Survivor Philippines Episode 6 - Blindsides are the way to go

After TC back at camp Katie is concerned about being the weekest link with her girls gone.  The next day Katie and Denise discuss who has the idol and both assume Penner has it.  They agree that they need to get him out next.  That should ensure they both make the merge.

At Tandang, Skupin has been eating too much of the rice.  He is expendible according to Artis and Pete.

So at the challenge the two tribes go for reward and the first tribe to get three points by rolling a ball into their goal gets a nice lunch.  The first group out there go for over an hour and then they start talking and in the end Kalabaw is giving their rice to Tandang in exchange for the win.  Kalabaw will now have to fish to eat in less than ideal conditions.  Artis was against the deal and it seemed like some others were too.  Abby and Lisa left it up to Mike and Pete and they decided to do it.  It will help Tandang since they are low on rice, but I think Mike has hurt his game even more by accepting it. I think the same goes for Penner too.  The preview was a misdirection and Penner was reaching between Skupin's legs, but only to grab onto the ball, not to do anything crazy, as they edited it to seem.

After the reward challenge Kalabaw was confident.  Jeff K. said that in a couple days without the rice it will hit them, but it was a good move by Penner for his tribe.  With the little rice they had, it wouldn't have lasted and this gives them some much needed energy for the immunity challenge.  Plus they got the letters from home which also gives them an emotional boost.

At Tandang, Artis and Abby are pissed and it looks like Kalabaw only had a days worth of rice, at least at the amounts that they have been eating.  They are blaming Skupin, but according to the conversation between Skupin and RC it was a group decision.  Mike asked everyone and they all said yes, except Artis.  Morale was low and Lisa described it a double low because you gave up and you didn't win.

At Kalabaw, Carter is expressing his displeasure and Katie is agreeing with him.  Penner tried to go fishing and caught two very small fish.  Penner said they must win or it will be bad.

At the immunity challenge Kalabaw starts off strong with Jeff's baseball skills paid off, but then Skupin told Lisa to send it to Malcolm and he caught 3 in a row to give Tandang the come from behind win.  That sends Kalabaw back to TC.

Back at camp Jeff K. is thinking Penner should go, but is thinking Katie is a no brainer too.  He first decides on Penner but then has second thoughts.  Penner tells Katie it's Denise right off the bat and of course she is suspicious of it.  Jeff tells her that it is Penner.  Carter also had a tough time with going with Penner.

At TC, there was a lot of talk about blind sides and everyone knew one was coming.  It is easier than the confrontation, they said.  In the end, Katie came up short and was voted out.  Jeff P. concludes that if the four of you are strong, then you never know what can happen.  The preview for next week show a twist.  Is it the merge?  Is it something else.  Mike says it is new territory for all of them.  That is true for a merge, for him, but it may be something else.  Kalabaw better hope it is the merge, because it is not looking good for them.  I think the twist is that it will be the merge, but they are going to a new beach.  It will either be a neutral location or it could even be Matsing's old beach.

Also this leaves 11 in the game and usually when there is a final 3 there are 9 jury members.  Jeff did not say that Katie was the first member of the jury, so that makes me think that they are doing a final 2 and only 7 jury members.  They could do a final 3 with 7 or even 8 but that hasn't been done so far.

so that is all I have for this week, so until next week... The Tribe has spoken.