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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 4:29 am
Well, Well, Well ... Looka Here! Looka Here! ***************************************
Look which 3 players are missing from this bonding exercise at Zapatera. I do believe it is Russell and his two little chickadees (LOL). This picture is over at Survivor Fever with the previews for next week.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 7:02 am
Thanks to Survivor Fever for the pics and transcript for next weeks episode: ****************** Transcript: Jeff Probst: Next time on Survivor...
Andrea [camera confessional]: I'm so pissed about what they did.
Probst: Rob finds out that hell hath no fury like Andrea scorned.
Rob [camera confessional]: She'll cut my throat. Probst: And the Zapatera tribe finds out what happens when you cross Russell.
Russell [camera confessional]: I'm dealing with a bunch of .
Stephanie [talking to Russell]: This is going to be the biggest BLINDSIDE, EVER!
Matt [walking to Redemption Island with his torch]: I've been an emotional roller coaster. Sometimes I feel like I just want to go home.
Francesca [asleep inside hut]: Matt?
Matt: And other times I just think Rob set me up to have this greatest comeback in Survivor history. Francesca: I'm shocked. Matt: I just have to stay strong and the Lord will be with me.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 7:09 am
Jeff's blog on Episode 2 taken from JeffProbst.com: **************************** FRANCESCA ARRIVES AT REDEMPTION ISLAND Here’s the truth about Redemption Island. It’s hard. You are alone. You have flint. You have a bit of a shelter that is full of leaks. You have a handful of rice. Let that sink in. It’s not much. Never forget that in a world of “loosely scripted” reality shows, Survivor is still the real deal. Survivor will kick your ass. Redemption Island could bury you. I do believe that for the moment Francesca really does prefer Redemption Island, but if she lasts long that will change. She will get lonely and exhausted. BACK AT THE OMETEPE CAMP I love how confident Rob is at this point in the game. Rob only knows one way to play and that is full out, aka “all in.” Remember, back in Heroes v Villains, Rob had a great plan at Tribal Council and it would have given him control of the game. But Tyson momentarily lost his mind and blew it by voting the wrong way and Rob went home. Rob is determined to not make that mistake again. He keeps reminding everybody in his alliance – if we stick together, we’ll be okay… but tonight showed once again how difficult it is to keep your alliance together. How hard can it be to keep your alliance together? It sounds so simple until you factor in that there is only ONE winner. That means everybody in your alliance has their own motive and their own plan for getting to the end. It’s incredibly complicated and that’s why alliance almost always break down. It’s part of the design of the game. The question is when to leave your alliance. You want to leave it before it leaves you. As you saw from last night’s episode even with an experienced player like Rob – what was true at sunrise is not always true at sunset. You have to adapt. Rob adapted and now Matt, one of his original six, is gone. PHILIP GOES PRIMAL This is why I love this guy. He is everything and I mean everything you could ever ask for from a Survivor contestant. He is so damn sincere, so earnest. I truly can’t get enough. I know a lot of you already hate him, save it for the comment section. I’m in Camp Phillip. Philip is a real life version of “Del, the shower curtain ring guy” that John Candy played in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. If you’ve seen the movie you know what I’m talking about. Del is an overweight, loud mouthed, slightly inappropriate salesman that Steve Martin meets while both are stuck trying to get home during a snow storm. The entire time you’re watching the movie, you can see why Del drives Steve Martin nuts. He’s friggin annoying as hell! Del even says at one point, “I know I’m a easy target… but you know what? I like me… and my friends like me.” By the end of the movie, you not only like Del, you are rooting for Steve Martin to see what you see – that Del is a really good person. He’s just different, that’s all. That’s how I feel about Philip. Well at least the easy target part! And yes the comparison is already being made. Philip and Coach are clearly brothers from another… …they’re equally awesome. When Philip was using his homemade spear to hunt for crab, his tribe was making fun of him. I get it. It was a funny moment, especially Matt impersonating the late, great Steve Irwin. (The scene went on much longer but had to be cut for time.) I laughed hard when I saw it the first time. But when I listened to Philips interview I found myself truly moved. I’m not kidding. I listened to the sincerity with which he talked about his patriotism and I was touched. In Philips world, the hunting for crab was all about trying to provide for his tribe by channeling his inner primal self. His celebration when he finally snagged a crab by throwing a rock, was priceless. “Killed with a stone, baby!” OVER AT ZAPATERA Ralph is another one-of-a-kind. It’s