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Alaginger
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07-11-2002

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 8:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alaginger a private message Print Post    
Next Survivor is Sunday, May 15th ... two-hour show followed by Live Finale.

Be sure to mark your calendars accordingly.

Alaginger
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 12:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alaginger a private message Print Post    
Thanks to Survivor Fever - Pics from Sunday's Show - The Finale
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Transcript:

Jeff Probst: Next time on the special two hour Season Finale, everyone has a plan to win it all.

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Natalie [talking to Ashley]: It's the three of us til the end. Promise you.

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Probst: But someone will return from Redemption Island...

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Mike [camera confessional]: Three will fall, one will remain.

Probst: ...and it puts everybody in jeopardy.

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Rob [camera confessional]: It's pretty big stakes.

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Phillip: All good things must come to an end.

Probst: Sunday, May 15th.

Alaginger
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 12:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alaginger a private message Print Post    
Jeff's Blog:
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I’m traveling to NY tonight for the live finale which airs this Sunday night on CBS, so this blog will be short and.. it will be a blog, not a vlog.

GRANT’S GOODBYE
“See ya soon.”

It wasn’t his words, it was the subtext behind them. Grant is a scorned lover. He trusted Rob. I believe he trusted him 100%… and he got burned. It’s another great example of why this game is so difficult to play: Outwit, Outlast, Outplay. Everybody knows it’s a game, but where the game begins and ends is a personal decision and often where the game is won or lost.

Did Rob make a mistake in voting out Grant? We’ll find out at the live finale this Sunday, May 15th in New York… because if Grant survives Redemption Island and gets back in the game, Rob is in trouble.

THE JURY
Once again, three people will make it to the final tribal council. After 39 days of incredible effort, their actions will be judged by a jury, which is comprised of people they have voted out of the game.

Will the jury be a bunch of bitter b*tches intent on punishing the most deserving and rewarding the least offensive? It certainly wouldn’t be the first time. Jury management- it’s the most critical element to this game. Not only do you have to get to the end, which almost always requires betraying someone (before they betray you) but then you have to convince those same people you betrayed to vote for you for the million dollars.

It hurts my head.

I hope the jury rewards the best player, we’re due for a decent winner. Here’s my take on deserving/undeserving.

Boston Rob – Hands down the most deserving player… if he can make it to the end. Big IF.

Matt – If Matt gets off Redemption Island and makes it to the end I think he has a good shot of winning simply based on the “underdog” vote. However, if I was in the final against Matt, I’d make a strong case that while he may be the best “dueler” he is clearly the worst player and therefore not deserving of the money.

Mike – If Mike makes it to the end, he wins. Period. Doesn’t matter who he is up against, the Zapatera jury will find their inner b*tch and reward it to their former tribemate. Rob’s worst nightmare is Mike gets back in the game.

Grant – If Grant makes it, he could make a case for the money. If he’s up against Natalie and Phillip he wins. Ashley or Rob will give him a run for his money and make for a very interesting final tribal council.

Ashley – If Ashley continues to win her way to the end, she will have a very strong case. I would definitely consider voting for her for the money, unless she was up against Rob.

Natalie – Can’t win. If Natalie wins, then the jury should be taken to a small stream and dunked repeatedly until their bellies fill with guppies. I think Natalie did a good job and probably learned a lot about strategy from her mentor. But it’s not nearly enough.

Andrea – The dark horse. Although she didn’t play the best game, she played a pretty decent game and I think she got better with each passing day. If Andrea can get to the end against Ashley and Natalie or Phillip she wins.

Phillip – If Phillip wins, it means that we will have witnessed one of the most amazing final episodes in the history of our show. The only way he wins is if he reveals that his “former federal agent” and everything that came with it was all a big con.

Okay I’m gonna get some sleep – talk to you Sunday from the live finale. It starts at 8pm and lasts 3 hours. Don’t’ be a fool and DVR it, watch it live.

I’ll be tweeting during the finale and I promise to do my very best to not post any spoilers so you can watch along without having it ruined. But hear me.. no promises. So if you’re at all concerned, then don’t follow me Sunday night!

