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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 7:37 am
This is the transcript from over at Survivor Fever that goes with a batch of new pictures from Episode 1. The only two I thought worth bringing over are:
See Jeff on the back of the truck? This is where he probably is telling somebody to stop talking.
A helicopter. I wonder if that is a 4-seater? If so, maybe the pilot comes in and airlifts Jeff out with the 2 players that are picked not to make the journey (to camp maybe) and the others are just left stranded there as the trunk drives off and each group has a map........just a guess on my part. ******************************* Transcript: Announcer: The new Survivors have not met each other. They have not communicated at all. <Survivors on truck> Jeff: Points to someone... "Yo, stop talking!" Announcer: And now they must make a critical decision... <at staging location> Jeff: We're going to have our first vote. Announcer: ...that will affect the next 39 days. Jeff: One person from each tribe is not going to make this journey. Announcer: And if you think that's a shocker, an even bigger surprised awaits them. Male: Oh My God!!!
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 9:35 am
do 18 players start? how many players started last season? someone told me there are 2 less players than last season but I wonder if they are thinking the 2 not making journey aren't playing. I need to know for our game, need to know how many people can play 18 or 16. Even if the 2 that dont make journey are indeed kicked out of game on first day I still need to count them in the pool
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 5:17 am
There are 16 .... 8 on each tribe to start with when they are deserted. One from each tribe does not make the journey. Later, when we see the challenges going on, we see 8 on each tribe again. So, my guess is one of these two: 1 - The two people are airlifted in the helicopters and don't have to make the journey with the rest of their tribe to get the supplies to the respective camps by map. But, they are waiting there for them at camp. Or - 2 - The two players are airlifted and out of the game and Survivor reintroduces two players from a past season into play, with one going to each tribe. My gut feel is the 1st guess. In one of the transcripts it says the 2 people leave the island, but maybe the island they are on is not where the camps are. Nobody really knows. But.........they do start with 16, Pamy!!!
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Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 7:18 am
Pamy, will that snarl up your game if two of the players are reintroduced later?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 7:59 am
THx Ginger!!! Lexie, it won't as long as I account for them in the beginning. We basically draw players out of a hat. I just need to make sure I have enough people to pick. ie: 16 survivors means I need 16 people to play my game. The prob would have been if I had 16 people and then saw there were 18 players. We always do the draw the Tues before 1st show airs.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 9:21 am
From over the week-end television coverage: Transcript: NFL Announcer: Before the game begins two people will be voted off the island but an even bigger surprise awaits them on the season premiere of Survivor.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 9:26 am
Transcript: Jeff Probst: We have some big challenges. Right off the bat we have a nice opening challenge. Second episode we have a brawl in the water which is going to be a blast. John Kirhoffer: We like to play with the names of our challenges. This one's called "A River, Run Through It". Our first challenge we try to make fairly epic, using the river, using the beach. We set up a tower with a staircase. On "Go" six of our players will run up and over a series of sand hills out into the river and then they grab a raft with some wooden planks that are puzzle planks, bring them back to shore. Once they have both rafts back to shore they untie all the planks, race back to the staircase where the two players left behind use them and try to figure out where they fit in the staircase. Once they've got the 16 pieces in they go to the top, two other players have to go do a table maze. We came up with these little handles with rope to move a peg through a table maze. The first tribe that got out of the table maze and raise their flag, wins.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 9:33 am
