Author: Shane

Jason was the obvious vote in Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 12, and he was the one who did end up going home, much to Tai’s surprise.

Tai feels that Aubry pulled a fast one on him by not informing them that the plans had changed or at least that nobody wanted to listen to his plan to get rid of Michele. She deliberately left him out of the loop in attempt to reclaim some control. He might have been better off sticking with those asshats Scot and Jason. They were planning to screw him, too, but because he’s a threat, not just randomly.

For the reward challenge, they will retrieve bags from the jungle to toss. Reward is a trip to a spa. Cydney and Aubry get off to an early lead. Aubry ends up scoring 4 out of the 5 she needs. Eventually, everybody can just take a nap as Joe slowly makes his way through the challenge. In this instance, however, speed is irrelevant, and it’s probably doing more harm than good to rush. He can just take his time because after they run out of bags, they have to wait around until everybody is finished before they get any more bags. Joe ends up winning reward after scoring on his final two tosses in a row.

Joe chooses Aubry to go with him on reward. Then, at Aubry’s insistence, he picks Cydney to join them, a slap in the face to Tai and really not anything that was necessary. She should have shut her mouth and let Joe make enemies, rather than painting a target on her own back.

As they discuss their plans for final three that none of them are really sure about, Tai and Michele have the opportunity back at camp to try to bond since they seem to be on the bottom.

During their time at the reward, Aubry has decided that Cydney’s also a threat, so she might as well stick with who she has been with so far. This leads to her patching things up with Tai. When Cydney sees this, she approaches Michele, who also thinks she has Tai onboard with her.

A side effect of the reward is that during it Joe kept eating meat. He calls in medical because he’s stopped going to the bathroom.

After some medication and a bit of improvement, he’s still struggling and not improving enough where he’s comfortable. At age 72, his enlarged prostate is a contributing factor to the doctor’s concern that he won’t be able to recover while on the island. With that, Joe is evacuated.

Three people have now faced medical evacuation this season, the most ever. Normally we see something like this mid-season as well, so for it to happen one episode away from the finale feels somewhat anticlimactic.

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Julia was somewhere in the middle but never really in control, and it finally caught up with her in Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 11 as the majority alliance decided to get rid of her.

Jason’s now completely alone, but he has one last card to play. Nobody likes him, and he hasn’t done anything that would win him the game.

Tai reveals his extra vote to Aubry and Joe. That extra vote would give them the majority regardless of how everybody else votes.

In order to make himself extra dislikeable, Jason has a new strategy. Just sit around and do nothing. People may not like you more than now, but I don’t get how that’s a path toward winning.

For the reward challenge, they will cross obstacles in the water and then maneuver three balls through a maze. Reward is to go to an animal rescue sanctuary and have a picnic. Joe, Aubry, and Cydney are against Tai, Michele, and Jason. Joe is limping his way through the challenge and puts his team behind. They can’t really figure out the maze anyway, and by the time they land one ball, it’s already too late. Tai, Michele, and Jason win reward.

Though Tai loves animals, he’s worried that he’s going to the reward with the two outcasts rather than anyone with whom he is allied. The only thing he is missing is the girls getting mad at Joe telling them how to tend the fire, especially Cydney, who doesn’t like being told what to do.

For the immunity challenge, they will stack blocks on a wobbly table held by a rope and walk back and forth to the blocks. Jeff keeps talking about how Joe and Michele are winning, but none of that matters because they drop their blocks. So do Aubry and Tai. Then Jason. Meanwhile, Jeff has been going on and on about how Cydney is out of it, but slow and steady now has her ahead of the others. Joe can’t spell the word immunity any more, and Michele, Tai, and Aubry all drop again. Cydney’s leading all through the eighth letter, but then Jason passes her by seconds. Within feet of victory, Jason drops. Cydney wins immunity.

Tai has decided that Michele is the bigger threat because she hasn’t made any enemies. Aubry agrees. Tai tells everybody about this, including Jason. Joe and Cydney would prefer to get rid of Jason instead. Cydney’s the one who warns Michele, and now we’re back again to how Cydney can’t be told what to do.

The claws come out at Tribal Council, while Jason just sits there and watches.

Prior to the votes being read, Tai reveals that he wants to use his advantage, voting again for Michele, but he still needs one or two more.

Votes
Jason
Michele
Michele
Jason
Joe
Jason
Jason

With 4 votes, Jason has been voted of the island. Tai’s entire alliance turned on him but not to get rid of him, which just seems odd.

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Scot and Jason thought they were in control of the game, but that all changed in Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 10 when Tai refused to play along with their super idol plan and ejected Scot and Jason’s idol from the game.

