One World Episode 6: Long Live The Queen

Alicia and Colton taunt Christina, after she was blindsided at the "hilarious" tribal council. Colton calls her the "cockroach" and really rubs it in her face that she's going home next. On Salani, Kat has a dream that she was in a mall and Alicia killed her. Haha, wow. The gang get ready for a challenge that involves "something they played as a kid", according to tree mail. When the tribes arrive at the challenge, Sabrina sees Monica gone and figures the guys are booting the girls. Not entirely true, I'd say Alicia has defected at this point.

The challenge is to bounce a ball on a net and take out drums. I don't remember playing this as a kid. It takes ages for the players to get the hang of it, but it is Kim who scores first. Tarzan equals it and then Leif gives Manono the lead. Troyzan has figured out you have to throw it hard. Christina gets yelled at by Colton (again?) because she's not running back fast enough. Give her a break, maybe she just wants her boobs to bounce in slow motion. Meanwhile, Alicia seems to be getting a lot of shit from Probst for failing it pretty hard. In the end, Troyzan wins the challenge for Salani. That means an ice cream reward!

Kim screams for ice cream

Stop filling their heads with truths

After watching Colton tell Christina to jump in a fire, Jonas says how he doesn't like Colton's attitude. During an opportune time and with nothing to lose, Christina tells Leif and Jonas about Alicia's connections on the other side. Alicia comes up behind her and yells at her. Man, this episode sure is getting repetitive. The sad thing is Christina is telling the truth but has no way to prove it.

Colton has a really bad headache. Surprisingly Christina is the one to comfort him, showing everyone she is a good person. Tarzan diagnoses it as appendicitis. That seems a little...extreme. But Colton's condition gets worse as Christina finds him lying on the floor. Jeff Probst and Dr Ramona have to be called in. Ramona diagnoses it as appendicitis. Wow, I guess Tarzan was right.

Another victim claimed

So Colton ends up having to be removed from the game and the rest of camp gather round to say goodbye. I wanted Colton out of the game as much as anyone, but this was a pretty unsatisfying end to his storyline. It almost validates his gameplay now. Jonas is crying at seeing Colton go, because he knew how big a fan he was. Colton decides to keep the idol and take it out of the game, which pisses off Alicia who saw it as "another selfish move".

Hey, don't talk down to him!

The mood in camp has changed. Alica's stock has fallen and Christina has gained another reprieve. Tarzan still has it out for "Katrina", telling her to her face she wouldn't be his friend, but him and Alicia are the only ones - Jonas is the boss now, and he wants Alicia gone. Tarzan tries to convince Leif that Christina is untrustworthy and should go, but his logic is a mystery to everyone but him.

Salani are surprised to find out they have been summoned to tribal council without a challenge,and when they see Manono walk in, Troyzan immediately notices Colton isn't there. Jeff explains Colton had appendicitis. The adorably dim Kat is shocked and says "Oh my God....what's that?" Leif can relate because he's had his removed and knows it's painful. Kat reacts as if she's worried she is next. It seems Alicia can't catch a break at all, because when she tells Sabrina that Colton kept the idol, nobody on Salani is willing to believe her.

Black...how original

Jeff then gives them some better news - they have merged! Everyone grabs their black buffs and Kim comments about how the game is back on. The twelve people left all head back to camp - the good camp, that is. It's One World again! And the possibilities for what happens next are endless. Game on.

STAR OF THE WEEK: CHRISTINA CHA

So much respect for this lady. She took a torrent of abuse on the chin and remained calm and reasonable throughout. She even helped her nemesis in his hour of need. I don't know if the merge will save her, but we'll see.

One World Episode 5: The Game Is Afoot

The girls ask Troyzan whose idea it was to give up immunity, and he says Colton. Not knowing what the guys are thinking, the girls are keen to stick together and go to the merge 7-strong. The two tribes are now equal and whoever wins next will take the lead.

Then Jeff drops a bombshell that nobody wanted to hear - they're switching up the tribes. It's going to be done at random, so everybody takes an egg and breaks it. Alicia, Christina and Monica all get an orange egg and switch over to Manono. Troyzan, Jay and Mike all get blue and switch over to Salani. Kim is very happy with her new tribe. Alicia and Colton are not.

