TotallyGruntledSurvivor

Little different format for the Finale Night 35-Night 36 1. Sarah, Cirie and Tai have it out after the Michaela vote out. 2. Brad Wins Immunity wants Aubry out. has feast reward and takes Troyzan and Sarah. 3. Tai tells Brad and Troyzan that he has two Idols.  Brad wants one of them from Tai to prove allegiance.  Tai feels bullied. 4. At Tribal, 3 votes for Sarah, 2 for Tai, 1 for Aubry, BUT... 5. Tai plays one idol for himself 6. Tai plays one idol for Aubry 7.  Sarah plays Legacy Advantage for Immunity. 8. Troyzan plays his Idol 9. Cirie has nothing to play and is eliminated. 10. Jeff fawns over Cirie and let's her say the mortal words "The Tribe has Spoken". 11. Jeff now Live fawns over Cirie some more. Day/Night 37 1. Brad wins Immunity, wants Aubry out. 2. Aubry tries to convince Sarah and Tai, that only one of them will go to Final unless they vote out Troyzan. 3. Aubry is eliminated 4-1. Day/Night 38 1. Brad wins immunity, wants Tai out. 2. Ta...

Six are left and it appears that three have little chance to win, and three are in the running unless the three who can't win are the three finalists.  To me, the only valid players to win are Sarah, Cirie and Brad.  Cirie is most likely to get a sympathy or anti-Sarah vote, which I expect could happen as this seems to be the trend in Survivor lately.  (Adam with his dying Mom story, Michelle as the anti-Tai/Aubry, Jeremy's Baby).  If one of my top three make it to the end, but none of them win, then Survivor has lost it's purpose to me, especially in a season called "GameChangers." Here's how I rate the six finalists in terms of who should get the jury vote based on the season, knowing full well there is information outside the game that can and probably influence the final outcome.  Note this isn't my final order, as I do not expect Sarah, Cirie and Brad all to make the final three. Let's review what I said pre-game about the finalists: Troyz...

First tribal goes as planned as Andrea is voted out over Brad.  Second Tribal is bedlam and somehow Michaela was voted out without her name ever being discussed the entire episode. MAKU MAKU Night 32-Day 33 Brad mentions to Troyzan that they know how Michaela voted. Aubry, Andrea and Cirie are suspicious of Sarah, Andrea is thinking of taking Sarah out while Cirie wants to take her to the end because she's making enemies of the Jury.   Sarah receives the Legacy Advantage and talks about taking Andrea out. IMMUNITY CHALLENGE Day 33 House of Cards, small edition while balancing the platform.  Aubry is slow and steady, but runs out of cards short of the finish line.  She rebuilds part of her stack and wins Immunity.  Total time is six minutes beating Cochran's record of  seventeen minutes. MAKU MAKU Day 33 After congratulating Aubry, the plan is to vote Brad, although Andrea still wants to vote out Sarah.   Michaela tries to get Brad to take h...

In a highly untouted return of a prior player, (unlike the highly hyped Cochran return to Exile earlier this season).  Monica Culpepper spends some time with her loved one Brad, while Sarah and Michaela again go back and forth on a decision on who to oust at Tribal Council. MAKU MAKU Night 29-Day 30  Brad, Sierra, and Troyzan are confused by the vote when they went for Tai, while Tai is confused on shy they voted for him.  Cirie, Michaela and Sarah talk about bringing in Tai to their side.   Sierra knows she is on the low end of the totem pole and confides to Sarah about the Legacy Advantage, and tells her she will will it to her if she goes. Sarah starts working out a plan to take out Brad instead of Sierra. REWARD Challenge Day 30 Reward is a Barbecue with their loved ones, In teams of three they are tied together and have to race through obstacles while tied together, unwind a braided rope connect to a puzzle to release a key, which opens a box of bean ba...

Only three episodes left, which means either 7 players go into the final 2 hour episode or a couple extra people go in the next couple of weeks. There's no hint of an injury this week, and no double vote planned.   This week, it appears alliances will switch up, but who will have the numbers, will any idols be played and will Sarah play her advantage.   Sierra confides in Sarah about her legacy advantage.  Will Sarah get it if Sierra leaves in the next 3 votes? Andrea, Aubry and Cirie appear to be an alliance, but have no advantages. Brad, Tai and Troyzan could team up with the three idols and do some damage, but they don't really know it. Michaela and Sarah are likely to team up in commiseration on the loss of Zeke and could swing either of the above sides with 9 left. And that leaves Sierra.  Where will she fit in and who will she help?  My guess is her tendency is to stay with Brad, but could switch to show allegiance to Sarah. There is a scene in t...

Leave it to Survivor to promote their take on the game, by using a puzzle answer as the title (even though Zeke, prompted by Jeff of course, actually says it reading the answer, and then in a toast at the reward)  The result was semi-interesting,  And it wasn't a big point in the edit, but the Women are currently in charge. MAKU MAKU Night 26 Brad laments the fact that he is on the wrong side of the numbers.   Sarah admits she flipped and offers to talk to anyone.  Sierra asks why they chose Debbie, and Zeke tells them she seemed like she was the one in charge.  Sarah believes the jury will reward her for the "Game Changing" move if she makes it to the end.  Zeke, Michaela, Andrea and Cirie talk and say that it's advantageous to stay together for a few more votes.  Cirie says you need to watch everything though. REWARD Challenge Day 27 Reward challenge is two teams of five, pulling numbers from three racks attached to poles.  Three members...

It appears that the deck will reshuffle and may become a boys vs. girls with the women still having a 6-4 advantage, but the men have three idols, Sarah can steal a vote and may be the swing votes even with the boys. Already Gone 20. Ciera (14)     14/20 60% 19. Tony (19)      33/39 85% 18. Caleb (15)    48/57 84% 17. Malcolm (2) 50/74 68% 16. J.T. (15)        65/89 73% 15. Sandra (15)  80/105 76% 14. Jeff (12)        92/119 77% 13. Hali (11)       103/132 78% 12. Ozzy (10)      113/144 78% 11. Debbie (5)     119/155 77% Total:  113 10.  Zeke--(11)  Zeke still has the biggest target on his back as he betrayed his alliance, but may be needed for other purposes. 9. Sierra(10)--If Zeke doesn't go then Sierra/Brad are the best bets.  Sierra doesn't have the Legacy for the next 4 votes. 8. Andrea (8)--Andrea will be targeted in the min...