Survivor China

Another 2 episodes of Survivor China have gone by. On the episode that aired on December 6, 2007, the castaways competed with a loved one for a chance to go on a boat trip and be able to talk to their families back home on a Sprint cell phone. The challenge required that the blindfolded castaways and loved ones find each other and then reach the center of the maze still blindfolded together. Denise and her husband won the reward and Denise decided to take Todd and Amanda along with her on the boat trip. On the boat trip, the castaways ate comfort food and Denise got her phone call from home. Back at camp, some castaways were thinking that Todd made up his sister's miscarriage so he could gain sympathy to win the reward challenge. I don't think Todd is the next Johnny Dalton (from Survivor Pearl Islands). After all, his sister was the one who mentioned the miscarriage while Johnny Dalton was the one who mentioned his grandmother's death who is still alive as of today. The immunity challenge required the castaways to run through a swamp and up a mountain which had 2 boxes with statements about Chinese history. Obviously, one of them was true and the other was false. The castaways had to use a key to try to unlock a third box which had 2 different keyholes (1 for each possible answer), if they got it right they could move on to the next set of trivia boxes through another swamp and mountain. If they got it wrong, they had to go back down the mountain and through the swamp again and then return to the mountaintop to open the box with the correct keyhole. The 1st castaway to successfully open all 3 locked boxes with their keys would win immunity. At the end of this grueling challenge, Peih - Gee won immunity assuring her an extra week in China so she could continue to beg the other castaways to keep her (which can get very annoying). At tribal council, Erik was was obviously voted out 4:2 because he was the only Zhan Hu member without immunity.

On Thursday's episode of Survivor China, the castaways competed for a trip to the Great Wall of China. The challenge required the castaways to shoot an arrow onto a checkerboard with each square having a castaway's name on it (each castaway had 5 squares). Each time an arrow landed on a square the castaway whose name was on that square would gain 1 point regardless of who shot the arrow. Each castaway received 4 arrows which they had to give to another castaway. Peih - Gee received 1 arrow, Todd received 2 arrows, Amanda also received 2 arrows, Denise received 3 arrows, and Courtney received 12 arrows. Denise won the reward challenge thanks to Courtney and took Courtney and Todd along with her to see the Great Wall of China. I would really like to see the Great Wall of China in person one day. The immunity challenge was a combination of previous challenges. The challenges that were partially repeated in this episode were the dartboard challenge from episode 10, the delicacy challenge from episode 6, the ball drumming challenge from episode 9, and finally the disk chopping and puzzle challenge from episode 3. Amanda won the marathon of previous challenges and won herself immunity. At tribal council, Peih - Gee was finally voted out 4:1.

Don't forget the 3 hour season finale of Survivor China airs today at 8:00 PM on CBS. I'll be rooting for Amanda to win Survivor China's $1,000,000 prize because she's the smartest player this season. She came up with a successful plan to blindsight James who had both of the 2 hidden immunity idols at the 10th tribal council. She stuck to her alliance with Todd and Courtney, but she wasn't afraid to sway from it if something that would advance her further came along (although that never happened). Fianlly, she defeated Peih - Gee in the most recent immunity challenge which in turn sent Peih - Gee to the jury.