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It has been a difficult few years for the Giudice/Gorga family, to say the least. Earlier this month, Teresa Giudice and Joe Gorga shared the heartbreaking news that their father Giacinto Gorga passed away. “Nonno,” as he was referred to by his family, was a beloved character by his grandchildren and RHONJ fans alike.
Since Nonno’s passing on April 3rd, Teresa and Joe have both been sharing family photos on their respective Instagram accounts. Their kids have posted sweet messages and tributes to their grandfather. Joe Giudice also posted some touching tributes to his father-in-law. Now, Melissa Gorga is speaking out on how the family is coping with their loss.
Speaking to DailyMailTV, Melissa shares, “[Nonno] was so loved. Everybody loves Nonno, everybody loves Nonno.” Melissa went on to share that the family has received an overwhelming amount of love and support from friends, family and fans. They received deliveries of flowers, food, cookies and condolences. “I’m speaking on behalf of Joe, Teresa, and I. Thank you so much to everyone who loved him.”
And it’s true. Everyone does love Nonno. From his humorous side to his wise Italian advice, he was the cornerstone of his family. Melissa has shared some sweet throwback photos of memories with Nonno on social media. Friends like Margaret Josephs even spoke out, expressing how heartbroken she was over the loss.
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Due to the coronavirus, the family was able to hold a private funeral with just immediate family in attendance. Melissa explains this is exactly how Nonno would have wanted it.
“It was sad because anyone who is, you know, passing away during the time of the corona is scary. We were all able to be there and you know, I think he would have rather have had it just me, Teresa and Joe and his grandchildren, and that’s who it was. It was sweet, it was very personal, and it was sad though,” Melissa explains.
While Teresa and Joe shared a sweet video of their kids releasing doves in honor of their grandfather, the funeral was free from RHONJ cameras. The family had the rare opportunity to go through this privately. I think this is especially nice for the Gorga/Giudice kids. The Giudice girls have had to weather a lot of life-changing events in front of the cameras. I would think that this break from filming, especially while they are mourning, is welcome.
I particularly feel for Teresa right now. Nonno had been living with Teresa since the tragic loss of his wife in 2017. He had become her rock, especially with the deportation of her estranged husband Joe Giudice. While we will all miss Nonno, we continue to send our love, thoughts, and prayers to the Gorga’s and the Giudice’s.
TELL US- WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE NONNO MEMORY? DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR THE FAMILY AS THEY GRIEVE THIS LOSS? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MELISSA GORGA DOING THIS INTERVIEW ABOUT NONNO’S PASSING?
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Ash Naek is self-imploding a bit during his scenes with Avery Warner on 90 Day Fiance Before The 90 Days. Avery is asking the tough questions finally and Ash would rather give glossy, pre-packaged answers. Maybe that worked on brief video-chats but in person, it’s hard to keep that pretense up. Ash’s true intentions with Avery are a bit sketchy. At the very least, he really does not seem to want to move to America despite giving her the impression that he would.
Ash’s “professional” life is another mystery. Avery is still trying to suss out the scope of his interactions with female clients. Ash’s “seminar” was quite a curiosity to watch and he buckled under the pressure, which is nothing new. It just happens in varying degrees. But the questionable statements and poor presentation may not be the only issues with the seminar.
A clip has been circulating social media comparing Ash’s speech with that of another motivational speaker. If you listen to the video, it is clear that Ash plagiarized his speech, just without the stage presence and comedic delivery.
It starts with a clip of Ash saying, “think of the brain of the man. There’s boxes in his brain and each box represents something.”
Compare that with what the original speaker said, “now men’s brains are very unique. Men’s brains are made up of little boxes. And we have a box for everything. Now women’s brains are very very different from men’s brains. Women’s brains are made up of a big ball of wire. And everything is connected to everything.”
Then we come back to Ash, uncomfortable with his eyes bugging out of his head. The audience is feeling the same. “That’s why with men. There is a box in their brain called the nothing box,” Ash said, “and we love to be in the nothing box. Fishing, that’s why we can fish for such a long time. For sometimes like five, six hours.”
