I know, right?

Kim's playing a good game, although I wish she would've gone with the Troy/Jay/Mike/Kim/Chelsea/Sabrina alliance instead of the women's alliance. But, her chances of winning with the women's alliance are probably higher than with the other one, so I can see why she did that. I just like Jay and Troy better than Alicia, Kat and Christina. And, like I've said before, my liking a particular Survivor is usually their kiss of death.

Good for Troy for playing his HII and not going home with it in his pocket. I wonder if it'll be re-hidden and come back into play?

Yeah, except that since they knew (thanks to Jay) that he had it, it turned out he didn't need to play it. There were only two votes for Troy, while there were five votes for Jay. HII successfully flushed.

And I know what you mean about liking players being the kiss of death. Same here.

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Russell is flipping houses and has a show. I will not be watching.

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When I was in Honduras last week, our tour guide pointed out the "twins"; the two islands used by Survivor when they filmed there. He said he got to work helping build some of the challenge sets. He was very proud... it was kind of cute!

Cool! Welcome back, AGDee!

I don't think I ever realized that the Survivors get to keep whatever money they don't spend at the auction. I still think Christina made a huge mistake not buying the challenge advantage. Regardless of the outcome of the challenge, she probably bumped herself lower in the pecking order because of it. The $500 she pocketed is probably not worth the difference in consolation prize money.

ETA: I am continually amazed at Kat's intellectual inferiority. She's got a serious case of teh dumbs.

LOL. Yep.

Troy really needs to get over himself. He's a competitor; I get that. But he is forgetting that if he really plans to stay around, he needs a majority of the people he's alienating to want to vote for him at the end.

And Kim was exactly right -- it's a game, Troy.

Meanwhile, when did Tarzan start doing well on challenges? And what was wrong with his face? Those were the darkest circles under his eyes I've ever seen.

I thought he had painted his face with black paint similar to how Leif had painted his with blue. It looked so bad I assumed it had to have been intentional - I never even considered that he might be sick or tired.

I was surprised to see Tarzan vote for Leif. While Tarzan certainly isn't the best social player in the game, he hasn't stood out as making poor voting decisions. (Although I readily admit that my memory is already failing me and I don't remember who he's had a hand in voting out.)

Kim appears to be playing the best game right now. Naturally, that means she's on the chopping block. I wonder if she had anticipated what Troy so plainly laid out in TC - she didn't look surprised at all when he suggested the four bottom-dwellers vote her out.

Must have missed a season...which Survivor was filmed in Honduras?

Chelsea and Tarzan must have a secret alliance, did I catch them voting in a bloc of four (it's against Kim and Kim's votes) with either Sabrina, Alina, or Christina?

Chelsea is the only woman I see with two separate alliances, a plus to get her to the top three with poor/unliked players Kat, Troyzan, or Alicia. With the 'numbers games' at voting time, Chelsea can go with either of her alliances and still stay safe and well-liked.

I guess it was actually Nicaragua but the islands are visible from the shore of Honduras. It was the Redemption Island season.

FWIW, all the seasons and locations are listed here.

Argh. I'm really fighting the temptation to make my prediction for the rest of the season - the whole kiss of death thing is keeping me from doing so.

I'm soooo not a fan of those voodoo-type challenges. Let people win on their own accord instead of winning because they're not being ganged-up on by the other players. It seems grossly unfair for the poor target, whether they be a threat-related target or a disliked-by-the-tribe target.

The writing sure is on the wall for Christina, isn't it? I expect her to go before Tarzan unless she wins immunity. And speaking of Tarzan, have we seen him make an alliance with one or more of the women and I'm just forgetting about it? I'm not sure I understand why he's in the position he's in. Especially considering how much he has annoyed some of the women (Chelsea, for instance). Am I missing something or is he just ultra-lucky to still be there?

To be honest, I'm on the fence regarding how I feel about the direction the game has taken. I'm impressed that the women have been able to pull it together enough to get to this point, remembering how helpless they were at the beginning of the season. But I'm just not a fan of half of the women left, so it's hard to be happy that they're all there.

That actually doesn't bother me, because it provides a great opportunity to see where people stand and what they are thinking. If only Kat had paid attention, bless her heart.

But having your doll go up in flames and then seeing the skeleton -- wow!

I don't think we've seen it. But why would anyone vote him out? He's ideal to take to the end, because who would vote for him. And if it's not a plan to take him to the end, why target him yet?

