The Amazing Race 19 Episode 4

In a close dash for the finish that left multiple teams racing to not finish last, Kaylani & Lisa were eliminated in The Amazing Race 19 Episode 3.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Andy & Tommy – 8:17AM
Second: Laurence & Zac – 8:28AM
Third: Jeremy & Sandy – 9:40AM
Fourth: Justin & Jennifer – 9:41AM
Fifth: Ernie & Cindy – 9:42AM
Sixth: Amani & Marcus – 9:46AM
Seventh: Bill & Cathi – 9:56AM
Eighth: Liz & Marie – 10:05AM

Teams will now fly north to Phuket, Thailand. There is no direct flight. The first two teams just head to Jakarta and hope they’ll find something there, while the others confirm that this is the correct way to go.

First flight (departs at 9:40AM via Jakarta): Andy & Tommy, Laurence & Zac
Second flight (departs at 12:45PM via Jakarta, arrives in Phuket at 6:50PM): Jeremy & Sandy, Justin & Jennifer, Ernie & Cindy, Amani & Marcus, Bill & Cathi, Liz & Marie

In spite of their 3 hour lead, upon arrival, not having prebooked their connecting flight, the top two teams are told that the flight to Phuket is booked, so they’ll have to go to Bangkok and then to Phuket, with an arrival in Phuket at 7:40PM, putting them almost an hour behind. It shouldn’t matter, though, since this time of night they’re bound to hit an hours of operation anyway.

Liz & Marie fail something pretty simple. They don’t exchange their Indonesian money for Thai money.

Upon arrival at Nonthasak Marine, they find out the dock opens at 8AM. That’ll put everybody together. Liz & Marie get lucky and get a cab driver who is willing to not take any money, since they don’t have any that’s of use (and probably didn’t tell him before arrival). If they were smart, they’d use this 12 hours of downtime to go back and exchange money.

The detour is a choice between coral reconstruction or beach preparation, two tasks representing the rebuilding of Thailand following the 2004 tsunami. In coral reconstruction, they’ll construct a coral nursery, load it on a kayak, and place their coral into a nursery. In beach preparation, they’ll collect 20 chairs and 10 umbrellas with their clue’s icon and set them up to the beach club’s standards.

Coral reconstruction: Andy & Tommy, Justin & Jennifer
Beach preparation: Ernie & Cindy, Liz & Marie, Laurence & Zac (switched from coral reconstruction after being unable to look at the road signs), Jeremy & Sandy (switched from coral reconstruction), Bill & Cathi (switched from coral reconstruction), Amani & Marcus (switched from coral reconstruction)

The detour provides ample excuse for Jennifer & Justin to bicker, as usual, although it never seems to impact their standing in the race. Jeremy & Sandy aren’t getting along so well either.

Initially, the beach chair task seems the most difficult simply because they’re searching through stacks of them just to find the ones that are theirs. But after some of them attempt the coral task, they realize that they need to be stronger swimmers. As they switch to the beach task, the already strong winds pick up and blow everything around. Although the twins were among the first to arrive at this task, they’re on the verge of a breakdown and depart well behind everybody else.

From here, teams will use a compass to head north for 13 minutes to locate the island on their medallion, Soap Island. So that means you have to be able to read a compass, which Ernie can’t do. Laurence & Zac, who have sailed around the world, also struggle.

The road block is to climb the island rock. Bill & Cathi opt to have him do it because they suspect they’re going to be eliminated soon anyway.

Road block (in order of arrival): Andy, Jennifer, Zac, Amani, Jeremy, Ernie, Bill, twins

The pit stop for this leg of the race is Koh Panyi, a floating village built more than 200 years ago.

First: Andy & Tommy (win $5,000 each)
Second: Justin & Jennifer
Third: Jeremy & Sandy
Fourth: Laurence & Zac
Fifth: Ernie & Cindy
Sixth: Amani & Marcus
Seventh: Bill & Cathi
Non-eliminated: Liz & Marie

As the last team to arrive, Liz & Marie have been non-eliminated. Next week they will have to complete a speed bump.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 19 Episode 5, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

The X Factor Season 1 Episode 7

Following the reveal of the top 32 and a thoroughly disappointing groups category (one of the main things that’s supposed to differentiate this show from American Idol) in The X Factor Season 1 Episode 6, the judges were assigned their categories to mentor. Simon got the girls, LA got the boys, Nicole got the over 30s, and Paula got the groups. The men were happy. The women, not so much.

