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SURVIVOR: PALAU - Official Thread
none | 18 January, 2005 | Cuz_it_aint_their_money

Posted on 01/18/2005 3:55:31 AM PST by cuz_it_aint_their_money

SURVIVOR: PALAU

premiering Thursday, February 17 at 8 pm ET/PT.

Greetings Survivor FReeks!

Its time once again for a new season of Survivor!

“Twenty Americans are stranded in Palau, the South Pacific paradise some call the 8th natural wonder of the world, where colorful wildlife, dense jungles and an underwater world beyond belief are haunted by the wreckage and remnants of World War II.
From the beginning, the game will be changed in a dramatic way: everything the Survivors have come to expect will be wiped out in the first 10 minutes.
Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast all others in Palau?”

According to the official website, there will only be one tribe (at least for starters) and three contestants will get the boot during the first show.

Should be interesting!


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KEYWORDS: mediawhores; palau; survivor; tv
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To: luckystarmom

Rob and Amber: As I said before, I think that's perfect. Hopefully the stressful situations will bring Rob's a-hole attributes to the surface, Amber will finally realize she married a dip$hit, and they will be in their third different reality series -- Divorce American Style.


41 posted on 02/10/2005 10:57:56 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Crom!)
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money

Did you read Caryn's quote?

"Lawyers have gotten a bad spin." and "I might as well just lie."

Bwahahahahahahahaahahahaha!!!! No, Caryn, it's not spin -- and your philosophy is just more proof that it's really fact. I hope they keep you around just to make you suffer. Build the fire, Caryn. Gut the fish, Caryn. Fetch the wood, Caryn. Eat your own, Caryn.


42 posted on 02/10/2005 11:02:23 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Crom!)
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money; girlscout

What has been a tad disconcerting for the viewers the last few Survivors, though good strategery for the other players, is the tendency for the bottom feeders in the group to EARLY on get rid of the "good guy/girl" types, becuase they correctly perceive them as the biggest threats, so it's best to take them out early, when you have the chance. Never assume you'll be able to get them the next time...it doesn't always happen that way. So, Tom, the FDNY Lt..will get booted early on, like Brady was the last time, remember..unless the producers have figured some away around it....Maybe because 3 leave in the first show, there will be no evictiond for the first three weeks..


43 posted on 02/10/2005 11:02:55 AM PST by ken5050
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money

Thanx for posting all this stuff.....it's great!

LOL on that Coby, a hairdresser and a bitch. Uh huh.


44 posted on 02/10/2005 10:48:49 PM PST by Chani (what am I gonna do on weekends now, without the nfl??? ;))
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To: Chani

hahaha ... No surprise there!


45 posted on 02/11/2005 6:05:03 AM PST by girlscout
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To: girlscout

Only a couple players have the credentials to be conservative, that being Tom Westman, the NY firefighter, and maybe Johnathon Libby, in sales and marketing in Dallas or Gregg Carey a business consultant in Chicago. Every other player has classic lib factors, leaning from 60% to 100% chance. They even put 3 lawyers in this season.


46 posted on 02/14/2005 3:41:02 PM PST by HighWheeler (With libs and other communists, everything is about "The here, the now, and me")
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money

47 posted on 02/14/2005 3:43:47 PM PST by HighWheeler (With libs and other communists, everything is about "The here, the now, and me")
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To: HighWheeler
They even put 3 lawyers in this season.

I'm thinking we will see ALOT of back stabbing this time around ... unless they give the lawyers the boot early on (which I doubt).

48 posted on 02/15/2005 6:26:11 AM PST by girlscout
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money

Please add me to the ping list.


49 posted on 02/15/2005 6:26:52 AM PST by codercpc
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To: ken5050

We'll see what happens, but I heard that 2 players get lost on their way to the challenge and are unable to compete so either quit/ or get disqualified?


50 posted on 02/15/2005 6:29:15 AM PST by codercpc
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To: HighWheeler

who dat?


51 posted on 02/15/2005 6:39:36 AM PST by ken5050 ("Joe Biden is the dumbest person in the Senate"......the Great One, Mark Levin)
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To: codercpc

Possible..but the show has a certain number of episodes, the count based on a finite number of eliminations.. Last season, I think, when someone quit, they didn't have an eliminatiuon that week..


52 posted on 02/15/2005 6:41:08 AM PST by ken5050 ("Joe Biden is the dumbest person in the Senate"......the Great One, Mark Levin)
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To: codercpc
You have been added to the Survivor ping list.
Welcome to the madhouse!

Cuz

53 posted on 02/15/2005 6:52:54 AM PST by cuz_it_aint_their_money
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money; All
Here's a pic of the last winner Chris getting married at the Daytona Speedway prior to the Budweiser Shootout race last Saturday. Race driver Mark Martin was the best man.


