Post by BCandScott on Oct 22, 2006 10:57:37 GMT -5
Plan Voodoo
Returning from tribal council, Cristina is obviously upset. Adam says he let her know before that she was annoying. She says he didn't do anything but snap at her. Brad admits that Adam does snap at her. Adam stands his ground saying that it's just the way it is. Cristina says she will get over it but she is definitely hurt.
Aitu, Day 15. Ozzy is fishing and keep the tribe pretty much fed. He says he can catch about 10 fish in an hour. Jonathan is in awe of Ozzy saying he can hold his breath for about 2 1/2 minutes or something crazy like that and that he's very strong, a big asset to the tribe, but at the same time he is a huge threat in the individual game.
Yul reads the reward poem:
This head to head match
Needs a well-balanced team.
To win your first feast,
You'll kick and you'll scream.
Everyone's eyes light up at the prospect of a "feast". They discuss the idea that this is a reward challenge and therefore, there is no need to bring the immunity idol. Cao Boi isn't happy about that as he feels the idol has a spirituality factor involved in it and that the tribe should never be without it when it is in their possession. He says if carrying it is what bothers them, then he will carry it to the challenges but he is adamant it should go with them. Jonathan explains to him that bringing it to a reward challenge may be perceived by the other tribe as "sticking it in their face." Cao Boi says he really doesn't care what the others think, but he now gives in saying "to hell with it. Have it your way." He definitely rubs his tribe the wrong way with this.
Jeff tells them that the challenge is going to be physical. Each tribe must select three people who will sit holding on to a post in the sand. Their job is to stay there, no matter what. Two members from the other tribe will race out to these posts and attempt to physically remove that person from the post and drag them to the finish line. The post sitter must be brought to the finish line and must touch the finish mat in order for them to be out of the challenge. The first tribe to accomplish dragging all three of the post sitters for the opposing tribe to the finish line wins reward.
The reward has good news and bad news. The winning tribe will feast on lamb and apple cider. (I'm not sure why lamb and apple cider. Is this a Cook Islands specialty? They have sheep there?) The bad news is they will eat this feast at tribal council. Both tribes must vote someone out. Somehow, this seems like an unfair Survivor trick. I mean, you win, you should win. In this case, you win, you go to tribal council and vote someone off, then eat while the other tribe is drooling and voting one of their members off. It just takes away from the idea of winning a challenge to me. First and foremost, losing numbers is more critical than a lamb feast when it comes to the reality of why they are all there to begin with. The ultimate goal is NOT to finish with a full belly, but to finish as the last one standing. Keeping your allies with you is more important than eating, especially in a season where nobody is really going hungry. Ozzy's fishing skills have certainly kept his tribe flush with protein and there appears to be a lot of fruit and octopus around to keep everyone fed so that food is not the primary concern to these tribes. Not even the benefit of watching the opposing tribe have tribal council does not take the sting out of being forced to vote out a member, in my opinion.
On the posts for Aitu: Candace, Ozzy, Sundra. Cao Boi sits out to even up the tribes. On the post for Raro: Cristina, Nate and Jenny. Becky and Jessica go after Jenny first, while Rebecca and Pavarti go after Candace. Jenny is soon pulled off her post, but puts up quite a fight about being dragged through the sand. Candace is pulled off the post but fights back and manages to get hold of it again.
Jonathan and Yul go after Nate. Candace is still holding off Rebecca and Pavarti. Nate fights hard but the two men are still able to overpower him. Nate is over the line and Aitu heads out after Cristina. Jessica and Becky go after her just as Candace is finally pulled across the finish line. Brad and Adam pull Ozzy off the post but he is making them work for every inch of ground they cover. Cristina tries to pull Jessica's pants off. Cristina is using some of her police training but Jeff has to remind them "no choking." Finally Ozzy is overcome and Pavarti and Jessica go back after Sundra. Cristina is off the post but kicking, pulling hair, using every means possible to not be moved across that line but eventually Becky and Jessica manage to get her over the line and Aitu wins reward. They will go to tribal council first and vote someone out and then they will eat their feast while the Raro tribe votes out a member. Jeff adds there will be one other surprise to be revealed at tribal council.
Aitu is thrilled with having won. Sundra says she is so proud because they prevailed in a physical challenge. Jessica says she never wrestled a cop before. She says that Cristina was pulling her hair and trying to pull her clothes off which was a little uncalled for. She adds it was a great day but now someone must be voted off and that is sad.
