User blog:Survivor321/Survivor Nicaragua blog episode 6: "Time for Trouble"

Last time on Survivor, at Espada Marty lashed out at Wendy over the previous tribal council and vowed revenge. Over at La Flor, Kelly S and Fabio were growing closer and closer, leading to Shannon hatching a plan to blindside Fabio with a fake hidden immunity idol. 4 members from each tribe were called in for the reward challenge. La Flor chose: Fabio, Kelly S, Shannon and Alina, while Espada chose Marty, Holly, Wendy and Jimmy J. La Flor won the challenge, but there was a twist, the tribed were swapped, sending them Fabio, Kelly S, Shannon and Alina to Espada and Marty, Holly, Wendy and Jimmy J to La Flor. Over at Espada, the elders welcomed in the youngins and everyone celebrated. Kelly S and Fabio grew closer and closer and finally connected, sending Shannon into a rage, vowing revenge. Over at La Flor, the youngins were less then pleased with the elders, but Sash saw this as an oppurtunity to trick Jimmy J with his fake hidden immunity idol. At the immunity challenge, it was close, but the new La Flor came out on top. Back at Espada, Shannon tried to jump to the elders to blindside Fabio, but Yve wanted Alina to go instead. She did her magic and Alina was sent packing. 15 are left, who will be voted out tonight?

At Espada, Shannon was furious at the blindside. He assumed that Yve was the cause of this and he went on a tirade to Yve about her sneakiness. Yve walked off, fed up with Shannon's attitude. Kelly S and Fabio were concerned about the blindside, worried they could be next. Kelly S decided to let Shannon ally with them to take down the elders. Shannon reluctantly agreed, stating that he was doing this till the merge and then he was going "back to his guns".

At La Flor, the elders were working hard, whilst the youngins were slacking off. Marty was annoyed at the laziness of the youngins and criticized their work ethic, annoying them. Sash stated that he would let Tyrone continue on his ranting so that he would make himself into an outcast. Marty told Holly that he was suspicious of Jimmy J lately as he saw a object sticking out of his pocket which resembled the hidden immunity idol. Marty said he wanted to split the votes between him and Tyrone at the next tribal council in case he has the idol.

REWARD/IMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Both tribes were informed that tonight, both tribes would be heading to tribal council. So today, both tribes would be competing for individual immunity. It was a log rolling contest, and each tribe would be competing against each other. In the end, for La Flor, Jimmy J, the most unlikely person to win at this challenge, outlasted Brenda in the final round, winning individual immunity. And for Espada, Kelly S faced off against her rival Shannon and humiliated him, winning individual immunity in only 5 seconds. However, after the challenge, Jeff informed them of a twist. The two immunity winners would then face off in one more dual for reward, a tarp along with donuts, spices, and soda. In the end, Kelly S pulled off another emberassment, giving Espada the victory.

At Espada, the tribe celebrated their sucess, but the three youngins, despite Kelly S winning immunity, were not so happy. To them, it seemed as if Fabio or Shannon's days were numbered. Yve approached Kelly S and told her that she was willing to have an alliance with her, and spare Fabio and Shannon, if they'd join up in the alliance as well. With no real choice, Kelly S accepted.

At La Flor, Holly and Marty approached Jimmy J. Marty shows him his hidden immunity idol, telling him that the idol he has his fake. Jimmy J seemed confused, does he trust Sash, or does he trust his old allies who have a more real looking idol. He tells Holly and Marty that he trusts him, and then thinks about it on his own, wondering what to do with this 'fake' immunity idol.

At Espada, nothing seemed to be happening for the most part, despite there being tribal council tonight. Around the campfire, Kelly S, Jimmy T, Yve, and Fabio were all around the campfire as they all talked about the game. Kelly S ended up eating some stale beans in the middle of the conversation, and right when they were about to discuss the vote for tonight, Kelly S started farting uncontrolably, sending the entire meeting into laughter. Jimmy T in particular seemed the most amused by it, making jokes constantly about it, even after the farting was over, to the point where it got on a few people's nerves.

At La Flor, after being told about what happened from Jimmy J, Sash felt like he was in trouble and spilled the beans about the idol being fake. However, after convincing Jimmy J to stay aligned with him, he came up with another plan. Taking the idol to Wendy, the two convinced her that Marty and Holly were planning to flip over to the youngins, and betray the old Espada. Sash managed to save his butt for now by convincing Wendy to vote with them to attempt to blindside Holly.

At Espada, Yve was at a crossroads. At one point, both the old Espada, and the old La Flor were pretty much in her control. But she was debating over which side to go along with. On one hand, the Old La Flor were young, naive, and strong, which could help in the later challenges. On the other hand, the Old Espada were with her since day 1. Yet, they were on a challenge slump. Either way, it seemed as if she would be the swing vote. the La Flor members were planning to vote out Jimmy T for his annoyance from the farting scenario, while the old Espada seemed to want Shannon off, fearing he'd get worse the long they'd keep him.

TRIBAL COUNCIL

At Tribal Council, Espada went first. Shannon commented that despite his ongoing rivalry with Kelly S and Fabio, he admits that his anger got the best of him, and he admits full responsibility for putting his La Flor allies on the chopping block. The tribe is asked about the farting incident, to which multiple tribe members subtly express their annoyance of Jimmy T's obnoxiousness. When the votes came in, It was 3 for Shannon, 4 for Jimmy T. Espada was thrown another curveball as Jimmy T's torch was snuffed. The old La Flor were spared, and the old Espada were confused, especially Jane who was an old ally of Yve's. Either way, Yve was in a very intresting spot, having betrayed everyone on the tribe.

It was then La Flor's turn at tribal council. Marty expressed his concern about the lack of work ethic around camp from the youngins, to which Brenda replied that they worked just as hard around camp long before Marty and the old Espada came there. Sash added that it was ok for them to take a break once in a while, and that it just happened to be that day they decided to take a break. Holly then talked about how they approached Jimmy J about his fake immunity idol, to which Jimmy J defended himself, throwing Sash under the bus. When the votes came in, Marty decided to take a gamble as he played the hidden immunity idol on himself. However, he played it on the wrong person as 3 votes came in for Sash, but 5 votes came in for Holly. Sash's torch was spared as Jimmy J and Wendy stood strong regardless of what Jimmy J said. However, he'd have to have some words with Jimmy J once they returned to camp.

Next Time on Survivor: Jimmy J and Sash's alliance starts to crumble. And Yve starts to struggle with her control over the Espada tribe.

Voted out 20th- Dan 19th- NaOnka 18th- Chase 17th- Jill 16th- Alina 15th- Jimmy T 14th- Holly