Christina and Colton want coffee

The new tribes get stuck in to a challenge right away. The stakes are high because whoever loses has to leave the One World beach and start a new camp. The teams have to carry a bucket of water, fill it up and bring it back, plugging all the holes. First to fill up their bucket wins. Manono bring their bucket back first, but Monica slips over twice and loses a lot of water. After two trips each, Salani are in the lead. It's a race to see who can get back first - it's Manono, but they don't quite have enough. Salani do and win reward. Jeff goes to Colton, because he knows he'll have some blunt truths, and he calls it Greek Gods vs Peasants. Sabrina couldn't be happier with her tribe pick. She was just hoping to end up on the same tribe as Kim, getting two others from her alliance as well was just a bonus.

So the exiled Manono tribe go to a new beach where they are forced to start afresh. Christina is optimistic, but Colton thinks his new teammates suck, and is jealous of Salani and their peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Tarzan falls over a bamboo pole while they're building the shelter, once again demonstrating what a bunch of buffoons they are. Alicia and Colton agree to work together. How sweet, the two most obnoxious people in the game are aligned. Colton tells Christina he's with the girls, but only because it's what she wants to hear. Monica isn't sure that he's legit.

The Dream Team rule the roost

Chelsea and Mike are catching crabs. Mike wants to put peanut butter and jelly on them. Sabrina, Jay and Troyzan help them corner a rooster, which Troyzan catches. Good times! Lying on the beach together, Jay talks strategy with Kim and Troyzan. He's open to working with the girls, and wants to cut Mike out of the alliance. Kim vouches for Chelsea to be their fourth. She's sitting pretty right now - part of the two main alliances in the game, and has the option to go either way.

Alicia is trying to talk Colton out of voting out Christina first. She wants to keep the girls around, for obvious reasons. Jonas has noticed the amount of time Colton has spent talking to Alicia and asks him about it. "How does he get away with this?" Jonas says. Because you let him, dude. Jonas concludes that Colton is probably forming alliances with the girls and playing both sides.

Kim and Chelsea hold all the power now

Kim goes looking for the idol, knowing there must be another one out there. She finds it in a tree and stuffs it in her pants. Chelsea is the only one she tells, because she doesn't know who she's going to use it on yet. I'm sure when she does use it, it'll be a game changer. No question she's the most powerful person in the game right now.

Monica catches a chicken in a box, but it gets out because they didn't check the side. Colton talks to Alicia and tells her that he wants Monica out first, as she will be more dangerous in a merge because she has more friends, whereas no-one likes Christina. This is assuming they lose the next challenge...which Colton is.

A *little* height difference? Really, Probst?

The challenge is water basketball. Colton is facing Jay, Jonas is facing Troyzan, and Mike and Tarzan are by the baskets. This challenge will be a blowout. Mike tosses it in the basket with ease for a 1-0 lead. Next up, Leif is guarding the goal. Why? And being next to Mike just shows what a mismatch this is. Despite his height, Leif puts in a good showing and nearly scores. Mike gets the point again though, and makes it 2-0.

In the all-women matchup, Monica manages to pull a point back for the underdogs and make it 2-1. For the final round, Colton hangs onto the ball for dear life, but eventually they get it loose and Jay, Troyzan and Mike all take shots, with Mike scoring his third to give Salani victory.

So, Alicia and Colton are ready to blindside Monica. However, Alicia tells Christina she thinks Tarzan should go for being the weakest player. Christina spreads that around and Jonas and Leif pretend to agree. Monica thinks she struck lucky and the men have lost sight of the numbers game. Oh, you poor naive girl. Colton then tells Tarzan and Leif to vote out Monica. "Tell me who Monica is again?" he asks. Colton reveals his frustration at having to constantly babysit Tarzan and repeat instructions over and over again.

Jeff is amused by Tarzan

At tribal council, Monica demonstrates her positive upbeat attitude that I love so much, whilst Colton calls the tribe a sinking ship. Tarzan talks weirdly, confusing Jeff and others. He even teaches Jeff a new word - neologism. They have a great exchange, where Tarzan also reveals he has aphasia and struggles with people's names. That's about all he reveals though -  he's holding back because "the game is afoot, Jeff".

And now the vote is afoot, and the biggest tension is now whether Tarzan will remember to write down the right name. Monica's frowny face vote for Tarzan is accompanied by Christina's drawing of a banana. The next four votes are all for Monica though, who turns towards Colton and says "wow" as she collects her torch. Christina is left completely confused too. Bad luck Monica, you got dealt a poor hand. But will the fortunes of the rest improve? Why do I get the feeling it's going to get worse?

