Episode 25.8

Survivor: Philippians has become quite an interesting season thus far. I have never seen a season quite like it before. The three tribe twist, the dissolve of the tribe that kept losing, the returning players, the contestant who technically quit, but was sort of medically evacuated, and everything I've already mentioned thus far. This season is so strange. It just might be the strangest season yet. But, I tend to think that with every season in the game. What I guess I'm saying is that there is never a dull moment for fans of Survivor. If you don't watch this show, you are missing out on a great experience. If you do watch this show, you are doing a good thing. The show keeps getting better and is more interesting with each new season. I for one can't wait to see what the next season might hold in its future. It's rumored to be an all-star season of some sort. I hope that it is good, although they really have returning players too much. Are they running out of new contestants? I've seen promos for casting for future seasons. I don't know when they'll be filmed since Jeff Probst has a talk show. But since they are looking for new players, I guess that means that there will be a season 27 and 28. They will probably be filmed at the same location with different contestants with a month break between the filming dates like every season has been done since Tocantins was on the air. If they go to Samoa again, they have officially run out of locations. I don't know what good locations would be for future seasons and I don't know how Jeff Probst does Survivor, a talk show, and marriage with a blended family all at once. All that, and he's supposedly a pastor too. I would love to hear a sermon by him, if that's true. Chances are that a lot of his Survivor experiences could be turned into Christian messages. But even if he really is a pastor, I don't know if he's still with a church and preaching sermons on Sundays or not. I have heard that he married two former Survivor contestants. But like I've said before, a lot of my information comes from wikipedia so I don't know if it true or something that anyone just made up for no good reason. Also, if they want to reuse a location for a future season, go to Palau. That is quite possibly the best location they have ever done in seasons past. If I weren't so busy, I'd be a contestant. But I don't think that I ever will be. I'd probably quit on the first day. Also, I forgot to mention that I still hope that Michael does better this season. I'm glad that he made it to the merge. He would have gotten far in Australia if he weren't medically evacuated. He could have even won the game. But I'm glad that he's back this time and glad that he made it to the merge this time. Although, his tribe never went to tribal council this season until the last episode. He never had a vote against him the first time he played the game. I don't know if he'll be this lucky this time. Sorry in advance if there is any misinformation in any and all of my blog posts. Also, am I the only person who wonders what would happen if there's a tie at the final tribal council? I know that they would probably have something planned out so that the fans know during the reunion show even if there is a tie. I figure that they could always compete again on future seasons and whoever makes in farther would be the winner of the old season if there was a tie. It's possible that we will never know. If the tied players do have to compete on a future season, than it would be nice if they chose their own tribe instead of having to draw and be in an already divided tribe. Come to think of it, I don't think that the contestants have chosen their own tribe since Survivor: Gabon. But it's not a twist they do that often and normally one tribe is always weaker when they do that. Also, here's a Survivor fun fact. Contestants constantly talk about going home when they get voted out. But none of the contestants are send back to their home until after the filming has wrapped for the season. You could be the first person voted out, and not go home until the 39 days of filming are over. They've barely talked about this on the show, but normally those voted out before the jury are put on some sort of cruise in the area and of course, those voted out when the jury is started to form are put in a special place and not supposed to see what happens in the actual game except for what goes on at tribal council. But a lot of what happens in Survivor is not known. I mean, they film three days worth of game and edit it into one hour plus commercials. That's why every episode comes with the disclaimer that portions of the program not affecting the outcome have been edited. A lot of what is missing is probably so boring that no one would care about it. All I know is that in three days, the most interesting part of the show is what gets into the final cut. Also, there are at least three twitter accounts all claiming to be the official account of CBS. So I'd be wary if I were you of which account is right. Also, does anyone know how the editing in the show works? Are there test screenings of episodes like there are in regular TV shows? I'd love to be invited to a test showing of an episode, but I'd probably have to live in LA. Besides, with all the crazy fans of the show that are out there, it must be tough keeping the events secret from the general public. Also, to anyone who reads this blog who lives in Indiana, are you disappointed that Rupert Boneham wasn't elected governor? I would be, but I don't think that politics and reality stars should mix. I mean, who wants that kind of stupidity associated with reality stars? But enough of my ramblings.

