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Previously on "Survivor: Gabon," Sugar shocked them all.
Post-Tribal Council, and the newly merged "Nobag" tribe ("Nobag"? Really??) was shaky. Corinne realized she was doomed. She and Randy bonded over their hate of everyone alive. Bob told Sugar he didn't find the Hidden Immunity Idol, but showed her the fake one he made, which was really quite impressive. He didn't seem to think for a moment that Sugar actually had the real one.
Reward Challenge! The old auction route. Sugar spent 340 bucks on chocolate and peanut butter. Items bought by others included a burger and fries, spaghetti, and a hot bath. Randy bought cookies for the tribe, but Sugar would rather eat dirt than a cookie that Randy had anything to do with, and gave hers to Matty. NOcookie.
Randy decided his best strategy would be to act like the biggest asshole in the history of the show, get everyone to vote for him at Tribal, but convince Bob to give him his Immunity Idol, thus fooling the whole tribe, and getting Susie out instead. Oooo. This could be good.
Immunity Challenge! Planks, bags, giant dominoes, and trip ropes. Kinda tedious. Kenny won. Back at camp, Sugar seemed to be on the same wavelength as Randy in that she told Bob he should give Randy his Idol. His FAKE idol. Oh, this is PRICELESS.
Tribal Council! Blah, blah, Cookiegate. Everyone hates Randy, Randy hates everyone. Time to vote. People could hardly control their laughter when it came time to write down names. When Probst asked if anyone had the Idol, Randy walked up and smugly handed it to him. Corrine winked at the jury like she had this thing in the bag. And then Probst told Randy it wasn't the Hidden Immunity Idol, and everyone, save Randy and Corrine, burst out laughing. It was awesome.
Almost makes you feel sorry for Randy. But not quite.
Previously on "Top Chef," Jamie Lauren joined Team Rainbow.
Which was down to two chefs this week. Alas. Quickfire Challenge! Donatella-Not-Versace was guest judge and the challenge was to create a "signature hot dog." There were just too many "stuffing sausages," and "does your hot dog measure up," and "short and stumpy sausages" double entendres to keep up with. Jamie made a pork and beef hot dog paired with bacon, onions, smoked paprika, lemon zest, and cayenne. Padme got a piece of bone in hers. Bone. See? This whole challenge was inexplicably filthy. Jamie did not win it.
The big challenge was to create a three course "New American Lunch Menu," whatever that means. Jamie jumped in the appetizer group and planned to make a chilled sweet corn soup. Colicchio came in told them they'd be cooking lunch at his Craft restaurant, and they'd be cooking for chefs who tried out for the show and didn't make it. Snerk.
The next morning at the Craft kitchen Jamie proclaimed her soup a success. And spent the rest of the morning stirring it, we guess. Meanwhile, the bitter Top Chef rejects were in the dining room, anxious to totally crap on the chefs. Come lunchtime, Jamie's soup seemed to go over well, though.
Judges Table! Jamie was brought in to face the judges with several other chefs. The judges all liked Jamie's puree, soup, whatever it was, but the winner was Fabio, most likely for his "spherical olives," which were described as olives that were liquefied inside, like a softboiled egg, but were actually pureed olives mixed with other things that turn into little balls when added to a solution of....ah hell. Let Lee Ann explain it. Anyway, Jamie lives to cook another week.