50% of the vote

50% of the vote...... I was riveted to my television the other night as the votes were being counted from people from all over the country. It was quite apparent that some people were still undecided right up the point of the vote and it showed. I was talking about the Survivor vote from last night, as it came down to the last vote. You see the people who play this game are from all over the USA, if I have to explain my analogies................(The smart people who read this don't need any explanations by the way, you know who you are) Dangrayne Day 19 My original thought was, Penner probably has to win immunity to stay in the game as he played his idol last week and most of the tribe doesn't want a former player winning. Jeff Kent is talking and saying everyone was wishy washy about getting rid of Penner that night at the vote. We all know Jeff wants Penner gone and here is one of my cardinal rules coming to life. Be oh so careful about what you say during this game, remember this is basically a 39 day interview for the job of being the Sole Survivor. If you continue to tell people you want someone gone, it will get back to that person at some point. It's not like you are talking about a co-worker who has an office in Califronia while you work in Ohio, these people see you everyday and unlike the corporate world, there are no middle management suck ups who walk around the office downloading apps on their phones all day and do nothing, these people matter. Skupin does what Skupin always does and tells Penner to relax and look for a crack in the alliance. Penner gives in and says he will ride in the backseat for a while. Good thing, the backseat is always more fun than the front seat because dad can't see what you are doing, just don't kick the back of the front seat. Lisa points out that people want Penner gone and that no one likes Abi, Pete or Artis. Here is the thing about Lisa, I like her but didn't like that she got picked for Survivor, being a former child actor and all. However, she is very aware of what is going on around her and she is very observant which has the makings of a good player. Reward Challenge The tribe is divided into two teams. One member will swim out and unhook of the four bouys which are anchored to the bottom of the the little inlet. The other members will then pull them back toward shore after they unhook each of the four bouys. Then they unlock a box and two people will then put together the various flag pieces. First team to finishi wins a feast on a river boat. Lisa, Denise, Malcolm, Jeff and Penner win reward. Oh by the way, Abi did participate for the other side in the challenge, that is a first I think. Riverboat Cruise In a makeshift boat powered by bike paddling monkeys the five cruise down a small inlet. Penner does his best, "I can't win this game so keep me around for my vote as I think you four should go to the final four" banter. Actually this is pretty smart because by the way everyone is talking, they wouldn't vote for Penner even is he were to make it to the final three. Dangrayne Day 20 We see Artis eating beans and rice and points out to us that if he has to eats beans and rice for 39 days he will do. The problem with that is the RDA of food requires only small portions of beans and rice so if he keeps this up he will probably get bound up because of the lack of fruit intake. He really should look at the ingredients on the bags of rice before partaking in such a risky diet. Day 22 Lisa, who accidently found Malcolm's hidden immunity idol now wants to get rid of Malcolm. WOW, you have someone who trusts and who also has an idol and you want to get rid of them now? Bold move or stupid? Here is another point of fact. If you are going to go after someone in a blindside and they are in your alliance, you better make damn sure you get rid of them and if you don't, you better hope they don't find out you were targeting them. Immunity Challenge Untie rope and then move bags of puzzle pieces up over and down under various obstacles. Pete, Jeff Kent and Penner are the first three and make it to the final to build a puzzle. Penner comes from far behind to win immunity. The pretribal council Democratic-Republican conventions Malcolm points out that Penner winning immunity was the Murphy's Law of Survivor, they had a plan to get rid of Penner and now they can't. Lisa then tells Pete that Malcolm has a hidden immunity idol and Pete asks Malcolm about this and Malcolm asks Pete who told him........yadda, yadda, yadda. Refer back to my blindside comment above. Lisa was a little to honest here as she told Pete exactly how she found Malcolm's hidden idol. Maybe she should have considered saying, "I think Malcolm has an idol." Then one group targets Pete and then one group targets Jeff Kent. Tribal Council Democrats-Republicans Malcolm points out that the Texas girl, Lisa, threw him under the bus by telling people about his idol. Lisa doesn't hide this and calls Malcolm a huge threat. Abi is confronted and tries to lie but is called out. Soon Abi shows people her hidden idol and Malcolm shows his hidden immunity idol. So a quick review, Penner would be going home if he hadn't won immunity, which he did so people can't vote for him. Jeff Kent and Pete seem to be the obvious choices but, just to add flavor, Abi and Malcolm both show their hidden idols making them not hidden anymore. This now ranks as one of the best tribal councils ever, and they haven't even voted yet. Votes are cast, and Jeff asks Abi and Malcolm if they want to use their idols which they don't. Abi gets one vote, Pete gets four votes and fomer major league baseball player jeff kent goes home with five votes. Review I think Lisa had a real chance to go far in this game and had a golden opportunity to blindside her idol holding buddy Malcolm which would have rid her of a great player and someone holding an idol. Now she goes back to camp with what? She goes back to camp with a great player who is holding an idol and now has absolutely no reason to keep her around or trust her. As I said if you are going to blindside someone, you have to blindside them. The game just changed to someone's favor and someone like Pete may have benefitted the most. He just survived a huge close call and now the focus changes to someone else. That's what makes this game so great.