Survivor 18-2: "The Poison Apple Needs To Go"

Last week: Everyone arrives in Brazil. Jalapao goes to its first Tribal Council and enacts its first blindside. Who will be voted out...tonight?

Jalapao, immediately after the Tribal Council. The team convinces themselves they did the right thing and Sandy says that Carolina has nobody to blame but herself. But they're all swearing that Sandy is next anyway.

Credits. It amuses me that the eliminated people disappear each week, making the sequence a little quicker until they get to the Jury.

Day 5 at Jalapao and Joe decides that they're in need of protein. Several of them go find a termite mound and kick it over, then start picking up the bugs & eating them like so many M&Ms. Sandy wants to save some of them for bait, but she's overridden. A couple of them start gnawing on a huge larva but most of them are turned off by Steve's obvious distaste.

Timbira. The team is having problems starting a fire, despite having flint. But wait! That's not why they're stupid.

You probably remember that Sierra, upon arriving at the camp ahead of all the others, decided to do the decent thing and build the shelter instead of looking for the Hidden Immunity Idol. Despite all of her hard work, she decides that she's still not feeling the love, and maybe having a HII isn't such a bad idea after all. Sierra recruits Brandon to help her find it, and they head off to the beach together.

Unlike Sandy, Sierra and Brandon have some idea what a "pace" is, but their sense of direction appears to be impaired, as they locate what appears to be the stick and count off the ten paces. Then they start digging. And digging. And digging. That's one big honkin' hole they've got going on, here. There comes a point where you might think, "Hey, maybe we walked toward the wrong tree" because by now they could bury themselves alive and just be done with it, but no. It also doesn't occur to them that perhaps they're taking a long time and the rest of the tribe might go looking for them.

Debbie finds them on the beach and asks what they're up to. Sierra, thinking fast, tells her that it's a bonfire pit. "So we can pretend we're on the beach or something." Because they wouldn't be on the beach already? Maybe later on, they can pretend they're on TV or something. Dumbass.

But wait! If you think Sierra is a dumbass, then you'll love Debbie's reaction. She thinks it's a great idea and heads back to tell the rest of the tribe what they're up to. And they're a bunch of morons too, because they're pretty much okay with it. Nobody is suspicious of this? Are they already starved to the point of stupidity?

The only other guess I have is that, because the hole is so big, Debbie's gone far beyond the point of thinking that they're looking for something, because it's not as though a HII has ever been buried in a hole six feet long, four feet wide and three or four feet deep. Who the hell knows. And, for all their effort, they don't find anything.

Commercials. You know, I'm typing this on my brand-new Dell laptop, and I don't have hot chicks climbing all over me. Now I know why the red carapace costs fifty dollars more.

When we come back, we're still at Timbira. There's debate over whether to cook rice, beans, or rice and beans all in one pot. This is one bored team. It's clear that there's a little friction between Coach and Candace, however. Candace confessionals that in other circumstances she would have brought it on, made him cry, yada yada yada. We're treated to some kiss-and-make-up footage without the kissing, although it's not for lack of trying on Coach's part. Well, he tried the French kiss thing on the side of her head.

Jalapao. Everyone's chitchatting and Taj lets it slip that her husband is Eddie George, the famous football analyst. Now most of the team is pretty much in the "she doesn't need the money" camp, with the possible exception of Stephen, who has no idea who Eddie George is. Don't feel bad, Stephen: I watch football and I'm not clear on Eddie George.

Come on in, Guys!

This week is a combination reward/immunity challenge, which involves a game that's somewhere between Greco-Roman wrestling, water polo and basketball. In the rain. The reward is a bunch of fishing gear. In addition, the winning tribe sends someone to Exile, plus another twist which will be revealed after the challenge. Debbie sits out the challenge.

This is one of the more physical challenges I've seen that didn't involve people nearly dying, like we saw last season. There's a lot of blurring done by the post-production crew on both teams and both sexes. This is the least sexy girl fighting I've ever seen. Timbira goes up 2-0 in this three-point game, but Jalapao catches up and ultimately wins the challenge.

Although Coach appeared to be dragging on the second-to-last point, I don't think Timbira's loss could really be hung on anyone; it's largely a matter of who ran out of steam first. Both teams looked pretty bushed by the end.