STAR OF THE WEEK: GREG "TARZAN" SMITH

This loveable loon is providing great comic relief. His time at tribal council revealed he's a much more layered and complex character than we thought. I've never used the term "smart dumb person" before, but I do believe it applies here. Tarzan is an enigma and I want to know more about him.

One World Episode 4: Hasty Decisions

Manono come back from tribal. Mike is not happy about the state of the tribe - the strong are getting voted out, and the weak are staying. Tarzan wants Bill to go next because he thinks Bill is the biggest threat. Also, Leif sleeps in a box. Haha, how does he breathe in there?

Bronas just, like, doesn't care at all, dude

Monica is cooking snails for the girls. Jonas wants to use their net, because he's Hawaiian. He proposes he'll use the net and give the girls half of the spoils. Chelsea and Kim say no. That's funny, they sure had no qualms about taking stuff from the guys. Troyzan is mad and makes a few borderline misogynist comments.

Tarzan lets out a Rupert roar

The next challenge is smashing boards with a slingshot. Their choice of reward is tarps, blankets or sweets. The sweets get the biggest reaction. Tarzan gets the first strike and puts the men in the lead. Kat gets the first one for the women (wow!). Alicia puts the women in the lead and Kim makes it 4 in a row for the women. Jonas puts the men back into it. Chelsea knocks out another targets but it's not a winner - the rules say it has to be five in a row. The winning target comes courtesy of...Monica! So, the women decide on the tarp. Tarzan is very disparaging of their victory, claiming it's luck.

Poor Leif just isn't cutthroat enough for Survivor

Bill and Leif are talking in camp about feeling vulnerable and wanting an idol, and Leif accidentally lets slip that Colton wanted Bill out. Michael sees an opportunity to stir shit up and tells Colton he saw the two of them talking. "That little munchkin is going to get sent back to Oz" Colton says. It may not be P.C., but it was funny. Colton confronts Leif and gets him to confess. He was already seen as a wishy-washy player, and now he knows he may have just screwed himself over.

The tree mail is a puzzle - which obviously means the challenge will be too. They figure out they'll have to work in pairs, so Kat says she wants someone good at puzzles to be her pair. Alicia takes this as a slight against her because she was her partner last time. Sabrina doesn't care for having drama this close to the challenge.

Never one to avoid controversy

Tarzan and Colton complete the puzzle, whereas Alicia and Chelsea struggle on the easiest one. Jay and Michael finish before the girls again. Chelsea looks over at the guys' puzzle. Tarzan calls them out for cheating. "You girls suck" Jay shouts. Having completed the three puzzles, Leif works the locks and wins immunity. Leif dances around with the idol. Probst gives Alicia a little bit of shit for her poor performance.

Back at camp, Bill is happy because he thinks winning immunity has saved his ass. Sabrina wants to vote out Alicia, because she has no fight and does nothing around camp. Christina may have been saved again. This is when things start to take a turn for the weird...

"I'm gonna vote you out" - at least he's honest

Bill wants to talk to Colton and bury the hatchet. He acts like a brat and doesn't even want to talk to Bill. It's amazing how Bill keeps his cool in face of such hostility. This just reaffirms Colton's desire to vote out Bill. He wants it so desperately...he's considering giving the immunity idol to the women so they can go to tribal. Jonas is confused. "But what am I gonna say? No?". Er...yes. Are you that scared of Colton?

Tarzan seems to be all for the plan. When Tarzan tells Chelsea he's letting them stay, she can't believe it. Tarzan gives a big speech to the guys about how he wants to go to tribal and vote Leif out, which confuses Jay, because he thought Bill was the target. I can understand it being hard trying to make sense of anything at this point, though. The women think the men have lost their marbles but are grateful for the fact they might avoid tribal council.

It's time for tribal council, but which tribe will turn up? It's...Manono, which leaves Jeff pretty bemused. Leif admits his mistake, but is hoping to prove he has integrity by going to tribal and risking facing the consequences of his actions. Colton admits he doesn't like Bill and cites the fact that Bill is a stand-up comedian as a reason, telling him to "get a real job". Bill breaks down in tears after admitting he's poor. Colton tries to prove he isn't racist because he has a black housekeeper. Ouch. That sounded horrible. Bill takes exception to the fact that Colton is judging his life when he hasn't worked a day in his life. Tarzan breaks the argument up by yelling that he's sick of talking about race.

