This is gonna be an interesting blog since I am currently sick so this might get weird.

Lairo

We start with Karishma understanding why she got votes but she tells us that she is expecting to be voted out next. Aaron does not want Karishma out but instead one of Dean or Chelsea because they cuddled together. Aaron says he is calling the shot but he is not. We get a great freudian slip when Chelsea says they sleep with each other. Dean is into her but Chelsea says she is not letting a showmance ruin her game. Missy and Aaron make an agreement to target Dean next time they lose.

Vokai

Everyone except Jamal goes in the ocean so Jamal goes searching for the idol. Of course, he gets it since they almost never show unsuccessful finds. Then, the boat comes and Vokai must pick someone to go to the island. Didn’t Vince pick a name? At first the tribe wants to randomly draw but Kellee convinces them to vote to cover her lie from last time. Jamal, Jason, Lauren and Tommy all express to us that they don’t wanna go. Noura pipes up and decides to go.

Island of the Idols

Noura arrives to the island and I am pumped to see her task. Noura meets up with Rob and Sandra an they all get watermelon. BREAKING NEWS: After seeing this episode, BB21 winner Jackson Michie applies for Survivor. Noura’s lesson is persuasion so Rob and Sandra go over the many ways of persuasion. We get many past clips to exemplify this. Fr ego we get the infamous Erik vote from Micronesia, For appeals to the heart we get Parvati 1.0 flirting with Adam and Nate on Cook Islands, for threats we get Yul strong arming Penner into working with him, for rumors we get Sandra turning the game on Coach on Heroes vs. Villains and lastly we get Rob convincing Lex to save Amber from All Stars for the this for that method. Was the Yul clip subtly introducing Yul to the casual audience for season 40? Rob mentions how Lex got the last laugh because Rob did not win. For Noura’s task, she must be the caller for the next immunity challenge in order to get a vote blocker. This will let her block a vote at the next tribal council or she loses her vote. Noura leaves and both Rob and Sandra say that they have no faith in her to pull this off. Rob says how she is in Noura world and not Survivor world.

Vokai

Noura gets back and I don’t know if it is the medicine I was on or what but that was the most convoluted lie I have ever seen. Let’s break this down, her lie was that she won an advantage for the tribe that she can only tell them if they let her pick her role in the next challenge. They agree so she tells them it’s a blindfolded challenge and she must be the caller. Tommy points out that if the note says she can pick her role then she is able to pick being a retriever. Noura is caught and Kellee is relived that she botched it enough that no one is looking at Kellee. The tribe entertains Noura by practicing with her as caller. Lauren tells us that if she wants to be caller then let her fail so they can vote her out. There are so many ways that Noura could have handled this better. She could have waited to ask to be caller, only tell them the challenge ahead of time and not the caller part or say she lost the advantage.

Immunity

Spoiler Alert: Noura is not the caller and is sat out of the challenge. This challenge follows the typical blindfolded challenge formula of getting puzzle pieces then doing a puzzle. The twist this time is that the caller has to guide a player doing the puzzle. Jason (Not Noura) is the caller for Vokai and Elizabeth is the caller for Lairo. We get all the classic moments like Jack accidentally punching Tommy in the nuts and people bumping into each other. Some other moments include Dean and Chelsea going over an under obstacle, Dan slapping Missy and a bunch of bird calls happening to distract Elizabeth. Lairo was behind by a lot but they finish the puzzle first. Lairo prematurely celebrates but the puzzle is wrong leading to another Vokai victory. Side note: Jason’s voice while guiding Kellee in the puzzle was so soothing. Missy gets the post challenge confessional and tells us that she wants to keep Karishma as a goat and it will be a dope day.

Lairo

Karishma does not want to go out, not like this. Dean talks about how Karishma under performs in challenges. Dean, I like you but so do you. Missy and Aaron tell Elizabeth the plan to get out Dean. Elizabeth agrees but in her head she does not want Dean out over Karishma. So, Elizabeth tells Elaine the plan and Elaine is not on board. Elaine tells us how Dean works around camp while Karishma never helps so she wants to keep Dean. Aaron says that all the tribe cowards in his confessional and how Dean is a big move. How is Dean a big move when the guys have been going out left and right? Elizabeth tells Missy that Elaine is not on board so Missy turns the vote to Chelsea. This makes Elaine think about how aggressive Missy is playing. Going into tribal, I have no idea who is going. Dean is safe due to that plan falling apart but Missy, Karishma and Chelsea are on the table.

Tribal

This was a great tribal. We start with Sandra saying how much Lairo loves tribal. Sandra also roasts Elaine by saying that she never knows anything. The main discussion is how the game is moving quick and everyone is on the line. The day started on plan A and went to plan Z. As Plankton taught us, Plan Z can’t possibly fail! Missy compares the game to Russian Roulette and brings up how these people are strangers but they lie in the dirt together like dogs. Survivor in a nutshell. Karishma says that she loves this chaos and Missy interrupts her to give Karishma a verbal beatdown. Missy roasts the crap out of Karishma. Dean is asked how he would write a letter to the person voted out and he says “Thanks for playing, Bye”. I love how cold that was and it made Jeff laugh. Chelsea says that she likes blindsides. That was four death quotes in a row so I have no idea who is going during the vote. The person voted out by a vote of 6-2 is…

Chelsea! She wanted a blindside and she got one. This was a horrible move for everyone and Chelsea could not have done anything to prevent this other than playing her idol. I understand why Chelsea did not play it since she is in the majority and Karishma is an obvious target. Karishma should have gone home in this vote if they voted off of what is best for the tribe. It’s too early to pick a goat since goats happen naturally in this game. This was the wrong call and Lairo will suffer for it.

Next time: Karishma confirms that she will flip, Dean is pissed at Missy and the swap is happening.

The purple player this week is Tom, Janet and Jack. Not a great week for my winner pick Jack but everyone seems to get no confessional episodes now. This was a good episode between the Noura caller storyline and the complex vote. I just realized that Lairo might take out a Vokai member if Noura’s missing vote is a deciding factor. Overall, This episode is great and I am looking forward to a swap.

Grab your stuff and head back to camp!