The real motivator adds a touch of humor. It’s like a comedy show merged with analogies. The audience loves it. He said this, “now men, we have a box in our brain that most women are not aware of. This particular box has nothing in it. In fact we call it the nothing box. And of all the boxes a man has in his brain, the nothing box is our favorite box. If a man has a chance, he’ll go to his nothing box every time. that’s why a man can do something seemingly completely brain dead for hours on end, you know like fishing.”
Avery, head back home early. This guy has nothing to offer except the ability to keep you up all night. Will any legal repercussions follow? Also, was this another reason Ash took a social media break?
TELL US-WHAT DID YOU THINK OF ASH’S SPEECH AND PRESENTATION BEFORE THIS CLIP EMERGED? WHY DO YOU THINK ASH COPIED THE SPEECH?
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On last night’s Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills Kyle Richards decided to throw a party to celebrate the many months she’s spent away on a movie set, far from her family and friends, even though she was coming home every weekend in between. Anyway this party was a disaster. Aren’t they all!
Everyone is still trying to make a storyline out of Teddi Mellencamp‘s weird All In retreat. Did Teddi invite them, did she not? Does she want them there? Does she not? Does anyone actually care? No of course not!
The problem remains on Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills that everyone is always trying to control the storylines and the narrative. Now it’s all about whether or not Teddi actually expects them to attend a 2 day exercise class where she preaches the exalted power of self-sacrifice through starvation. Teddi really isn’t interesting enough to be a cult leader – even in Southern California to emaciated hippies calling it wellness.
The whole situation has Sutton Stracke confused and Lisa Rinna salivating.
Lipsa meets Teddi and Sutton for lunch which is like mixing cat food with candy. Sutton is planning to attend the retreat, but then tries to tell Teddi that her attitude of inviting everyone, then telling them she doesn’t care if they show up or not is rude and confusing.
Presumably Teddi’s so-called friends would understand her meaning: She wants them there, but if they don’t wanna come, she won’t be hurt. The problem is A) these women aren’t her friends; B) They want to make trouble for her to take the heat off themselves; C) Teddi will be devastated if no one shows up. The other problem is that Lipsa has already planted in Teddi’s head that no one wants to go and that she’s rejoicing in having an excuse to skip it.
Sutton thinks Teddi should be more clear about her invitation. For instance, clarifying that she would love for them to be there, but understands if they cannot make it. Also Sutton wants to feel like she’s an honored guest. Well, Teddi ain’t no Dolce & Gabbanna, but she is easily offended and expects everyone to kiss her toned ass, so of course she’s butt-hurt and thinks Sutton doesn’t like her.
We take a break from talking about Teddi for another charming scene of Erika Jayne bashing her mother, complaining about her childhood, then bragging that, despite all the odds, she’s still managed to accomplish her dreams of being Celine Dion if Celine Dion led a scout troop for gay men and repressed trophy wives who earned badges for gyrating, spandex application, and pretending to be controversial. You know, all that jizz.
The very best part of Kyle’s party was Kyle’s look. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. AHAHAHAHAHAHAH. AHAHAHAHHAHAH. Yes, I am still laughing. Kyle’s hair was … I don’t even know if I have words? Um, how about early 90’s realtor on a nighttime soap opera? It was like this crazy updo, with her stringy bangs, and then paired with this ill-fitting blouse with feathery cuffs.
Actually they all looked ridiculous. As if the invitation details said dress like no one is gonna see you but you still kinda wanna wear a costume.
Sutton apparently gave very amazing gift bags at her store opening, so for all Erika’s complaining that she didn’t want “that crap,” Lipsa wound up scoring a $2k purse which she is wearing to the party. Along with a ZEBRA PRINT pant suit. Dorit Kemsley was wearing the exact same clutch, but pretended she actually bought it herself instead of getting it free from Sutton. Sure, Jan.
