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Drew wanted to throw the challenge in Survivor: San Juan del Sur Episode 4 to get rid of some of the snakes. Then he got voted out.

The Coyopa tribe sits there with their mouths hanging open when they see Drew has been eliminated. They don’t understand how this tribe could have gotten rid of him.

With that revealed, they can drop their buffs.

Coyopa: Kelley, Dale, Missy, Baylor, Jaclyn, Jon, Keith
Hunahpu: Josh, Reed, Wes, Alec, Jeremy, Julie, Natalie

The tribes are split with one tribe having only one single and the other tribe having only one pair.

Jeremy is sure he is the target now that Josh, Wes, and Alec are together with Josh’s boyfriend Reed.

On the other tribe, Keith assumes he is a target considering he is the only person without a partner. However, Jaclyn quickly spills the dirt to Jon, and she does not trust either Baylor or Josh.

Jeremy and Natalie, who last week played a large role in getting rid of Drew, say that Alec is not that different from his brother. So they want to team up with him.

Missy talks about how there’s a ton of rice at this camp. She’s not used to this. At her old tribe, they used to eat so much more than they are expected to here. That would explain why they had hardly any left. Dale is not happy with her wastefulness, but Kelley hopes to restrain him.

Speaking of how much food Missy was helping to waste, they think they have 3 days worth of food left on the other side, and they don’t know what they are going to eat after that. Perhaps Jeff will be willing to make a trade.

At the immunity challenge, they will dig up a bag of keys, go through an obstacle course/mud pit, shake sand bags loose from a basket, and then toss the bags on a platform. Hunahpu is the first to find their keys, and they are well ahead the entire time. This isn’t even going to be competitive. Hunahpu wins immunity before the other tribe even has a chance to make an effort on the tossing.

Jeff will be paying Hunahpu a visit tomorrow to discuss terms of the trade.

Dale’s plan is to try to get the non-Missy/Baylor couple (he doesn’t like either of them) on his side so that they can control the vote. This seems like it should be pretty easy since Jaclyn already does not trust Baylor, who flipped on her before. Likewise, Missy and Baylor want to swing Jaclyn and Jon. Meanwhile, Keith thinks he is the easy vote, but he seems to be completely safe for the next vote or two at least.

The choice is between Missy’s plan of splitting the vote or of just voting out Baylor.

Votes
Baylor
Kelley
Baylor
Kelley
Dale
Dale
Kelley

With 3 votes, Kelley has been voted off the island. Keith’s vote of Dale suggests to me that perhaps he was in on the plan.

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

John Rocker came into the game with a certain degree of fame or at least infamy that made him a marked man from the start. This arguably led to his elimination in Survivor: San Juan del Sur Episode 3, spurred along by bizarre and angry outbursts from the opposing tribe with people (specifically Natalie) who never said more than two words to him hypocritically prejudging him about being prejudiced based on third hand comments that somebody with a grudge read in a magazine 15 years ago. There were no winners in this feeble attempt at a battle of wits.

As they continue to lose every challenge, Coyopa talk about voting out their strongest physical asset as if it’s a good thing.

John’s elimination receives a standing ovation. Stay classy, Hunahpu. Julie seems to be handling his loss well, a lot better than some of the others have when seeing their loved ones be sent home. Of course, she’s not exactly surprised to see his early departure either.

They managed to find their flint. So Drew brings it to the reward challenge and asks Jeff if he will go back on his trade, maybe half the fishing gear. Well, I think we all know that ain’t happening.

Hunahpu nominates Jon to compete against his girlfriend Jaclyn in a challenge of jumping on platforms and lobbing bags into buckets. Jaclyn gets off to a 1-0 lead, but it quickly evaporates and Jon reverses course to take the 4-1 lead. Then she ties it 4-4, bringing the end result down to who is able to score in the small center basket. Jon wins reward for Hunahpu yet again. Jaclyn is going to Exile Island with Drew, who he claims pulls his weight (unless he’s napping). They have a choice between food and comfort, and they choose comfort rather than just one big meal.

While at Exile, Drew tells Jaclyn he’s going to throw the immunity challenge because he does not trust the girls on his tribe.

Keith digs around the well for about half an hour before finally giving up and telling everyone that Jeremy must have already found the idol. Now Jeremy wants him gone, too. So after that drama, Keith then goes back to searching, and he finds the idol that Jeremy did not actually find.

For the immunity challenge, they will swim out and collect rings, which the others will toss on posts. Kelley, Jon, and Jeremy sit out for Hunahpu, apparently reserving their strength for another day. If he’s a ring tosser, Drew could easily throw this. Baylor has a narrow lead over her mom Missy. Reed quickly overtakes Jaclyn. Then Natalie gives that lead back to Alec. Wes beats his father Keith to give Coyopa the lead heading into the tossing. Dale and Josh both score to take the 2-0 lead. Though he lands a single ring, Drew is being a bumbling idiot during the challenge. I’m not sure if he is acting or not. Coyopa wins immunity for a change.

