Survivor V: Thailand

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Survivor V kicks off on Thursday September 19th, and since a lot of us Freepers had fun speculating on Marquesas, I thought it would be fun to start a thread on the upcoming series.

The bios are out, which you can check out here, and there's already been scandal associated with two of the castaways.

First there's Brian, an actor/used car salesman, who neglected to tell the show that he had a few "blue" movies in his past. They cast a porn star!

Then there's Tonya. Her story could have a lasting impact on the outcome of the show. Shortly before filming came to an end, Tonya's father back in Tennessee was tragically killed in a car accident. Reports are that she was immediately evacuated from the island.

If Tonya was one of the first 7 people ejected from the show, then her departure would have no impact on the outcome. However, if she made it past the merger and either onto the jury or in the final two, then that could mean one less vote in the final two, or something even stranger. Only time will tell.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Much as I hate to say it, on Amazing Race, Team Zoolander is the team to beat.

[finnman69]

I'm claiming my prize for correctly predicting Robb (2 B's dude!) getting the boot from last week! 5-1 sucka. It just goes to show, big mouths do not make a final Survivor.

Next week looks like Burnett is screwing with the rules again with a non traditional merge. And Brian treats us to some intestional parasitic barfing! Woo hoo.

[finnman69]

the only mistake (a huge one) the twins made is using their fast forward too early. You gotta save that till near the end where it really can make a difference.

[agarrett]

I liked the flag thing. I knew that sook chai got in trouble when they started taking singles at 14, though.

  I was getting so angry during that competition, my wife had to keep telling me to calm down. It was so simple, and even predetermined. There were 21 flags at the beginning, so whoever went first could guarantee a win, no questions asked. But neither tribe saw the solution. Every time, I'd say how many flags they needed to remove, and they'd do something different. Just sooo disappointing.

  Drew Garrett

[another cricket]

Bland is the word for Suvivor V. There is no one I love (ie Hunter/Gina in IV) and no one I hate (Sean/Robb in IV, Brandy and Co in III and Jerri in II)

To put it in terms of food. There are only a lemongrass/coconut noodle dishes here, no hot and sour and no kimchee. Nice but bland. I yearn for a spash of hot chili oil.

a.cricket

[Tazlo]

If you start a separate Amazing Race thread, let me know. (There just isn't much to watch on Wed nights, is there?)

I'd like to second an earlier comment on this thread -- why oh why isn't Chewing Gum building a raft?

[stands2reason]

Stupid me, I kept forgetting about the show, but after watching Survivor this season, I realized that TAR would probably be way more interesting, so I watched this week. Anyway, to my point---which group is Zoolander? I Know there's the Supertwins, the Other Brothers, the Fag & his Hag (Hilarious. He makes her do the shot blocking stunt 'cuz he's just too precious. I laughed and laughed.) Cop & Fireman, and the hard-luck Old Couple. And of course, the Pride of Harvard (hee,hee!).

Oh, and "Chancellor," just because I'm being civil to you on this forum doesn't mean I'm over the Qui-Gon thing... ;-)

[Chancellor Palpatine]

The black haired twins are Team Zoolander. One of 'em is even named Derek, heheh.

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Thanks for the great review. Was out of town all weekend, and couldn't wait to find out what I missed. How come CG didn't find the boat? Did it wash away from the 2nd island? Last we saw, wasn't it bobbing against the shore there?

[Amore]

I'll be on a cruise but I will be sure to watch it on board ;-)

Good luck with that! I was on a cruise last week (when Robb got voted off) that's why I wasn't here. But we only got CBS when we were in Port in Nassau on Friday.

I just watched my tape of that Survivor episode, and my sentiments seem to echo the comments of the overwhelming majority here. Gee, Robb's gone, too bad! :- )

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Hello?

Testing, 1, 2, 3, 4, Test, Test.

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Yep! Ladies and Gentlemen,
HEEEEEEEEEEEE’S BAAAAAAACK!

After his recent down time, your humble correspondent has returned!
Fatter and Badder then ever!

For those of you who missed it, I broke my home computer about 4 weeks ago while my computer weenie fixer-upper type person was on vacation! Two weeks in Cancun no less!
Well, he has returned, exorcized the demons from my PC and has issued the following proclamation!
“Like, ya totally fried yer power supply, dude!”
No, his name is not Robb and he’s not from Arizona!

Anyway, the PC is fixed and I can now continue my FReeping.

I’d like to thank, stands2reason and agarrett for filling in during my downtime.
But please, guys, don’t let my returning stop ya from contributing yer 2 cents worth!
From what I have read, they are priceless!

