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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 10, 2008 - 5:11 am
After a grueling fifteen days with sparse supplies of food, both tribes engage in close race that results in a sweet taste of victory for one. After winning reward, one tribe makes a surprising decision on who to send to Exile. Overwhelming hunger and homesickness puts one Castaway’s entire alliance in jeopardy. One of the strongest bonds in the game finds itself on shaky ground after a frustrating performance in an intense Immunity Challenge. Snooping pays off for a group of Castaways when they find the hidden immunity idol in their tribemate’s belongings.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 10, 2008 - 6:28 am
Promo Transcript Jeff Probst: Next time on Survivor...
Ace: <inaudible> Matty: Quiet! Jeff Probst: Mother Nature pays a visit.
<elephant invades camp> Jeff Probst: And GC goes missing...
Matty: Where the hell's GC, dude. Jeff Probst: ...right before a challenge.
Kelly (talking to Matty): What if he got eaten by like, a monkey, dude?
Kelly, Matty, Ken: GC! (calling GC)
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 10, 2008 - 11:53 am
Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Gabon' (last night's show) Oct 10, 2008, 08:54 AM | by Jeff Probst Ah...unscripted reality. You just can’t write this stuff. I think the idea of having them rank themselves in order of importance was one of more inspired “switch” ideas of late. You can thank Dan Munday for that one. Been with our show since season two and he’s brilliant. They simply didn’t see the switch coming and as you know that pleases me to no end when we pull one over on them. Dumbest move: What blew me away was the fact that Bob was picked so late in the process. Somebody is gonna pay for that one. Trust me, had you been standing in my shoes you would have been just as shocked. Bob is a worker and a competitor. To leave him up there that long tells me these guys are vulnerable for a smart player to wreak havoc on this game. That was a mistake. They’re under estimating him and that means they’re not paying attention. Best move: Kenny choosing Kelly. Kenny is playing to WIN. He’s taking chances. Kelly seemed like a ridiculous choice and Kenny played it as such saying he chose her because “she’s hot.” Lie. He chose her because he sensed a lost puppy in need of a home and he believed he could use her vote to further his own game. Video gamers all over the world must be loving skinny little Kenny with the creepy long fingernails. Another one to watch out for down the stretch. Favorite move: Ace ended up on one of the worst tribes ever – Fang. It’s perfect. I can’t wait to hear him wax on about all the problems on this tribe. Corrine is growing on me. Just sayin. Ah, Matty swearing on his girlfriend. Will this come back to bite him in the butt? Not sure I’d trust Ace. Check that, I’m sure I wouldn’t trust Ace. I don’t think Ace trusts Ace. Matty is vulnerable. He plays this game too honestly to have much of a shot at winning. The immunity challenge: I’m so done with Fang right now. It had to suck major big time to have Randy dominate them the way he did. Ace got used, but in his defense, Ace had absolutely no help from anybody. I don’t think Crystal ever moved from her corner. It’s amazing to watch. No matter who goes over to the Fang tribe, they suddenly suck. When it came time for tribal council, Jacquie was simply a victim of bad luck. She had all her eggs in one basket with Marcus and thanks to Dan Munday, her game was shot. Again, just being candid, as nice as Jacquie is (and she is extremely pleasant) she didn’t bring as much to the show from a character point of view….Why is it the attractive blonde women on our show are often the least interesting in reality? Jacquie was all about winning and she would have had a very good shot had she lasted a bit longer but we also need to entertain the audience and that wasn’t Jacquie’s strong suit. So, if you have to lose someone, I guess Jacquie isn’t a bad person to lose. Just being honest, better her than Randy or Ace. Add Jacquie to the list of people who will not want to talk to me at the live show. Okay. That’s all I have. For all you critics just remember, you don’t pay anything for these blogs. I’m not a magazine writer. I’m just a simple little reality host trying to make his way in the world. Dalton asked me to write these blogs, “without thinking.” Those were his exact words. He wanted an unedited account of what I remember about the episode. So, that’s what you’re getting. I’m not going back and rewriting or even checking the spelling. This is a blog and this one is finished. See ya next week!
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Friday, October 10, 2008 - 12:24 pm
I love the last paragraph! I hope JazzyJeff isnt getting a lot of complaints cuz I love his blog style and want him to do it next season also!! I am getting a little bored after 10 seasons of this and TAR but I must say having JPs blogs have made this more fun than ever!
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Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004
| Friday, October 10, 2008 - 2:19 pm
I love these blogs from P-Jeff, Jeff Diddy, Jazzy Jeff, or whatever he calls himself from week to week!!! He's a freaking riot!!!
