Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20160428081722/@comment-5277627-20160428120322

Two notes before I post my FB summary:

1. If Michele wins this season goes from top 3 to top 5.

2. Can we all just appreciate that the Survivor producers have given more airtime to a chicken than Joe? A chicken is more interesting and TV worthy than Joe Del Campo apparently. Mark for honorary Jury member. <3

Now for the summary:

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES OH THANK GOD It's safe to say this episode was, hands down, the most nerve-wracking episode of the season! I nearly had a heart attack!

After the legendary blindside of Scot, Jason and Julia returned to camp being whiny bitches, as one would expect. But of course that was bad news for Tai, and it didn't help with the fact that this god damn episode spent all episode building up the chances of Tai being eliminated! Ugh. I have never been so nervous!

The challenges were a big highlight this episode, though. .The reward challenge was amazing, featuring some rare Joe slayage (<33333) and some classic Aubry failures (<33333). The challenge was won by Michele (booooo) and Cydne (yaaaaay) who picked the Challenge Fail Queen to go on the reward with them. At the reward, there was more talk of eliminating Tai, which raised my nerves. At camp, there was talk of eliminating Tai, which raised my nerves even higher! I think this episode will have to be called the "Let's Eliminate Tai" show. Then the immunity challenge came, and that was absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately, Joe's slayage could not continue and he returned to his old ways of not even trying (Joe is amazing ♥). In what was, in my opinion, one of the most difficult challenges (swimming AND memory? I'd have no chance in hell), Michele absolutely destroyed everyone and took home the immunity necklace, having memorised ALL SYMBOLS AND NUMBERS in ONE GO. Who does that!? I bow to Michele's powers. tongue emoticon 

The pre-tribal made me nervous as hell as, not only was I certain they were going to eliminate Tai, but I thought they would kill Mark the chicken! Thankfully Mark didn't die, and there was a potential lifeline thrown as the alliance of five (that's everyone except Julia and Jason, AKA the "I Don't Suck Unless My Name is Michele" alliance) considered voting out Julia for being a threat, That being said, I was still terrified Tai was gonna go.

Tribal Council, although being one of the best Tribals of the season, certainly didn't help my nerves! This Tribal's name was "101 Reasons to Eliminate Tai" as everybody everywhere seemed to be throwing hints as to why to eliminate Tai, or suggesting they would eliminate him. I was convinced Tai would play his idol, but then... HE DIDN'T! Oh my God, at this point I was freaking out. I thought Tai would go home for sure. As the third vote for Julia came up (votes courtesy of Aubry, Joe and Tai) I was terrified. I thought, "Michele and Cydney are going to flip. Tai is going home with the idol in his pocket and as one of the dumbest Survivor players ever." And then... "Tenth person voted out and the fifth member of the Jury... Julia." I literally screamed "YES!" as soon as the vote was read. I clapped. I cheered. I couldn't believe it. Tai had escaped certain death. He lived to fight another day. As my heart rate slowed and Julia exited Tribal Council, it seemed Jason was the only one left on the bottom, but as we all know, looks can be deceiving. Can't wait for next week! This is getting so exciting!!

For those wondering, my heart rate and stress levels are fine now.

I give this episode an absolutely well-deserving 10/10. Although strategy took the driver's seat this episode, it was for all the right reasons. This episode left me on the edge of my seat, had amazing challenges, and delivered yet another stunning blindside. There is nothing about this episode that isn't great, and after a "meh" episode last week, this is an extremely welcome climb back to glory for Kaoh Rong.

Hopefully Jason goes next week, but I doubt it. For the record, even though she's in the five alliance, Michele does indeed suck.

As for where this season sits in the rankings? Still at number three for me, but it's knocking at the door of number two. We'll see where it ends up at the end.

Brilliant episode! heart emoticon