Lucky (for some) Week Thirteen

Kichagani Tribe

After winning immunity last week Kichagani was enjoying their nice little break from Tribal Council. Cowin was especially enjoying the break because he felt that if they lost the challenge he wouldn’t still be here. Through the grapevine, Mandy discovered today that both Lauren and Beckie were voted out, and that she was the last girl left in SH2. She was both happy to have that honour, considering she would have been eliminated in Week Three if Gerry had voted, and sad that many of her friends were gone from the game. Kyle was feeling really good about his game so far. After all the strategy that has happened so far in the game, he finally felt comfortable with his position. A lot of that comfort stemmed from his partner. Scott had also done his fair share of strategy in the game. It’s not like Kyle did everything himself, Scott had been a huge part of it all. Micah was another person who could have been voted out early, but is still in. He was glad to come to a tribe ruled by someone he knew in Kyle, but also knew that at some point he would have to make this game his own. He had not had to be too strategic himself to this point, but his time was coming, and Micah wanted to go deeper into the game. Kyle would have to listen to everyone’s promises, and choose who he trusted to stay true to him later in the game.

Margolo Tribe

Last week they went from 5 to 4, and this week they could go from 4 to 3. That would be a bad thing. It would be specifically terrible for Jord if they lost this week. German, Elliott and Steve were in a three person alliance, that Jord was not technically a part of, so he would be next to go. Basically, the three-way alliance was more focused on what they could manage after the merge into one tribe (whenever that happens) because even if they did lose, Jord would be next to go, and the odds were very good that the three of them were making it to the final tribe.

The Harteema Gang

This tribe has lost the last two immunity challenges, after being very successful in the first three. Trotman in particular was getting very concerned. He wasn’t sure exactly how strong the alliance of Dirks, Silas, Chris and Tyler was, but the last three people to get voted out were each of their partners, so if the trend continued, either Silas or Trotman would be voted out if they lost. That was why he needed to try and convince the other guys that he was more trustworthy and one or more of them. Also, he would never forget that he won SH1 over Dirks in the final, and it was possible that Dirks would want to take Trotman to the final to exact his revenge. But the tribe was feeling pretty good about its 5 strong men who could do “anything.”

Immunity Challenge

The challenge this week is both a swimming and a puzzle challenge. Starting on the beach, each tribe will send out one person at a time to swim out into the water, and dive down and retrieve a puzzle piece in a weighted bag at ocean floor. Swimmers will have goggles, so they can get a good look. Once all 8 pieces are brought back, the team can start putting the puzzle together. One piece of information that is important is that the swimmer instead of swimming directly back to the beach with their piece can grab another tribe’s bag and move it farther away, making it more difficult to find. That is where strategy will come in. You will lose time, but the other tribes could lose more time. Each contestant can only have one bag in their hands at a time.

The attribute weightings are as follows:

Speed: 20%
Strength: 0%
Problem-Solving: 40%
Strategizing: 20%
Teamwork: 20%

One person has to sit out of both Kichagani and Harteema. They choose to sit out Mandy and Chris respectively. So, once everyone is in place, The Challenge Begins!!!

Scott, German and Dirks were the first three people in the water with Dirks bringing back his piece right away, and both German and Scott spending a little time moving some other bags around. And that was the way it went for a time. Kichagani and Margolo spent loads of time hiding and moving bags, while Harteema attempted to find and just bring their bags back. Ultimately, Harteema was the first to bring back all eight of their bags, but they only had a slight lead over Margolo, and an even slighter lead over Kichagani.

So with all tribes putting their puzzles together, Harteema began to slow down a bit, having some troubles. And while Kichagani was keeping their pace, Margolo was really speeding through it. As they were all placing their final pieces, both Kichagani and Harteema placed their pieces at the exact same time. But unfortunately for them, Margolo placed it only a second before, and Margolo Wins Immunity! Which means that this week Kichagani and Harteema are going to Tribal Council.

Keys to Victory (defeat):

Margolo Tribe: All four members were perfect.

Kichagani Tribe: Sitting out Mandy was probably a good idea, seeing as she may not have been great at all the deep swimming, but Micah struggled in this challenge, where Cowin, Scott and Kyle were very good.

Harteema Gang: Nathan and Silas were quite good in this challenge. Chris was probably a good idea to sit out cause he hates fish, but Trotman and Tyler were a bit slow in this challenge altogether. Everyone could have done better though, except for maybe Dirks.

So here are the people that must vote by 11:59pm on Wednesday night:

Kichagani Tribe:
Kyle
Cowin
Mandy
Micah
Scott

Harteema Gang:
Silas
Trotman
Tyler
Chris
Dirks