By Kim
There are two immunity challenges and two Tribal Councils tonight. In the first challenge, they have to balance on a wooden pyramid in the water for immunity AND reward, the reward being information about the game. Probst offers up temptations in the form of doughnuts, and Eddie and Erik jump in together to take them. Eddie is an idiot. No one needs immunity more than him, except maybe Reynold. Cochran takes the temptation and gets some hot dogs and soda. They move up to the top of the pyramid and that's when things get really tough. Dawn and Sherri fall down, leaving Reynold against Andrea and Brenda. Reynold makes a few great saves, but ultimately goes down. Andrea and Brenda talk about a deal, but they both ultimately decide that they want to win. They decide to add their own twist to the challenge by lifting up one foot. Brenda immediately falls in and Andrea wins both immunity and information.
Andrea's info is the same clue that Malcolm got about the immunity idol. She tells her whole alliance about it -- since they pretty much know already -- and they all go searching for it together. Erik actually digs it up and he immediately hands it to Andrea, to Cochran's chagrin. Andrea then floats the idea of blindsiding Brenda, since they have to get rid of alliance members at some point, so why not now?
At Tribal Council, Probst tries really hard to make a case for everyone to do something to shake up the game. Instead, the majority alliance split their votes between Reynold and Eddie and since neither of them has an idol, Reynold goes home.
After Tribal Council, Andrea continues to muse on voting out Brenda or Dawn instead of Eddie. Cochran TELLS Brenda and Dawn about it, and then they start musing on blindsiding Andrea. This could get interesting.
The second immunity challenge we've also seen before. They have to thread a buoy through a course, then unlock a chest to retrieve ladder rungs and complete a ladder puzzle. The first person up the ladder wins immunity. It's a blowout as Erik runs away with it and secures his place in the final six.
Andrea tries to convince her alliance to blindside Brenda. But Brenda knows it's happening, so Cochran proposes that they split the vote between Andrea and Eddie in case Andrea plays her idol. Andrea promises final two to Erik and Cochran promises him final three, so it looks like Erik will determine what happens.
At Tribal Council, they do actually blindside Andrea, who goes home with an idol in her pocket. Eddie and Andrea vote for Brenda, Dawn and Cochran vote for Eddie, and Sherri, Brenda and Erik vote for Andrea. She takes it really well, laughing and shaking her head over the idea of getting blindsided AGAIN.
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