Survivor Fans vs. Favoirtes

This blog is dedicated to the show Survivor, on every Thursday night at 8 PM.

The show is is currently on its 16th Season:
Survivor Micronesia Fans vs. Favorites.


Here is who has been voted out during the first 3 episodes.

Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton 33, Danville, VA Formerly of Survivor: Pearl Islands	Malakal	1st Voted Out Day 3
Mary Sartain 29, Emeryville, CA	Airai	2nd Voted Out Day 6
Yau-Man Chan 55, Martinez, CA Formerly of Survivor: Fiji	Malakal	3rd Voted Out Day 8

and here is what has happened from episodes 1-3.

Episode 1: You Guys Are Dumber Than You Look

In a pouring rain, the ten fans arrived on the island unaware that they would be facing past castaways and were shocked when Jeff introduced the favorites. Jeff then pointed to a beach on an island across the way with two boats and told the tribes to swim across. Two individual Immunity Idols were there for the first castaway on each tribe to find them, with the stipulation that they were only good for the first time they went to Tribal Council. Jonny was the first to find the idols tied to the boat's prows, but Yau-Man noticed that Jonny took the other tribe's idol and raced over to the correct boat, tackling Jonny and grabbing the correct idol. Kathy got her tribe's idol after Yau-Man pointed it out to her. Two alliances were formed in the favorites tribe: one between Ami, Eliza, Jonathan, and Yau-Man and another consisting of the couples of James and Parvati and Ozzy and Amanda. Both groups courted Jonny and he played both sides. At the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, the fans took the lead early and won. After the challenge, Jonny told the tribe that he missed his girlfriend and unborn daughter and that he really wasn't in the game. Feelings were split about whether he was being truthful or if the story was part of his strategy, but in the end he was unanimously voted out 9-1. After the vote, the tribe was given a flint, although Yau-Man had already started a fire using water and his glasses.

• Reward/Immunity Challenge: The tribes are to assemble four puzzle wheels, attach them to a cart, and push the cart through a series of wooden fences. Upon reaching a sandpit with the cart, they then must dig up a set of planks to make a bridge. The tribes are to then push the cart over the bridge to a turnstile. The wheels are then removed and the pieces reassembled to complete the turnstile. The turnstile raised a fire wok on a pulley which lit the top of a platform.
• Reward: The winning team will win Tribal Immunity and a flint.

Episode 2: The Sounds of Jungle Love

Airai struggled with making fire and building a shelter. Chet, Kathy, and Tracy, feeling shunned by the other seven members of the tribe and upset that the others weren't making an attempt to build a decent shelter, built their own and then another was built for the other tribe members. At Malakal, the couples of Amanda/Ozzy and Parvati/James grew closer, much to the concern of Cirie and Jonathan. At the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, Malakal won by a wide margin after Chet struggled to retrieve his key. Before the challenge, Jeff announced Exile Island and said there would be a twist revealed after the challenge. After Malakal selected Kathy to go to Exile Island, Jeff revealed the twist: the winning team also had to select one of their own to go to Exile Island. Cirie volunteered to go. Kathy and Cirie discovered a series of four clues at Exile Island that required them to crisscross between two islands, but did not find the Hidden Immunity Idol. After Chet's poor performance at the challenge, Mikey B wanted him to be voted out. Mikey B came up with a plan to split his alliance of seven's votes between Chet and Tracy to protect against potential Immunity Idols. Joel didn't like how Mikey B was trying to control the vote, so he plotted with Erik, Alexis, Natalie, Chet, Tracy, and Kathy to break up Mikey B's alliance with Mary. Joel's plan came together, even though he changed his vote to Tracy at Tribal Council, and Mary was voted out 6-2-2.

• Reward/Immunity Challenge: Five castaways are picked as swimmers who had to swim, one at a time, to a platform, grab an ax, and leap off the platform to smash a tile that released a key. The swimmer would then retrieve the key and swim back to shore with it, allowing the next tribemate to go out. Once the five keys were collected, another castaway will use the keys to open a locked box containing a set of puzzle pieces showing a map of Micronesia. Three other castaways put the puzzle together.
• Reward: The winning team will win Tribal Immunity, fishing gear, and a bamboo fishing boat.

Episode 3: I Should Be Carried on the Chariot-Type Thing!

Mikey B confronted Joel about Joel's plan at the last Tribal Council. The strong alliance that consist of Amanda, Ozzy, Parvati, and James tried to swing Eliza over to their side, Knowing that she's a back stabber. Cirie contemplated her options on which alliance to trust and join, Could she trust Amanda's and Parvati's alliance with the guys or Johnathan and Eliza's?. At the Reward Challenge, the tribes, dressed in war paint, had a very physical battle in the rain with the reward of items chosen from a catalog. Malakal won the challenge, taking home a tarp, a lighting kit, and a survival kit. Kathy was selected to go to Exile Island for a second time along with Ami. During that day, Cirie struck an alliance with Amanda and Parvati to go all the way to the final three with them, But they had to be able to give up there two men in their alliance. On Exile Island, Ami tried to follow the clues without the help of Kathy, who refused to decode the clues that she already knew about from her previous stay. The Immunity Challenge was won by Airai after Cirie, James, Jonathan, and Parvati could not outlast Erik, Joel, Natalie, and Tracy. There was open lobbying by both alliances for Cirie to join their side.Cirie wanted Yau-Man voted off because she feared that he would find a Hidden Immunity Idol. Amanda and Parvati and james agreed to vote with her, but Ozzy wanted Eliza out, but Ozzy finally followed his alliance and Yau-Man was voted out 6-2-1,Parvati and Cirie received voted as well..

• Reward Challenge: In a playing area similar to a football field, the tribes start at opposite ends of the playing field with three canvas bags. The tribes would have to battle their way to their end zone. The challenge would end when one tribe had their three bags and two of the other tribe's bags in their end zone at the same time.
• Reward: The winning tribe will win three items chosen from a catalog.
• Immunity Challenge: Two women and two men from each tribe hold onto ropes that support a large net. The remaining castaways, one at a time, attempt to toss coconuts into the other tribe's net. The tribe who held up their net for the longest time wins the challenge.

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I hope this catches everyone who has missed any or all episodes. From now on I will post my thoughts on the past show, and my preview of the next episode if possible. Hope you all enjoy!