Erika is jealous because apparently her gift bag contained some plastic crap from Walmart. You know – meet your guests where they are emotionally! Lord is Erika projecting her ‘I grew up poor in the south’ issues onto Sutton something un-fierce.
I don’t know who appointed Lipsa the Ambassador to Sutton, but she announces that Her Majesty Le Lordess Of Ill-Fitting Frocks sits on the board of the American Ballet, attends the Met Gala and hangs out with actual people of societal standing, so gracing Kyle’s party with her presence is why Sutton deigned to wear Ready To Wear in lieu of couture. Obviously! I’m still loving Sutton as an uber wealthy Ramona Singer type who really doesn’t care how cluelessly ridiculous she is.
Kyle is swanning around this party like Auntie Maime, except Auntie Maime would put out place cards or at the very least make her guests sit on the floor in some sort of crazy version of a Japanese tea room. Kyle just agonized over whether or not her votives looked too “pedestrian” – aka can us normal plebeians buy them at Pottery Barn. The Horror! Then her feathers got bested by Garcelle Beauvais who literally catwalked into this party late, did a full on twirl, and was wearing this enormous puffed ball gown skirt. Garcelle is putting all of Kyle’s caftan games to bed with a binky and telling them to stop crying for mommy. I am LOVING HER.
Denise Richards is still recovering from quadruple hernia surgery and really not feeling herself. She is hobbling around, looking like she feels ancient and rigid, and should’ve stayed home.
When it’s time to go to the table Sutton feels the anxiety of a high school gym class. What if no one wants to sit by her because they don’t really like her? Couldn’t her ‘good friend’ Lipsa scoot on over? Instead Kyle stuffs Sutton next to Teddi, whom Sutton knows doesn’t like her. Then Kyle, hostess with the mostess ego, allows Lipsa to introduce a game where they all say their first impression of the person sitting next to them, and how it’s differs now that they’re friends.
All the other ladies understand the point of this game is to lie, lie, lie and blow fake smoke up the person’s ass about how you were initially intimidated by their beauty, but now realize they’re just a real girl like you: humble, down to earth, and the very best person you’ve ever met. Yes, even Dorit!
Mauricio, who is now apparently permanently stoned, openly laughs that he has no idea who these women are because he’s literally never seen them say a nice thing about each other. Cue the editors rolling back clips of a million arguments and screaming fits. Finally it comes round to Sutton, who is duh – duh – duh… seated next to Teddi. It’s almost as if Kyle and Lipsa planned this!
Sutton declares that she initially thought Teddi would be boring, especially because she’s pregnant which is super boring, but it turned out she’s actually interested in Teddi in the way one is mildly fascinated by the mildew that cropped up on the organic bread you bought 2 days ago. Basically she wants to meet John Mellencamp.
This turns into yet another discussion about the All In retreat and how Teddi didn’t personally deliver hand-written invitations sent by a courier, so she bursts into tears and flees the table because no one wants to do Zumba for 16 hours straight. Poor Teddi – she’s hormonal, drowning in pregnancy emotions, probably still trying to only eat celery sticks, and has bad friends. Kyle consoles her, but that’s like being consoled by an Evil Stepmother. Teddi returns to the table and Sutton apologizes but Teddi does not accept. Then we learn Teddi is having a girl, and Kyle turns her attention to the next victim: Aaron Phypers.
Was anyone feeling like they were in that creepy Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman movie ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ while watching this party? Actually it was moe like an episode of Twin Peaks.
We now know Denise definitely has a type: CRAZY. Her ex-husband thought he could cure insanity by drinking tiger blood, and her new husband thinks she can cure cancer by hooking you up to a toaster oven. Aaron should go into business with Sonja Morgan!
Kyle has totally 100% heard ‘things’ about Aaron’s weird holistic health practice, and is now gaslighting Denise by pretending to be really and truly interested in this alternative medicine. I mean, you know it’s gotta be cuckoo for cacao smoothies if Yolanda Hadid Foster Hadid was a patient. To cure Chronic Lymes stood in line for baby stem cells outside a clinic in Tijuana wearing a disguise. Seriously – she admitted this to Dr. Oz!
