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America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 24

The final 10 semifinalists performed in America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 23, and tonight 5 more will advance to the finals.

Apparently, the Presidential address is like the Energizer Bunny. A live blog will begin whenever this is over.

Tonight there will be no judges’ pick. I don’t know. I’m okay with them making a choice.

Hairo Torres and FootworKINGZ step forward. This one’s obvious: Hairo advances to the finals.

Erik and Rickie are next up against Jeffrey Ou. I don’t see either of them making it. Neither do.

Mario & Jenny are up against Recycled Percussion. This would be a tough call if Mario & Jenny put on a good act last night, but it’s a no brainer that Recycled Percussion is the group to advance.

Lawrence Beaman, Drew Stevyns, the EriAm Sisters, and Barbara Padilla are competing for the three remaining spots. Between the three, I’d have to get rid of the EriAm Sisters. They’ve got great potential but just are not quite there yet. Obviously, Barbara Padilla is the first one to advance. Piers calls her performance the single greatest vocal performance ever on this show. The next spot goes to Lawrence Beaman. The final spot in the top 10 goes to Drew Stevyns.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 25, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

So You Think You Can Dance Season 6 Episode 1

So You Think You Can Dance is back for its first fall season and sixth season overall. Tonight the audition rounds kick off in Los Angeles.

Cole Clemens has something special to show the judges. It’s not dancing. Or anything good. Complete silence from the audience. Felt off off Broadway, like in Cleveland.

Mollee Gray is from Utah, home of High School Musical. Apparently, though, dancing in those movies was insufficient, so she packed up and drove away to California. Adam is a huge fan and loves the energy he’s getting from her. Mary thinks she will be a sponge. Nigel felt she’s a beautiful dancer, but she failed to make a connection.

David Hovhannisyan, Amanda Kirby, and Brandon Dumlao get rave reviews from the judges.

I’m expecting Ryan Kasprzak to advance to the top 20 and do very well this year based on how popular his brother was last season. His audition is a formality. Adam calls it the best audition he’s ever seen on the show. Nigel agrees it was one of the most unique, brilliant auditions.

Likewise, Bianca Revels was cut in Vegas last year, when she swore she would not be returning. So of course she’s back again. With prodding from Nigel, she agrees to do a tap battle with Ryan. She may have gotten lost in the crowd with whatever audition piece she planned, but that will help make people remember her.

Christopher Aguilar came here to make a film called Drum Song. Here’s hoping he doesn’t injure himself in the process. Despite the high level of sucking, the judges all really get into this routine.

Amber Williams has a story about how her mother is paralyzed from the waist down and finds it moving to watch her dance. Nigel found the performance beautiful, but again he’s looking for charisma. Adam is blown away.

Alexie Agdeppa and Paula van Oppen get put into a going to Vegas montage.

Salsa dancer Christina Santana immediately gets a wow out of Nigel and then a few more wows to boot. Mary thinks it’s fabulous and finds out she also does ballet, jazz, and belly dancing.

Phillip Attmore was Ryan Kasprzak’s roommate on tour. We can expect a lot out him then. Nigel thinks this may be the year of the tappers.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of So You Think You Can Dance Season 6 Episode 2, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 23

The first group of 4 5 advanced to the finals in America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 22: The Texas Tenors, Grandma Lee, Kevin Skinner, Voices of Glory, and the Fab Five. Now the other half of the semifinalists perform for America’s votes.

Recycled Percussion is back playing drums on items they located at the local junk yard. Ryan has a story about how he got through tough times in his life by drumming. Piers is not sure whether they’re incredibly talented or completely mad. Sharon wants to see how much clothing she can get them to take off.

Lawrence Beaman sings I Keep on Falling in Love with You by Alisha Keys. Sharon loves the rich voice but could have done without the vocal acrobatics. Hoff liked the contemporary song choice. Piers, however, would prefer the old stuff and didn’t really like that performance.

Erik and Rickie have been working extra super duper duper hard on their new routine, where they play dolls coming to life in a toy store. Piers buzzes. Brave, but a bit like eating fries and custard together. Hoff thinks that Rickie’s the boy and Erika’s the girl. Sharon could not fault anything.

