The act of “blindsiding” someone has now become so commonplace on Survivor that it’s expected, and thus almost doesn’t work, because it’s not blind if everyone can expect it to happen. But tonight’s vote, when Matt Elrod was sent home from the Ometepe tribe instead of Phillip, definitely qualifies as a blindside. His mouth dropped open when Jeff Probst started reading the votes with his name on them, and he said, simply, “Damn, guys,” as he went off to Redemption Island to fight in the first duel against Francesca. Matt sealed his fate at the challenge, which was held in the very same pool that made several appearances during Survivor Nicaragua—most memorably when eventual winner Fabio peed in it , and my guess is that it hasn’t exactly been drained since then. (For the occasion, producers gave the cast their bathing suits, so we no longer have to see Phillip in his droopy red briefs all the time.) After his tribe lost, Matt walked over to shake the winning tribe members’ hands: nice ...