Alaginger
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 4:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alaginger a private message Print Post    
One more pic from the promo to bring over:
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Poster Flowerpower, over at Survivor Blows, seems to think that Matt has been foreshadowed to come back into the game at F3/F4 since the beginning.
She believes the confessional above with Mike is just CBS Misdirection.

Poster Krautboy, agrees with her, and points to this picture in the promo for next week as proof.
1. He also seems to think the picture in the lean-to is proof that Rob, Natalie and Phillip are F3, and Matt will make it F4.

We must have a powerful show coming Sunday if we see 4 going to RI duel (Ashley not among them), and then there has to be an IC for Ashley to go missing from the lean-to picture, and then another RI duel to get to where Matt is the one returning, and then another challenge to get to F3. That's a lot of show for us to watch!!!

Pamy
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 5:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Im thinking Phill might win just by JP assessments above

Goddessatlaw
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 6:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
I dislike this business of 9 people being left for Finals Sunday.

Having said that, I do think that if Rob makes it into the finals he wins regardless of whether Mike finds himself there too. This jury is pretty mature and I don't see them taking the bitter Betty route, with the possible exception of Ralph.

Alaginger
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 4:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alaginger a private message Print Post    
More pics and transcript thanks to Survivor Fever:
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VO: Sunday ...

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Rob: "This is something I've been trying to do for ten years now."

VO: Can Boston Rob, one of the greatest players in Survivor history, finally win it all?

Rob: "There's nothing that's gonna stop me."

VO: Will the women wake up and knock him out ...

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Ashley: "We could ... take out Boston Rob."

VO: ... or can Phillip, the craziest Survivor ever, pull off the surprise of the century?

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Phillip: "... be the man!"

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VO: Three Tribal Councils. Two Stunning Hours. One Ultimate Survivor.

VO: Don't miss the Survivor Season Finale and live Reunion show, Sunday, only CBS.

Pamy
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 6:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Im so excited!!!! this has been such a great season ...cant remember the last time we were goin into the finals with no clue what will happen :-)

Alaginger
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alaginger a private message Print Post    
Look at what Ralph (Rooster) had to say about Phillip in his interview with RNO - Reality News Online:
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RNO: Did you think Phillip was as loony-tunes as he seemed, with the feather in his cap and talk about meditation visions?

Ralph: I might have said Phillip was crazy maybe one time. At first, I thought he was a little disturbed. Then I got to thinking it might be the way he played the game. Now I think it’s the way he played the game. In real life you can’t do that. I think you’d get killed, especially where I live.

We got along great. He argued a little over the rice and what really bothered me was we were two teams at the get-go and after the merge we were still two teams.

Other than that, Phillip is one of a kind.

RNO: That’s one way to put it!

Ralph: He’s put on some TV time and I think he’s awesome – I’ve laughed at him and laughed at him and laughed at him. A lot of that I didn’t get to see, now that I see it, I hee-hawed. He acts like he’s high-tempered but he’s jolly as can be.

Alaginger
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Other excerpts from Ralph as he talked with "Today - Online":
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Q&A With Ralph Kiser

What's your opinion of the way Rob is playing the game?
Rob is not really playing the game. Rob is letting them play them the game.

..Most fans, including Rob himself, say he's playing nonstop.
Well, I look at it different. He's letting everybody else cut their own throats. [With everyone hating] Phillip, [he said,] "Hey, we've got to keep Phillip here." They [treat Rob] like he is a little angel. Rob's strategy—he's played it something similar, every time I watched him on TV, based on way back, when Big Tom and all of them played. He will tell you one thing and shake your hand and grin and then do the opposite, and get that sneaky look and s--t-eating grin, and he done it again last night to Grant. Over a little money people will go any way, do anything, and he's [willing] to do it.

What's your opinion of Phillip?
With Phillip...I ain't gonna say he's crazy. Phillip I think is playing the game. He is the best player I have seen so far that has played the game, that's left. He's trying to make enemies and he's not doing it. You think you'd get rid of the enemy. They're not trying to get rid of him. I think Phillip is doing the best at the game playing—because I don't think that's himself, in real life, out here in the real world. He is the best player.

