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| Eighteen players venture to Samoa to outwit, outplay, and outlast in the classic game of survival for a million dollars - ON THE SAME BEACH. Eighteen castaways, 39 days... only ONE Survivor! Recaps by Chico Alexander & Chris Wolvie, GSNN
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Perception Is Not
Always Reality/Reunion (Tikiano) Five contestants, four ultimate losers, three days, two Tribals, one million bucks on the line! Time to wrap up this twenty-fourth Survivor! Although, personally, I don't know why I have to do this, since the last of my original tribe is gone. Care to explain, Chico? (C-Note: Because... because... AMERICA! That's why!) Uhhhh...okay...(sighs)...all right, let's get this estrogen-fest over with! NIGHT 36: SALANI STANDS TALL...WELL, THEY STAND, ANYWAY... The final five females feel fantastic from finally felling the feral fellows that fought fearlessly only to furiously fail to the femme fatales. (I swear, that's as much illiteration as I'll EVER put in a recap!) Now, Kim, Chelsea, Christina, Alicia and Sabrina arrive at One World Beach and reflect on how their experience has changed since they were cold and wet on Day 1. Alicia is feeling a LITTLE regretful for knocking Tarzan out...but she IS happy that a woman will be winning this game. She thinks that she, Kim and Christina will stick together and KO Sabina and Chelsea. Kim says it best before they turn in: "May the best woman win." DAY 37: TREE-MAIL! Sabrina and Kim pick up the package for the penultimate Immunity Challenge and, as they walk back, they talk about who should go next. Sabrina thinks Alicia...but Kim thinks Chelsea will get more Jury votes should she make the Final Three. Kim finds it hard NOT to take Christina to the last day. And Sabrina...suddenly feels vunerable. But, anyway, here's the Tree-Mail:
Hmm...interesting. Alicia says to the camera, "Please, Chelsea, I hope you suck today." IMMUNITY CHALLENGE: BALANCE BEAM MAZE "C'mon in, guys," seems a LITTLE out of place now, but Uncle Jeff says it just the same to bring the last Survivors into Challenge Clearing. Alicia gives back the Immunity Necklace and we get to the Challenge. The first part is a balance beam maze. If you fall off the beam at any time, you have to go back to the beginning. At the end, a rope net has five bags of puzzle pieces (in your color) which you must collect. Then the puzzle pieces must be assembled and the words ON said puzzle will give you clues to three numbers. Once you have the numbers, race to the top and work out a combination lock using said numbers. First woman to do so and raise her flag has a 25% shot at the million bucks. The others have a 25% shot at being only the second female on the Jury. They're at the gate (no, literally, they start behind gates which they have to open by untying ropes...Jeff forgot to mention that)... "Survivors, ready...GO!" Aaaaand, they're off in the Survivor Derby! The ladies get to the gates and get to untying. Kim is the first to get the knots gone but the board that holds the gate in is still in place. This lets Christina out onto the balance board maze first, Kim right behind. Sabrina, Chelsea and Alicia follow. Christina finds a dead end and slips off the maze, going back to the beginning (which might be a sound strategy, really). Kim is next to slip off. Chelsea follows Alicia to the very end of the course, allowing them to race to the net. As Kim retraces her steps, Chelsea (yellow) and Alicia (red) start untying the bags from the net. Sabrina (sky blue) starts on her bags when Jeff informs Alicia that she's untying the WRONG color of bags. Christina (orange) and Kim (green) finally finish the maze and get to the netting...just as Chelsea grabs her five bags and slides down to the puzzle stage. Sabrina is right behind her, followed by Kim, Alicia and, bringing up the rear, Christina. The pieces are many and all polygonal. The five girls dump all the pieces out and get to work on it...which is no easy task in the least. Some words are able to be made out...but the puzzle MUST be finished before moving on. Alicia, Chelsea and Kim get about halfway done before Sabrina can even get a FEW pieces. And Christina...she makes progress but not as much as the others. Alicia then starts to fall behind...and Kim starts sprint-placing the pieces and finishes the puzzle first. The puzzle has a number of skulls and spears and these words on top:.
