Thursday is finally here so let’s get ready for some Heroes vs. Villains tonight on Survivor 2010.  Can’t wait to see what goes down when Sandra tries to vote out Russell cause you know he’s not going to take that $hit lying down! 

There seems to be a lot of confusion on who wins the immunity challenge and from what I’ve read it’s either going to be Jerri or Parvati.  Blackwhale has said a couple of different things.  One was Amanda gets voted out in a 6-3 vote with Jerri getting the three votes but then he/she said Jerri wins immunity.  Jerri can’t have three votes against her if she wins immunity so it’s anybodies guess as to who wins.

Also, since both idols got played last week get ready for another clue and yes, another idol.  It may not be this week when someone finds it but it will be soon because there should be another 3 or 4 played this season.  Damn, that’s a lot of idols for one season.

Be sure to join us here for all pre and post show discussions!

Here is the Survivor 2010 preview:

Any guess why Russ doesn’t try to vote out Sandra?

CBS PRESS RELEASE:  “IN THE WAKE OF A GAME-CHANGING TRIBAL COUNCIL, EVERYONE STRUGGLES TO FIND THEIR PLACE IN THE NEWLY MERGED TRIBE, AND SOME PANICKED PLAYERS CONSIDER MAKING NEW ALLIES
“Jumping Ship” – With two swing votes hanging in the balance, no one can be sure of their safety heading into Tribal Council, and even the most formidable villain in the game makes a potential miscalculation.”

We’ve seen Russell take down the almighty Boston Rob and pick off his alliances one by one.  We have seen him pass off not one buy two idols to Parvati.  We’ve even seen him hide his tribe’s machete and burn their socks but the one thing we haven’t seen that we weren’t expecting was him lose control to a girl.  Could this be the week when Russell loses all control to Parvati and Sandra?

This is not the face of a very happy Russell.  He and Parvati will have their conversation first thing Thursday evening.  The two will begin to one up each other and even though they will work together, it won’t be the same.

Immunity Challenge is House of Cards from Gabon.  Basically you need to have the tallest stack of cards before time runs out. 

This callenge doesn’t look easy.  According to blackwhale Parvati Jerri wins immunity but he/she said that last week as well so take it with a grain of salt. 

The reward challenge is shuffleboard.  The will compete in teams of 3 for movies and popcorn and Blackwhale says Amanda, Colby and Danielle are victorious.  In the popcorn is a clue to the HII and Danielle and Amanda will wrestle for it with Danielle the winner.  Back at camp she is stalked by the heroes who follow her every move. 

Amanda will go to Ponderosa at TC.  Why do you think they choose to vote out Amanda and how does Russell escape possible eviction from Sandra?

Thanks to SP for the vidcaps!

Update:  Russell Hantz arrested details at Reality Rewind. 

JT was played big time by Russell on this episode of Survivor 2010.  He had JT eating out of his hand and even when Sandra tried to tell Rupert the truth, the whole heroes tribe with the exception of Rupert still believe the little troll. 

The teams merge tonight and the Villains are given a map to the Heroe’s camp.  The Heroe’s receive a locked trunk and Villains receive the key so when they merge the trunk is opened and we get the new black buffs and a lot of food.  Food is going to be an issue because the Heroe’s don’t like the Villains eating so much but the Villains don’t really care as we find out later at the TC. 

Parvati is basically ostracized when they arrive at camp.  She knows the Heroes want her gone so she sticks to herself and lets Russell finagle all the deals.  She does take a couple of walks with Amanda and Parvati tells her she has an idol.  Not sure why she does this, maybe to test Amanda and to get the heat off herself?  On their second chat Amanda tells her she needs to play the idol at TC and Parvati can tell she is lying. 

Sandra gets a moment alone with Rupert and tries to tell him that Rupert that Russell is the kingpin but her strategy doesn’t work and she realizes she needs to work with Russ this week to get out JT.  Smart move on her part to wait.  The Heroes come up with a plan to tell Russ to vote out Parvati while they all vote out either Sandra or Jerri.  They want to test his loyalty.  Unfortunately their plan doesn’t work out too well. 

