SURVIVOR: ALL STARS! Official FReeping Thread

1/14/2004 | Cuz_it_aint_their_money

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

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THERE BAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaCK!

Yes Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Posters and Lurkers, Freepers of all kinds!
Those Intrepid Castaways and all round Media Whores are back for another shot at glory!

18 former Survivors, 3 tribes, 1 host, in the Pearl Islands of Panama.
The first episode will air Sunday, February 1st, after the Super Bowel.

So make sure you save enough Super Bowel munchies and adult beverages for the season premiere of:

SURVIVOR: ALL STARS

[girlscout]

I thought the same thing when I was watching it last night. She was just a bit too intuitive. Sorry her Mom passed away, but as Jenna said on the Early Show today, her Mom fought the cancer for 12 years.

[girlscout]

The girl with long blonde hair who has done so well. I can't remember her name, but the Donald was disappointed to have to fire her.

[ken5050]

with apologies, IN ADVANCE, to our good friend Cuz, here's my take on what's gonna happen next week..

1. Richard continues to refine the art of naked fishing...did you see the moray eel?..well, Richard's technique is to float, waist down..trolling his "worm", but instead of a litle nurse shark..next time a far bigger head goes for the bait...

2. Amber decides to emulate Paris Hilton's path to fame and fortune, as she becomes the first to do the horizontal mambo on TV....she wants to make enough $$$ to buy a vowel...wonder if the two of them will try to reprise the great scene with Burt Lancastwer and Deborah Kerr..seriously, notice that since the Super Bowl flap, CBS isn't promoting the sex on the beach scene like you'd expect..

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Richard continues to refine the art of naked fishing

Why is it that fat ugly middle aged gay men think everyone wants to see their body?

[So Cal Rocket]

TRIBAL COUNCIL CANCELLED: JENNA MORASCA BOWS OUT

In a historic edition of SURVIVOR: ALL-STARS, the Immunity Challenge and Tribal Council were cancelled after Mogo Mogo tribe member Jenna Morasca, the 22-year-old winner of SURVIVOR: THE AMAZON from Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, bowed out of the competition. After much deliberation, Jenna M. realized she had made a mistake by joining the All-Stars instead of being at home with her ill mother.

As the tribes convened for the Immunity Challenge, Jenna shocked the castaways by announcing, "Due to someone who is very ill at home right now that's getting worse, I need to pull myself out of the game."

FEAST FOR THE BUGS

As the sun rose over the Mogo Mogo camp, the castaways struggled with the painful bug bites that covered their bodies. Jenna M. was having an especially difficult time with the bites, as well as with her depression. This was not lost on her tribemates. "Jenna's hurting; Jenna wants to go home.… Now she's not even drinking enough. She's kind of a wandering zombie," noted Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, the 50-year-old castaway of SURVIVOR: MARQUESAS from Burlington, Vermont.

TEACH A MAN HOW TO FISH…

After losing the first two Immunity Challenges, the Saboga tribe felt the need to be productive. As the tribe built a table, Rupert Boneham, the 40-year-old castaway of SURVIVOR: PEARL ISLANDS PANAMA from Indianapolis, Indiana, caught a fish for lunch. Shortly after Rupert returned with the fish, Ethan Zohn, the 30-year-old winner of SURVIVOR: AFRICA from Lexington, Massachusetts, not to be outdone, took the spear in order to catch one himself. "I like being the fisherman," explained Rupert, "I know he wants to be too, but it can't be competition between he and I. It will just hurt his emotions."

MAN BITES SHARK

While fishing for rays, Mogo Mogo castaway Richard Hatch, the 42-year-old winner of SURVIVOR: BORNEO from Middletown, Rhode Island, came across a shark. Hatch, never one to back down in a confrontation, engaged the shark in a fierce battle. After the shark had bitten him, Richard Hatch responded by actually biting the shark back. When he returned to camp, his tribemates couldn't believe it. "Richard Hatch is a fishing God!" exclaimed Shii Ann Huang, the 30-year-old All-Star of SURVIVOR: THAILAND from New York City, New York.

