Yul Wins!

YUL:
WINNER!


Sole Survivor
Who do YOU think is going to win Survivor: Cook Islands?

Adam
Becky
Ozzy
Sundra
Yul


  • Yul 63%
  • Ozzy 24%
  • Parvati 7%
  • Adam 5%
  • No one else received votes

The tribe has spoken, and there is one less castaway on the island. Who went home this week?

OZZY:
(Final Three)


BECKY:
(Final Three)


SUNDRA:
On The Jury


ADAM:
On The Jury


PARVATI:
On The Jury


JONATHAN:
On The Jury


CANDICE:
On The Jury


NATHAN:
On The Jury


JENNY:
On The Jury


REBECCA:
On The Jury


BRAD:
On The Jury


JESSICA:



CRISTINA:



CAO BOI:



STEPHANNIE:
How come every season we get at least one person that just decides to give up. I mean, the odds are so far against you that you will even MAKE the show, that if you are lucky enough to get picked, you should give it all that you have every day to try and win that prize. Last week Stephannie offered herself up to go, and for whatever reason her tribe didn't take her up on it. And then this week, all she had to do was stay quiet and go with the flow of the tribe, and she wouldn't have been touched. But instead she starts hinting she'd like to go home and get some mashed potatoes? Huh? Girl, you've got your whole life for mashed potatoes. When are you going to be in the running for a million dollars again? Oh, whatever... go home, enjoy your taters and gravy. I hope they're worth it!


JP:
You may have been surprised, J.P., that you were sent home. But that whole strategy of reclining back by the fire and telling everyone else what to do, and making sure you got a daily afternoon nap... was never going to get you far in this game. And you weren't even that strong in the challenges, and actually pointed that out to you tribe during Tribal Council. Yeah, I'd have to say there are serveral things you might choose to do a little differently if you had it all to do over again. But you left with class, and without a harsh word... and that's always nice to see.

CECILIA:
Well Cecilia, I'm not convinced there was a lot you could have done to stick around. It was just one of those things, someone had to go... and there was more fighting done on behalf of Becky than there was for you. If you know you were in such danger, I imagine you would have campaigned a little harder... but I'm not sure it would have changed things. Enjoy the rest of your time relaxing in the South Pacific!

BILLY:
Billy, Billy, Billy. What exactly is going on in that little head of yours? I have to say, I never saw it coming. You certainly have the distinguished honor of delivering one of the most memorable little speeches in Tribal Council history. I'm all for wearing your heart on your sleeve, but you might want to just doublecheck the fabrication factor of your love affair before you announce it to the world. Your tribemates first thought you were lazy, then they were convinced that you were crazy. Hopefully the heavy metal world will welcome you back with open arms, because I think you've spooked just about everyone else out.

SEKOU:
Our first castaway voted off the island. Sorry Sekou, your leadership skills were viewed as lacking by your tribemates. You still went out with a smile though, with no hard feelings. And you have an amazing career and life back at home! This was just a little diversion.

JEFF:
Jeff, you've got to get yourself a new hat, buddy. That one that you've been wearing to all of the challenges is looking a bit ratty. Have Julie Whats-cha-ma-Berry go get one for you. People are starting to whisper that you're trying to hide some hair loss. Hey, snaps on the inmmunity challenge! It was much fun to watch 8 grown adults try and balance on a little bittie platform for the chance to continue on in your little social experiment. Let's really blow this thing out and see what people will really do for the chance to win a million dollars. Let's have some ethically questionable challenges in the last half... like, first tribe to draw blood from the other wins immunity. First tribe to eat rat poison wins immunity. Come on... it's season 13! Time to push the envelope a bit. Everyone has forgiven you for the whole racial segregation thing, they'll forgive you for putting contestants in mortal danger for the sake of ratings. I mean... eventually, anyway.



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Friday, October 13, 2006

Day 12

Raro Tribe

The boys are all up early, nervously brushing their teeth with little bamboo sticks while the girls all sleep in. The boys are anxious... their leader J.P. got voted out the night before. They look like little chipmunks with the sticks in their mouths, gnawing away distractedly as they wonder what they can do to be less vulnerable now that the girls are in the clear majority.

Nate looks at the sleeping girls. "What you ladies sleeping for? I'm not a hater but what they do all day?" Yeah, whatever Nate. Twenty-four hours ago you were lolling about while the ladies swept camp and made breakfast. New morning, new perspective... eh?

So the nervous chipmunk men decide to do something to demonstrate to the ladies how very valuable they are. Brad trots off to catch some fish, Nate goes and enthusiastically gathers some firewood, and Adam goes out and sweeps clean the rocks. What? Wait.... oh, he goes searching for some crabs. Whatever, he looked like a French Maid there for a minute, dusting off the rock face. Whatever Adam, just keep moving and look busy.

The girls stretch awake, drink their coffee, read the paper. They giggle at how hard the guys are working. That's right guys... you're showing THEM. Just keep working your fingers to the bone and show those girls who is boss.