And so we come to the vote, and it seems the spoiled little rich kid got his way and Bill was voted out 7-1. He must've really put the fear of God into them with the idol. Hopefully it doesn't take too long for him to be de-throned. Praying for a tribe swap next week.

STAR OF THE WEEK: MICHAEL JEFFERSON

Odd choice? I know he wasn't the most visible player this episode, but I think he's done a great job of getting the target off his back and blending in with the tribe. He expertly stirred the pot in throwing Leif under the bus and came out clean. He wasn't even in danger at all tonight, somehow.

One World Episode 3: The Comeback

Chelsea thinks the girls just need a little bit of confidence to turn it around. Colton is in the girls' camp (shocker!) and warns them a storm is coming, and asks them if they want to use their fire. The girls say no but after a long, rough night, Kim isn't feeling quite so reluctant. Troyzan, being the gent that he is, lets the women in to dry up. Matt is not happy about this when he sees it. Still the villain, I see. Boo hiss!

It's a reward challenge now, and the teams are playing for fishing gear. It's a memory game, first to recreate the sequence of objects wins a point. Sabrina and Matt go head-to-head first. Neither of them spend much time looking, but although Matt finishes first, he is wrong and Sabrina gets the point. Colton then takes on Monica who is similarly quick, but once again he is wrong and Monica gets the point. Alicia beats Jay in speed and is correct. Troyzan vs Kat turns out to be a hilarious matchup, first when Troyzan closes the curtain straight away (prompting a "what?" from Jeff), and then when it takes seven tries for anyone to get it right. And it's once again the woman who wins. Bill and Christina go head-to-head in the last round, and Christina makes it a clean sweep for the women.

Boy, they needed that!

So, the women have the boat, but they've lost their fire. Their magnesium wet, Monica and Kat decide to just ask the men for an ember. Jay and Matt want something in return.  Even Colton is taking their side on this one, saying "I'm a Republican, I do not believe in handouts".  Alicia and Chelsea come by the guys' fire to warm up, but do not seem receptive for Jay's request to use their boat in return. Chelsea return back to camp and tells the rest of the women a fairly inaccurate account of how the men bullied them, and then cries.

Monica takes a dive

Epic shot of a sunrise. The next day, Kim, Chelsea and Monica take the boat out to sea and go fishing. All three of them catch a fish. At last, things are looking up. Time to get to the immunity challenge now, can the girls keep this momentum?

Bill gets animated

It's a blindfolded challenge requiring teamwork, and has people getting drenched with buckets for no reason. Sabrina and Bill are the callers, who double up as puzzle-solvers. Matt and Mike get the first bag to put the men in the lead, whilst Kim and Chelsea walk into a pole. Jonas and Leif get the second bag, and Tarzan and Troyzan take ages to get the third, but still do it before the women. Alicia and Kat eventually put the women on the board, but with the guys way out in front and Monica and Christina lost, it's looking like a blowout at this stage. Bill takes his time, the guys not really helping. Sabrina gets to work as soon as her last bag comes back, and pulls it back to six pieces each. A tight contest results in the women edging out the men. Salani win immunity!

Control freak

Well, this is not the same female team that collapsed on the balance beam challenge. Chelsea points out how gutted the guys must be. Matt gets a confessional saying he's actually looking forward to going to tribal council and get to use some of his "power". He really doesn't get it yet, does he?

Colton seems to dislike Bill a lot, even coming off a little racist in his mockery. He argues he should go, but Troyzan sees Matt as the bigger threat. The misfits are discussing who to vote out when Jay walks up and quickly figures out the frat boys are screwed. Knowing he is on the outs, he decides the best damage control he can do is to vote with the people in power. Matt then walks up and interrupts the strategy session. Why Tarzan admits it was a strategy session I have no idea.

Matt gets Troyzan alone for a talk. He wants an alliance with Troyzan, who has kind of been the real leader of the misfits all along ( suck it, Colton). Once again demonstrating how bad he is this game, not only does he offer him the worst deal possible, he does so with an incredibly condescending speech comparing his tribe to roosters and chickens. Well, whatever. Time to bring the rooster home to roost.

One comeuppance coming right up

It's tribal council. Tarzan says he trusts the alliance of five he thinks he has. Colton says he knows he's not going home because he has an idol. He then proceeds to paint a bigger target on his back by admitting he loves to spend time with the women. Tarzan defends Colton and says he thinks Colton's game smarts makes him an asset. Matt then tries to antagonize Tarzan by saying he thinks he's less confident than he says. Bill is either very drunk or very excited, but seems to be loving the intensity of not knowing what's gonna happen next.