not just the man sweater, it’s his whole personae. Ralph and Philip and Rob and Russell – it’s guys like this that have kept Survivor on the air for so long. You may love to hate them but without them Survivor would be boring. THE OTHERS I think I said it last week, but the reason this season is going to be so stellar is that the rest of the contestants are equally great. I’m focusing a lot on Rob and Ralph and Philip right now but it’s only week two! You will see as the weeks unfold, we have some great people with big opinions who all want to win this game. I am so jazzed that we are only in week two! RALPH FINDS THE IDOL Was there a more unlikely guy in the world? He wasn’t even looking for it! Ralph: “That was as easy as wiping your hiney with toilet paper!” It’s not half as funny when I write it as it is when Ralph says it. Ralph does bring up a good question re the idols. If the idols are so easy to find that even a self-proclaimed dumb ass (Ralphs words, not mine) can find it, can it really be that difficult? Maybe Russell isn’t such an idol finding genius. Maybe we just needed a to show prove it. Either way – Ralph has some major power. The big question is does he realize it? It’s not yet clear if Ralph knows exactly how best to use the idol It could be a bit of a waste – kinda like giving a Ferrari to someone who doesn’t like to drive fast. Time will tell if Ralph can handle the power of the idol or not. IDOL PLAY IN GENERAL It’s probably time for us to really switch up how we deal with idols and where we hide them. If you have an idea, please send it to me at www.jeffprobst.com under the “Ask Jeff A Question” category. Who knows you may end up having some influence on our game! No, I’m not paying for your idea. But if it’s good, I’ll certainly take credit for it and we might just take it and use it on the show! Welcome to Hollywood, baby! MATT & ANDREA Matt never saw it coming. How could he? He was smitten. He was thinking about a first kiss and Rob was thinking about another blindside. Think of Rob as the Godfather. The moment he saw that relationship forming he knew it was a problem. As he referenced during the show, Rob made an alliance in Survivor: All-Stars with Amber and they rode it to the end. He then married her. They had a baby. And then another. So Rob knows that you can fall into an alliance that will extend beyond the game and that could spell disaster for Rob. Side bar – Natalie is a very interesting contestant to watch this season. She is so young at only 18 years old (which means she was seven years old when we started! Seven!) but she seems to have a really great head on her shoulders. That’s the reason we put her on the show. She really impressed us during the casting process. THE CHALLENGE When I took the immunity idol from Ralph, he said, “I’ll get it back.” This kind of trash talking goes on a lot at challenges, but we only include it when there is a good story that comes as a result. Once again Philip provides the story: Philip: I will outlast ANY man over there. Jeff: What about the women? Philip: That’s another day. We’ll see. I am once again reminded of what I used to say about Coach – Who writes this stuff?! THE POOL Nicaragua didn’t provide a lot of water options for challenges because of the dangerous tides, so we built our own “swimming pool” which we have used for a few different challenges. The immunity challenge was a modified version of a challenge we have done a few times over the years and it works every time. It’s so much fun to do this challenge as a contestant and so much fun to watch. One thing that emerged from the challenge – Grant is one helluva athlete. Ashlee is another one. I love contestants that go all out or as I mentioned earlier “all in.” I have a buddy whose nickname is “All In Jim” because he only knows one speed – all in. Contestants that go “all in” on Survivor are almost always memorable. I’m a bit surprised that Ometepe is not doing better in challenges. They have a good group of people, but Zapatera really works well together. Very calm. AFTER THE CHALLENGE Immediately after the challenge ended, Matt walked over and shook hands with some of the Zapatera tribes. As much as I try to prevent this – typically by yelling something very witty such as: “Hey get outta there!” – it still happens. We don’t usually show it, unless… there is a story attached. This time there was… a big story. That attempt at good sportsmanship really got to Rob. He’s no dummy. Those little “friendly” moments can often be the difference when it comes to a merge or even the final tribal council. Acts of kindness are so rare that when you do one it can have a real impact. Rob knows that Matt is a good kid and seeing him playing up the other tribe – worried him. When the Godfather gets worried, somebody is gonna end up with a horse head in their bed. Russell is much the same way. They both make BIG moves with one goal – get to the end. AFTER THE CHALLENGE You could really feel the air begin to let out of the Ometepe tribe. Back to back losses. Not a great way to start. Rob knows his tribe is in trouble. It’s one thing to be in a tight alliance and feel safe, but if you’re losing immunity challenges, that safety is only temporary as you will