Tomorrow night, CBS airs the People’s Choice Awards. Once again, the show will be hosted by the lovely Queen Latifah and should be a fun show, just in general. The show airs at 9:00 pm ET, so be sure to watch or record it! Here’s a promo clip of Queen Latifah telling us about this year’s show:

Here are the reality TV shows that have been nominated for People’s Choice Awards this year:

Favorite ANIMAL SHOW

• Animal Cops
• Dog Whisperer
• DOGTOWN
• It’s Me or the Dog
• Rescue Ink Unleashed

Favorite COMPETITION SHOW

• American Idol
• Dancing with the Stars
• Project Runway
• So You Think You Can Dance
• Survivor: Samoa

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Last night’s season finale of Survivor: Samoa showed the final five castaways battling it out to be part of the final three. The first one to go home was Jaison, Then, when Russell managed to win the last immunity, Brett was eliminated next. At the finale event, Jeff Probst announced that Natalie won the title of Sole Survivor and the $1 million.

Natalie’s strategy was to play below the radar and let Russell be the snake he always was. It really worked for her. She wasn’t disliked by anyone and her way of playing was the one that the jury liked the best. I would have voted for her to win too.

Russell took issue with her winning, since he felt that his tactic of arrogance, burning socks and dumping out the canteens in order to manipulate everyone was the best game. He offered Natailie $100,000 to let him have the title of Sole Survivor. She turned him down. (Good for her!)

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Jaison made the observation that we’ve all worked with people that were like Russell. They’re the people who lie, point fingers, cheat, steal the credit for others’ work…and then they get the promotion instead of the people who worked hard and played fair. We all hate those people. That’s why I hated the thought that Russell’s tactics would win. Thank goodness he didn’t!

Personally, I don’t understand why so many of the audience members like him. He’s exactly the kind of person that we have all been bullied by, cheated out of promotions by and have just generally disliked. Why is that behavior ok on a reality show? I just don’t get it.<?

But since Russell will be a part of the Villians team for the next season of Survivor, he has a chance to redeem himself. (And everyone will have seen how he plays the game…) That should be interesting.

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On tonight’s Survivor: Samoa, the castaways started with an auction. Here were the auction items:

• Peanut butter & jelly sandwich – Natalie ($200)
• Sea noodles & slug guts with parmesan (yuck!) – Shambo was a great sport about this and ate them ($240)
• Whole roasted chicken – Monica ($340)
• A significant advantage in the Immunity Challenge – Jaison ($500)
• Cheeseburger, fries & cold beer – Mick ($500)
• A clue to the Immunity Idol (that Russell has already found) – John ($200)
• Shower, soap, shampoo, conditioner, clean underwear – Natalie ($120)
• One piece of apple pie for them self or four pieces for others – John (he chose to eat instead of share) – he said he felt confident that the others wouldn’t vote him off because of the pie

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John went in search of the Immunity Idol and realized that it wasn’t where the clue said it was so Russell must have it. When he talked to Russell, Russell decided that John was a threat and he talked the others into voting off John.

Dave killed the chickens for lunch and Shambo took the loss very hard since she had become very attached to them. When Dave came to ask her about how she was cooking them, she got angry. That night, she dreamt that the tribe voted off Dave, so she told the others to vote for him to go.

Russell told Dave that Shambo was gunning for him and that he needed to vote with the Foa Foa members to get rid of John and he agreed.

At the Immunity Challenge, Jaison’s advantage proved to be worth the money he spent because he won immunity.

At Tribal Counsel, John was completely blindsided when the tribe voted to send him out. Shambo was surprised too. She may not stay with the Foa Foa votes now because of this.

What do you think of this week’s episode? Did you think the tribe did the right thing? And how are you enjoying Russell’s underhanded play this season? Let us know!

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