Happy New Year everyone! If you have time in between festivities, hope you have time to read this next blog. Sorry it's been a few days, I've been having internet issues. With that said the next episode is:
NICARAGUA!
Now I feel like I'm going to get some grief for this ranking. Some may be surprised but you have to understand, most of the episodes left are all good or great. The set-up for Nicaragua was Chase and Brenda running one tribe with Na'Onka and Sash running the other. There was also a rivalry building between Jane and Marty. Marty was in a bad spot but bought himself another day by giving Sash his HII. Him and Alina were at the bottom of their tribe going into the merge.
The episode itself is ranked this high for the entertainment. The merge comes and Alina wants to create a 6-pack alliance with her tribe. Sash and Na'Onka practically laugh at this. Then Sash and Brenda reunite their alliance and bring their allies with them. This results in practically everybody being together except Marty and Alina. The start of this merge was kind of a clusterfuck. Then some more entertainment comes in the immunity challenge when Jane wins immunity for the women and chooses to stay in the competition to show up the guys (mainly Marty). Then after the challenge, Na'Onka steals food, then gets caught and tries to deny it and still gets called out in the end. This is when the others realized just how much of a goat Na'Onka could be. In the end, it was really a vote between Alina and Marty. Marty buys himself another day because Sash wanted to keep his word to him so Alina ends up getting voted out 10-2.
The impact wasn't major. Alina was near the bottom of the totem pole and her vote-off didn't really impact the future of the season. Everything really started to get set up after she left and that really had nothing to do with her. But why is this episode only #22 with good entertainment you may ask? Well because I thought that while the entertainment was good, there wasn't really a dramatic vote-off or set-up like most of the others left on the list. The entertainment was good but not the best I've ever seen in a merge episode. Being #22 may seem harsh but I did like this episode, I just didn't think it was great.
Stay tuned for #21! Hint- a merge that involved an epic downfall
29. Thailand
28. Guatemala
27. China
26. Exile Island
25. Palau
24. One World
23. Blood vs. Water
22. Nicaragua
Borneo
Australian Outback
Africa
Marquesas
Amazon
Pearl Islands
All Stars
Vanuatu
Cook Islands
Fiji
Micronesia
Gabon
Tocantins
Samoa
Heroes vs. Villains
Redemption Island
South Pacific
Philippines
Caramoan
Cagayan
San Juan Del Sur