REWARD CHALLENGE: BETTER HOMES & ISLAND LIVING

When they checked their Tree Mail, the tribes were surprised to find a box filled with tools from Home Depot. As the Tree Mail explained, this was all part of a Reward Challenge. Using the tools provided, each tribe had 24 hours to build a home at their camp. When the 24 hours had elapsed, host Jeff Probst would bring a judge to rate each home on size, strength and creativity. The winning tribe would receive a surprise Reward, airdropped into their camp, as well as a clue to the location of a key to one of the locks on their mystery box. The second-place tribe would also receive a clue to the location of a key to one of the locks on their own mystery box.

Chapera started the Challenge by electing a leader, Rob Mariano, the 28-year-old castaway of SURVIVOR: MARQUESAS from Canton, Massachusetts, who had experience at building homes. As the tribe started on what would become their home, Rob took control with authority. "When I saw him building that shelter, he was pretty hot building that shelter," admired Amber Brkich, the 25-year-old All-Star of SURVIVOR: THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK from Beaver, Pennsylvania, "He's good at doing what he does."

Over at Saboga, Rupert took the leadership role with the idea of building a log cabin. Tempers immediately flared as Jerri Manthey, the 33-year-old tribe member of SURVIVOR: THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK from Stuttgart, Germany, disagreed with Rupert's designs for the home.

Meanwhile, Mogo Mogo was busy working away on a tree house. While Colby Donaldson, the 29-year-old tribe member of SURVIVOR: THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK from Christoval, Texas and Lex van den Berghe, the 38-year-old All-Star of SURVIVOR: AFRICA from Santa Cruz, California, worked on the structure, Shii Ann and Jenna were brainstorming the creative touches. However, Colby and Lex were less than interested in the girls' ideas, and the actual building of the home took a front seat to the luxury of creativity. This caused a rift between the men and women of Mogo Mogo.

JUDGMENT DAY

The following day, Jeff Probst showed up at each camp with a licensed contractor from Panama who would decide the winner of this Reward Challenge. The judge inspected all three homes with a keen eye and strict builder's code in mind. The winner would be notified by an airdrop of mystery supplies. The tribes waited with baited breath as the plane crossed over all three camps. As the plane dropped its bounty over the victorious Chapera camp, the tribe rejoiced as they opened the box to find mats, blankets and wine.

SHELTER FROM THE STORM

After a vicious rainstorm, Jenna Morasca announced to her tribe that it was time for her to go home. "She's finally collapsing," explained Kathy, "Her Mom is in a cancer rehab home. She should not be here."

NO IMMUNITY CHALLENGE OR TRIBAL COUNCIL

As the tribes convened for an Immunity Challenge, Jenna Morasca shocked the other castaways by pulling herself out of the game. In an extremely emotional speech, Jenna explained that she had made a bad judgment by becoming an All-Star, and that she was needed at home.

Jeff Probst then announced that both the Immunity Challenge and Tribal Council would be cancelled because Jenna Morasca would be leaving the game. Jenna bade a tearful goodbye to all the castaways, then boarded the boat for the first leg of her journey home to her mother. Eight days after Jenna returned home, her mother lost her battle with cancer.

[SoothingDave]

BTW does anyone know who got the boot on Apoprentice??

Jessie. Both groups had to line up "packages" from celebrities for a charity auction. Versacorp ended up with $40,000 raised, to Protege's $35k. It kinda was a poor challenge, cause so much depends on how "hot" a given celebrity was at the moment. But anyway.

Omarosa was the leader and she took Jessie and Heidi into the boardroom. In the midst of discussion Omarosa gave really backhanded compliments to both of the other girls. (She said Heidi was "really good, even though she doesn't have any class.")

The other girls were still saying how "nice" they thought Omarosa was, and the Donald was wondering why they would like someone who just insulted them.

So, even though you could tell he didn't like the way Omarosa handled her people, he fired Jessie cause she wouldn't stand up for herself, and meekly took O's insulting comments.

Lesson from the last two weeks: Speak up for yourself!

SD

[SoothingDave]

Amber decides to emulate Paris Hilton's path to fame and fortune, as she becomes the first to do the horizontal mambo on TV....she wants to make enough $$$ to buy a vowel

Buy a vowel. LOL

SD

[SoothingDave]

The tribes waited with baited breath as the plane crossed over all three camps.

