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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 4:42 pm
Thanks to Survivor Skills, a couple of little things have started to surface. ****************** Pre-Season Spoils: jessiek: no more exile island and no more hidden immunity idol Danieu: Diverse in age, and there's less mactors (Ginger: There is reference to a hint of return to Survivor 1. When asked what that meant, the Diverse in age, etc. remark was made)
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Aurora23
Member
03-22-2008
| Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 4:45 pm
yay! ginger's back with spoilers! 
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 4:54 pm
(LOL) Aurora!!! Also, thanks to Survivor Skills...... Crystal Cox has been confirmed as one of the Gabon contestants. She is an Olympic Gold Medal winner and is 6'3" tall. Another contestant they talked about (J.R. Ghosthorse from N. Carolina) is a native American male, but I didn't see if that had been confirmed yet.
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - 5:49 am
I also read yesterday while I was scooting around, but can't find it now .... and not sure if this is a spoiler or not, but I thought it was interesting enough you might want to read it. A gorilla punches one of the contestants in the face. ????
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Aurora23
Member
03-22-2008
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 7:50 pm
(((((ginger))))) you are the best! 
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Friday, August 15, 2008 - 4:38 pm
Okay....let me start all over again.
Jeff Probst at the new set for the Tribal Council for Gabon.
A real contestant of the 18 selected for the show. He was in the previews.
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Justavice
Member
11-22-2005
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 6:57 am
Ok, so I've been a lurker on a website called bitterwaitress.com for a long time and there is a guy, BistroRob, who is a young, cocky, instigator on the site and has been talking about Survivor for months and months and months. Then he disappeared. Now he's back and it seems he was indeed on the show. I can't wait to see if it was really him, or if I fell for it. Here is a link to the thread where he returns. I'll give the disclaimer that they are a very loosely "modded" site, mature audiences only. http://bitterwaitress.net/smf/index.php?topic=10852.0
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 9:18 am
I wonder if Eeyore knows of this site. Thx Just, interesting stuff!
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Aurora23
Member
03-22-2008
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 9:40 am
isn't that Mark Burnett, the director of Survivor?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 3:24 pm
no, but it does look like he could be his son 
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 6:22 pm
Okay...here's a link to some contestant spoilers that have just come up at Survivor Fever. I'm not going to copy the pictures and the info since I think CBS will be making the total announcement in just a day or two. Supposedly that picture above is a young doctor out of Jacksonville, Fl. http://www.survivorfever.net/s17_cast.html
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 7:09 pm
cool! Thx Ginger!!
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Aurora23
Member
03-22-2008
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 9:59 pm
 Mark Burnett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Young doctor you are correct, pamy. it appears it is the young doctor ginger posted about.
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 12:12 pm
The above link now has 9 of the 18 spoiled....
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Monday, August 25, 2008 - 4:29 pm
CBS Moves Back Survivor: Gabon Premiere Source: CBS August 25, 2008 CBS is moving the season premiere of "Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden" to Thursday, Sept. 25 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), marking the first-ever two-hour premiere for any edition of the long-running hit series. The premiere of "Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden" was originally announced for Thursday, Sept. 18 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT). The premiere of "Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden," which will also be the first edition broadcast in high definition, will be followed by a rebroadcast of last season's "CSI" cliffhanger finale.
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 5:09 am
Posted in the news on August 23rd:
CBS will push back the premiere of the next "Survivor" by a week. "Survivor: Gabon -- Earth's Last Eden" will have a two-hour opener at 8 p.m. Sept. 25. Emmy-nominee Jeff Probst is the host. The players will be announced Wednesday. Usually, CBS give the reality contest a week's jump on premiere week. Not this time. The new season officially starts Sept. 22. CBS will try to use the full power of "Survivor" to blunt the competition. CBS also wants to make a bigger deal in premiere week because "Survivor" will be in HD for the first time.
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Aurora23
Member
03-22-2008
| Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 10:31 am
woohoo! players to be announced tomorrow! just can't wait. thanks, ginger.
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 4:14 pm
Exclusive: The cast of 'Survivor' Gabon Aug 27, 2008, 06:00 AM | by Hollywood Insider Categories: TV Biz -- written by Dalton Ross The 18 contestants competing this fall on Survivor: Gabon—Earth’s Last Eden for the series' 17th cycle include an Olympic gold medalist, a Gilmore Girls actress, and a professional video game champion, EW.com has learned exclusively. Crystal Cox, who won gold at the Athens Games in 2004 as part of the 4x400m track relay team, is the biggest name on the roster this season, which premieres with a two-hour episode on Sept. 25. Also among the fresh faces is Jessica “Sugar” Kiper (Gilmore Girls fans may remember her as the pin-up model who made out with Milo Ventimiglia during her four-episode arc as Shane) and Ken Hoang, the current international champion of Nintendo’s Super Smash Brothers Melee video game. There will also be a prominent international presence, with contestants who have lived in South Africa (Gillian Larson), London (Ace Gordon), and Chile (Paloma Soto-Castillo). As for the format, the biggest twist of Survivor: Gabon involves Exile (formerly Exile Island). “When you go to Exile this time you can either get a clue that will help you find the hidden immunity idol, or you can get ‘instant comfort’ — a nice thing to sleep on, some food, some fruit,” explains host Jeff Probst. “Depending upon the time, we’ll make the temptation bigger and bigger. The idea was to see if anybody would be dumb enough to choose comfort over the only thing that guarantees you to stick in the game, which is immunity.” Okay, did it work? “By the time this season is over, you can make the case that maybe this is the dumbest team when it comes to idol play.” Also for the first time ever, Survivor: Gabon will be shot entirely in HD. “If you’re a Survivor fan and you have HD, it will be a completely different show,” Probst promises. “When you incorporate the wildlife, it’s kind of like being in a Spielberg movie. I mean, it’s so real-looking that it’s exciting and scary.” And that wildlife Probst speaks of will come into play when elephants visit a tribe camp. “A truly real, raw moment of a wild animal that’s not in a park or some protected area,” Probst says. The contestants of Survivor: Gabon will be divided up into two tribes at the very outset by a good old fashioned schoolyard pick ’em, which will immediately lead to the contestants’ first challenge. And while there are no hardcore “showmances” this time around, Probst does tease that one player proves particularly popular: “Marcus, the doctor from Georgia — one of the most arrogant guys that we’ve had on the show — he at one point had three people after him. And not only women.”
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 4:20 pm
Okay, this time the bios are actually up for the real players of Survivor: Gabon. Here's the link!!! http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/bio/
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Aurora23
Member
03-22-2008
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 4:36 pm
ginger, in this article that wilsonatmd posted in another thread there is a link to all the contestants with commentary by Jeff: Survivor Contestants
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 5:33 pm
Ah....good link, and good read. I almost put it here myself, but decided I would put the cbs one instead. The extra bit by Jeff was worth it...thanks Aurora!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 7:10 pm
Anyyyyyything by Jeff is worth it... BTW Ginger, are you packed up and ready to go (or are you going to ride it out?)
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 7:18 pm
CORINNE SAYS: ''Honestly, like, I'm a girl. We've all starved ourselves here and there. I can starve for a little while. I think there are no losers in Survivor: We all come home skinny, detoxed, and tan. We're all winners.'' OMG - she is using Survivor as a Fat Farm? Eating Disorder potential? Jeesh. But Ken is a true nerd. I think when the show began he weighed less than [China's] Courtney did.'' I bet Corinne was jealous.

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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 8:11 pm
Kona, do you feel that going into Survivor a little over weight is a good thing compared to being right at your ideal weight with 13% body fat?
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Aurora23
Member
03-22-2008
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 8:45 pm
absolutely, lancecrossfire. they all drop a bunch of weight. it can't be healthy to go in there at your ideal weight or less.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 9:51 pm
They all 'plump up' quickly after they come back anyway, so it's only a short term weight loss program.
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 6:35 am
Lexie.....I'm watching the storm very carefully. I will get serious on Saturday, and if I think leaving is a good idea, I'll leave on Sunday. We sold the house that flooded - gutted and treated for mold. The new house is 23 feet above sea level, so my concern is wind. Therefore, Category 3 or less, I'll tough it out unless my daughter has to work at the hospital through the storm and panics about getting the grandkids out of here. I have a sister just East of Mobile, so I can head that way....maybe even during the night to ease up on traffic concerns. But people in New Orleans and here are starting to panic. I don't panic that easily. Thanks for the concern!!!
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 4:54 pm
Don't know all the names of all the people yet, or what they are doing....but here's so pics from over at Survivor Fever that I'm bringing over so you can see a little bit from the promo.

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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Friday, August 29, 2008 - 1:48 pm
Thanks to Danni over at Survivor Skills, here's some things about the game that have been published. ___________________________________ CBS PRESS RELEASE "In a strange coincidence to Earth's Last Eden - good vs. evil emerges as a major theme this season. I think the audience will quickly identify with one group or the other," host Jeff Probst teases. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&& HollywoodInsider.ew.com As for the format, the biggest twist of Survivor: Gabon involves Exile (formerly Exile Island). "When you go to Exile this time you can either get a clue that will help you find the hidden immunity idol, or you can get 'instant comfort' - a nice thing to sleep on, some food, some fruit," explains host Jeff Probst. "Depending upon the time, we'll make the temptation bigger and bigger. The idea was to see if anybody would be dumb enough to choose comfort over the only thing that guarantees you to stick in the game, which is immunity." Okay, did it work? "By the time this season is over, you can make the case that maybe this is the dumbest team when it comes to idol play." &&&&&&&&&&&&&&& TheTrade.com The show’s addition of a hidden immunity idol (which Probst describes as “one of the best inventions we’ve ever come up with”) has also prompted some of the game’s most ingenious strategic moves. In this respect, Probst promises that viewers can expect more of the same from Survivor: Gabon – Earth’s Last Eden. “This season, the idols get played in a way they’ve never been played before,” he reveals. “It astounded me what happened this time. This has never happened. It’s that power of the idol that confuses everybody. Nobody’s quite sure how to handle it. It gets to a point where it’s almost too much power and it does you in. I find that fascinating. This is the one thing that can keep you safe in the game and yet – if you’re not careful – it’s the thing that will get you voted out the fastest.”
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, August 29, 2008 - 3:04 pm
I bet someone gets cocky with idol and gets blindsided but that's nothing we havent seen before. Wonder what JP is talkin about
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Aurora23
Member
03-22-2008
| Friday, August 29, 2008 - 4:25 pm
pamy, i'm guessing he means that folks take comfort over immunity over and over again.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, August 29, 2008 - 6:21 pm
I do think this is a very clever "immunity" twist, however! Although it appears that the players are less than clever in using it!!!
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 10:31 am
Tribe Colors - Red and Yellow Tribe Breakdown - per Survivorsucks Yellow/Light Green tribe Bob Corinne Kaplan Ace Gordon Charlie Herschel Jessica "Sugar" Kiper Bob Crowley Marcus Lehman Paloma Soto-Castillo Kelly Czarnecki Jacque Berg Red tribe Danny "GC" Randy Bailey Crystal Cox Susie Smith Ken Hoang Gillian Larson Danny "GC" Brown Michelle Chase Matty Whitmore Dan Kay
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 12:04 pm
Based on their attire in the photos above, it looks as though they are thrown into the camps with the clothes on their back again. Most of them appear to be dressed for a party. Suits and dresses.... None of them are dressed for 6 weeks in Africa.
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 5:41 am
Kota - Red Tribe Fang - Yellow Tribe

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