Episode 8 Review: This is a wasted episode for one survivor who can potentially win it all.
It began with Liz saying that Q stole her thunder. She wanted to be appreciated for the masterful vote-out of the biggest threat of the season.
Then, the nine survivors were divided into three groups of 3 for the Immunity Challenge.
One team would be eliminated at every phase of the challenge until one team would make the final round and compete against each other until only one would win.
Hunter, Maria and Charlie made the final round easily.
The final round required them to stand on a narrow perch for as long as they could. Maria went out first.
In a similar showdown as last week’s, Hunter and Charlie attempted to survive the pain they were going through.
Both were tough as nails, but the physical pain devoured Hunter. Charlie won!
Back at camp, layers of options were laid on the table. Plan A was to vote Q out, which was a boring vote for Kenzie.
Kenzie wanted to take a bigger risk and proceed to Plan B, which was to blindside Tiffany.
Tiffany confessed to Charlie to she would play her hidden idol and for this, the new alliance of Maria, Charlie, Ben and Kenzie went for the obvious, which was to vote-out Hunter.
Hunter made the right calculation that he was vulnerable hours before the Tribal Council. He approached Q for help and decided to blindside Ben, while he would protect himself with his idol.
This was a brilliant plan, but it was a big mystery why Hunter continued to branch out and shared to Venus and Liz that he had an idol.
Hypothesis A: Maybe, Hunter aimed to preserve his idol until the next Tribal Council by creating a new layer of alliance as his shield.
Hypothesis B: Maybe, Hunter did not trust Q anymore, so in case Q would betray him, his second layer of alliance would protect him.
Hypothesis C: Maybe, men in general had poor instinct. Hunter was simply one example.
From a brilliant plan, all momentum spiraled down for Hunter during the Tribal Council.
Hunter felt confused and hesitant to play his idol before the vote-read. He appeared to have completely forgotten to live in the moment.
Therefore, the votes were tied at 4-4 for him and Q.
During the re-vote, majority of the votes went for one of the calmest, humblest and most competitive survivors of all time (next to Aras).
Hunter became the third member of The Jury, but objectively, I still have one Early Favorite left. How far can Venus go? 4 stars of 5, GOOD.
Lesson Learned: “If we can’t say what we’re seeing, what’s the point of being out here?” – JEFF PROBST
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