Good Morning fellow Survivor FReeks!
As you know, our favorite show is only one week away and since we have a number of new pingees to the thread, I thought I would refresh your memories about my posts each week.
On the morning of each show, (usually Thursdays) I post any spoilers of the week along with my picks. As with all spoilers, each should be taken with a certain degree of skepticism. Sometimes they are factual, but most times they are based on wishful thinking and nothing else.
Usually, on Monday mornings, I will post a recap of the previous episode. Many of you on this ping list have come to expect my recaps to be filled with “witty” insights. Try as I might, sometimes I’m just not in the mood for witty and succumb to just being downright sarcastic. And sometimes, I just don’t feel like commenting on the show. When that happens, I’ll just cut and paste whatever the official SeeBS website has listed as a recap. The reason I do this on Monday, is that some pingees TiVo or tape the show and don’t have a chance to watch it before the weekend.
Since this season occurs during the NCAA playoffs (more commonly referred to as March Madness) and since SeeBS usually schedules a broadcast on Thursday nights, they sometimes move Survivor to Wednesday night. When this happens (if it happens) I’ll post my picks on Wednesday morning.
Anyway, like I said, the show starts on one week, so I hope every one is as stoked as I am about this new season.
Now, I thought I would provide you with a few snippets of information regarding this season. These are all culled from various spoiler websites. Most can be taken as true, however, a few may be just red herrings. I’ll let you decide.
1. The main theme this season will be “Exile Island”. After each Reward Challenge, the losing tribe will have to pick one player to be “banished” to “Exile Island”. That player will only be given one bucket of water and a machete. No food, no shelter, no fire and they will have to remain there until the next Immunity Challenge.
2. There will again be an individual immunity idol. This idol is hidden somewhere on “exile island”. The twist this season is that the person who finds it does not have to surrender it at Tribal Council before the vote. He or she can hold onto it and only use it if they receive the most votes at TC. When that happens, whichever player has received the second highest number of votes gets the boot. Could make for some interesting Tribal Councils.
3. The initial tribal names are as follows:
Vivero - Younger Men - Green Buffs
La Mina - Older Men - Orange Buffs
Casaya - Older Females - Purples Buffs
Bayoneta - Younger Females - Blue Buffs
4. For all the hoopla about this season having 4 tribes, it won’t last long. In fact rumor has it that the second episode has the 4 tribes being split up into two tribes in a schoolyard “pick-em” type division. One of the new tribes will have yellow buffs.
5. Tribal Council will be held in a manmade cave this season.
Well, that’s all I have for now. If anybody has anything they would like to add, feel free. Till then,
Take care,
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