Well, so much for balanced teams. Foa Foa lost another challenge, lost Mike due to health concerns, and had to vote another member off their tribe. (I haven’t yet seen who’s been voted off…) Next week they’ll be down 3 players! In the past, when a player has left the game for health reasons, they haven’t made anyone go home at tribal council, so that kind of sucks for them.

Now, I have 2 people to vent about. First, how in the HECK did Russell find a hidden immunity idol without even knowing there was one hidden?! Of all the people, he is the one who I would least like to have possession of an immunity idol. Sadly, my hopes for him going home soon are fading. Second, what the heck is wrong with Ben? That was one of the most gruesome challenges, and he was fairly warned before he kicked Russ in the shins. Honestly, between being kicked out of the challenge, acting like an a$$ and not even apologizing to his team, and then annoying everyone at camp, I really can’t see why they wouldn’t vote him off.

Well, I just watched the end, and I totally don’t get it. I can understand how voting the physically weak players off might be a strategic move, but if your stronger players can’t play fair, or even participate at all, how is that going to help? And they do have mental challenges as well. I guess with Mike gone, it was inevitable for Betsy. I feel bad though. I don’t think she deserved it.

The good news: Watching this episode proved to me that I could NEVER survive Survivor. Between living with rude, annoying people, not brushing my teeth for 2 months, sleeping in the wet/cold, and attempting to fight other people in hand-to-hand combat, I would surely die.