I guess the game is afoot.

lol

All of the men on the jury, plus Kat probably, because she's a brat, pouty and seems like she will flip out the moment she's voted out.

This is a serious argument for bringing Kat to the end. It keeps her from freaking out and voting for the fodder, and she will make no sense in final Tribal (I actually want her to make it to the end so I can see her face the jury). However, since everyone knows she's too dumb to be strategic, she's also not pissed anyone off, so if they don't vote in respect of game play, Kat could win if she made it to the finals.

You think? Seems to me he's alienated pretty much everyone, and I don't know that any of them felt like they had any alliance with him once Colton's "Outcasts" alliance fell apart at the tribal mix-up.

I doubt Jonas would be inclined to vote for him, given the way Tarzan treated him and the "hard feelings" comment. I don't think Mike or Jay felt any love towards him -- I remember Jay talking about how Tarzan drove him crazy, and Tarzan helped vote Jay out. Lief the Silent, who knows, but Tarzan voted for him, too. And I think Troy would vote for the person who he thinks played the game the best, and there's no way that's Tarzan.

I think by the time the men are all voted out and they watch the women fight amongst themselves for several tribal councils, they'll be pleased to vote for the one "token" man that they know was kept around because he was perceived to be a weak opponent by the women. I think they'd vote for him not because they like him, but because they hate what the women did.

Maybe. I hope not, though. If Tarzan makes it to the end, I guess it will boil down to whether they really hate what the women (read: Kim, Chelsea and Sabrina) did and hate the women for doing it, or whether they hate what happened but respect the women's gameplay for doing it. I have to think Troy, at least, would be in the later camp and would vote for Kim on those grounds. Maybe Jay and Jonas, too.

Of course, I could be all wrong. :D

I guess it bothers me because the "quiz" already made it clear where people stood and what they were thinking. I can understand each portion of the challenge being implemented separately, but to combine them seemed a bit too much.

I can see that.

I laughed, though, when Kim said she was sorry she won the challenge. I had thought before they got started that this is one challenge no one should want to win. She knew she was going to get to pick at least one person to go with her if she won. If it were me, the problems that could result from being in that position would be all the incentive I would need to throw the challenge. Besides, winning shows what a good sense you have of the pulse of the tribe and how everyone is thinking. Why advertise that? Incentive two.

CBS said last night the ARace finale is next Sunday (May 6). Does that mean the Survivor: One World finale is Mother's Day (May 13th), thereby indicating a double-elimination on Survivor this Wednesday?

Oh, Kat. That exit interview was one of the more pitiful things I've seen in a while. Part of me feels bad for her; most of me is happy to see a TC go the way I was hoping. Finally! How fitting that she had just said she was hoping for a blind side because they're fun and exciting. How fun/exciting was it for ya, Kat?

Despite the women's claim that they saw Kat as a physical threat after her performance in the immunity challenge, I'm pretty sure that was just lip service. They were mad at her for not taking Christina and Tarzan on the reward, and the fact that she performed well was just fuel to the fire.

One more episode before the big finale!

Agreed on everything here. I hope sees herself on TV and realizes how ridiculous she is, but i doubt it.

You're channeling me; these were my thoughts exactly.

The look on her face as she realized what was happening was priceless -- as was her talk about how she was running the game. Ditto Alicia. Delusional, both of them.

She's only 22! She can't be expected to understand life and stuff.

I actually chuckled (and then felt bad for chuckling, so I covered my mouth and chuckled silently) when she realized what was going on. Do you think she recognized someone's handwriting? I only ask because when Jeff read the third vote, Kat got that wounded look and then glared over at Kim.

And you're right - Alicia is just as delusional as Kat was. Only Alicia doesn't have naivete as an excuse. She's just plain old delusional.

And now, for a hint of a spoiler...
There's a website that lists all the players in One World. It's a fairly common site (although there's probably not a whole lot of fan traffic), and it generally doesn't reveal spoilers. However, the list is, so far, in order of departure from the show. So far, the order has been accurate. I'm wondering if it was intentionally posted this way. And if so, how did the list-maker know the order? And if it's a preview of what's to come, I'm a bit surprised by what next week has in store for us. I'll share the link if anyone's interested, but I know how it is with spoilers. I can't even bring myself to post it despite the spoiler alert/font.

Ok, that's all.

^^^

RE: SPOILER HINT: Thank you. Always wondered how roommate knew ahead of time in recent seasons! Thought she was genius, now not so much.

