OH, so good. Our resident #1 mimbo, Drew, got voted out after making a series of crucial Survivor mistakes.
1) Referring to oneself using any of the following words/phrases: Kingpin, Boss, Without Me These People Would Be Nothing, The Best, Running This Show, etc. If anyone has ever watched Survivor EVER, they'd know that the minute someone thinks they are running the show, they are the ones to get voted out. See Sarah the cop from last season, and many others. The one notable exception being Boston Rob, but it took him four tries to ACTUALLY be able to run the show.
2) Throwing a challenge. This is never ever a good idea. For one, it shows that you are super cocky and too comfortable. (See point #1). Having your own tribe go to Tribal Council is never good. You can always, always be the one to go home. If the other tribe goes, not only do you automatically get three more days, but the other guys are a smaller group come the merge (which, incidentally is going to happen next episode. The blue guys will still be the bigger group, but now with loved ones in the mix, you never know how that'll shake out.)
3) Not being willing to negotiate. Drew was dead set on Kelley going home over anyone else. Wouldn't listen to anyone else in his alliance. Jeremy wanted Keith out because Keith announced to everyone that Jeremy must have an immunity idol because he couldn't find it. This was dumb. First of all, he later did find the idol. Second, he made a huge enemy out of one of his biggest allies. There was that whole firefighter bond. He should have gone to Jeremy first to ask him if he had an idol, but couldn't quite figure that out. Anyway, back to Drew. Wouldn't listen to Jeremy. Wouldn't listen to his buddy Jon, who said that Julie should go. Nope. Had to be Kelley. His way or the highway.
4) Seeing threats where there are none. Drew was so against Kelley that he tried to tell the dudes that there was a girl alliance...which there was not. There are only 4 girls and what... 5 guys? So, they did not have the numbers to vote as a block. Then again, the more you talk about it, and the more you notice that none of the men can agree on anything, the more a girl alliance looks like a great idea. Thanks for the idea, Drew! Basically, he gave the girls the idea on how to vote himself out.
5) Talking about who you're going to vote off right in front of them. At one point, Drew stands there talking about how much he wants to vote off Kelley, while Kelley is standing about 10 feet away. And yet, no one notices this fact, making Drew a lovely target for the girls.
6) Basically being a useless schlub. Aside from being physically strong, Drew had no redeeming qualities. Possible exception is if you're another kinda dumb dude like Jon (who, for the record, is not as dumb as Drew, and how could you not like Jon last night when he beat his girlfriend Jaclyn in a challenge (barely) and then said how he's not worried about her at Exile because she's so strong?) Anyway, aside from Jon who kinda thinks Drew is cool, Drew does nothing for anyone else. He doesn't pull his weight at camp, he isn't nice really to the gals, and he's a bit of a whiny baby about not having enough food. (At one point, they found the first "lost" flint and then Drew tried to negotiate again with Jeff, who basically laughed at him. Drew tells everyone that at least he "had the balls" to ask. Should that be another point: Telling your teammates you have balls and they don't?) So with no redeeming qualities except winning challenges, you'd better ummm... win a challenge. Drew threw the challenge, so now all he's accomplished is making his teammates think, oh well, now he's got nothin' to offer.
So, Drew pretty much dug his own Survivor grave. Over on the other tribe, his brother Alec isn't doing much for himself either. He bosses Baylor around telling her to "not half-ass it" when she does stuff like clean a pot. Oy. New respect for Baylor for biting her tongue and not telling him to shove it. Not sure I could do it.
With the merge coming up, the pairs will be targets first, and the clever pairs will ally themselves with other pairs, forming a voting block. Romance pairs are more dangerous than blood pairs, so they should (in theory) be picked off first. Jon & Jaclyn, Reed & Josh. If it was me, I'd get rid of either Reed or Josh first because they're stronger and people like them. Other pairs still in are Wes & Keith, Dale & Kelley, Missy & Baylor. Singles are Jeremy, Julie, Natalie & Alec. Makes sense for Jeremy, Julie & Natalie to stick together. Alec could be in trouble or if he's smart (doubtful), he makes himself a bit of a swing vote somewhere. Also interesting will be that Dale doesn't have much allegiance to his original tribe so will likely join an alliance with Kelley and some original blue members. So exciting. Much can happen.
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