Episode 4, Kim is Voted Off

Koror wins Reward and Immunity and Kim is voted off at Tribal Council.

After the recap of last episode, Kim misses Jeff. (Jeff apparently is the only man that Kim cares for on Ulong. All the others she bad-mouths at just about every confessional.) Bobby Jon says that Ulong is not a close tribe anymore.

Tree mail says to pick a tribal representative. Both tribes have a problem with this but Ulong has the most. When Jeff Probst shows up Ulong still hasn't picked yet. They chose James on the spot. Koror picks Ian to represent them, after debating between Gregg and him.

Reward Challenge
Competition: build-a-bathroom
Reward: professionally built shelter
Sits out: Jenn, Coby and Janu

Jeff Probst shows up on a barge with a big closet-sized tool chest. Each team's representative gets to chose six tools to be used in building a bathroom. Whichever tribe builds the best bathroom wins a professionally built shelter. The judge is the man who's in charge of building all of the sets for Survivor (I think his name was Jesse Jenkins - he sounded Australian).

Koror wins Reward! It was hard to see all the details of each bathroom set-up, but I think Ulong should have won. Their shower had a little wooden platform to stand on and a drainage system to whisk the water away. At Koror it looked like you would be standing in mud as you showered.

After building the shelter the construction crew leaves the Survivors a house warming gift - a few ice cold bottles of champagne.

Immunity Challenge
Competition: sumo sea wrestling
sits out: Ian, Katie and Willard

On a round platform in the water each player is given a padded board with two handles and they have to knock the other into the water without taking their hands off of the board (and no kicking). The first tribe to 6 points wins Immunity.

Here's how they paired up (winner is underlined):
1. Tom vs Bobby Jon, 2. Jennifer vs Stephenie, 3. Gregg vs Ibrehem, 4. Caryn vs Angie, 5. Coby vs James. 6. Janu vs Kim, 7. Tom vs Bobby Jon, 8. Jennifer vs Stephenie, 9. Gregg vs Ibrehem, 10. Caryn vs Angie, 11. Coby vs James

Koror wins 6 to 5. Note: Old man Tom beat "tarzan" Bobby Jon twice. James the redneck steelworker lost twice to Coby the gay hairstylist. Angie is almost in tears after losing Immunity once again.

Back at camp in private James (left) says "A lot of gay folks are strong and go to the gym and all." (But Coby doesn't look like he goes to the gym very often.) Stephenie is really upset and says that was an embarrassment. The women discuss voting off a man because if a woman goes then the men can just pick off the women one at a time - 3 men to 2 women. (Are they resigned to losing every Immunity?) As far as James and Bobby Jon are concerned, Kim is the only choice.

Ulong at Tribal Council (fourth straight time)
(paraphrased)
Probst: Stephenie have you been frustrated?
Stephenie: Yes, very much so. This sucks.
Angie: I'm frustrated too, especially since we lost both reward and immunity.
Probst: What about work and accountability?
Kim: Bobby Jon and James are always taking the sling, but we all go out to fish together. (she goes on to basically make excuses for not doing anything at camp.)
Probst: Stephenie could the women survive without the men?
Stephenie: We rely on the men to fish but if we were alone we could be self sufficient. (what did you expect her to say "no we're helpless without them"?)
Angie: We can take care of ourselves. (She also explains that she knows how to use a hammer and doesn't seem to appreciate James assuming that she doesn't know such things.)
Bobby Jon: The women are strong. (really, even Kim?)
James apologizes for losing to Coby.
Probst notes that the women (Stephenie and Angie) won 4 of the 5 Ulong points at the Immunity challenge.

Time to vote:
Kim is voted off with 4 votes shown. James is shown voting for Kim; Kim votes for James.

Alliances
Based on Coby talking about picking a tribal representative it looks like Koror is split like this: Coby, Janu, Willard and Caryn versus Ian, Gregg, Tom, Jennifer and Katie. However no one else mentions such a split and they have never been to Tribal Council, so who really knows.

Heroes & Villains
I like Ian and Tom in Koror. In Ulong I like Stephenie (right) and Angie. I'm not fond of Caryn and James.

Official Episode Title: Sumo at Sea

Won Reward: Koror
(professionally made shelter)

Won Immunity: Koror

Voted Off: Kim
Aired: 4 votes for Kim, 1 vote for James
(Kim voted for James)

Note: next week's show is on Wednesday night.

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