Survivor: Tocantins Weeks 4 & 5

Week 4: The Strongest Man Alive

Previously on Survivor: Timbira dominated early. Taj and Brendan form a secret cross-tribal alliance; they’re gonna bring in Sierra and Stephen. Jalapao begins to dominate. Timbira votes out Candace, then Jerry. Coach wants to be the leader, but some of the tribe thinks it should be Brendan. Jalapao has 7 people left, Timbira, 6.

And now….

Timbira Night 9 -

After tribal council Coach is still salty ’cause Erin said he’s not a good leader.

Day 9 –

Brendan thinks they should all just vote and make a decision as to who should be leader. Coach steps aside so Brendan can be leader. In his confessional though, he still talks smack. He’s such a douche.

Jalapao Day 10 –

The tribe is concerned that Exile Island is wearing Taj down. She’s more concerned with getting Stephen alone to bring him into her alliance.

"I may have just stumbled ass backwards into a great alliance!"

I love Stephen.

Timbira –

Tree mail suggests some kind of endurance competition for supplies. Brendan hasn’t had a chance to speak with Sierra about the alliance yet.

Luxury Challenge – Weights are added to tribe members’ shoulders until all but one drops. The winner gets to raid the other tribe for two items. And then there’s the whole Exile Island thing. Sierra, Stephen and Spencer sit out for their tribes.

Joe, Taj, JT – Jalapao weight bearers.

Debra, Brendan, and Tyson – Timbira weight bearers.

Joe and Brendan get the first weighs. JT and Tyson get the second set of weights. Brendan and Taj get some in the third round. It’s 20lbs each round.

Brendan could have broken Rupert’s 220lb record, but he drops out.

JT is at 220lbs. He’s tied the record. He’s awesome.

Tyson drops out at 14olbs.

Joe and JT drop out. It’s between Debra and Taj with 100lbs each.

Taj is solid as a rock. Debra looks like she’s going to crap her shorts.

Jalapao wins! Taj is classy and congratulates Deb.

Sierra is picked to go to Exile Island, but because she doesn’t know the plan, she picks Taj to go with her instead of Stephen.

After the challenge, Timbira ponders what Jalapao will take. They hope to convince Joe and JT not to take their beans. They go right for the beans. But they don’t take both sacks, just one and a watering can.

Sandy proves ungrateful and thinks they should have taken all the beans. She’s also starting to get on Sydney’s nerves. Sandy is hatin’ on Sydney ’cause she’s hot and flirting with the boys.

Exile Island Day 10 -

Taj gets the urn with the clue. It confirms that the idol is at tree mail. Taj fills Sierra in on the plan and she loves it!

"What HE said!"

Timbira Day 11 -

Everyone wants to relax. Tyson rocks a loin cloth and everyone thinks it’s funny. It’s not. It’s gross and hard to look at. Erinn agrees with me. She finds she can’t connect with the rest of her tribe. She just went through a bad break-up at home.

Immunity Challenge – One member at a time races out for puzzle pieces, the pieces are put in place and then rotated to reveal a phrase. Taj sits out.

Jalapao has a lead until Sydney loses it. They pretty much start their puzzles at the same time, but Timbira wins. The phrase was, “Escape the vote. Timbira/Jalapao wins immunity.”

Jalapao Day 12 –

Back at camp, Taj isn’t surprised that they lost. She wants an opportunity to speak with Stephen alone. Taj, Stephen, JT, and Sandy discuss Sydney going home. JT is unsure. I love him for not being swayed by a blonde with nice ta-tas.

When asked what part of the game they love, Stephen says he likes meeting people he wouldn’t normally meet. Sydney says she likes being sneaky. JT is all, “I’m glad you told me that.”

Beauty? Check. Brains? Not so much.

At Tribal Council –

Jeff brings up that Sandy had such an awful start ’cause that’s his job to bring up the butt-clenching questions. Sandy brings up the fact that Sydney wears JT’s boxer shorts. Sydney has to defend her flirtatious ways. Taj is all, “I don’t care who they want to hook-up with, Taj is gonna be okay!”

Time to vote…

Sandy – 4

Sydney – 1

Joe – 1

I really thought Sydney was going. Poor Sandy. She didn’t see it coming.

Both tribes are now even. It’s on!

Week 5 – You’re Going to Want That Tooth

Previously on Survivor: Because of the new Exile Island twist, Brendan and Taj have formed a cross-tribal alliance. They bring in Sierra and Stephen from their tribes. Brendan has found his idol at Timbira, and though Taj knows where it is (tree mail), she hasn’t had time to look for it. Jalapao votes out Sandy.

And now…

Jalapao Day 13 -

Stephen scratches Taj’s back and he says, “I’ve never brought such pleasure to a woman before,” as she moans. They head off to tree mail and find the idol.Taj tells Stephen to hold on to the idol because no one will suspect him of having it. He’s all, “Since I have it, it’s mine.” Um, yeah. Don’t tell that sistah that.

At Timbira –

Sierra and Brendan are alone and Sierra tells him she’s in on the plan. They pat themselves on the back.

At the Luxury Challenge -In rounds, a tribe member will be seated on spinning platform as another member races and causes it to spin. The dizzy tribe member then has to walk across a balance beam to a mat to score… they win a trip to a Charmin Cafe (Holy, product placement, Batman!)

Jalapao wins. They pick Brendan to go to Exile Island, and when Brendan picks Stephen, Jalapao think he’s classy, but Tyson smells a rat.Damn!

At the Charmin Cafe -

Jalapao eat so much sweet stuf and coffee, they’re totally gonna need the toilet provided. They’re also provided with surprise letters from home.

At Timbira -

Tyson tells Debra and Coach that Brendan has to go next, and they can’t tell Sierra ’cause she won’t be with them. Damn you, big mouth!

Coach predicts a storm will pass them by, and because he’s a loudmouth douchebag, they get rained on.

"I can predict the weather with my douchey powers."

Exile Island Day 14 –

Brendan and Stephen bond over their new alliance. Brendan is happy to find out that Stephen and Taj have found the idol.

Jalapao Day 15 –

Sydney and … some guy that I don’t even know his name! Oh, the young one. Anyway, they talk about relationships. Spencer! That’s his name. He doesn’t bring up that he’s gay.

Tree mail announces the immunity challenge and it hints at connecting with your tribe and comes with a whiffle set.

At the immunity challange - Teammates take turns launching balls via a catapult, while the others catch for points. First to five wins immunity.

During the challenge, JT loses a tooth.

Missing a tooth and still hot!

Jalapao loses though. Ugh. I hate Timbira. But at least they won’t be able to get rid of Brendan.

All Jeff has for Jalapao is JT’s tooth.

Jalapao Day 15 –

Taj is pissed. Joe’s knee is swollen. And JT is still missing a tooth.

Taj kinda goes off and Joe doesn’t like it. JT and Stephen trust her. Stephen is considering letter her go home w/o the idol. Snake!

JT is pushing for Stephen though. ‘Cause JT is awesome.

Spencer makes his case, but JT doesn’t seem convinced and honestly tells him it’s between him and Taj.

At Tribal Council –

Spencer admits that his performace was pathetic. Taj owns up to blowing up at camp.

Everyone votes.

Taj -1

Spencer – 4

Buh-bye, Spencer. We hardly knew thee.

Buh-bye.