Aaron starts talking about splitting atoms and growing up next to a nuclear test sight and how he can do things with magical machines that has people in Big Pharma wanting to shut him down. Denise claims they are being watched and harassed! She even thinks cars are following them. Um, that was probably Charlie Sheen. Or Jane Lee from The Dream podcast trying to score an interview. According to Aaron cancer is actually a super hero in your body and the whole thing is just so next-level crazy even Kyle wasn’t’ prepared. “Thank you Dr. Aaron,” scoffs Erika. “Oh, wait – you’re not a doctor.” EXACTLY. Also if Aaron can cure people overnight, why is Denise still recovering from her surgery?
Here’s another thing: Why the hell did producers bring in Brandi Glanville to expose Denise when what we really need is Aaron’s ex-wife Nicolette Sheridan! You know that Nicolette said something to Lipsa, said something to Kyle…
Denise decides someone is actually watching them right at this dinner party, and warns Aaron to shush before she flees the table. Did Denise think Kyle was nanny-cam reporting to the FBI? Kyle can’t even get her dogs to shit outside – there’s no way she’s a double-agent infiltrating the cult of alternative medicine by pretending to be a society wife.
The only person who’s impressed is stoner Mauricio. At the end of Aaron’s creepy spiel, he says “Wooooow, AMAZING…” then asks if he can eat the untouched salmon Denise left on her plate. And he does! I fucking love Mauricio.
Naturally Kyle decides it’s time to break out the Fireball shots Sutton brought. It’s the only good hostessing decision she made that evening. Teddi leaves, citing pregnancy and barely acknowledges Sutton’s goodbye. Denise leaves citing CIA agents hovering in the bushes.
Sutton complains to Dorit and Kyle that now she has to fix some issue with Teddi, which she doesn’t understand. Sutton is now definitely skipping the retreat after Teddi told her pointblank, “Don’t come.”
Dorit, who has decided she likes Sutton in that Sutton will play the bad guy and she can sniper from the side, shrugs that she doesn’t actually think Sutton said anything mean. Kyle agrees that she was just being honest, which is a good thing! She’s living her truth! Kyle insists Sutton should still come and drive up with her. Isn’t Kyle supposed to be Teddi’s BFF? Oh, well we know how Kyle treats her best friends….
OK – so so-far Sutton is causing all of the drama on Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, yet she’s not a cast member? Um?????
The next day Kyle visits Sutton’s glamorous home, where her million-dollar cat is perched at the entrance like a piece of living art. Kyle pretends to like cats just like she pretends to like Sutton, and all but begs her to come attend the All In retreat. Even when Sutton points out that she was uninvited, Kyle insists that she just needs to get to know Teddi a little better. And Kyle’s just the gal to help them out!
Meanwhile Teddi has lunch with Erika. She really doesn’t want Sutton at the retreat which is why she uninvited her. Teddi isn’t so much mad about being called boring (yeah right), she’s hurt that Sutton made a comment about her pregnancy. Which yep – was super rude. Erika agrees that Sutton is no good, and that Teddi should stick to her guns about dropping her from the guest list.
Too bad Teddi has her frienemy Kyle social climbing and pot stirring behind the scenes. Say it with me now: KYLE IS THE WORST.
TELL US – ARE KYLE AND LISA STIRRING THE POT? WAS SUTTON RUDE TO TEDDI OR IS TEDDI OVER-SENSITIVE? WOULD YOU TRUST YOUR BODY TO AARON?
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I don’t know about you, but I’m going to miss me some Survivor when it’s gone in just two weeks. As we barrel towards the two-hour double-episode next Wednesday, and the three-hour Finale Episode on May 13th, I’m reminded how good we have it that Survivor is in our homes right now…at a time when we’re all in our homes. And we’re very fortunate that we still have five hours of Winners at War to get through before Survivor goes away for what could be an extended period of time (with production on Seasons 41 and 42 delayed indefinitely due to coronavirus).
