Episode 31.5

Sometimes, long standing Survivor records can be broken. Like, after the hidden immunity idol was introduced, it wasn’t until just last season until the winner was a person who successfully used it. Kimmi doesn’t have much of an edit to her and Jeff Varner’s elimination makes me wonder if a player from Australia won’t make the finale episode as one always has in a season with a returning player from Australia. Pretty interesting, right?

Joe Anglim Worlds Apart Vytas Baskauskas Blood vs. Water Spencer Bledsoe Cagayan Jeremy Collins San Juan del Sur Teresa "T-Bird" Cooper Africa Max Dawson Worlds Apart Terry Deitz Panama Ciera Eastin Blood vs. Water Stephen Fishbach Tocantins Latasha "Tasha" Fox Cagayan Abi-Maria Gomes Philippines Mike Holloway Worlds Apart Yung "Woo" Hwang Cagayan Kimmi Kappenberg The Australian Outback Peih-Gee Law China Kassandra "Kass" McQuillen Cagayan Keith Nale San Juan del Sur Shirin Oskooi Worlds Apart Monica Padilla Samoa Shane Powers Panama Troy "Troyzan" Robertson One World Andrew Savage Pearl Islands Natalie Tenerelli Redemption Island Stephanie Valencia Redemption Island Jeff Varner The Australian Outback Kelley Wentworth San Juan del Sur Kelly Wiglesworth Borneo Mikayla Wingle South Pacific

You know, for the last two years, Christmas commercials started so early that it was normally the first or second week in September that I would first see one. Well, that hasn’t happened this year and I don’t think that I’ve seen one just yet. But I know that it is coming and it is possible that it won’t happen until after Halloween. Could I go all November without seeing one? I doubt it. What’s really annoying is when the Christmas commercials still happen after Christmas ends.

I think that this season has been good so far. I don’t know if it will stay that way. It could be bad if Abi continues to advance in the game. How did she get enough votes in the poll? Maybe she was the number ten woman. I hope this isn’t rude to say. But we’ll see if the season is good in the long run.

When you look at the number of confessionals that contestants have had thus far, remember that the number to beat is 13 as that was the number Jeff Varner had when he was eliminated. Those that can beat it will have a better chance at the game. Also, in case you were wondering why I kept calling him Jeff Varner instead of just Jeff, that was to differentiate between him and Jeff Probst. Well, I don’t have to do that anymore, this season at least. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, we see Angkor after tribal council. Abi talks about Woo again. I don’t think that anyone owes her anything, although she certainly owes other a lot. Monica is going clamming. She and Kimmi have a bit of a disagreement about the clams they are looking for. Kimmi even talks about this in her confessional. I’m taking Monica’s side here as she has a point with the clams. Kimmi is trying to change, but it seems like she’s failing at it.

In the second segment of the show, we get to the reward challenge where the second place team gets a tarp and the first place team gets comfort items that can easily be destroyed without a tarp. Ta’Keo comes in first at the challenge. Angkor comes in second.

In the third segment of the show, the various tribes have their reactions to the reward challenge. Terry is seemingly at the bottom of his tribe. Woo tells people of his mother’s struggle with cancer. Tasha is still talking about what is best for her game. She’s getting a pretty good edit this season.

In the fourth segment of the show, we get to the immunity challenge. I’m convinced that they are only showing Ta’Keo winning the dream team version of the challenges. Stephen scores a point for the wrong tribe. Angkor finally wins immunity. The second place team is Ta’Keo. This means that Bayon will now be going to their first tribal council. Spencer thinks that he’s in danger along with Kelly Wiglesworth.

In the fifth segment of the show, the tribe discusses who to vote out. Is it as simple as they are making this? I don’t think that Kelly Wiglesworth has a long term edit. But Monica wanting to keep Kelly Wiglesworth makes Kimmi turn on Monica. This is yet another failed attempt at an all female alliance. It can be a bit of a surprise that two of them have been successful in the past. So it looks like that vote is between Monica and Kelly Wiglesworth. Will Spencer slip through? Will Kimmi somehow be the target? I doubt that they are turning on her just yet. In the end, the person voted out is Monica. A lot of people must have been out of the loop on this one, including her. This makes Samoa the second season to be eliminated from the game.

On the next Survivor, it looks like there’s either a quit or medical evacuation. I doubt it’s a quit, but it could be. If it’s a medical evacuation, then it would be ironic in a way. I knew that this sort of thing might happen and not just because this is the same location that a contestant died in from the French version of Survivor. But would it really be a quit? Who would quit and why? Who would get medically evacuated and why? And just what is Stephen up to?

Total confessional count: Andrew- 11, Tasha- 10, Abi-Maria- 14, Woo- 6, Kelley Wentworth- 9, Kimmi- 4, Joe- 5, Kelly Wiglesworth- 3, Spencer- 15, Kass- 5, Jeremy- 7, Keith- 3, Terry- 5, Ciera- 3, Monica- 5, Stephen- 6.

New confessionals this episode: Kelley Wentworth- 1, Kimmi- 2, Joe- 1, Kelly Wiglesworth- 0, Spencer- 3, Kass- 0, Jeremy- 2, Keith- 1, Terry- 1, Ciera- 0, Monica- 2, Stephen- 1, Andrew- 0, Tasha- 2, Abi-Maria- 2, Woo- 2.

It looks like Spencer has the highest confessional count right now. Abi is above thirteen confessionals. Tasha joins Andrew and them with ten confessionals. The lowest confessionals are Kelly Wiglesworth, Kass, Keith, and Ciera with three a piece. (Newsflash, no k names are doing well this season, except for Kelley Wentworth who hasn’t been getting that positive an edit). Andrew, Ciera, Kelly Wiglesworth, and Kass all have no confessionals this episode. Monica had two this episode and five total. It doesn’t look like those with invisible edits are doing well. I mean, Kelly Wiglesworth was in danger this episode and we saw nothing about it from her. As I stated before, I don’t see a good edit for her. How will she leave the game? Will she? Jaclyn was ignored for a long time at the beginning and she came in second place. But it is clear that Kelly Wiglesworth is not seen as the same type of good player she was the last time. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.