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Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites

Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites He’s a Ball of Goo!

Season 1,  Episode 5 | Original Airdate: March 06, 2008

Upon returning from tribal council, Jason tells us that he wants to be in a different tribe. He gets his wishes at the reward challenge, where Probst tells everyone to drop their buffs. Ozzy and Natalie become team captains of Malakal and Airai ,respectively, and choose their teams. Ozzy"s new team consists of Joel, Amanda, Erik, Ami, Tracy, Cirie, and Chet, while Natalie has James, Alexis, Jonathan, Jason, Parvati, Kathy, and Eliza. For the reward challenge, two teammates are bound to each other and sent onto an obstacle course full of danger and doom to chase a bound pair from the other team and try to grab a flag attached to their backs. This probably seemed like a really cool challenge idea in theory, but in practice, it"s kind of a disaster as everyone gets hurt, most notably Jonathan, who somehow gets stabbed in the knee and ends up needing Survivor medics for a hard-to-watch stitching session. The contest comes down to Unfrozen Caveman Firefighter and Chet chasing Eliza and Parvati, and Joel drags Chet around the course without giving him a chance to get his footing, which makes him look like a giant asshole and gives Airai an unlikely win. The reward is a delicious feast, although they unfortunately have to bring it back to the crappy Airai camp, which the Favorites set about building new shelters for. And at the Malakal camp, Amanda somehow manages to kill a freaking shark, which was crazy. At the immunity challenge, contestants throw rocks at tiles to break them and release puzzle pieces that will be assembled correctly on a giant game board. Even though Airai fall behind, they quickly come back to win it, thanks to Eliza"s solving abilities and Joel"s insistence on countering Chet"s leadership to make him look bad. Joel heads back to camp ready to rack up the votes against Chet, which Ozzy, Amanda, and Erik seem happy to provide. But then there"s Cirie, who rightly senses that if Chet goes, she"ll be next. She teams up with Tracy and tries to convince Ozzy and Amanda to vote for Joel, but it doesn"t look good. Shockingly (or at least, I was shocked. I thought Chet was a goner for sure!), it"s Joel who gets the boot with SIX of eight votes, and he storms off while Cirie and Tracy exchange well-earned triumphant smiles. Animal murder, injuries, and delicious scheming -- a very satisfying episode indeed!

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