soon run out of numbers and it will be you who is going home. It’s why it’s so important to win challenges. If you avoid tribal council you keep your tribe strong. When you go to tribal council, you rarely come out betber as a result. Ometepe has got to start winning or the morale will continue to drop. THE HIDDEN IMMUNITY IDOL CLUE This is a first. Russell is not in control. In fact, the joke is on Russell. I’m guessing that most of you love seeing Russell not in control. He has a clue to the idol but doesn’t yet know that Ralph already has the idol. He’s wasting his time. For me though, the most interesting aspect of this moment was Mike’s comment about Russell: Mike: “He’s the most untrustworthy person in this game.” This comment came as Russell was sharing the clue with the two girls in his alliance, Stephenie and Krista. If you think about it, Russell is no less trustworthy than anyone else. He’s playing Survivor. He has an alliance and he immediately shared the clue with them. From their point of view, Russell is completely trustworthy. Mike: If we’re in this together, then show me the clue.” You’re not in this together Mike. You’re in a different alliance. Would you show Russell the clue? It’s an interesting thing that often happens on Survivor. You justify your ethics. It’s okay when YOU lie because you’re playing the game. When someone ELSE lies, they’re a scumbag. If Mike thinks he can survive this game without lying to someone… he is in for a shock. Lying is okay on Survivor. It’s called “outwit” and it’s a huge part of the game. I’m not saying this because I love Russell, or don’t like Mike. I happen to think Mike is a great addition to this season. I’m saying it because it’s fascinating what is happening on Zapatera. So much energy is focused on Russell that there is a huge blind spot on their tribe and somebody is going to notice and take advantage of it. Zapatera is winning… but they are at risk at putting the cart ahead of the horse. THE SHOWDOWN I have been waiting for this moment. Ralph v Russell. They met in the forest. The human sweater and the angry gnome. Ralph: Russell there wasn’t no hidden clue in there was there? You didn’t win it. We all won it. Russell: Calm down guys. This is how the game is played. You’re either with me or against me. Ah Russell, he hasn’t changed a bit. Russell: (to Ralph) I don’t like how you’re coming at me. Ralph is really growing on me. He’s not quite comfortable talking to the camera yet. You can seem him a bit uncertain whether to walk away or keep talking but I like him. He’s certainly entertaining. LUXURY ITEMS ON REDEMPTION ISLAND We decided to give them their luxury items because quite honestly we were afraid they might lose their minds without something to help pass the time or remind them of home. Luxury items don’t really make their stay any easier but emotionally I think it brings some sense of peace. HEADING TO TRIBAL I’m not going to say anything about Philip saying “gallantry.” But once again the gold star of the episode does go to… Philip. He is two for two. The explanation of his two tattoos was so good I had to watch it three times. Philip does not mess around. You can question a lot of things about Philip, but the man commits. Ink is forever. And not just one, but two tattoos. A gorilla and a lion. His explanation of their respective power and possible showdown left me a bit confused but damn I loved it. I want to put it on a t-shirt and sell it. TRIBAL COUNCIL Rob played tribal about as well as it can be played. A work of art. Rob’s experience is really paying off right now. He lied to Matt and Andrea, got Kristina to play the idol, kept Philip in check, dictated how Phillip should vote and got rid of Matt. Wow. That was pretty amazing. At this point, Rob is in control of his tribe. His problem is going to be staying in control of the tribe. At some point somebody on his tribe is going to say “enough already.” Andrea could be his biggest threat if she decides to go for revenge. The rain at tribal came out of nowhere. It’s going to happen a lot this season. Thankfully tribal is covered otherwise they would have been drenched. The rain was, as Matt said, literally blowing sideways. If you know me at all, you know I LOVE it when it rains. The harder the better. MATT IS SHOCKED Yes those reactions were real. Yes, Andrea was ready to cry. Yes, Matt was completely shocked. Stunned. Think about it, you are a big competitor like Matt and you have just started the game. You’re only a couple of weeks into the experience. You idolize and trust Rob, you think you’re safe and wham… before you know it you’re on a boat heading to Redemption Island. It was a shocking vote. Only time will tell if it was the right move. Rob either cemented himself firmly in control or just hung his own noose. NEXT WEEK Our first duel. Matt vs Francesca at Redemption Island Arena. It’s gooooooood!
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 3:29 pm
The title of Episode 3 is "Keep Hope Alive" ************************ A poster over at Survivor Sucks put this pic up of Russell and pointed out that the tattoo on Russell's right arm says "Keep Hope Alive".... so the title of next week's show may have something to do with that...... or not!!!