Jalapao decides to send Brandon to Exile, and the twist is that Brandon gets to choose someone from Timbira to join him. Brandon selects Taj. Timbira has a day and a half to figure out who's getting voted out; Tyson opines in an interview that it's probably Sierra.

After the commercial, Jalapao returns to camp, victorious. And off they go to do some fishing. JT seems to have some clue about using the fishing gear, which starts a man-crush in Stephen's heart. He actually uses the word "smitten." JT is digging the attention. Despite not catching any fish, Stephen thinks it was a successful outing because they're like BFFs now.

Exile. Brandon and Taj arrive and find some supplies, plus a pair of urns. One urn (the one chosen by Taj) is empty; the other contains a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol. Since they're not going anywhere anyway, he shares this information with her and they manage to figure out that it's hidden back at their camp. Well, Taj figures it out. Brandon realizes it right after Taj points it out to him based on the way the note is worded. So now Brandon is wise to TWO HIIs being hidden at his camp. He spends some time bonding with Taj and trying to figure out how they can both go back to Exile so that they'll have a monopoly on the clues.

Back at Timbira, the team eats rice & beans and discusses who needs to go home. Candace thinks that Coach isn't getting it done and wants him gone. Debbie leaks this information to him and he begins his own campaign to send Candace home.

This is where Coach, to me, is full of crap. Last week he was all about keeping the stong people together; early on it's all about the strong people and how they need to survive. Apparently that's only when they're all on the same page with him. So rather than continue with the original plan to oust Sierra, he's going to go after Candace. Bah.

Brandon comes back from Exile and tells most of the truth about his experience, lying only about the fact that he received the HII clue.

Coach interviews that he's publicly stating that Sierra is going but he's still working on getting the others to vote for Candace. For the third time in a few minutes he refers to Candace as a "cancer." Enough, already. Despite assurances from Coach, Sierra interviews that she's still nervous as we get a shot of the empty hole that's still on the beach.

Tribal Council. Probst reminds everyone that the original vote-out was for Sierra and how the team was able to use the multi-mile hike as a bonding experience in which she didn't participate.

Coach notes that at this point in the game nobody's going to tell you that you're not fitting in. Brandon relates a little about his stay at Exile. Jerry notes how important trust is in this game and that he's bonded with his tribe, so he's going to have a hard time voting tonight. Errin, on the other hand, doesn't have a problem. She doesn't think anyone really knows anyone yet.

Tyson votes. Candace votes for Sierra. Debbie votes. Sierra votes for Candace, calling her a "snake in the grass". Jerry votes. Brandon votes, Erin votes. Coach slings his jacket over his shoulder as he walks up to the voting booth. The look in Probst's eye says that even he thinks Coach is kind of a douche for doing that. Coach votes.

We get a rare shot from the voting booth of Probst walking up to the vote urn. He comes back and it's Candace, Sierra, Candace, Candace, Candace, Candace and that's all she wrote. Candace is snuffed and Probst doesn't even have to tell her that it's time for her to go. He does take the time, however, to point out that the team has pulled off its first blindside.

Candace's exit speech is typically bitter. "They're gonna need me." Even the CBS feed is bored with this, as it gets cut off near the end.

Next week: Taj makes a secret, evil alliance, and the teams play with really big blocks.

Amazing Race 14-1: "Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me"

The good news is that The Amazing Race is back, with some interesting changes. The bad news is that at some point we're probably going to have to deal with a task that involves that stupid gnome statue. Oddly enough I don't have much of a problem with product placement, but that gnome deal is getting old.

We open with some impressive-looking Marine helicopters flying over Southern California. Phil voice-overs that it's "0700 Hours" and that it's from this location that teams are going to racearoundtheworld (drink) for One Million Dollars. You can hear the capital letters when he says it, and he's probably the only guy in the world who can say "One Million Dollars" without making you think of Dr. Evil. The teams are on their way to the National Guard station there as the starting point for the race. 

We go into the opening introductions for each team and there's not much new there: the hot chicks think they have a natural advantage, the deaf kid is throwing off the "handicapped people can do anything" vibe, the bickering couple, and so on. I'm not recapping all that; we can get to know the teams as we move along. 

Phil offers up the rules: Eleven legs, eight pit stops which are elimination points, and you have to get to them fast because if you're last--and here, the continuity breaks as the camera angle changes and we see Phil's first eyebrow pop (drink), which he wasn't doing on the other side of the edit--you'll be eliminated. Teams have to run to the bags, read the first clue and jump into the cars. 

