SURVIVOR 7: PEARL ISLAND

14 Aug, 2003 | Cuz_it_aint_their_money

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

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This here's Captain Cuz bringing you scurvy scallywags the latest in Survivor news!
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Well ping-ees, it’s that time again!
Mark Burnett Productions has once again permitted 16 media whores to ply their trade just to bring us a few hours of blissful enjoyment. So without further ado, here is what your intrepid Captain Cuz has come up with so far.

During the final show of Survivor 6: The Amazon, Jeff Probst provided the following voice over for the first Survivor 7: Pearl Island Promo:

This Fall, 16 new Survivors journey off the coast of Panama, to a land steeped in a bloody history of piracy.

A hidden chain of more than a hundred tropical islands, located in the blue-green waters of Central America. These are the PEARL ISLANDS. It is a place of ancient riches, with a turbulent history of looting and plundering. The ruins of Spanish forts and sunken ships are monuments to a violent and infamous past, where the deeds of pirates like Drake and Morgan are legendary.

In these Panamanian waters lurk some of the most exotic and dangerous marine animals anywhere in the Pacific Ocean. Schools of sharks, sting rays, dolphins and sea turtles thrive in a spectacular world beneath the sea.

And our Survivors will begin their adventure during the migration of the humpback whale. For the first time, each tribe will have its own island and the marooning will be unlike anything experienced by the previous Survivors.

Who will outwit, outplay and outlast all the others to become the sole Survivor? Find out this Fall as the adventure continues in the Pearl Islands.

Well, you just knew that with all the Survivor Junkies out there in Webland, it wouldn’t be long before someone came up with some pictures about the Pearl Islands, and here are a few I have selected from the many out there in cyberspace: Photos courtesy of claycritters.com

Tribal Council view from right rear

Tribal Council from left side.

Close up of Tribal Council. Stairs under construction leading from the beach to the fort.
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Here is a brief “History of the Pearl Islands” – (an excerpt from SurvivorFever.net)
These islands have a long history as they were the first islands to be explored by Spanish Conquistadors. In fact the most famous conquistador and the person who gave the Pacific Ocean its name, Balboa, lived on these islands after having crossed the Panamanian Isthmus. He chose the islands because the weather was cooler and the mosquitoes non-existent.

After Balboa left, the islands were a center for pearl divers and the greatest of pearls, La Peregrina was found off their shores.

La Peregrina was given to Queen Mary Tudor by Philip the II of Spain in 1554; later the pearl ended up in the hands of Napoleon the III and today Elizabeth Taylor has the pearl in her possession. Richard Burton gave it to her as a Valentine's Day gift in 1969. Who knows maybe there are more such pearls to be found? In the 20th century the Pearl islands, especially Contadora were developed into vacation spots for Latin Americans and Europeans.

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Well intrepid ping-ees, that’s just about all Captain Cuz has for now.
The show will debut Thursday, September 18th, 2003 at 8 PM EDT.
And hopefully, the official Survivor Website will list the contestants sometime next week.
If so, I’ll be back next Thursday with the bios of the players.

Until then, feel free to post your own spoilers!
And remember, don’t take any wooden doubloons! Har Har Har!

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[NCC-1701]

Where is the double peace sign he used earlier in the show. IIRC, he stopped using it around the time of "The Big Lie" about his grandmother. As a guy, I hope Jon is next. He's a disgrace to the male gender. Then Lil. Sandra and Darrah in the final. Either way that would go, I'd be happy. Just anyone but Jon and Lil. Rupert's eye-rolling was priceless as he sat there listening to the load of caca being shoveled by Jon and Burton. And again when Burton passed in front of Rupert comming back from the voting area. The smile on Darrah's face at the end said a lot. The girls stuck together for once and they have to do it one more time to get rid of Jon. Hopefully, he won't win immunity. As I have said previously, Osten shouldn't be invited to the reunion show because he quit. That is a slap in the face to all those involved in getting on Survivor. And the looks on the faces of those lied to by Jon, when his granny shows up in the studio audience. Kinda makes you hope they go for his throat for lieing about her. Not the fans favorite.

[ken5050]

BTW..you can't bring "cannisters" into NYC from abroad....HOmeland Security frowns upon it..

[ken5050]

Lil used the "menopause" defense...no doubt she'll have a big endorsement contract from a pharmaceutical company waiting for her...