Cao Boi has a dream. In the dream there were people coming into the camp and kidnapping people. They had a rope and they could wrap it around them and fly real quick and poof, they became invisible and so Cao Boi couldn't defeat them. He relates this dream to Yul. He says there was a shaman lady who had all these credit card applications and she asked him if he had an American Express card. He says he asked her what would he need it for and she said because he needed three of this and three of that. This made him realize that they needed six votes, three and three, to force out the hidden immunity idol. He says he woke up and thought "whoa, Plan Voodoo."
Cao Boi believes that Jonathan has the hidden immunity idol. He tells Yul they can force it out into the open by voting three votes for Jonathan and three votes for Candace (just in case she is the one who has it.) There will be a tie and whichever one of them has the idol will be forced to use it, taking it out of the game. Of course, Yul actually has the idol but he has told Cao Boi he does not. Also, Cao Boi mistakenly believes that Yul is on his little group and therefore will want to get rid of one of the strong players in "the other" alliance, so Plan Voodoo accomplishes two goals. Yul says he thinks the plan is ingenious but that since he has the idol, he knows it wouldn't work. Cao Boi is assuming that if they merge the Caucasians will have too many members and will automatically stick with their original tribe group.
Nate is sad about losing the challenge but he is out fishing and gets another octopus. He says he doesn't need lamb. Cristina is really nervous because of the things said about her at the last tribal council. She goes to Brad and asks him to give her another chance. She goes then to various other members and begs them for another chance to prove herself. She even asks Adam to let her stay. The others perceive her as trying to turn them against each other. People are saying, sure, we'll give you another chance, but they are walking away from her looking extremely uncomfortable. Nate seems to be swayed just a little, thinking maybe Jenny is a bigger threat. He says Cristina is strong but she is not well liked. Jenny is sweet but he isn't sure he can trust her.
Jessica and Cao Boi are stretching out each other's backs. Jonathan talks to Yul about voting Cao Boi off. His odd little quirks like wanting to take the idol everywhere have irritated Jonathan and he thinks he's more problem than he is worth. Sundra says that Cao Boi has this theory that the white alliance is going to stick together against everyone. However, the women are bothered in some ways by Jonathan because he seems to try very hard to make eye contact with everyone, to bond with them in that way and it seems over done to them. Yul says he's in a tight alliance with Becky, Jonathan, Candace and Sundra but he's not sure now because the girls seem to want to vote Jonathan off. He admits that Jonathan plays the game very hard and that some of the suspicions the girls have are rubbing off on him.
Meanwhile, Cao Boi keeps running to everyone asking if Plan Voodoo is in effect. Yul says he feels very bad about having to lie to people and that he didn't mean to make everyone think he was in an alliance with them. Jessica says she doesn't think everyone is going for Plan Voodoo. Cao Boi says not to worry. She points out the others are all cloistered having a discussion without them. He says they are just discussing things and that he trusts them all. He believes Plan Voodoo is solid and in effect.
Jonathan says he'll be shocked if he's voted off that night.
Aitu arrives at tribal council with the immunity idol. Jeff asks why they brought it with them and Cao Boi says because they no longer have immunity, they are voting someone out. Jeff tells him that he hasn't asked for it back. Cao Boi says that the idol then is just another member of their tribe. Jeff asks what the deal is with the idol. They bring it to challenges where they don't need it and they have brought it to tribal council where they don't need it. Ozzy says that Cao Boi feels very connected to it and wants to bring it everywhere. Others don't care. Some are dead set against it (we see Jonathan nodding).
Jeff asks Yul to tell him about Cao Boi. Yul says that Cao Boi is a mixture of shaman, cheerleader, fire tender, and that he is very loyal in his way. Yul says he doesn't fully understand him, because he has his own perspective on things. Cao Boi says that once people get to know him, they usually understand him.
Jeff asks about leadership in the tribe and Yul says that Jonathan and Cao Boi are probably the most vocal. He adds that Jonathan is sort of a natural leader, being very good about articulating his position. Jonathan says he hopes he's not perceived as patronizing and it's not like what he says goes.
Ozzy says that it's very hard to vote tonight because the tribe is jelling well. Cao Boi says that he is looking down the road, trying to get a clearer picture with his vote. He says it's like a chess game and he admits to Jeff that his vote is an attempt to expose the hidden immunity idol (the queen in the chess game.)
Jessica votes for Jonathan
Cao Boi votes for Candace
Sundra, Yul, Becky, Ozzy, Jonathan and Candace vote for Cao Boi.
Cao Boi says he should have known better than to trust everyone. He says he has often found that he is least understood within the Asian community and he knew that at the beginning but he let his guard down and began to trust them.
