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| Reward challenge: Mucking
around in/on water - CBS gives Terry a truck |
From TV
Guide Online: "The winners of the reward challenge
have the opportunity to advance to a second reward
challenge, which yields the season's biggest prize
so far." We're not sure what the first reward
is, but there are color coded docks (with poles), a
ring, floating hexagons to run across, and possibly
stuff underwater in trunks (the trunks might be in
round 2). Looks fairly complicated.
Presumably the initial
challenge will be done in teams (from the overhead shot, two teams of three:
Cirie-Shane-Aras vs. Terry-Danielle-Courtney). The winners of that then face
off individually for what the CBS wording makes sounds like a second challenge
with a second reward: "Excitement
over winning the Reward Challenge reaches a new level when the winners learn
they can compete for a second Reward."
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Aras looks pretty dry in his reaction shot (placed after Probst's "wanna
know what you're playing for?"). The other three people shown (Danielle,
Terry, Courtney) are all wet. So we think those reaction shots are after the
first challenge, and that Probst will spring the second stage on the winners
at that time. Since Terry looks quite happy at the news, we'd guess he's one
of the people competing in the second stage. That would explain why his teammates,
Danielle and Courtney, are also shown. Gee, we wonder which one wins?
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We're not sure what the second challenge is (presumably something using the rafts
to the right of the puzzle course?). But as several people have pointed out (for
example, Quartzeye or Crocophile),
it looks like Probst could be pulling keys from his pocket, so we'll go along
with the conventional wisdom that what they're (individually) playing for is
the vehicle. And as the web promo shows,
yes, Probst does have keys.
If that is the case, it should be a GMC Yukon, because CBS
has added a GMC section to their official (S12 in theory,
but actually it's in the parent CBS.com)
site, and there's an autoplaying video there that
showed clips of a GMC Yukon on a suspiciously Pearl Islands-looking
beach. Or at least it was in the video as of Ep8 (it
changes each week). Regardless, we don't think we're
going out on too much of a limb in predicting that the
vehicle reward will be... wait for it... a GMC Yukon.
And
yes, that's what CBS's press
release says:
"When the remaining six are split into two teams of
three to compete in the Reward Challenge, the excitement
is taken to a new level when the winning team learns they
get the chance to compete in a second individual Reward Challenge
to win a GMC Yukon. Which lucky castaway walks away with
this season's biggest reward so far?"
Yeah, which lucky castaway could it be? The real mystery:
Will he yell "Cha-ching!" again?
Minor note: AICN says
the first-round reward is for: "Barbeque feast... Steak.
Sausages. Cooler of soft drinks. And for dessert, chocolate
cake."
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| Exile: Aras? Shane? |
We had heard a boot story
for this week, which had Danielle unable to vote at tribal
council, because she was exiled (see also the boot section,
below).
There isn't much visual evidence for this, however. Danielle
is clearly present for the IC. In fact, if we were going
to build such a story using vidcaps, we'd guess it was
actually Shane, since he's not visible
in the IC shots. And
Shane is also on the losing RC team (as is a chuckling
Aras, who would probably be Terry's choice, but Terry
might be out-voted). Since Shane is seen around camp
with his piece of wood a lot, we'd guess Aras is actually
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| Immunity challenge: Avoid
the dunk - Terry wins again |
This one appears to be an endurance
challenge, in which contestants have to hold onto two
ropes to avoid being dunked. For added amusement, the
ropes are attached to a four-pronged hook, upon which
Probst appears to hang sand bags at various intervals. As
the weight increases, people drop out.
The lineup from left to right is (Shane?) - Cirie-Aras-Terry-Danielle-Courtney.
Shane is not visible in any of the shots, including the
starting one. Update: Montanagirl points
out in MeSS that there are loose ropes between Cirie
and Aras in the first shot. So if Shane is there for
the IC, he must be the first person out. Although there's
no visual evidence that he's actually there in the first
place (yet, anyway).
Still, between counting sanbags and empty slots, you
can sense some progress in the shots. In the shot
of a distant Terry grimacing, it looks like at least
Aras and Cirie have dropped out, possibly also Danielle.
But at that point, there is still at least one empty
prong on the hook that's visible. Courtney appears to
drop when the hook has at least three hooks filled. Our
guess is it could come down to a standoff between Terry
and Courtney, and Courtney loses (she looks surprised,
whereas Terry seems to just be diving in). Looks like Terry wins
again, as ChillOne has
said.
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| BOOT: Courtney |
The next episode should feature the
family visit (with five players remaining). And ChillOne's
spoilers included a tidbit about a "Another
blonde girl (noticible highlights in her hair).
Voted off right before the family reward episode." So
that should be here. Apparently Courtney turned out to
be both the "rasta chick" and the blonde with
highlights. As did the woman our sources said was
saved by Bruce's departure (mistakenly calling her "Sally").
We heard a story here that Danielle is immune but can't
vote, (presumably) having been exiled. Cirie flips to
join Terry, as does Shane (and possibly Aras). And that's
at least three votes (out of five) against Courtney,
breaking up the Danielle-Courtney pair.
The problem is, having seen the vidcaps, we're not at
all convinced this story is accurate, since Danielle
is clearly present for the IC. On the other hand, another,
more reliable source assures us that Courtney does
not last beyond the final six, so she should get booted
one way or another.
Update: AICN alleges to "spoil" while misleadingly
announcing "A man votes for Danielle" - that man should
be Aras, perhaps doing a "throwaway" vote, and refusing
to join Shane and Cirie in voting out Courtney.
We're still not sure whether Danielle votes or not, but
either way, Courtney should be leaving.
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