More tell-tale transcript: I'll highlight some good spots in blue for you!!! Transcript: Jeff Probst: This is the desert. It's hot. You have a lot of sand dunes and beautiful rivers with water clean enough that you can just drink straight out of. David Burris (Co-Executive Producer): It's really one of the most beautiful rivers I have ever seen in my entire life. Jeff: This is a very open area. It's going to be extremely hard on them because of the heat. David: It's a little bit unique for us. It's the first time we've ever done a sort of a highland location. Just a combination of how remote it is, how extreme the environment is, and how beautiful it is, it's a triple threat. Jeff: There have been a lot of fires in Brazil. Tribal Council was nearly burned down about 5 nights ago. It's something that we're going to be fighting the whole time we're out here. Jeff: Anytime we can keep the game changed up is good for us. We're trying to set a tone this season right off the bat about the importance of first impressions and we've got an opening twist that is going to speak to that. This season is going to open up with about a four hour trek to their respective camps. But before they start on their trek we're going to ask them to vote one person out of each tribe and the words I'll use will speak to the notion that maybe they're out of the game, they're not sure. Somebody's going to get voted out of the tribe. They're going to think it's a bad thing, what's actually going to happen is the rest of the tribe takes the trek but they will get helicoptered to the camp. So they'll skip the whole trek, they will have about a four hour head start. We're going to leave plenty of supplies to start building camp, we're also going to leave a clue to the location of a hidden immunity idol. They're not going to have enough time to do both. So the choice is going to be: do I try to change the first impression by starting work on the camp and see if I can get back into the good graces or do I just stay selfish and look for that idol and try to save myself for the first Tribal Council? I think it's going to set the tone for this season that you have to be aware of the social integration that is going on at all times. Exile Island is desolate. It is a big sand dune. This year two people will go to Exile Island. The winning tribe will chose somebody from the losing tribe, that person will then chose somebody from the winning tribe. So there will always be two people out there. When they get out there they'll find two eggs, two choices. They'll have to figure out amongst themselves who gets which one. They break them open and inside one will be nothing, inside the other will be a note that says, "here's a clue to the location of the hidden immunity idol." Nobody except them will know it is back at their camp. Two, you also have power. You can decide to go back to your original tribe or you can mutiny and go back to the other tribe. So we're hoping to get some mutinies this season. Jeff: I love this group. David: It's the best cast I've seen in a long time. It is such a great cast. Jeff: There's a couple of characters that you're going to go, "I cannot believe it. Where do they keep finding these people?" More on the cast in segment 2 - updated soon
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 10:46 am
Has Jeff posted his "pre-game" cast summary yet? I just LOVE that!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 10:52 am
Wow... that's good stuff Ging. I love how after all these seasons they still find ways to change it up and yet it still doesn't ruin the show. So does that mean there are TWO more Survivors that we don't have pictures of? (I'm worried about Pamy's office pool.) TNT, ITA re Jeff's summaries. They are the best!
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 11:05 am
I taped that TVGuied Survivors special aired 8pm last night, just had a chance to view it now. It's definitely making the fan in me jumping up and down. Ginger will bring us all the transcripts and worthwhile caps from MayanSun, I'm sure. But if you're any Survivors fan like me, you ought to try to catch it, it's a whole hour long of sneak peeks. This would be shown again many times in the days to come. This eve. it'd be playing at 5 & 11pm again.(ET) Here's some of my impressions to share: (Everything is PP of course. VCR is in the bedroom up stairs ...) Erinn studied the game. Jeff said she looks small but has redeeming qualities. Brandan said he's always been hiking and camping, won't have any problem. But we know some already recognized his id and Jeff said he might be out early for being a multi millionaire. Jeff says Sydney may be the most beautiful castaway ever. She said she has a steady BF but already has his understanding that she might "flirt". JT said the S. Ala. ranch he's from is as hot and dry as the Brazilian desert they're at. Jeff said Jerry has the great idea of "lifting people up". He likes Jerry's smile and hopes he stays for a while. JP said Candace is pretty and likable, but he doesn't see her lasting. Spencer said he's the youngest ever. But he gets along with older people just fine. (?? ) Taj said she had a good life and her husband has money.People might say she doesn't need the money but d@meit, she wants it! She's never had a check of a mill in her name before. (Yeah, and how many others there?) Jeff said Tyson will be the villain we love to hate... He said he'd be down with flirting as well. (Must have been asked, many said they will flirt, even girl to girl.) Jeff singles out Ben Wade as a person most different, unforgettable, but think he's a good guy. The fun part is the twist with the Exile. As Ginger had C&P from SF, they could decide to switch the tribe when the time is up! Wow! So you have to be careful whom you sent to the Exile. And the banished one gets to pick some one with potential(??) as well. Jeff said they are really hoping for some mutiny. I think the fantasy game will be really difficult to follow this season ...
