‘Survivor: Island of the Idols’ recap: Jason Linden voted out of new Vokai tribe after Elaine Stott blocks his vote at epic Tribal Council

Survivor: Island of the Idols featured the new Vokai tribe voting out Jason Linden after Elaine Stott carried out her profit from the Island of the Idols all through Wednesday night’s Season 39 episode on CBS.

Jason Linden, a 32-year-old non-public injury lawyer from New York, NY, was voted out by his Vokai tribe on Night 16 of the sport in a 4-3 vote as a substitute of Elaine, a 41-year-old manufacturing facility worker from Woodbine, KY, who presently resides in Rockholds, KY. (Jason had misplaced his vote as a consequence of being blocked by Elaine).

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“As a fan, it’s a crazy way to go out. It’s not your typical vote out; it’s not your typical blindside. But in the end, it still sucks,” Jason said following his ouster.

“This was my dream. Despite my horrible start to this game, I really feel like I had my finger on the pulse. And I probably got voted out because I was too big of a threat, which I’m going to wear like a badge of honor. That’s life, man! You can’t win them all!”

Survivor: Island of the Idols – Episode 6

The Survivor broadcast began over at the new Lairo tribe on Day 15.

The new Lairo tribe was made up of Jamal Shipman, a 33-year-old school administrator from Jersey City, NJ, who presently resides in Providence, RI; Noura Salman, a 36-year-old entrepreneur from London, UK and Bethesda, MD who presently resides in North Potomac, MD; Kellee Kim, a 29-year-old MBA scholar from Costa Mesa, CA, who presently resides in Philadelphia, PA; Janet Carbin, a 59-year-old chief lifeguard from Neptune, NJ, who presently resides in Palm Bay, FL; Jack Nichting, a 23-year-old graduate scholar from Newport News, VA, who presently resides in Harrisonburg, VA; Dean Kowalski, a 28-year-old tech salesman from Westfield, NJ, who presently resides in New York, NY; and Karishma Patel, a 37-year-old non-public injury lawyer from Philadelphia, PA, who presently resides in Houston, TX.

Noura said Tribal Council went in step with plan, with Tom Laidlaw getting voted out, they often have been sitting pretty with 5 former Vokai members in the direction of the two former Lairo, Dean and Karishma.

Noura said she’d wish to take out Karishma or Dean subsequent, nonetheless she didn’t perception Jamal and Jack since they’ve been the two guys who had been gunning for her on her outdated tribe. She said she wished to kill the two guys sooner than they killed her.

Noura subsequently pitched the thought to Dean of breaking up Jamal and Jack. Dean, nonetheless, generally known as Noura “crazy” and “a little bit delusional.”

Dean admitted to cameras he’d be “absolutely crazy” to work with Noura, nonetheless at the comparable time, he discovered a crack. Noura knowledgeable Dean that she had the women and can make one factor happen, nonetheless then Dean warned Jamal about her plans.

Jamal said Noura was “batsh-t crazy” and knowledgeable Dean tying himself to her would not be a wise switch. Jamal determined getting Noura out was of the highest priority.

Meanwhile, at Vokai’s camp, Elaine said if her tribe was going to lose the subsequent Immunity Challenge, points have been about to get extreme.

In addition to Jason and Elaine, the new Vokai tribe was moreover comprised of Dan Spilo, a 48-year-old experience supervisor from New York, NY, who presently resides in Los Angeles, CA; Tommy Sheehan, a 26-year-old 4th grade teacher from Bayville, NY, who presently resides in Long Beach, NY; Lauren Beck, a 28-year-old nanny from Bakersfield, CA, and Rochester Hills, MI, who presently resides in Glendale, CA; Elizabeth Beisel, a 26-year-old Olympic medalist from Saunderstown, RI; Missy Byrd, a 24-year-old Air Force veteran from Decatur, GA, who presently resides in Tacoma, WA; and Aaron Meredith, a 36-year-old well being membership proprietor from Uncasville, CT, who presently resides in Warwick, RI.

Aaron, Elizabeth, Missy and Elaine have been in an alliance since they’ve been genuine Lairo members, whereas the completely different Four castaways in the tribe have been working collectively consequently of they’ve been genuine Vokai members.

Elaine, Aaron, Missy and Elizabeth subsequently talked about how their tribe was Four in the direction of Four and no person wished to draw rocks and depart their future in the sport as a lot as chance.

As a final result, Aaron pledged his loyalty to Jason, saying that if Jason wished to cut one of his women out of the tribe, he’d be very good with that as long as he wouldn’t have to draw rocks and doubtlessly get voted out.

Aaron, nonetheless, said he’d need Jason and his alliance not vote out Missy or Elizabeth since they’ve been loyal to him. Aaron advisable Elaine could also be a wonderful aim, and Jason said it was “all good in the hood.”

Reward Challenge

The two tribes them met Survivor host Jeff Probst for a Reward Challenge.

