'Survivor: Island of the Idols' Episode 5

Wow! What an amazing episode of Survivor tonight! First off, nice blindside, Lairo. You made a really good move by taking out Chelsea. Unfortunately, you ended up with Detective Dean who sought out the person who did it, who took Chelsea out. And he eventually figured out it was Missy, who is proud of it. Well, Dean, I don't think you'll get her out anytime soon, even if you want to. She's in the majority, you're not. Plus, you don't have any idols. But it's Survivor, anything can happen. At the reward challenge, first off, tribe swap! We have two new tribes. The new Vokai is a 4-4 split, four Lairo, our Vokai. Elaine, Missy, Aaron & Elizabeth for original Lairo and Tommy, Jason, Lauren & Dan for original Vokai. The new Lairo is 5-3, five Vokai, three Lairo. The three Lairo are Tom, Karishma & Dean while the five Vokai are Noura, Kellee, Jamal, Jack & Janet. They then competed for a reward of Applebee's. They crawled through sand in pairs, with pairs doing the puzzle at the end.

Ultimately, Karishma failed hard and Vokai continued their winning streak, enjoying Applebee's and getting along. Even if they are former enemies, they still bonded with delicious, mouth-watering food that even makes me hungry just watching. Meanwhile at Lairo, the tribe got back to camp, with each of the members wanting to work with the 5. Karishma offered to flip when talking to Kellee, Tom fought to get Karishma out and Dean, well, they voted out his woman and he and Kellee have a mutual friend, so I'm sure he has no problem voting out Karishma or Tom anyway. After the reward, even the former Lairos at the new Vokai wanted to switch, bonding well with the other tribe. Well, other than Elaine, who didn't feel comfortable with the new tribe getting along so well, and didn't hear anything from Elizabeth. But Aaron & Missy, well, Aaron made an alliance with Tom, showed off his cool socks with his son's face on them, and Missy just hates Lairo and their losing streak, wanting to lose that Lairo connection, being full Vokai now.

At the Immunity Challenge, the tribes swam, climbed, with Karishma still struggling, as Vokai lead, Lairo behind. Though, Tommy not landing some of the balls for a bit of time gave Vokai the time to catch up, with Dean landing two balls easily, so it became 2-2, with the next ball thrown and landing in the basket winning the challenge. Ultimately, Vokai's streak continued, despite Lairo's hope for a comeback, Vokai won immunity, sending Lairo back to Tribal Council, even as a new tribe.

Before Tribal Council, nobody went to the Island of the Idols, which is a surprise. I mean, I love watching the strategy and everything, but no Island of the Idols this week, strange. Anyway, the tribe strategized, as all three of the original Lairo wanted to work with Vokai. Dean & Tom wanted Karishma out, but Karishma would gladly vote Dean or Tom if Vokai told her to. It seemed like it could be Karishma, though Tom would more likely be loyal to his original tribe come the merge while Dean is a likable guy, which can be threatening in a game like Survivor. And Karishma just isn't good in challenges. So, it was a tough choice for the Vokai 5, who had a decision to make about who to team up with and who to vote out, between the three.

At Tribal Council, the want to be with the Vokai was obvious, with the three constantly trying to save themselves. Oh, and Boston Rob and Sandra are viewing it, making the many comments that viewers normally would to their TVs. Back to the contestants, Tom flat out just said that he shows what he can do and lets the tribe decide for themselves if they want him. Noura made a huge random laugh, which just seemed silly, so I couldn't help but laugh. Anyway, Dean pitches that he has been speaking with everyone, pitching to them why he's good and that he can help them. Janet then argued that he didn't speak with her, but was able to talk to the others individually. Boston Rob then said what many viewers thought at the moment, "Dean's gone." Dean then proceeded to make his pitch back with how Karishma still has loyalty to the other side based on Chelsea's blindside, though she argued it was just a whisper that got her to do it at the last minute. Tom said it wasn't, she knows who it was that organized the Chelsea plan, Karishma said she didn't and Rob & Sandra approved of Dean maneuvering himself back, making sure it wouldn't be him going that night. Anyway, Kellee then spoke about the vote, Sandra showed how she's rooting for Kellee, and the vote occurred. It seemed like it could likely be Karishma, but NOPE. Tom Laidlaw, the first Canadian Survivor contestant was sent packing over her, even despite Noura not having a vote as a result of her failure in the previous episode. There was clearly a strategy going on, so now Tom is gone.

Overall, this has been an amazing episode of Survivor and I can't wait to see what happens next week when the insanity continues, Noura wants to make a move, it may or may not go to rocks as scrambling ensues. #Survivor #SurvivorIslandoftheIdols #FirstCanadianSurvivor #Blindside #ByeTom #TribeSwap #RobandSandra #BigMoves #VokaiStrong #ImTiredOfAnLIWantAW #LisDead #TheNouraLaugh #KarishmaStaysAgain