Episode 8

[Spencer Bledsoe]

We just got back to camp fresh off of Allie's blindside. That was great - I liked her but she and her allies were voting out my closest man, so this was a huge win.

The boys are still down 5-3 but there are some huge cracks in the women now, and it's surely possible for us to turn this thing around. Hopefully they don't get back together and come after a guy, but I think we're certainly in with a real chance now.

Finally it's game on and we can start our fight.

[Spencer Bledsoe]

We have got an endurance challenge which is going to be interesting. I want to win it obviously, and I'm gonna try to do so. I'm not too bad at endurance challenges but posting every minute is tricky, so this one will be interesting. I just hope I don't lose my concentration and fall off early.

The Alpha twist is back and this is HUGE. If a guy wins it, we could basically send two women home - force three of them to duke it out and vote together against the other three and try to get them to break up, or force rocks at worse case scenario.

On the other hand, if a girl wins, then a boy will almost inevitably be at least one of the two people to go home, which would put as at 5-1 or 4-2 at the Final Six and make things extremely difficult.

But I have hope that we can use this information about idols and dissention in the ladies to create a little chaos.

[Spencer Bledsoe]

I won Immunity/Alpha which is simply amazing.



Now the fun begins.

My immediate thought is to send Ashley, Nadiya and Erica to the separate Tribal Council. That way we can make sure at least one of the two idols is flushed, because Nadiya told Carter and Rudy she has one, and Jefra told me Ashley has one too when she was angry about Allie's blindside.

Ideally, Erica would win Immunity, and maybe both of those idols get played and some craziness ensues. Or even if someone else wins, at least one idol is hopefully played, Erica goes home and it's still a successful day.

That would leave Gina and Jefra with the three guys over here. Hopefully the other girls wouldn't give them their idols because they did vote against Gina and Jefra last time. We can simply pick off Gina, and then all of a sudden, put one and two together and you are at a 3-3 position and we could have a chance to take charge of the game.

I'm thrilled to be in the Final Six, but now I just gotta make sure my boys are there too.

Meanwhile, Ashley is sick and I am worried it is morning sickness because of our incestual affair last night.

[Spencer Bledsoe]

Posting this here in case I ever need dirt on my sister.

[JT]

Is Ashley really your sister?

[Spencer Bledsoe]

Not that I know of, but we speculated that this is in fact Blood vs Water, in which case, it is certainly possible - she thinks we look alike.

[JT]

Ahhh

[Spencer Bledsoe]

It has definitely been an interesting day.

Prior to my decision, Gina asked me not to put her up as one of the three 'nominees' and as it so happened, that was part of my original plan anyway, so I agreed and she was happy about it, although we planned to send her home in any case. I think the twist probably screwed up her game more than anybody's, just because the boys wouldn't have voted for her under normal circumstances I think - at least I wouldn't have.

After my decision, Erica seemed a little mad but said I made the best game move for me and that she thought she could be safe anyway.

Gina approached me with this:

The overall assumption til now has been that You/Carter/Jefra are a F3. If it still holds validity then I know how I can return the favor. At the F6, you 3 will be there for sure thanks to this twist. The other 3 will stick together. They're all aligned already and have been for a while now...and have 2 idols between them. It'll essentially be a tie and a game of who-has-the-idol. So that's how I can return the favor. I can side with you guys at the F6 making it 4 vs 2. We simply make sure neither of the other 2 have immunity then we'd be able to split the votes 2 on one of them and 2 on the other. If one plays an idol then we simply revote to take out the other. Suddenly makes the round 10x easier to manage.

I've no problem going along with this because for one, I owe you. Two, they all lied to me and then dumped me so I owe them nothing. Three, this would be the closest thing to an alliance I'd have and I'd treat it as loyal as I did the past one I was in.

Just received word from Jefra that it's more likely You/Carter/Rudy are the ones aligned. I always had the suspicion, but never anything to go on. Anyway, I think the idea could still work if you kept me over Jefra in this instance. I'd be more reliable and honest. However, I must say...I think it would be wiser to vote out Rudy. I know for a fact he's closely aligned with the other women while Jefra and I have both been scorned by them.

Gina makes a lot of valid points - and I believe she would have sided with us if she stayed. Unfortunately, this all happened last minute and I didn't have time to confer with the boys, so the decision stayed as Gina, and hopefully that's not something we regret afterwards.

But I think - or at least hope - that Jefra is also down for working with the boys. She's a bit crazier, a bit more oestrogen-fuelled and a little insane if truth be told, but I think she hates the other girls for blindsiding Allie, so I have hope.

It's interesting that Jefra, Carter and I are perceived as an alliance... we were trying to get Jefra and Allie, but nothing ever materialised other than voting with ALL the girls against Coach and Richard at various points.

Then after all that, Ashley reveals she has TWO idols - I mean it's not that hard to fake one just to give herself leverage for next time too since one is obviously being played tonight, but it's also possible that she actually has it, in which case if Nadiya's got one too, the next Tribal's going to be a disaster whichever way the cookie crumbles.

Basically the gameplan for me is to win the next Immunity - statistically speaking, there's a good chance idols are played on girls and votes are nullified, which means I need to be wearing a bulletproof vest when the shrapnel hits one of the guys.