Despite the technical difficulties he faced, Jeffrey Ou managed to make it through the last round, surprising even himself. This week, his keyboard is hooked up to the lighting system, so he’s controlling all the lights. Piers buzzes again. The performance was a bit like Jeffrey’s hair, completely out of control. Sharon, however, was happy to see the return of the mad scientist, although the playing was pretty out there and not very good. Hoff thinks he enjoyed it. He’ll tell whether or not later.

Hairo Torres returns for some more freaky dancing. How the bloody hell does he bend his body like that? Sharon admires the addition of all the new steps, and she hopes to see him back. Piers and Hoff found him to be good fun.

The EriAm Sisters sing When You Believe from The Prince of Egypt by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. A dangerous song choice unless you’ve got the voice to pull it off. In parts, they do. Piers thought it was a pretty shaky start, but it became really good when they got their confidence.

Mario & Jenny start off dancing, something I could do without from this particular act. Piers buzzes them. Then Mario starts playing the drums. Huh? Finally, he lights the drum on fire and balances it. That’s the extent of the danger in their act. Piers thought they blew it. Sharon likes that they’re not one dimensional.

Drew Stevyns is the only wild card act to make a splash. He sings Never Gonna Dance Again by George Michael, a contemporary version that would work today. Sharon didn’t like the song but does like Drew and hopes that he, too, is in the finals. David compares it to Daughtry. Piers thinks the massive gamble to do that song like that paid off.

The FootworKINGz made it through as a judges’ pick last time. They will try to dance at 188 beats per minute, up from their typical 160-170. Buzzer from Piers again. Then Sharon. David just wants to see them dance, not this laser Power Rangers routine. Piers considered that career suicide. Sharon’s tired of seeing the same thing every time, even if it’s very well done.

Like Kevin Skinner last week, Barbara Padilla is the one the others in the group are trying to keep up with this week. She sings Ave Maria to a standing ovation. Piers says that all of America will remember where they were when she sang that because tonight a superstar was born. Sharon bows down to her.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 24, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.

Big Brother 11 Episode 27

Having won HOH, Natalie nominated her closest ally Kevin alongside her actual target Michele in Big Brother 11 Episode 26.

Julie makes an interesting point: the final four consists of one athlete, one popular, one brain, and one offbeat.

Kevin’s in on Natalie’s plan, but he’s got a plan of his own. He now wants her gone. Not that he hadn’t come to that conclusion before her nominations. Jordan thinks that maybe this whole thing is just too good to be true, but it’s working out fine for her. When they start to talk, Natalie tries to convince Jordan that Michele’s a target, which is contrary to her earlier alleged plot to get rid of Kevin.

Because Jeff told Jordan to stick by Michele before he left, that’s exactly what she plans to do, no matter what anybody says to her.

Since Natalie opted to spend the time with her boyfriend instead, she will not be participating in the final power of veto competition of the season. Each of the other three has a station with 20 clues, half on one side and half on the other. They also have names that they must match up to those clues. Jordan’s strategy is to stand there with a confused look on her face. Michele’s strategy is to just put all the blocks at once and get them all wrong. Kevin thought it would be wise to use a placeholder block, which means when he finally finds the block he was looking for, he has to take it all apart, but he seems to recover pretty quickly. Michele tries again. This time, she actually did competently. She’s only got 1 wrong. Kevin buzzes in and wins the veto. Meanwhile, Jordan’s still all sorts of confused.

Michele realizes she will probably be going home.

Natalie tells Julie that the veto went just as planned. So apparently she’s no longer pretending that she’s trying to get rid of Kevin.

Although Natalie wants to go to the finals with Kevin, he doesn’t see any way to beat her. She should probably think the same thing about him. Jordan and Michele are the ones lacking connections in the jury house. Granted, in the event of a tie, if it’s America’s choice, either of them would win over Kevin or Natalie.

Michele’s pitch to Kevin: take her so she can help him get rid of Natalie. She wants her gone, too. Then she tries blackmail. If he votes her out, she won’t vote for him in the final two.

Obviously, Kevin uses the power of veto on himself, which puts Jordan on the block up against Michele. As the veto holder, Kevin will be able to cast the sole vote to evict. Kevin casts his vote to evict Michele. Her devil ears were insufficient to convince him to keep her around. She leaves with parting words of “May the best wo… player win.”

