Survivor 20: Heroes vs. Villains - E9 - Tribal Voting - Secret Scenes - Amanda's List - Hidden Bananas - Courtney loves Coach - Next Time on Survivor

Jeff PROBST BLOG: Read the entire article

Colby proves that he is not ever destined to be a sole Survivor as he too fell for the half-baked scheme cooked up by J.T. in which they secretly give Villain a/k/a Immunity Idol magnet Russell, the Heroes' Immunity Idol. Only Amanda expressed her doubts about the so-called "girls alliance" on the Villains team and the decision to give the idol to the enemy. Perhaps there's a good reason why Amanda, above all men and women who have ever played Survivor, has lasted the longest in the game. As of this episode Amanda Kimmel had played Survivor for 100 days.

Go Amanda!

Amanda in China
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Some interesting "insight" (his word) from Jeff this week:

"JT made perhaps the biggest and boldest move in the history of our show last night. It will go down as one of the most controversial decisions ever made by a player. Some will call him flat out dumb, while others… like myself …see the wisdom in what he was attempting to pull off."

"THE LETTER JT’s hand-written letter to Russell is the kind of moment that reality producers dream about. You just can’t believe it’s really happening and you hold your breath that he won’t change his mind.

(By the way, you’re no doubt wondering where they got pen and paper? It was part of Amanda’s luxury item that they won in an earlier episode.)"

"JT wants to give Russell an idol. He wants to hand him a get out of jail free card and along with it the power to change the vote at Tribal and decide who goes home. No amount of hyperbole could over sell this decision. This is JT. The guy who won this game in Brazil now wants to give away the single most powerful weapon in the game to the single most untrustworthy person left in the game? It boggles the mind. It’s one of the most jaw-dropping decisions I’ve heard in the last 769 days of Survivor. (My math may be a day or two off, but I think that’s how many days the game has been played.)"

And finally, while I was scraping the 'nets for a screen cap or two of Survivor 20: Episode 9, (Episode 10's title is "Going Down in Flames" duh-duh-duh!) I read more than once that the Jeff PROBST BLOG is "sexist". I think he may have been reading the same type of comments as this week he labels Rupert "delusional" for thinking he is the strongest on his tribe (possibly in the game). Probst goes on to say that he (Probst) would choose Amanda, Parvati, Danielle and Candace over previous fan favourite, Rupert in a strength-based challenge.Wow! Way to do damage control, Jeff! He goes on -

"I hope you all understand that I never bring up anything at Tribal Council that hasn’t already been discussed or isn’t already known. I would never betray or reveal secret information. When you hear them fighting back with me, that’s just part of the game and often, the words they are saying to me, are actually intended to send a signal to someone else."

NOTE: Sunday, May 16 SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS- The special (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) two-hour finale begins with five remaining castaways vying for the million dollar prize and title of “Ultimate Survivor.” The finale is followed by a one-hour live reunion show hosted by Jeff Probst.

Amanda's List Amanda shows off her secret list of game play moves Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Amanda's List Air Date: 04/15/10 Clip 2:35

Survivor 20: Heroes vs. Villains - Jury Member #2 a "Chirpy" Courtney hits it off with Coach at Ponderosa.

Quotes from the booted Courtney:

Why did you get voted out instead of Sandra?
I really have no idea. I made my case to Parvati, and she tried to convince Russell and Danielle to keep me. It didn't go well, because Russell didn't want anyone near her. He was like the weird, creepy husband—"Don't anyone touch my woman." I thought they all had to know that Sandra is a much sneakier, better, more independent player. They were underestimating her. I was stunned. I didn't want to say it to screw her up, but I was just like, "All right guys, rock on! Just watch, she's going to ruin you!"

At least you only lost four pounds this time...
I never really got that skinny. There were coconuts everywhere—and that was something I didn't have on my first season—so I was happy. Coconuts have water, there's hard ones, there's soft ones, you can toast it! There's so many things you can do with it. Parvati is the master—I told her she should open a resort and machete coconuts on the front lawn. Everyone would come and watch, because she's really good at it. She's had three seasons with coconuts!

The rain was pretty demoralizing, and the camp—where the trees were rotting all around us—was nasty. You know, the beach looks great from a helicopter, on a beautiful day. But for the most part, the reason there's so much freaking vegetation is because it rains constantly. It was pretty gross. It rained every day at Ponderosa. Every goddamned day. There was one sunny day, and I made Coach sit out with me. It was when we were just there, just the two of us, and I made him sit out with me for like three hours.

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Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Life at Ponderosa: Courtney Pt. 1 The latest castaway to be voted off the island, Courtney, is sent to Ponderosa and is greeted by Coach Air Date: 04/15/10 Clip 6:13

Anyway, Russell and JT hugged after the challenge and Russell grabbed JT’s package, and then took it back to camp where Parvati read the letter aloud in the most sarcastic, mocking voice imaginable. It was beautiful, and there was a lot to mock in JT’s writing: “This is not fake.” “I feel like I can trust you.” “You will be completely safe with us.” Best of all, he wrote, “Read in complete privacy” at the top and “Destroy this right when you finish Reading!” at the end, all of it in scrawled, printed handwriting that made sure no one would confuse it with a four-grader’s love letter. Because of that, Parvati also added flourishes like “XOXO JT” and “your BFF.” Although Russell now has a hidden immunity idol, and did a good job of playing along when all of this went down, he doesn’t get too much credit, because it was all JT and the Heroes who made this decision based on, well, no information. Even if they assume Parvati has a similar alliance like the one she had in Micronesia, it’s dumb to assume anything in a game like this, as Amanda said. I’m now hoping for an Amanda and Sandra final two, with Amanda finally winning. I’m delusional, I know.

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Find out what each member of the Villains tribe had to say as they cast their votes Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains -

Tribal Council Voting

Air Date: 04/15/10 Clip 4:06

Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Life at Ponderosa: Courtney Pt. 2 Air Date: 04/15/10

Clip 2:30 Coach goes kayaking as Courtney watches and bond over drinks

Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Life at Ponderosa: Courtney Pt. 3 Air Date: 04/15/10 Clip 2:43 Courtney and Coach enjoy their 'honeymoon' kayaking, sun bathing and later primp for tribal council

More Secret Scenes and highlights from Survivor Heroes vs. Villians (20), Episode 9, after the jump