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And it’s time to vote! Francesca votes for Andrea, saying it is a vote out of paranoia. Andrea votes for Francesca, lying that she’s a “huge threat.” Any hidden immunity idols? Nope! And the votes are...

Andrea. Andrea. Andrea. Francesca. Francesca. Francesca. Ooh! Andrea. Could the rest of the votes be for Andrea? No. Francesca. Francesca. And the first person voted out of Survivor: Caramoan and only person ever to be voted out first twice is Francesca. “The tribe has spoken.” “Again.” “Time to go.”

Recapping forward, Francesca, Brandon, Brenda and Erik all voted for Andrea, while the votes for Francesca came from Andrea, Phillip, Corinne, Dawn, Cochran and Malcolm. Interesting that Cochran decided to fall in with Dawn, and that Malcolm knew what was going down while Brenda didn’t.

Probst’s parting advice to the tribe is that “there is a group of ‘fans’ who know they can beat you and they’ll be looking to do it again.” Yes, I’m sure they came into the game all intimidated playing against Survivor champions like Cochran, Brandon and Phillip.

Next week on Survivor: Brandon is upset the vote didn’t go the way he wanted, so he’s feeling “revengeful” and decides to burn down the camp. Or something. Probst says he “resurrects the Hantz reign of terror” and says “I’m playing dirrrr-teee and I’m going out with a bang!” We see a shot of Dawn kneeling in the sand and sobbing. All this seems to happen right after they arrive back at camp, too. This is a downside of lots of returning players – there’s always one who gives up easier than they did the first time.

In her farewell interview, Francesca cannot believe that she was voted out first for a second time, but at least she learned how to deal with it the first time. Not enough learning to avoid exactly the same outcome though.

Poor Francesca. She was too concerned about going out first – again – and came up with a strategy that basically guaranteed a showdown. And given how that played out in her first season, I don’t know why she thought it would be successful this time. If she had said nothing more than “Hey I’ll vote for anyone, just so long as it isn’t me. By the way, did you see me bring down that big bike-gang-looking dude with the dread-beard in the first challenge? I’d like to see one of the three stick-women on the tribe do that,” she would still be there. Are we sure that Francesca actually came to play Survivor? Maybe she just likes 36-day luxury vacations in tropical resorts?

Oh well, at least her doubly poor record means she’ll get two minutes of screen time on the reunion episode, and not everyone will be able to say that. So long, Francesca. I will miss your comic timing, and I hope that rock has an easy journey through your digestive tract.

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