Episode 32.11

You know, this season is getting down to the wire and closer to the end. You do have to wonder what will happen next and possibly if I have the right dates down for the finale of the show. I don’t seem to know a lot about the TV schedule going into when the summer shows start. I just know that this show is still going strong since there was a renewal for seasons 33 and 34 (which I’ve probably already told you about before). They should be in Fiji right now filming the 33^rd season. I’m not sure what that’s about yet, but I’m pretty sure that it’s all new players. SPOILER. The 34^th season is rumored to be all returning players, which seems awfully soon to be doing that again. I can mention the contenders that I read about might being on that season. There are 28 potential players, last I checked, although I know that there won’t be that many people in the final cast. END SPOILER.

I don’t know why they flipped the airing of this season with the airing of the previous season considering how this season was filmed before the last one. It’s possible that we will never receive a straight answer as to why this happened. We might not even get an explanation. There could be any number of reasons that Cambodia was aired before this season when it logically should have aired after it. One reason might have just been the whole build up to Cambodia where we voted for the players wouldn’t have made sense to air a completely different season next. One of the things that I’m wondering about is if this season has a tie for the win and they tried to figure out how to resolve it in the extra time that they now had. But I’m not sure if that’s what’s exactly happening or not. I would actually love to see a tie for the win, even though I know it will probably never happen. I mean, the last time the final vote was even close was over ten seasons ago. But enough of my ramblings.

In the first segment of the show, Tai talks about having all the power. Will it go to his head? Not everyone thinks that he made a good choice. Julia is upset at over not knowing how the vote would go down. Aubry is smirking and possibly gloating over the demise of Scot. Is she doing as well as other people think she is?

In the second segment of the show, Tai talks more about the move that he made. He decides to talk to Jason more about it. The chicken might be in danger due to a hashtag shown. Jason plans on being mean some more. We then get to the reward challenge. They compete in pairs: Joe and Tai, Michele and Cydney, with Julia and Aubry as the pairs. Jason does not get to play the challenge. Michele and Cydney win and they have to choose together who among the remaining players they should bring with them. They pick Aubry, which was an obvious pick when you think about it.

In the third segment of the show, the women enjoy their reward and, of course, talk about their strategies going forward. Stuff happens at camp as well as Julia and Jason talk about how to get rid of Tai, their former ally. Can they get other people on their side? I’m still not sure what to make of the fact that some people got airtime in the preview of this season. I’m not sure if I can remember who all had that who is still in the game, although I think it is just Tai and Cydney now.

In the fourth segment of the show, we get to the immunity challenge. It already looks more interesting than the usual stuff we’ve seen this season. I like how they have to idea to write stuff in sand. Michele is the winner of the challenge. It was interesting how Joe gave up at the challenge by the looks of it.

In the fifth segment of the show, the contestants consider what to do. Aubry considers getting rid of Julia instead of Jason. Michele doesn’t like the idea of voting out Julia. Tai is paranoid (probably for good reason) so he’s going to bring his idol. It seems like Jason isn’t even in danger of being voted out. Michele doesn’t know which side to choose going into tribal council. Different discussions happen at tribal council while people try to figure out who or what side to be on. Tai asks Aubry whether or not he should play his idol and he doesn’t. Julia is the person who gets voted out.

On the next Survivor, Jason feels alone, but the majority is starting to fall apart. I love the fact that this season has been so unpredictable so far. I still haven’t figured out my ranking yet, but I will by the finale at least. I’m just not sure yet where it is going. It’s kind of like the most recent Big Brother season. I was worried a bit towards the end since all these people I didn’t like were still in it, but then it all ends well with a great winner beating the villain (in a way).

Total confessional count: Joe- 11, Michele- 23, Cydney- 21, Jason- 28, Julia- 14, Tai- 32, Aubry- 31. New confessionals this episode: Tai- 3, Aubry- 4, Joe- 0, Michele- 6, Cydney- 3, Jason- 5, Julia- 3.

Julia had three confessionals this episode. That’s the same number as Tai and Cydney. Only one person was lower than them. Everyone else was higher. Joe had the lowest with none. Michele has the highest with six. Then there are the total confessionals. Julia had fourteen. One person is lower and everyone else is higher. Welcome Joe to the bottom with only eleven confessionals. Tai has the highest with thirty-two confessionals. That’s all to mention about the confessional counts for now. This is Adam Decker, signing off.