Survivor Cook Islands

[blueangel]

Next Survivor promises to be quite interesting. As a side note-- While they were filming on the island of Vanua Levu on Fiji -- there was a military coup just 30 minutes away in the capitol city of Suva. Fortunately, it was a bloodless coup. Things were touch and go for a while as the Survivor crew was getting all of its food supplies (they have 350 crew) from that city. They also had to pull some of it's production staff out of the city. But, filming has wrapped, and this incident gives new meaning to "the show must go on."

Jeff Probst e-mailed Entertainment Weekly this statement:

"To be shooting Survivor while the host country is in the midst of a coup is a bit surreal for all of us here in Fiji. We have set up our satellite TV in the catering area [for producers and crew members only] and during dinner the entire crew watches the local news to get updates on what is happening.

"Fortunately, we are on another island that is a 30-minute flight away from the capital city of Suva where the coup is centered. Everyone here is safe and the disruptions thus far have been minimal. We had a few production staff stationed in Suva that we brought back to base camp, and during the past week any crew members that were scheduled to fly to location were unable to due to flight cancellations. Otherwise, we have continued filming without interruption."

So.. what to expect? This time around, there will be 19 survivors. There will be not one, but two HII's... and in their social experimentation-- there will be one tribe that lives in luxury and the other with nothing.

Survivor 14 is set to debut in February.

[LeslieAGD]

Originally Posted by blueangel

Next Survivor promises to be quite interesting.

There will be one tribe that lives in luxury and the other with nothing.

What would be truly interesting is if half way through the season, there were no tribes and castaways had to win challenges to go to the "luxury" side. For example, if they "merge" with 10 people, the first 5 winners of the "immunity" challenge go the the rich side, and the other 5 go to the poor side...then someone from the poor side has to be voted off. It would make the strategy so much tougher because castaways would have to try to bond with everyone because they don't know which people will go to which side of the island. Also, it would force the Survivor Crew to come up with new challenges: not just endurance, obstacle courses, and puzzles.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by LeslieAGD

What would be truly interesting is if half way through the season, there were no tribes and castaways had to win challenges to go to the "luxury" side. For example, if they "merge" with 10 people, the first 5 winners of the "immunity" challenge go the the rich side, and the other 5 go to the poor side...then someone from the poor side has to be voted off. It would make the strategy so much tougher because castaways would have to try to bond with everyone because they don't know which people will go to which side of the island. Also, it would force the Survivor Crew to come up with new challenges: not just endurance, obstacle courses, and puzzles.

What about the teaser? The one about one of the "castaways" making a highly and very controversial decision?
We have had people drop out on their own already so what could this be?

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by jon1856

What about the teaser? The one about one of the "castaways" making a highly and very controversial decision?

It was stated that there are *19* castaways and Survivor normally starts out with an even number of people, so maybe they "pick teams" and whoever is the last one standing, one of the teams put that remaining person on the "already picked" people, and sends home of the "already picked" people home, without that person even getting a chance to "play" (which would royally suck, but I'm just trying to think of the possibilities.)

They kinda did something like with Survivor: Pulau, where 2 people didn't even get to play (Wanda and Jonathan)...they got booted before the game really even began.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

It was stated that there are *19* castaways and Survivor normally starts out with an even number of people, so maybe they "pick teams" and whoever is the last one standing, one of the teams put that remaining person on the "already picked" people, and sends home of the "already picked" people home, without that person even getting a chance to "play" (which would royally suck, but I'm just trying to think of the possibilities.)

They kinda did something like with Survivor: Pulau, where 2 people didn't even get to play (Wanda and Jonathan)...they got booted before the game really even began.

Good idea but somehow I think that something happens during/after a challenge or at a meeting.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by jon1856

What about the teaser? The one about one of the "castaways" making a highly and very controversial decision?

I could be way off, but I figured it was something ethical, like something having to do with an animal, violating a local taboo or maybe choosing to do something that could actually endanger another castaway.