The game is just operating on an unprecedented level right now, driven by one Tony Vlachos, who over the past two weeks has absolutely put on a clinic, on a season where it’s not just returning all-stars, but some of the best players the game has ever seen. The challenges have been surprising, the strategy top-notch, and each week at The Edge of Extinction we’re given stories of endurance and sheer will-power. As for Tribal Council though, it’s not without controversy. The fairly recent trend of “Tribal whispering” sent the game of full-tilt tonight, reviving the argument in the Survivor community over whether Tribal Council “huddles” should be allowed in the game at all. Some fans love the drama these moments provide, others think it is ruining the game. Where do you land in this debate? I’ll give you my take after the page break…and we’ll dissect all of the other major happenings from this week’s chaotic episode.
As I do at the beginning of every recap, please heed the following: Remember that this recap assumes that you have already seen this week’s episode of Survivor: Winners at War. If you have not and don’t want to be spoiled, please come back later! It’s important to add that while we WILL hit on all of the important developments of the episode, this is not a linear “blow-by-blow” recap. It is more of a discussion and reaction of what we just witnessed together.
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So are you “Team Whispering” or “Team Traditional Tribal” when it comes to these crazy “break-out sessions” at Tribal Council? If you’re new to the debate I’ll fill you in with a few detailed points on both sides of the argument. On one hand, those that do NOT like the whispering think that it renders much of the rest of the episode’s drama useless, and that it has been overplayed at this point. Tribal Council being a “sacred ritual” in the game, some see this as a bit disrespectful to the process, and is not the sort of chaos they enjoy watching. Those who happen to like the whispering see it as an evolution of the game…Tribal Councils were getting redundant and predictable, and often times the “tension” of the vote was left in the hands of the editors, as they would try to set-up the different scenarios as to how things will play out earlier in the episode. Isn’t it much better to put this power in the hands of the players themselves? And a whisper-filled Tribal always results in an unpredictable vote-out, which after all, is the most authentic ending to an episode that you could ask for.
Where do I fall in this debate? Like many things, I tend to see the “grey area” of it. I do like that it makes Tribal unpredictable…the excitement of watching Jeff Probst read votes on TV is still one of the biggest thrills I get watching any show, in the same way you tense up watching the end of a big sports game. I also like how the whispering has evolved as strategy: Knowing that it creates last-minute chaos, players, like Tony, use it to their advantage in ways that lesser players never thought to.
But is the whispering also annoying and played-out? Yes it sure is. Players though, are always encouraged to think outside-the-box and are rarely muted by production…I would find it troubling if Survivor laid down “rules” for how to act at Tribal. Tonight gave a few good examples of what I’m talking about. Can you talk to others after the vote and before playing an Idol? Apparently so, as Tony did tonight. Can you flat out ask someone else who they voted for after the vote? Apparently you can, as Tony did tonight. Neither had really been done before, but the players have always been given room to push the boundaries and test the waters (I also think back to “Island of the Idols” where players, had they thought of it, could have bartered with Sandra and Rob for better advantages…another example of the players pushing the game forward on their own).
When Boston Rob calls you a “Boss” while Rob himself is watching you play from the jury section of Tribal Council, you know you are a Mount Rushmore-tier Legend of the game. Tony is that, plain-and-simple, and right now, there would be no more satisfying winner of an all-winner season than Tony. I find myself rooting for him right now, only because the chances of him actually winning seem like the longest of long shots. He took out two major forces in this game over the past two weeks, both moves that he was responsible for enacting. In pure Tony fashion, neither were done surgically, and there is going to be more messes to clean and fires to put out (literally) before all is said-and-done. But wow, this guy.