The world is waiting for you. Good luck, travel safe. GO!

And the first clue sends everyone to Switzerland. Teams are given a choice of one of two flights to take. One goes through Zurich; the other through Milan. From there they take a train to Locarno. Everyone jumps into cars and notes how crazy it is that they're on the show. Luke, who is deaf, signs "We're on The Amazing Race." Thanks, dude. 

Credits. The theme music has been changed, not so it's unrecognizable, but it's been re-scored. I'm hearing more drums this time around. And perhaps a chorus? Also, the show's logo has been updated. (Note the swell new icon at the top of the post.) It's a shame the show's theme doesn't have lyrics, isn't it? "Come be in the-A-mazing Race, you'll take a trip..." something, something. I'm still working on it. 

We also get a new view of the Amazing Map Lines. The map itself is a little more topographical and 3-D looking, but don't fool yourself: we're still in Standard Definition. Also, the lines are kind of skinny and tough to see. It wasn't until a second viewing that I noticed that there were dotted lines running across the landscape to represent the trains. Bigger and brighter lines, guys!

The Lufthansa flight, going to Zurich, winds up with Tammy & Victor, Christie & Jodi, Jaime & Cara, Mark & Michael, Brad & Victoria, and Margie & Luke. The Air France flight has Kisha & Jen, Mel & Mike, Amanda & Kris, Preston & Jennifer, and Steve & Linda. Kisha notes that they got information that the train ride from Milan to Locarno is much shorter than the one from Zurich. So at least they're thinking. 

We're given practically no airport scene for this part of the race, and that's all good. Unless something important actually happens, I don't need to know about it. The planes land and teams head for the train. In Zurich, the train station is at the airport itself. The Milan train's location isn't as clear, but apparently there's enough confusion that Preston & Jennifer miss their train. 

We get a split screen to jump us from one train to the other, then jump back to Zurich, where Preston & Jennifer are getting on another train. They celebrate this new train by fighting with each other. 

Meanwhile, Christie & Jodi have found themselves a Fern, who is going to the same place. She helps them sneak off that train and onto another one which gets in thirteen minutes sooner. It's not till the train is back in motion that they're missed. 

In Locarno, teams have to find the Church of San Antonio, where they sign up for a departure time and get a note from the priest who's standing there. The departure times are 7:00, 7:15 and 7:30. Christie & Jodi get there first, followed by the others. By the time Mel & Mike get there, it's dark. But that's okay, they're pretty much bunched anyway. The note directs the teams to a campsite from which they'll make these departures. 

At the campsite: Luke makes a big deal about being in the top four, as though that's relevant at this point. Steve gives Linda a raft of crap about not being so fast. Linda is sad, but she did sign on to be in a race, after all. I'm just saying. 

Commercials. I'd snark on 'em but that's what DVR is for. See? Product placement is my own fault. 

Next morning at 7:15, the first four teams are given a postcard with a photograph of a dam and the inscription "Wish You Were Here." It's up to them to figure out that the picture is the Verzasca Dam, where Phil tells us their next clue is located. See, I like that sort of clue, where you have to be at least a little bit clever. Most of the teams cleverly hail a taxi and show the photo to the drivers, who seem to know where it is. Christie & Jodi can't find a cab, however. It's strongly hinted that this is because they're on the wrong side of the building. These are the flight attendants with the mad travel skillz, yo. 

The 7:30 group starts to emerge and get cabs. Christie & Jodi finally get a cab and encourage him to hurry, in SPANISH. 

Mark & Michael, the diminutive stuntmen, arrive at the dam first and it's a Roadblock. "Who has nerves of steel?" is the clue. The lucky team member will be bungee-jumping into the gorge below the dam, a drop of over 70 stories and (only) the second-highest bungee jump in the world. Hey, they've gotta save something good for a future season. What follows is a whole lot of people saying "Oh my God" as they look over the side, as they jump into the gorge, as they watch their partner go down, etc etc etc. Naturally, there's also a mini-camera attached to them so we can see their reactions as they fall. Stuff like that is probably the reason the show isn't in HD. 