At the immunity challenge which is everyone hanging onto poles until the fall off, Colby and Sandra are down in less than a minute followed by Russ then Rupert.  Amanda and JT step down next with JT right behind.  Candice decides to get out on her own even though she could stay up a while and Jeff questions why she does this.  I don’t understand why Candice does this.  Doesn’t she know it will make things harder on the Villains if one of them doesn’t win immunity?  Now it comes down to Danielle and Parvati and Danielle tells her that she wants the necklace because Parv has the idol.  Parv drops and Danielle wins individual immunity. 

At Tribal Council Rupert says that camp life has been an adjustment.  They all get in a little tiff over bananas.  Rupert wants them to wait until there ripe to eat them.  Gnome lets it be known that there are still two tribes.  I almost wish we could have seen a tie tonight.  That would have been fun.  After the vote, Parv takes out her idol and hands it to Sandra.  The heroes are snickering because they all voted for Jerri oh but hold your laughter, she then takes out another idol and hands it off to Jerri.  With all the Villains voting for JT, he becomes the third member of the jury. 

Russ looks at Parv and says, “You’ve got some explaining to do.”  Things don’t look good Russ next week.  Parv gains control over him and Sandra hooks up with the Heroes.  How in the world does she save herself from getting the boot?  This chick has 9 lives.

Get ready for the merge tonight on Survivor 2010: Heroes vs. Villains and what is sure to be an explosive Tribal Council as not one but two idols are played. 

The heroes and villains merge into black and become yin yang so it will be interesting to see how Russ handles JT and what happens when Parvati and Amanda meet back up.  Will Parvati stay true to her alliance of Russell and Danielle or get swept back into her friendship with Amanda?  Will Sandra get to Rupert when she tells him there is not an all girls alliance?  Find out the answers tonight at 7C/8E.

Join us here for all pre and post show discussions.

This week on Survivor 2010:  Heroes vs. Villains we get to see The Merge.  The Villains will relocate to the Heroe’s camp and both tribes should enjoy a feast in place of the reward challenge.

It looks like the spoilers are correct and the merge tribe is black so the tribe name is probably correct with yin – yang.  The yin is the dark, negative feminine side and the yang is light, positive and masculine.

The Immunity Challenge has been used at least twice in the past and the players will now compete for individual immunity.  The castaways will hang on totem poles to see who will last the longest.  Blackwhale from sucks says “Someone asked about Candice in the totem pole challenge where you wrap your arms and legs around. She did well, and gave Parvati a run for her money, but Parvati still won. This is the first challenge after the merge. JT did pretty well too.”  If only JT could have hung on a little longer.

Parvati makes the whole thing look easy and it must be for her since she wins immunity.  She also has an idol and Russell has another one.  I’ve seen spoilers that say Russ will hand off his idol to Parvati who then gives it to Jerri before the merge and I’ve seen spoilers that say Parvati has both idols and hand them both out in TC to Jerri and Sandra.  Either way all the Villains are safe and JT will be sent to visit Coach and Courtney at the Ponderosa.

The heroes will be down by one and it should be fun to watch their jaws hit the floor when they find out they’ve been played by Russell.

Thanks to SP for vidcaps!

CBS PRESS RELEASE: A Hero takes a gamble and places his trust in one of the game’s most notorious villains, on Survivor 2010: Heroes vs. Villains.  Reunited on the merged tribe, two old friends rekindle an alliance but trust doesn’t come easily for this powerful pair.  One castaway makes an unprecedented play, setting the stage for one of the most surprising tribal councils in survivor history.

Update: check out Killer K’s assessment of the hidden immunity idols at Reality Rewind.

Survivor 2010 begins with Sandra giving herself props for voting Coach out.  I guess she is due for one especally after such an obvious move as that.  Jerri however was blindsided and is worried she is next but is reassured she is not.