Perhaps most notably of all this week, was that we received iron-clad confirmation that “Cops-R-Us” is a real power couple in this game, and that they’re not breaking up. Sarah was PISSED, to say the least, after the Sophie blindside, but like I predicted (and like Tony predicted), Sarah needs Tony in this game despite his perceived move against her closest ally. That moment at the end of Tribal was very telling too, where Tony – always strategizing for himself to go further in the game – broke character for a minute and would have absolutely played his Idol on Sarah had she told him she wanted him to. It’s the rare moment where Tony looked to Sarah for permission to act, but it shows the mutual respect that they have for one another, even if it’s sometime buried deep down and not visible on the surface.
It was weird for me to see Kim get her torch snuffed, weirder than many of the other previous winners for some reason, maybe just because I hold her first game in such high regard. She was one of the game’s best winners, and despite not being on the right side of the numbers through much of this season, she was still there and was still a major influencer. What was saddest of all was that Kim ultimately threw her game away for some peanut butter and cookies. Kim choosing to go for food is precisely why Probst and Survivor continues to offer it at the late stages in the game, because when you haven’t eaten anything for 28 days, you aren’t thinking rationally. Kim immediately regretted her decision, but she had sealed her fate, especially when seconds later Tony won his third straight Immunity Challenge.
Despite all the chaos, Jeremy remains in the game. He saved himself two weeks ago by bailing out at Tribal Council with his advantage, then nearly went home last week if not for Tony. This week, it was him again but not for Tony. Incredibly, Jeremy’s underdog story this season is a winning one…he is still a major threat to win this thing, but on several levels it is a bit disheartening to watch him play as a bottom-feeder. Ben wouldn’t talk to him at all, and Denise give him a literal cold shoulder at Tribal when he attempted to chat with her. Jeremy just a few weeks ago, was telling us in a confessional that he is used to controlling the flow of the game, but this season he is flailing in the undertow…carrying this analogy further, the dude is still breathing though, which means his dream of winning for a second-time still remains afloat.
Jeremy had been given Michele‘s 50/50 advantage, and I actually think it wasn’t a bad move for Michele. In this episode, we saw Michele form a Final Three alliance with Nick and Denise, but from Michele’s perspective, Jeremy is much better to keep in the game as an ally than anyone else, really. The only drawback to her strategy was how Jeremy made his advantage public at Tribal, which may expose Michele’s secret help. But had the vote been on Jeremy and had that advantage worked in Jeremy’s favor, that would have been a huge game move done on the sly by Michele. I’m assuming Jeremy returns the advantage to Michele after this Tribal? So Michele keeps her advantage and keeps Jeremy in the game, but it’ll be interesting to see what fallout Nick catches next week, as he went against Denise and Michele (his apparent Final Three) by voting out Kim.
Ben‘s reluctance to work with Jeremy makes Ben a massive target next week, but I still believe that the biggest challenge Tony faces in this game is from the unlikeliest of enemies, Jeremy. Even though Tony has been keeping Jeremy around, there is no way that Jeremy keeps Tony around down the stretch. And every week Jeremy stays alive, his alliance with Michele becomes more valuable and more powerful. But as for Ben, remember that this is his time to shine…he was targeted too and thought to be a complete goner at this point in his original season, only to find Idols and will his way to the end…Ben finding an Idol tonight might be a sign that he is not going to be an easy vote-out.
Over at The Edge of Extinction, if nothing else, this segment serves up some great emotion each week from our fallen heroes (and villains). Watching Boston Rob “crack” his elbow was tough, but he proved even tougher. Is there still a version of Winners at War where Boston Rob comes back from The Edge and wins the game? Will anybody who has been voted-out be crowned Sole Survivor on a season of all-winners? Whomever comes back from The Edge and returns to the game (presumably during the Finale Episode), if they happen to reach Final Tribal, they will be seated against two players who managed to navigate Winners at War without getting voted-out at all…I don’t know this for a fact, but my gut tells me our winner this season is one of the seven that are still duking it out on the island.
