Survivorfest - week 10!

Laura blindsided, Galu in shambles!

Probst indicated at tribal council that the hidden idol will be put back into camp once again. I think this is the first Survivorfest where we've seen so many points getting lumped into that category, especially for one person.

Evil Russell claimed: "It's like a Picasa [sic]! It might be my best pieces of work I ever done!"

He finished up with "It was almost as great as my kids being born!"

Rarely ever has the word "almost" kept someone in the running for Father of the Year. Whew. I've got money on him there, too. Unfortunately they don't give out immunity idols.

Danger Dave, who provided the best comic relief with his looks of utter shock during the last two blindsides, gave Evil Russell his props.

Laura growled under her breath that they should have known better than to assume that he didn't have another idol. My wife pointed out that Monica did and they poo-pooed her.

Shambo cackled like a deranged hag and chortled that only her and Russ knew about the idol maneuver. I wonder why it was that she wrote down his name anyway...was she hedging her bets that he wouldn't play it or trying to make things look good for her team in case any of them can count.

The next morning, Evil Russell was at it again, doin' what he do.

Shambo sat back and groused about Laura, calling her, among other things, the viper queen. She kind of took a page out of Coach's book, propping up someone so that when they went down she would look like the Dragonslayer. Remember that one? Yeah, good stuff. Hope to see Coach again in the next Favorites season.

Speaking of Coach, he called out the use of the word "ridonkculous" in the CBS blog: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/community/blogs/blog.php?key=0. I think you know who took his shots at that abomination of the English language, thank you very much. So very last week, Coach, so very last week.

The reward challenge was much like a care flight experience. One player would lie on a board tied with ropes. The other team members pulled the player to and fro to pick up flags and stick them in assigned slots. Reward was a Palm Pre placement commercial. I mean, a picnic, a plane ride and a Palm Pre placement commercial. I suspect if I type "Palm Pre" enough that I will get an ad out of it. Palm Pre Palm Pre Palm Pre...ah, there we go.

Jonathan was placed on the platform for one team and Natalie took the other.

My wife Kathy thought that Natalie would be okay as her silicon implants would likely cushion her from any damage. The wife was on fire this evening, let me tell you.

Whoops. There's one of those implants now! I hope CBS isn't paying for the blur machine by the minute or this little escapade might not be worth the fine they'd get hit for letting it go.

Natalie was quite gifted at this challenge, hanging halfway out of her cradle (and her dress) to reach the flags. Her team was also adept at moving her around and won the challenge handily.

Natalie, Brett, Dave, Laura and Evil Russell were headed for reward. Again, I think the other team suffered from too much Fao Fao.

At reward, the group was given a clue to the idol. "A rolling stone gathers no moss" to which Natalie replied "a rolling stone gathers no what!?!" Indeed. Is there more than a handful of adults on this earth that couldn't complete that sentence?

Back at camp the remaining Fao Fao members tried to flip Monica. She wasn't having any of it and tattled on them to her former Galu pals.

On the return of the rest of the tribe, the hunt was on for the hidden idol. Danger Dave took after Evil Russell, assuming (with good reason) that he was the most likely to find it.

Evil Russell took off on a run and soon lost Danger Dave. I am aware how much this sounds like a bad Saturday morning cartoon. Russell looped around once he had lost Dave and circled back to the spot he wanted to search. Bingo. Evil Russell had found an unprecedented third hidden idol. "This is getting way too easy!"

Evil Russell hid the idol and, for once, managed not to blab to everyone that he had it.

The immunity challenge was a series of tiles that each player got to throw a rock at. If one of the player's tiles was broken, they would receive a spear for a crossbow shot in the next leg of the challenge.

Right now I am calling out that Shambo would miss miserably with her throw.

Yup. There it went. You can ask my wife, I called it.

Laura went first and missed. Shambo laughed and laughed. Um. You missed too, idiot.

Brett broke two of his tiles while Jaison, Mick and Monica each had one of theirs broken.

Brett went first and hit the target. Jaison missed. Monica hit, but was further than Brett from center. Mick hit the target closer to center and moved into first place. Brett took his last shot and wasn't able to improve.

Mick wins immunity!

Back at camp the former Galu members conspired to vote Evil Russell again assuming that if he had the idol that they would at least force it out.

Jonathan was getting tired of it and insisted on voting Natalie since Fao Fao wouldn't expect it. "It's pathetic how poor the analytical skills of Galu are." He had a point. If Russell was going to play the idol, you still take out a Fao Fao person when he does it.

Monica thinks that she can use Fao Fao's attempt to flip her into convincing them to vote for John. She was way too eager sounding. I can't believe anyone would have bought her act.

My daughter thought of an idea that I really like. A Jeff Probst action figure. When you pull the string it will say his usual catch phrases like:

Wanna know what you're playing for?
Got nothin' for ya!
Bring me your torch...the tribe has spoken.
I'm going to need another million for next season, Mr. Burnett.

At council Evil Russell opted not to play the idol and they went to a vote. It ended in a tie between Natalie and Laura. They would have to vote again. Evidently, and I didn't know this, if there is a tie all the players draw stones to see who is voted out, not just the two involved in the tie. I wonder if that would include Mick, owner of immunity. Or if Russell would be allowed to play his immunity idol at that time.

The point was moot as Jonathan realized that a one in ten chance at getting knocked out was worse than Laura getting the boot, so he rolled over on her in yet another surprise ending.

Next week we find out that Shambo is wearing a powdered wig and Evil Russell is actually a Nazi!

See you next week on....Survivorfest!