Category: survivor one world

The newly formed misfit tribe was outmatched in every way in Survivor: One World Episode 5. So naturally they voted out perhaps their strongest competitor, Monica.

Colton informs Christina she’s a cockroach but is going home soon, probably, perhaps after the merge, possibly. Glad we got clarification on that.

Kat had a dream last night. Alicia killed her. At the mall. No doubt at least part of that will come true.

Their challenge is to run up a couple platforms, grab a coconut, bounce the coconut off a trampoline, and destroy 5 targets. Reward is ice cream. Sabrina sits out for Salani. Kim breaks Salani’s first target. Tarzan ties it for Manono. Leif makes it 2-1 for Manono. Probst says his nephew can throw better than Alicia. Chelsea ties it at 2. Colton informs Christina she’s a stupid idiot. Jay makes it 3-2 Salani. Tarzan can barely climb, but he’s good at throwing, making it 3-3. Kat retakes the lead for Salani. Troyzan breaks Salani’s final target to win reward. And in case you missed it the first time, Colton hates Christina’s guts. The race card seemed pretty convenient a couple weeks ago, but I’d argue this guy is just an asshat.

Christina tells Jonas and Leif that they need to get rid of Alicia because otherwise she will align with the women after the merge. During this conversation, Alicia comes up behind them and hears the whole thing, with complete lack of warning from either of the guys who are facing that direction.

Colton is not feeling well. He says he’s dehydrated, and the pain keeps getting worse. Tarzan tells us he recognizes all the signs of appendicitis and gas in the cecum and stuff like that. Rather than leave him for the vultures to feed on, Christina goes to his aid. Jeff comes in with the medical team. Lightly touching his stomach results in his heart rate doubling, and they agree with Tarzan’s diagnosis of appendicitis. They have to take him to a hospital, which will eliminate him from the game. He just wishes he could have done more. So Jeff wants to know: what does he want to do with the idol?

Alicia’s worried about how her strategy just blew up in her face. Upon hearing he wants to keep the idol for a souvenir, she calls him a spoiled brat and says screw him. And so the race of who to hate more continues. Jonas has a thought about Colton’s departure. Karma. Ain’t it a bitch?

Treemail informs them that both tribes are headed to tribal tonight.

Tarzan says that Christina wouldn’t be his friend. “But I do respect you, Katrina.”

With Colton and Alicia having been cut down to size, Jonas views himself as the new ringmaster. He wants to go with Christina’s plan of getting rid of Alicia. This leaves Leif somewhere in the middle, having to decide whether to vote against Christina or Alicia.

Once they arrive, after everybody hears the news about Colton, Alicia tells them that Colton thanks Sabrina for the souvenir. Some people believe her. Some don’t.

By the way. You can drop your buffs. We are merged. Well then. I did not see that coming.

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

The women lost the immunity challenge in Survivor: One World Episode 4, but Colton went off the crazy cliff and was quickly followed by his tribe. They gave up immunity and voted out Bill because Colton hates him.

Following one of the most boneheaded moves in history, we head into a surprise, of sorts. We’re switching tribes. Surely this is not a shock that they would not keep men and women apart for long. The new tribes will determined at random by egg color.

Salani (blue): Michael, Sabrina, Kat, Jay, Kim, Chelsea, Troyzan
Manano (orange): Tarzan, Colton, Christina, Alicia, Monica, Leif, Jonas

I don’t know who half of these people are still.

For the challenge, rotating teams of four will carry a bucket with holes to fill another container. Reward is peanutbutter and jelly and coffee, and the winning tribe earns the right to continue living at the One World beach. Losers go to a new beach with nothing. Salani wins reward, perhaps the biggest reward we will see in this game.

Colton compares his tribe to peasants, as opposed to the Greek gods that just beat them. Privately, he is a little more honest. His new tribe sucks. If muscle is really such a big deal, why was the entire first 4 episodes of his game all about getting rid of the strong guys on his team?

In addition to their PB&J sandwiches, the new Salani catches crabs and a rooster.

Jay and Troyzan approach Kim, who needs to pick a way to go but either way should be in with the numbers.

Colton approaches Alicia to form an alliance with her. He wants to get rid of Christina, but she does not. This isn’t starting off well.

Alicia finds one of those well hidden idols in a tree. She tells Chelsea right away.

Manano also catches a chicken. Then it escapes. These people keep sucking worse.

Colton and Alicia chat again, and she agrees to do whatever he wants, which would be getting rid of Monica and then Christina.

At the immunity challenge, they will try to score baskets in waist high water. Michael takes the 1-0 lead for Salani. After missing half a dozen times, Michael takes the 2-0 lead. Monica makes it 2-1. Michael scores again. Salani wins immunity.

