Survivor: Caramoan - Episode 8

Blindside Time

By Ben Willoughby

April 4, 2013

Probst is just happy that his man crushes get to hang around awhile longer.

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Phillip, unsurprisingly, votes for Corinne, calling her one of the most selfish people he’s ever met, which is big talk from someone who insists that no one should have conversations without his knowledge and that everyone should take his ludicrous ideas seriously. Corinne votes for Sherri, saying that she’s not taking applications for new friends, which is weird as we haven’t seen Corinne even talk to Sherri. Andrea is voting for Corinne because she is “dangerous,” while Mike gives the “sorry to write your name down, just trying to stay in the game” speech to camera as he votes for Sherri.

Probst goes to “tally the votes,” and after bringing back the urn, he reads out Sherri. Sherri. Sherri... There’s some misguided excitement here from the people who still haven’t caught on to Probst’s vote-reading fake-outs. Sherri. Sherri. But, Corinne. Corinne. Corinne’s eyes tighten. Corinne. Corinne. Corinne. “Oh my God,” says Corinne with her head in her hands. Corinne. And Corinne is the ninth person out of Survivor: Caramoan. She hangs her head and picks up her bag.

Probst informs Corinne that the tribe has spoken and it’s time for her to go. “This was anything but a straightforward vote,” he says to the castaways.




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So, that was what I’ve been waiting for all of this season. It’s not likeable characters or personal story arcs or even good gameplay that makes for a good season of Survivor. It’s shifting alliances that change every episode resulting in a series of blind-sides. And Corinne’s blind-side was executed to perfection. She herself was over-confident that she had the numbers, and seemed to know nothing about the move to vote her out instead. And if she had played just a bit better herself – by going along with Phillip to split the vote knowing it would make it easier for her six, she wouldn’t have had to approach Dawn and the whole plan would not have been blown – it probably would have been just as satisfying a blind-side.

Next time on Survivor, it’s time for Malcolm to make a move. Unfortunately, it looks like he approaches Dawn with this idea. Bye bye, Malcolm. Meanwhile, Eddie tries to flirt his way back into the game, which should yield hilarious results.

Corinne’s final words are about how in Gabon she played with people she liked, but she didn’t really like anyone except Mike and Malcolm. She did like the “awesome paradise,” though.


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