Survivor Samoa - Erik Voted Off (10-2)

During the episode of Survivor, Foa-Foa talks about their constant losing and constant hope of a merge. This is where Russell talks about being on a tribe full of dummies, saying he’s got everyone played. If Russell is so much smarter, than can’t he just use his wisdom to have helped his tribe win? I mean, Galu can’t be the dumb ones, they always kept winning, whereas Foa-Foa with just two wins, makes them the tribe with the lowest wins (reward or immunity) in the history of Survivor, given Ulong won three challenges, and Survivor Fiji’s Rich/Poor twist makes Ravu/Moto an exception. Anyways, at the Galu tribe, Shambo is talking about the missing canteen, and also talking about Laura, not liking her. Laura goes ahead and counts the canteens, in which I saw Laura just double checking. Shambo’s ego got dented, and she goes off on Laura, and they argue about the canteens, which turned into Shambo talking to Laura about Laura, Monica, and Kelly being some kind of 90210 clique.

Next, the Galu tribe members and the Foa-Foa tribe members were given tree mail, in which they met on a beach where once again, Jeff Probst was absent, so the Survivors opening the chest full of new blue buffs and paints. They officially merged into one tribe. Brett named the tribe Aiga, or Samoan for “extended family”. Hey, Aiga is fine with me, it’s better than getting “Dabu” or “Aitutanga”. They were to all live on the former Galu beach. This is where Russell goes around the camp, and “planting seeds” as he calls it, of complete bull crap telling people he’ll give them the idol if he can get him to final seven. He goes to Laura, but smart, wise, Laura with common sense doesn‘t buy Russell‘s bull crap. So, he goes to Monica, and she simply doesn‘t buy it either. He goes to Shambo, and Shambo once again talks about not liking Laura. So, Russell tells Shambo that he’ll take Laura out. She agrees. Russell goes to John, who also buys the plan. Russell says something unusual, saying that someone is smart, that being John.

Then, it was time for the immunity challenge. I was eagerly expecting some kind of will-power endurance immunity challenge. Instead we get T-Ball, which is a game they teach kindergarteners how to play. The one who hit the ball into a place to score points. The man and woman with the highest score would be the eventual winner. For the men, it was John who won, which was completely fabulous, since it meant Russell didn’t win, and had to settle for second. For the ladies, it was clearly Laura who won. Honestly, did she even have to worry about not winning that one? This meant that Russell’s and Shambo’s plan to take Laura out were foiled. Yay for me! So, back at camp, there had to be a new plan. John begins talking to people about voting for Monica, saying that Laura/Monica are still a dangerous duo. Then, the formerly Foa-Foa members want to take Erik out, especially Jaison, who says he never liked him. However, Erik and the Galu guys decide it should be Russell who should feel vulnerable enough to play his idol, and they vote for Jaison.

So, at tribal council, Erik was stating his peace about wanting to keep Galu together, and easily picking off the rest of Foa-Foa. Jaison easily got arrogant, saying he’s had to prove himself in real life in order to get something. Well, you haven’t proven yourself in Survivor, and your reality tv life, that’s simply why you’re on a tribe with four verses eight. Jaison begins to really tick me off by saying “Look at my resume!” I mean, what’s that got to do with Survivor? So, it was time to vote, and after the voting was complete, Russell played his idol, securing he’d be safe from the vote. Erik chose to not play his idol. When the votes came out, Foa-Foa’s former tribe mates had their way and the Galu 90210 clique of Laura, Monica, and Kelly sided with them, in which the Galu guys couldn’t do anything else after that. So, with ten votes, Erik was voted off. Only Shambo prevented the unanimous vote.

This episode was very crazy, I mean it went from Foa-Foa being a target, to Laura being a target, to Monica being the target, to Erik being the target and eventually booted. Foa-Foa is easily ripping up the Galu tribe, and doing a very good job of it, thanks to not Russell being so great, but for John being the idiot who thinks he can get Monica out. I really don’t want to see the Foa-Foanese tribe members rip through Galu, I favour Galu simple because I think they have more potential, because they have the numbers, and can easily stop listening and pick up the pieces and get especially Russell and Jaison out. Shambo is still making me very irritated because she’s so worried about Laura she can’t find her own place in the game, and she can’t even vote for Erik even though Erik was playing her, despite the Galu guys voted for Erik. Why is Shambo playing this game?

LLNMD List:
Love: Laura
Like: Monica, Kelly, Mick
Neutral: Brett, Dave, Natalie
Meh: John
Dislike: Jaison, Russell, Shambo.