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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 12:03 am
Oh and I sure hope Gabon isn't scary/starving like the last Africa season..
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Rainbow
Member
09-29-2006
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 12:08 am
Did Amanda win any $$$ for placing second? I remember years ago with Survivor Australia that Tina won the million and Colby (who won the final challenge and picked Tina as the other finalist) won $100,000. At the time, everybody said that picking Tina was his $900,000 mistake.....
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 12:38 am
Rainbow, I know what they get is graduated, higher the longer they stay. That was another reason Erik was silly to give up his immunity even if he thought he wouldn't make it much longer, because he would have taken home more money.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 1:13 am
I'm TOTALLY disappointed that Cirie didn't win this! Wouldn't that have been pure pleasure watching her respond to the jury questions? Showing how all the webs had been woven? Yum. At least the last challenge was one that seemed fair - in that Cirie had a reasonable chance to win, no standing on some tiny peg holding heavy weights for hours. I kind of wonder if that one little move didn't make the difference? Yes, Cirie is a surgical nurse accustomed to holding 'retractors' for long periods of time. But, on the 2nd to last hold, Amanda changed to underhanded hold [allowing some muscles a rest/break] then went back in the last segment to overhanded hold. On the other hand, Cirie stuck with the overhanded hold all the way thru. Dang, I just wanted Cirie to win. She WAS the mastermind. I don't blame her for feeling offended when, at the jury questioning, Amanda gave ALL the credit to Pavarti for the gameplay - that was mostly Cirie's handiwork.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 1:32 am
I also think the fact that Parvati had been schmoozing and working with the Fans was what tipped the pot. Caused Alexis/Nat/Jason to vote for her. Once Cirie & Eliza added their votes (from what I've been able to read happened), like it or not, the Win tilted to Parv. Amanda was one of the Favs, plus seemed a bit cold towards the Fans. That wasn't surprising the Fans would lean towards Parv. In the cases of Cirie & Eliza, I think they were voting AGAINST Amanda, not necessarily FOR Parv.
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 1:54 am
I think that this time, Amanda lost the game more because of her performance in the F3 TC than the final TC. Though I don't believe she was faking it, her tears really ticked off the women in the jury. That includes Cirie who might have been less bitter if Amanda wasn't so emotional about her vote.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 2:00 am
Yeah, like tears of playing the 'poor ME, feel sorry for Amanda' card - when it was Cirie that was getting discarded. And Eliza's eyes were rolling overtime IIRC.
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 5:40 am
Disappointing end. I wanted Cirie or Amanda to win. Amanda closed out both of her seasons the same way. I agree that she lost the votes at jury questioning. We should have known she would blow it based on the interview with Jeff Probst that Ladytex posted last week. The interviewer commented that Amanda would probably have learned from the last jury questioning, and Jeff said something like, "Yeah, you would think." At least the puppy dog eyes were not as bad this time as last. Didn't she also leave the last elimination tribal council last year all pissed off at Todd for something he said in front of the jury? Oh well, at least she got $100K and Ozzy. I don't understand why those getting to F2 don't put a little more thought and effort into their opening statements before the jury. Amanda's was really quite lame. Both Amanda and Parvati began with, "Ummm . . ."
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 5:42 am
When Amanda's "doe eyes" and sad face didn't win it for her last time, she should have tried something else THIS time! By the end of TC, I was for Parv which I never thought I would say -
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 6:16 am
I just watched bits and pieces of last night's show, and I personally think Parvati is one of the least liked Survivor winners. I was paying attention to the applause from the audience as the votes were being read, and I just don't think Parvati is that much of a fav. She did, however, ensure jury votes by pulling in Alexis and Natalie, and those two votes are what locked it for her. I was glad to hear Ozzy and Amanda are still dating. They are kinda cute together. As far as Amanda learning from her last season, I don't think she really had a chance to. She didn't really spend a lot of time being able to analyze what went wrong to land her in 2nd place. And I honestly don't think there's much she could've done, with the Alexis/Natalie/Parvati secondary alliance. This was an odd season. I didn't like Natalie, and I gave props to Cirie but didn't really like her arrogance, and there were quite a few odd (and kinda not real likable) people on. But this was the BEST SEASON ever for The Dumbest Move In Survivor History. Erik wears that crown well. And speaking of, I loved how he talked about morals. While I think morals don't really have a place in a game for a million bucks, and having been a fan for years, I'm not sure Erik really belonged on Survivor island. Anyways... how cool they are going back to Africa!