As the teams finish the Roadblock, they get their next clue, which tells them to take a train to Interlaken where, as Phil explains, they'll have to look for a place called Kleine Rugen Wiese. Somehow, Tammy & Victor finished first. I thought the stuntmen got in first, but what the hell. The stuntmen take off in second place. We see a few more, and now it's Jodi, who is apparently scared to death. She's a flight attendant who's scared of heights, get it? Ha, ha! Commercials. 

Jodi makes the jump and lives through it. In fact, for all her fear, she's a pretty cool cucumber now.  

Back at the Locarno train station. Tammy & Victor, Mark & Michael, Margie & Luke and Mel & Mike all make the same train, despite Victor's rather weak attempt to throw them off the trail. 

The other teams finish their jumps. Steve & Linda are still in last place. 

Train station. Brad & Victoria are debating trains when the flight attendants show up. Brad & Victoria let them go ahead in line while they discuss it. Christie & Jodi choose a train that's about to leave right away, but Brad & Victoria realize that there's a train leaving almost an hour later that actually gets to Interlaken sooner. They decide to pretend to miss the train, and Christie & Jodi ride off, alone. 

The lead teams have arrived in Interlaken, and it's not long before they find Kleine Rugen Wiese, which Babelfish tells me translates to "Small Rugen Meadow." Educational! We see about a dozen guys in traditional clothes beating on...kettles? big iron bells? Who the hell knows, it's raucous, and it's the Detour. Teams are expected to choose a pair of "traditional antique cheese racks" and climb to the top of a hill. At the top of a hill is a cheese-aging shed. They have to transport two hundred pounds of cheese from the shed to...another shed, this one at the bottom of the hill. We're looking at each team moving four fifty-pound wheels of cheese. (Remember that phrase, "Wheels of Cheese".) The racks are hard to describe; they're sort of like the bastard son of a big backpack and a ladderback chair. The hill is easier to describe, and Margie puts it well: "It was so slippery and so terrifying. You had a lot of mud and animal poop." 

Teams are practically killing themselves getting up the hill, never mind the cheese. Mel has pulled a groin muscle somewhere so he's having a tough time on level ground at this point. The other issue is that the "traditional antique cheese racks" are pretty flimsy, giving way under the weight of the cheese, or the person who happens to slip and land on it, or even a stiff breeze. A few of these cheese wheels break free from the racks and start rolling downhill. And let me tell you, these things fly down the hill. The guys beating on the drum kettle things are having a riotous good time watching this. So are the people in my living room watching this. 

Luke falls and loses his cheese, which is only barely stopped by some wire fencing. Seriously, I thought the fence was going to go down. Mel is scooting down the hill on his butt, with the cheese in his lap. Tammy loses her cheese, which goes whipping past Mel, who says more to himself than anyone else, "Don't let a cheese hit me." 

Meanwhile, the flight attendants have searched their entire train and discovered they're the only team on it. They're peeved because they've been lied to by Tammy & Victor. 

Luke and Margie reach the bottom of the hill, but they still have to go get their Fugitive Cheeses. They do this and are the first to get on the scoreboard. Mike may be the only one with an intact rack at this point. He delivers his first cheese, as do the brothers. Tammy & Victor get their first load on the rack. Margie & Luke decide to use Mel's method to get their second loads down the hill, and actually manage to pass him, so they're the first to finish the task, and they get their clue directing them to the Pit Stop. 

Racers must now take a taxi to what Phil calls "the last postal stop" in Schtechelberg. Once there, they'll have to listen for a group of yodelers, who will lead them to the Amazing Mat. Last team to check in will be eliminated. 

Mike leads Mel back up the hill by hand. Tammy & Victor finish, with Mark & Michael right behind them. Suddenly a bunch of teams all arrive at the same time: Kisha & Jen, Jaime & Cara, Brad & Victoria, Amanda & Kris, and Preston & Jennifer. Mel & Mike finish as Steve & Linda arrive. Steve carries both racks up the hill; Linda is killing herself getting up there. 

Christie & Jodi are still on the train. 

Steve begins pushing Linda up the hill from behind. The other teams are on their way down. The flight attendants finally arrive in Interlaken. They get to the site and are relieved to see that they're no longer alone. 