She still claims she played the game with strategy. I’m still trying to figure out what that strategy was, though. It seemed to me to be just random chaos without much rational thought behind it. I do, however, think that, as time went on, her villain act may potentially have given her a chance. Ultimately, though, that ended up being her death blow. Kevin couldn’t trust her because she hadn’t demonstrated trustworthiness thus far.

The first part of the three part HOH competition is as always an endurance competition. They must hold onto their keys while standing on a rolling log. As the log turns and time passes, the seasons will change… and so will the weather. Get ready to be freezing when all’s said and done.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 28, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 9

Amanda’s been fumbling about for some time now, and Ramsay finally decided he’d had enough of her in Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 8.

Suzanne wants to convince her team that she’ll improve her teamwork. Ariel’s concern is that in order for Suzanne to improve, her personality has to improve.

The task is for each team to produce four crepes: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. Suzanne’s trying to overcompensate for how everybody feels about her. Meanwhile, nobody has a clue how to make crepes. With 5 minutes left, they’re not able to make a crepe they’re comfortable with.

Van has made his out of bacon and eggs, although the crepe is very spongy. Ariel’s breakfast is smoked salmon, herbs, and honey. Her crepe is a nice color, and the salmon’s very good. The women get the point.

For lunch, Tennille delivers pepperjack bacon and shrimp with black bean salsa. Very spicy. Andy’s dish is ham, cheese, and avocado. Nice mix of ingredients. The men get a point.

Kevin’s dinner is scallops, crab, and goat cheese. Delicious flavor. Suzanne made filet and onions, which she blabs on and on about. Everybody wants her to shut up. Perfect seasoning. Both get a point to remain tied.

When they get down to desserts, Dave’s cream cheese and mixed berry flavored crepe lacks presentation. I’d eat it, but Ramsay won’t. Sabrina makes pears, chocolate, and cinnamon. By default, she wins no matter what, but the Ramsay could see that in Whistler, so she obviously gets the point. The women win the challenge.

For their punishment, the men will prep both kitchens. They eat boiled tongue, baguette, and head cheese. As for the women, their reward is to listen to Ramsay talk more French as they head off to one of LA’s best French restaurants. They are greeted by a mime, who will teach them some pantomime, as if that’s a good thing.

Dave’s upset with himself and the knowledge that he cost his team the challenge by being unable to make a crepe.

The dinner service will include several new French dishes. Before they get to that, though, Andy needs himself a medic. He sliced his fingers. According to Dave, the tips of his fingers were literally taken off. I could have done without the graphic image. Dave figures they’re down to three people for the night.

Despite Dave’s fears, Andy does return. He just doesn’t know what the heck is going on.

Dave starts his team off well with his risotto. Sabrina, however, has delivered bland risotto of her own.

The meal tonight will include crepes, the same thing the men were unable to figure out earlier in the day. Andy’s first crepes are rejected.

Suzanne will need 6 minutes. Oh wait. Make that 8 minutes. Or 6 minutes. Maybe 5. 6. Perhaps 5.

Likewise, Andy has fallen behind. Dave said he will help Andy all night, which means he’s got to cover two stations, one arm or not.

Back to Suzanne. She’s slicing the lamb ahead of time. She thought she was catching up. No, she’s just putting them even further behind.

Over in the blue kitchen, Andy has finally found something he can do. Make salad. Maybe not. Ramsay wants to know if he’s given up.

Then back to the red kitchen, Suzanne continues to drag down her team. She’s unable to focus at all.

Not content with merely yelling at Suzanne, Ramsay turns his attention to Sabrina and her underseasoned frog.

Despite how bad Suzanne’s been doing, Andy is the one to be throwed out because he’s not doing anything. His injury is not going to be a sufficient excuse because Dave’s been doing great with one arm for some time now.

Well, then, now that one person’s been thrown out of the kitchen, let’s go for two more. Suzanne and Sabrina both feel Ramsay’s wrath and get tossed out.