The remaining tribe members move over to the jury area. The Raro tribe comes in for their tribal council. Candace is blowing kisses to Adam and mouthing "I love you," to him as the Aitu tribe is served lamb shanks and apple cider. Jeff asks Raro what they think of seeing the other tribe enjoying the feast and Cao Boi being gone. Adam says the feast doesn't bother him, he really doesn't like lamb and they have plenty of food at camp. Nate is very quiet and Jeff asks him about that and he says that it smells really good over there, but he has an octopus dinner.
Jeff reminds Raro that they have been losing most of the challenges. Adam says that they know that but that today, Candace wore out Pavarti and Jenny on the first round of the challenge and it just ended up that way. Candace continues to mouth "I love you" at Adam and he grins back at her. It's incredibly weird.
Brad admits that despite their physical strength, it's possible that Aitu is a stronger tribe but that it doesn't all come down to one challenge and that they are all busting their asses around camp and are working really hard at getting along with everyone. Jenny says that when they got back to camp after the last tribal council where Cristina was told she was annoying, Cristina was very hurt and angry, but sometimes things have to come out. Cristina says she was bothered because she thought that her tribemates were her friends. Adam says that Cristina worked really hard in today's challenge. He says he never felt she didn't work hard, just that her personality clashed with some of the rest of the tribe.
Jeff then announces the twist. Aitu is going to kidnap one member of the Raro tribe. That person will be immune at the council. They will get food from the feast. They will live with Aitu until the next reward challenge. Aitu confers and agrees to kidnap Nate. I think this was stupid. They could have kidnapped Cristina, who was pretty much an obvious target, and thrown the other tribe into disarray, forcing them to vote without being able to confer about who it would be. Aitu definitely missed an opportunity to hurt Raro with this choice.
Nate is presented with a plate of food and he begins to eat. Jeff does the hidden immunity idol speech and the tribe votes. Before the votes are read, Aitu is sent back to camp.
Adam, Rebecca, Jenny and Pavarti vote for Cristina.
Cristina and Brad vote for Jenny.
Jeff says they got rid of JP because they didn't trust him, they got rid of Stephanie because her heart wasn't in it, and they got rid of Cristina because she didn't fit in. He tells them to get their torches and head back to camp.
Next week, Nate causes stress for Aitu. Yul is concerned that Jessica brings up the fact that she was out of the loop on the vote in front of Nate. Ozzy's stock goes up because of his survival skills and someone on exile island takes a beating in a really bad storm.
Returning from tribal council, Cristina is obviously upset. Adam says he let her know before that she was annoying. She says he didn't do anything but snap at her. Brad admits that Adam does snap at her. Adam stands his ground saying that it's just the way it is. Cristina says she will get over it but she is definitely hurt.
Aitu, Day 15. Ozzy is fishing and keep the tribe pretty much fed. He says he can catch about 10 fish in an hour. Jonathan is in awe of Ozzy saying he can hold his breath for about 2 1/2 minutes or something crazy like that and that he's very strong, a big asset to the tribe, but at the same time he is a huge threat in the individual game.
Yul reads the reward poem:
This head to head match
Needs a well-balanced team.
To win your first feast,
You'll kick and you'll scream.
Everyone's eyes light up at the prospect of a "feast". They discuss the idea that this is a reward challenge and therefore, there is no need to bring the immunity idol. Cao Boi isn't happy about that as he feels the idol has a spirituality factor involved in it and that the tribe should never be without it when it is in their possession. He says if carrying it is what bothers them, then he will carry it to the challenges but he is adamant it should go with them. Jonathan explains to him that bringing it to a reward challenge may be perceived by the other tribe as "sticking it in their face." Cao Boi says he really doesn't care what the others think, but he now gives in saying "to hell with it. Have it your way." He definitely rubs his tribe the wrong way with this.
Jeff tells them that the challenge is going to be physical. Each tribe must select three people who will sit holding on to a post in the sand. Their job is to stay there, no matter what. Two members from the other tribe will race out to these posts and attempt to physically remove that person from the post and drag them to the finish line. The post sitter must be brought to the finish line and must touch the finish mat in order for them to be out of the challenge. The first tribe to accomplish dragging all three of the post sitters for the opposing tribe to the finish line wins reward.