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 3:30 pm
Might help if I remembered to put the picture in! *************************

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Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002
| Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 4:08 pm
\pukes in bushes
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 6:20 pm
Here's the CBS Misdirection: ************************************* WEIGHING RISK OVER REWARD, ONE TRIBE CONTEMPLATES DOING THE UNTHINKABLE HOPING TO BENEFIT IN THE LONG RUN, ON "SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLAND," WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 "Keep Hope Alive" - One tribe considers a risky move, while on Redemption Island it's do or die as Matt and Francesca face off in the first duel to see who earns the right to stay in the game and who exits for good, on SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLAND, Wednesday, March 2 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, February 25, 2011 - 12:25 pm
Thanks to Survivor Fever for speculation and pics of the Redemption Island showdown between Francesca and Matt: ******************************* Redemption Island Duel: Jailbreak? Francesca and Matt will face-off in the first Redemption Island Duel. The two players are behind their respective faux "jail-door framework". They are given sticks and twine or string to fashion a long device for reaching through the jail bars and retrieving 3 sets of keys. One of the sets of keys will unlock the jail door. Steve from Ometepe tribe is watching the duel. Unclear if other players are watching.
Matt and Francesca at Redemption Island Duel.
Matt and Francesca lineup in front of respective jail doors. Steve from Zapatera watching from arena steps
Matt with his extension device
Francesca about to hook a set of keys
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, February 25, 2011 - 12:36 pm
Thanks to Survivor Fever for pics and transcript from Episode 3: ******************** Transcript: Announcer: We promised this Survivor season was going to be epic and Wednesday the two people voted off will face-off in the first ever Redemption Island Duel. Francesca: I definitely am prepared to beat him in this game. Matt: It's do or die time. Announcer: How far will Russell's tribe go to oust him?
Mike [camera confessional]: He sits in the tent with his concubines and does nothing.
Rooster [camera confessional]: He thinks he runs the show and he don't. Announcer: Can he turn the tables and pull off the biggest surprise power play yet?
Stephanie: The biggest blindside, ever!
Russell [camera confessional]: This will be a shocker! Ginger Note: I can only imagine that Zapatera lost the challenge and is headed for TC. Otherwise, why would Stephenie be talking about a blindside?
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 8:40 am
Thanks to James Barber over at Survivor Sucks for transcribing the Survivor Insider deleted scenes from Episode 2: ************************ Ginger: Look at what I have highlighted in red from Julie's (on Zapatera) confessional. Look who it sounds like Zapatera's target is: Life is Good on Day 4 Julie is feeling good after a good nights sleep and an immunity challenge win. "Today is the morning of day 4, and the first night I actually got some real sleep. It was nice. We didn't get rained on. We put some bedding on top of that bamboo. It was a nice, not soft bed, but it was doable. Today, the plan is, if we don't have a challenge, is to get more firewood, of course, and try to get some crab." (cut) "We need to get some food, and we think we need to get out in the middle of that river and do some fishing. That's the plan for today." (cut) "Winning that immunity was awesome for our confidence. But realistically, that was a strength challenge, and we had one more guy than they did. I'm not gonna say anything, but even though they did catch up and it came down to the puzzle, we ended up beating them. But yeah, our confidence is pretty strong right now. The good thing about winning - even though it wouldn't have been bad sending Russell out of here - the one good thing about us winning is that they had to go to Tribal Council last night and we got to stay here and actually improve on our campground, camp living life. We got a lot of work done last night that we wouldn't have if we'd sent Russell home. Yeah, we're pretty confident right now. We won and we were all happy and we actually saw the other tribe. They were down, down, down. Depressed. We're feelin' pretty good right now." *********************************** Also, reading Ashley's confessional in the deleted scenes, it sounds like Matt was picked to leave Ometepe because they weren't too sure that Kristina might not have given Andrea her hidden immunity idol. Seems that Matt and Andrea had spent some time talking with Kristina, and the other 4 in the alliance of 6, suspected something might be hatching there. As it is, Kristina wore the idol to TC, but I guess by then the die had already been cast for a Matt boot.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 4:22 pm
Thanks to Survivor Phoenix, we have pics of the challenge for Episode 3: ********************** It's a rerun of "Spit It Out" from last season. Saw it mentioned over at Survivor Blows, that the last half of this challenge last season was the breaking of tiles with little balls, so the 2nd half will probably be different this time since they just did the tile breaking thing last week.
These 3 pics are of Stephenie at Zapatera doing the "Spit It Out" wheel. I had to crop the pics, but had I not cropped them you would have seen Steve and Mike behind her pushing the wheels.
And a female Ometepe competitor. Not sure who it is.
And, an overall view of the set-up.
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 4:41 pm
that was a freaky challenge...I could never have been the person on the wheel
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Catfat
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02-27-2002
| Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 4:55 pm
Why is Steve from Zapatera on the steps watching the Matt and Francesca challenge?