Saying he did indeed throw that challenge, Drew dubs himself badass and kingpin.

At Jon’s suggestion, the guys are talking about getting rid of Julie. She was worthless at the challenge. The challenge that Drew lost for them.

Drew wants Kelley gone instead because she has seen every episode of Survivor. So now Jeremy is angry with him as well because he won’t listen to the plan to get rid of Keith.

The girls talk about how they are not together and not a threat to Drew. To prove that, their plan is to join together and get rid of him.

Drew’s plan is not about a blindside. He openly and loudly discusses his desire to get rid of Kelley, and when he’s warned she is standing right there, he says he does not care.

Keith seems largely oblivious to what’s happening with Jeremy. He has no idea why Jeremy is upset. He also does not know what a sub-alliance is.

Votes
Julie
Kelley
Drew
Keith
Julie
Drew
Drew
Drew

With 4 votes, Drew has been voted off the island. When you’re hated for being lazy, it’s probably not a good idea to think about throwing a challenge. They are lucky they are good at challenges because their voting strategy is about as incoherent as I have ever seen.

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

As her tribe continued to flail about in Survivor: San Juan del Sur Episode 2, late to the game Val was its next victim.

Josh was the person who flipped, which allowed Baylor to stay. He admits this right after they get back to camp.

Drew warns everybody that monsoons are coming. They teach him how to weave. He spends a minute doing this before giving up and going to sleep. Keith wants to spank him.

Jeremy predictably gets upset at the challenge, and John apologizes to him, blaming his alliance for not going along with his plans to keep Val.

They must get on a swaying balance beam and move pieces from one end to the other. Wes doesn’t think his father will be any good at this, so he nominates it, effectively offering to participate himself as well. They’re neck and neck until Keith drops one. With that, Wes wins reward, Coyopa’s first challenge victory. Keith is going to Exile Island with Josh because Wes says he gets along with him. Reward is a choice between comfort or fishing gear, and they take the fishing gear, which the other tribe traded for flint at the previous reward challenge.

John’s apology to Jeremy fell on deaf ears. He wants out now. He’s also really upset about the comments (yeah, now it’s a problem, coincidentally) John made as a player and outs him to his own tribe. Julie is worried she may be the casualty of this outburst.

This time, Keith does not get the blank piece of paper.

The fishing gear is quickly used to provide some protein to the tribe. If Jeremy was hoping to make John public enemy number one, this fish catching is not helping.

Baylor had a chance for a female alliance, which she declined. Now she’s worried, leaving her with the only alternative of trying to kiss up to the younger guys, who are not falling for it.

At the immunity challenge, they divide into pairs and are tethered together. They will race through an obstacle course to retrieve a ball that they will shoot into a basket (first to make the basket gets a point). To make for even numbers, each tribe sits out one person. Keith and Dale sit out. Jon drags Natalie around the course before taking the lead for Hunahpu. Wes ties it along with Alec. Then John scores to take the lead for Coyopa. Jeremy ties it 2-2. Two pairs who have previously scored go into the tiebreaker, and Jon drags Natalie around again to beat Wes and Alec, winning immunity as usual for Hunahpu.

Then Natalie starts shouting about how John is a racist and a homophobe. Oh god. Why did they let these twins back on the TV? You hear a story about how someone made comments but no real useful information about the situation… then you make personal attacks against them. In what world is this necessary or acceptable? John mostly just stands back and lets her make a fool out of herself, though he does make a couple of comments that really are not helping matters any. He points out to us the irony here. His closest ally is Josh, the gay tribe member, while the cross-tribal alliance he made was with a black couple.

Baylor is an easy target. As John rallies the troops, he lets Josh know that he has an idol, a surprise he may have held on to for a bit too long. Josh is clearly more allied with the hapless Baylor, and this is as good a reason as any to target John instead.

Jaclyn makes comments at Tribal Council that should warrant concern out of John. She’s seeing some shifting in the tribe, and there is a plan to vote one of the guys out. Despite that, John does not play his idol.

Votes
Baylor
John
Baylor
John
John
John

With 4 votes, John has been voted off the island. Like Nadiya before him, his downfall started before he even entered the game, and his weak attempt to protect someone at the request of a seemingly unstable ally (on the opposing tribe no less) did not help him any. In the end, though, he had the chance to save himself and was too stupid to take it. If the events of the day did not give him pause, Jaclyn made it pretty clear something was afoot. This week’s stray vote came from Dale, still the tribe’s outcast.

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

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.

This season marks the return of Blood Vs. Water and also Exile Island. I’m not sure either twist necessarily helps the game, but at least neither should be particularly harmful.

The 18 contestants who make up the Survivor: San Juan del Sur cast have all come to Nicaragua with a loved one. The cast includes former Major League Baseball player John Rocker and loud mouthed twinnies Natalie and Nadiya from The Amazing Race.

