After Jamie’s attempt to play the hidden immunity idol she did more than give us a good laugh, she revealed to all the players that there is a hidden idol in play this season.

Don’t let your boat sink - the goal of this week’s reward challenge. One player sat in their boat while the other team tried to fill that boat with water, first to sink the boat twice wins. The red team won in the first two heats and Jean-Robert, James, Todd and Amanda go off to visit an ancient chinese village, get food and another clue. J-R is the only one of the group that didn’t know about the idol, saw the clues for the first time, and the only one to know that there is no point looking for the idol ’cause James has them both.

Wow did the immunity challenge catch us off balance - okay, not the challenge but the winner. Was this the first time that being lazy and not moving wins you immunity? Though do you think she would have voluntarily got off the dragon if offered chocolate and peanutbutter? Courtney wins immunity - ugggghhh!

The tribe is starting to crack and the votes are split between James, Peih-Gee, and Jean-Robert. J-R was dealt the losing hand and was sent home. Next week back at camp should be very interesting…

Topic:

• Sticking with your group / alliance - which is a stronger bond for it, friendship or drive to win?

Predictions:

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It was the week of the Idols - James got the 2nd hidden immunity idol from his camp, Jamie searched through his bag and found that he had two idols, Jamie found an idol - oh, no that was just a piece of firewood. James did we see you pass out from joy?

The tribes merge and now there is the new Hae Da Fung, Black Fighting Wind. Though all players have the same tribe name there is still the definite line drawn between the two previous tribes.

After enjoying a feast and a celebration the tribe returns to camp and the immunity challenge is presented. The person who remembers the most detail from the celebration wins immunity. Frosti proved to know the most and now has the precious immunity necklace.

There was a lot of scrambling and discussion of who to vote out but the votes were between Jean-Robert and Jamie. Jamie played her idol and Jeff burst her bubble by throwing it in the fire (was that symbolic of when she threw the challenge). So, in the end the Fei Long group remained strong and voted off another Zhan Hu member - see ya Jamie.

Topics:

• Strategy of the power of the jury
• If you were James would you give one of the idols back to Todd?
• Overacting - can Jean-Robert fill in for Jerry Seinfeld if they bring back the Seinfeld show?

Predictions:

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Last week we were furious that a team would throw a challenge - this week we were amazed by the strategy behind it.

After wining the reward challenge Fei Long welcomes back, ahh, I mean kidnaps, James and he reunites with his tribe. Todd takes advantage of the situation and tells James to give him what is in the package from Jeff and if he does Todd will save him. James does just that - Todd solves the riddle and finds the hidden immunity idol. Todd then hatches the plan to give it to James, have Zhan Hu throw the challenge, and at tribal have James use the immunity idol then cast his vote for Jamie. Ahhhhh, quite clever.

The remaining three members of Zhan Hu are unsure of their standings with their previous team members and decide to actually compete in this challenge. The gross food challenge is back and they are forced to eat things from baby turtles to 1000 year-old eggs. Zhan Hu wins! All but Jamie, Eric and PG are devastated.

Fei Long decides between Sherea (to keep the numbers strong for Fei Long) and James-Robert (Courtney and others don’t “like” him). Sherea and her attitude are voted off.

Topics:

• Kidnapping vs. Exile Island - which twist do you like?
• Todd’s talking strategy
• Socially acceptable actions in the game

Predictions:

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Both tribes go to tribal council! …for the reward challenge. Fei Huang Long proved to have more talent moving fireballs with large chop sticks and won a pretty cool reward of having a Chinese family teach them how to fish and to bring them food.

Time for dress up at immunity this week. Tribes dressed up in armor and threw hammers at each other in hopes of breaking vases on poles - quite a cool challenge but just not very intense. Fei Huang Long wins! To vote off it was between Dave the annoying worker-bee and Sherea the lazy challenge-winner. In the end Dave was sent home.

Topics:

• What did Frosti mean when he told Dave “You have to work with the people you are leading”?
• Survivor China’s new special effects

Predictions:

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