A Bad Taste in My Mouth

This is the eleventh episode of Survivor: Cuba.

Previously on Survivor
The fans and the favorites merged, 5-5 but neither respected old tribal lines. Wes and Harper made coalitions against each other; Wes had Hannah, Willie and Martin, while Harper had Cap, and the trio of Carrie, Fonzy and Iris. Both alliances both possessed game advantages; Fonzy and Harper had the Havana and Cardenas idols respectively, and Fonzy obtained a clue to the whereabouts of a hidden extra vote parchment from the auction while Hannah found the third Hidden Immunity Idol. After Martin and Iris won immunity, Wes and Harper were competing for the support of Maggie, who trusted neither. As a pre-emptive measure, Harper uses his idol but for naught as Wes' alliance did not vote for him. However, it was still inconsequential as Maggie sided with Harper, deeming Wes as a bigger challenge threat. Nine are left, who will be voted out tonight?

Challenges
Day 26 Reward/Immunity Challenge: Meteor Doom Tossing meteor hammers, each payer must knock down twenty block targets off a horizontal pedestal. First four players to finish will move to the second round where they will again toss meteor hammers to break ten jars, three of of which containing three a series of keys. The first two to finish will compete in the final round where they will have to use their meteor hammers to break ten hanging tiles each with varying distances. Breaking all ten tiles will raise a flag. First player to raise their flag wins immunity. Reward: Individual immunity and the opportunity to get a spa treatment at camp with sandwiches and soft drinks to boot. The winner may choose three people to join him/her. Winner: Martin

Day 28 Immunity Challenge: Log Jam The survivors will compete in a single elimination log-rolling tournament. First to fall off the log is eliminated. Last person standing wins immunity. Winner: TBA

Night 25
The Juntos tribe returns to camp, and Hannah is visibly upset after Maggie sided with Harper. Willie shares the same sentiment but he tells Hannah that Maggie is a high caliber player so she knew what she was doing. If anything, Harper could just vote her out two votes later. Hannah sarcastically says they either one of them will be staying long enough to see the moment. Hannah tells Willie about the third Hidden Immunity Idol. "juntos"

- Maggie joined that bastard Harper. I don't get it. He's the most arrogant pussy this game has ever seen. I just hate his guts, UGH! "juntos"

- It is apparent that our backs are against the wall, and good lord Hannah got an idol. This might be the leverage we need to flip the whole script around.

Cap hugs Maggie for siding with with them. Maggie explains to him that Wes is a much bigger challenge threat than Harper hence her decision to vote him out. Cap agrees, but is also worried Maggie might target him next, now knowing that Maggie is after the challenge beasts. "juntos"

- In my very short talk with Maggie sorta left me a bad taste in my mouth. Maggie's apparently out to get the challenge threats; and while Martin is still the next person to go, what bothers me is that, now knowing Maggie's motives, she could vote me or Fonzy out.

Day 26
The final nine survivors meet Jeff for the next challenge, which is for both reward and immunity. After explaining the challenge brief, Jeff informs them that the winner of the challenge wins not only individual immunity, but a spa date at camp.

The first round is a close battle for everyone but Cap, Martin, Iris and Fonzy finish first through fourth respectively. In the second round, they have to break ten tiles and find their three sets of keys. Martin finishes first and enters the final round. In a close finish, Iris and Capboth break all ten of their tiles but struggle to find their last keys. Fonzy easily finds his three keys and moves on to the final round with Martin. At the sidelines, Carrie and Harper nervously look at each other, worried that Martin wins again. In another harrowing finish, Martin breaks his 10th and final tile first, winning himself immunity for the second time in a row. After wearing Martin the Immunity Necklace, Jeff tells him he has to choose three people to join him at the spa reward. In a strategic move, Martin chooses the women to join him. Hannah, who secretly has a strong tickle spot on her back, is horrified at the idea of embarrassing herself."juntos"

- Martin wins immunity again, which sucks. We wanted him gone next. I wouldn't want to align with him because he has been a wild card when it comes down to votes, and he's a challenge threat. It's now between Willie or Hannah. Martin might've taken me to a spa, but I didn't come here to win the battle. I came here to win the war. "juntos"

- OH MY GOD. I actually didn't want Martin to pick me because my back is terribly tickle-y, so for a masseuse to massage my back will be a comedy scene. I can't complain though because there's food. This will be a very embarrassing afternoon for me.

The Juntos tribe returns to camp and sees a set up spa beds for Martin and the women. While martin, Iris, Maggie and Carrie enjoy their massages, Hannah could not stop laughing as her already-visibly annoyed masseuse kneads her back, tickling her. "juntos"

- Hannah at the spa reward was hilarious! She couldn't stop budging and laughing, and the woman was massaging her was already upset. I was at the shelter laughing all red in the face.

Author's Notes

 * The Day 26 Immunity Challenge was the final four Immunity Challenge in Bali.