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I am so sick of Taylor Swift.
While it is not for me, I have nothing against her music.
I have nothing against her personally, and I dont even have anything againsther private-jet usage.
I take a stab at read about politics, andtheres Taylor Swift.
You go to art museums, and theresTaylor Swift.
Now, I turn on my favorite reality-television program (dont tellRHONY), and there she is again.
Why cant I swing a handbag without hitting this wildly talented billionaire?
Leave it to a Swiftie to stan literally everything she does.
No matter how mediocre the album might be, theyd never admit it.
(Same goes for the Beyhive, to be fair.)
Maybe I was more upset about this than usual because the beginning of this episode was an absolute snooze.
It was just people sitting around being fine.
(Much like a Taylor Swift song.)
The episode starts back at Yanu, who eliminated Jelinsky in the last episode.
This makes me immediately think that Yanu will lose the challenge, and theyre back at tribal council.
Some of the chatting we get from the other tribes I didnt mind so much.
Over at Nami, everyone hates Venus and doesnt trust her.
I dont mind that backstory because it plays into the narrative we get throughout the episode.
Okay, does he have a guitar in the jungle?
Then why do we care?
Okay, now I wantthatstory.
Why did he meet Nicolas Cage?
Why did he think that would make him cry?
Thats not the only unnecessary backstory.
She says shes an internet entrepreneur.
What does that mean?
Im thinking either an Etsy shop or OnlyFans.
I did love Liz and Mos bonding moment on the sit-out benches, though.
All the information about Venus, though, seems very pointed.
Randen also finds a Beware Advantage and says, Oh!
It says Beware on it.
Thats how they come now.
They all say that.
Its like saying, Wow!
This M&M has a letter printed on it.
Uhhh, we know.
That should have been Jesss first clue that she didnt get an actual idol.
After Nami wins the challenge for the third time in a row (spoiler alert!
No one seems sympathetic; no one seems to care.
This is the difference between Venus and Ben.
I dont think I ever want a Taylor Swift song-title-off again.
We learn some good things at Siga that might be useful in the future.
Charlie is positioning himself between the three girls and the two boys as a kind of swing vote.
Hes enlisted Maria and her extra vote as his ride or die.
They want to be the new Malcolm and Denise.
Hes also a two-time loser.
So, go ahead, Charlie.
venture to be Malcolm, but maybe emulate someone who saw a $1 million check.
(No, I dont mean Liz.)
Its like aReading Rainbowbut without LeVar Burton.
(Is that still on afterSurvivor?)
Back at the tribe, its down to Bhanu or Jess, just as it said at the beginning.
Just like the challenge, there are so many steps to how the tribe wants it to play out.
Hes mad because Jess told him that Kenzie was saying his name at the well.
And then maybe its Bhanu, but we all know its really Jess.
Which, fine, either way, just get this over with.
How much longer untilCSIis on?
Thats the other thing thats weird about this season.
Then why are they so bad at it?
Much like this long lead-up to the national election in November, everyone already knows how theyre voting.
But not when Bhanus around.
Q is like, What the fuck?
but Bhanu says hes only saying this because its his tribe; he wont do this after the merge.
This sort of playing is unsustainable and you cant have this guy as an ally.
He knows immediately hes screwed up and then goes around and makes sure everyone is not voting for him.
This guy really annoys me, and I dont even have to smell the papaya farts.
yo let him go home next week.
Jeff reads the votes, and the first one is for Bhanu.
He puts on his bag and gets ready to exit, so sure that hes going to be eliminated.
I would argue that booting Bhanu was the smarter move.
