or better known as Doe Eyes, Schemer, Little Winning Personality.

Todd gets the $1 million

James gets the $100,000

and Denise gets $50,000

Congrats to them all.

Fans vs. Favorites - the next season of Survivor.  Hope you all join us then.

Thank you everyone for another great Survivor season!  Happy Holidays.

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We are getting to the end of the 40 days and emotions are running high so what does Mark B. do - stir things up. For reward, the challenge was to use a Chines crossbow to throw arrows at a board with blocks containing each of the remaining survivor’s names. The person whose name was hit most wins. What is the stir up? You have to give your arrows to another player anonymously. Courtney gets the most arrows to throw - is this because she is liked the most or the worst shot? Denise gets the most hits and wins reward. She earns a trip to the Great Wall of China and an overnight stay - she chooses Courtney and Todd to go with her leaving a very angry PG and a disappointed Amanda.

Courtney and Amanda bond while the other three are feasting and scheming.

The immunity challenge is a mix of some of the previous challenges. From death stars to eating small bird parts - it was a close challenge but Amanda wins! There is talk at camp of who to go but in the end it is Peih Gee. She fought a tough battle but just couldn’t break the alliance.

Topic

• How much of your good fortune should you talk about and or whine about?

Finale is Sunday, 12/15 - who will win? Mike thinks Amanda, Marji thinks Todd - what do you think?

Thank you all for your comments last week and throughout the season.

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Family members join the Survivors for the reward challenge. They have to go through a maze, blindfolded, and get to the center - first couple to get there wins. Denise and her husband work together and win a boat trip, meal and phone call from home. Denise picks Todd and Amanda to go along leaving Peih Gee very pissed off.

For immunity each member has to go through obstacles while tied to a rope and answer questions correctly to get a key to open a box which will release their flag - first to get three keys and release their flag wins. Boy, this was a grueling challenge - all looked exhausted but in the end Peih Gee wins. She is safe for another week.

Peih Gee and Erik try to persuade Denise to come to their side but Denise stays loyal and Erik goes home.

Topics:

• What does family do to Survivor dynamics
• Final 5 - how will this all play out

Predictions:

Let us know your thoughts! Thank you all for your great comments (and patience with the repeating blog) - we really appreciate all of you.

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Topics:

• What is trust in Survivor?
• Lessons learned

Predictions:

Thank you to everyone for your opinions and your comments! Can’t wait to hear what your thoughts are about Amanda’s actions and James being voted off.

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The drama continues.

To win the reward of a cruise, food and comfortable sleep the tribe is again divided into two and are faced with the challenge of bouncing a ball on drums through an obstacle course - first team to get three balls into the bin wins. Erik, Frosti, Amanda and Courtney were the clear winners while the other group was drum-and-ball challenged.

Back at camp Peih Gee, who has managed to earn the title of Jean-Robert (not meant in a flattering way either), picks a fight with James. James will have none of it and Peih Gee is on a thin rope.

At the immunity challenge each member must stab zodiac symbol tiles in the order that Jeff calls them in. The twist - you don’t have to participate in the challenge, you can choose to sit out and eat. Courtney, Todd, Denise and James take the food and leave the others to compete. In the end Peih Gee wins (though James “won” 7 hamburgers so he might be called the real winner). The tribe has to choose which of the inner circle must be voted out and in the end Frosti is sent packing.

Topics:

• What’s love got to do with it?
• Is “hanging on” a legitimate strategy for Survivor?

Predictions:

Thank you so much for your comments this week - they were awesome! Let us know your thoughts and picks this week also. To all who celebrate it Happy Thanksgiving - may many things happen to you to make you thankful.

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