Survorfest week 9!

Tyson and his loin cloth boogie on home!



Back from tribal council, fresh from blindsiding Brendon, the rest of the tribe took the opportunity to rub Sierra's nose in it. She responded by trying to explain how she was young and foolish and didn't mean to hurt anyone...What a load of bull.



I mean seriously, why do the people that get caught on the losing end of a power play feel like they have to explain themselves? Just say "hey, I went with what I thought was my best option and it didn't pan out. I'm ready to move on to my next best option." Everyone takes it so personally when their name gets written down.



I've decided that Coach is the Michael Scott of Survivor. He can bench press 300 pounds, you know. Brendan couldn't believe it. But then he was the head of the Dragon and now has been defeated.



Tyson really laid into Sierra. Not only did he call her an idiot and told her that she would be voted off next, but he also concluded that her boyfriend probably wasn't all that cool, either.



Coach seems to have a different primal scream for every occasion. This week we got to hear his victory scream.



The reward challenge was a complicated puzzle where different boards had to be fitted in such a way that the players could see vowels through holes in the boards in order to unscramble a phrase. I was completely confused. Sometimes I think they make these challenges too complex. They often don't seem to make any sense.



The reward was a feast and a Brazilian martial arts demonstration. I couldn't understand what it was called, but Coach knew exactly what it was. What an ass.



Taj seems to have lost a lot of weight. All muscle as I recall from a previous discussion. She seemed to still have a lot of muscle between the ears as she thought that running with her head through one of the holes in the puzzle board was a good idea. Probst warned her that she was imminent danger of snapping her neck like a twig.



JT, Debi, Erinn and Tyson won reward.



JT insisted that Stephen head back to Exile. The strategy was sound as they were concerned that if another hidden idol was put back in play, then Sierra might end up with it.



As the winners headed off to reward, Probst couldn't help but note that all of Coach's life experiences hadn't helped him win any of the cool rewards. Coach indicated that, last time he was in the Amazon, he wasn't asked to line boards up. I wonder if that was before or after the trip where the natives tried to eat him.



Erinn remarked that she'd not been on a reward before. I'm trying to figure out how she's still in the game.



The natives seemed a little put out by the condition of the Survivors. Maybe they've been watching the show and having a game of their own. Most of 'em probably had money on Brendon.



Debi, a school principal back home, couldn't stay away from the kids. I think she was creeping out some of the parents.



The Brazilian martial art was a fighting style that was part dance, part non-physical contact. Not much of a martial art. It's probably Swiss.



After a huge feast and an attempt to do the martial arts, and Erinn was left puking her guts out. I'm sure the neighbors were dutifully impressed. I think I saw them exchanging money.



Back at camp Sierra was still blubbering about her plans.



Erinn seemed to enjoy the show.



Coach suggested that she take the honorable way of the samurai and kill herself. Or something equally goofy.



Sierra went to Coach and tried to get him to "coach" her. Let her learn from her mistake and help her be a better person. Well played.



You could see Coach just chewing it over...She betrayed me...yet I can save her...



The challenge was a version of shuffleboard in the rain. Stephen returned from Exile declaring how much he missed everyone and their body warmth. Awkward!



The rain made the match pretty miserable. Debi and Erinn looked like they were going to be hypothermic.



Probst made an offer to skip the challenge for some pizza. Surprisingly Stephen, JT and Coach sat out to enjoy as much pizza as they could shovel in.



Tyson was not happy that all of his buds expected that he would stay in the challenge to keep Sierra headed back home while they sat around and ate pizza.



Sierra took a late lead in the challenge and you could see the blood drain from Coach's face. Tyson missed his last shot and said "Ah, I shoulda ate!"



Sierra was pretty happy with her final shot and let it show.



Debi took charge with her last shot, however, and won immunity!



Tyson: "There's nothing awesomer than seeing someone celebrate before the game is over. It's okay...we'll go to council and I hope that Sierra will cry a lot."



Back at camp, Stephen floated the idea of blind-siding Tyson. Seems like a good time. He'd won every immunity challenge but the latest.



Stephen: "It's happens every season! Someone goes on a run!"



JT: "Sierra's a lying bitch. I hate her."



Stephen: "Me, too!"



What in the name of all that's holy did she do? Vote McCain?



Coach made a nice Michael Scott-ism: "We're the Warrior alliance! It would be stupid to call ourselves that and then not go through with [keeping the strongest players until the end]!"



At council, Brendan came in, looking as scruffy as he had when he left.



Coach was wearing some type of weird feather headdress. No doubt he modeled it after some Brazilian martial arts specialist. Or his favorite bird.



Tyson loves everyone there...with the notable exception of Sierra. That was hard to guess.



Coach mentioned that he wanted to walk the honorable road of the warrior. Probst noted that voting Brendan out wasn't exactly the way a samurai wouldn't do it.



Coach sputtered that he would like to explain about that...Evidently since Brendan pitted himself against him, Coach felt the need to cut the head off of the Dragon.



Coach chimed in with a Survivor Hall of Fame quote: "I will be like a ravenous wolf!!"



The blindside was one, and Tyson was voted off!



The look on everyone's face when Tyson's name came up the third time was priceless.



Tyson took it pretty well: "Sneaky bastards! Now I know how Brendan felt."



He added: "It feels weird to be outfoxed by an idiot."



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