There was something creepy and inappropriate about the relationship between Kat and her "cousin". Just sayin...... :eek:

Yes, it's rather easy to find that info. But I avoid it like crazy, hard tough it is sometimes.

Yes. This. I felt a bit of a need to wash my eyes out after witnessing that.

This, too. I went to the site for a reason I can't remember, way back toward the beginning of the season. I side-eyed the list, but tried not to think too much about it. I had one person I used as my test case, and I went back to check the list, and it was correct about that person. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I felt a bit of a need to wash my eyes out after seeing that, too.

Kim does appear to be 'acting', and the camera/editing picks up on it. When someone is voted out, she'll pout and look down (incase tribemates are watching her? awww, I'm such a nice person but it's just a game and I had to vote you out but I feel really sad about it!). Gimme a break, Kim.

Attention all Greeks - we need to get the word out to vote for Monica Culpepper, a University of Florida Zeta alumna, for Fan Favorite on Survivor. You need to text to 55455, number 14. You can vote up to 10 times. Monica is an AWESOME Zeta lady who got voted off quickly on Survivor for being a strong contender. Pass the info along!

FYI - there has never been a mother to win America's Fan Favorite. Since the winner will be announced on Mother's Day, it would be awesome to make her America's Fan Favorite.

I like Sabrina, too. I don't know if it's the way it's been edited or what, but Sabrina seems like she's been riding coattails to get to this point. I understand that that's part of the beauty of an alliance, but she is more than willing to let Kim do all the work. While that's certainly one way to play the game, it's not the type of gameplay that would get my vote (if I were on the jury).

Meh, I haven't really considered what she's doing as 'acting' - at least not any more than anyone else is acting. I do think she would have looked genuinely sad had Chelsea been voted out this past episode - they do appear to have a nice friendship going, contrived as it may have originally been.

I'm all for supporting Greek life, and I liked Monica while she was on the show, but it's hard to consider someone who we saw so little of as a 'fan favorite'.

I'm looking forward to Sunday's finale. I read Jeff's interview with EW yesterday - I agreed with everything he said. And I'll echo his last comment, 'Sorry, Christina.' ;)

This. I'm not voting for a "fan favorite" just because she's Greek . . . if I were going to vote for a fan favorite at all, that is. Besides, are any of the other cast members Greek?

And veing a strong contender wasn't the only reason Monica was voted off.


Based on the interview Sydney linked, Probst agrees with you.

Does honeychile ever watch Survivor? I'm curious what she thinks of Chelsea and Kim, the two Southern Honeys messing with everyone on the island.

Editing usually shows, so I'm going with Kim and Chelsea in final 3. Kim has led Chelsea by the nose, having Chelsea run interferences ect without Kim seeming to be the one mixing-it-up. And smug (as mentioned by me before) Kim kisses everyone so sweetly socially they all leave liking her AND YET KNOWING she's the one who messed with them.

Parvati was also a Southern Honey (from Florida/Georgia) who won Survivor (and also came in second place).

Ok, I kinda feel cheated by Kat's jury speech. Not what I was expecting at all. I wanted her to lay into them, not make me tear up. Just when you think you have someone figured out...

Not what I was expecting . . . but I'm far more impressed by Kat than I ever was during the game.

How weird that I even accidentally clicked on this! No, I would rather be staked on an ant hill and pummeled by toddlers than watch 99% of the "reality shows". To me, it's just documentation of people behaving badly and trying to justify it.

But if it floats your boat, by all means, enjoy them!

PS: Are Chelsea and Kim members of ADPi? I would hope not!

I have to respect Colton for owning up and saying that he didn't get a bad edit and he's sorry he said what he did.


Speaking of, any speculation on the returning Survivors? It seemed to be a set-up for Colton's return. They could also bring James back, but this would be his - what? 4th time? I'm trying to think of anyone I actually liked that was evacuated.

ETA: I looked it up and it seems there are only a few options: Michael/Australia, Bruce/Exile, Gary/Fiji, Penner/Micronesia, James/Micronesia, Joe/Tocantins, Mike/Samoa, Russell/Samoa, Kourtney/One World & Colton/One World

I'm going to guess Colton, Michael and Russell.
I really thought there was a woman that was ME with an infection, but I can't find it in any sources.

ETAA: I was happy they brought back Rites of Passage...I've missed that the last two seasons.

Who would have ever thought that Kat would be the voice of maturity on the jury? Go figure.

And I'm pretty sure Colton will be back. We'll see what he learned.