Today is November 7, 2012. After the recap, Jonathan talked about being betrayed. He wants to know why everyone was out to get him as he doesn't have any friends. (Also, rumored location of Survivor 27 and 28 is the Solomon Islands.) People were wondering what the shifting alliances of the newly merged tribe is.

In the next segment of the show, Lisa was talking about her plans for the future of the tribe and what her plans are to win. And finally, the #rewardchallenge hashtag is created. I'll never be able to use it. Just like I'll never be able to use the #immunitychallenge hashtag either. The yellow and blue teams are randomly divided members of the existing tribe and are going for an interesting reward. Most people want to take the returning players out of the game. The challenge is constantly very close. It is hard to tell who might win. Although it will probably be the yellow team. I am right. The yellow team won the reward. I wonder if I should take bets as to who might win each challenge. Will Denise win the game? She is the ultimate underdog, and I feel that if she would be a good winner if she did win. But it could be unlikely. You never know.

In the next segment of the show, Artis is complaining that he didn't win the challenge, but he's glad that he's still in the game for the million. The politics with the losers at camp starts to see what the voting out order might be. At the reward challenge, different politics were playing out. Jonathan figured that he won't win the game. Ultimately, nothing really happened in this segment.

In the next segment, the tribe was back together after the reward. Lisa is planning something evil. She reveals the secret of Malcolm's hidden immunity idol. Considering how she's been on the CBS talk show The Talk, she might be a bigger part of the game than we viewers might think. But The Talk has guests from other CBS shows almost exclusively. That's the one thing I don't like about The Talk. The challenge could go anyone's way right now. The final three of the challenge is three guys with Jonathan being one of them. Pete might be doing the best. Jonathan is bummed out that he has yet to win an immunity challenge until the season. In his previous two seasons, he had never one. Although in Micronesia, he never even made it to the merge part of the game. With Jonathan immune, anything could happen next. I just realized that only half of this show has aired and yet the immunity challenge has happened. So a lot must happen in the next part or my clock is wrong.

In the next segment, Jonathan is thrilled that he finally won immunity, but now the tribe has to vote for someone else instead. Will it be Michael? Lisa keeps telling people that Matsing's immunity idol is still in play. So maybe Malcolm will be the one voted out. Meanwhile, talk was happening about voting out Jeff. Also, it is rumored that Malcolm is a returning player in the next season. I've heard who the rumored winner next season is and hope that it isn't true. I'm not going to talk about it here. We have no idea who is going to be voted out. I hope that they take a commercial break before the tribal. It could be a long and game changer. Pete might also be the person voted out. I have no idea what's going to happen. Nobody is safe. I have no idea what will happen. Carter mentioned that Jeff might be the one going home. At the tribal council, the tribe started to unravel. This is really great television. If you have never seen Survivor, but still read this blog, I suggest that you start. Although, I don't know why anyone would read this blog if they didn't watch this show. Malcolm revealed that he had the idol and Abby stupidly revealed hers as well. She doesn't understand the concept of sarcasm, but then again, neither do I. This is the strangest tribal council in recent memory. It doesn't match the tribal council were Erik got voted out in Micronesia. Meanwhile, it came down to the vote. This is still a legendary tribal council. No idol was played. Jeff got voted out. There were five votes for him, four votes for Pete, and one vote for Abby. Something strange really happened.

In the preview for the next episode, Lisa and Jonathan form an alliance. Are there any? Oh well. Also, Jeff's last words were a rant about how people the prize money is taxed and that's he's rich enough not to care about it because he's a big baseball MVP. Also, if you want me to create a political blog, let me now. The guy had no idea that Obama would get reelected, but of course he did. Once you go black, you don't go back. There has also never been a wartime president in history who ran for reelection and lost. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.