Tarzan’s bad challenge performance leaves Christina wanting to target her, but she doesn’t realize that she’s on the wrong side of the numbers. Jonas plays along with the plan to get rid of Monica, and he keeps Leif in the dark. Colton, however, does not. He tells both Leif and Tarzan what they’re doing. For Tarzan’s sake, he clarifies: they’re voting out the one in the pink bikini. Then he tells him again.

Colton tells us it’s hard being the leader of a bunch of idiots. He fits in so well, though.

At tribal council, Tarzan continues to struggle to remember the name of the person he’s planning to vote for, as well as that of Jonas. An alphabetical order voting strategy would come in handy right about now.

Votes
Tarzan
Tarzan
Monica
Monica
Monica
Monica

With 4 votes, Monica has been voted out. If their goal was to strengthen their weak team, they sure did not accomplish it, getting rid of perhaps their strongest member.

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

In a move reminiscent of the fat 5, the young, fit guys found themselves on the wrong end of the numbers in Survivor: One World Episode 3, leading to Matt’s elimination.

Jonas tells the girls he’s from Hawaii and knows how to use the fishing net. His offer is to use the net to catch some fish and give them half. They decline with the logic that they can’t feed their enemy (or themselves).

The object of the reward challenge is to knock out 5 targets in a row with a coconut slingshot. They can choose comfort (pillows, blankets, and a mattress), protection from the rain (a tarp), or luxury (coffee and donuts). Bill sits out for the men. Tarzan scores the first strike for the men. Kat scores the first clean hit for the women. Michael connects for the men. Monica hits one for the women. Sabrina scores, giving them two in a row in two spots. Jay strikes a second in a row for the men. Lisa hits the third in a row. Kim makes it four. Jonas (or Jason if you believe Tarzan) hits the third in a row. Chelsea strikes for a different row of three. Monica scores to win reward. They take the tarp, which evens the score with the men, who won a tarp earlier in the season.

Bill hears from Leif how Colton wanted to get rid of him. Now Colton still hates Bill, but he hates Leif as well.

Heading into the challenge, Alicia starts bickering with Kat because that’s what she does. That oughta get the morale up. At the challenge, they are paired up to solve puzzles. Jonas sits out for the men. Colton and Tarzan solve the first puzzle, pulling ahead of Alicia and the person who got stuck with her, Chelsea. Jay and Michael solve their second puzzle. Chelsea and Alicia look at the men’s puzzle, which leads to them being called cheaters. This doesn’t help them very much, but eventually they finally solve it. Troyzan and Bill solve their third puzzle. Men win immunity. Alicia finds this loss amusing.

Christina remains a target, but Alicia has joined her on the chopping block.

Meanwhile, Bill would like to discuss Colton’s issues with him. Colton covers his head, whines, tells him he’s going home next, and says he doesn’t want to talk. Colton has a plan. Go to the girls and give away immunity. This is so ridiculously stupid that I don’t know whether it’s even allowed because nobody has ever been this idiotic before. Tarzan is onboard because he wants to get rid of Leif, a traitor. Even Bill says this may be a good idea because it takes the heat off him (to be returned next time, at best). Somehow, they manage to swing a majority to vote for the men to go instead of the women.

Surely this is one of the most stupid moves in the history of the game, but it goes to show that Colton is in control of his group of morons.

Tribal degrades into a race war and a discussion about homosexuality as the two minorities slug it out when Colton tells Bill to get a real job.

Votes
Leif
Bill
Bill
Bill
Bill
Bill

With 5 votes, Bill has been voted off the island. That was rather pointless.

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

After her constant yapping about how useless others on the tribe were in Survivor: One World Episode 2, Nina found herself packing for Ponderosa.

Immediately after tribal council, Colton goes up to the women as he always does, and he invites them to join him if the weather gets rough. They decline. A storm immediately begins. A little creepy. They experience a wet, sleepless night, and their fire goes out. So the boys invite them over to sit by their fire. Matt’s not happy to find them there on his return.

The challenge is a memory test in which they must put a series of item in the same order as the original one they are shown. Two people from each tribe will approach and study the items, then one of them will drop the curtain on both of them. Reward is fishing gear and a canoe. Tarzan and Leif sit out for the men. Matt is incorrect, and Sabrina takes the 1-0 lead. Colton is incorrect, and Monica takes a 2-0 lead. These guys are confident but not very good. Alicia is correct to take a 3-0 lead. They bump it up to 8 items from 6, which takes Troyzan about half a second to study. He is not even close, but Kat is also incorrect. They are wrong a second time. Then a third. Sixth. Kat finally gets it right for a 4-0 lead. Christina is correct. Women win reward.

