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For 39 days, 16 castaways were stranded in Asia.  Every 3 days on the island became a 1-hour show.  The first contestant eliminated pockets $25,000.  Each successive eliminated contestant wins more money, through the next-to-last Survivor, who receives $100,000.  The final Survivor wins a million dollars!

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DAY 19: S.O.B. (OR, IN THIS CASE, JUST THE 'B.')

It's another tequila sunrise...well, OK, coffee sunrise. The birds are sining, the surf is pounding...and Jerri is complaining. She groans about sleeping on the "rack", the lean-to on the top level of the "tree house" they built and doesn't feel like doing much work today.

Shii Ann thinks this is poor of her acting like such a rhymes-with-witch...and Colby, Jerri's tribemate from the Outback, couldn't agree more. This is the SAME strategy and attitude she used three years ago...and it makes the other tribemates want to vote her out even more. Jerri KNOWS she's being talked about behind her back...but she ALSO knows that everyone is underestimating her. She ain't as "zen-like" as people think.

REWARD/IMMUNITY CHALLENGE: PICKING UP THE PIECES
An interesting puzzle shows up in our Tree-Mail. We assume it's a Reward Challenge...but Once put together, it reads:

"Living on the island you need the ocean to survive
Be the first to master the sea, three more days you'll stay alive.
Extra consequence if you move too slow
Be the last to finish and be the next to go.

An Immunity Challenge?! What about the merge?!

So we head to Challenge Beach to meet Chapera. The challenge is a floating puzzle out in the sea. Tribe members, one at a time, will swim out to untie pieces floating nearby. The puzzle becomes a large boat, which will then be latched to keep the pieces together and rowed to the shore with four paddles. Once ON shore, one tribe member runs into the jungle to a giant palm tree and cuts a rop, raising their flag and releasing two more paddles. They run back and paddle back to the platform. First one back wins.

Then Uncle Jeff informs us that there IS a reward! The winning tribe has a party boat barbecue for the whole day, complete with open bar and desserts! But it is ALSO an Immunity Challenge; the losing tribe goes to Tribal Council...TONIGHT! *gulp* Oh,...one more thing: the WINNERS get to choose one of the LOSERS to JOIN them! Not only does that loser get to feast, but S/HE is immune from being voted off as well!

After some strategy on order, we head out to the platform. Jerri starts off for us, diving right in...but Bahstin Rob runs out on the boat and gets a huge lead on her. Rob easily gets the first piece ouh-nooked...but Jerri has issues with it. By the time she gets it unhooked, Rob's already back at base. Big Tom gets his piece out before Shii Ann hits the water. Alicia widens the lead for Chapera, swimming back before Shii Ann can even tag in Colby.

Colby DOES make up a little ground, swimming back before Rupert could dive in. Kathy tries to make up more ground, but Jenna dives in for the fifth piece before Kathy makes it back. Jenna has issues with unhooking the piece, but not enough as she heads back while Ethan dives in. Amber is last Chapaera, and she has a bit of a lead over Lex. But Lex closes the gap even more as they race back with their last pieces.

Now we just hope Chapera has the same luck at puzzle building as they did when they tried to build that cube some time ago. And, fortunately, they do. Mogo Mogo has no problem getting their boat together...while Chapera look like the Three Stooges Times Two in their pursuit. Ethan, however, breaks the paddle after using it to hammer in a brace. Still, three-and-a-half paddles will have to do. The six hop on board and head out, leaving Chapera in their wake. But Chapera kicks off the dock before all THEIR braces are secure.

It's a tight race to the shore. We hit our pole first and Ethan takes off like a shot. Ten seconds later, Rob is on his heels. Ethan makes it to the tree and raises the flag, but has some difficulty getting the paddles off. Rob raises Chapera's flag and starts untying HIS paddles. Back at shore, the teams wonder who's going to emerge from the woods first...and it's Rob! Chapera is off to the platform, ten seconds behind Mogo Mogo. It becomes an outrigger race to the platform, and Mogo Mogo is in perfect unison, passing Chapera's boat.

Suddenly, we veer off course for some reason! Chapera forges ahead as we straighten out! At that point, the race is over, Chapera rows their boat to the dock and destroys us...AGAIN!

So Chapera gets the BBQ on a 90-foot yacht...and they decide, after a bit of a discussion, to drag Kathy along for the ride. And Mogo Mogo will have FOUR people leaving Tribal Council tonight...and one leaving for good.

(I'll let Chico describe Kathy's experience on the boat; I'll stick with the tribe as a whole)

AFTERNOON 19: WHAT HAPPENED WAS...
Everyone is disappointed...hugely! And no sooner do they return to Camp Mogo Mogo when Ethan apologizes for "screwing up" and takes responcibility for the loss. He's pretty much saying, "Go ahead and vote for me." Lex tries to get him to talk it out, but Ethan feels he might be the poor shnook to leave.

While Chapera and Kathy have dessert at an oasis (and Kathy wonders why she can't have fun anymore), Jerri seems to think everyone is stressed after the failure at the challenge. Shii Ann is sick of Jerri, only wanting to do the chores others are already doing. Jerri even snapped at her for putting "rotten" coconut meat into the frying pan to cook. Colby is annoyed by BOTH of their attitudes and can't decide which to toss.

While the winners whack golf balls into the ocean and Kathy becomes a snitch, Ethan feels insecure...and pushes Colby the idea of voting off Jerri. Colby says he already has his "vote-writing" speech down for when he votes for her. The pitch the idea to Lex, but he's undecided. He then walks WITH Jerri and lets her know of the others' plan to ditch her. HE wants Colby gone instead and feels he can get Shii Ann to agree...and Jerri can live with that.

But Shii Ann can't see why Jerri can't go. Of course, she doesn't TELL Lex that when he pitches the idea of voting Colby off to her. She is sure (and correct) she is the swing vote; her decision will decide who gets dumped!

TRIBAL COUNCIL: SWING KIDS
So Mogo Mogo sans Kathy arrive at Uncle Jeff's Tree House of the Damned for the big event. Ethan again takes responcibilty for the screw-up. Colby agrees about the tribal animosity, not looking forward to any kind of merge with Chapera. Lex says they're looking forward to a merge and says he's alreayd looking for possible threats in his own tribe.

Jerri says she'll vote for her biggest threat, but Colbt disagrees, not wanting to lose more strong players and allow Chapera to win more challenges. Shii Ann thinks she and Jerri may be the weakest physically, but she hates to think that's what the vote will be all about. Jerri doesn't feel like a weak link herself. Shii Ann thinks Colby is the strongest physically...and Colby DOESN'T feel secure about it.

It's time to vote. Ethan starts with a vote for Jerri, calling her "two-faced". Lex votes for Colby, sayong he's taking advantage of a situation. Colby just shows his vote for Jerri, Jerri gets her "revenge vote" for Colby...and, at last, the swing vote. We don't see Shii Ann's vote, but she says, "You have underestimated my powers!"

Uncle Jeff tallies and brings the votes out. The first four votes, of course, are for Jerri and Colby. Then we find out Shii Ann's vote: COLBY! (Well, he was right about being vulnerable, I guess.) Colby's torch is snuffed and he splits...much to Jerri's DEEP relief!

But wait until we return to camp and Kathy sees Colby has been dumped...she'll FREAK, I'm sure.