Episode 1- Boys vs Girls
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Car54 | Friday, January 31, 2003 - 03:22 pm     Confirmed by "Scott" over at SS: Survivor: The Amazon 90 min. The reality series pits the guys against the gals, as the 16 players are divided into single-sex tribes for this sixth edition. The eight men and eight women are stranded in Brazil's Amazon rain forest near the Rio Negro, a piranha-infested river. The area is also teeming with jaguars, crocodiles and anacondas. “It's a beautiful but tough environment,” says executive producer Mark Burnett. As for the same-gender tribes, Burnett says it heightened the sexual tension during challenges and reduced inhibitions at camp. “This series brings more sexy moments than ever in the past,” he says. Jeff Probst hosts. |
Wink | Friday, January 31, 2003 - 03:31 pm     It wouldn't be hard to "bring more sexy moments than ever in the past". Were there ever any? |
Mware | Friday, January 31, 2003 - 03:57 pm     Define "sexy."  |
Tabbyking | Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 02:39 pm     i don't think it was the feather in tom's crack... didn't he ever realize the expression is, "stuck a feather in his cap"? lol okay, john carroll did say later that he thought gabe was sexy. but i sure didn't see any indication of it during the tv shows richard hatch swimming buck on his bd? i am thinking he was just wearing appropriate attire for his 'birthday suit'. sexy? not!! pappy with his hand way up neleh's thigh? just made me shudder! stephanie swimming nude? didn't do anything for me. frank's antler dance? just made me giggle kathy peeing on john's hand? priceless! i agree that i think anything would be considered more sexy than what we have had in the past! |
Seamonkey | Monday, February 03, 2003 - 07:04 am     Then again, who knows what Jeff Probst considers to be "sexy moments". |
Car54 | Monday, February 03, 2003 - 07:21 am     Well, I have read of at least 2 sets of possible breast implants. We know he has mentioned those before! There is a thread over at SS as of yesterday that says TV Guide's title for this episode is "Snakes in the Grass". TV Guide has had different titles before than the ones we had heard. Snakes in the Grass sounds good to me! |
Twiggyish | Monday, February 03, 2003 - 05:15 pm     This group is younger and healthier looking. It's clear they're going for ratings. Guys vs. Girls..wasn't that hinted about the last Survivor group? |
Catfat | Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 09:23 pm     I notice that in the group photos, the boys have blue buffs and the girls have yellow. Now, I ask you why would they need differently coloured team buffs at this point? Surely they can tell each other apart! After they merge, they will change to other colours of buffs anyway. |
Ericka1012 | Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 10:10 pm     There is almost 600 postings for this survivor and it hasn't started yet..Do you think we are Survivor deprived... Is it the 13th yet???????????????? |
Zipsdaddy | Friday, February 07, 2003 - 01:32 pm     What's sexy?? According to reliable sources, Jeff thinks Colby is sexy, if you catch my drift..... |
Alaginger | Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 05:28 am     Sharing.......thought this was an interesting read........Ginger 'Survivor Amazon' -- Boys vs. girls, with lots of flirting By DAVE MASON February 6, 2003 Separate the men from the women in a jungle and you end up with more attraction, more flirtation, more interest - not less. That's the lesson of "Survivor: Amazon," according to host Jeff Probst. Set in the jungle by the Brazilian river, the reality series premieres at 8 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 13) on CBS. For a new twist for the sixth incarnation, executive producer Mark Burnett decided to put all the men in the tribe called Tambaqui (named after a fish) and the women in the tribe called Jaburua (after a bird). And while that means men vs. women in competition, Probst saw another story happening: attraction. "It was like having an all-boys school and an all-girls school, and they would swim across the water at night," Probst said. The tribes actually were too far away from each other in the jungle for any secret rendezvous, but the interest between men and women was shown during the immunity challenges. Those are the games in which the winning tribe doesn't have to vote a contestant off the show on that day. For one immunity challenge, the men and women asked each other questions. And that led to flirting. Men would compliment women on their bikinis, and they would thank them for the compliments. "I became (game show host) Jim Lange for a moment, and it was 'The Dating Game,' " Probst said. "At the next tribal council, I would ask, 'What do you think of this guy?' The women would say, 'This guy is