Which player annoyed you the most?
Probably the two ladies that sit around and didn't do nothing.

Did that include Andrea, or just Ashley and Natalie?
Ashley and Natalie. Andrea was a working little girl, she had a heart to play the game, she just had a leader that told her not to play the game with us. They didn't really do nothing, Natalie and Ashley. They kind of bothered me because you're there to play a game—but that might have been their way of playing it: Just lay around and take it easy.

Pamy
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makes it seem like he votes for Phil not Rob

Alaginger
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Friday, May 13, 2011 - 5:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alaginger a private message Print Post    
CBS Misdirection for the Finale Show on Sunday:
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THE WINNER OF THE FINAL REDEMPTION ISLAND DUEL RE-ENTERS THE GAME FOR THEIR SHOT AT 1 MILLION DOLLARS AND THE CHANCE TO BE CROWNED 'SOLE SURVIVOR,' ON A SPECIAL TWO-HOUR SEASON FINALE, FOLLOWED BY A ONE-HOUR LIVE REUNION SHOW OF "SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLAND," SUNDAY, MAY 15

"Seems like a No Brainer" - The last chance for immunity is a fight to the finish with an unlikely pairing of castaways, and the final three plead their case to the jury-find out who will outplay, outwit and outlast the others, on the two-hour season finale, followed by a one-hour live reunion show of SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLAND, Sunday, May 15 (8:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Jag2000
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I think that Rob made a bad decision having them vote out Grant. Keeping those 2 girls together in
the game is not good for Rob. I felt it the second he suggested voting out Grant that it would be his downfall. Hope I am wrong!

Csnog
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Friday, May 13, 2011 - 4:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Csnog a private message Print Post    
"Seems Like A No-Brainer" is something that Rob would say about voting out the returnee.

Alaginger
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At the beginning of the season, we had a spoiler from a call sheet that was inadvertently left in a hotel room:
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It showed the last challenges:

From Call Sheets Spoiler >>

Late Game Challenges Include:

Bone to Pick {We just saw that one --- Ashley won immunity from it}

So, that leaves these 3 for Sunday

Numbers Game

Meso Maze

A Leg Up (Dual)
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Don't know what any of these are ... or whether they are IC or RI challenges. The last one, "A Leg Up" says (Dual), so that sounds like an RI challenge.

I'm just wondering if Numbers Game is the IC at F4, and probably Ashley gets the boot.

Then, surprise, Meso Maze is an IC for the F3, sending one more to RI.

And then, "A Leg Up" (Dual) is an RI challenge between 5 people, the winner getting to be the F3 person.

That would be a big hoot if the RI winner automatically gets an F3 spot by winning the RI challenge, and gets to toot their own horn as to why they should be awarded the $1 million rather than the F2 left after all the booting.

Just a thought........

Juju2bigdog
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Friday, May 13, 2011 - 10:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
I saw a video of the Meso Maze today. Sheesh, could they invent a challenge that is more guaranteed for Rob to win it easily without exerting himself too much? I don't think so.

Alaginger
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Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 5:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alaginger a private message Print Post    
Here's a link to the Meso Maze.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBRgc4bsea4

John mentions for the F4, so I guess that blew my little theory apart about it being possibly for the F3.

Rvon
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Wow! This will be interesting to see who does well in this. Looks like a tough one to me.

Alaginger
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Somebody took pity on us and typed out the details of the Meso Maze challenge:
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Transcript:

John Kirhoffer [Survivor Challenges Producer]: Behind the Scenes of the Challenges, this is the Meso Maze, Meso-American Maze. The way it works, our final four contestants start by the ocean. They will race into the maze. They will go to four different pyramids. Inside each of the pyramids there is a color coded bag of puzzle pieces. Untying those puzzle pieces raises a flag. When they get all their bags of puzzle pieces they run up the stairs, drop them off on their table and solve a geometric flipped word. That's right this is Survivor geometric flipped word. The winner, guaranteed a spot in the Final Three.