Tonight the visits to the judges’ homes begin. Simon’s happy for these girls. After all, they get to work with him. Paula puts on a brave face and pretends getting the groups was good news.

Each judge gets an assistant: Nicole has Enrique Iglesias, Paula has Pharrell (who?), Simon has Mariah Carey (or at least he was going to if her plane was able to make it), and LA Reid has not Bieber but Rihanna.

The contestants start things off by performing in front of the judges and their guest mentor (in Simon’s case, himself, but he manages to round up a few helpers).

Brian “Astro” Bradley performs first. LA’s concern: will America vote for a rapper? I can’t imagine they will, but the good news is anyone who wants to has just one choice.

Simone Battle at least remembers the words, but she’s not the best.

The Anser, from the very mormon Salt Lake City, feel like fish out of water, but they put that behind them and perform well.

Dexter Haygood performs Crazy in Love by Beyonce, minus the lyrics. Didn’t see that one coming.

Skyelor Anderson may not look like your typical country singer, but he does sound the part.

I didn’t quite get Tora Woloshin and remain distracted by all the body art and piercings, but digging past that she’s got a decent voice. Simon says it all sounds right, but there’s just something missing.

Part of the carnage in the girls category in boot camp involved the elimination of some talented individuals while others who were not as good got through. The explanation we later found out was that two new groups have been formed. First among them is pop country group Lakoda Rayne: Cari Fletcher, Dani Knights, Paige Ogle, and Hayley Orrantia. I like them, but they feel like something is off about their first performance together as a group.

In her first audition, Stacy Francis even got a standing ovation from Simon, which doesn’t happen often, but then she overdid it in boot camp with an annoyingly long note. Tonight she returns to good form, but the question is how marketable she could be in today’s market.

The Brewer Boys have been singing together since they could talk. Good. Probably not good enough.

LA has decided to give Phillip Lomax a Rihanna song… to sing in front of Rhianna. He turns it into a Sinatra version, but how big of a market is there for a crooner?

Elaine Gibbs became a wedding singer for the sake of stability. Now she hopes to break into the industry in a bigger way.

Nobody ever thinks Caitlin Koch is a rugby player. After all, she’s an American. Simon loves her.

Nick Voss was another one who forgot his words at boot camp. He does not have that problem tonight, but LA’s seen him better.

4Shore first impressed LA Reid with a song he wrote, End of the Road. You can tell these guys have been doing this together for a while.

I don’t know who James Kenney is, which is a big disadvantage on a show like this. Enrique could see him being a rock star.

Justin Bieber fan Drew Ryniewicz is the last one to perform tonight. Not the best song choice, but that doesn’t stop it from sounding good.

After the rain delay debacle, we’re left with a special Sunday night episode next.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The X Factor Season 1 Episode 8, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on Fox.

Survivor: South Pacific Episode 5

As the biggest outcast in her tribe, Stacey was sent packing in Survivor: South Pacific Episode 4.

We start off with more crying from Brandon. What is this, Big Brother?

Stacey, who hates everybody anyway, warns Savaii to look out for her old tribe. By the way, the name of the guy running the tribe is Benjamin. Her sour grapes, while mildly amusing, are just that. The duel is to keep catching balls in a chute. They start with one ball, and more will be added as time goes by, up to six total. Stacey quickly disregards Probst’s advice to be careful about spacing. Not long after, she is out, and Christine stays alive.

Coach tells his tribe to not call him Benjamin to his face, or he’s going to go nuts (again?).

Ozzy asks how to spell Cochran. That’s not a good sign.

Hearing the story about how Benjamin is in charge, Ozzy says that, if he were smart, he’d get rid of Albert soon. Does that mean Ozzy’s going to target somebody strong on his tribe?

Realizing he’s in trouble, having been pointed out as one of Coach’s top allies, Albert goes and finds the clue to the hidden immunity idol. After searching for a while without any luck, he reveals the clue to Coach and Sophie. Coach is the one who ends up finding it. Hope handing it away pays off for you, Al.

Cochran’s getting tired of Ozzy. Me, too. He calls him a lazy ass who just has a few moments of brightness each day.

At the immunity challenge, they are greeted by a roasted pig. It’s not for eating, though. Rather, it’s for chewing with their hands tied behind their backs. All these challenges leave me with a sense of deja vu. Reward is veggies, spices, bread, and another clue to the idol (both of which have already been found). As gross challenges go, this is up there with the best of them. After they’re done, time for weighing. Savaii has 22 pounds and 12 ounces of meat and bodily fluids. Upolu weighs in at 22 pounds and 14 ounces. Upolu wins immunity and reward by 2 ounces. The difference: Mikayla scooped a piece of meat off the ground that Rick deliberately left there. In addition to their reward, they also get the bucket of meat.