Kim carefully counts the words and skulls (hopefully including the steer skulls on the sides) and, just as Alicia finishes her puzzle, races up the platforms to the combination lock. She works the numbers and pulls on the stick to release the flag...but it doesn't budge. She tries again...nothing. Alicia thinks she has it and climbs just as Chelsea finishes. After a few more tries, Kim and Alicia head back down to recount. As Chelsea counts the skulls (including the steer ones), Kim heads back up with Chelsea on her heels and Alicia not that far behind. Sabrina and Christina...fuggetabatit! More blown numbers by Kim Chelsea gets the right numbers - 20 words, 21 skulls, 42 pieces - but not the right order. Kim tries 21-42-20... ...and the green flag goes up! KIM WINS IMMUNITY!! Uncle Jeff places the Immunity Necklace on Kim for the third time in four Challenges...and informs everyone else that one of them WILL be in the Jury as of tonight. AFTERNOON 37: SPLITTING THE UPTIGHT Kim is happy to have Immunity yet again...but is a little awed at all the options open to her for tonight's Council. And it's terrifying: "every one I send home can make a difference," she says. But the first one she speaks to alone is Chelsea. Chelsea's idea is to take out Alicia tonight and Christina tomorrow. Kim's two options for the Final Three are her, Chelsea and Christina...and her, Christina and anyone BUT Chelsea. Chelsea admires Kim for playing the game VERY well; she feels comfortable that Kim will have her back tonight. She tells Kim that they can plan to have them vote for HER...and then Kim hands the Individual Immunity Idol to her (FORGOT that Kim had a 3I, right?) and, thus, Chelsea's votes will be gone. Kim is now wishing Chelsea DIDN'T know about her 3I. Next she speaks to Sabrina, whom she tells wants Alicia gone first. Sabrina has zero problem with that. Alicia looks up from sunbathing to see them...and lies back down feeling that Kim wouldn't betray her trust. Kim then tells the Alicia and Christina than it's CHELSEA being tossed tonight. So...things are set up for either Chelsea or Alicia to be blindsided by Kim at... TRIBAL COUNCIL: EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOU I GO "BLINDSIDE" Tikiano enters the Council Hutch of Doom...Uncle Jeff directs them to the bench...Jonas, Michael, Jay, Leif, Troyzan, Kim and a still quite-hairy Tarzan sit the the Jury box...more eyes are judging than being judged right now. Alicia thinks that, for being so close to the end of this ride, there wasn't a lot of scrambling back at camp after the Challenge. Chelsea agrees, feeling it's easier to talk one-on-one with so few tribemates. But, she adds, there's quiet paranoia because they can see the light at the end of the tunnel...and each one is HOPING it's not an oncoming train. Uncle Jeff asks Kim how it feels being the "power vote" of tonight's Council and she says it's tough: she likes all the women and she (and everyone else) also have to think about tomorrow and the final day. When asked what's important in keeping someone or letting her go, she says loyalty (which makes Kat's eyes roll) but, when prompted to go into detail as to why that's so tough if the Girls Alliance was a success, she adds that it's about self-perception and how others look at her. She also admits her heart gets in the way of her head sometimes, which makes decision-making even MORE difficult. Then Unlce Jeff asks everyone but Kim if there's anything they want to say to Kim concerning her vote. Alicia feels she's been with Kim since Day 1 and doesn't need to beg (which causes MIKE to roll HIS eyes). Sabrina is fine. Christina is confident in Kim's decision. Chelsea, however, warns Kim that this vote could either gain or lose respect for her from the Jury. Kim agrees with that but, in the end, she needs to make her own decision and hope for the best. Kim's immune (again) so no votes for her. It is time to vote. Christina, Chelsea ("Alicia,...I hope it's you and not me"), Sabrina, Alicia ("Chelsea, you'll be just fine") and Kim scratch down their votes. Uncle Jeff takes his time tallying (and rearranging) the votes. He then asks for 3Is, reminding them that this is the LAST NIGHT to cash them in. We know that Kim has the only one...but will she give it to someone else...or leave it to rot? Kim stays quiet. The 3I she has is useless now. Uncle Jeff reads the votes: