Survivorfest week 10!!

Queen Brenda meets the guillotine!

Fresh from tribal council, Brenda and Sash are revelling in their role as King and Queen of the game.  Brenda weighed in with this Hall Of Fame quote:  "We're like the king and queen of Survivor...well, Sash is more like the queen..."  I thought we had that whole straight/gay thing figured out weeks ago, thanks to Shannon!

Holly has begun to see the writing on the wall.  She's come a long way in my opinion since the early days.  I love to see someone trying to improve their position in the game rather than just playing along, doing what they're told and hoping someone will invite them into the final vote.  I really hate that a few people have actually won a million dollars that way because it encourages others to do the same thing.

Jane also sees trouble on the horizon.  She began speaking to NaOnka about clearing house with Brenda or Sash.  Ironically she said "I hate playing with villains!  I don't like 'em in real life and I don't like 'em in this game!"  You're speaking with NaOanka, lady!  She stole your food, stole Fabio's socks, cursed out Marty and abused a handicapped woman!

Before heading to the reward challenge the tribe decided to protect the campfire by blocking all sides of it with their wooden chests filled with supplies.  Hmmmm.  Do they understand how fire works?  Cue ominous background music, because this won't end well.

The reward challenge was to have two teams travel across an expanse of sand using only barrels and planks.  If any of the team touched the ground, they would need to begin again.

The teams were divided by schoolyard pick.  Oddly they didn't show the pick taking place.  I'm always enthralled by who gets picked first and last and the thoughts of the "captains".  Alas, we didn't get to see any of that.

Chase, Jane, NaOnka, Fabio and Kelly had immediate success eschewing the use of all the barrels. They quickly made their way across the sand while the other team struggled to make it a few feet.  To add to the disaster they also fell off and had to restart.

Further, Prost was off the drink again and spent most of the challenge mocking them:

"Dan can barely crawl on his two bad knees!"
"Dan smashes his hand!"
"Nice strategy, Brenda...that'll work...for about a minute."
"Benry makes the ceremonial loser's dismount!"

The reward was to visit an active volcano and slide down the edge of it.  That doesn't really sound like a reward.  Surviving the active volcano, maybe.

They appeared to enjoy the slide, however, suited up in hazmat outfits, goggles and traveling at about 10 mph over a gravel like surface that would easily rip flesh from bone.  Where do I sign up?

Afterward the group enjoyed a picnic of pizza, soda and brownies.  Probably tasted extra yummy with all the ash floating around.

They had a nice chat about who was running things at camp.  Fabio was surprised to learn that Brenda was in charge. Really, dude?  You know it's not still Marty, right?

When confronted with the plan to oust Brenda, he was impressed:  "Wow...that's for real for real..."

You could tell that this made Fabio think hard because he kept rubbing his chin in that way that dullards like to do to make them look smart and contemplative.

Back at camp, the remainder of the tribe learned that wood does, in fact, burn.  The campsite they had left had been reduced mostly to ashes.  Personally I suspect the cameramen, but I can't prove it.

Brenda:  "How did that happen!?!"  One of the mysteries of the universe, I guess. 

To the tribe's credit, no one started blaming anyone for what has to be one of the silliest mistakes in Survivor history.

Even when the rest of the tribe returned, they took the turn of events pretty well.

Chase couldn't wait to get back so he could squeal about the plan to his pal Brenda.

"I trust Brenda!  I put my game plan in her."  Um, okay.  I guess every man has a name for it...Hadn't heard that one before.

Chase's diarrhea of the mouth continued.  Not only did he squeal to Brenda, but he pretty much told everyone that he did it, too.

Immunity challenge was of the endurance variety.  Hold onto a rope at an angle until you can't take it any more and then you fall into the water that Fabio peed in.

Sash and Kelly (why-is-she-still-purple?) were out almost immediately.  Usually the tiny, thin girls do best at challenges like these, but Brenda, Kelly and Sash were out pretty quickly.

Chase and Benry started howling at each other, which was kind of funny.

It came down to Chase and Jane to see who was the better man.  Jane was going to give in, but Probst laid into her about not being a sissy.  Plus Chase kept wanting to talk about his feelings and that just made her angry.

In the end Chase fell out first and Jane won immunity again.

At council, Brenda was truly playing the part of queen.  She indicated that she had no interest in voting Marty out, but since her alliance desired it, she averred.  She also refused to "scramble" or votes once she found out that her name was at the top of everyone's list.

She mentioned that Nay seemed to be at the front of it all and how disappointed she was that her friend had betrayed her.

Probst prodded Nay on why she did it.  Nay, ever petulant, claimed it wasn't her idea and tried to throw Chase under the bus.

Probst asked Kelly what her 20 years of wisdom told her about the situation:  "My twenty years of wisdom, yeah.  I think that....Um....I'm learning things!"  I suspect Kelly took a special, shortish bus to school.  Chances are it was purple.

The votes went in and everyone with the exception of clueless Kelly and her queen voted for Brenda.

Next week:  Kellie reveals what she has learned...hot fire can burn things!  Next week on...Survivorfest!