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Survivor Fantasy League

The answer to this week's Survivor Fantasy League Bonus Question is:

Jeff Probst

The question is: On the December 10 finale of SURVIVOR LIVE, Julie was asked if she is dating someone. Who is that someone?

My clueless prediction for the final four:
First Place: Eliza will win it all! I've been in her corner all along so why stop now?
Second Place: Chris, however he's leading most online polls that I've seen to win it all.
Third Place: Twila, who wouldn't want to be in the final two with the "liar"?
Fourth Place: Scout, she's too nice and no one wants to be in the final two with her.

Chris will win the final immunity challenge and choose Eliza to be in the final two with him. Chris will then join the long list of final immunity winners to finish in second place.

Here's how I see the votes shaking out.

For Eliza:
Ami, Leann, Julie, and Scout.
Julie will vote for Eliza because she was hurt that Chris voted against her. The others will hold to their womyn's alliance.

For Chris:
Sarge, Chad, and Twila.
Twila hates Eliza so much that she won't vote for her. The guys will stick with Chris.

Notes:
1. The final Survivor is Sunday night.
2. There was a Survivor Live Friday with Julie but I missed it. I'll try and watch it Saturday and post my notes before Sunday night.

Episode 13, Julie Says Good-bye

or That Julie Chick is Dreamy

Note: the finale is Sunday night!
Two hours, plus a live reunion show.

Julie wins reward and has some alone time to work on Chris. Eliza wins immunity. Julie, despite her best efforts, is voted off the island.

After the previous Tribal Council, Chris is relieved that Ami is gone "one less thing to worry about". Twila gets real defensive about her "lying" and proceeds to drop several "F" Bombs. Privately Chris says that her outburst really offended Julie and Eliza. (In my opinion her blow-up seemed uncalled for.)

Reward Challenge
Competition: a series of mini-challenges (1 Survivor eliminated at each stage)
Reward: Winner gets a horseback ride to Mount Yasur for an over night stay in a rustic hut with plenty of food.

This competition was series of challenges seen earlier in the season.

Stage One: crawl under netting through mud. Eliminated: Scout
Stage Two: Capture a Pig. Eliminated: Eliza (she had trouble catching a pig before too)
Stage Three: Tiki Assembly. Eliminated: Chris (he totally missed one of his pieces)
Stage Four: a short Obstacle Course ending with a Sling Shot contest. Eliminated: Twila

Julie wins Reward and picks Chris to share it with her. On the ride to the mountain there were several beautiful views including a water fall. Their hot dogs were cooked with the heat of the volcano (I think). At night there was a spectacular view of the erupting volcano.

Of course Julie worked on Chris while she had him alone. Chris played along but didn't really commit to saving her. Twila was the obvious target. As soon as he got back to the camp Chris reassured everyone else that the plan to vote Julie off remained unchanged.

While Julie and Chris were away, Eliza had a little fight with Twila over bananas that Twila had buried (to help them ripen and save for breakfast later). Scout seemed to side with Twila.

This really upset Eliza. When Julie returned they worked to get Chris to change his mind and vote for Twila.

Immunity Challenge
Competition: Story time and a race to answer questions based on the story Jeff told them about Vanuatu.

Jeff told them a story about an old tribal chief of Vanuatu. The Survivors then raced to huts to assemble a puzzle with a question about the story on it. The first one to answer five questions correctly wins immunity. Eliza won immunity and Julie was a close second.

Tribal Council
(paraphrased)
Jeff: It's been 36 days and only 5 of you are left. Twila is there anyone who doesn't deserve to be this far?
Twila: I don't know.
Jeff pressures her some more.
Twila: Well yes, some one doesn't belong.
Eliza: It's me. She thinks I don't deserve to be here!
Twila basically says "Yes".
Jeff: Eliza do you think everyone deserves to be here?
Eliza: Yes, we have all worked hard to get this far.
Chris: Tonight is the hardest vote yet.

Julie is voted off and Eliza looks a little upset.

Alliances
Chris and Eliza versus Twila and Scout. The next immunity challenge is very important and I think Chris or Eliza will win it.

Heroes & Villains
My favorite is Eliza (as she's been since the start) followed closely by Chris (he had to grow on me as an under-dog). Twila I'm indifferent to and Scout I really don't care for. Scout just seems smug and doesn't seem to do anything except talk (often cryptically - "Julie get back to your roots." What?). So I hope Scout is the next to go.

Official Episode Title: Eruptions of a Volcanic Magnitude!

Won Reward: Julie
(A horseback ride to an overnight stay on Mount Yasur.
She chose Chris to go with her.)

Won Immunity: Eliza
(Her first immunity win.)

Voted Off: Julie
Aired: 3 votes for Julie, 2 votes for Twila
Scout voted for Julie; Julie voted for Twila

Survivor Fantasy League

The answer to this week's Survivor Fantasy League Bonus Question is:

The Amazing Race

The question is: On the 12/03 episode of SURVIVOR LIVE, which other reality show did Ami say she wanted to be a contestant on?

My clueless prediction: Julie will be gone this week.
I think Chris and Eliza would like to be in the final four with Scout and Twila, so that leaves Julie on the outs (unless, of course, she gets immunity).

Note:
The next Survivor Live (tomorrow) is the last one.

Survivor Live with Ami

Survivor Live, the Internet Talk Show
Guest: Ami
Hosts: Chris Booker & Richard Hatch, winner first Survivor

Comments made by Ami
Lost 20 pounds during Survivor. She never watched an entire season of Survivor before and Eliza had to tell her about the merge! She claims not to hate men, that she just wanted to see an all women final four. (I don't believe her.) She's still disgusted about Twila's lying but realizes that it's just a game (again I don't believe her, she still takes it personally). The women would have taken in John K. Ami would have liked to be in the final two with Leann. Ami liked Rory too, except for all his cursing.

Scout, Twila and Eliza really liked Chris that's why she didn't try to get rid of him. Julie and Chris are like brother and sister. Eliza didn't eat any coconut (she doesn't like it). Twila is playing the game but playing it scared. Scout was amazing, she was real helpful with the shelter and picking food. Ami's biggest mistake was telling Twila she wasn't going to be in the final four. Ami would play Survivor again, but next time be focused 100% of the time.

Comments made by Richard
Ami played with her gut instead of her mind. She was made out to be the villain but was accurately portrayed. Twila's playing more of a game than he thought. Eliza is still not playing well. (Will Richard still say this after Eliza is in the final two?)

Note:
The next Survivor Live (thursday) is the last one.

Episode 12, Adios Ami

or Ding Dong the Witch is Gone!

Eliza wins a car at the Reward Challenge. Chris wins immunity. And they do the right thing by extinguishing Ami's torch at Tribal Council.

After last week's highlights, Ami did the predictable thing and stated how disappointed she was that Twila lied (how dare she!) about promising to vote off Eliza and then getting Leann voted off. Ami, what part of "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" don't you understand?

Reward Challenge
Competition: a water obstacle course relay (dive to collect three flags)
Reward: Winner gets a new car! Top three get a luxury overnight getaway.

Ami led most of the way but Eliza managed to win (you go girl). Third place was close too. It came down to Chris and Julie and Chris just barely beat her. I wonder if the game would have changed if Julie had beaten Chris? Then Ami could work her Svengali skills on Eliza and Julie during the overnight stay at the beautiful bungalow.

However Ami did the best she could to influence Eliza, luckily Chris was there too to handle damage control. It was a pretty lame attempt too, something about needing to break up Scout and Twila.

Immunity Challenge
Competition: Vanuatu shuffle board

Again Ami almost won this competition. It came down to her last shot and she needed to score a point or knock a point off of Chris' score to tie with him. Thankfully she did neither and Chris won immunity.

Tribal Council
(paraphrased)
Jeff: The women aren't that strong any longer.
Scout: No we're not.
Jeff: It seemed you (Scout) were all for a strong women's alliance when it served you.
Ami: Last vote wasn't part of the women's alliance. Twila lied (although she didn't mention her by name).
Twila: Let me clear things up. I lied, I'm sorry. I'm not the first one to lie on Survivor. Get over it.
Ami: It's not worth it to me to lie like Twila (swearing on her son's life).
Jeff: Eliza, is this just a case of Sour Grapes (referring to Ami)?
Eliza: No, I think Ami really feels hurt.
Jeff: Will you miss Ami?
Eliza: Yes, she's been like a sister to me.
Ami & Eliza both cry (sniff, sniff)
Ami: I'll miss Eliza too. She's grown a lot in this game and she's been willing to change. (one last attempt to get Eliza to change her vote)

Alliances
It looks like the plan is for Chris, Eliza, Scout and Twila to be in the final four. That would leave Julie in an alliance of one.

Heroes & Villains
Thank you to everyone who made Ami's exit a reality. Sure she's pretty, but she's also such a man-hater and manipulator (not to mention passive aggressive) that I couldn't stand her the last five or six episodes.

Now if we can just get Julie in the final four instead of Scout. I could watch Julie and her red bikini stand for hours holding her hand on a rock (or whatever endurance challenge they come up with).

Official Episode Title: Now Who's in Charge Here?!

Won Reward: Eliza
(a new car!, second reward win in a row for her.)