Chelsea... Alicia... Chelsea... Alicia... ...and Kim votes for... Alicia! "Wow," is all the Chicago special ed teacher can mutter as she stands and gets her torch to be snuffed. Kat says it best: "She backstabbed me AND Alicia." And, as she walks down the Path of Shame, Jeff reminds the other girls that tomorrow will be the FINAL Immunity Challenge...and the last chance to stay off the Jury and have a shot at a million bucks.. NIGHT 37: WHO'S OUT NEXT? As soon as they return, Kim apologizes to Christina for lying about how close Kim and Alicia were...because Christina was TOTALLY surprised by this vote. She thinks she's "on the outs" but hopes Kim will think about keeping her in the Final Three instead of Sabrina. She admits to "coattailing" and knows many think she doesn't belong...but things change daily so... Chelsea and Kim feel they'll cry of Christina gets the last Immunity. Chelsea is relieved to still be there thanks to Kim. Now the two have to decide which of the OTHER two to take to the Final Three. Sabrina might be dangerous to their chances...and Christina will probably sound like a joke in front of the Jury. Kim smiles and says, "We're gonna do this...it's gonna be fun." DAY 38: WHO LIKES LONG WALKS ON THE BEACH? Christina grabs the last note and walks back to camp, determined to win Immunity today and NOT be "mediocre" again. Back at camp, the OTHER girls don't want it to be a "do or die" for Christina. The girls gather to read this important missive:
Ah, the usual "Rite of Passage" walk. The girls head out and find the trail, pausing at every torch to pick up the nameplate and reminisce. Kourtney, the girl who busted her wrist by not falling like she was told SEVERAL TIMES to do; Nina, the elder lady who helped build their pitiful shelter into something mildly inhabitable; Matt, the chicken-grabber who felt his "wings were clipped" way too soon; Bill, the comedian who brought hope to Manono in dark times; Monica, the mother of three who was happy to do something for herself; Ol' King Colton, the guy who was "one of the girls" and a HUGE player in the game until his appendix decided to end his reign; Jonas, the cook and good friend who kept his cool despite lack of sleep and pain; Michael, who played open and honest and still didn't win; Jay, who learned to keep an open mind and a positive outlook; Leif, small in stature and huge in heart; Troy"zan", who got everything he set out to do in this game done EXCEPT winning the million; Kat, the true definition of a "dumb blonde" who says she's grown in the month she's been on the island; "Tarzan" (aka Greg), who grew on them despite his idiosyncrasies and is proud to be the "last man standing"; and Alicia, the girl who walked on a beach in high heels but who left loving who she really is. The girls reach the bonfire, place the nameplates amid the stacked logs and light it up. They say good-bye to the ones who fell so that THEY could go on...and then they WENT on to the final... IMMUNITY CHALLENGE: OPERATION BALANCE BUILD The Final Four come across Final Challenge Clearing, the sun shining, the wind lightly blowing and Uncle Jeff smiling as he takes the Immunity Necklace from Kim, anxious to see who will were it for the last time in this version of the game. The Challenge is as such: each person grabs a small bowl with a stick-grabber and maneuver it through a vertical wire maze. Once out, the bowl is them placed on a small platform ATTACHED to the maze and then get the next one. Each bowl must be balanced on the others before moving on. As if THAT wasn't hard enough, the maze and platform are attached to a spring on the bottom; if you touch the maze too hard, the bowls may fall off, forcing them to start all over again. The first woman to have all ten bowls balanced on that platform will be in the Final Three...while the others will be the final three that may be voted out of the game. SO worth playing for! "Survivors, ready...GO!" Being fast is crucial...but being CAREFUL is important as well, as even the SLIGHTEST nudge against the maze will cause the entire structure to sway on that spring. Kim seems to be doing bother fairly well; the maze only sways a bit as she's the first to get the bowl through. Christina and Alicia get theirs through just as Kim begins her second. And Sabrina...she finishes her first as Kim finishes her SECOND...so it's not likely she's gonna win unless somebody tips their stack