Survivor

Air Date: 10/8/09
View Date: 10/10/09

The episode started with seeing the Foa Foa tribe after tribal council, and seeing how Jaison reacted to a very tense confrontation at tribal. The next day, the tree mail indicated that the leader of each tribe must take 2 members of their tribe on a special quest with the possibility of obtaining additional food. The two tribes show up to a large circle with a chicken on one side and a treasure chest on the other. Not knowing what to do because Jeff is not there, immediately the contestants head toward the chickens. One person opens the treasure chest and finds instructions for the challenge, which is essentially a bocce ball game. The winner, which is the tribe closest to a randomly-placed stick, wins reward. Although Foa Foa was leading the entire game, one great last ball won the game for Galu, who went home with the chickens.

Back at Galu, while the reward challenge was going on, yet another immunity idol was found without actually knowing that it was there, although Shambo did share the clues based on the other camp. Once the others return, we get to see Russell and Natalie deepening their alliance, while Shambo winds up losing one of the chickens while retrieving eggs.

At the immunity challenge, the teams have to race across a net run carrying blocks, which they then have to stack blocks. After that is complete, they have to make their way across a robe bridge and get more blocks with which they then have to build a higher stack. The first team to finish the completion of their second stack wins immunity. Galu was in the lead throughout the first segment of the race, but Foa Foa did make up a lot of time crossing the rope bridge. Jaison provided a big height advantage to Foa Foa, which they tried their best to use to their advantage. After coming back and using their teams advantages, Foa Foa won immunity and did not have to vote another team member off. Galu looked totally dejected after losing their first challenge, which I found kind of funny after they had won so many. Based on the troubles around camp, almost anyone could have had votes against them.

At tribal as well as around camp after the challenge, talk revolved around what was more important: challenge performance or work around camp. Monica was being discussed as she was seen as the reason the challenge was lost, while Yasmin was discussed as not doing anything around camp. In the end, Yas was voted out, which upset Russell, the team leader, because he thought performance at challenges was the most important factor.

10 words or less: Russell (Galu) doesn't have the respect / power in his tribe.