LAST EDITED ON 03-05-13 AT 02:52 AM (EST)

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Per promos there will be a medical evacuation this week. Also, per promos and vidcap analysis, there will be two challenges, one for Reward and one for Immunity. So there will also be a boot this week in all probability. In essence a two-boot week, vote accordingly. If you wish to distinguish the medical evacuee from the true boot, designate the Medical Evacuee with (ME) in your vote.

The DAWs

BIKAL TRIBE
Andrea Boehlke
Brandon Hantz
Brenda Lowe
Corinne Kaplan
Dawn Meehan
Erik Reichenbach
John "Cochran" Cochran
Malcolm Freeberg
Phillip Sheppard

GOTA TRIBE
Edward "Eddie" Fox
Julia Landauer
Laura Alexander
Matt Bischoff
Michael Snow
Reynold Toepfer
Shamar Thomas
Sherri Biethman

ELIMINATED
Hope Driskill (Gota)
Alexandra "Allie" Pohevitz (Gota)
Francesca Hogi (Bikal)

The Rules

1. Put the name of your choice for this week's boot in the subject heading.

This is easy, just erase the bit where it says "Re: SurvivorBlowsTribe, Time to Vote..." and replace with your vote, e.g., "Brandon." Or, if you think this will be a two-boot week: "Brandon & Sherri." It doesn't matter which order you put them in unless it matters to you.

This makes it easier to tally votes quickly and accurately. Nicknames are tougher to tally unless they are really obvious without actually reading your post.

Other things you want to vote on (who wins which challenge, do HIIs get played, who has first confessional), these should go in your post not in your subject line.

2. Reply only to this post.

We like a nice straight vote thread. It's easier that way.

EXCEPTION TO RULE 2! VOTE CHANGES!

2b. But to change your vote do reply to your own vote post.

Your new post heading should read, for example, "VOTE CHANGE: Cochran." Or perhaps "VOTE CHANGE: Cochran & Julia" if you think it will be a two-boot week.

3. This is not a discussion thread do not treat it as such.

Make your case as much as you want, but there are plenty of places on the forum to debate the merits of people's arguments, have discussions, have civil and polite disagreements: this is a vote thread.

But please feel free to discuss your vote(s) in your own post, cast all the extra votes you want, make jokes, we're really all most interested in what you have to say.

4. No graphics.

Unless you insist. If you do include a graphic please make it pertinent to something in this episode.

5. Have fun!

• ME: Shamar / Bootee: Corrine,tribephyl, 03:49 AM, 03-05-13
• Shamuu~medivac/Corrine~boot,Flowerpower, 07:33 AM, 03-05-13
• Shamu has a booboo, Brenda's out,michel, 08:28 AM, 03-05-13
• ME: Shamar Boot: Corrine,Bebo, 12:46 PM, 03-05-13
• Shamar is med-evaced & bye-bye, Corinne!,Belle Book, 01:42 PM, 03-05-13
• Shamar - Med-evac / Corrine- Bootee,Scarlett O Hara, 08:53 PM, 03-05-13
• Medevac-Shamar, Voteoff-Corinne,Round Robin, 01:36 AM, 03-06-13
• Shamar (ME), Corinne,dabo, 02:39 AM, 03-06-13
• Shamar=Medical Evac/Corinne vote off,SOAR64, 08:37 AM, 03-06-13
• ME - Shamar, Boot = Corinne,PepeLePew13, 01:08 PM, 03-06-13
  • RE: ME - Shamar, Boot = Brandon,kingfish, 01:20 PM, 03-06-13
• ME: Shamar, Boot: Corinne,parathor, 03:34 PM, 03-06-13
• MED: Shamar Boot: Laura,Arnold_Lorax2, 05:15 PM, 03-06-13

Vidcaps show that Shamar is the evacuee.
Vidcaps also tell us that they will still hold an IC.
Press photos point towards a Bikal loss of the IC.
Ep 5 teasers point towards a Brandon blowout, so he has to survive through ep4.
The fact that Corrine has appeared on Andrea's radar sets up a nice counterpoint to the "obvious" choice of Brandon being the loose-cannon bootee.
Corrine becomes the boot and the Stealth-R-Us begins to rot from within.

I fully expect a tribal swap VERY soon.

Whatever Tribephyl said!

The press photo also show what looks like a scrambling Brenda which can only mean she's in danger. Someone has to convince Andrea to wait for Corinne and that could be what triggers Brandon's explosion: They lied to him about Corinne.

See reply #1 to this thresd for explanation.

Since people have noted that Shamar is apparently the one who is med-evaced, I'm going with the idea that he's out.

Brandon wants to get rid of Andrea (or at least someone other than Corinne). Andrea wants to get rid of Corinne. Andrea gets her way. Corinne is blindsided and Brandon's about to go nuclear. The fireworks should be interesting, at least.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

And all hell breaks loose.

Hey, it has been an extremely fun week of analytical and deductive spoiling, many thanks to everyone who has joined in!

Okay. There's a hurricane and the rats come out. Lot of stuff this week. There are two challenges.

Bikal wins reward and spends the rest of that day laughing it up.

Meanwhile at Gota (or perhaps the next morning) there is a medical emergency, and Shamar ends up being evacuated from the game. Damn shame, I hate when that happens, even to someone as despicable as Colon. This reality check, though, unifies the Gota fans. They go into the next challenge with their act together.

It's a tough fight but with Reynold's mad pitching the hard fastball skills Gota manages to squeak out a win, sending the Faves to TC. Bikal spend the afternoon strategizing.

<Mr. Monk Voice> -- Here's what happens --

Andrea hates Corinne.
Phillip approved.
Brandon is in on Andrea hates Corinne.
But Brandon hates Andrea.
And Phillip.
Brandon tells Corinne that Andrea hates her.
Corinne tells Malcolm.
Brandon tells Erik, who also hates Phillip.
Brandon wants Andrea out most of all.
Brandon tells Brenda, who doesn't give a damn but is trying to play the game.
But Brenda hates Brandon most of all because "he has this thing against girls."
(Freudians, make of that what you like.)
Brenda is now dancing with the power alliance: good-bye, Corinne.

GOTA is finally free of the 24 hour a day belly ache. I would rather of seen his torch snuffed, but I'm sure that after a few Big Mac's, Whoppers, and several orders of french fries, Shamar's will make a full recovery. Corinne seems to be the one voted off tonight.

Yeah, what dabo said.

Corinne was featured last episode in one that was Gota-heavy with all the yelling drama and the boot story, and usually we've seen much less from a tribe that isn't going to Tribal Council. We saw Corinne helping Malcolm root out the HII when it looked like an earlier time (i.e. sunny) than during the actual episode (overcast), and we also saw Andrea greasing the wheels for an opposition attack against Corinne.

No way EPMB will allow them to vote Brandon out at this stage, but still, a guy can wish.

Reading the previous guesses totally swayed me. I was going to say Brandon. Guess I'll save him for later.

I studied the vidcap thread and all what Tribe says and others makes sense. But one pic of Eddie holding his head as Reynold is throwing and the other showing Phillip throwing and Bikal had the lead I think Phillip wins it for Bikal and the Corrine talk is just because there is nothing else to show of the well oiled machine of the favorites.

That made me narrow it down to Julia or Laura. With losing Shamar and Reynold having an idle and all the talk from Eddie about keeping the tribe strong the fans don't know if or when there will be a swap. Laura has been weak in the challenges admitedly and her confessionals spiked last week big time.

If not Laura than Julia who has the OFG shot in the caps this week.