The conditions are rough in Micronesia! From the constant rain, bugs and smells to the whines coming from the players - all are suffering. Except over at the circle of life - the light shines on the mountain ridge and the Lion Theme music plays as Ozzy holds Erik up as his prodigy son!

For a trip to the Herbal Essence Great Escape Spa four blindfolded teammates have to wheel the money wheel through an obstacle course, breaking tiles along the way to reveal smaller money stones which then are put together to solve a puzzle. It was an interesting challenge and in the end Malakal wins! Finally a win for Malakal.

Off to the spa where Ozzy gets to shower with Amanda and Ami, Erik gets to drool, and Cirie gets a good laugh.

Back at Airai Kathy is loosing it to the point Jeff is called in. Kathy quits.

The immunity challenge requires teammates to pull a rope and cross a floating bridge. When at the platform they attach the rope to a puzzle piece and the tribe pulls them in. Once all the pieces are retrieved they have to solve the puzzle. Malakal or should we say Ozzy gets a great lead in retrieving the puzzle pieces but in the end Airai’s puzzle solving ability leads them to victory.

At tribal there is a hint that Ozzy will be out but in the end the Malakal tribemates again follows Ozzy’s lead and vote out Tracey.

Topics:

• Stepping up - Leadership
• Endurance

Predictions:

Thank you all for joining us for the live show and chat! All are welcome during and after Survivor - come join the fun at www.survivor.tubecasts.com/liveshow. Thanks also for your comments on the blog - we can’t wait to hear what you have to write about this episode.

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Mike’s correction (click each): Parvati, Parvati, Parvati and Parvati.

Well this season some past Survivors came back for a second chance - please give us one too! Thursday’s show was lost so here is take 2…

“Penner” is still feeling the pain of his cut but hangs in there for the reward challenge. Teams are playing to win 2 natives coming to camp to show them the ways of living off the land. Each team swims out and gets planks and ropes. After all are gathered the team has 10 minutes to build a blockade for the other team’s tunnel. Then the teams have to make their way through the tunnel - first team to get all their team members through the tunnel and onto the map win. Even with Penner’s injury Airai wins easily!

Chet and Jason head off to Exile Island. Chet uses the time to rest and heal his heel injury while Jason goes in search of the idol. He follows the clues and finds….. the pointy stick! Or, as Jason believes, the hidden immunity idol.

Jonathan is checked by the medics and as much as he sounds like Alan Alda as Hawkeye Piece, even he can’t keep infection from spreading. The medics and producers order him from the island and take him off to surgery - Jonathan, the infection has spoken. You played a great game this season Penner.

The immunity challenge is a repeat from Cook Island where the teams use stepping poles to transfer 2 tribe members from one tower to another. Once the team members are transferred all of the team must stand atop a platform. Airai, or should we say James, changes the game and lifts the stepping pole with the tribe member up and carries all to the next tower. Airai is the clear winner!

Chet begs to go home and in the end the tribe allows him to end his misery.

We talk with Billy Garcia, Survivor - Cook Island, about his upcoming charity wrestling match with Johnny Fairplay - check out all that is happening April 5th at www.myspace.com/billygarcia.

Predictions:

Thank you to all who joined us during our mid-week show. We would like to keep doing the mid-week show and to find a time that meets our audience’s needs. Come join the fun on Thursdays - liveshow with chat and call-ins at 9:30(ish) EST and then later in the week for the mid-week liveshow with chat and call-ins.

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After producing over 300 podcasts, I think I finally f*cked this one up but good.

If you caught our live show (9:30PMish Eastern Time) you got to experience one problem after another despite a call to tough guy and former Survivor, Billy Garcia (who is going to drop Fairplay on his face this April 5th, pin him, and then whisper in his ear, “Remember the Carrinos at Armchair Survivor”), a call from our own BrianAlt, as well as a Benny Hill styled video from Wyo Survivor Wannabe.

But when all was said and done, the live show was interrupted by computer melt down and the recorder was set to “Record only the most irritating part of the conversation” (Mike’s noises) so we had to start over again — two and a half minutes of apology topped off with Madge Weinstein agreeing completely.

Nonetheless, there is some good news:

Billy Garcia is going to be wrestling Johnny Fairplay this April 5, at the “Reality Rumble 2008″ in Virginia. There are going to be a lot of reality stars there and it’s for a great cause. Go to Billy’s web site for more details: http://www.myspace.com/billygarcia.

We now feel like the mid-week live show is a must. We’ll post the time on the web site really soon and if you have a time preference let us know. Also, if you’d like to be notified via e-mail, let us know at Survivor [at] tubecasts.com (you know what that really means). We promise this won’t be use for anything but telling you when the live show is going to be. We hate spammers.

Maybe, if you’re really lucky, I’ll see this disaster as an opportunity to post a video about Slappy’s leaf suit. That should be yank-licious (if ya know what I mean).

I’m going to bed — hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

OX
Mike

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You knew after listening to our Thursday show we were going to eventually do this. Thanx to GoHskrs for helping with the clip.

Download the video cast: 080306Challenge.m4v

Watch on line [click here to watch]

Drop your buffs it is time for the Fans and Favs to mix it up. We no longer have the Fans and Favs but Airai and Malakal.

The reward challenge has teammates harnassed together chasing the other tribe’s harnassed couple hoping to get their flag. This challenge brought as many laughs to us as injuries to the players. Fat lips, hit heads and leg wounds - it was painful. In the end Airai wins and takes home a bar-b-que feast.

Malakal goes back to the Favs camp and sees what living in Survivor luxury is like - all are happy. Airai’s camp is lucky to not be washed away from that day’s ocean waves. With the Favs help, Airai is able to build shetler and a place for fire - finally, a real camp at Airai.

The immunity challenge requires the team to throw stones to break tiles which then releases puzzle pieces. After all the pieces are released they must solve the puzzle. Airai is behind Malakal until Jon gives Eliza advice to “look at the big picture” Airai pulls forward and wins again.

It seems obvious that Chet will be going home tonight until Tracy starts working her magic. She puts in Cirie’s mind the idea that Joel is the big threat, and not that much help iin challenges, so he should be the one to go. Cirie brings the idea to Amanda and Ozzie and in the end the tribe keeps the weak and gets rid of the threat - good-bye Joel.

Topics:

• Injuries - pain you can work through vs. life flight pain
• Stay strong or keep your numbers - what should a tribe do?

Predictions:

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