Won Immunity: Chris
(Ami almost won it.)

Voted Off: Ami
Aired: 4 votes for Ami, 2 votes for Scout
Twila & Scout voted for Ami; Ami voted for Scout

Episode 11, Later Leann

or The Loved Ones Visit

The Survivors' loved ones pay a visit for the Reward Challenge and show up again for the Immunity Challenge. Eliza won Reward so her mother spends a night at their camp and then later Ami won Immunity. In a major shake-up, Eliza (fearing that she's the target) sides with Twila, Scout and Chris to vote off Leann.

Chris starts us off by immediately telling the women that it was Twila and Scout's idea to vote for Eliza last episode.

Reward Challenge
Competition: Five Questions
Reward: overnight stay by a loved one

1. In the seventh immunity challenge who broke the most tiles with a sling shot?
2. In the Great Escape challenge who was the first man to start putting his ladder together?
3. In the second immunity challenge (blind puzzle) who sat out?
4. In the fourth immunity challenge (colored symbols) what were the four symbols? (1 point each)
5. In the first reward challenge who fell into the water the most?

Eliza and Julie were tied after the five questions so they got a final deciding question:
Name as many pairs that you can in the Memory/Matching Pairs challenge.

Julie couldn't remember any at all. Eliza had a list and "Grapefruit" was a correct answer so she won the Reward Challenge.

Answers:
1. Rory, 2. Chad, 3. Dolly, 4. volcano, pig head, palm tree, skull; 5. John K.

Immunity Challenge
Competition: Blindfolded Race & Puzzle

The Loved Ones were blindfolded and had to be directed by the Survivors to pick up three bags containing pieces to a puzzle. After the bags were collected, the Survivor and the Loved One could work on the puzzle together.

Ami and Chrissy were the first two to start on the puzzle followed closely by Chris and Lori. Eliza and Leann were never really in this one. Ami barely eked out Immunity.

Ami, Scout, Twila and Leann decide to vote off Eliza (not my Eliza!) It's Leann's idea, she just doesn't think Chris should go before her. Twila goes to Chris to tell him that he can really shake things up now if he talks with Eliza. Chris, not being as dumb as he looks, does indeed talk with Eliza. Was he convincing enough? We'll have to wait until Tribal Council.

Tribal Council
(paraphrased)
Jeff: Did your mom's visit wake you up to realize how far you are?
Eliza: Yes! Early on we all talked about how it would be nice to get this far.
Jeff: Chris, you really needed immunity.
Chris: Yes, Lori (his fiance) tried really hard. She gave it 110%.
Jeff: Leann it didn't look like you and Terri (her friend) tried all that hard.
Leann: I told her that I really didn't need immunity so we just had fun visiting. (she's in for a big surprise!)
Jeff: So Eliza you're packed again.
Eliza: Yes, you can call me paranoid if you want.
("When everyone is out to get you, paranoia is just good thinking." Dr. Johnny Fever)
Jeff: Chris as an outsider is there a lot of tension in the tribe?
Chris: Yes, it's me and six women so there's tension.

Alliances
Apparently Ami, Scout, Twila and Leann were in a final four alliance together. This fooled me, I thought it was Ami, Leann, Eliza and Julie in an alliance. Whatever the alliance, all bets are off now. Can Twila, Scout, Chris and Eliza stay together and vote off Ami next? I hope that that's their plan.

Heroes & Villains
Hopefully Ami's days are numbered now. Chris has a good shot at making the final four now.

Official Episode Title: Surprise! And ... Surprise Again!

Won Reward: Eliza
(Eliza's mom stayed with them overnight.)

Won Immunity: Ami
(This time she really needed it.)

Voted Off: Leann
Aired: 4 votes for Leann, 3 votes for Eliza
Ami & Julie voted for Eliza

Survivor Fantasy League

The answer to this week's Survivor Fantasy League Bonus Question is:

Leann

The question is: On the November 19 episode of Survivor Live, which woman did Chad and the hosts think was playing the game with "subtle brilliance"?

My fearless prediction: Chris will be gone this week.
Yes, I know I predicted that he would be booted last week but he's the last man standing now so he's gone this week.

The internet is full of people predicting that Leann will be voted off. I think this is unlikely. With seven castaways left, four votes are needed to remove a player. Sure Twila, Scout and Chris would vote for her but who else? Certainly not Ami or Eliza who I think are in a "final three" alliance with Leann. Julie may be persuaded to vote off Leann but she would be in the final four either way, so what's in it for her to go against Leann?

Note: it looks like Survivor is still scheduled to air this Thursday night (Thanksgiving, so set your VCR), however Survivor Live the Internet Talk Show will not be online this week (Thursday or Friday).