Michele and Julia were out of the loop and realize that puts them on the bottom with Jason.

Tai feels bad for what he did, but he realizes it’s a game in which he now has all the advantages.

For the reward challenge, they will retrieve rings from an obstacle course and then toss them. Reward is a helicopter ride to a picnic. They are tethered together in pairs: Joe and Tai, Julia and Aubry, and Michele and Cydney. By random draw, Jason will not participate. They are pretty close as they get to the ring toss. Joe and Cydney are the only ones having any success. After scoring for a third time, Cydney wins reward for herself and Michele. They choose Aubry to go with them, giving the reason that she hasn’t eaten.

While eating, Aubry and Cydney agree that they still trust Michele. Cydney would rather keep her around a lot more than Tai, who they can’t beat. This is Tai’s problem. None of his alliances actually want to keep him for very long. He’s a challenge threat, a social threat, and has both a hidden immunity idol and an extra vote.

Meanwhile, back at camp, Jason and Julia are plotting to get rid of Tai. They tell cydney when she gets back. As soon as he’s gone, they’re eating Mark the chicken.

For the immunity challenge, they will race out to a platform in the water to memorize symbols and corresponding numbers, which they will use to solve a puzzle on the beach. It doesn’t seem likely that they would do it on the first try, but Julia and Michele both do that and open their boxes with letters to unscramble. It’s even more unexpected that the Beauty tribe members are winning while the Brains fall apart around them. Joe decides to just quit, but by this point it doesn’t matter anyway. Michele wins immunity.

Jason’s the easy vote, but Julia wouldn’t be such a bad choice either after coming so close at the challenge. Michele was fine with the Jason vote, but she doesn’t want to get rid of Julia.

Before the votes are read, Tai asks Aubry if he should play his idol. She thinks he’s fine.

Votes
Tai
Julia
Tai
Julia
Julia
Julia

With 4 votes, Julia has been voted off the island. Always being with both sides but not really has finally caught up to her.

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People finally got tired of Debbie’s mouth, leading to her demise in Survivor: Kaoh Rong Episode 9 at the hands of her alliance.

Jason believes it was their brilliant “strategy” of being asshats that kept them safe.

Tai returns his second idol to its original owner.

Scot then calls Cydney a bunch of names and pretends to be mature, which Aubry does not believe is possible.

The reward challenge requires them to place one foot on a balancing beam and a pot on the other end. They can choose food, letters from home, or an advantage. There will potentially be three winners, one for each prize. Tai, Cydney, and Aubry choose advantage. Scot, Jason, and Michele choose food. Julia and Joe choose letters.

Joe drops quickly, and Julia wins letters without much effort. Scot drops, followed by Jason. Michele wins food. Cydney drops. It’s been less than 10 minutes, but the challenge is almost over. Aubry drops. Tai wins advantage.

Tai’s advantage is an extra vote. At least that’s less lame than the stupid super idol that he also has access to. This gives him a heck of a lot of power, a lot more useful than a letter or a burger.

Julia wants to flush the idols and vote for Tai. Aubry warns him. She thinks this will get him closer to her, but he’s got his own alliance to go tell about this discussion. The flaw in his interpretation is that she’s a free agent who wants to join all three of them. Scot’s response: let’s get rid of Aubry. Well, that was unexpected. Tai is surprised as well and doesn’t feel like he really has any say in this alliance.

For the immunity challenge, they will stretch their arms out and use their finger tips to hold discs attached to pots at their sides. Joe’s first out again. After 25 minutes, Scot drops, and Julia follows. Tai falls next. Then Michele. After 45 minutes, Cydney is out. Another half an hour passes. Aubry finally drops. Jason wins immunity.

What Aubry is showing unexpectedly is that she’s quite competent at these endurance challenges, one more reason to get rid of her.

Regardless of what Julia is saying, the other girls want to get rid of Scot. Julia keeps thinking she’s in the middle, but it always seems that just means that nobody is listening to her.

Tai doesn’t really trust his alliance, who tell Julia they need to get rid of him eventually, but he’s not sure he wants to turn on them either.

Votes
Tai
Aubry
Scot
Tai
Aubry
Scot
Scot
Scot

With 4 votes, Scot has been voted off the island. Tai shakes his head no. Here I was irritated that they took all the game out of the game by making the idol something that could be used after the votes are read, and Tai brings strategy where it seemed there wasn’t any, making the whole thing backfire by refusing to share. The side effect of a Scot elimination is that Tai just flushed the second idol, which Jason gave to Scot before Tribal because he had individual immunity.

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