Is this from CBS? Unless they had worms in their mouths, they waited with "bated breath."

We now return you from this pedantic moment to your regular programming.

SD

[So Cal Rocket]

"The tribes waited with baited breath as the plane crossed over all three camps."

Is this from CBS? Unless they had worms in their mouths, they waited with "bated breath."

After biting that shark, Richard Hatch probably had baited breath.

[SoothingDave]

After biting that shark, Richard Hatch probably had baited breath.

True. I've heard of TV shows jumping the shark. Now we've had one "bite the shark."

SD

[PoisedWoman]

Oh goodie! Apprentice fans! I think it's a terrific show and am playing on their message boards too.

Last week I posted that Omarosa needs to go back to the government sector because she's too divisive to succeed in business. As a boss, she'd drive every talented person out her company, leaving her with nothing but gutless underlings. Perfect fit for gubmint, which seems to operate on a dysfunction model. . A disaster for private enterprise. Though The Donald rebuked her for being rude, I don't think she'll change. Hasn't a clue how to unite people, much less get along amicably.

My fave moment: When neither Omarosa nor Kwaame could negotiate anything sensible with the rap entrepreneur, and Idaho Troy stepped in to save the day with his good-ole-boy common sense and charm. He's just brilliant, a natural businessman, has an excellent chance to win this game.

He reminds me of a billionaire real estate mogul I worked for in the 80s....very smart but more than that, a guy who could always cut to the chase and get the deal done. "I always hire people smarter than I am," he said.....had an office full of MBAs that he then personally trained to be REAL businessmen and women. He actually hired a headhunter to do the hiring for the company, moved her into his office suite, conferred with her on every single candidate for even a mid-level job. I heard him tell her not to be so impressed with academic credentials...look for the guys who can actually get things done.

With this advice in mind, I'm really leaning toward Troy. Nick is good too but there's something about him I don't like or trust. Superficial guy IMO. And on the women's side? Heidi keeps getting the job done, though she lacks polish. Even so, the others seem to like her. A tough call. Amy seemed the standout woman until those drunken scenes with Nick. Pity.

And on Survivor Island? Boston Rob! I liked him first time around, like him even more this time. A gritty, strong fellow, he's polished up his people skills since last we saw him. Will be interesting to see how long he lasts. Ditto for Jerry. Rupert looks like a jerk and he'll be voted out well before the end. BTW, I've seen Indian shelters dug into the ground like the shelter he made...on the Northern California coast up in redwood country. But it was much further back from the ocean. And it's cold there--the object of building underground was to preserve heat. Indigenous coastal peoples build up, sometimes put houses on stilts to avoid storm surges. What was Rupert thinking? Not much.

[SoothingDave]

Last week I posted that Omarosa needs to go back to the government sector because she's too divisive to succeed in business.

She absolutely terrifys people. That's no way to run a business. And she's already shown a willingness to play the race card. I hate her so much.

Idaho Troy stepped in to save the day with his good-ole-boy common sense and charm.

Yep. Just seems like a decent guy. Nick's not bad either. But Troy is smart enough, on the team he's on, to just stay out of the way and let the women claw at each other.

I detested the way the women would act slutty to win every challenge. I hope we're past that now. Next week's challenge, fixing up an apartment for rent, sounds like a real good opportunity to see what people are made of. Not a rinky-dink thing like selling lemonade. And no amount of T&A is gonna get someone to pay more rent in NYC than is necessary.

And on Survivor Island? Boston Rob! I liked him first time around, like him even more this time.

I hated Rob the first time, but he does seem to have relaxed a bit. Plus, he's not laying around and being lazy. I liked Colby and Big Tom, but I knew there was no way in the world a southern redneck like Tom was gonna win. Remember when he an Lex went to see a movie and they brought out a bottle of whiskey? Tom just grabs the bottle and carries it around with him all night. That was great.

SD

[CalKat]

It's weird, this time people who bugged me horrifically before aren't as annoying. I like Boston Rob this time -- last time I could have killed him with my bare hands. I loved Rupert before, now I think he's being stubborn and not very smart. Shii Ann's not so bad this time either. Sue the truck driver is still the worst, though.