With the dead weight gone, the remaining chefs manage to find their groove and complete the service. Since there were two incomplete teams, nobody wins, so they will have to come to a consensus among themselves of two individuals to nominate. They choose the two people who got yelled at the most: Andy and Suzanne. But as they begin talking, they consider an alternate strategy. How bad do they want Suzanne gone? Bad enough to use Sabrina as a pawn? Sabrina’s not having it. She will rat them out if they try that.

The first nominee is Suzanne because she brought her team down. The second nominee is Andy due to his inconsistent service.

Ariel and Tennille say they’re better off without Suzanne. They’d rather work by themselves than with her. Despite that, or perhaps because of it, Andy will be going home. Oh, he’s not done yet. Suzanne can take her jacket off. Because she’s with the blue team. Dropped one anchor to take on another. As for Sabrina, she needs to shape up.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Episode 10, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Survivor: Thailand Episode 1

Returning for its fifth season, Survivor makes its way to Thailand. The 16 contestants who make up the Survivor: Thailand cast are:

Brian Heidik
Clay Jordan
Eric Collins
Ghandia Johnson
Helen Glover
Jake Billingsley
Jan Gentry
Jed Hildebrand
John Raymond
Ken Stafford
Penny Ramsey
Robb Zbacnik
Shii Ann Huang
Stephanie Dill
Tanya Vince
Ted Rogers Jr

The Survivors start off in a small fishing village on the coast of southern Thailand. From there, they head to their island, where they will be greeted by the monsoon season (frequent torrential rains) and may see the world’s longest snake (the reticulated python).

Jeff asks the two oldest contestants to step forward because the elders are revered there. One beach will present difficulties as far as shelter, while the other beach will present difficulties as far as getting water. All Jeff can tell them at this point is one beach has sunrise, while the other has sunset. Jake picks sunset, leaving him with the purple tribe Sook Jai. Jan gets sunrise, which leaves her with the red tribe Chuay Gahn. Everybody’s assuming they have tribes divided into men and women, which is wrong. The two oldest people are the captains, and they will pick their tribes.

Chuay Gahn: Jan, Ted, Helen, John, Ghandia, Brian, Tanya, Clay
Sook Jai: Jake, Stephanie, Ken, Penny, Jed, Shii Ann, Robb, Erin

Robb’s already getting obnoxiously loud just in the team picking. Clay’s unsurprisingly the last one. He insists he’s a diamond in the rough. Erin, however, is bit more of a surprise to have been picked last.

Jake’s picks were based on athleticism and the look in people’s eyes. Ted realizes that Jan has picked all older people, but he hopes the other tribe will be surprised by what they can do.

Their first objective is to figure out how to paddle a boat. On the ride over, Tanya already notices that she’s on the group that she can’t really relate to, a bunch of people who are all much older than she is. Sook Jai, meanwhile, paddles their boat backwards.

Sook Jai goes wild upon arrival. They’re all off in different directions, with no plan. Jake realizes he’s got a group that’s enthusiastic and ready to go, but they know nothing.

Used car salesman Brian is on a business trip. He’s there for the check at the end, nothing more.

Chuay Gahn gets a cave, which means premade shelter that they don’t have to worry about. Unlike any shelter they could make, it should also keep them dry in any amount of rain. Their next order of business is to find food, which includes a bucket full of shellfish.

The first night, Stephanie is already skinny dipping. That didn’t take any encouraging. Shii Ann promises nobody will be getting a glimpse at her tatas. This is national TV. At least try to have a little respect.

Having wasted so much of the way, Sook Jai build half a shelter that they know they’re going to tear down the next day anyway.

Tanya is sick and throwing up already the second morning, which they assume is because she is dehydrated. They decide to go find their water source, which will be somewhat difficult since they’ve lucked out with their easy shelter. After much searching, they realize they have to paddle about a mile with their boat to get to their water. Gandhia and Clay, who were among the people stupid enough to swim over, get upset that the others didn’t come back for them with the boat.

The other tribe’s water is about 100 yards away from their camp. Jed wants to find some food, but everybody else wants to build shelter. Shii Ann agrees they need food. Robb is angry because his hands are beat up from building the shelter and doing nothing but building the shelter, which has been his own decision. Shii Ann’s done being screamed at by this fool.