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 5:48 pm
Okay, Catfat ... here's an answer to your question which is not an answer to your question: (LOL) ************* In the General Spoiler Thread, just recently I brought over an interview with Mark Burnett about the RI duel. Here's an excerpt from that interview: How Will the Redemption Island Twist Work? Mark Burnett: The very first person (voted out of the game) goes to Redemption Island. There on Redemption Island they live alone. The same conditions, the same amount of food, almost nothing to live with except it’s even worse because they’re completely lonely and alone. And they’re waiting for what happens next in episode two when the next person is voted out of their tribe and joins the first person at Redemption Island. In episode three, person one and person two compete in the first challenge of the episode. It’s a face-to-face duel. And some of the members of their tribes who had voted them out get to be spectators and watch the one-on-one duel. The winner of Redemption Island stays on Redemption Island, the loser now actually goes home. Week four, there’s another duel, spectators come from the tribes to watch, and it goes on. I highlighted in red the answer to your question. However; we don't know if it is 1 from each tribe that gets to view, or more, or if they get selected to view, or have to win to view, or what!!! So, I guess after this coming Wednesday, we will know a lot more about it.
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 6:17 pm
I am guessing the IC winners get to pick someone to go watch
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Catfat
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02-27-2002
| Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 6:40 pm
Thanks Ginger. I had no idea it was that convoluted. Yikes.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Monday, February 28, 2011 - 6:53 am
For Pamy, regarding the confessional booth when Matt was sent packing: ************************ CBS only gave us a speeded-up version of the players at the booth, showing us who they voted for, but the wording was silenced......so we do not have transcripts for that this week from Episode 2.
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Monday, February 28, 2011 - 3:49 pm
hmmmmmm I wonder why? maybe they gave away info we could use to decipher upcomming vote offs
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Monday, February 28, 2011 - 5:49 pm
Dunno!!!
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 01, 2011 - 6:25 am
Don't know if there is any spoiler value to this or not. ************************ Over at Survivor Fever this morning they show that the Dreamteamers have a video up at CBS.com of rehearsal for the showdown at Redemption Island of "Jailbreak". Basically it is "make a long pole out of the bamboo and stuff that is there, to reach through the bars of the cell to redeem the key(s) to unlock the door". First Survivor through the door wins the RI duel, and the other goes home. The RI challenge should be shown in the Episode first, as a follow-up to last week's show. During the video, it shows other tribemates coming in for the viewing and there are 7 shown.
After booting both Francesca and Matt from Ometepe, there would only be 7 left on Ometepe, so is the tribe of the bootees the tribe that gets to view? But then, in an above post we saw Steve sitting at the challenge, and we know Steve is not on Ometepe.
And it is on the same side as the Dreamteamers are in the video shot of the rehearsal, so maybe the video is showing us that a whole team gets to come, but it is Zapatera that comes, and not Ometepe??? And why ... because they won the IC again? Or they were the ones that won the last IC causing the other tribe to boot Matt? After Wednesday night's viewing, we will understand a lot better how this is going to play out, but I just thought it was interesting that the rehearsal shows 7 viewers, but Steve is on a tribe where there are 9 players left.
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Tuesday, March 01, 2011 - 12:09 pm
I wont be surprised to see Russell or Stephanie go this week because of the preview where she says biggest blindside ever...I think it will be on them and not on who they think it will be on
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 6:53 am
Checking in over at Survivor Blows this morning to see if there is any voting in their voting thread, and to see if anybody has done a SOTS (State of the Spoiling) yet, and they have!!! **************************** Poster Tribephyl did the SOTS and speculated that Matt will lose the RI challenge, leaving Francesca for another day. Ometepe will win the IC, and send Rooster to RI. This is all speculation on the way Tribephyl follows the clues and the preview pics ... which can all be misleading by CBS ... but it is as good a speculation as any. In another thread, the votes are very much split: Russell - 3 Rooster - 5 Stephenie - 5 So .... once again, you can see that nobody really knows. It does look like they are all thinking Zapatera goes to TC this week.
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 12:15 pm
I think they are thinking like me in my post above yours
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 12:18 pm
Another thing I was thinking....LOL 2 thoughts in 1 day I wondered about them making it so public about Russ spoiling last seasons....if he went deep into the game I wouldnt think they would want such negative attention drawn to him...I dunno...it's also just a feeling I get by his FB posts over couple months
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Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001
| Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 3:52 pm
Pamy - my first and ONLY thought for the day - perhaps when the network went after Missyea, they had no clue what or who his source was. Then when it turned out to be Russell, there was some serious back-pedaling!
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 7:00 pm
well SexyTNT...only time will tell whose thought was right LOL! I bet producers are hoping Russ wins at RI and than Rob is voted off next...so they will get their Rob vs Russell showdown! That would be epic!
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