[ken5050]

Can you please clarify for me what was the rationale over dumping Burton BEFORE Johnnie Rotten?..I was on the phone when that was going on...Was it a consensus choice?

[Lee'sGhost]

"Burton wins and takes Jon...hey,girls..does that tell you something?.....wake up!"

I LMAO when that happened. I'm thinking, strategically, that was the stupidest thing Burton could have done. And still, until Jeff finally revealed the last vote I was thinking, "Lil could STILL screw this up and vote for Darrah, making it a tie." What a disaster this woman is.

[Artist]

"Can you please clarify for me what was the rationale over dumping Burton BEFORE Johnnie Rotten?..I was on the phone when that was going on...Was it a consensus choice?"

Yes. The girls felt that Burton was far more likely to win immunity in the future. I believe that Saundra said that Jon was "just like a girl," so they didn't have to worry much about him winning.

[Lee'sGhost]

"Jon and his little S&^* eating grin will be gone next."

UNLESS he wins immunity -- my biggest fear. Of course, Lil could switch sides again. Jon may not be the worst player in Survivor history, but he is certainly the worst person to play. And Lil is by FAR the dumbest.

[Artist]

"Lil used the "menopause" defense...no doubt she'll have a big endorsement contract from a pharmaceutical company waiting for her...

Well, I don't know about everyone else, but I'd run screaming from any product Lil endorsed.

Somebody'd have to force that pill between my teeth.

[Lee'sGhost]

"LOL...Burton just accused Lil of breaking their alliance...that was rich...he promised her in the final 4"


YES, YES, YES! Didn't anybody else catch that? I mean at the end when Burton says, "I hope you can live with yourself, Lil, after breaking your word." It was right after Burton had JUST VOTED TO LIL OFF! How delusional is that.

[NCC-1701]

"...Can you please clarify for me what was the rationale over dumping Burton BEFORE Johnnie Rotten?..I was on the phone when that was going on...Was it a consensus choice?..."

My personal thought is you cut the head of the snake off and the body will follow soon thereafter. Jon seemed to be a mere, (and dangerous), toddie. Without his buddy, he'll be lost.

[ken5050]

Thanks....if I recall from the previous Sruvivors.the producers recognized the obvious differences in the physical attribute of the last 4 or so, and how it would be "unfair" in challenges, and the last immunity and reward challenges were all mental or intellectual, where physical strength wasn't the issue..

[mystery-ak]

Correct me if Im wrong, but I don't think Jon has ever won immunity...he's a girly-man...the look on his face when Burton was voted off was priceless....I just hope the women (Lill) have the courage to vote this POS off.

[ken5050]

well, after all the speculation here earlier that Burton was gay...he and Johnnie spent the night together in the SUV....Burton should have taken D..for reasons both obvious and strategic..you just know that Burton will go from Survivor to Queer Eye..

[NCC-1701]

I think you're correct. Jon had his chances, but he blew it. I haven't checked CBS's site on challenges/immunities won, but Jon's name will probably not be in either list.

[Lee'sGhost]

I think it was good strategy because, odds are, Burton would have been more likely to win the next immunity than Jon will be. Not guarantee, but I think the odds favored Burton.

[NCC-1701]

Burton screwed up royally. Had he take Darrah, he may have lasted a little longer, but I think D's mind was made up. Whether or not Burton's gay, so what, he's gone. And the sooner Jon leaves, the better off everyone else will be.

[ken5050]

Actually, eachnof the threer wimmenfolk will now figure that, if paired in the final two with Rotten..then can't lose....that's the kicker here..

[NCC-1701]

I hope you're right. Jonny "Fairplay" has rubbed everyone on the jury the wrong way. In a strange sort of way, I feel that's even true of Burton. Wouldn't it be funny if Burton votes for the female and not Jon if that's the final two. I'd LMAO. The final act of betrayal!

[MAGEE]

Hi there - Metrosexuals - ha love it. There HAS to be a good haunted house somewhere. Didn't something happen to the original people on Roanoke Island? Hmmmmmmm worth a thought for early spring. They could all disappear!

Woops, then Hillary would show up and save the party! ick

[luckystarmom]

He is easy on the eyes, and he is a bad boy. Which of course makes him all the more attractive.

The only real negative is when he is around Johnny Jerk-off. Burton can't over-come the nastiness of John.