Cut to Schtechelberg. Luke can't hear any yodelers, of course, but at least he's got Margie. She can hear them, but the problem is that all the yodeling is echoing all about them, so they're not that easy to find. And Tammy & Victor are hot on their heels. We get the point-of-view shot up to the Amazing Mat, and its...Margie & Luke. Phil says aloud, "Margie and Luke?", then signs "You [are] Team Number One." Phil then checks in Tammy & Victor, and Mark & Michael, who also managed to zip in pretty quickly. Phil turns back to Luke and asks him why it was so important to be in the race. Luke again gives us the "handicapped people can do anything" spiel. 

Back on Cheese Hill. Jennifer's rack is empty (insert your own Playboy joke here), and she's steadying Preston's rack, which has two wheels on it. A moment later, he loses his balance and as he goes down his rack (of course) shatters. Steve has hit on the idea of using his broken rack as a kind of sled, and he's got three wheels of cheese on it. Linda is doing the same thing with a single cheese wheel. Kris takes to carrying a wheel on each shoulder, and never mind the racks. 

Amanda & Kris finish next and are gone. Preston and Jennifer make their second trek up the hill. Steve & Linda are done (having done it all in a single trip) and are on their way to sixth place. 

Mel & Mike check in as Team Number Four. 

Brad & Victoria finish the cheese task, suspiciously clean. They're headed for the Pit Stop. The cheerleaders finish, and so do Kisha & Jen. 

Amanda & Kris, you are Team Number Five. 

Jodi & Christie are working with a broken rack and scooting down on their butts. Jennifer & Preston are on their way out, in tenth place. The flight attendants leave in last place. 

In the parking lot at the Pit Stop, Linda notices footprints and suggests a path to follow. Steve points out that they're headed into a river. Steve falls and lands on his backpack. Heh. 

Brad & Victoria are checked in as Team Number Six, and they comment their opinion that they may be the only team to do the entire cheese task upright. Phil has them turn around and, sure enough, their pants are perfectly clean. 

Jaime & Cara check in. Steve & Linda are still wandering about. "God, we're such dumbasses!" Linda says, and I'm not necessarily disagreeing with her. Kisha & Jen are Team Number Eight. 

Steve & Linda FINALLY find the Amazing Mat. Phil gives them a smile and a pop of the eyebrow that was probably loud enough to tip off the other teams to his location. They're Team Number Nine and glad to be there. 

Preston & Jennifer, and Christie & Jodi arrive at the Pit Stop almost simultaneously. A foot race begins, but Jennifer begins to slow down and the flight attendants pass her. At some point, as they approach the Amazing Mat, Preston has begun carrying Jennifer on his back. The flight attendants are checked in as Team Number Ten, and that's all for Preston & Jennifer, who are Philiminated. Viewers across the nation rejoice, as teams as irritating as this are so rarely knocked out early on. 

Next week: Linda is sad again. Also, lost. And, Margie & Luke are hurling pies at each other, but apparently it's not as hilarious as you'd think. Not to them, anyway. 

Have You Practiced Popping Your Eyebrow?

Just a reminder that the premiere of the 14th season of The Amazing Race will begin this Sunday night at 8:00 Eastern. Unfortunately, unlike Survivor, TAR continues to be shot in the usual low definition stuff rather than Hi-Def.

(I forgot to mention the HD images from Survivor last night: the show looks incredible this way. I'm so glad I upgraded my service. And my TV. And the cables. I even called BGE to ensure that they were sending me high-definition electricity for the LCD television set. They hung up on me. I know!)

Word is that we'll be watching eleven teams of two people, as usual, making their way in a racearoundtheworld (drink if Phil says it all as one word). The teams are the usual grab bag: a couple of hot chick pals who "aren't afraid to use their looks to get ahead", an intergenerational team--two of them, actually--siblings, and of course the Couple That's Using the Race to Determine Whether They're Going to Stay Together. Hey! I don't see the gay couple, or the long-distance daters!

We're also going to see nine countries, including Romania for the first time and Switzerland, India (naturally--can't have TAR without an India leg that includes some contestant getting her ass grabbed on the train), the People's Republic of China, Thailand and Russia (Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk), before wrapping up in Hawaii. Bertram van Munster says that this is one of the more intense races that they've had to run, what with the extreme climates and less time spent in the airports. I guess they'll just have to do their bunching somewhere else, like at gates waiting for places to open up in the morning.

I'm going to be in New York City this weekend but I should be able to get the recap up later on Sunday night.

Survivor 18-1: "Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start"

OK, let me offer up an apology for anyone who actually considered following last season here. If you read my other blog then you know I got distracted by some medical issues. I'm better now. Really.