The tribe vote. Colton does not play his idol like he said he would, which was a pretty smart move. Threatening to use it often means you don't have to. Colton picks up a vote and so does Bill, but five votes for Matt sees the wannabe power player on his way. How much of a blindside it was remains to be seen, but it was still pretty satisfying and humiliating for the macho man to be humbled by the "average Joe's". Tarzan asks if he can see the other votes, to which Jeff replies "no". "Save the questions for me" says Queen Bee Colton. Here's a question, how comfortable do the rest of the alliance feel about having him in power? If he doesn't tone down the cockiness quickly, the blindsider could soon be the blinsided.

STAR OF THE WEEK: TROYZAN ROBERTSON

After a disappointing first two weeks, we're finally seeing more from Troyzan and I like what I see. Not only is he a really nice guy, he's funny and seems to be doing pretty well at the game so far. Thanks for getting rid of Matt.

One World Episode 2: Breasts In Show

Michael snoops around the girls camp with Leif to find out what happened at tribal council, and is "annoyed" to find out they all came back. He also claims to have been tending the fire, making designated fire tender Kat give a really stupid confessional designed to show up how little she knows.

Christina and Alicia decide to make up, for the sake of group harmony. Clearly Alicia still does not seem to think much of her though, saying she'd look the other way if she was drowning. Harsh. Chelsea wants to appoint a tribe leader, and it is then agreed that Sabrina should take the role. As Sabrina starts giving out other roles, Tarzan walks by in his underwear. Gross! Nina, who I forgot to mention got her face smashed in after the first challenge, says she doesn't like Kat's immaturity and high energy.

Alicia protecting her kitty Kat

Wanna know what you're playing for? Some clothes!

Next, the tribes go off and find crates to be used for a reward challenge. Wow, a reward challenge for the first time in three seasons! They are told to take them to "a neutral location". Bill reads out the note and finds they have a do-it-yourself challenge. I guess Probst couldn't be bothered to turn up. It involves untangling a mess of ropes and finding a ring. Colton takes over the Jeff role. It's a surprisingly quick challenge that the guys predictably win, claiming themselves a tarp. Colton didn't even celebrate the win with the boys.

The Colton tribe: The outcast swings alone

When the guys get back to camp, they set to work building their new shelter. All except Colton, who is doing nothing - and Michael has noticed. Colton doesn't feel a part of the guy's tribe, so he goes over to spend time with the girls. The girls don't want him either and Sabrina has to call fake meetings to get rid of him. He makes a tearful plea for acceptance, claiming it's nothing to do with strategy, but Kim diplomatically explains it's not a sensible option for their tribe to have him around.

Manono seem to be encouraging Tarzan's wild attention seeking, as he dances around the fire. Colton shows his idol to Troyzan and Jonas, who are shocked. Jonas seems to be wildly overestimating Colton, who earlier compared him to Russell. With Leif on board too, they form a misfit alliance to take out the meatheads. Although Colton appears to just be using it for the time being until he can get some girls on his side. Either way, he's gone from early boot to power player. Who'da thunk it?

Touchy feely in the immunity challenge

The immunity is water-based and involves climbing past your tribemates on a balance beam. The women get off to a bad start when Kat can't get past Monica's boobs. Leif is the first one to cross for the men. Colton and Jonas also get past before the women even have one. Kat is struggling, Christina is struggling, Kat doesn't understand the rules of the challenge and keeps jumping in for no reason. Monica decides to have a go and actually makes it across. Unfortunately that's as good as it gets for the women and the guys win in a blowout. Nina is pissed. Chelsea comments on how hard it is because of boobs. Um, ok.

Kat is consoled by her tribe for trying her best, but Nina is still mad at the "dumb blonde" who blew the challenge for them. Even though Nina knows she's not in the dominant alliance, she appeals to Chelsea to keep her and vote Kat out instead just to keep the tribe strong. Chelsea is really considering it and talks it over with Kim. The pair aren't sure if breaking the trust this early is a good idea, though.

