EPISODE 3 - South Island actually win something, Alistair plays
Mr. Sensitive, Meeta Moans, Bridget is still blind and, much to
the disappointment of the viewer, no-one makes a mistake (well,
nothing good anyway).
South Island arrive back from Tribal Council in a surprisingly
buoyant state of mind. You'd of though they'd be sad to see old
Lee go, but apparently not. If you cast your mind back one whole
week, you may remember that the Surprisingly Notorious Official
Barstewards alliance, or S.N.O.B for short, voted off Lee, after
Susannah promised Lee she was in alliance with him. She left Tribal
Council looking very guilty, but seemed much happier now. The girls
were hugging and crying as they got back to camp. Blind Bridget
broke down after being absolutley certain she would be the one to
leave. Unfortunatly not. John is not at all impressed with the girls
display of celebration and wanders off somewhere to sit and think.
North Island, unsurprisingly, are also very happy after having
earned themselves two days off in a week. Tayfun however, still
remains his old self, and hides away from the rest of the tribe
like a turtle. He is not at all impressed with Alistair playing
the old romantic with the girls, only to go shouting his mouth off
about his sexual exploits at a New Year's Eve party to the boys.
Why they would want to know is beyond me, but it is certainly becoming
ever more apparent that Alistair has two personalities.
Playing this game
Could be playing with fire
The heat will be on
As the flames get higher
But if you are cool as ice
And calmer than water
The other tribe will be Lambs to the slaughter
The Reward Challenge's tree mail (above), is once again cryptic
as ever. Tayfun, once again hits the nail on the head when he guesses
that the reward will be lamb. South Island however, would like the
reward to be a class A drug. "Preferably Coke" quips Susannah. Well,
When in Panama... Unfortunately we won't get to see the survivors
smashed out their faces as the reward is indeed as Tayfun suggested,
lamb. Their challenge is basically to retrieve a leg of lamb and
a flag from a block of ice. The only rule is that it can't be smashed.
Both tribes show inginuity by immediately rolling their block of
ice into the sea. South Island use the gloves they have been provided
with to create friction on the ice block and melt it much more quickly.
North Island soon catch onto this idea but it's far too late now.
South Island have their leg of lamb and their flag free from the
ice, and they raise the flag to signify their victory. Cue screaming
from girls, manly congratulations from the boys, and disappointed
faces on North Island. South get to keep their leg of lamb along
with various other assorted objects. South Island return home in
a happy mood. Bridget is obviously pleased to see a dead lamb (she
hasn't seen one in well over a week now), almost as pleased as Susannah
is eating it, which is in itself, quite a sight. North Island aren't
too disappointed though, as the compare eating rice with peaches
with being in heaven. Maybe not quite what you'd expect to think
of when you hear the word 'heaven', but let's give 'em break eh.
Meeta's missing her home, Tayfun's missing his blusher, Dave is
missing Newcastle vs Spurs and Alistair is missing the woman in
the bathroom stall.
Day 9 beckons (at least I think it is day nine, Meeta would know
for sure, "Day 9, Hour 7, Minute 56"), and South Island is being
turned into a bit of a Health and Safety issue as the aftermath
of their lamb dinner yesterday appears in rather discoloured form
from John. Apart from a diaorreha attack, many of South Island complain
of stomach aches and bloatedness. Susannah is also having a recurring
dream that she is at the school play and forgets all her lines (this
is in anticpation of the Immunity Challenge). She certainly did
in the first challenge, maybe it will happen again. We can only
hope. North Island are having a pretty tough day aswell, as the
tide moves ever more alarmingly close to their camp. It even gets
right up and soaks there belongings at one point. Moody Meeta isn't
happy. "I hate this, I hate having to spend our days off moving
camp when we could be doing more importating things, like sunbathing."
No wonder she feels out of place. Meeta love, this is SURVIVOR,
not SUN IT UP IN PANAMA. They decide to build a barrier, but Dave
(born and bred "a good hard English man" no doubt), once again is
moaning about Tayfun's lack of ability. It does actually turn out
that the idea for the barrier from Tayfun would probably have worked
better, but that obviously doesn't seem to bother Dave. On top D
+ T almost coming to loggerheads over the barrier, Meeta finally
speaks out, and like Sarah, asks to be voted off. (why did ITV pick
such useless contestants??).
Off camera, for the first time in nine days, Drew says something,
and comments on Tayfun's lack of activity within the tribe. That's
not important though as we do get to see a rather unattractive shot
of Drew with her mouth all crunched up and open. Funniest momeny
yet think. Mark Mk II greets the tribe for the third and most crucial
immunity challenge so far. This week they must swim under 2 nets
in the sea, collect a shell with their tribal colours on it, and
return to their little platform for the next person to go. It is
a relay race, and the winning tribe is the tribe that gets the four
shell first. North, having a two person advantage must sit out two
of their members. They choose Helen and Meeta for some reason (surely
they should sit out Dave, he seems more of a sinker than a swimmer),
and the race gets under way. John and Drew dive into the sea first,
and John earns the South Islanders a small lead. Bridget goes, then
Dave, and Dave does prove to be a sinker as Bridget gains an astronomical
lead. Jonny dives in, followed by Tayfun and the lead stays about
the same. It's the final leg and Susannah has plenty of time to
breath, but Alistair is hot on her heels and cuts the lead down
incredibly. As the come to the final stretch Susannah is barely
still in the lead as she clambers on to the platform and places
her shell in the dish. "We won!" shouts Dave prematurely. "We came
second" he then says realizing what actually happened. South Island
finally have immunity, and Bridget can afford to walk round with
her eyes closed for at least another three days.
Next day, and South wake up in a particuarly happy mood. Maybe
they did get that coke after all. Susannah decides to use the cornflower
to make fritters, burnt to a crisp and looking disgusting of course,
as is the style on Survivor. Meanwhile, Bridget gives the lads a
lesson in building fires. North are more solemn though. Meeta, abosutly
dying to go home, and Tayfun, absolutly dying not to go home, emerge
as front runners to join such luminaries as Sarah and Lee. At Tribal
Council, North Island light their torches for the first time, and
talk Survivor. Dave is being a bad sport, Alistair is being philosophical
(how many personalities does this man have?) and Tayfun is being
analytical. And then the voting. Alistair is up first, Tayfun he
writes down. Then Dave: Tayfan (obviously spelling is not his strong
point). Drew votes 'Ty', Helen votes Tayfun, Meeta votes Tayfun,
and Tayfun votes Meeta.
Tayfun leaves the island to rejoin his dancing chums, and the rest
move back to camp to prepare for the following days Reward Challenge.
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