Treemail tells them they’ll need brains and brawn. Jake is confident they’ve got the brawn. He’ll have to wait for somebody to bring them the brains.

The immunity challenge will be their first challenge in the middle of a downpour, and probably not their last. It’s a race around the island. They will paddle out to find a rope maze to release a flag. The next station is to unhook a flag 10 feet under the water. The last station is a traditional Thai puzzle. Chuay Gahn is off to an early lead in the rowing. Jan solves the rope maze for her team to extend their lead. The second station is fairly simple, and Brian dives down for his team, which has a lead that doesn’t look like it can be erased. As Ghandia starts to work on the puzzle, Jake’s just starting the dive down, one station behind. Jed will work on the puzzle for Sook Jai, hoping to catch up, which he does. Ghandia manages to solve the puzzle, but it’s way too late, as she already threw away the challenge. Sook Jai returns to Jeff first and wins immunity.

After that loss, the logical choice is to kick Ghandia out, who probably won’t contribute in physical challenges and clearly failed them in the mental challenge as well.

Her hope is that the sickly Tanya will be voted out instead.

A third option is presented. John took an early leadership role and has rubbed some people the wrong way. But does that make him a better choice than the other two? No. Stranger things have happened in this game before, though.

Votes
Ghandia
Clay
John
John
John
John

With 6 votes, John has been voted off the island. Considering the alteratives, this vote does not make a lot of sense. John voted for Ghandia, while Helen voted for Clay. A clean sweep against John otherwise. Their goal was to eliminate tension in the tribe. Just wait a few episodes, and it will be clear that one person who remains is a much larger source of tension, however.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor: Thailand Episode 2 The Great Divide.

Big Brother 11 Episode 26

Jeff was evicted in Big Brother 11 Episode 25, and then Natalie finally won something and became HOH.

Kevin says that Jeff should have approached him for a vote because he might have kept him.

Kevin’s unimpressed by Natalie’s HOH win, as if most of the competition wins in this game are all that impressive anyway.

Jordan wants revenge on Kevin. The good news for Kevin is that Jordan’s odds of winning a competition are about as slim as Natalie’s odds, but if she gets the chance, Kevin will be the target, whether that’s the smartest move or not. Her plan now is to keep her distance from everybody. Complete isolation in this house won’t help you any.

Natalie is talking to Kevin immediately after her HOH win. He has to go on the block. Uh. Huh? She hopes to make the other houseguests think they’re not in an alliance. Ultimately, his nomination is entirely irrelevant, so it’s not necessarily a bad move. Whoever wins the power of veto, unless it’s the HOH, gets to cast the only vote of the week and evict somebody. Nonetheless, Kevin is not happy with being nominated, whether it’s a moot point or not. The potential drawback for Natalie is if Kevin throws a hissy fit, or if people don’t like that she’s turned on her closest ally and view it negatively. Upon going to the girls with this plan, they’re in favor of it. Jordan wants Kevin gone, and Michele wants anybody gone who’s not her.

It’s time for a luxury competition. Natalie and Kevin are one team and Jordan and Michele are the other, with the goal of working together as a house to have the most time left possible. They are competing for the chance to win a shopping spree. They must match their partners without being able to see them. Whatever time is left will be used in a shopping spree in the house. They have two and a half minutes gone after their first matches. This is not going well. Their second match brings them down to 6:19. Then 5:08 left after three. Despite a disastrous start, they’re getting the hang of things. And 4:09 after their fourth match. Their fifth and final match leaves them 3:28 to go inside the house and shop. Despite the fact that there are three women in the house, Kevin by far is the most excited person there. Rather than pulling from the racks, his strategy is to dismantle the mannequins, which for whatever reason CBS has to blur. Apparently, they are anatomically correct.

Kevin wants to ally with Michele. Well, that’s weird. But what it would do is save him should Michele win the power of veto. Assuming, that is, that she’s dumb enough to fall for it. For her, it’s her smartest move to simply at least play along.