After the challenge, the women go begging for fire. I thought this was over now that they have flint, but apparently not. The men ask to use the canoe in exchange, but they are not interested in a trade. They just want a hand out, which they receive. Then they return to stand by the men’s fire. The men complain, rightfully so. If you want someone to give you something, offer something other than being cute and charming, which can only get you so far in the land of Survivor.

One thing they do accomplish is catch some fish. Perhaps they are starting to understand why they are there.

At the immunity challenge, they will gather puzzle pieces while blindfolded in pairs based on the instructions of a caller, who will then solve the puzzle (with some assistance from the rest of the tribe). Colton and Jay sit out for the men. Phil and Sabrina are the callers. Men grab their first bag first. Then their second. And third. The women finally grab their first. Then the men take the 4-1 lead. Christina and Monica are shouting for a lackluster Sabrina to guide them somewhere. The women grab their second, followed by the men grabbing their fifth and final bag. We’ve seen larger leads evaporate due to puzzles, but this is not looking good. Eventually, the women manage to grab all of their pieces, but the men have built a good lead. After some relatively quick puzzle solving, it’s tied at 6 pieces solved each. Bill’s retaining a very narrow lead, but Sabrina passes him on the second to last piece. Women win immunity. They failed miserably on the part of the challenge that involved communication, but apparently the men suck at puzzles worse than the women can’t communicate.

Colton has decided he hates Bill’s guts, so that’s the target.

Jay receives an offer to join the 5 to get rid of the other 3. Matt then comes up to them, but he fails to receive the same offer. Instead, he makes Troyzan an offer he can refuse, but the whole conversation shakes up Troyzan about Matt even more than he had been before.

Votes
Colton
Bill
Matt
Matt
Matt
Matt
Matt

With 5 votes, Matt has been voted off the island.

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

Following a stupidly dangerous competition in Survivor: One World Episode 1, Kourtney was eliminated for medical reasons.

The guys took care of the ladies’ fire while they were gone. Kat is confident she did not need that help from them. If you say so.

Alicia pretends to make up with Christina, who told her to shut up at tribal council.

The next morning, Sabrina makes the mistake of opening up her mouth. They appoint her leader.

Nina finds the younger girls too immature for her. Therein lies the problem. Down 5-3, the older women are going to struggle to find a place in the tribe.

Treemail is a large box. It’s a do it yourself reward challenge. The first tribe to untie all the knots will win a tarp. Earlier, one of the girls was saying something about not wanting to untie knots. Mike sits out for the men. The men win the challenge.

Colton has no plans to make any effort to either fit into his tribe or do any work at camp with them. He hopes to fit in with the girls instead, but they are getting tired of him. Sabrina calls a fake meeting as a reason for him to leave. Later, he returns, tears in his eyes, begging for them to let him stick around. They are not interested.

Troyzan finds out from Colton that he’s got a hidden idol. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. They want to get rid of the muscle. Normally this would be a stupid plan, but they really don’t need the extra muscle on this tribe, at least not for challenges, though they could use the speed and other physical attribues that go along with it.

The players all line up on balance beams at the immunity challenge. The person on the far end must make their way past all the others without touching more than one person at a time, continuing until everybody is on the platform. Tarzan sits out for the men. The men let the little person go first. On the other side, Kat has difficulty getting past all the fake boobs, so she decides to go behind the girls instead. Christina, who is not even in the challenge yet, keeps touching two people. Kat, struggling to understand the rules of the game, twice jumps into the water for no reason. Monica switches with Kat, and they finally get someone across, but by this point it’s a lost cause, as they’re down by 5. Unsurprisingly, in a challenge requiring teamwork, men win immunity.

Nina uses Kat’s mistakes as a reason to whine and keep calling her a dumb broad and other assorted names that just seem to come from being an angry person. She slams her tribe for being led by witless people, but it’s not as if they would be any better off if she were in charge. On the contrary, her mouth seems like it would be even more problematic in that scenario.

Chelsea and Sabrina say they would form different alliances if given a second chance.

Christina doesn’t even really want to play the game.

Votes
Nina
Kat
Christina
Nina
Nina
Nina

With 4 votes, Nina has been voted off the island. Good riddance. The camera’s been on her for the last 10 minutes, which got old about 9 minutes ago. Monica, who’s hopeful that perhaps there is some middle ground for her, threw a stray vote Christina’s way.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: One World Episode 3, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

18 new contestants form the Survivor: One World cast, without any recongizeable faces amongst them for a change (not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing). It’s a battle of men against women, all living on the same beach.

Kourtney doesn’t think she fits in just looking. Colton makes an extra effort to let the world know he’s gay. Greg wants to be called Tarzan. Tarzan, meet Troyzan.