The downside required the castaways to maneuver a sled loaded with purses and one tribe member ontop by means of a sequence of obstacles. After retrieving a key, the key would unlock a slingshot. The avid gamers then needed to make use of the slingshot to knock down three targets.

The particular person carried on the sled need to be liable for flattening the targets.

Reward was equipped in the kind of chickens, and Vokai sat out Elaine since that that they had one further particular person. Elaine was then despatched to the Island of the Idols.

Jack and Aaron have been chosen to have a showdown at the end of the downside, and the guys have been neck and neck when it turned time to make use of the slingshot. Vokai ended up profitable the chickens, so Lairo acquired nothing.

Dan admitted if Elaine acquired right here once more from Island of the Idols with a hidden Immunity Idol, it’d truly complicate the state of affairs and make points scary.

Elaine then arrived on the Island of the Idols, the place Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano was establishing the shelter of a lifetime with Sandra Diaz-Twine’s help. Elaine knowledgeable the cameras people underestimated her consequently of of her measurement correct sooner than she was launched to Elaine and Rob.

Rob outlined to Elaine all those that entails the island receives a lesson and her lesson was going to be having the braveness to be daring.

Sandra started a sand timer and Rob said split-second selections ought to sometimes be made in Survivor, with out hesitation and usually with none data.

“That’s the situation today. You have until the sand runs out of that bottle to decide whether or not you’re going to accept your task. If your sand runs out of that bottle before you give me a decision…” Rob began.

“Let’s do it!” Elaine interjected. “I’m ready.”

Rob was shocked Elaine accepted the downside with out even figuring out what her course of may very well be. Rob said being so impulsive may very well be a double-edged sword in Survivor — usually it actually works out, nonetheless completely different situations, you want to put your ft in the water sooner than you soar in.

Elaine acquired right here on the current for every $1 million and journey, so she wasn’t holding herself once more. Sandra beloved how Elaine was “balls to the wall,” saying that’s the manner you play Survivor.

Rob outlined to Elaine that at the subsequent Immunity Challenge, a block-a-vote profit may very well be prepared for her, tied beneath a desk that is likely to be one of her tribe’s stops in an obstacle course.

“You must secretly grab it while surrounded by your tribemates,” Rob well-known, together with that it wasn’t going to be easy consequently of she’d should seize the profit in plain sight. “If you miss your opportunity, there’s no going back.”

If Elaine did not seize the profit, she would face the consequence of shedding her vote at the subsequent Tribal Council. Elaine knew she was participating in with giant stakes consequently of her tribe’s numbers have been 4-4.

Elaine then chosen a person from the reverse tribe to return go to Rob and Sandra on the Island of the Idols at random.

“Elaine, she won me over. She has… the complete package and she’s daring!” Sandra knowledgeable the cameras. “She came to play, and if her tribemates don’t watch out, she’ll be right there at the end and she could easily take this money.”

Meanwhile, once more at camp, Jack gushed about how he beloved Jamal’s African dancing and music that he was bringing to the tribe. However, Jack generally known as Jamal’s buff a “do-rag,” and it upset Jamal.

“Do-rag? Wow. Deep-seated. That was subconscious. White people, I’m always, like, do you welcome the race conversation?” Jamal said.

Jack awkwardly walked away from the dialog. He said he was embarrassed to have made a nasty joke, and Jack said he felt truly harmful consequently of Jamal had been conversing with him in a mature means.

Jamal said it would take him just a bit bit of time to maneuver forward from that consequently of he was insulted, primarily consequently of of the notion or caricature mainstream white Americans have about people who placed on “do-rags.”

Jamal knew Jack was well-intentioned nonetheless said he had a protracted methodology to go on the topic of self-awareness.

Jack ended up sharing a extremely human second with his strongest ally over his foolish comment that night, and he said he was grateful for which have with Jamal.

Jamal truly appreciated Jack’s apology and said it made up for tons of hurt that had been introduced on in the earlier and he’d take note it for the rest of his life.

On Day 16, Elaine talked to Elizabeth, who had moreover been to the Island of the Idols, about how the block-a-vote profit was prepared for her at the downside.

Elizabeth said if she managed to grab the idol, they’d win over the majority in numbers — and so this switch was going to be an infinite one.

Immunity Challenge

It then turned time for the two tribes to compete of their subsequent Immunity Challenge.

Jeff instructed each tribe to dig beneath a giant bamboo cage, resolve up the cage, and make their means all through the forest whereas gathering 5 balls alongside the means. Upon the finish, the avid gamers ought to attempt to land these balls into 5 targets extreme up on a wall, very like shoot basketballs.

The profitable tribe would win immunity and be safe from the subsequent vote, whereas the shedding tribe should vote out the sixth castaway from Survivor this season.

Before the downside commenced, Vokai chosen to sat out Lauren.

Once Elaine acquired her palms on the profit that awaited her beneath the desk, she tried to stuff the bundle into the once more of her shorts. However, her T-shirt prevented the bundle from staying inside her shorts, and so it fell out.