On the other hand, it wasn't that long ago that I was dealing with those medical issues. And it's already time to consider a new season of Survivor? Well, what the hell.

This season opened up with the players already divided into tribes, named Jalapao and Timbira. It's not an obvious division like Boys vs. Girls or Old vs. Young or anything else, for that matter. We're not told how they were split up, which is fine by me. Probst goes through his usual spiel about how this part of the world is beautiful and unspoiled, and CBS is here with cameras and several dozen people to put an end to that. Not in so many words, of course. Eighteen people, thirty-nine days...one Survivor!

In addition to being laden with contestants, the truck is also burdened with assorted supplies. As the truck parks, Probst gives the teams one minute to get whatever supplies they think they're going to need off the truck, which they'll take to their camp. During that minute, Timbira managed to take all of the water and all of the food sacks (beans, rice). Jalapao got melons and such, but nothing that they can store for any appreciable length of time. It's at this point that they're told that the march to their camp site will take about four hours.

Probst then tells the teams that they're going to hold a vote right away, and that therefore two people will not be making the trip with everyone else. So the teams, who have had very little opportunity to speak to one another (only during the supply run), have to vote based entirely on first impressions. Jalapao votes for Sandy, because she's an older woman, and Timbira votes for Cierra because they think she can't hack it in the heat already. Both of them express anger and dismay, and Cierra points out that she's been on antibiotics for three days because she's got strep throat. No wonder she looks sick: she IS sick.

Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), there's already a twist. This vote is not the elimination vote that everyone thought it was. All Probst had said was that the people voted on wouldn't be making the trip with the rest of the tribe. Instead, these two will be given a helicopter ride to their respective campsites. This is a good news/bad news thing: they won't have to march for four hours, but then again they won't be given the opportunity to bond with the rest of their tribe, which has already decided that they're not wanted.

At the campsites, Sandy and Cierra are each given the opportunity to either start building a shelter using the materials provided, or they can go look for a Hidden Immunity Idol. Cierra, seeing an opportunity to redeem herself in the tribe's eyes, starts building. Fortunately, the rest of the tribe apparently gets lost and takes what appears to be longer than the four hours to get there, so she's nearly done by the time they arrive. But still: she built a shelter for nine people with strep throat and a fever.

Sandy, on the other hand, thinks that she's going to be gone at the first Tribal Council her team sits in, so she goes looking for the idol. Which would be a great idea if she had some clue-solving ability. First she's told to go locate a stick in the sand by their beach and dig beneath it for the next clue. For all the time she had, she couldn't even complete this part--she hadn't found the next clue by the time the tribe arrived. Naturally, the tribe was pretty pissed that she hadn't done anything with the shelter.

The next day, Sandy managed to break away from the tribe, find the correct stick and dig down to the next clue, which directed her to walk ten paces toward "the lone palm tree". First there was the small matter of finding the tree, then she repeatedly noted that she didn't know what a "pace" was.

Come on in, Guys!

The first Challenge, which was a combination reward/Immunity, involved teams racing along a sandy course with some serious hills and valleys in it. At the end of the course is a raft full of planks, which are stair treads. The teams fish the planks out of the water, untie them and carry them back through the course to the base of the stairs, where two tribe members (from each team) are waiting. These two tribe members then put the right planks in the right places so that each team can ascend the stairway and another two tribe members can solve a maze puzzle at the top. It's probably not a coincidence that both Sandy and Cierra were selected to work on the stair treads.

Survivors ready? Go!

Both teams were roughly even for the retrieval portion of the challenge, but Sandy really rocked the stair puzzle for Jalapao, putting them into a big lead. Unfortunately, this came unraveled when Brendan and Erinn solved the maze for Timbira in short order, and we'll see Jalapao at Tribal Council tonight.

Still convinced that she's headed for the Loser Lodge Ponderosa, Sandy continues to search for the HII. However, Sandy's efforts at the Challenge were not unnoticed by some of her tribemates. Carolina, meanwhile, starts rubbing everyone the wrong way with her attitude. Apparently Brazil is too dirty for her taste or some such.

Tribal Council: Probst hates Sandy because she's old. Carolina admits she can be abrasive. Hardly anyone else gets to speak. The tribe agrees with Carolina's assessment and votes her out, 7-1.

Next week: There's going to be a beatdown! Or, you know, not.