March Madness always seems to throw off the “Survivor” schedule for a few weeks, but here’s the most recent happenings for our castaways in Brazil. Just as Brendan and Sierra sleuthed out the hidden immunity idol at camp, their counter duo in the secret alliance over at Jalapao, Taj and Stephen, also found the hidden immunity idol. For safe keeping, Taj entrusted it to Stephen, who admits to feeling pretty comfortable with it in his pocket as opposed to anyone else’s.
At the Reward Challenge, each tribe member was forced to spin on a platform, getting dizzy, then race across a balance beam to score points. Jalapao is victorious and wins a trip to the Charmin Cafe…yup, toilet paper and fresh toilets. More than that though, they get to dig into some serious food. And even better, letters from home…always a touching addition. Steven is not so lucky though, as when Brendan is sent to Exile he brings Stephen along to give them an opportunity to get to know each other a little better. Unfortunately, Tyson voices his suspicions to Coach about Brendan making ties with the other team, putting a target on Brendan’s back.
At Jalapao, Spencer and Sydney talk, and Sydney mentions her boyfriend (won’t Joe be disappointed). When she presses Spencer about there being any ladies in his life, he sort of subtley brushes it off, but reveals to the camera later that he’s gay and hasn’t said anything because he doesn’t want that to effect his standing in the game. He’s especially nervous about JT’s reaction, which is fairly justified.
Next up, the Immunity Challenge! While two tribe members launch balls, the remaining tribe members must catch them to score points, while also playing defense against the opposing tribe members. Spencer quite literally drops the ball in this challenge, pissing off JT and Joe who both feel that Spencer is just not an asset to the tribe after his awful performance. After all, JT got so caught up in the challenge that he lost a tooth, this is serious stuff. Ultimately, Timbira won, sending Jalapao to tribal council and placing Spencer squarely on the chopping block.
There was a good deal of discussion before tribal council, with JT insisting on cutting out their weakest link, which was currently debatable as to whether it was Spencer or Taj. Stephen felt uncomfortable with this, being that he had forged a secret alliance with Taj, he would have to turn on her if that was the way the majority felt, and as a result, he would still have the hidden immunity idol. Kind of a sweet deal for him actually. Despite all debates, the decision was basically unanimous to send Spencer home, which seemed kind of harsh. It seemed like he was performing well enough up until this last challenge, but hey, somebody had to go I guess. At least it wasn’t Sydney.
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