Dawn says the back of one of her molars is gone. If true, that could be a game ender. Tooth pain in the middle of nowhere. Bad combination. Ozzy’s also got a chipped tooth and a dislocated jaw, and everybody else has cuts in their mouths. Cochran warns them they’ll get herpes.

Cochran hopes to prove he’s a worker bee, but is that enough to save him? His hope is that he, Dawn, and Jim will be able to pry Elyse and Ozzy apart. Jim hopes to sway Keith to vote their way. Perhaps he can use Ozzy’s theory of voting out strong people prior to the merge to sway him. Keith and Whitney now have to make the deciding vote between either Cochran or Elyse.

Here’s the dilemma. They want to betray Ozzy, but they still want to be allied with him. With Jim having shifted, the alliance is fractured regardless. Seems to make more sense to just go with the majority. Cochran doesn’t care if Ozzy thinks everybody is against him. That’s exactly what he wants him to think.

Votes
Cochran
Elyse
Cochran
Elyse
Dawn
Dawn
Elyse

Whitney and Keith chose to keep the blood off their hands by throwing votes Dawn’s way, but the damage is done either way. With 3 votes, Elyse has been voted off the island.

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

The Biggest Loser 12 Episode 4

Patrick asked to be sent home in The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 3 and got his wish.

Keeping with the age theme, the middle group gets to meet and workout with Hannah from last season, the youngest group meets Adam from season 10, and the oldest group meets Marci from last season.

Courtney grew up playing high school sports but eventually gave up due to her weight. Dolvett wants to remind her how much she loves sports. His philosophy is that, just like in life, something may get in the way, but you have to go around it.

The challenge is to pass a box through snow, wind, and rain. In 100 degree heat, I’d think snow, rain, and wind would be a welcome refreshment. The prize is letters from home. Jennifer will sit out for medical reasons. Red team’s in the lead, black team a bit behind, and blue team in last. As we’ve seen before, the black team eventually passes the red team, while the blue team just hopes to make their way to to the finish line eventually. In a close battle to the top of the hill, the black team ends up winning as usual. Since everybody finished, everybody gets to read their letters. As a bonus, the black team gets video chats.

Seeing as they have a tennis pro as one of their trainers, it makes sense that this season a tennis court has been added to the ranch, giving Anna’s team a unique opportunity to do their last chance workout with her doing tennis drills.

Bob’s team heads into the pool, where Joe’s fear of drowning takes center stage. At least he can say Bob Harper taught him how to swim.

Mike: 268 pounds (-5, , 1.83%)
Becky: 212 pounds (-2, 0.93%)
Bonnie: 233 pounds (-7, 2.92%)
Blue Total: 713 pounds (-14, 1.93%)

Joe: 301 pounds (-6, 1.95%)
Sunny: 241 pounds (-4, 1.63%)
Antone: 381 pounds (-8, 2.06%)
John: 366 pounds (-9, 2.40%)
Jennifer: 282 pounds (-7, 2.42%)
Black Total: 1571 pounds (-34, 2.12%)

Courtney: 237 pounds (-3, 1.25%)
Jessica: 219 pounds (-2, 0.90%)
Vinny: 382 pounds (-8, 2.05%)
Ramon: 311 pounds (-11, 3.42%)
Red Total: 1149 pounds (-24, 2.05%)

In a very tight race, the blue team will be heading back to the elimination room, where they will have to choose between Mike and Becky. That gives Bonnie the deciding vote.

Votes
Bonnie: Mike

With 1 vote, Mike is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 309, he’s down 70 pounds to 239 today.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 5, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 19 Episode 3

A pair of bad twists led to the elimination of to both Ron & Bill and Ethan & Jenna in The Amazing Race 19 Episode 2. If 8 out of 11 teams miss a clue (that’s different than the clue they have been given), it’s a bad clue.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived. Looks like missing the clue was worth about 45 minutes.