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 11:10 am
Remember Jeff said the TC almost burn down? Later on he said they tried three different locations for TC and that 2nd one did finally burn down. Weird.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 1:22 pm
ooohhh good stuff Ginger, I love the new Exile rules!!! Lexie, only the ones pictured will play, 2 of those get 'voted off' but will actually not be and will still be in game. Start with 16 and by end of first show only 1 will get voted off. So my game is all good! Now I just need to draw the winner!! LOL
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 1:23 pm
TNT, great question! I also wonder if EW is going to have Jeff and Dalton blogs again, I loved those!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 1:30 pm
Jimmer, was it you or Dra that did the CA link to the pics?? When you click it's showing last season's pics, can you update it when you have time? Thanks, you rock!!!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 1:41 pm
I did the pics and Dra did the code. I'll ask him about it, if he doesn't spot your question before I get the chance. 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 2:23 pm
THx Jimmer! you da best!
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Monday, February 02, 2009 - 6:30 pm
Corvis, a poster at Survivor Blows (my favorite place to go to read analytical analyses of pics they get from Survivor Fever --- LOL) has noted that this picture of Spencer high-fiving other players surely points to a win for the red team (Jalapao) at the first challenge.

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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Wednesday, February 04, 2009 - 3:32 pm
The title for Episode 1 is: Episode 1 Title: 'Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start' Airdate: Thursday, February 12, 2009 Now that the above picture with the high-fiving by the Jalapao tribe is out, Survivor Fever has updated their boot list. Nobody of Jalapao is vulnerable anymore, including Sandy. Over at Timbira they show everybody as vulnerable except Ben Wade is shown as very safe, and Candace is shown as very vulnerable. So....their guess at this point is Candace gets the boot.
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Kminfinity
Member
06-29-2005
| Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 1:43 pm
Alaginger, I've read spoilers elsewhere that suggest your first scenario is right. According to other spoilers, the two tribemembes voted "out" get a helicopter ride to the camps, the option to search for the HI, and switch tribes.
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 4:01 pm
Yes, Kim. That is not a guess/speculation any more.(Some of those suspected that the wording was funny and only apply to the journey to the camp sites! We even guessed how those two would be having a truck ride!) Those were all revealed by Jeff in the promo they did with the TV Guide channel. I thought we'd talked about it here. Probably in the general thread. ??
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Monday, February 09, 2009 - 5:04 am
The latest from the spoiler section at Survivor Fever in the bootsheet section: ********************************** Summary: Episode 1 challenge platform Jalapao 'high five' and happy Taj pics imply a Jalapão E1 challenge win. A black torch stripe seen at TC in TVG Channel promo of JP demo torch snuff. This tends to imply that Timbira goes to TC. If so then Candice and Sierra are the more vulnerable in the tribe with others at lesser degrees.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, February 09, 2009 - 4:12 pm
I know The Owl is on a dog-sitting assignment, but I sure miss her countdowns!
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 3:52 am
The SOTS (State of the Spoiling) is up at Survivor Blows, and 5 posters have voted in the voting thread. Results???: ******************************** Votes - 4 for Candace, 1 for Sierra (Timbira Tribe) SOTS: Sandy on Jalapao and Sierra on Timbira are the two that the SOTS writer (Kircon) speculates will be eliminated at the beginning not to make the journey based on "first impressions". No Reward Challenge this week or Exile Island. Jalapao will win Immunity Challenge, saving Sandy. Timbira will not boot Sierra, but will show the door to Candace (the weakest link).
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Alaginger
Member
07-11-2002
| Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 11:30 am
So far, it doesn't appear that there are many, if any, spoilers again this season. Information I am getting is all based on speculation based on the pictures from the previews, so this might wind up being a very secretive season just like Survivor: Gabon was.
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 11:56 am
Well, even in Gabon there was the Facebook friends status to let us in on who likes whom. None of that this time. Wellcome back, Ginger, *_^.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, February 13, 2009 - 8:32 am
(LOL)......Well, I guess that picture of Spencer doing a high-five, wasn't a high-five afterall. No Spoilers plus misreading of the pics, really lead the speculators up the wrong path! Makes for more fun in the end.
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