For the reward challenge the tribes have to label from strongest to weakest and that is who they will be paired against from the other side.  Russell is going to sit out.  The challenge is bracing yourself between two walls with your forearms while standing on a small foothold.  After ten minutes you move down a step until the last one which is only a 1/4 inch wide where you stay as long as you can.  The Villain women sweep it across the board and they will now enjoy a dinner and drinks from Outback Steakhouse.  It looks like they are starting with a wallabe darned.  I love those!  And then move on to the salad where Parvati finds a clue to the HII hidden in her napkin.  She only tells Danielle about it and they go searching for it and find it all behind Russell’s back.  Parvati says she’ll tell Russ what he needs to know and right now he doesn’t need to know.  She says Russ is not the king of Survivor but she is the queen and even the king does what the queen tells him to do.  Sounds like Parv may be running things more than we think.   

The Heroes are back at camp and JT comes up with the plan to pass off his HII to Russell with a note telling him to vote off Parvati.  The entire tribe goes along with the idea but Amanda does seem a little skeptical.  If JT had read the situation right it would have gone down as the best move in survivor history but not having seen Russ’s gameplay JT falls right into his hands. 

At the immunity challenge Sandra sits out for the Villains.  Each member stands on a platform in the water, when Jeff says go a member from each tribe races with a bag of puzzle pieces along a rope and go over and under obstaclesinthe water.  When all five bags are at the start, they will make a totem pole and the first to complete it wins immunity.  The Heroes easily defeat the Villains.  Colby and Russ are the last two on the platform and Colby asks Russ if he is going home next.  Russ says yes and Colby lets him know JT has something for him to use at TC and to get rid of Parvati.  Russ is about as happy as a freaking clam.  He can’t believe they are going to hand him an idol.  He said I don’t even have to search for the idols, people just hand them to me.  The whole time I’m thinking please don’t tell anyone Russ.  Keep this to yourself.

Russ runs to Parv with the note and they get a good laugh at JT’s expense.  Russ is a complete fool for telling Parvati and Danielle about the idol.  I don’t know why he has such a big mouth and can’t keep anything to himself.

At TC, Courtney is voted out and even Sandra wrote her name down.  Hmmm.

What did you think of this episode?

It’s Thursday so that means we get another hour of Survivor 2010: Heroes vs. Villains!  Should be a great show with JT pulling one of the dumbest moves in survivor history.  Of course we won’t see how it all plays out until Episode 10.

The Villains win the reward tonight and finally get to eat.  Parvati and Danielle will fin the clue to HII and not share it with the others.  Pretty slick move since Russ has gone out of his way to help Parv stay in the competition.  Goes to show she is just using him to advance his game.  Will he take a back seat and let her control the game from here on out?  I’m thinking not.

We will be around all day so join us for any pre show discussions and after the show as we break it all down.

CBS Press Release: “A SECRET MESSAGE PASSED BETWEEN TRIBES COULD GO DOWN AS EITHER THE DUMBEST OR BOLDEST MOVE IN SURVIVOR HISTORY
“Survivor History” – Convinced that a women’s alliance is running the Villains tribe, The Heroes develop a risky strategy in an effort to align themselves with one of the game’s most notorious player.”

First challenge is Chimney Sweep from Fiji and Tocantins. The players are braced between two walls while standing on tiny footholds above the ground.  After 30 minutes step down to smaller footholds.  After one hour step down to the smallest footholds which are less than 1/4 inch wide.  JT won this during his season and he is paired against Parvati while Sandra is paired against Rupert.  Seems like the Villains should be in trouble but according to Blackwhale from Sucks,   The challenge we see in the promo where they are standing on the tiny planks is a clean sweep by the ladies of the villains tribe. Russell sits out. Sandra, Courtney and Jerri beat their fellow cast mates Rupert, Amanda and Colby. Parvati beats fellow winner JT and Danielle beats fellow “who?” Candice.

In the next challenge we only get a glimpse of JT with a puzzle bag tied to a rope.  I’m not sure where this challenge is from or what it could be.  Anyone have any thoughts on this?

We all know the Villains lose the Immunity Challenge and Courtney is the boot.  JT will hand off his idol to Russ in hopes that Russ will get rid of Parvati.  Parvati will find an idol on her own and not tell Russ about it so in Episode 10, Russ will give Parvati an idol who will then give it to Sandra.  She will give her other one to Jerri.  Lots of idols coming into play after the merge.

Thanks to TDT and SP for vidcaps!

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