Thailand episode 11 flashback: In this Challenge, the Survivors' loved ones test their ability to stomach ancient Thai delicacies. If a loved one cannot finish, or chooses not to eat, they are eliminated. The final round consists of an eating race: first person to completely swallow both a boiled tarantula and a scorpion wins. Winner Gets: 24 hours with a loved one from home

Winner: Helen Glover's husband Jim

      
(Left): Batty Granny Janny's son, Clay's wife, Jake's wife, Brian's wife, Ted's brother and Helen's husband are ready to square off.

(Right): C.C. (center) is about ready to run away at the sight of eating a bug. She later takes it out on Brian by beating the crap out of him back at home as Smoking Gun reports.

    
Food, any type of food, is never a challenge for Jim Glover, who set the record for biggest Survivor boobs (just beating out Sarah from Survivor Marquesas).

Who are two biggest sluts in Survivor history? Alex and Jenna both get it right! Why are we putting this picture in again this week? Because we like it!

Now, to this week's challenge. The winning family member gets to spend a night with their loved one at an offshore hotel.

  
(Left): Amber greets her mother at the challenge. (Right): Amber's mom, Rob's brother, Tom's son, Jenna's brother and Rupert's wife compete.

     
Jenna's brother and Shii Ann's mom are in trouble.

    
(Left): Jeff Probst yells, "You're out! You're out!" Kind of like the Yankees this past weekend.
(Right): Jenna's hair looks especially nice. They have no more herbal essence. But is this pre-challenge?

    
Bucky and Tom are doing a little jig. Looks like the farmboys know how to eat bugs.

So who wins?

-- Despite Amber's ability to put large things in her mouth, we doubt her mom will win.
-- We have pictures of Rupert looking down, Jenna's brother and Shii Ann's mother struggling.
-- Rob struggled in Marquesas and lost to Neleh in the gross food challenge. His brother likely won't win this time either.
-- The only thing that negates a Tom victory is that we have no pics that would hint at him spending a night at a hotel (cleaner, showered, better hair, new clothes). Then again, does Tom take showers and wear more than one WalMart outfit while at home?

Check out how fast Bucky eats at the challenge by clicking on the animated.gif. Thanks to Sam Buru for the pic.
 

We'll go with a Tom win for now.
 

The immunity challenge harkens back to Survivor 2 episode 10.

  


Survivor Australia Episode 10 flashback: Challenge: FIRE & RAIN. Each Survivor is given a T-shaped "fire scale." On one side is a fire pan, on the other a bucket with a small hole in the bottom. The Survivors must light a fire in the fire pan, then, using a small bucket, race to the river to finally fill the larger bucket on the opposite side of the fire scale. The weight of the water in the bucket will lift the fire pan into the air and ignite a fuse. The first person to ignite their fuse wins. Winner: Colby Donaldson ).

For a video clip of Colby winning the challenge, click here.
 

Back to another boring season ... All-Stars!

This challenge set-up looks identical to the Australian one. Everyone has their own color bucket. From left to right, we can guess that ...

Shii Ann (Green)     Tom (Blue)    Jenna (Red)       Rupert (Yellow)    Rob (Black)       Amber (Tan)

Here's a handy graphic that Survivor Phoenix has made!



Each Survivor must gather wood and build a fire. Then get water to pour in their big bucket and raise the fire to light the torch.

  

Rob is pouring water with black bucket as Rupert is in background.

    

Rob is gathering firewood, but pounds the ground in disgust (is he behind or did he just lose?)

  

Jenna getting firewood set up. Rupert carrying yellow pail to fetch some water.

  
Shii Ann has smoke, but she has no fire (like in the red bowl at the right)

      

(Left): Tom has some leaking, but another appears to be leaking more? Rupert's?
(Right): Tom (celebrates?) by throwing the water on himself.
 

So who wins?

-- Looks like Tom is featured celebrating, though he might just throw the water after losing to be "crazy." --- Nevertheless, the red bowl of fire would match Jenna's colors, but we just don't see her winning (ever). -- Rupert seems to be flying through the challenge, so it might be him, too.

But Garbotalk on EZBoard swears that the fire burning in the bowl is near Rupert's station and that the water leaking from his pail makes him believe Rupert is ahead, because more water is in his bucket.

  

These pics show smoky frowns. Looks like Tom and Shii don't win.

Let's go with Rupert for now.
 

This one is easy.

Everyone on the tribe can't stand her. So if she doesn't win immunity, she's gone. Last week, we received a tip that SHII ANN did in fact win immunity. This week, we KNOW she doesn't win immunity. That means she's probably out of here. There's little chance for her to make a deal, she's already revealed the stubbornness of the old Chaperans. Those stupid, stupid players! She had a great comeback last week. This time, not so lucky. At least she can be happy with the fact that she outlasted Alicia, both in a rolling log challenge (twice), an immunity challenge and the game. We'll miss you, Shii-Devil!

PREDICTION: SHII ANN'S quotes have been good, but not spectacular. Let's hope she goes out with a bang this week.

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1) Keith (Survivor 2: Australia): His immunity win in the merge episode guaranteed Kucha would vote for Colby and when Colby won the tie-breaker over Jeff Varner, Kucha was toast. Ogakor, or at least Tina, Colby and Keith, controlled the rest of the game.

2) MamaKim (Survivor 3: Africa): Her immunity win at Final Four in the Fallen Comrades challenge screwed over the Tom-Ethan-Lex alliance. Tom got booted, Lex lost because of a faulty question, and MamaKim, who looked 145 at that point, ended up beating pretty boy Ethan and Mr. gut at the F3 immunity challenge. It made for the worst final two, and worst jury vote in history.

3) Chapera (Survivor All Stars): Their victory in episode 7 earned the biggest rewards ever -- immunity, steal a tribemate, a yacht cruise, a feast, a dessert feast, a swim in a waterfall, and Rob, the golf state champion, falling on his ass swinging a golf club.
 

Last week's name Rob and Amber's song brought numerous responses.
Here's FIRST PLACE and runner-up: (They both won INCREDIBLE prizes)***

FIRST PLACE
Disney's Lion King's infamous "I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts" (Though I think Sarah's are better than Amber's). Click here for a clip.
-- Carrie from Texas

RUNNER-UP
"Who will the Next Fool Be" by Charlie Rich and covered by Elvis and Sheryl Crow. (Perfect for what's going on at Chapera.)
-- Joseph Lucas

HONORABLE MENTION
We heard some horrible singers like Barbara Streisand (HELP!) and Frank Zappa (UGH!). Here are four other GOOD choices.

1) Considering how Rob thought that he had Lost Amber, and was so happy to have her back after the merge, how about Elton John's "The Bitch is Back"
-- Paul Canaday

2) Joe's Garage "Why does it hurt when I Pee?"
-- JanitorJude

3) Elizabeth Bellant goes the sappy route by suggesting "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie? "When I see their sappy discussions of each other, I get the same nauseous feeling I used to get when that song came on the radio."

4) Lionel Ritchie's "Easy Like Sunday Morning"
-- Claude


E-mail markopolo100@yahoo.com with your answer to this week's question and YOU TOO CAN WIN!

*** Prize is secret, unreleased episode of Oz, starring Debb Eaton titled, "is she man enough to ... you know?"