Survivor: Cook Islands -- Episode 14

Parvati got naked in a hot tub with Yul and Ozzy, and it still wasn't enough to save her. She was the next person eliminated from Survivor: Cook Islands.

The episode began with a Reward Challenge that promised to be provocative -- Survivors writhed in a muddy pit and ran to a mat, where they rubbed their skin and wrung out their hair to get a much mud as possible into a bucket. The three survivors to collect the most mud won the reward.

How the challenge actually transpired was less than provocative. As the swimsuit-clad contestants squatted over their buckets and rubbed their muddy bottoms, the image was more reminiscent of toilet activities than sex.

As host Jeff Probst put it, it was "like watching bad performance art."

The rules of the challenge stipulated that contestants could not carry mud in their hands or arms. Yul got creative and loaded mud in between his shoulder blades. He transported a total of 22.5 pounds and finished in third place.

Parvati was slightly more successful, piling mud into her cleavage. She finished with 24 pounds.

And by sheer force of will and superhuman mud-carrying ability, Ozzy finished in first with 45 pounds. He had the honor of sending Adam to Exile Island for his third cold, stormy stay of the season.

For their reward, Ozzy, Parvati, and Yul were flown to an island spa for a night of relaxation. The plane cabin was layered in plastic, as all the reward winners were still caked in drying mud. Parvati's head looled from the weight of the dirt in her hair. And Ozzy looked like a clay statue with white teeth.

On the island, the contestants showered, had their clothes washed, enjoyed massages, and feasted.

During dinner, the storm knocked out power at the spa. That didn't stop a band and a group of hula-style dancers from performing for them.

It also didn't stop the Survivors from drinking. A lot. Parvati initiated a threesome skinny dip in a hot tub, where she flirted strategically with Ozzy. Ozzy dove around the tub, claiming he was imitating a humpback whale. Parvati laughed and said, "I just peed in my pants -- and I'm not wearing any!"

When the gang returned to camp the next day, Becky immediately pulled Yul aside for a conference. She and Sundra were concerned about Ozzy's totally lopsided victory at many of the challenges, and she wondered if perhaps he should be the next person voted out.

Yul shared some of their concerns, and divulged the flirting between Ozzy and Parvati on the Reward trip. "I definitely underestimated her," said Yul.

Later, at the Immunity Challenge, Parvati's hair looked extra clean and shiny, especially when the bedraggled Adam returned from Exile. The restful stay she, Yul, and Ozzy had enjoyed at the spa had obvious benefits; the three of them were the only people who even had a chance in the challenge. By the end, nobody else was even close.

Survivors had to carry four bundles of wooden puzzle pieces one-at-a-time across four ascending balance beams. Once all for bundles had reached the other side, they could be untied, and the pieces fit together to make a tabletop maze.

From there, survivors had to maneuver two small balls through the maze -- avoiding occasional "decoy holes" -- and the drop the balls through two pits as the end. It was like an oversized version of the game Labyrinth.

As Ozzy ran gracefully across the balance beams, his competitors fell off into the sand on either side of him. Adam grumbled, "C'mon!" as he futilely tried to get even one bundle of puzzle pieces across the beams. Sundra fared no better. Of the Reward Challeng losers, only Becky got any bundles over the beam.

Yul and Parvati both managed to get all of their bundles across, but they still weren't even close to Ozzy. His Aitu pals offered half-hearted congratulations on his third consecutive victory, as they realized that they might not ever get another chance to vote him off.

Knowing either he or Parvati would be voted out that night, Adam approached Yul at camp and asked if it was him. Yul said that if Adam wanted to stay, he'd do what he could to steer the vote toward Parvati.

Adam said he'd like to stay, and only felt a little bad about offering his pal Parvati up in his place. He mused, "If it's benefiting me, I'm okay with it."

Parvati also approached unofficial puppet master Yul about the evening's vote. He admitted that they considered a bigger threat than Adam in balance and agility challenges, so she was some danger.

But things looked up for Parvati when she was idly discussing strategy in the shelter with Adam and Ozzy. As she and Adam debated whether to vote for Sundra or Becky, Ozzy casually mentioned that he wouldn't mind seeing Sundra go.

Adam and Parvati immediately perked up, asking Ozzy if he was seriously considering turning on his old tribemates. He said probably not, as that could lose him their jury votes.

But Adam cautioned that Ozzy's current alliance would turn on him as soon as he lost an Immunity Challenge. Ozzy admitted to having had the same concern.

Yul also had the jury on his mind, and he brought Jonathan's hat with him to Tribal Council. Jonathan's parting words had been a request for the return of the hat he'd left at camp, and Yul hoped the gesture might make up for his voting for Jonathan.

It looked like the gesture worked, as Jonathan beamed upon his reunion with his hat. Parvati suggested that, "Yul has been playing this game to win votes from the beginning."

After a discussion of the hat, and whether Yul was just kissing up to the jury, Jeff steered the conversation toward Adam. "You seem to be the biggest physical threat -- on paper."

Adam chuckled and told Jeff that he hasn't delivered because, "I'm just not all there, physically -- and mentally -- anymore." (Were you ever, Adam?)

Votes were cast, and they split down the usual alliance lines, with Parvati earning four votes to Sundra's two. In her farewell confessional, Parvati said, "I could've worked it more in the hot tub if I wanted to."

Survivor: Cook Islands wraps up on Sunday night, with two hours of competition, followed by an hour-long reunion show. Jeff Probst promised three more Tribal Councils (including the final face-off with the jury), which should make things interesting, considering there are still five competitors left. Will one of the Councils be a double-elimination, or will we have a final three?

My prediction is that Ozzy wins a car in a Reward Challenge, becuse Ozzy wins every challenge. He then becomes the next victim of the Survivor Car Curse, as Yul earns enough jury votes to win in a landslide, regardless of whether he faces one or two competitors at the end.