Pamy
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Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 2:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
from Jeffs comments in last few days I really think Natalie wins...she is the only one he says cant win...why would he basically give us that spoiler?

Alaginger
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Okay ... here we are. Pics and transcript of the RI final dual:
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Transcript:

Jeff Probst: We'll now bring in the competitors for today's final duel. Matt, Mike, Andrea and Grant. Welcome to Redemption Island Arena for your final duel. [Matt pumps fist]
Phillip, Rob, Natalie, Ashley are all here to witness this duel because clearly they have a vested interest in the outcome.

Here's how it works. You will place your foot on one end of a balancing board, on the other end is a ceramic vase. When the vase falls, you're out of the challenge, you're out of the game. Last person standing with their vase intact rejoins this game and their shot at the money. Lose and you are out and become the fifth, sixth and seventh members of the jury. This is it. One last shot. Take your spots.

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So, from that list of 3 challenges left, it looks like:

"A Leg Up" is the RI Challenge
"Meso Maze" is a Final Four Challenge

So, what is Numbers Game? If whoever wins "A Leg Up" joins the tribe, there are 5......and "Meso Maze is Final Four"...so I'm guessing Numbers Game must be with 5 of them and they vote one off....either the returnee from RI, or Ashley like they wanted to do last week, or if Rob's HII isn't any good any more, maybe he gets axed (I doubt it).

We still don't know........that's good!!!

Konamouse
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Oooh, Mike was steady as a rock during that plate & balls challenge.. Go Mike!!


Pamy
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Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 8:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Kona,LOL that challenge had some of the best lines!!! even JP tweeted he giggled about some of the stuff he said. I cant remember what they were but something like Mike's balls are hanging by a thread LOL

Scarebaby
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Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scarebaby a private message Print Post    
I know this has been asked before, but if there are 3 in the finale, a tie is possible. What happens in that case? The reason I ask is that the logo for this season has two people in it.



Alaginger
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Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 2:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alaginger a private message Print Post    
Interesting catch Scarebaby. I haven't seen anybody discussing that at any of the other boards. I got curious and went into Google.com and looked at images of all the past logos. This is the only one with 2 people on it, but all the past logos had animals, symbols, whatever, and in one or two cases, a single person. I really don't think it means anything. Maybe just that on RI there are male and female that might come back.

Regarding a tie...they've been doing the 9 jury and 3 survivors for awhile now, and we've all wondered what a tie would entail. So far, we haven't seen what they have planned if that happens. 3,3,3 ... 4,4,1 ... couple of chances there at ties.

Alaginger
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Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 2:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alaginger a private message Print Post    
Checking in over at Survivor Blows where the voting is going on:
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Most seem to think that Rob is finally going to win $1 million.

Most think that it will be Matt or Mike coming back from RI (most lean towards Matt).
They all seem to think that the RI returnee will win the next IC, Rob will play his HII, and Ashley will walk.
Then they think Rob wins the maze, and Matt/Mike get the boot.
Voting ... Phil and Nat will just not get the votes Rob will.

Anyway, that's how they are speculating mostly.

Alaginger
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Rehearsal picture of the F4 challenge --- Meso Maze
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Alaginger
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Here ... let me lighten that and make it bigger:
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Scarebaby
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Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 1:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scarebaby a private message Print Post    
hmm...well, based on the logo and my post (a few posts back), I'm going to go out on a limb and predict co winners...Rob and Andrea. Guess we'll know in a few hours!

Holly
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From your lips to God's ear. Rob FTW. Finally!

Then from here on, no more returnees to these shows. I couldn't stand to see Phillip, Coach or that little troll Russell one more time. How many times do these losers have to be brought back?

Scarebaby
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Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scarebaby a private message Print Post    
I agree. I hope never to see Russell's face again. And Coach. No more returnees!

Tweety
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Re the logo - it looks like a silhouette of Russell (left) and Rob.

Roxip
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I have to say that as much as I love spoilers, I also equally love the fact that there weren't reliable spoilers this season. Does that make me a little twisted?