Okay, it's a unanimous vote. And btw, Round Robin, Bikal has to hand over the regular Immunity Idol, not Gota! Anyway:Bikal arrives at the Immunity Challenge on schedule.
Jeff Probst: Come on in, Gota! (As the Fans enter) Bikal getting a surprising look at the new Gota. Shamar had to be med-evaced and will no longer be in the game. (Most of the Faves look stunned, although Malcolm looks a bit confused.) Gota, care to explain how Shamar got injured?
Sherri: He already had gotten a piece of bamboo in his finger and we think it might have been infected, but I accidentally got something in his eye and it scratched his cornea. (Malcolm is heard muttering, "Yeah, right. Tell me another one.") It's true!
The rest of Gota -- even Reynold -- back Sherri up, so Malcolm is silenced. Probst then explains the Immunity Challenge. Five members will, one at a time, swim to a platform quite a distance out in the water. They will climb up on the platform and somehow break tiles that are hanging.
A broken tile will release a tennis ball shaped object with a key attached. The keys have to be brought to shore where the two remaining tribe members will use them to unlock a chest full of sandbags. The sandbags then have to be hurled at a wall made of two layers of bricks standing on end. When all the bricks have been cleared from the little board they are sitting on, the tribe wins -- and avoids a date with Probst at Tribal Council to boot.
Cochran and Dawn are working with the locks for the Faves. Sherri and Laura are working with the locks for the Fans. First up are Erik the Idiot and Hope. They swim to a series of floats and move along to a floating dock from which they dive back into the water to swim to the main platform. Both stumble but manage to get to the main platform in a dead heat. Erik shatters his tile, as does Hope and they swim back in a dead heat.
When Erik and Hope reach shore, Francesca runs out for Bikal and Matt runs out for Gota. Francesca practically attacks the floats and thus takes the lead over Matt, although Julia isn't far behind. Brenda is up next for the Faves while Eddie is up next for the Fans. Both get their keys and move on.
Although the Faves still are in the lead, Brenda's hard fall ensures that Julia is right behind Andrea when it's time for them to take the course. After Andrea and Julia swim back, Corinne and Michael take the course. Corinne struggles a bit, ensuring that Gota can now make things a dead heat. Finally, Malcolm and Reynold take the course.
Finally, the keys are onshore and Cochran and Dawn work on the locks for the Faves while Sherri and Laura work on them for the Fans. Sherri is having a lot of good luck while Cochran is having a lot of bad luck, so the Fans open their chest first. Then Laura throws for the Fans while Dawn throws for the Faves once Bikal is ready. It's a close match but:
Probst: Gota wins Immunity! (The Fans celebrate while Bikal looks gloomy. Gota gains the regular II.) Gota, you have Immunity and are safe from the vote. Bikal, you have a date with me at Tribal Council tonight. Somebody will be going home. You have the rest of the day to think about it. Head on back and I'll see you at Tribal.
Gota heads out to celebrate, while Bikal heads back to plot.
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Okay, Bikal has to vote out somebody at Tribal Council. Now it's time for you to decide who will be going home -- Andrea, Brenda, Cochran, Corinne, Dawn, Erik the Idiot or Francesca. Malcolm has the HII so he's safe but you can vote on whether the tribe tries to flush it out. Here is how things are: Andrea, Brenda, Erik the Idiot, Francesca and Malcolm are in one group because Brenda found out about the HII and used it to get Andrea and Malcolm to join her group. Cochran and Dawn are in another group and I think Corinne will join their group.
Anyway, the person with the most votes will be going home. I'll take votes until tomorrow, so please vote!