over. Kim drops her third mid-maze as Christina finishes her second, making them neck-and-neck out of nowhere. Kim again takes the slight lead after three bowls are placed. Chelsea drops HER third, putting her further behind. And Sabrina...she drops her second JUST as it comes out of the maze. We shan't be speaking of her for the rest of this Challenge. Kim sets #4 on her fairly-wobbly platform seconds before Christina places HERS on her fairly-stable platform. It stays that close through #5 through #8; with Chelsea barely at #6, Kim and Chelsea fight for the win as they each grab #9. The wind starts pick up a bit, swaying Christina's structure a fair bit. She pauses and waits for things to settle before moving #9 along, allowing Kim to zip her way through the maze. She places it on top...and it looks like Pisa on a stick from a distance. Still, she leads as she grabs the last bowl. As she starts down the track, Christina finishes HER ninth and places it nice and straight before heading back for #10. Kim takes a bit more time with this last one, not wanting to jostle the maze even the slightest lest she blows her chance. She nudges a rim with the bowl...but she stops and waits for the structure to settle before continuing. She gets it out...she mounts the steps...she moves the bowl above the other nine...she places it carefully...she pulls the grabber away... ...and the tower stands! One more time, KIM WINS IMMUNITY!! KIM'S IN THE FINAL THREE!!! With the Necklace back around her neck, Kim gets to go to the Final Tribal Council and plead her case ot the Jury. But, FIRST, she will be instrumental in deciding who will be WITH her tomorrow night and who will be the last member OF said Jury to WHICH she'll plead her case. A lot to think about as she leads the girls back to camp. AFTERNOON 38: WHO TO LEAVE IN, WHO TO LEAVE OUT... To say Kim is releaved to have Immunity again is an understatement. For the first time in a while, she is EXCITED to go to Tribal. But one person will NOT be excited...and that's Christina. When Kim approaches her and is asked by her to just come out and say it, Kim admits that she'll be the last one to go. Surprisingly, she seems fine with it. "Is it what it is," she says. The two girls hug, certain of no hard feelings between them. Christina's happy she made it this far and just wants to have an enjoyable and peaceful final day on One World Beach. Kim, meanwhile, tells Chelsea about the conversation. And Kim is a LITTLE perplexed about it...and is starting to re-think sending Christina home. She doesn't think Christina could get any Jury votes...unlike Sabrina. What to do, what to do... TRIBAL COUNCIL: UNSTOPPABLE...KIM, POSSIBLE? With Alicia in the Jury Box with the others waiting to see who will be the last among them, Tikiano gets set for this penultimate Council. Again, Kim comments on how quiet and non-scrambled things were at camp. Sabrina added that everyone seemed to know what was going to happen...so nobody felt the need to scramble. Chelsa said it was cut-and-dry who was leaving. When Uncle Jeff prods, Christina spills that it's HER going home tonight. The other three were set in an alliance since 37 days ago...so she knows she's on the outs.. Jeff wonders WHY Christina's knowing this fact didn't MEAN scrambling to try to break-up the Girls Alliance? She says she COULD have convinced Kim and Chelsea that Sabrina wasn't worthy and didn't do well in Challenges...but why bother when they were so tight with each other? Sabrina's not too surprised to she Christina "lay down"; she thinks Christina didn't COME to win. If Sabrina knew her name was being bantered about for elimination, she would've been scrambling today. Jeff is still confused as to why Christina doesn't fight this since some unlikely people have WON this game in the past. Christina shakes her head, saying she just CAN'T fight an alliance this strong. Kim says she would fight were she in Christina's position...and that "things aren't as clear as they seem". This makes Chelsea and Sabrina turn the heads as if to say, "Say WHAT?!" It is time to vote...though it seems like just a formality. Jeff says, though, it could be a "million-dollar mistake". Still, Christina (who chooses Sabrina because she STILL doesn't think she deserves it), Chelsea, Sabrina (who felt Christina didn't know how to play this game) and Kim write out their vote. Jeff tallies and reads them: Sabrina... Christina... Christina... ...and Christina, No surprise. By a 3-1 vote, Christina will be going back to Hollywood thinking about what might've been. But she leaves with a smile, knowing she'll see the others tomorrow night. Uncle Jeff tells Kim, Chelsea and Sabrina that they have gone as far as they can go on their own...and their fate now lays in the hands of nine people they helped get rid of since the Merge. So...have a good final night in the South Pacific...and see you back here in 24 hours. DAY 39: ONE LAST TIME FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE Sabrina's...rather emotional this morning, glad to have got this far and thankful for all God has given to her these past 39 days. She was laid off from a teaching position before coming on the show and she wanted to teach kids to aspire for more than what they see in Brooklyn. But, she says, she can't stay that way for the rest of the day. She needs to get her game face on for the Final Tribal since it is still ANYBODY's game in her mind; everyone has their strong points that they need to make clear tonight. The Final Three walk to Tree-Mail one last time (and Kim plans to beg for mercy since she has "no boobs left") and they find a final feast awaiting them with fruit, bread, eggs and mammosa ingredients on ice. Chelsea is shocked to have made it this far. Her father said he'd be proud of her even if she had been the first one out. She knows that the million bucks is the goal of the game but...she found a BIGGER prize in the adventure, friendships and memories to pass on. Kim isn't exactly lacking, either. She got divorced just before showing up on One World. She amazed herself as to how she went from weeping divorcee to quick-decision maker during these five-and-a-half weeks. No matter what happens tonight, she will march out of the Council with her head held high, her confidence increased, her self-esteem at an all-time high...and, with any luck at all, a million-dollar check. FINAL TRIBAL COUNCIL For the last time, the Council Hutch of Doom and Uncle Jeff awaits the women. After they sit, the Jury comes in: Jonas, Mike, Jay, Leif, Troyzan, Kim, Tarzan, Alicia and Christina sit opposite them. Uncle Jeff goes through the rules. The girls will make opening statements, then each Jury member will ask them (or just TELL them) something which will help them decide who should win...and then the Final Vote. Chelsea stands to talk. She says that "pairs" in Survivor are important...and she and Kim became a "pair" on Day 1, trusting each other 100% and planning out eliminations together. But, after the Merge, Chelsea was AGAINST voting out Jonas...and she had a gut-check. She changed her game to being a "hard-ass cold-hearted" person that the rest of them knew. The Jury may be mad at Kim because they were emotionally tied to her...but Chelsea didn't allow it and is sorry for that. She ends by saying she will back the Jury's decision 100%, even if it's not for her. Kim LOVES this game...and she thought she knew how to play it. She came in ready and willing to do whatever it took to be where she is now. She's proud of the way he strategized and felt she couldn't have played it any better. That being said, sending people to the Jury DID hurt her. She kept thinking about their families and what they would do with the money...and denying that hurt her badly. She asks for forgiveness fro the Jury, though she has no other regrets about the game. Sabrina's strategy was the same as in real-life: balance. If she leaned too far one way, she would've been out long ago. She held back her physical strengths to not look too strong and yet still not seem weak. Post-Merge, she stayed out of the loop of the Girls Alliance, simply getting and accepting messages from Kim and Chelsea about who goes next. She tells about her former job of teaching inner-city children. She concludes that, winning is great...but just being there is a "blessing". After some time to digest, it's time for the Jurors to chat it up. First up is Jonas. At first, he wants the ladies to address him as "Master Jonas"...but he cracks up and says he's kidding. He liked Sabrina and felt she was quite popular but, MAN, did she suck at Challenges! Chelsea is cute but is asked about her "boldest move", which she responds that it was her that got Kat voted out. Kim kicked Jonas' ass "fair and square" and she was flawless...until the