Hisssssssssss

At tribal council, Jeff Probst berates the women for their poor performance. Nina has a lot to say and basically lays it all out there - she's a former cop, she brings far more to the table in terms of life experience than Kat. Chelsea and Sabrina both admit that if they could start over they'd choose a different alliance. Ouch, Kat is really taking a beating here. The poor girl breaks down and almost cries after admitting the challenge loss was her fault and she's not used to failing. The girls stick with their alliance and vote out Nina, and Christina and Monica join in too, scared of pissing off the women. Come to think of it, wasn't Christina fairly well-established last week as the next boot? What changed? Because she wasn't much use in the challenges either. Oh well, it'll probably take a miracle for Salani to recover now. Or, yknow, a tribe swap.

STAR OF THE WEEK: MONICA CULPEPPER

Monica is a badass. She may be 40 but she doesn't look or act it. She was the only one to complete the challenge for the girls and is perhaps their only shining light of hope. Why do all my favorites have to be in bad positions?

One World Episode 1: Diplomacy And Dirty Tricks

Adorable Kourtney already looks out of her depth

Jeff Probst introduces a brand new season with a brand new format from his helicopter, which he almost falls out of. The castaways arrive on truck, and introduce themselves. Crazy old guy Greg asks to be called Tarzan, which steps on the toes of Swimsuit photographer Troy, who wanted to go by the nickname Troyzan. When Jeff divides the tribes into men and women, superfan Colton's jaw drops. He's not happy about it - as an open homosexual, he feels he's "the girl on the guy's tribe".

The Survivors get 60 seconds to unload everything off the truck they can. Amidst the mad scramble, Michael sees an opportunity to take stuff from the women's pile, and ends up pinching an axe. How no-one noticed until after the fact, I have no idea. Alicia calls out the guys for cheating, but they feign ignorance.

Regardless, both tribes take maps to their camps. They don't realize yet that they're both going to the same place. Leif, the smallest guy, ends up carrying the biggest load. Who planned that? Meanwhile, Alicia is playing hard on the girls' tribe, already forming an alliance of who she thinks are the five strongest girls - her, Chelsea, Kim, Sabrina and Kat. Playing the game hard already, I like it. It's the only way to play!

Confusion and disappointment is the reaction when the two tribes meet up. Particularly from Jonas, but he looks like he gets confused a lot. Chickens are roaming around camp...Chelsea agrees to split them with the men, but goes back on her word when she ends up catching both of them. Matt is pissed. But to be fair, they stole an axe.

The frat boy alliance

Colton doesn't fit in with the guys, so he goes over and introduces himself to the girls. Matt sees this and doesn't like it. The dominant alliance on Manono is shaping up to be Matt, Michael, Bill and Jay. Colton tells the girls the only way he's going to stay in the game is if he gets an idol, so asks them to bear that in mind for if they find one.

It may be called One World, but there's still a clear divide between the two tribes, generally keeping themselves to themselves. Jay likes the segregation. A few of the men get a fire going. Sabrina walks into the guys' camp, like a hostage negotiator, and offers to trade a chicken for fire. Matt says no, because he thinks they're entitled to the chicken anyway. Him and Mike are working hard to try and out-douchebag eachother.

Tarzan roars - the girls think this guy is running the show?

None of the girls' offers entice the men - not even Monica poledancing. So, that night, Christina and Monica attempt a covert operation to sneak into the men's camp and grab fire. The operation is a success, but they are unable to get anything consistent to start.

Sensing the rest of the girls are too proud to do so, Christina goes over to the men and makes a deal - they'll weave them some palm fronds if the men give them fire. Alicia isn't really happy with the deal, and is especially unhappy with what she thinks is Christina playing the other side.

Sabrina hits the jackpot

Sabrina finds an idol in a tree stump. But here's the kicker - it can only be used by someone on the Manono tribe! Sabrina knows choosing the right person to give it to could be crucial, and knows that Colton is the obvious choice. She tells Colton she has it, but doesn't give it him yet.



The first challenge involves a dangerous drop. The survivors are instructed to free fall

Dead man's drop: This sure looks like a dangerous challenge

and keep their arms close to their chest to avoid injury. A few of them take hard hits, but none more than Kourtney. The men go into the balance beam with a one person lead, and their lead extends further as they start piling across. Kourtney seems to be really struggling with her wrist, so Jeff stops the challenge. Dr Paloma says her arm is broken and will need to be X-rayed.