cute.' The guys would disagree over who the hottest chick was." Being careful not to say too much, Probst wouldn't reveal whether the two tribes merged as in past shows. As for men vs. women, a preview tape of an immunity challenge showed the female tribe doing better than the male tribe on an obstacle course involving a fairly wide balance beam. Two of the men couldn't cross it successfully on the first couple or so tries. But the men were faster at solving a puzzle that was part of the course. "Starting in Thailand (the location of the last 'Survivor,') we made a conscious effort to make the games more balanced and less physical. Mark (Burnett) is really into puzzle-solving," Probst said. "It requires a different part of your brain." The wild Amazon was the most unusual of all the "Survivor" locales, Probst said. "In Africa, you had lions, zebras and gazelles. In the Amazon, you have the weirdest things you don't see anywhere else. There are a lot of snakes, sloths ..." The immunity challenges included using piranhas in the Amazon River. "They're a big part of the landscape; we wanted to use them," he said. "You find a way that's safe for something that's inherently dangerous." When the series began, the 16 contestants weren't told where they were going until they arrived on a small, wooden fishing boat. "They realized, 'We're not on a Hollywood sound stage,' " Probst said. "They realized, 'I'm going to be living in a jungle with sloths and jaguars.' "How real is it? We take people and drop them in the middle of the jungle. We show them how to build a shelter, and they get only one chance to do it right. If it rains and it leaks, they're cold. "The first four to seven days are the toughest for them. I worry that somebody will want to quit," Probst said. So far that hasn't happened on the six "Survivor" shows. If contestants can survive the first week, they can get through the rest of the 39 days, Probst said. The "Survivor" crew stayed healthier in the Amazon than they did in Thailand, but Probst said he got sick for the first time on the show, suffering from an upset stomach. It didn't interfere with his hosting duties. Dehydration was a problem, he said. "It's really humid. You have a hard time keeping stuff down," he said. "You're not getting cooler. You have to run a challenge and be friendly and be in a good mood." Contestants on "Survivor" can feel positive about doing things they've never done before, Probst said. One contestant in last spring's "Survivor: Marquesas," Los Angeles resident Sean Rector, couldn't dive down and pick up a clam shell from the South Pacific bottom during an immunity challenge. After the cameras stopped rolling, Probst egged him on to do so just for his own sense of accomplishment. "He had never been in the ocean," Probst said. "I said, 'You're never coming back here.' Sean tried and tried. On the fourth time, he went down and got the shell. The look on his face was like he had climbed Mount Everest." (Contact Dave Mason of the Ventura County Star in California at http://www.insidevc.com.) http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/tv_and_radio/article/0,1406,KNS_357_1726677,00.html |
Hermione69 | Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 06:14 am     Great article, Alaginger! Thanks! I can't wait to see the tribal interaction between the sexes! Interesting that they stayed healthier here. I wonder what that means for the weight loss spoilers. Oh, I like the tidbit about Sean Rector of Marquesas. I liked that kid. Cool. |
Tabbyking | Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 11:13 am     i am so glad the guys' tribe is tambaqui--i was already visualizing acme using the term 'tampax' if it were the gal's tribe! phew! now it will probably be referred to as 'tabacky' row for the guys' camp... not sure what the gals' name will change to! 'j-birds'? for the jaburua chicks? |
Tabbyking | Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 11:15 am     oh, just saw where the jaburua means some type of bird! |
Essence | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:46 am     This article kind of gives away a few things that may happen in the first episode. http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-02-12-survivor_x.htm 'Survivor' now the fittest reality series By Robert Bianco, USA TODAY Who would have guessed we'd come to think of Survivor as the reality genre's classy dowager? Survivor contestants Heidi Strobel, left, and Christy Smith are part of the all-female Jaburu tribe. Yet there you have it. Once seen as risky, and even risqué programming, Survivor: The Amazon (CBS, 8 p.m. ET/PT) now seems like the height of high-road TV. Compared with its seedier imitators, it's well produced, the locations are exotic, and the contestants have more on their minds than their prospective marital status. Sure, the show has had its problems along the way —Africa was too sour; Thailand was too dull. But next to Are You Hot?, its competitor tonight on an increasingly sad and desperate ABC, Amazon looks like The West Wing. Or what West Wing would look like if it were filled with hot bodies and surrounded by anacondas, crocodiles and piranhas. Considering all the advance publicity, Amazon's big twist may not surprise you, but it's nevertheless a good one: The tribes are divided along gender lines. The tape provided by CBS was not complete enough for a full review (which is why there's no star rating above). But already it seems as though the boys-vs.