The reward has good news and bad news. The winning tribe will feast on lamb and apple cider. (I'm not sure why lamb and apple cider. Is this a Cook Islands specialty? They have sheep there?) The bad news is they will eat this feast at tribal council. Both tribes must vote someone out. Somehow, this seems like an unfair Survivor trick. I mean, you win, you should win. In this case, you win, you go to tribal council and vote someone off, then eat while the other tribe is drooling and voting one of their members off. It just takes away from the idea of winning a challenge to me. First and foremost, losing numbers is more critical than a lamb feast when it comes to the reality of why they are all there to begin with. The ultimate goal is NOT to finish with a full belly, but to finish as the last one standing. Keeping your allies with you is more important than eating, especially in a season where nobody is really going hungry. Ozzy's fishing skills have certainly kept his tribe flush with protein and there appears to be a lot of fruit and octopus around to keep everyone fed so that food is not the primary concern to these tribes. Not even the benefit of watching the opposing tribe have tribal council does not take the sting out of being forced to vote out a member, in my opinion.
On the posts for Aitu: Candace, Ozzy, Sundra. Cao Boi sits out to even up the tribes. On the post for Raro: Cristina, Nate and Jenny. Becky and Jessica go after Jenny first, while Rebecca and Pavarti go after Candace. Jenny is soon pulled off her post, but puts up quite a fight about being dragged through the sand. Candace is pulled off the post but fights back and manages to get hold of it again.
Jonathan and Yul go after Nate. Candace is still holding off Rebecca and Pavarti. Nate fights hard but the two men are still able to overpower him. Nate is over the line and Aitu heads out after Cristina. Jessica and Becky go after her just as Candace is finally pulled across the finish line. Brad and Adam pull Ozzy off the post but he is making them work for every inch of ground they cover. Cristina tries to pull Jessica's pants off. Cristina is using some of her police training but Jeff has to remind them "no choking." Finally Ozzy is overcome and Pavarti and Jessica go back after Sundra. Cristina is off the post but kicking, pulling hair, using every means possible to not be moved across that line but eventually Becky and Jessica manage to get her over the line and Aitu wins reward. They will go to tribal council first and vote someone out and then they will eat their feast while the Raro tribe votes out a member. Jeff adds there will be one other surprise to be revealed at tribal council.
Aitu is thrilled with having won. Sundra says she is so proud because they prevailed in a physical challenge. Jessica says she never wrestled a cop before. She says that Cristina was pulling her hair and trying to pull her clothes off which was a little uncalled for. She adds it was a great day but now someone must be voted off and that is sad.
Cao Boi has a dream. In the dream there were people coming into the camp and kidnapping people. They had a rope and they could wrap it around them and fly real quick and poof, they became invisible and so Cao Boi couldn't defeat them. He relates this dream to Yul. He says there was a shaman lady who had all these credit card applications and she asked him if he had an American Express card. He says he asked her what would he need it for and she said because he needed three of this and three of that. This made him realize that they needed six votes, three and three, to force out the hidden immunity idol. He says he woke up and thought "whoa, Plan Voodoo."
Cao Boi believes that Jonathan has the hidden immunity idol. He tells Yul they can force it out into the open by voting three votes for Jonathan and three votes for Candace (just in case she is the one who has it.) There will be a tie and whichever one of them has the idol will be forced to use it, taking it out of the game. Of course, Yul actually has the idol but he has told Cao Boi he does not. Also, Cao Boi mistakenly believes that Yul is on his little group and therefore will want to get rid of one of the strong players in "the other" alliance, so Plan Voodoo accomplishes two goals. Yul says he thinks the plan is ingenious but that since he has the idol, he knows it wouldn't work. Cao Boi is assuming that if they merge the Caucasians will have too many members and will automatically stick with their original tribe group.
Nate is sad about losing the challenge but he is out fishing and gets another octopus. He says he doesn't need lamb. Cristina is really nervous because of the things said about her at the last tribal council. She goes to Brad and asks him to give her another chance. She goes then to various other members and begs them for another chance to prove herself. She even asks Adam to let her stay. The others perceive her as trying to turn them against each other. People are saying, sure, we'll give you another chance, but they are walking away from her looking extremely uncomfortable. Nate seems to be swayed just a little, thinking maybe Jenny is a bigger threat. He says Cristina is strong but she is not well liked. Jenny is sweet but he isn't sure he can trust her.
Jessica and Cao Boi are stretching out each other's backs. Jonathan talks to Yul about voting Cao Boi off. His odd little quirks like wanting to take the idol everywhere have irritated Jonathan and he thinks he's more problem than he is worth. Sundra says that Cao Boi has this theory that the white alliance is going to stick together against everyone. However, the women are bothered in some ways by Jonathan because he seems to try very hard to make eye contact with everyone, to bond with them in that way and it seems over done to them. Yul says he's in a tight alliance with Becky, Jonathan, Candace and Sundra but he's not sure now because the girls seem to want to vote Jonathan off. He admits that Jonathan plays the game very hard and that some of the suspicions the girls have are rubbing off on him.