Inside Natalie’s HOH room is another Pandora’s box. The clue says Natalie will have the chance to spend time with a loved one, her boyfriend. Envelope two contains the penalty: she will not be able to play in the final veto competition. Don’t do it. You’ll see him in a week and a half. Then again, Kevin doesn’t have Natalie’s back, so it’s not as if she should be overly concerned with having his back. She has decided to open the door, which means she is given 5 minutes to spend with her boyfriend. As pointless as this all seemed, she does get a proposal out of it.

That’s not the end of it. She can have 15 minutes for a sushi dinner with Jason. However, the rest of the house may be a little annoyed. She presses the button. They are greeted by a grown man acting like a baby, an annoying baby that Kevin may well have to slap. Then there’s a copy cat, a cat that copies everything they do. After that, they’re greeted by a roach spraying bug spray.

Obviously, since Natalie’s been pretending she’s 18 the whole time (and everybody’s been stupid enough to believe her), she can’t tell that she’s received a proposal. Well, that and the fact that a marriage proposal may be viewed as a good thing. So her plan is to make up a story that something bad happened to her. The story she tells, which is true, is that she doesn’t get to play in the veto competition. She goes beyond that, though, saying she got a clue about final two reversal. If she goes to the final two and gets the votes, she loses because the result is reversed. Kevin thinks this is all a lie because it just doesn’t make any sense.

When the other three are discussing this, they’ve come to the conclusion that they would be idiots to take her to the final two with them. They assume there must be something she’s not saying. When they ask her about it, she has just one request. Don’t ask her any more questions about Pandora’s box. Not content with that request, Kevin goes up to her room. Knowing she’s been busted, Natalie decides to come clean. It was all just a prank. Not only that, but she tells them the whole truth. Kevin’s reaction to the truth: he’s pissed.

Nominations
Jordan is safe.

Kevin and Michele have been nominated for eviction. Natalie tells Kevin that she’s getting him before he gets her. Then she turns her attention to Michele, calling her a backstabber and a liar, which is true but a bit harsh. Kevin has decided that he’s done with Natalie. Oh, as if he didn’t make that decision before the nomination ceremony when he tried to sell her out and ally with Michele. As for Michele, her plan is to take Jordan with her to the end.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 27, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on CBS.

Survivor: Marquesas Winner

Sean’s elimination in Survivor: Marquesas Episode 13 brought us down to the final four: Kathy Vavrick-O’Brien, Neleh Dennis, Paschal English, and Vecepia Towery. What a terrible final four. Three people who didn’t do much and Kathy.

Kathy’s still not sure if she made the right decision. She’ll discover whether or not it was right in two days.

Vecepia’s tired of these people. She assumes she’s gone unless she wins immunity.

The immunity challenge is the lame remember your ex-castaways challenge. Since this challenge doesn’t require a great deal of skill, Vecepia’s confident she may win for a change.

What was the first immunity challenge that Rotu lost? Who did they vote out for an extra point?
SOS. Gabe. Neleh gets both right for two points. Paschal, Vecepia, and Kathy get who was voted out right for 1 point.

What is the name of Sean’s girlfriend?
Ingrid. Paschal, Vecepia, and Kathy get a point.

Whose dream job is it to work for the New York Times?
Tammy. Everybody gets it right.

What was Boston Rob’s explanation for his absence while he competed on Survivor?
Army training. Paschal, Vecepia, and Neleh get a point.

Who was the 1997 national watermelon seed spitting champion?
Gina. Everybody is right.

Who does this necklace belong to?
Tammy. Everybody is right.

How many siblings does Sean have?
0. Kathy, Neleh, and Vecepia are correct.

Whose American flag belly ring is this?
John. Everybody is right.

What is the name of Tammy’s fiance?
Mike. Everybody is right.

In which branch of the armed services did John train to be a nurse?
Air Force. Vecepia is correct and wins immunity.

Kathy has an offer. Now she would like to ally with Vecepia for the next two votes. Kathy suggests voting out Paschal. Vecepia would like to vote off Neleh instead. That’s fine with Kathy. If it comes down to a tie, Kathy’s willing to take the heat, whatever it may be. Probst interjects: they haven’t discussed how a tiebreaker will work yet. Somebody’s not gonna like the answer either.

