Chanelle’s stray Tribal Council vote for Mike comes back to haunt her.
Jeff Probstwon’t stop talking to me.
I mean, the guy just won’t shut up!
The cast of ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
It was almost like he Purple Kelly’d himself.
I mean, we go back, me and Probst.
We’ve been doing this since Day 1.
Tori Meehan on ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
True old schoolSurvivor, in Ethan Zohn t-shirt parlance.
I don’t know, maybe the guy’s lonely?
Perhaps he just likes to remind me how much better his hair is than mine?
Romeo Escobar on ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
Whatever the reason, it’s nice to hear from him.
And that’s exactly what he did every time he reached out over the past few weeks.
I wonder how often he actually did these little intros out on location.
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish?
The whole situation was a bit… fishy, hahaha!
Anyway, let’s see how Jonathan dominates this one.
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I Like Mike
How great is Mike?
I’m not just saying that because we both reside in the Dirty Jerz.
I’m not just saying that because we are both as Omar might put it maturegentlemen.
And I’m not just saying that because of our Wesleyan dad connection.
But none of that certainly hurts either.
Mike just seems like such a likeable dude who genuinely likes people.
(Unless you write his name down.
Then you are dead to him.)
Can he actually win this game?
It’s not so far-fetched, and would be yet another notch in the belt of New JerseySurvivordomination.
YES!That’s my girl!
And then the unthinkable happened.
Drea announced to the world that she was the anti-Heidi and Jenna because she doesnotlike peanut butter.
First off, who doesn’t like peanut butter?
What are you, some sort of monster?
ARE YOU THE MONSTER JEFF PROBST KEEPS TALKING ABOUT?!?!
Actually, I’ll be completely honest.
In a weird way, I respect not liking peanut butterat allover preferring creamy to crunchy peanut butter.
That, to me, is sacrilege.
It’s like saying you preferPirate MastertoSurvivor.
Get that garbage out of my face and fire up a little Skippy Super Chunk instead.
(Admission: I watchedPirate Masterbecause I have no taste and I have no shame.
All hail the Chest of Zanzibar!)
And her reward was another Beware Advantage.
Wait… that’s it?
That’s what she had to beware of?
That is the easiest, lamest Beware Advantage of all time!
No guaranteed loss of vote?
No automatic giving up of any sort of power?
Hell, the thing isn’t evenburied!Retrieve by sundown?
She’s going to retrieve that thing before I even finish this sentence!
And that she did, securing the Knowledge is Power advantage in no time.
Wow, what a letdown.
Or so I thought.
And that’s not just because I have an affinity for cheesy Jeff Fahey horror films of yesterday.
I love it because it is a stealthy beware advantage.
But there was a surprise waiting for her.
Well, how didthatwork out for her?
Either way, standing slow-clap to the producers for that fun second level to the advantage.
The idol and advantage overload is out of control.
That left only seven people competing in the ol' balance-on-a-narrow-perch-while-holding-a-buoy-with-two-handles contest.
First off, some props for Tori, who won her second straight immunity challenge.
Tori was a goner last week if she did not win immunity, which she then did.
She most likely would have been toast again this week, and again she won.
That’s two super clutch performances in a row.
Equally impressive was Jonathan.
At his size, he had no business whatsoever lasting as long in this challenge as he did.
Is there anything this guy can’t do?
And the most likable cyborg since Lieutenant Commander Data was patrolling the deck of the U.S.S.
Chill Out or Freak Out?
But instead of Chanelle fighting to stay, she went for a completely different strategy instead.
I actually don’t blame him at all.
And here’s the thing: Chanelle’s plan to lay low probably would have worked.
The vote appeared to have flipped and Romeo was going to the jury.
And why didn’t he?
Because of one stray vote from two Tribals ago: Chanelle’s vote for Mike.
She did it in case Daniel successfully used his Shot in the Dark, whichseemssmart.
So when word came to Mike that the target was now Romeo, he refused and flipped it back.
And she did NOT look happy about it.
Her dream was shattered.
Folks just lied to her face about the vote.
There wasn’t even anyone at Ponderosa to grab a beer with.
I’d probably be a bit salty myself.
Here’s a lukewarm take: I don’t think Chanelle is a badSurvivorplayer.
But she did make some bad moves.
If anything, her social game actually appeared to be aliabilityonce the tribes all came together.
I got over it.
It took me a few years, but I got over it.
And Chanelle will as well.
Not in the game, mind you, but, like… in life.
She’ll move on.
And so will we, but not without a few extra goodies for you.