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 3:18 am
There's some good stuff in this interview with Jacquie (I've highlighted it in red). Exclusive Interview: Jacquie Berg of 'Survivor: Gabon' Friday, October 10, 2008 Yahoo! Buzz It's too bad that one of the only reasons fans knew Jacquie Berg this season on Survivor: Gabon is because they kept confusing her with fellow player, Kelly Czarnecki. The truth is that the similarities stop at their blonde hair. The two played very different games but unfortunately Jacquie was hit by a series of unfortunate events in this week's episode. When the tribes were switched up, Jacquie landed on Fang, where she was outnumbered. She aligned herself with Ace and Sugar, currently two big threats in the game. Fang decided to let her take the fall for that alliance and voted her out. Today, she spoke to BuddyTV in an exclusive interview. Can you tell me if you were a fan of Survivor before joining this season? Yes, I love Survivor, the whole idea behind it, that it tests your physical and mental capacities – I think it’s awesome. Did you do any kind of preparation before you left for Africa? Tons and tons of stuff. I was training for a triathlon. I did bikram yoga to get used to the heat. I went to some meditation coaching to keep myself grounded out there when things got tough. And I learned how to filet a fish – I never touched raw meat before I went on the show so I got over the fear. What is the toughest part about playing this game, do you think, at least for you? Yeah, just being around people that you can’t trust. All day long. It messes with your mind so that was really hard. You couldn’t have any normal conversation, you couldn’t vent to anybody. When the tribes were switched up on last night’s episode, what was going through your mind? What were you most worried about? Oh my gosh, I don’t know if you could tell but I was praying that Fang didn’t choose me because obviously, they were going to have the majority former Fang members and on the other mat, the majority Kota. I had pretended to like, not to even hear Crystal. Like, “Please don’t pick me, please don’t pick me,” and sure enough, she did. I mean, that was my worst fear, being in the minority. Who were you aligning yourself with in this game? Originally, Charlie, Corinne, and Marcus but I also had an alliance with Sugar and Ace. Sugar actually told me that she had the immunity idol so I knew that if she had joined our team, we would have come out on top. Did you know anything about the “onion alliance” until you watched the episode? Did you know that you were on the outside of the Charlie/Marcus alliance? Oh yeah ‘cause me and Corinne were really tight and we knew they were really right. I confronted Marcus on it, as well. I was happy with that because it gave me flexibility in the final four, because I didn’t feel like I had to stay true to anybody. It seemed like the Fang members were targeting Ace and Sugar so are you annoyed that you had to take the fall for them? Yeah, completely! I was kind of probably looking way too far in the game. I knew that I needed Ace and Sugar both so I was like, “Well, if I go up now or if I go up next, I felt like I had to have them with me.” I mean, it just sucks. It was all luck, honestly. I just felt like I got gypped. Do you think it’s smart for tribes to vote out strong physical players before the merge? Oh no, it was horrible – horrible of Fang. Every single decision that they made sucked. I honestly could not believe… I mean, it was smart of them ‘cause I was gonna go with other people but they’re just digging their grave. They weren’t thinking strategically. They have one opinion there, which was Crystal, and she was influencing all their votes. As you can tell, she’s surrounding herself with weak people. Who, do you think, is playing this game the best right now? Um… let’s see… I mean, I’d have to say Sugar but she’s just been getting lucky being on Exile Island. I was thinking that I would’ve loved to have gone there. And if you could’ve stayed in the game, is there anyone that you know you would’ve taken to final two in the end? Probably Sugar and Marcus. What’s life like been for you since you’ve been home and since Survivor started airing? What’s that been like for you? It’s been awesome, I’ve been crazy busy. Out there, it’s really kind of boring at times, like there’s not much to do so when I got back, I’ve been working non-stop, trying to catch up on things. I had a lot of time to reflect out there so instead of getting into the rat race of corporate America, I started my own company. It’s actually a charity called Second Family, so I’ve been working non-stop on that.
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 8:10 am
I hope she didnt tell Crystal or the rest that Sugar has the idol! JP said preshow about Sugar being too trusting, I fear that to be her downfall, Ace is prolly going to screw her
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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 9:13 am
Ace is prolly going to screw her Literally or figuratively Pamy? 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 10:40 am
LOL!!!
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 4:08 pm
There are some more promo pictures up. Several of them are really neat regarding the Survivors reaction to the elephant that invades camp, but I didn't copy any of them since they don't effect the game-play. These show Crystal throwing a large ball-shaped article, two competitors blindfolded, Sugar happily cheering her comrade or possibly calling directions, and Corinne not looking too happy about their side of the challenge.