They are divided into two tribes at the starting beach. The men are Manono (orange); the women are Salani (blue). Then they have 60 seconds to strip the truck and grab whatever items they can carry. Rather than work for anything, Michael just steals from the women, who are not paying attention to what they grab. Hidden immunity idols are in play. Because they beat it to death and completely ruined the twist last year with Ozzy, Redemption is dead. Finally.

Wanting to prove they’re big and macho, the men go nuts and try to carry half the truck back to camp with them. On the other hand, the division by sexes becomes apparent looking at what the women are carrying.

Alicia has already decided on her final 5 of herself, Kim, Kat, Sabrina, and Chelsea. So Kim just found out she’s in an alliance. Uh, yeah, I guess I’ll join you guys.

They spot some chickens when they get to camp, and they make a deal to each take one. After country girl Chelsea catches them with ease, now she wants to bargain. Attorney Matt is ready to sue someone.

There is much activity in shelter building. People from both tribes scurry about to get settled for the night. Then there’s Colton, sitting on the sidelines spectating. After doing that for a while, he decides to start openly playing the girl power game, making it blatantly obvious where his loyalties lie, or at least don’t lie.

Matt, Mike, Jay, and Bill have formed the game’s second alliance. This is the alliance of the young, fit guys. A threat to the other guys for sure, but is anyone really dumb enough to vote them out?

Memo to future Survivors: don’t wear jeans. Unless you enjoy chafing.

The men get a fire going quickly, a rarity in Survivor. Sabrina has been sent as the agent to make a deal. They can have their chicken back in exchange for fire. I don’t see anyone being dumb enough to fall that. Failing to charm their way into fire, the girls sneak over and steal some fire that the boys leave unguarded as they sleep. Nice plan. But the fire doesn’t last. The next morning, Kristina manages to make a deal to weave some palm fronds for them so they can have fire. Alicia’s response: she wants to punch her in her face.

Sabrina finds a hidden immunity idol in the second place she looks. I see they’re getting better at hiding things. However, this is a Manono tribe idol. That means that, as a non-Manono tribe member, she must give it to someone on the other tribe. She goes to the guy who’s been begging for his only possible saving grace, Colton.

At the immunity challenge, they jump off a tower and cross a balance beam and a rope bridge. We’re starting off just like the last girls against guys season (Amazon), where the men were humiliated in an early balancing challenge (before the women started to fall apart). The men take the lead on the tower diving, where the main concern seems to be the obvious threat of injury. Unsurprisingly, Kourtney has injured her wrist, which makes her a liability and an easy first target. As she sits down during the challenge, Probst calls for medical. They will be hauling her off for an X-ray. Without 9 people to cross the finish line, the women have lost. Do the men want to make a gesture of goodwill (aka stupidity) and keep going anyway? No.

The women act all shocked and surprised that the men didn’t take Jeff’s bait. As if they would have had the shoe been on the other foot. Their bone to pick: the guys should have been chivalrous and handed the game to them. Really? Woman up.

At tribal council, Alicia is whining about the fact that they have fire, and Kristina tells her to shut up. Hey, we were all thinking it. This brings us to a point. There is no structure, and everybody is just doing whatever comes into their minds.

Now an update on Kourtney. Her wrist is broken, and she is out of the game. Nobody else is going home tonight.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: One World Episode 2, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Survivor returns to Samoa for season 24, which premieres on February 15. 18 new contestants in this battle of men against women include the franchise’s first little person and somebody who lists her occupation as ex-NFL player’s wife, so apparently she herself is essentially useless.

Nina Acosta
51
Clovis, CA
Retired LAPD

Jay Byars
25
Gaffney, SC
Model

Christina Cha
29
West Hollywood, CA
Career Consultant

Monica Culpepper
41
Tampa, FL
Ex-NFL Player’s Wife

Colton Cumbie
21
Monroeville, AL
College Student

Kat Edorsson
22
Orlando, FL
Timeshare Rep

Michael Jefferson
30
Seattle, WA
Banker

Leif Manson
27
San Diego, CA
Phlebotomist

Chelsea Meissner
26
Charleston, SC
Medical Sales

Kourtney Moon
29
Austin, TX

Jonas Otsuji
37
Lehi, UT
Sushi Chef

Bill Posley
28
Venice, CA
Stand-Up Comedian

Matt Quinlan
33
San Francisco, CA
Attorney

Alicia Rosa
25
Chicago, IL
Special Ed Teacher

Troy “Troyzan” Robertson
50
Miami, FL
Swimsuit Photographer

Greg Smith
64
Houston, TX
Plastic Surgeon

Kim Spradlin
29
San Antonio, TX
Bridal Shop Owner

Sabrina Thompson
33
Brooklyn, NY
High School Teacher