Survivor: Plan Voodoo

Raro comes back from Tribal, and Cristina is still stung from the bossy pants accusations. She gets into a fight with FrankenAdam -- FrankenAdam no like bossy woman! Arrrruggh!

Cristina says that she's not sure why she's on the outs, but that this isn't the worst thing that's happened to her and she's gonna keep her head held high. Huh -- it always surprises me when someone acts like an adult on this show.

At Aitu, Cao Boi has decided the immunity idol is his special friend. He wants to bring it to the reward challenge, but Jonathan says it would be rubbing Raro's loser status in their faces. Jonathan grumbles that Cao Boi is rubbing people the wrong way (duh) and that he "needs to be talked out of a tree" sometimes.

Jonathan is also talking about how useful Ozzy is to have around, and how he's gonna off him after the merge, because he's too much of a physical threat.

What's the best way to liven up a reality show? Have girls in bikinis wrestle! The reward challenge is a physical one -- tribe members will hang onto posts. The other tribe will send out two people at a time to drag their ass off the post, through the sand and across the finish line.

The reward is a sorta reward -- the winners will get a feast of lamb shanks (an odd choice), apple cider and bread. The catch? They get to eat at the loser's Tribal, which happens right after their own. Yes, kids, its a double boot -- both teams will be sending someone home.

While the winners will get some inside info by listening to the losers' Tribal talk, they won't win any friends by stuffing their faces in front of them. So you gotta be careful.

Candice, Ozzy and Sundra hang onto the posts for Aitu; Jenny, Nate and Cristina for Raro.

Candice is a *monster* in this challenge -- she just wasn't letting go of that pole. She showed some strength and spirit I wouldn't have expected out of a sorority chick like her.

Flicka and Cristina get into a tussle. After Flicka starts choking her, Cristina goes all cop, and is doing anything she can to stay up -- yanking clothes off, using joint locks. They're rolling her bit by bit at one point, because it's the only way they move. She puts up a tough fight, but Raro can't overcome the lead Candice gave Aitu, and Aitu wins reward.

Aitu's jazzed about winning -- Flicka's crowing about her first cop fight. But they've got to boot someone, so the politicking soon begins.

Cao Boi thinks Jonathan has the hidden immunity idol, and he wants to flush it out. So he cooks up "Plan Voodoo," in which the tribe will split their votes -- three for Candice, three for Jonathan. He expects Jonathan to use the idol, which means Candice will go home. This has the added bonus of breaking up Team Whitey -- none of their original team members have been voted off, and Cao Boi thinks they're going to hook up after the merge and vote everyone else off.

It's hysterical to watch Cao Boi try to sell the plan to Yul, since not only does Yul have the idol, he's in an alliance with Candice and Jonathan! Poor Cao Boi doesn't stand a chance, and everyone knows it but him.

Cristina's begging for a second chance with Raro. She knows she's on the block, but she's asking Brad and Pavarti to give her a chance. Nate and Rebecca are talking about that too -- Cristina's strong in challenges, but someone's got to go. If it's not Cristina, they're thinking it might be Jenny, because Nate doesn't know if he trusts her.

Yul weighs Plan Voodoo. Some of the women (Becky and Sundra) don't trust Jonathan, and there's a chance he could go. Meanwhile, Cao Boi assures Flicka that Plan Voodoo is in effect -- he's sure Yul and Becky are with him. Jonathan's just happy he's gonna be able to get rid of Cao Boi, and says that if he gets voted off tonight, "the conspiracy is much bigger than I can picture."

At Tribal, Cao Boi is all sorts of obsessed with Plan Voodoo, to the point where Probst admits he has no clue what Cao Boi is babbling about. Plan Voodoo is a bust, though, because only Cao Boi and Flicka play along -- everyone else votes for Cao Boi. He leaves, pre-feast, and says that he's in his most vulnerable position when he's among other Asians -- he can't trust 'em.

Aitu chows down in front of Raro. Nate looks like he's about to fall out of his seat -- he wants a lamb shank, baby! Cristina's bossiness gets pulled out again, and thinks look bleak. But Jeff's got a twist -- Aitu gets to kidnap a member of Raro before the vote. The kidnappee gets a plate of food, and will go back to Aitu until the next reward challenge.

Personally, I would have taken Cristina -- Raro would have lost an easy boot, they would have had to think quick and might have made a mistake, and Cristina becomes a grateful swing vote come merge time. But Aitu ain't me -- they picked Nate, who chows down with a smile on his face.

Cristina doesn't stand a chance. As she leaves, she says she had a great time, but that she feels like she was taken advantage of and "I met some really good people and I met some really awful people." Somehow, I don't think she and FrankenAdam are gonna hit Starbucks after the reunion show. "FrankenAdam want grande latte, no whip!"

Next week: Guess who's coming to dinner?