54 posted on 02/15/2005 7:00:42 AM PST by WestCoastGal (Daytona 500 ~ 5 days!___ Gatorade Duel Races this Thursday 1pm ET)
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To: WestCoastGal
Thanks WestCoastGal!

I still think that he needs a haircut!
But then again, maybe its just a foible of us follicley challenged.

55 posted on 02/15/2005 7:07:16 AM PST by cuz_it_aint_their_money
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To: 24Karet; alisasny; agarrett; Amore; A knight without armor; Anitius Severinus Boethius; Artist; ...
Hey everybody,
Here is an interview with Jeff Probst which explains what happens to those two first eliminatees. (notice I didn't say boot-ees, hint, hint)

Probst: 'Palau' is a different 'Survivor'
By JOHN POWELL -- JAM! Showbiz (a Canadian website)

According to Jeff Probst ‘Survivor Palau’ is the response to critics who believe the CBS reality series has become too predictable.

“There are more firsts this season than we have ever had,” Probst told Jam! Showbiz. “That’s what struck me as the season went on and on. Some of them are twists. Some of them are things that happened organically and some are a result of challenges but there are more things you have never seen before this season.”

Calling ‘Palau’ the “water season”, Probst promised the challenges on this the tenth installment are the most physical and original ever.

“The visibility underwater was so good we decide to pull out a lot of challenges we have been sitting on. In the first three or four episodes we have some of the most physical challenges I think we have ever put on in terms of endurance and needing to be physically fit,” said Probst.

To the delight of the producers, strengthening the challenges made things difficult for the tribes to immediately target the athletic players as they had in the past. A problem which had haunted the series as a whole and ultimately doomed ‘Survivor: Vanuatu’.

“The message that they (the players) are going to find out is if you vote out your strong simply because they are strong…go ahead…but odds are, you will back at Tribal Council,” said Probst revealing that there is a major “cat fight” at one of the challenges early on.

The producers also kept the players off balance right out of the gate by not providing the them with any information or tools whatsoever to begin the game. The ‘Palau’ players didn’t even know if they were one tribe or not.

“This time, I literally show up and say…There’s your beach. Have a good time,” Probst stated. “The players began wondering…Do I start making alliances now or will that maybe bite me in the ass? Should I not say anything at this moment? Do we build a shelter? Are we staying here? There is no name on the flag. It just says ‘Survivor Palau’.”

Probst said that confusing start doesn’t sound like a whole lot but it “pays off” in the first few days and Day 33 because the producers put into the players’ heads that ‘Palau’ is a slightly different game.

Viewers will see that difference for themselves when the first two ‘Survivor Palau’ contestants get booted. They don’t get kicked the traditional way at Tribal Council. They are victims of a tribal pick ‘em. Two players aren’t selected to be on a tribe and therefore must leave the game immediately.

“It is brutal. It is the same feeling you have when you’re not picked on a schoolyard or when you’re the first guy laid off. At its core, without question, ‘Survivor’ is a social game and that is put to the test right away. These people in essence never really get a chance to play this game and yet they go through all the work to get there,” said Probst.

Besides the water-based premise, ‘Palau’ also will underscore the theme of “choices” and their “consequences”.

“You may not even pick up on it but it started filtering in and we started making it an element to some challenges, some situations and some decisions. The thinking was…Let’s every time we can let them make a choice and it ends up having an impact,” said Probst.

While the producers did use the Second World War heritage of the ‘Palau’ area as a backdrop, Probst maintains they didn’t exploit it. The Tribal Council area is in a bunker-like set and there may be some military themes to the challenges but the producers viewed ‘Palau’ as a living monument to the conflict.

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Take care and I'll be back Thursday with my picks.
Cuz

56 posted on 02/15/2005 7:14:38 AM PST by cuz_it_aint_their_money
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money

"water-themed", eh?..as in "Lifeboat"?


57 posted on 02/15/2005 7:45:14 AM PST by ken5050 ("Joe Biden is the dumbest person in the Senate"......the Great One, Mark Levin)
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money

I'm ready for this new game to begin.


58 posted on 02/15/2005 9:21:18 AM PST by tob2 (Old Fossil and Proud of It!)
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To: Pride in the USA

FYI - Check out #56 for an interview with Probst about how this new season of Survivor is going to be a little different.


59 posted on 02/15/2005 9:36:51 AM PST by lonevoice (Vast Right Wing Pajama Party)
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money
there is a major “cat fight” at one of the challenges early on.

Oh goody ... nothing like a good cat fight. I hope there's hair pulling and not just screaming and yelling. ;-))

60 posted on 02/15/2005 11:02:53 AM PST by girlscout
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