[luckystarmom]

The only one that I loved the first time around, and I still love him this time around is Colby. When he flashes those pearly white and talks with that Texas twang, I just think he's a real man. WooHoo!

Sue is still the worst. If Ethan, Tom, and Lex make it to the merge, then I think they will be a force to be reckoned with. They had a good alliance the first time around, and I think it will stick this time around.

My only problem with Ethan this time around is that he has lost some of his confidence. You can tell he doesn't like Rupert being the fisherman.

I was originally going with Rupert for winning, but I think I'm going for Colby. He's just too darn cute (and smart).

[CalKat]

I still like Ethan. But yes, he is not as confident as he was last time. I am so disappointed in Rupert. He was so cool and nice last time, and this time he's almost a jerk.

As for Sue, I just wish she would put some clothes on, or they would blur like they do Richard when he's naked. That bathing suit she wears every minute is not flattering, to put it mildly.

The other person I don't like is the Jenna that's on Rupert's team. She was the one who messed up on two challenges when they lost, and she blames everyone else. And with three teams you don't get to see enough of what's going on, so I don't know if anyone discussed her screwing up the challenges.

I hope they don't vote Ethan just because he won before. I don't like Lex, although not as much as I disliked him the first time. I sorta like Big Tom. I think Colby's OK. Last time I thought he was too cocky, but I like him better this time.

I was originally going for Rupert winning, too. Now I'm sure who I want to win, except maybe Ethan again.

This is one of only three shows I watch, and as you can, I am obssessed.

[HighWheeler]

I was going on the present tense of this line of hers: "Due to someone who is very ill at home right now that's getting worse, I need to pull myself out of the game."

Then Probst had to cover for her sounding like she was getting information, and she came up with the intuition/premonition explanation. Jenna knew whether her mom was getting worse 9 days earlier before she left, and apparently it wasn't happening, so she decided to leave and play the game.

We will never know for sure what happened, but we do know for sure that SeeBS is run by a pack of low lifes who wouldn't pause a moment to pull off this trick.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Maybe. But I know she was shaking she was so upset, and she had been becoming more withdrawn according to her tribemates. I've seen situations where family just knows when something bad is happening.

When my Grandmother passed away a year and a half ago, she saw all four of her children and 12 of 17 grandchildren on that very day. She had been in and out of the hospital for years and she wasn't in real bad shape that day, but my uncle from Georgia came up to Missouri to be with her, even though he was in chemo for Luekemia and feeling weak, simply because he felt like he needed to see her. My Dad went with my Mom, who was a frequent visitor, because he felt that my Mom was extra tense about seeing her Mother that weekend.

All of us grandkids, including those who didn't get to see her that last day, had called her earlier that week, just because she was on our minds a lot. I'm pretty sure CBS didn't have anything to do with that, so you can see how I might understand how Jenna could have just "felt" that her Mother was taking a turn for the worst.

[luckystarmom]

My brother has cancer. He's battled it for many years. I live in California, and he's in Texas.

I went to Texas this summer for an anniversary party for him. I knew that he didn't look good, and I thought something was up with him.

A few weeks later, he found out that the cancer was back and in his brain.

I think maybe Jenna thought it was a short time (40 days), and she could handle it. However once she was out there, she started getting worried. Then to add to the fact that she's sleep deprived, dehydrated, lonely, etc, I'm sure she was a mess.

This is not like when Osten pulled out. Her mom did die a little over a week later.

[MomwithHope]

Hey thanks for the recap of Apprentice!! We got a video of Survivor from last night and just watched it. Kind of a ho hum episode, some good Big Tom moments. And I agree Boston Rob is less of a jerk than last time. I agree with the survivors who said Jenna should have never gone on the trip. Jeez she already had a million, she took a risk and let her tribe down in the end.

[Central Scrutiniser]

They ain't gonna catch a moray. Moray's rarely are at depts of less than 20 feet. Plus, they are very hard to catch, they emit a very slimy exterior, plus, they are deep in the rocks with only their heads exposed. As for that shark, nurse shark, no real danger, but tasty to be sure. I can't believe they are eating the trigger fish, almost no meat on them. I just hope they had enough training to not go out and kill the slow moving puffer fish, as they are usually quite toxic.

As for Amber, I think she said more last night than all series, she said something like "ummm, ya know?"