Survivor: Samoa - Hungry for a Win - Recap

Tonight, Survivor: Samoa starts off with an odd Reward Challenge. The tribes chose three members each to go to a beach where they played Botchi ball. The reward was a cage with three egg laying chickens. The odd part was that Jeff Probst wasn't around and the survivors basically self-regulated themselves. At first it was a free-for-all with the chickens, and then they started reading the rules contained in the chest.

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Foa Foa led most of the way with their yellow balls getting closest to the stick. And then on his final try -- and after shh-ing Dreads Russell to stop cheering (LOL) -- Dave lands a purple ball just beside the stick. Win.

It was very interesting because we hardly see any of the Galu tribe with the losing streak of Foa Foa, so this was a nice introduction to Fitness Instructor Dave.

Then back at Galu camp, more revelations. Eric theorizes that if the clues that Shambo and Yaz got were for a Hidden immunity Idol on the Foa Foa camp, then there must be one in their tribe as well. He then asks Shambo for the clues, which she happily gives him. John somehow sneaks in and learns the clues, but it will not matter. When Dread Russell was away doing the Reward Challenge, and with the lazy Galu tribe being lazy... Eric looks for the Idol... and succeeds! Woot! Still not as daring as Evil Russell, but well played on Eric's part.

Immunity Challenge. And the Galu tribe is up by 4 people. Wow. I think it's time. The outcome was close, mostly because Monica crawled to a snail's pace at one point on the rope -- and Foa Foa won immunity. This was good because I've gotten tired of watching Evil Russell plot every single week.

So who does Galu vote off? Could it be Monica, who cost them the challenge, or Yasmin who doesn't do anything at camp (yup, nothing) but is strong in physical challenges?

The camp defies Dreads Russell and votes off Monica. In fact, Russell ends up voting for Yaz as well even if he wanted to keep her.

The only odd vote was Shambo, who's clearly on the outs in this tribe. But not without cause. After winning the chickens, Shambo somehow allowed one of them to escape as seen in the following video. Oh Shambo... you must be shaking your head every week at home while you watch this.

Watch the video here: