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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 03, 2008 - 4:42 am
CBS Misdirection Clues: One Castaway vows that a tribemate will be "the next lamb to the slaughter". Exile Island leaves one Castaway feeling as if it's Christmas morning. One Castaway's desperation leads to waterworks, and the waterworks lead to sympathy. Will sympathy lead to her safety? The tribes rank their members based on importance, and one Castaway is given a very rude awakening.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 03, 2008 - 5:05 am
October 9th Episode Promo Transcript: Jeff Probst: Next time on Survivor... <Kelly and Sugar bouncing back and forth>
Sugar: Ding, ding, ding ding
Randy: Crystal, Kenny and G.C. are not with me. Probst: A tribe divided... G.C. <talking to Crystal and Kenny>: The tightest three is right here.
Probst: ....divides again. <Fang walking up to challenge>
Probst <talking to tribes>: Today you are going to rank your tribe from top to bottom.
Probst: And the game is turned upside down.
Ginger: Crystal thinks the challenge is funny!
Ginger: Jacque and Corinne think it is funny!
G.C. appears not to have had any joy out of it!
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 03, 2008 - 6:28 am
The link to Jeff's weekly Blog is posted elsewhere (away from Spoilers), but I think it deserves to be put here and highlighted where possibly spoiler-type info is lurking. I'll highlight in red where I think info is good. ********************************** Jeff Probst Blog after the 10/2 airing. When it comes to what is good for the show, as producers, we obviously look at it much differently than the Survivors. One of our biggest concerns is hanging onto our best “characters” for as long as possible. That is ultimately what keeps you, our loyal audience, interested. (Side note: Last week, a new study was released that surveyed audience loyalty relating to their favorite television shows. The number one show…the show with the highest viewer loyalty…of every show on television, was Survivor. Seventeen seasons and you are still with us. Thank you for keeping us on the air!) We now resume our regularly scheduled blog… Unfortunately, we can’t tell the Survivors who to vote for, so all we can do is cross our fingers and hope for the best. After three episodes of Survivor: Gabon, we’re very happy on that front. First we lost Michelle, then Gillian, and now Paloma. Whew. Relief. Three people who will not be missed. I say that with all due respect to the aforementioned, although, as my buddy Lopez reminds me, whenever you say “with all due respect” you’re actually saying without any respect at all. Yes, I am aware that if I keep up this lippy attitude for the entire season that I may end up buried to my neck in sand at the live reunion show. The problem is I write these in the afternoon, typically when I’m most hungry and therefore a bit cranky. Not an excuse, just a fact. G.C. continues to disappoint…himself. The reward challenge, which was called “Kicking and Screaming,” is one of my favorites, but watching G.C. give up was even more dramatic. His tribe was screaming at him to kick it into high gear. Granted, they are living on extremely small rations of rice, so energy is in short supply, but Matty and Dan certainly had energy and they’re living on the same rice. In fact, can I just be candid? I don’t think it’s the end result as much as the lack of effort that frustrates his tribe. G.C.’s heart just doesn’t seem to be into it. I’m sure he is wondering if he should have given more effort. What continues to amaze me is the impact this game has on the human psyche. Or vice versa. I can’t be sure which is right. Dalton? Sugar goes to Exile Island and we learn a bit more about who she is and what drives her. She’s clearly still mourning the loss of her father, who seems to be providing beautiful inspiration. She finds the hidden immunity idol with very little difficulty. Dan, who was probably with friends last night watching this episode, must have taken a ration of it from his buddies. She found the idol in twenty minutes, dude!! She smoked you! Ah, Sugar…I told you, I think you’re gonna root for her. The immunity challenge provided at least one bit of excitement -- bikinis! It’s just not Survivor if, at some point, the women are not in bikinis. Am I wrong? Is that sexist? I’m just saying what people on the street tell me. Just keepin’ it reeeel dawg. Why you gotta bring me down? I don’t believe you critics anyway. I think you like it. Time for another question: “At this early stage of the game, who are you pulling for?” Since EW isn’t giving me a space for comments, even though I take time out of my extremely hectic and oh-so-important life to write this column, go to Dalton’s column and post your answer! [Editor's note: We would never deny Jeff his due comment space, so feel free to post your thoughts below. In fact, we insist!] So, Fang has turned things around with back-to-back wins. Trust me, Marcus is not happy. He’s a doctor. Did you know that? He just lost to a tribe of misfits, many of whom do not even have college degrees! No way! Kota now going to feel the after effect of having to vote someone out. It’s not so fun anymore. Kelly is on the outs for voting against Ace. What will she do? Come on Kelly. Think. What would Lindsay do? Kota needs to get it back together. Next week has a nice little twist conceived by our resident switch expert, Dan Munday. I love it when we come up with something new that catches them off guard. It’s so hard to do that anymore, so when it happens we celebrate. We really do. We go back to base camp, pop a bottle of champagne, and slap each other on the backs. I’m kidding. There is no hitting on Survivor. For EW and Dalton Ross, Poppa J. *********************** Now ... look above at the picture with G.C. in the front, Crystal behind, and then {{{BOB???}}}. Do G.C. and Crystal go to Kota? Does Bob get switched to Fang? This should be very interesting.
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Csnog
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07-18-2002
| Friday, October 03, 2008 - 8:44 am
What is Bob holding? I also like to watch who their not showing very much as I think they keep the winner hidden for awhile.
smacks Alaginger! LOL
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Costacat
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07-15-2000
| Friday, October 03, 2008 - 9:29 am
Is he holding a numbered tile? The numbers in front of the stumps look moveable.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, October 03, 2008 - 12:19 pm
So does that phrase "our resident switch expert" mean that there is going to be a tribe member swap?
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Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001
| Friday, October 03, 2008 - 1:57 pm
I'd bet it's a twist that one tribe loses their strongest member- and gets the other tribe's weakest member in exchange (possibly it could be both teams, but it would be more sadistic if it was only one way)
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 03, 2008 - 2:02 pm
I'm wondering if the above picture is during the challenge where they rate. Maybe each person has a slate and they are told to go off alone and rate each person on their tribe. Then they tally the slates and have the players line up the way the tally came out...........and then the surprise.....I'm betting some kind of switcheroo!
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 3:58 pm
New Promo Voiceover and Pics: Promo Transcript Jeff Probst: We are picking new tribes. Crystal: What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Fang, this shows Matty, then Dan, then Randy, then Crystal, then Ken, and supposedly next is G.C. ending with Susie!
Here is Randy....no longer red, but yellow... switched?
Matty and G.C. --- red (not switched)
I think that's Charlie (not switched) and ??? Announcer: Now it is blonde (Jacque) versus blonde (Kelly) versus blonde (Sugar)
Jacque
Kelly
Sugar ****************************** Ginger Guess: There are 8 on Kota and 7 on Fang right now. That's 15 which divides evenly into 3 tribes. Do you think we might have red, yellow and one other color they aren't showing and each of the blondes winds up on a different tribe? If so, who gets the camp with no provisions? Frankly, seeing Randy in yellow means there is a switch of some kind, but right now it's definitely confusing as to how it's worked out.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 4:39 am
Some more pics from a different promo .... same storyline:
Crystal filling out her slate
Somebody from Fang's slate pics Score Cards Read: Below are the names of the seven Fang tribe members. Excluding yourself rank them in order from 1-6 according to their importance in your tribe taking into account their contributions to challenges, camp life, and general likeability. Your answers will be kept anonymous.
Marcus filling out his slate
Marcus in challenge --- still on Kota
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 4:49 am
Thanks to analytical work at Survivor Fever, their projections are:
Close up of Randy's Score Card Final tallies: Fang Tribe Rankings: Left to right, least valuable to most valuable: (Susie and GC not visible), Ken, Crystal, Randy, Dan, Matty Kota Tribe Rankings: Left to right, most valuable to least valuable: Marcus, Ace, (Bob and Charlie) not shown, Jacque, Corinne, Sugar, Kelly **************************** Based on this, it appears that Kelly will probably be sent to Exile Island. The speculation is that when she comes back she will be put on the tribe that loses one player during the challenge......keeping the tribes at 7 to 7 going into the following week's episode.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 5:01 am
Ken ... also still on Fang From the pictures: So far we show that Matty, Ken and G.C. are still on Fang. Charlie and Marcus are still on Kota. Randy has been switched to Kota. That's all I've seen so far. Just guessing ... if the ranking above are accurate, Randy was in 3rd place. Over at Kota it's either Bob or Charlie in 3rd place, and we see Charlie with a Kota boat.......so I have a feeling that Randy and Bob get switched.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 8:51 am
Survivor Phoenix has identified the people in the above picture as: Randy and Marcus in the yellow boats (Kota) Ace and Ken in the red boats (Fang) So, add to the list in the above post that Randy has switched to Kota and Ace has switched to Fang. I'm going to stick my neck out on the limb here and say I think once the pecking order is arranged, that the extra player is sent to Exile --- Kelly. Then Jeff probably says something like 4 of you will stay on your team and 3 will switch (or 5/2 maybe). In the pecking order we see that Ace is #2 and is switched, so Dan was #2 on the other side....so I'm betting Dan goes to Kota. Randy is #3 and is switched, and we see either Charlie or Bob is #3 at Kota, and since we have seen Charlie in a yellow boat...I say that Bob gets switch for Randy. The 3rd number called is probably a number where the lowest ranked are, and since we have seen G.C. and Ken both in red boats, I say it is Susie that gets switched to Kota and switches with Sugar. If I'm right, then we have: Kota - Marcus, Charlie, Jacque, and Corrinne (ironically the Alliance of 4) with Dan, Randy and Susie. Fang - Matty, Crystal, Ken and G.C. with Ace, Bob and Sugar. Also, if I'm right you have Kelly at Exile, Sugar on Fang and Jacque on Kota .... blonde against blonde against blonde.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 9:19 am
I'm so confused, even though you have made this all so clear...LOL! Randy should be happy though, since he wasn't too crazy about his team. Hate to see Bob go but perhaps he can clean up the Fang camp.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 8:13 pm
Bad thing about that scenario is if Kota loses, Dan, Randy, and Susie will go predictably fast.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 1:36 am
Ace and Sugar would still be together WITHOUT the alliance of four.. Sugar's my favorite of the blondes, by far.
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 6:36 am
Just supposing again.......If NuKota can stay strong and win IC's and maybe only lose Susie along the way, those 4 in the alliance would have a hard time staying solid at a merge of 10 with 6 to 4 against them. Don't forget...that list I gave in my previous post was just the line-up the way I think I'm seeing it. I've read about 3 or 4 different versions at other sites, so not everybody is in agreement about the way the split is going to wind up.
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 8:52 am
I wouldn't mind if Sugar found a new group to hang with. I think Ace is only going to bring her down...
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 8:57 am
I have to go and look at the pictures every time someone mentions Dan/Susie/Kelly. They need to step it up and get noticed. Dan actually has but given the other personalities in his camp he's kind of wallpaper.
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Bonbonlover
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07-13-2000
| Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 10:24 am
Kelly and Jacque seem to be a blur for me...
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 12:04 pm
LOL...now I'm going to have to go and look up Jacque.
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 1:47 pm
Another promo out with some more pictures and here's what I get from it that seems worth bringing over....
7 yellow boats for the IC challenge, so any ideas of the split being 3-way is out the window now. Should be 7 yellow and 7 red boats, with one person off to Exile Island.
Tools for the IC challenge
During the first challenge, which is the ranking thing.......here are the last ranking pictures from Fang showing that G.C. is 6th (after Ken) and Susie is 7th (bringing up the rear). Nothing new here because that is what was speculated.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 6:41 pm
Here's what my radar is picking up tonight.... Over at Survivor Phoenix (and they usually don't post anything unless they feel really comfortable with it) they are saying the new tribes look like this: New Fang: Ace, Crystal, GC, Jacquie, Kelly, Ken, Matty New Kota: Bob, Charlie, Corinne, Dan, Marcus, Randy, Sugar, Susie Ginger: Now then for the life of me I'm not sure how this happens, because every scenario I come up with gets blocked by something. The lowest ranked is Kelly and Susie and they get switched. The 2nd ranked is Ace and Dan and they get switched. But Randy is 3rd, and his counterpart would be either Bob or Charlie, and they don't get switched. But Jacque winds up switched and she was ranked 5th of her side....confusing!!! I'm sure it will all be clear after the show (LOL). Okay ... the voting has started at Survivor Blows, and the majority voting so far are saying Kelly goes. The title for next week's show is "This Camp Is Cursed" and that makes me think that Fang is coming off of having been to another TC. Kelly would be in danger...weak player, 3 from her previous tribe against 4 of the home team, etc., etc., etc.......
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 6:46 pm
Great work Alaginger!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 7:13 pm
Ouch.. I'm sorry if Sugar and Ace will be on different teams, since she told him about the idol...
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