Drew Christy
Age: 25 Winter Park, Fla. Traveling Sales Rep

Alec Christy
Age: 22 Winter Park, Fla. Student

Jeremy Collins
Age: 36 Foxboro, Mass. Firefighter

Val Collins
Age: 35 Foxboro, Mass. Police Officer

Reed Kelly
Age: 31 New York, N.Y. Broadway Performer/Model/Aerialist

Josh Canfield
Age: 32 New York, N.Y. Singer, Actor, Writer

Jon Misch
Age: 26 Waterford, Mich. Financial Assistant

Jaclyn Schultz
Age: 25 Las Vegas, Nev. Media Buyer

John Rocker
Age: 39 Atlanta, Ga. Former MLB Player

Julie McGee
Age: 34 Atlanta, Ga. Model/Owner of Spray Tan Business

Natalie Anderson
Age: 28 Edgewater, N.J. Crossfit Coach and Student

Nadiya Anderson
Age: 28 Edgewater, N.J. Crossfit Coach, Project Coordinator at Bridge2Peace

Keith Nale
Age: 53 Shreveport, La. Fire Captain

Wes Nale
Age: 23 Shreveport, La. Firefighter

Missy Payne
Age: 47 Dallas, Texas Owner of a Competitive Cheerleading Gym

Baylor Wilson
Age: 20 Nashville, Tenn. Student

Dale Wentworth
Age: 55 Ephrata, Wash. Farmer

Kelley Wentworth
Age: 28 Seattle, Wash. Marketing Manager

The pairs all spend their first night on their own together before being split up for a while. They are given flint that they can use to try to make fire.

Reed & Josh are not surprised they could make fire with flint. They tell people they should not be surprised by having to make fire on Survivor.

Keith and Wes are goofy. They lost their striker. Then they broke their flint.

Natalie/Nadiya immediately acknowledge that they were on The Amazing Race. Though some people may think that’s a mistake, it’s not like they could hide that for long. Speaking of not hiding things, Keith says he knows John was a baseball player, and he knows he was an ass.

They draw for buffs.

Coyopa (orange): Alec, Baylor, Dale, Jaclyn, John, Josh, Nadiya, Val, Wes
Hunahpu (blue): Drew, Jeremy, Jon, Julie, Keith, Kelley, Missy, Natalie, Reed

This immediately leads to a reward challenge. Reward is fire and beans. Punishment is a trip to Exile Island. They will retrieve platforms using ropes that they have untied. Hunahpu nominates Jeremy, and his opponent will be his wife Val. Jeremy jumps out to a big lead and is the first to grab the first platform. She manages to get her first as well, but by this point the challenge is pretty much over. Jeremy wins reward for his tribe. In addition, he must choose someone from his tribe to join Val on Exile Island. He immediately selects Keith, who he calls a good outdoorsman, despite the fact that he broke his flint. The gay guys seemed a lot more competent on their own, even if you might not think that at first glance.

Dale is 16 years older than the next oldest person on his tribe, which for the most part consists of people in their 20s. He is an immediate outcast, but starting the fire using his glasses helps him get into their good graces.

Upon arrival on Exile Island, Val and Keith must each choose an urn. She gets a clue for an idol. He gets nothing. They find out that Keith and Jeremy (and also Keith’s son Wes) have something in common, even if they live in different worlds: they are firefighters.

John lies about his last name. Like his father, Wes almost immediately knows who he is.

The people who were on Exile return in time for the immunity challenge, where they will race to the top of a giant tower using bags of pieces they retrieve from an obstacle course. At the top, they must solve what the producers call the most difficult puzzle the show has ever seen.

Coyopa has a bit of a lead as they start rope tossing, which they will use to climb the first section of the tower. At the next wall, they will climb using pegs. Then they will get up the next section only using themselves. Coyopa still has the lead at the top of the tower, but this is all going to come down to the puzzle. Hunahpu wins immunity by being the first to complete what looked like a pretty simple puzzle.

So we’ve already gone through the first few days and had an immunity challenge. Now it’s time for Val and Keith to start learning people’s names.

Nadiya is an easy early target. Anybody who watched TAR probably does not have a positive opinion about her.

Val proposes an all female alliance. Well, that’s a stupid idea this early in the game. Nadiya wants to bring in Josh as the fifth girl, which Josh says he understands but finds offensive.

Dale’s only saving grace is that he started the fire, which he presumably mistakenly believes only he can do. They’ll get flint soon enough. Regardless, his name rises to the top of the chopping block.

Votes
Nadiya
Dale
Baylor
Dale
Nadiya
Dale
Nadiya
Nadiya
Nadiya

With 5 votes, Nadiya has been voted off the island. At least the female alliance plan failed, though Josh declined to pick a side, voting for Baylor instead. A tie was avoided only because Baylor joined the guys in voting for Nadiya.

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