Aitu Tribe

Sundra, Becky and Candice lounge on the beach catching some rays, and inspecting each other’s underarms for growth. Oh what they wouldn’t do for a razor right about now. Cao Boi grumbles about the lazy girls, and threatens that they’ll be going home soon if they don’t start contributing. But we all know that Cao Boi is going to do something irritating every hour on the hour and keep the target firmly placed on his back… so he can grumble all he wants, but it probably won’t amount to much.

It’s tree mail time, and it’s something about strained spicy pears. Oh wait, no… it’s about pairs straining to win spices. Whatever. The survivors brush the sand off their butts and trudge off to the challenge location, a big circle area that’s been cleared in the middle of one of the islands for the challenge de jour. For some reason I keep wondering how they cleared all that land into such a precise circle shape. It’s sad when I’m more interested in the behind-the-scenes prep work for the challenge, as opposed to the challenge itself.

Reward Challenge

Jeff is waiting there for the Survivors, wearing that same goofy straw cowboy hat that’s beginning to look a little worse for wear. Far be it for me to give fashion advice, but he should at least try donning a Crocodile Dundee or Indiana Jones inspired hat, as opposed to the wicker cowboy look. Just my two-cents.

The tribes arrive, and Aitu gasps with pleasant surprise to find out that physically strong J.P. got voted out of Raro at the last tribal council. You know they’re all wondering, “Why the hell…?” but then shrugging their shoulders and figuring that Raro’s loss is their gain.

So here’s the challenge. Something new for once! Each tribe must break down into three pairs, and each pair must stand on a box with one arm around each other, and the other arm holding a rope with a hook on the end. Every two minutes, members of the opposing tribe will grab a pair of 5-pound weights, and load them on whichever pair they would like. The tribe with the last pair standing, without dropping their weights, wins reward. And Jeff… what is today’s reward? Why, it’s additional fishing supplies, spices, and wine! The Survivors all do the happy dance when they realize they may be getting wine tonight. We viewers get happy too, because there are few things more entertaining on this show than tipsy castaways. Also, as usual, the winning tribe will get to pick someone from the losing tribe to go to “there ain’t no idol there no more” Island.

The tribes strategize for a moment, and pick their pairs. For Aitu, the weight-bearing pairs will be Yul & Jonathan, Sundra & Candice, and Ozzy & Flicka. For Raro, the pairs are Nate & Adam, Rebecca & Stephannie, and Cristina & Brad. That leaves Cao Boi and Becky to be the weight loaders for Aitu, and Parvati and Jenny for Raro.

The challenge begins, and Raro spreads the weight around, while Aitu targets Nate & Adam to carry all of the weight. During the waiting periods between each new load of weights, the tribes start heckling each other. Flicka, “roller derby is as much a mental game as a physical one” starts first when Nate says to his tribe, “They’ll be wine tonight!” And Flicka, ever the clever girl says, “They’ll be whine-ING!” Everyone laughs and mutters about what a harsh comment that was. What? That’s clever and harsh? Was that not the most obvious comment ever? No matter… everyone is now in awe of Flicka and her smart mouth. She blows kisses to the crowd.

Time passes, weight is distributed, intense dramatic music is played… suddenly, for no good reason that I can see, Yul lets go of his rope and he and Jonathan, the strongest pair for Aitu, are out of the competition. Yul, honey…! It’s holding on to a rope, that’s all! You’re an “ultimate fighter”, you play water polo… but you can’t hold on to 30 pounds of weight? I’m so disappointed in you. Sit down. You’re in time out.

Rebecca and Stephanie then drop their weight (surprising no one) and now Raro is down a pair as well. Sundra starts struggling, and Candice, her partner, tries to encourage her to keep holding on… but she gives up and lets the weight drop. Candice, clearly forgetting that morning’s earlier bonding experience over armpits, looks clearly disappointed and annoyed and doesn’t offer the token, “It’s okay, you did your best,” that Sundra is hoping for. Instead, Candice flops down with thinly veiled disgust to await the end of the competition. This leaves Ozzy and Flicka alone to compete for Aitu.

Flicka decides this would be a good time to flaunt her heckling techniques some more, and starts taunting Cristina who is showing signs of weakening. “Ohhh, she’s gonna drop it, I see her drop it… na, na, na-na, na, na….” Cristina replies with, “Mind over matter.” And Flicka, obviously drunk with the power of her own ranting responds, “The power of the mind is a dangerous place to wander.”

WHAT???

It doesn’t matter… it’s time for more weight, and with only one place to go for Aitu, Flicka suddenly silences once the new weight is applied and she herself starts struggling mightily. Over for Raro, Nate and Adam are struggling while holding 30 pounds each, and they start grabbing at each other to try and anchor themselves better. There’s grabbing and groping and grunting and sweating… and it might be kind of erotic if it wasn’t for the fact that it’s Nate and Adam.

Suddenly, over on the Aitu side of things… Flicka, weakened by all of that taunting, is losing grip of her rope. She struggles and squeals, and tries to get a better grip. The music builds, Flicka strains… and OH NO! She lets go of the rope. Sorry Flick. All talk and no holdy-the-ropey, spells a loss for your tribe.

Raro wins reward, and gets to send someone to Exile Island. For whatever reason, they decide to send back someone that has already gone, and they pick Jonathan. Jonathan gives a wave, and wanders off, and then Raro does the happy dance around their newly acquired spicy strained pears.

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