-girls split will add an interesting dynamic, both in the way the tribes act and interact. What you learn in tonight's 90-minute introduction is that the guys are stronger, better organized and far more likely to say something jaw-droppingly stupid than the women. They're fabulously unevolved, terrified at the idea of facing their friends if they lose to a team of women, and equally terrified by the prospect of going home without "hooking up." Otherwise, what's most remarkable is that even after all this time, people continue to make the same mistakes. No one, apparently, has told Roger that it's dangerous to come across as bossy, or told Ryan and Daniel that it's almost always fatal to be branded as lazy. As for Janet, I'm sure she can't help being older and ill, but in Survivor, that's never a winning mix. On the plus side, there already are a few contestants who look as if they'll be able to inspire a rooting interest. For now, I'm cheering for Christy, the game's first hearing-impaired player, who knows she's at a disadvantage but doesn't whine about it. Of course, it never pays to place your bets too soon with Survivor. But it's off to a strong start, and that's what we want from one of the genre's class acts. |
Essence | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:52 am     http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/ent_radio/story/59037p-55304c.html Wednesday, February 12th, 2003 SURVIVOR: THE AMAZON. Tomorrow night at 8, CBS. It's just a TV show now, not a phenomenon. It's not unique anymore, either: It has spawned dozens of imitators, some competing in the same time slot. But don't worry about "Survivor," it's doing just fine. The CBS reality series is old enough to unveil its sixth edition tomorrow night at 8. It was only the spring of 2000 that producer Mark Burnett's survival-game brainchild launched, but in reality-TV years, that's a century ago. Yet its new setting (the rainforest of the Amazon) and its latest twist (grouping the eight-person tribes by gender, pitting men against women) are more than enough to keep the show interesting. Soon after "Survivor: The Amazon" starts, with host Jeff Probst announcing the members of the first team, it becomes clear to the players it will be girls vs. boys, and the sexual stereotyping and sniping begin. "They may have the will," sneers Roger the construction worker, "but they don't have the strength. There is no way that women are going to beat us in anything!" Rob, younger and even less respectful, dismisses the rival tribe as "camp of 'The Vagina Monologues.'" Later, imagining how the women are doing, he adds, "I see them all crying, panicking." "I just want to beat them," vows Jenna the swimsuit model, "to just kind of shut them up." She sees one disadvantage to the same-sex arrangements. "You can't use any of your womanly powers over women," Jenna sighs. "With men, you can manipulate them better." As the teams paddle to their respective flags and set up camp, the activities and conflicts tend to fall into familiar lines. One team has an easier time starting a fire. One person comes forth as an abrasive leader; another gets sick and drags down the team and the mood. This time, though, the male/female division makes for new and funny contrasts. Instantly, the men start hacking down trees and clearing space on the jungle floor ("My parents would never let me have a machete!" screams one hacker), while the women spend no less energy tracking and killing a tarantula ("I want it dead."). The women sing while fishing. The men, instead of whistling while they work, discuss which female tribe members they consider the most attractive. "She is so hot," Rob says of Heidi. The women apparently think so, too, because they discuss using Heidi as their secret weapon during immunity challenges. Just have Heidi flash her breasts at the start of a competition, one woman suggests (to laughing approval), and the men will lose all concentration. The CBS preview tape stopped midway through the first immunity challenge, so I can't say whether Heidi pulls that trick. Even without it, though, I'll tune in eagerly to see what happens. And, for now at least, I'll be rooting for the women. |
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