Votes
Neleh
Kathy
Kathy
Neleh

Here’s how the tiebreaker works. Previous votes don’t count. There is no Q&A. They have two minutes to unanimously decide who’s going to get voted out. If there’s no consensus, it will come down to what’s in the bag. There are three rocks. Yellow rocks are safe. The purple rock is out. They realize they’re not going to do unanimous because it won’t work. In addition to Kathy and Neleh, now Paschal’s vulnerable. After they pull their rocks, they reveal. Paschal has purple and has been eliminated.

Very early the next morning, Probst wakes them up to have them build an outrigger canoe that they will paddle out to go paint themselves with Marquesan style tattoos. As they’re finishing up their tattooing, Vecepia and Kathy are discussing how they’re going to make it to the final two. Neleh reminds them they haven’t won yet. From there, they hike to a purification area. Unlike the pig blood of the past season, they get baptized in something that smells good, which contains monoi oils, ginger, and other ingredients that they do not reveal.

When they’re done with their celebration, it’s time for a test of endurance for the final immunity challenge. Their feet must stay touching the logs, and one hand must stay touching the idol. After 2 hours in the sun, Jeff lights some torches. This one will continue into the night. After 4 hours and 30 minutes, Neleh tells Kathy to watch her blouse, as if it matters since if she shows anything it will be blurred out. Kathy listens to her, goes to adjust, and falls. Immediately after, Vecepia agrees to jump off and give immunity to Neleh if she takes her to the finals. Neleh agrees to the deal and wins immunity.

When they arrive at tribal council, they’re told that Paschal collapsed, so he won’t be joining them. He’s fine but dehydrated.

Vecepia’s weak defense of herself is that their agreement did not entail her carrying Kathy.

Vote
Kathy

Well, that pretty much screws over the season. Perhaps the weakest final two in history. The jury’s choice is between two people who really haven’t done much at all.

I’ll give Neleh credit for making a couple bold moves throughout the season (after she was beat over the head with the obvious). As for Vecepia, well, I have to look harder to find a way to give her credit. I guess she didn’t make any enemies along the way.

Tammy doesn’t want to reward either of them. John considers them both creeps and hypocrites.

Neleh starts off with an attempt to turn this into a lovefest. Vecepia claims she had a strategy but is just leaving it up to God, as if he cares who wins.

Tammy starts off the jury’s ranting. She was an honest liar, whereas they are just hypocrites. Vecepia played all sides and was confused which side she was on, but that all didn’t matter because she would just ask for forgiveness when she did something wrong. As for Neleh, she should have been content with just being on the jury and let the other four go to the end. Neither of them deserve the money. Kathy does.

Sean’s question is whether there’s something morally they’ve gained from the game. Neleh has learned to follow her heart. Vecepia feels she acted too quickly sometimes. As much as he wants to pretend there’s a chance he’ll vote for Neleh, it ain’t happening.

Paschal is well enough to return for the final tribal council. He has nothing but ridiculously positive things to say.

Robert asks what they regret. This guy believes he’s all powerful. Although the two women would like to explain themselves in more detail, he just wants a quick answer and cuts both of them off for no good reason. Vecepia’s answer is what she did to Kathy. Neleh’s answer is going with Vecepia and Sean instead of Zoe and Robert.

Zoe merely offers her congratulations.

Kathy asks Neleh what her most strategic move was. Day 24, when she finally started playing the game, and decided to get rid of the Rotu 4. The question for Vecepia is about her strategy of just waiting to be approached rather than doing anything on her own. Vecepia’s response is aimless rambling that really doesn’t answer anything, let alone the question that was posed to her.

John calls them both liars. Why the hell should he give them his vote? Neleh’s response is that she took him out, which was a good move. Vecepia responds that she had a strategy, whatever it was. John expected an apology from Neleh, when no apology was warranted. She got the best of him, and he got what he deserved for his excessive display of arrogance.

Votes
Vecepia
Vecepia
Neleh
Neleh
Neleh
Vecepia
Vecepia

By a vote of 4-3, the Survivor: Marquesas winner is Vecepia Towery. Oh my heck. The difference: Neleh not apologizing to John. While he didn’t deserve an apology, she should have known him well enough to know he felt he deserved one. Ultimately, Zoe notwithstanding, old Rotu voted for Vecepia, unable to get over the fact that she caused them to lose.