Thanks again for all the support and I’ll be back Thursday with my predictions.

Enjoy,

[Artist]

Nice to see you back, cuz!

P.S. You're really very funny. :^)

[Peace4EarthNow]

Welcome back, cuz!!

Good to have you here again.

[MomwithHope]

Welcome back, cuz, it just wasn't the same without you!

[stands2reason]

All I can say is...

YEEEAAA!!!!!!!

[stands2reason]

Thought I'd ping belatedly for TAR. Watching now...Will & Grace in the lead...the men are quick on their tail...

[stands2reason]

Okay, Supertwins, Cop & Fireman, and who else picked deisel...

[sockmonkey]

Was that Aaron crying on the side of the road?
Oh, and only yourself to blame! This is a good episode of TAR!

[stands2reason]

Well, Will & Grace hung in there by a thread, plus it seems long-distance couple doesn't seem to care too much that they were eliminated...One thing I like about this game---it only takes one missed plane/train/car ride to go from top to bottom. There's no way to predict who'll win...the only thing to predict is which couples will break up and which person will end up losing it.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

SURVIVOR - PING
As always, if you want on or off the ping list, FReepmail me.

THE PLAYERS
Brian, Clay, Erin, Helen, Jake, Jan, Ken, Penny, Shii Ann, Ted

THE LOSERS
John, Tanya, Jed, Ghandia, Stephanie, Robb

First of all, I want to offer a BIG THANK YOU to last week’s bootee – ROBB-DUDE!

Looking back at my pre-season predictions (see my post #12), I made the following statement:

Well folks, there you have them. The latest batch of millionaire wanna-be’s. Consolidating the list, I predict the following will be the first ones (i.e pre-jury) voted off the island:
Erin Collins,
Jan Gentry,
Helen Glover,
Clay Jordan,
Penny Ramsey,
Robb Zbacnik,
And finally Brian Heidik, (just cuz I need one more Pre-Jury bootee.)

So thank you Robb, for not making me look like a complete FOOL!
At least I got ONE correct! And who knows, if Jan’s dementia continues, I might even get two right.

Now for what you all have been waiting for, here are:

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CUZ’S WEEKLY WEAKLY SURVIVOR PICS
[cymbals crashing together]
So, what do ya think? A little over the top? Ok, I’ll tone it down a bit.

To merge, or not to merge, that is the question.
Jeff P. has made the following two statements to the castaways during the promos for this week’s episode:
1. “The two tribes will now live together on one beach.”
2. “Something very different is about to happen.”

Well, we all know that this season, Mark Burnett has said that Survivor; Thailand will be different from all the other Survivors in the past. And it’s true.
They let the two elders pick their own tribes.
We didn’t have the disgusting food challenge.
The tribes didn’t have to build a fire from scratch nor did we have the “Quest for Fire” as the first Immunity Challenge.
The food auction was between two tribes and not between individual castaways.
This season, the castaways were permitted to have physical contact during the challenge.
And is it just me, or is there a lot more booze flowing around this season than any of the others?

Anyway, (and this is just a thought), what if the two tribes live together on one beach but DO NOT merge into one new tribe?
The reward challenges could be individual against individual, or pair against pair.
The immunity challenges could be tribe against tribe and not individual challenges, with the entire winning tribe getting immunity, but all the castaways going to, and voting at, tribal council?
What happens to the alliances each side has so carefully crafted?
We wouldn’t have to worry about tie breakers.
We wouldn’t have to worry about our favorite tribe getting “PAGONGED”.
There would definitely be more tension and suspense from week to week.

So, here are my pics:

If we have a modified merge like proposed above, and if Sucky Jive wins immunity, I think that Ted will be the first from Chewy Gum to go. If Chewy Gum wins immunity, then Ken will be the first from Sucky Jive to get the boot. These pics are pretty much no-brainers. The winning team will want to boot the strongest person from the other tribe.

However, if this is all smoke and mirrors and red-herring attempts by Mark Burnett to throw us off the track and we have a traditional merge, with individual immunity challenges, then I think we will see our first tie breaker. And since we haven’t heard anything to lead us to believe that the tie breakers will be handled any differently then last season, then it’s a toss up. Anybody could get the boot, so I’m gonna go with my personal favorites. We will have a tie between Shii-Ann and Jan. And just so I can say that I got two pre-jury pics right, bye-bye Jan.

So there you have it. Ok guys, lets have your pics.
I gotta go, but I’ll be back tomorrow with my re-cap.

Enjoy,