Legacy Watch: Since the game of Survivor will forever be changed as this season rolls along, I’ve added a new segment where we’ll take a look at whose game legacy’s have taken a hit, and whose have risen, based on the actions of this week’s episode. Kim‘s legacy is a hard one to mess with…as mentioned before her first season was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, single-game, first-time playing win ever. And while she wasn’t able to breeze through this season, I do think she showed how great of a player she was, and she definitely didn’t go down without a fight in the end. However, giving up on an Immunity Challenge on Day 28 for peanut butter and cookies doesn’t exactly provide good optics. But even though that knocks her down in terms of her overall resumé, there’s no taking away her first season win. As for other legacies this week? Tony‘s continues to soar to new heights as he has a chance to become the bona fide “best” there ever was if he can somehow, someway pull this thing off.
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Episode Take-Away: If you were mad with the amount of air-time Tony got last week, you probably weren’t too happy again this week. But Tony’s air-time is being earned…he’s a major force right now. He started the episode off getting crapped on by Sarah (and then getting crapped on by a bird, or a bat), but ended the episode receiving the highest of compliments from one Boston Rob. However, his “other half,” Sarah, is a boss in her own right. Her decision to reject Tony’s Idol was an amazing show of confidence and calmness amidst a whirlwind of chaos, and she finds herself moving forward neatly tucked under a massive meat-shield in Tony.
I’m all in on this season, and feel like it somehow is getting better and better. If Tribal whispering isn’t your bag, you probably didn’t like how this one ended, but in this particular case, I think it produced one of the funniest moments in Survivor history, when Jeff Probst went into “play-by-play” commentary instead of his usual line of questioning. Classic Probst. And while there was a lot of whispering, one thing was made loud-and-clear at Tribal: There will be only one winner. And in two weeks, we’ll know who it is.
FIRE TOKEN/ADVANTAGE TALLY (current)
Denise: 6 FT
Natalie: 5 FT, 1 Immunity Idol
Parvati: 5 FT
Tony: 3 FT, Immunity Idol
Nick: 3 FT
Sarah: 3 FT
Sophie, Yul, Kim, Tyson, Wendell: 2 FT
Michele: 1 FT, “50/50” Coin Advantage
Jeremy, Ethan, Danni: 1 FT
Ben: 0 FT, 1 Immunity Idol
Boston Rob: 0 FT, 1 Immunity Idol
Amber, Adam: 0 FT
Sandra: Out of the Game
Voted Out This Week: Kim
Won Immunity: Tony (3), Denise (2)
Vote: No Idols or advantages were played. 5 – Kim (Tony, Sarah, Nick, Ben, Jeremy), 3 – Jeremy (Denise, Kim, Michele)
Next Week’s Episode: It’s the two-hour penultimate episode of the season and things don’t lighten up. Ben is targeted, Tony is targeted, and we see what looks like another physical challenge play out over on The Edge of Extinction.
RETURN OF THE FILMSURVIVOR PODCAST! For long-time fans of mine and/or this column, you’ll be happy to know that my podcast, The FilmSurvivor Podcast, is set to return in the coming weeks. For those that don’t know, it’s a podcast centered on not just Survivor, but also movies, and I’ve been busy interviewing several movie theatre chains in the past few weeks as to what we can all expect at the movies once things “return to normal.” It’s great content, and I hope you check it out…it’s not confirmed yet, but I’m also working on Survivor exit interviews following the Finale Episode. Please subscribe to the podcast, which you can find on iTunes as well as on Podbean.
Quick Note! I appreciate that you are reading this recap! Those that have followed me also know that I am also a RottenTomatoes-approved film critic, and with the current coronavirus pandemic, I’ve been putting movie reviews on hold, mainly since none are being released in theaters. In the meantime however, I encourage you to check out my past movie reviews as I am the film critic and Executive Producer of the TV show, “Movie Show Plus,” the #1-rated local program in the Detroit-market (episodes are also available online at the website, www.MovieShowPlus.com.) As always, the easiest way to get all of my Survivor coverage and movie reviews is to follow me on Twitter – @tomsantilli – or on Facebook.
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