Meanwhile, Cao Boi keeps running to everyone asking if Plan Voodoo is in effect. Yul says he feels very bad about having to lie to people and that he didn't mean to make everyone think he was in an alliance with them. Jessica says she doesn't think everyone is going for Plan Voodoo. Cao Boi says not to worry. She points out the others are all cloistered having a discussion without them. He says they are just discussing things and that he trusts them all. He believes Plan Voodoo is solid and in effect.
Jonathan says he'll be shocked if he's voted off that night.
Aitu arrives at tribal council with the immunity idol. Jeff asks why they brought it with them and Cao Boi says because they no longer have immunity, they are voting someone out. Jeff tells him that he hasn't asked for it back. Cao Boi says that the idol then is just another member of their tribe. Jeff asks what the deal is with the idol. They bring it to challenges where they don't need it and they have brought it to tribal council where they don't need it. Ozzy says that Cao Boi feels very connected to it and wants to bring it everywhere. Others don't care. Some are dead set against it (we see Jonathan nodding).
Jeff asks Yul to tell him about Cao Boi. Yul says that Cao Boi is a mixture of shaman, cheerleader, fire tender, and that he is very loyal in his way. Yul says he doesn't fully understand him, because he has his own perspective on things. Cao Boi says that once people get to know him, they usually understand him.
Jeff asks about leadership in the tribe and Yul says that Jonathan and Cao Boi are probably the most vocal. He adds that Jonathan is sort of a natural leader, being very good about articulating his position. Jonathan says he hopes he's not perceived as patronizing and it's not like what he says goes.
Ozzy says that it's very hard to vote tonight because the tribe is jelling well. Cao Boi says that he is looking down the road, trying to get a clearer picture with his vote. He says it's like a chess game and he admits to Jeff that his vote is an attempt to expose the hidden immunity idol (the queen in the chess game.)
Jessica votes for Jonathan
Cao Boi votes for Candace
Sundra, Yul, Becky, Ozzy, Jonathan and Candace vote for Cao Boi.
Cao Boi says he should have known better than to trust everyone. He says he has often found that he is least understood within the Asian community and he knew that at the beginning but he let his guard down and began to trust them.
The remaining tribe members move over to the jury area. The Raro tribe comes in for their tribal council. Candace is blowing kisses to Adam and mouthing "I love you," to him as the Aitu tribe is served lamb shanks and apple cider. Jeff asks Raro what they think of seeing the other tribe enjoying the feast and Cao Boi being gone. Adam says the feast doesn't bother him, he really doesn't like lamb and they have plenty of food at camp. Nate is very quiet and Jeff asks him about that and he says that it smells really good over there, but he has an octopus dinner.
Jeff reminds Raro that they have been losing most of the challenges. Adam says that they know that but that today, Candace wore out Pavarti and Jenny on the first round of the challenge and it just ended up that way. Candace continues to mouth "I love you" at Adam and he grins back at her. It's incredibly weird.
Brad admits that despite their physical strength, it's possible that Aitu is a stronger tribe but that it doesn't all come down to one challenge and that they are all busting their asses around camp and are working really hard at getting along with everyone. Jenny says that when they got back to camp after the last tribal council where Cristina was told she was annoying, Cristina was very hurt and angry, but sometimes things have to come out. Cristina says she was bothered because she thought that her tribemates were her friends. Adam says that Cristina worked really hard in today's challenge. He says he never felt she didn't work hard, just that her personality clashed with some of the rest of the tribe.
Jeff then announces the twist. Aitu is going to kidnap one member of the Raro tribe. That person will be immune at the council. They will get food from the feast. They will live with Aitu until the next reward challenge. Aitu confers and agrees to kidnap Nate. I think this was stupid. They could have kidnapped Cristina, who was pretty much an obvious target, and thrown the other tribe into disarray, forcing them to vote without being able to confer about who it would be. Aitu definitely missed an opportunity to hurt Raro with this choice.
Nate is presented with a plate of food and he begins to eat. Jeff does the hidden immunity idol speech and the tribe votes. Before the votes are read, Aitu is sent back to camp.
Adam, Rebecca, Jenny and Pavarti vote for Cristina.
Cristina and Brad vote for Jenny.
Jeff says they got rid of JP because they didn't trust him, they got rid of Stephanie because her heart wasn't in it, and they got rid of Cristina because she didn't fit in. He tells them to get their torches and head back to camp.
Next week, Nate causes stress for Aitu. Yul is concerned that Jessica brings up the fact that she was out of the loop on the vote in front of Nate. Ozzy's stock goes up because of his survival skills and someone on exile island takes a beating in a really bad storm.