First: Andy & Tommy – 7:38AM
Second: Laurence & Zac – 7:57AM
Third: Kaylani & Lisa – 8:02AM
Fourth: Ernie & Cindy – 8:14AM
Fifth: Liz & Marie – 8:18AM
Sixth: Jeremy & Sandy – 8:21AM
Seventh: Bill & Cathi – 8:22AM
Eighth: Justin & Jennifer – 8:31AM
Ninth: Amani & Marcus – 8:32AM

Teams will join a group of local enthusiasts who reenact the Dutch bicycle patrols of the 1940s. Simple enough task, unless you’re unlucky and have your pedal fall off like Ernie, a mishap that allows them to be passed by four teams. They will then head from the city into the countryside in Salakmalang Village.

The detour is a choice between rice field or grass fed. In rice field, they will plant 300 rice seedlings. In grass fed, they will fill two bags with freshly cut grass, pick up two sheep, and collect six buckets of water from the well. The rice task seems a lot less physical but potentially more time consuming. But ultimately the planting proves to be muddy but not bad, giving the two all female teams that choose it a boost toward the front of the pack.

Rice field: Kaylani & Lisa, Liz & Marie, Amani & Marcus (switched from grass fed after not having enough grass)
Grass fed: Andy & Tommy, Laurence & Zac, Justin & Jennifer, Jeremy & Sandy, Ernie & Cindy, Bill & Cathi

The only trick on the grass detour seems to be the ability to fill their bags completely, which more than one team fails to do. Laurence & Zac also fail to read their clue properly, using four buckets when they’re only supposed to use two. Then there’s Cathi’s struggle with remaining on two legs. While they’re all on their detour, Amani & Marcus are lost in their cab.

Built in the 8th century but only recently uncovered and restored, Borobudur Temple is the next destination, and they have to hike its stairs to get the road block clue. On the way there, Jeremy & Sandy have their taxi break down, so they’ll have to run the 1km and hope they won’t be needing a cab again. The road block for this leg of the race is to count buddha statues and be able to demonstrate the hand positions of each buddha.

Road block (in order of arrival): Laurence, Tommy, Lisa, Marie, Bill, Ernie, Justin, Jeremy, Marcus

As all the guys take this road block, it doesn’t seem anybody is very forward thinking here. They should be saving them for strength based tasks. Working together, Laurence and Tommy are the only ones remotely close to the right answer on their first try, having only failed to account for the hand positions, which they do the second time through. A couple of the other teams at least have the right number, just no idea that there are four different ones. Meanwhile, some teams are counting into the hundreds. Eventually, the teams actually read their clues. Imagine that. It tells them what they need to do. Ernie, Justin, Jeremy, and one of the twins decide to work together and each count one hand gesture.

As Andy & Tommy are leaving, they give the answer to Amani & Marcus, who are in dead last. Therein lies the problem with tasks like this. If teams can just use shared answers without doing any work, it defeats the whole purpose. It doesn’t end up mattering, though, as the person paying attention to what they were saying, Amani, opted not to do the road block. He’s left to work with the showgirl to catch up with the group of four and Bill.

As close as it is, whether they have cabs or not may make a difference. Jeremy & Sandy don’t have one because theirs broke down. Amani & Marcus sent theirs away.

The grounds of Borobudur Temple are the pit stop for this leg of the race. It’s here that Laurence & Zac find out that they used too many buckets, and they incur a 15 minute penalty.

First: Andy & Tommy (win a trip to Dubai)
Second: Laurence & Zac
Third: Jeremy & Sandy
Fourth: Justin & Jennifer
Fifth: Ernie & Cindy
Sixth: Amani & Marcus
Seventh: Bill & Cathi
Eighth: Liz & Marie
Eliminated: Kaylani & Lisa

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 19 Episode 4, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

The X Factor Season 1 Episode 6

The judges narrowed down their picks to the top 100 in The X Factor Season 1 Episode 5. Tonight boot camp continues. 5 more groups are left to perform.

What I do is not going on is this performance of What’s Going On.

The country boys get a perfect song for them, I Won’t Let Go by Rascal Flatts. Good opportunity for Tim Cifers, Mathew Slovacek, Kingston, Hannah Bethel, and Thomas Wells. Simon thinks Tim, who takes center stage first, is a star.

With the group performances done, 1/3 of the remaining acts will be sent home. Do we get names tonight? Will they be people we actually know, even a little? Not really.

The next challenge is to choose and sing a song in front of a full studio audience (like they did during their audition). One by one they perform again without comments from the judges.

The first group of singers just play it straight and mostly successfully. Then we get into the people who try to make the songs their own, mostly badly. Simone Battle doesn’t remember the words and just makes them up. 4Shore follows with a rendition of a song that Simon hates. Little Ladiez are accused of not listening by being the opposite of modern. Makenna & Brock do Billie Jean, which at least Nicole likes. Siameze Floyd sings painfully. Brennin Hunt still bugs me, and he bugs Simon as well by changing his song too much.

