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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, December 20, 2010 - 11:17 am
Short Article by Jeff Probst: link
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Monday, December 20, 2010 - 10:36 pm
I hope it works out.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Monday, December 20, 2010 - 10:38 pm
Jeff seems really excited about it - I hope that's a good sign!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 9:15 am
I'm ok with this twist because for me the twists don't matter much it's all about who they cast. If they get interesting, funny, dynamic, quirky people that know the game they can throw any twist in and I'd be fine. I wonder if we'll see much of the people sent off to fend for themselves and I wonder if anyone will decide they can't hack it alone and decide to leave rather than to wait for the next evicted castaway?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 11:22 am
It sounds like only the winner of the duel is going to spend much time on the island, so those ones will probably be motivated to stay. If they were the sort who asked people to vote them out then they probably would let the person already on the Island beat them at the duel.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 6:18 pm
I think this twist sounds great! In past seasons, many were voted out early out of pure jealousy from their tribe mates. I've always wished that some of these folks could get a 2nd chance.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 6:34 am
Do I understand correctly that a person sent to Redemption Island has to KEEP winning to stay in the game? It is not defeat the next person to arrive and then go back to the game? I wonder when that person DOES finally get to rejoin the group? It is going to take a lot of ingenuity on the part of the production staff to have contests with level playing fields on the island. No reward challenges that give folks a chance to get some food in themselves - Should be an interesting season!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 7:20 am
it just sounds like the MTV game - goolag or whatever they call it -
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 8:16 am
It's NOT the first time someone voted out gets to come back into the game. One year TWO players came back.

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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 10:20 am
I kind of think the same thing...that the person on Redemption Island has to keep winning, or if they lose then another contestant will take their place and have to defeat the next ousted contestant...up until the point where they rejoin the game (probably after the merge). Hated the season the two contestants came back...I could have lived forever without seeing that Boy Scouts uniform again!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 11:25 am
I like that it takes winning more duels for an early evictee to get the chance to reenter the game than a late evictee. Afterall, they made a big mistake somewhere to be kicked out so soon, so it makes sense that they have to work harder to regain entry. I wonder how they're going to feed the Redemption Island person. What if they are horrifically bad at fishing?? Maybe it will be an island of fruit.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 11:50 am
Jeff said they would have the same supplies/food as the people at camp.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 11:53 am
Ah right, thanks, so at the worst it will just be bland.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 5:21 pm
And apparently pretty meager in terms of amount - which presents another dilemma for the RI foks. Eat lots of rice and carb up for the coming contest(s) with the next arrival(s) OR eat sparingly so that if you defeat the new arrival(s), you will have enough to last until you return to the mainland - I think this is going to be interesting!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 5:35 pm
Surely they'd have to dole it out by the day (or two days, whatever the period is between challenges). They couldn't have someone who assumed they'd never win at the duels eating all the food at once, meaning the next evictees would get nothing.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 6:39 pm
I think the difference with people returning this time is that the contestants go into KNOWING that the evicted person might show up again. That should alter the way the play the game/make alliances, etc. The last time they brought back the two players, it was a total blindside. I'm looking forward to it; it makes them scramble more and that should make for good TV. 
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 7:15 pm
Kitt and Teach - those are good reasons why I think this twist might really bring some new strategies to the game! Or then again it might be lame - we will have to wait and see!
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, December 27, 2010 - 2:15 pm
I thought we could all benefit from the encouraging news that the new "Survivor" starts seven weeks from tomorroe night! Addicted much?!?
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Friend
Member
05-21-2008
| Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 6:51 am
You know, Tnt, that does sound better when you put it that way. Thanks! In fact, I feel a happy dance coming on! 
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 9:07 am
My big concern is going to be the RI duels. From what info has been leaked out it looks to be OK, but they have to make a right balance between skill/endurance/puzzle/physical challenges, so theoretically either person could win, no matter what the match up is (male/male, female/female, male/female). If they mess the balance up, you could see a lot of one-sided duels, which make for boring TV.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 10:20 am
My biggest concern about RI, is between the RC, IC and RI duels and then TC, there will be very little time to show what is going on around camp.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 11:45 am
Maybe they will make it a two-hour show for us, Lex?
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 12:04 pm
TNT, I wish... or at least 90 minutes. I enjoy watching them at camp. It gives us a good insight as to who they are. We won't have a clue about these survivors if the entire hour is RC, IC, RI and TC.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 12:21 pm
I thought I remembered hearing that they would do away with RC's, in order to fit in the extra challenge? Or combine reward with immunity?
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 12:22 pm
Yup I did read it, in the link in the first post in this thread: n another format switch, since each episode will include a Redemption Island duel, you can expect there to be just one combined reward/immunity challenge per episode for the players that have yet to be voted out.
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