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 6:20 am
Glad James won fan fav, not only is he eye candy, but incredibly sweet and humble. I also wanted Cirie to win and then Amanda.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 6:22 am
Oh yeah, there was no doubt that James would win the fan award. Especially after having had to be evacuated. His being eye candy was only part of it. (Of course, I didn't vote, but if I had, it would've been for James.) I also thought it interesting that Ozzy and Amanda were in the top 3 votes. I thought Ozzy acted just a wee bit too bitter to garner much in the way of votes (his actions after being blindsided).
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Marej
Member
09-20-2002
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 6:26 am
Not pleased with the winner. Things I noticed last night....The looks that Nat kept giving Parv. Parv hanging on to Amanda and she looked nervous or in shock during the reunion show. James answer to Jeff about any new experiences at the cemetary, "This one lady said her mom (who died) really liked my abs." Sigh... Nat needs to get off her me me me high horse and make that move on Parv. Ozzy's answer to Jeff about Amanda.."Well, Jeff, you know about these Survivor girls." Meaning JP's GF Julie from Survivor.
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 6:38 am
That includes Cirie who might have been less bitter if Amanda wasn't so emotional about her vote. Bitter?? I didn't see bitterness from Cirie at all. She said that she believed it wasn't an easy decision for Amanda. When Amanda cried after voting her out, she hugged her and said 'it's okay...it's alright.' Then she said to her family 'I tried my hardest...it just wasn't meant to be.' Then at tribal she smiled and said 'congratulations to both of you'.... then 'thanks ladies, good luck.' I think she was a great sport and a class act. SO sad that female viewers gave their vote to Ozzy for the $100k instead of Cirie
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 6:38 am
I voted for James five times. My vote for him as fav is that he didnt get a chance to go all the way all because of an infected finger. It really was a bad break. It was a great season so I dont really have a problem with Parv winning, any one of the final three would have been ok with me because they all played the game hard and none of them were floaters. The only thing that was also a shame is that we didnt really get to see Eliza's personality interms of her views of the other survivors till she was on the jury. She made the tribal councils so entertaining and also the Ponderosa clips were great because of her. Ozzy was a wet blanket, talk about sour grapes.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 6:58 am
It's ex-GF Julie.
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Ark
Member
07-10-2001
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 7:22 am
I didn't connect the "survivor girls" comment to Julie because I was too busy laughing about his scrubbing toilets story, which I thought was a dig on Denise.
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Jumanji
Member
09-05-2004
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 7:38 am
Jeff Probst and Julie are no longer dating?
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 7:39 am
I always find it disturbing to see the survivors all plump and made up at the reunion show. I thought he was joking about Denise, too.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 7:42 am
They're not. Link
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Nerovh
Member
06-12-2005
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 8:48 am
I only saw snips of the reunion show, what was that about somebody dating Ryan O. from Pearl Islands?
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 8:54 am
Ponderosa at cbs.com has more clips that are fun to see (Nat arriving, Cirie arriving, Amanda and Parv arriving and end of show partying around)
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 9:12 am
I always find it disturbing to see the survivors all plump and made up at the reunion show. Lol Slinky (me too). Some certainly look more 'in their element' roughing it in the jungle
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 9:16 am
Anyone know if this part of Color's above link/article is true (especially the part of them strip searching everyone?: Also in the interview, Jeff reveals that during Survivor All Stars, Richard Hatch, who was the first player eliminated from his tribe, smuggled matches in his (blank). Literally. He says that during that season, “a guy put matches in a little container up his bum. We were watching Richard who is our most infamous survivor of all time. … We decided to make it really hard and not give him flint for six days. Richard was like, ‘I am not really worried.’ Our producers said, ‘It’s weird.’ Suddenly his group had fire. I don’t remember who it was but somebody tracked it down and found this little vial. So we now strip search everyone.”
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 9:17 am
Absolutely wonderful season!!!! I loved loved loved that the women got together and made an alliance, supported one another and stuck with it till the end. Loved it! Loved the "STIRRING THE POT" ceremonies...lol Really wish it could have been a F3 cause I too would have loved to see Cirie talking with the jury. I loved her the first time and again this time. Wish she could have won the fav vote. Not surprised tho cause in real life seldom do the women stick together....some are always giving away the power to some good looking, charming man that has turned their head...lol Jeff didn't seem to appreciate Ozzie's little poke at him about "survivor girlfriends" and "being so popular that he now has to clean toilets (janitor Denise scam)"...lol It was sad that Ozzie forgot what they all went to do on survivor///PLAY A GAME OZZIE, his speech to Parvati, during questioning, seem to imply he was there for friendship and love....foolish boy. Loved it all, wonderful season. Eric is adorable but you would think he would have known that you needed at least a little ruthlessness to win this game.
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