approaches Caleb with an offer. She’s going to stick together with the girls. Would he like to join? Okay, so are you sticking with the girls, or do you want to be Caleb’s ally? Whatever the answer to that question, her motivation is to get rid of Nick.

Alecia finds a clue to the hidden immunity idol and calls Cydney over to read it with her. Little does she know that Cydney just got done saying that she shouldn’t trust her at all. While they’re digging, Jason sees them. Proving that Alecia just made a stupid decision, Cydney finds the box with the idol locked inside and sends Alecia away so that she can try to get it. Then Cydney tells the guys because she knows Jason already knows something is up.

Now everybody is on the hunt. Jason finds the clue with a map and runs away and begins to fashion a tool to reach the key. Scot knocks the key loose, and Jason grabs it after shoving Alecia aside.

Alecia says that she can’t trust anyone on her tribe. Ya think?

For the immunity challenge, they will retrieve three bags of rice, maneuver them through a hole, cross a balance beam, open the bags, and use the balls hidden inside to get through a maze. Reward is a choice between comfort or emotional items. Anna and Michele sit out for Beauty; Aubry and Joe sit out for Brains.

Beauty gets off to a bit of a lead on the hole, but it’s all about the maze this week. After a strong start, Beauty is dominating the maze as well. Beauty wins immunity without difficulty. Cydney proves completely useless on the maze the first time, so she switches out with Jason. Then Scot scores after Jason. Rather than giving Alecia a shot, they put Cydney back in, and by a few seconds, she comes out ahead of Debbie. Beauty picks comfort, leaving the emotional items for Brawn.

Peter and Liz are happy to lose. They want to get rid of Neal anyway. Liz tells Debbie they’re splitting the votes and to vote for Neal. Debbie tells Neal.

Peter and Liz are talking like they are masterminds, and they really need to be knocked down a few pegs so that perhaps their minds will be in closer relation to their abilities.

At Tribal Council, Peter reveals why he can trust Joe. He’s a cop. A cop wouldn’t lie, right? Not like Tony, who was also a police officer, and lying winner of the previous Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty.

Votes
Aubry
Aubry
Peter
Peter
Liz
Liz

They do split the vote after all, just not in the way Liz and Peter had planned. The tie leads to a revote, and nobody likes either of the two targets. Aubry thinks Peter is the bigger danger, but Debbie made it very clear during her voting that she is making a personal decision. Even if she is being just unnecessarily mean about both Peter and Liz, she has a clear target between the two.

Votes
Liz
Liz

With 2 votes, Liz has been voted off the island.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 4, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.