Stacy Francis tells the story about how her father died on the day boot camp began. She stuck around anyway because her father would have wanted her to pursue her dream. Unlike that first performance, this time she manages to get a standing ovation.

Then we get the battle of the pretty young blonde girls.

Half of the 64 remaining acts will make it to the last stage of the competition and head to the judges’ homes where some of them will get to swim in Simon’s vault of money.

Neither Simon nor LA seem particularly impressed by the groups category. I’m not either.

Top 8 Girls
Caitlin Koch
Drew Ryniewicz
Jazzlyn Little
Melanie Amaro
Rachel Crow
Simone Battle
Tiah Tolliver
Tora Woloshin

A couple of questionable picks while better singers fall by the wayside, but a good lineup on the whole.

Top 8 Boys
Brennin Hunt
Brian Bradley
Chris Rene
Marcus Canty
Nick Voss
Phillip Lomax
Skyelor Anderson
Tim Cifer

Not nearly as impressed by the boys as the girls, but there’s one or two there with a shot.

Top 8 6 Groups
2Squared
4Shore
The Anser
The Brewer Boys
Illusion Confusion
Stereo Hogzz

Not seeing much from this category either.

Top 8 Over 30s
Christa Collins
Dexter Haygood
Elaine Gibbs
James Kenney
Josh Krajcik
Leroy Bell
Stacy Francis
Tiger Budbill

This group should be able to give the young girls a run for their money.

Since the groups category was such a disappointment, the judges have asked 14 people from the girls and boys categories to return to the stage. They form two new groups, which softens the blow over what seemed to be bad picks earlier. It also makes the groups potentially interesting.

InTENsity: Arin Ray, Austin Percario, Ellona Santiago, Emily Michalak, Emily Wilson, Francesca Duncan, John Lindahl, Lauren Ashley, Ma’at Bingham Shango, Nick Dean
Lakoda Rayne: Cari Fletcher, Dani Knights, Paige Ogle, Hayley Orrantia

Now that the decisions have been made, one decision remains. Who does each judge mentor? They await word from the producers. LA is in New York, Paula and Nicole are in LA, and Simon, he’s on his yacht in the south of France. LA thinks the strongest category is the over 30s. Paula would like to work with the boys. Nicole would love the girls. Nobody wants the groups.

Nicole gets the over 30s. She’s one of them after all, barely. She clarifies: they didn’t say girls, did they? LA gets the the boys. He thinks he just won, but he thought that anyway. Paula gets the groups. She’s feeling overwhelmed already. That leaves Simon with the girls and the sole decision whether to keep Tiah around.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The X Factor Season 1 Episode 7, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

The X Factor Season 1 Episode 5

The auditions concluded in The X Factor Season 1 Episode 4 with performances by Cari Fletcher, Austin and Emily, and Jazzlyn Little. Tonight bootcamp begins in Los Angeles.

The not at all Ryan Seacrest host whose name escapes me tells us Paula Abdul has sold over 53 million albums. Wait. What? Apparently she was a big deal 20 years ago.

In addition to singing, they will be going through choreography, which at the end of the day is largely irrelevant no matter how much Simon tries to convince us it’s about the complete package. Granted, it’s not all about singing either, as these shows have long been a popularity contest. Brian Bradley refuses to dance because Jay Z doesn’t dance.

So apparently The Anser is spelled without a W. Caitlin Koch gives Paula chills. Tora Woloshin falls flat, and I’m not surprised. Brendan O’Hara forgets his words, but he doesn’t sound good anyway. Chris Rene and his sister Gina Rene have both made it to boot camp and both are good. Melanie Amaro is awesome singing Whitney. Stacy Francis’ ridiculously long note does a good job of annoying the judges more than anything.

After everybody is done singing, a bunch of people I don’t recognize (and whose names we are not given) get eliminated. The cuts bring us down to 100 acts, some of whom get some rest while others party through the night.

They are put into groups and given a few hours to perform a song. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this before. At least we don’t have to go through the drama of people choosing and kicking others out of their groups.

Dexter Haygood is over his desire to impersonate James Brown. Now he is impersonating Mick Jagger. Audrey Turner was married to Ike Turner for a year or so before his death.

