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Jenna's not making friends for life
She survives another one, but is it her last?
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April 29, 2004 - 10:33 pm

After last night's episode of Survivor: All Stars, Jenna's statistical chances of winning $1 million rose to 20 percent. If Jeff Probst, the show's host, had to pick a sole survivor by drawing names out of a hollow fertility totem or blackened rice pot, he'd be equally as likely to pick Jenna's name as he would to pick the names of Big Tom, Boston Rob, Amber and Rupert.

But if the beginning of the episode was any indication of tensions among the tribe members, Jenna may be one of the next in line to walk the plank.

The show started off with Shii Ann's complaints about a certain chatty tribemate.

"I'm just really tired of Jenna," she said. "She's bossier than anyone in this tribe. . . she drives me crazy.. . . I just want to strangle her!"

Then, a few minutes later, after Jenna scolded Rupert for not sharing his freshly caught fish, he, too, voiced his irritation with Miss Lewis, saying he was sorry he had made an alliance with her, calling her a pain in the hind end.

But soon, the spotlight switched from Jenna's faults to a reward challenge. This time, the prize was extra special. Each of the survivors' loved ones had flown to Panama for the contest, which involved eating plates filled with various unappealing delicacies fromaround the world. Whoever was the fastest and most gag-suppressing taste-tester would win a night's stay at a special camp, complete with pizza and chilled beer.

First, the loved ones - Jenna's brother, Tom's son, Rob's brother, Shii Ann's mother, Rupert's wife and Amber's mother - tried fish heads. Amber's mom was eliminated right away. Next came a cockroach, which Shii Ann's mother just could not stomach. Everyone but Rupert's wife finished a piece of nearly rotten, sun-baked fish, then Jenna's brother was disqualified by trying to wash his cooked tarantula legs down with water. But Tom's Southern-speaking son won the big prize, swallowing a whole live grub without flinching.

Tom picked Rob and his brother to join the pizza party, which quickly turned into a drunken soiree.

Tom was again the star during the episode's immunity challenge, a complicated game that involved fire, water and a large, rustic-looking see-saw. When the tribe began making final preparations for tribal council, it seemed as if Jenna might be a target. The camera crew caught a candid conversation between Shii Ann and Tom, who both agreed they would get rid of our Franklin-born heroine.

Meanwhile, Jenna made it clear there was no love lost between herself and Shii Ann. "(Shii Ann) opens her mouth and I want to put a gun in mine," she said.

But Jenna's fans need not have feared. In the end, the on-again, off-again alliance between Rob, Amber, Jenna, Rupert and Big Tom won out, and Shii Ann was the one to go. Chances are, Jenna won't miss her too much.






 

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