By: Mary Cavaliere

Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy.  How many times do you think Jason said his name tonight?  Jeesh!

The first challenge for reward was early in the episode.  It consisted of two teams of four swimming out into the water, crawling into a tunnel, and then studying Micronesian symbols on a platform so that when the tribe member raced back to the starting point, they could place as many of those symbols as they could remember in the same exact position on an alternate platform. The reward was a local feast with a Micronesian village.  Ozzy, Jason, Amanda, and Erik won the challenge and enjoyed all kinds of food plus topless women and cultural dance.  They ate and drank so much that Erik ended up vomiting after all was said and done.

Poor Cirie was not chosen to be on a team to compete so she ended up at Exile Island for two days while it was raining for hours on end.  She knew Ozzy had the immunity idol so there wasn’t even any opportunity for her to turn her negative experience there into a positive one.

The immunity challenge was one of those long and painful ones.  The tribe members had to step up on a log and put one hand in the air that was tethered to a bucket of water.  The slightest move would cause the bucket to fall over and disqualify the contestant.  During the challenge Jeff tempted them with food to call it quits.  He first came out with a bowl of candy that caused Cirie and Erik to bail immediately so they could split the bowl of gummy worms.  Forty-five minutes in and Jeff comes out again, but before he even announces what he was offering, Alexis got so excited she lost control of her bucket.  Because Jeff had not made the announcement yet, she was not able to indulge in the treat.

Natalie was the next to go because she was feeling like she was going to pass out.  James, who thought everyone was bailing too easily, was caught off-guard by his own laughter, which caused his bucket to spill as well.  And then there were four – Parvati, Ozzy, Jason, and Amanda.  An hour went by and Jeff brought out three chocolate glazed donuts.  Ozzy couldn’t take it anymore and opted out.  I wasn’t really sure why he did that since he had just enjoyed the Micronesian feast the day before.  I guess it was a weak moment on his part.

Then it started to rain.  After five hours Amanda quit because she had to go potty leaving only Parvati and Jason.  Six and a half hours later Jeff comes out with the ultimate temptation.  A plate full of food (three chocolate chip cookies, four donuts, a jar of candy, peanut butter, two chocolate bars, milk, two beers, and a huge pizza).  He tells them whoever quits will get to enjoy all of the food with the rest of the tribe.  Parvati talks Jason into believing that he could win friends on the tribe and not be voted out if he quits first.  Each person commits verbally to not voting him out and he decides to trust them all and give up.  It could have been one of the biggest mistakes in Survivor history.

What saved him, however, is while everyone was focused on voting out Jason in spite of the treat he provided the tribe, Cirie conspired to get the majority to vote out Ozzy.  I didn’t think it would work because she tried this a little earlier in the season to no avail.  But this time her strategy was successful and Ozzy was completely blind-sided along with everyone else.   He admitted being an idiot and I have to agree with him!   After all, James got a bad feeling about the whole “voting for Jason” thing and Ozzy said prior to tribal council that he was going to take the immunity idol with him and play it just to be safe, and then he chose not to at the last minute.  He let down his guard (much like Jason did) and trusted people he shouldn’t have.   He said Jason should have known better, and for a master player at this game, he should have known better too.  I think this is called KARMA.  

I like Ozzy and would have liked to see him win, but I didn’t like his spiel at the end of the show where he professed hatred for those who voted him out and told them to go screw themselves.  C’mon Ozzy, no one was there to make friends, least of all you.  All they are guilty of is playing the game as good as you my friend.

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