Leroy Bell, 59, does not plan on trying again if he fails this time. We get our first glimpse of Dani Knights, who wants to be a country star. Simon likes Paige Ogle.

Brian Bradley’s group gets a Jay Z song. Good news for him. Bad news for the rest of his group. I’m confused how this is supposed to demonstrate singing ability, or what it’s supposed to demonstrate for that matter. Tatiana “Reina” Williams, however, wants to prove she can rap, too. Jennifay Joy Nichols also surprises. Brian ends up forgetting half his words and interrupting everybody throughout the song.

Nick Dean has the name and looks to go far, but his performance is a bit of a disaster. Tiger Budbill overcomes the somewhat lackluster first impression he made.

Tiah Tolliver made it through after much begging by Simon. I still don’t get it, but she’s much better this time. LA asks how they got her on key.

I Have Nothing proves to be the toughest song to remember the words to, but it presents a good opportunity for some of the girls to shine.

Brock continues to hope Makenna will realize he has a crush on her sooner or later. I assume Emily Michalak, at the show’s minimum age of 12, is the youngest to make it this far, and her solo is where the song starts to take off. Siameze Floyd aims to prove he’s something different, as if there were a question. They and the rest of their group, consisting of The Stereo Hogzz, Jeremiah Pagan, Song Preservation Society, and Cesar de la Rosa, leave the judges smiling with their better than the original performance of Run by Snow Patrol.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The X Factor Season 1 Episode 6, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.

Survivor: South Pacific Episode 4

Following a vote about who had the dumbest nickname, Papa Bear was voted out in Survivor: South Pacific Episode 3.

Jim is under the impression that Elyse is Ozzy’s showmance, which might be a good plan if Ozzy’s showmance wasn’t irrelevant and didn’t already get voted out on day 3. Jim approaches Cochran with his plot to get rid of her.

Brandon apologizes to Mikayla for being a putz. Then he tells Edna about his alliance of 5.

Ozzy doesn’t like Cochran because he talks a lot about strategy, something Ozzy has proved to be miserable at.

Cochran and Jim go to watch the duel together, and they are joined by Brandon and Edna. Christine and Papa Bear are in the duel. Brandon apologizes to Christine for what happened at tribal council. Oh geez. The duel is to toss sandbags and land them on top of 10 crates. With 5 in a row, Christine’s on a roll. Papa’s keeping things interesting, but she retains her lead for some time. Papa Bear catches her at 8 for a couple seconds, then he ties it again at 9. With the final score, Christine wins the duel.

Edna’s additional attempts to emphasize her social game are not going over well with Stacey or Mikayla, both of whom are not terribly important to impress anyway.

Dawn would rather get rid of Ozzy, but she’s willing to go along with the plan to get rid of Elyse if that’s what Jim and Cochran are interested in doing. Even still, they seem to be 1 vote shy.

It’s a weight holding battle. Reward is chickens. Two men and one woman from each tribe will be the weight bearers: Keith, Dawn, and Jim against Brandon, Stacey, and Albert. After 26 minutes, Dawn and Stacey are at 100 pounds, Albert and Keith are at 180, and Jim and Brandon at 200. Seems that one tribe is just echoing the choices of the other. Keith is the first one to drop. Brandon and Jim tie the Survivor record of 220 pounds. In the meantime, Albert drops. Jim and Brandon then break the record at 240 pounds. Jim drops, and Brandon follows him. At this point, Stacey is holding on to the weight with her butt. 120 pounds. Then 140. Stacey drops. Savaii wins immunity and reward.

Stacey thinks that maybe she could be blindsided. Then it really wouldn’t be a blindside. In addition to not liking Edna still, she warns Brandon to watch out for Albert, Sophie, and Mikayla, to which Coach responds that he may as well just throw in the towel if he’s going to buy this. Brandon’s loose cannon behavior is not helping him any with those who wish to remain allied with him.

When asked by Probst what the most annoying thing about Edna is, Brandon says she’s got a lot to say about a lot. She disagrees, but now we’re getting to the point where it’s becoming a pattern.

Brandon says he’s not here to play Russell’s game. He’s here to play Brandon’s game. I’d rather he play Russell’s game. Oh, and God, blah blah blah. God doesn’t care about Survivor. I’m not even sure he watches it.

Votes
Edna
Stacey
Stacey
Stacey
Stacey
Stacey

With 5 votes, Stacey has been voted off the island. She makes an extra effort to avoid Coach’s hug goodbye. If you really intend to get back into this game, you’re going to need to get over yourself.

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