Crystal (NuFang)
One NuFang and One NuKota
Sugar (NuFang)
Corinne and Charlie (NuKota)
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 7:31 pm
First info and picture I see regarding the RC on the next episode: (Thanks to Survivor Fever) **************************** Episode 5 Reward Challenge: After a grueling fifteen days with sparse supplies of food, both tribes engage in close race that results in a sweet taste of victory for one. After winning reward, one tribe makes a surprising decision on who to send to Exile.
Fruit (a pineapple) is launched at the opening in the net. Tribemembers from the opposing team attempt to block the fruit. Ace is trying to block a flying pineapple. Sugar is a catcher for Fang tribe.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 7:36 pm
La da da, La da da, La da da........... The post above the pineapple post, where Crystal is throwing a ball, Survivor Fever is calling this the Immunity Challenge: *********************** Crystal raises a large red Fang wicker ball over her head. Kota and Fang balls roll downhill Dan from Kota and Ace from Fang are blindfolded and attempt to block the rolling balls.
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Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 3:36 am
LOL... the pineapple post... 
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 5:58 am
Well, well, well....guess who it is that is looking through .....
Sugar's stuff for the hidden immunity idol. Regarding the picture of the tribemates calling for and trying to find G.C. .... I have read two possibilities. 1) A poster at Survivor Sucks has posted that the other tribe gets to secretly kidnap somebody from the other tribe. If it were true, then Kota would have to have won the RC, and they would have kidnapped G.C. However; it's only been posted at one place by one person and the posting had a grammatical error in it....so a lot are not believing this scenario to be a true spoiler. 2) There is a spoiler rumor that one player leaves the game this season, and not by being voted out. That could mean of their own accord, or it could mean medical. One poster through Survivor Skills has suggested that maybe G.C. is this player, and maybe we have a snake bite or something where he has to leave....but it's just a suggestion at this point. CBS is definitely making a big deal in their promos about somebody missing and the previews show it to be G.C.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 9:03 am
to me, it is just so wrong to go thru ppl's stuff. I really wish they came up with a way for someone to have the II and not have to have it on them. It is such a violation to go thru ppl's stuff, I would never even go in my mom's purse if she asked for something. To this day her purse is in my Barbie room and it's been there 11 years.
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Catfat
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02-27-2002
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 2:34 pm
I knew there was a reason I didn't like Crystal. This is really sorry game-play.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 3:10 pm
I agree.. I think the HIDDEN idol should stay hidden.. I haven't liked the going through of personal stuff since way back in Australia with Kel.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 3:14 pm
More promo stuff during the Immunity Challenge... *************************** Promo Transcript Announcer: A do or die immunity challenge. Ace (falls): Owwww.

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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Monday, October 13, 2008 - 6:09 am
Survivor Fever has updated their boot list. This is what it shows now: Under NuFang: Danny (G.C.) - Vulnerable Kelly - Vulnerable Under NuKota: Dan - Vulnerable Susie - Vulnerable
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Costacat
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07-15-2000
| Monday, October 13, 2008 - 8:45 am
I haven't liked Crystal much, and now I have a reason to really dislike her. I think it's rude to go thru other people's belongings. Crystal thinks she's an alpha dog, but she's not one of the stronger players. She's not playing a good mental game and I hope she's out of there FAST!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, October 13, 2008 - 3:51 pm
Sounds like she must have some hold over people mentally, per Jacque, but I have to admit that I went into thw season WANTING to like Crystal and she's forcing me to change my opinion, so far.
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Costacat
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07-15-2000
| Monday, October 13, 2008 - 4:25 pm
Yup, Sea, I did totally want to like her. I wasn't impressed that first challenge (going up the hill, she seemed to falter), and so far I've not been really impressed with her game play. She kinda seems to me as if she's a bully. Or if she thinks her size (as a woman) should be an advantage. But LOL... it's definitely not!
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Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004
| Monday, October 13, 2008 - 4:30 pm
I agree with Costa... Crystal strikes me as a bully type. But I do love me some Sugar Crush!!!
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 4:09 am
Frankly, I don't see Crystal, G.C. or Ken as a threat to the game individually, but as a threesome, if they stick together, they could pose quite a threat. Crystal is strong, G.C. is pushy, and Ken is neither of those, but has a good strategic thinker working for him when he really applies himself. Now they have Kelly, another non-entity who couldn't find a place for herself, joining them. That's an alliance of 4 and the other alliance of 4 went by the way-side when poor Jacque got caught up in the switcheroo! If that oddball alliance sticks together, then Ace, Sugar and Matty need to watch out. But, Survivor Fever only shows G.C. and Kelly as being vulnerable .... so there has to be a lot more we haven't seen yet!
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Friend
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05-21-2008
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 12:17 pm
Ala, just stepping in to tell you you're awesome and I SO appreciate all the information digging you do. THANK YOU!
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