previous Council; Jonas wonders why Christina isn't in Sabrina's place. Kim says that, if everyone hated HER, CHRISTINA would win. Next is Christina and she asks Kim that, if she WAS to be part of the Final Three, who would be in HER place: Sabrina or Chelsea? Kim thinks that she has a better chance against Sabrina so...Chelsea would've been gone. Christina asks Chelsea why she hates people, which sets Chelsea to laughing. She DOESN'T hate people; she just thought with her HEAD and not her HEART (as Kim reminded her to do). Nothing for Sabrina; Christina sits down. Jay steps up and says, "No hard feelings". He asks Sabrina about her "laid-back" strategy, as it seemed to manifest in camp life as WELL as Challenges. She says it WAS all strategy; she didn't want to be over-bearing. Plus, she only learned to swim the week before arriving, so fishing would NOT have been a good idea for her. That's all Jay had so he sits down. Now for Mike. He asks Kim to define a "blindside" for him. She says it's "sending someone home who has no idea they're going home and convincing them they're NOT going home so they're shocked." Mike THEN asks her if she's "prefected" that art. Kim says it's necessary to do that in this game...and reminded Mike that she got Troyzan to vote for him over a woman when Mike was kicked out. Mike adds that one more aspect of blindsides is blame...and that Kim took all the blame for every time she did it. He wonders if that was smart or stupid to tell everyone she DID blindside that she DID? *rubs hands together* Oooo, this should be GOOD; it's Tarzan's turn to speak! He thanks God for making it as far as he did...and thanks the girls for KEEPING him around long enough to have his wife come to the island, even if the visit was short-lived. He was so happy to hold her during that brief time and will remember that moment for the rest of his life. (Of course, that's not EXACTLY what he said, but I don't have a dictionary handy to translate so...I summarized as best as I could.). Chelsea hopes to find a partner and have the same kind of deep-hearted relationship as Tarzan has with his wife. Little guy Leif hops off the bench to address the girls. He's still fairly bitter about being voted off and wanted to ask the girls how it felt doing so. Kim was never sure is Leif was trustworthy. Sabrina repeats that she just got the message from Kim and Chelsea and she followed through on it...though she regrets not TELLING Leif about the vote beforehand. He doesn't ask Christina (probably thinks it'll be the same answer as Kim's) and congratulates them. Alicia tells Kim that the two of them played as kingpins with two pawns apiece (Kim's were Chelsea and Sabrina, Alicia's were Tarzan and Christina). Alicia then say Kim KNEW she wouldn't stand a snowball's chance in a Pacific volcano were they BOTH in the Final Three. She calls Chelsea "Miss Puerto Rico" and labels her as an unexpected threat. Despite that, she loves the girls and wishes them good luck. Troyzan's next up and lets the girls know that he doesn't, contrary to belief, hate their guts. His only problem is with Kim and asks about the time it was decided to vote him out. His question to Kim - of which the answer would REALLY help decide who gets the dough - is when was the moment she decided to do that? Kim replies that it was when Jonas was taken out. With a smile, he heads back, not answering if she got the answer right or not. Finally, there's Kat...*rubs hands together harder*...and this should be REAL good! She was upset and hurt badly when she was kicked out in favor of keeping Tarzan. She was particularly pissed at Kim. But...then she shares a secret with them. She had two open-heart surgeries when she was 12...and she wants to have children so she'll have to have ANOTHER one next year for that to happen. She didn't want to show weakness by telling the others. But she finally decided that she doesn't have time to be angry with them. She's going to choose who played the best game. And, to the Jury, she asks them to take the time they have and live it as best as they can...and not base their decision on anger. "It takes a lot more energy to be angry," she says, "...and it's a lot easier to smile and forgive and be happy." (Wow...did not expect that...) Uncle Jeff gives the Jury their last instructions: to go write down the name of the one most deserving of the million dollars. One by one