So Kourtney leaves the arena and Jeff gives the guys a choice - they can take immunity and send the girls to tribal council, or they can play the rest of the challenge. After discussing it, the guys decide to take immunity. This surprises some of the girls - they figured that competitive streak would make them want to play on. Troyzan does a really bad job of justifying the decision. There's no way around it, they bottled it. But it might have been the smart thing to do. Imagine if they'd played on and lost - it would've looked like the stupidest decision ever.

Sabrina talks to Colton, who thinks he is the swingvote between the meatheads and the oddballs. Sabrina tries to encourage him to target one if the big guys, and hands him her idol. "I love you" he says. Maybe Jesus is smiling on you after all, Colton! This is bound to stir some shit up.

Sabrina tells the rest of the girls that even if Kourtney comes back, they still vote her out, because she won't be much use with an injured wrist. Alicia has other ideas though, and wants the tribe to know that Christina should go.

At tribal council, Alicia and Christina get into it pretty good over the specifics of the fire deal. Christina loses her cool and yells at Alicia to shut up. Jeff points out how fractured the women's tribe is, and then tells them that Kourtney has been removed from the game and nobody else is going home. He could've told them this at the start, but then he wouldn't have stirred up such delicious drama.

And there's surely more drama to come. Will the women be able to pull it together? How will Colton's immunity idol throw a wrench in the boys' plans? All will be revealed over the next few weeks.

STAR OF THE WEEK: CHRISTINA CHA

When it comes to Christina vs Alicia (the "battle of the boobs", as I'm calling it), I'm team Christina all the way. Without her, the girls would still be unable to heat their own water. Stay strong girl, you have nothing to be ashamed of. For putting her business sense to good use, she becomes my first star of the week.

Gender wars: the story so far

Men vs women is not a new twist to Survivor. The original battle of the sexes was Amazon, and that ended up being a victory for the women, as spoiled brat Jenna Morasca flirted and flaunted her way to the Million. Then came Vanuatu, where it started out as a blowout for the women, but Chris came back from 6-1 down to win the game against all odds. Who will come out on top in One World? Hard to say. There have been more male winners on Survivor than female. The last time a first boot was not female was all the way back in Micronesia. But based on the last two times Survivor used this twist, here's a list of some things to expect.

1. First blood to the women

Both times, the first challenge has been won by the women. In Amazon, it was down to overconfidence by the men. After spending the whole first episode talking themselves up and saying how easy it's gonna be, the arrogant brutes got struck with a huge dose of karma and ended up eating crow. In Vanuatu, it was actually Chris who lost it for the men when just like his predecessors he struggled on the balance beam. Lucky for the men, the first challenge in One World does not look to contain a balance beam, but does seem to require some agility.

Will Kat prove that white girls can jump?

2. Someone will get naked

One of the defining moments of Amazon, and Survivor in general, is when winner Jenna Morasca and her buddy Heidi took their clothes off for chocolate and peanut butter, which delighted the men. In Vanuatu, Julie used her ass to stay in the game. It's an age-old trick, but it always works. There's a lot of attractive women on this season, and Alicia strikes me as someone who's capable of playing men.

Christina's ready to show off what she's got

3. The bigger they are, the harder they fall

Amazon's Misogynist Roger thought he was in control of the game but got a well-deserved comeuppance when Alex, Rob and Matthew flipped to the women to blindside him. Truly one of the most satisfying eliminations in Survivor history. Sarge from Vanuatu certainly had a miserable time after the game got flipped on him, barely containing his venom in his last few days before elimination. Wannabe villians like Michael and Matt, look out! Guys like these never win, and it's going to fun watching them fail.

Michael's heading for a downfall

4. They're not afraid to mix it up

What kept Amazon interesting? That the boot order wasn't static. It only stayed men vs women for a short while, Rob Cesternino and others were more than happy to jump ship and betray their own gender when needed. Jenna and Heidi turned on their mother hen Deena too. Even Sarge offered Twila and Julie final five (although they didn't reciprocate the sentiment). After two seasons of Pagongings, One World needs the chance to add some variety.

Asian alliance? Plus a second appearance from Christina's boobs

5. Stunt casting does well

Curious as to how Leif will do? Odds are he'll at least make the jury. Both gender wars seasons also had a unique character - Chad Crittenden, a man with one leg, who came 8th, and Christy Smith, a deaf girl, who came 6th. So, it's perfectly possible for him to do well. Hopefully he doesn't receive the same treatment as the last disabled contestant on the show, Kelly Bruno of Nicaragua.

Small guy, big ambitions

3 days left until One World begins!