In an unbelievable flip of events, Elaine dropped the profit nonetheless was ready to resolve it up as soon as extra and put it into her shorts with out anybody noticing. Elaine subsequently succeeded and achieved her Island of the Idols course of.

The downside was an in depth one, and Aaron did an vital job taking photos balls for Vokai. However, in the end, Dean sealed the deal for Lairo and acquired the downside for them.

Elaine knew her block-a-vote profit couldn’t come at a better time. She was capable of “ride in on a stallion” and “save the day” for her “peeps.”

Later that day, Tommy hoped Elaine may very well be going residence as the tribe beloved one of their chickens.

Elaine be taught her profit aloud to Elizabeth, as Missy, Lauren and Tommy talked about how Elizabeth and Aaron have been going to work with them to take out Elaine.

But Elizabeth generally known as Elaine’s profit “a glimmer of hope” for the Four genuine Lairo members. Elaine and Elizabeth shared their good info with Aaron, and he promised he was with them. Missy was moreover excited to search out out about Elaine’s profit.

Missy had been eager to put up Elaine as a sacrifice, nonetheless then she generally known as Elaine her alliance’s “hero.”

Although Aaron knowledgeable his former Lairo allies he was good with them, he was conspiring behind the scenes with the genuine Vokai members. Aaron was nonetheless considering voting out Elaine consequently of he was attempting to think about the sport long-term and what may very well be most interesting for him.

Lauren moreover didn’t assume Elaine was strategically smart or savvy adequate to have a hidden Immunity Idol and be succesful of play the genuine Vokai members.

Elizabeth said Tribal Council was going to be a wrestle between Lairo and Vokai and Vokai didn’t even notice it. Elizabeth hoped to take out Lauren consequently of she didn’t do quite a bit for her sport.

But Missy thought Dan was “sketchy,” and Elaine figured Tommy was “the biggest threat.”

“But then again, you’ve got Jason. He’s strategic and I think he’s really smart,” Elaine said in a confessional. “So I’ve got my moves. I’ve got the moves I’m wanting to make!”

Aaron thought he was in administration of the sport and can choose which participant goes residence.

Aaron knew he was about to interrupt a promise to 1 group, nonetheless he insisted “that’s the sport of Survivor.”

“There’s a sure vote. Tonight, it would be Elaine to get them all onboard and show them my trust, or, I could stay Lairo strong and maybe end up on the right side of the numbers… This Tribal is going to be very alive,” Aaron said.

Tribal Council

At Tribal Council that night, Elaine said a line was going to be drawn in the sand and she or he wasn’t afraid of a battle or showdown. Everyone appeared to know the magnitude of what was about to happen that night.

Tommy said it made no sense for his Four to flip nonetheless an genuine Lairo member is likely to be an element of their side they often may enter the merge seven sturdy.

Elaine, nonetheless, pointed out it was easy for Dan to say since his allies have been on the prime of the tribe.

Jason admitted his group was additional eager to draw rocks, and Tommy agreed he was ready to do this, nonetheless then Elaine launched, “I don’t like rocks,” and stood as a lot as make an announcement.

Elaine apologized sooner than finding out her block-a-vote profit out loud. Elaine said she’d want to play the profit and block Jason’s vote.

Tommy appeared completely shocked, after which Jason requested Elaine why she had decided to do this. Jason said he thought they could have been good buddies, nonetheless Elaine pointed out they could nonetheless be good buddies.

Aaron then whispered one factor in Missy’s ear, and Tom whispered in Dan’s ear. Tom and Dan agreed to vote out Elaine, and Lauren appeared onboard with that plan as correctly. Tommy then knowledgeable Aaron to “stick with Elaine.”

Missy and Lauren regarded at each other and well-known they wished to vote for Elaine, nonetheless points acquired crazy quickly.

Lauren acquired emotional and commenced to cry consequently of she had dreamed of participating in Survivor since she was 11-years-old. “It sucks,” she said. “It sucks.”

Tommy knowledgeable Jeff that Elaine’s profit was horrible and he’d be replaying this night in his ideas for the rest of his life. Jason moreover began to marvel if these have been his remaining moments participating in Survivor.

The castaways then voted for whom they’d want to ship packing from the sport, and Tommy wrote Elaine’s title down, saying he had “never been so scared before.”

Jeff subsequently be taught the votes aloud in the following order after no person had an idol to play: Elaine, Elaine, Elaine, Jason, Jason, Jason and Jason.

Lauren’s mouth dropped open in full shock and Dan shook his head.

On Jason’s means out of the sport, he yelled out, “Hey, don’t trust Aaron!” Jason was grateful Lauren, Dan and Tommy did not activate him — nonetheless Tommy appeared extraordinarily offended.

The episode’s closing credit score later confirmed that Tommy, Dan, and Lauren voted for Elaine, whereas Missy, Elizabeth, Elaine, and Aaron voted for Jason. (Jason’s vote had been blocked).