they march to the alcove, write down the names on the parchment and place them in the cask. Troyzan votes for Sabrina, saying that, though Kim won the Challenges, it didn't mean she played the best. Turns out that Kat IS still mad at Kim...but she votes for Kim anyway saying that, if she didn't, then she "hasn't learned a amend thing". Uncle Jeff then tallies the votes...walks back to the podium...and, like so many times before, tells everyone that they'll have to wait until they're stateside to find out who wins. He walks off with the cask...and someone might as well just shout: LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT'S SURVIVOR NIGHT! The Ed Sullivan Theater has again been transformed from David Letterman's Late Show haunting grounds into a not-quite replica for the Council Hutch of Doom. Kim, Chelsea and Sabrina are there, all cleaned up. The Jury is there, all cleaned up. Uncle Jeff (who's ALWAYS clean) brings the voting cask in. He reminds the three ladies that, this time, they WANT their name on the parchment. Five votes will mean an automatic win...but even four could win someone the million-dollar check. Here are the votes: Kim... Sabrina... Kim... Sabrina... Kim... Kim... KIM!!! By a 7-2-0 vote, KIM SPRADLIN IS THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF "SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD"!!!!! EPILOGUE: "FAMILY" REUNION Nobody really watches the "Reunion" show so...I'll sum up quickly. Kim says that the biggest move she made en route to the million was getting to know everyone in the game. She knew that in a game that starts out men vs. women, there is no switching come the Merge; if you're a woman, you KO the men ASAP. Then Mike gets called out concerning the time Manono gave up Immunity just to vote out Bill. Mike admits this was a bad move on their part. Tarzan explains what little strategy HE had: Colton was his shield. Both Chelsea and Troyzan admit they were mesmerized by how Kim played the game, making those in fear feel comfortable and safe...even when they were about to be blindsided. Jonas throws in that he should've made a "big move" earlier. But most of the rest of the night goes to Colton. He says that his whole "bitch with teeth" act was just that: an act. He understood how mean he looked to everyone but he really ISN'T like that. When Uncle Jeff asks if he is a racist or a bigot (as per his comments to Bill), he says he's not. He was just out of his comfort zone. Besides, everyone said things got boring after they hauled him out on a stretcher. And his momma, Martha, gives him a tongue-lashing on national TV because of it. (Happy Mother's Day, huh?) OK, back off of Colton for a bit. Greg says he got his nickname of "Tarzan" after falling out of a tree. Everyone was touched by his relationship with his wife, Terri and he says they stay together because they never lie, not to each other nor to anybody. Kat talks about her energy and that she's in good health (as are Colton and Kourtney, BTW). Alicia loves the kids she teaches. Leif felt proud to represent the "vertically challenged" and, though he was hurt by what Colton said, he came out of the situation feeling great. Monica was SO happy when she re-met her NFL hubby at the airport home. And Bill got a standing O when his co-stars and their families came to one of his stand-up shows. Finally, Christina says she didn't feel bullied by Alicia and Colton; it was just strategy to her. And, yes, there WILL be a 25th Survivor...like there was ANY doubt. The only question is...WHERE will it take place? Well, after being from Borneo to Thailand, Australia to Africa, the Amazon to the Tocantins, China to Nicaragua and Exile Island to Redemption Island, the reality show that made reality shows chic will, for the first time, hit the archipelago of the Philippines. Three people who had to be taken out of the game due to injury will join new brave souls in the shark-infested, snake-riddled, storm-blasted environment. And, for the first time since Survivor: All Stars, there will be THREE tribes, allegedly "led" by said evacuees. Will the second chance work for the veterans or will a newcomer take the Sole Survivor crown? Find out...this fall! To view this episode in its entirety, along with extras and blogs, as well as information on how to become a contestant, go to cbs.com/survivor. |
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