Day 12, and Ozzy chops Charlie the chicken’s head off. He then hides his Individual Immunity Idol, but he tells James, Amanda and Poverty that he has it.

Here comes the tribe swap. Captains are chosen randomly and you have to pick someone from the opposing tribe. The new tribes were chosen in this order:

Airai (time to dust off these names): Natalie, James, Alexis, Jonathan, Jason, Poverty (and that’s how Jason said it, tee-hee), Kathy, Eliza

Malakal: Ozzy, Troy – he means – Joel, Amanda, Erik, Ami, Tracy, Cirie, Chet

For the Challenge the new teammates are tied up in pairs. One pair chases a pair from the other tribe around a course with a lot of wooden fences and obstacles, and if the chasers pull a flag off the chasees’ backs within a minute they get a point, otherwise the chasees get the point. First team to three wins a steak barbeque, and no one will be going to Exile Island.

Joel and Chet are paired together and they are chased down as Chet can’t keep up. The chasers are successful in each of the first four heats setting up a winner-take-all round. Joel and Chet will be chasing Poverty and Eliza. Chet ends up getting dragged like a carcass and the girls escape for the victory, leading to this exchange:

Chet: “I hit my head back there.”
Joel: “I don’t care.”
Chet: “I know.”

Back at camp Joel admits that it’s “poetic justice” that he got stuck with Chet. The best part is Jason is on the other team so he wallow in the I-told-you-so’s.

Airai enjoys their steaks but the Favorites can’t believe their terrible camp. Their fire pit is on the beach and the tide rises up and puts out the fire. James tells us he feels sorry for them. “They should be dead,” he says. “They’re a bunch of dingbats.”

A bunch of people are still feeling the effects of the Reward Challenge. Ami has an injured knee. Poverty has the biggest fat lip I have ever seen. And Jonathan got stabbed in the knee so badly the medics have to come. They give him a shot and stitch up the wound but Jonathan says it could be infected.

The next day Ozzy talks with Joel and Erik about the voting order. Joel agrees Chet should be first, but he wants Cirie out before Tracy.

Over at Airai James and Jonathan lead the charge to whip up a brand new shelter. At Malakal Amanda finds a small shark in their fishing net. She carries it back to camp which Ozzy says is very attractive. He must be some sort of merman.

The Immunity Challenge is throwing rocks to break tiles and then putting together a puzzle with a caller. Malakal builds a lead because Airai’s tiles are breaking but not falling.

The two last picks, Chet and Eliza are doing the calling but Joel is arguing with Chet from the side. They can’t figure out the puzzle and Airai comes from behind for the win.

Now Joel says it’s a game for the strong. You think? He talks to Ozzy about the same order as before. Erik talks to Amanda and Cirie about voting off Chet.

But Cirie doesn’t like the idea of voting off the weakest people since she knows that includes her. She goes and talks to Tracy and Chet and they discuss turning the tables on Joel. Cirie then tries to get Amanda and Ozzy to go along with the plan. Oh my goodness, Ozzy. Not again.

At Tribal Council Chet says he wanted to be in this tribe even if he didn’t get picked. Tracy says Joel should’ve communicated with Chet in the Challenge instead of dragging him. Joel says he did and it’s not his fault if Chet didn’t hear him. Erik says it’s not about Fans vs. Favorites but about keeping the tribe strong.

Erik votes for Chet. Chet and Tracy vote for Joel. Joel votes for Chet.

And the tally: Joel, Chet, Chet, Joel…Joel! Joel! Joel!!

Pardon me…. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Next time on…Survivor: Ami questions her loyalty to the Favorites, Jason finds the hidden tent peg, Jonathan does have an infection and the medic says if it gets into his bloodstream he could die. Well then.

Joel says he can’t believe “the tribe picked Chet over me.” I say, “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!”

Basically, Tracy owns Joel. When he goes back to Phoenix and looks at his degree from Arizona State, written in crayon right under his name it’s going to say, “Property of Tracy.”

The other power player is Cirie. I know she’s not the likeable couch-potato that she was her first season, but you really can’t blame her for playing this way. She is weak. It is in her best interests to play this game backwards and turn it into survival of the unfittest.

The person who is dropping the ball here is Ozzy. That’s two straight votes where he’s allowed himself to be talked into keeping a weak player in favor of a strong one. We’ll see if he gets a taste of Joel’s poetry. You know, like this:

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Joel is dumb
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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