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mfrimley |
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Sugar ftw. She's the Betty Grable of reality TV.
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croakrqueen |
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CBS reveals the castaways of 'Survivor: Gabon -- Earth's Last Eden'
CBS has revealed the identities of the eighteen castaways who will be competing on Survivor: Gabon -- Earth's Last Eden.
Although it was announced a couple of months before Survivor: Gabon filmed this summer, the season's "Earth's Last Eden" subtitle -- which was originally intended as a reference to the remote and untouched African wilderness in which the show filmed -- apparently ended up being a particularly apt choice. Over the course of the season, one group of castaways will eventually emerge as "deceitful" and come to represent "the forces of evil" while another group will "play from their heart," according to CBS. "In a strange coincidence to Earth's Last Eden - good vs. evil emerges as a major theme this season," Survivor host Jeff Probst teased. "I think the audience will quickly identify with one group or the other." Survivor: Gabon's season will begin with the contestants being divided into two tribes via a schoolyard pick 'em, after which they will immediately compete in their first challenge, according to Entertainment Weekly. Survivor's now near-standard Exile Island concept will return as part of the new season, however given Survivor: Gabon filmed at a location on Gabon's coast but not in an actual island setting, the exile location will just be called "Exile." In addition, an opportunity to search for a hidden Immunity Idol won't be the only factor the cast will be keeping in mind when determining which castaway gets exiled. "When you go to Exile this time you can either get a clue that will help you find the hidden immunity idol, or you can get 'instant comfort' -- a nice thing to sleep on, some food, some fruit," Probst explained to EW. "Depending upon the time, we'll make the temptation bigger and bigger. The idea was to see if anybody would be dumb enough to choose comfort over the only thing that guarantees you to stick in the game, which is immunity." Based on Probst's additional comments, it appears at least one tribe was "dumb enough." "By the time this season is over, you can make the case that maybe this is the dumbest team when it comes to idol play," said Probst. According to Probst, the decision to finally make the long-since overdue move to high-definition filming -- both he and Survivor executive producer Mark Burnett had repeatedly cited poor HD camera durability and upgrade costs as the reasons for the delay whenever asked about the issue over the last several years -- will also give HDTV viewers a significantly different Survivor experience. "If you're a Survivor fan and you have HD, it will be a completely different show," Probst told EW. "When you incorporate the wildlife, it's kind of like being in a Spielberg movie. I mean, it's so real-looking that it's exciting and scary." However one thing viewers won't see on either the show's high-definition and standard-definition broadcasts is a hardcore showmance. Survivor: Gabon will be largely romance-free -- despite some castaways' best efforts, according to EW. "Marcus, the doctor from Georgia -- one of the most arrogant guys that we've had on the show -- he at one point had three people after him, Probst
told EW. "And not only women."
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seltzer3 |
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Ace and Jessica are a showmance, but way after the merge. Ace wins immunity to guarantee him in final 3. He keeps Jessica, who plays the HII at final 6, and decides to go with who is he has a bigger attraction for: Kelly or Paloma, and Paloma gets voted out 2-1-1. Randy is 1st boot.There will never be a 2-1-1 vote. |
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Cman14 |
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I think the reason why the HII idol is still in use is because of the drama it creates, yes it may be played out but when your actually waching someone get
blindsided its not any less intertaining. Plus without the HII the boots will be predictable because if a person is out of an alliance they basically get
voted out. It seems like this cast is really hidden this season, even the promos didn't show them it just basically talked about being in HD.
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Joaqenix |
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Chitaboy, I think you lost all credibility with this: 7th- Bob [5th Juror]
sorry |
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Backupforgrabs |
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'There will never be a 2-1-1 vote.'
Why not? player #1 and #2 vote for player #3. Player #3 votes for player #1 and player #4 votes for player #2. 2-1-1. |
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hagiz1 |
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Backupforgrabs wrote: coz you'd be stupid if don't vote with any ally at all in final 4. even kindergarten kids know that |
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cindidindi76 |
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Actually, if A, B, and C were in an alliance, but decided they wanted to unload C at F4, they could vote for C, C would vote for D, and D would vote for A or
B, thus leading to 2-1-1 vote.
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Backupforgrabs |
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The key word is "NEVER". It is possible as I explained. Kindergarten kids would never get voted out with 2 immunity idols in hand either I suppose.
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hagiz1 |
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Backupforgrabs wrote: then why we never seen it? it's because human mind is logically designed to take side when they're in shit. final 4. If they don't have a solid voting ally by then, you'd know you're toast. btw, kindergarten kid doesnt play survivor, how would they get 2 immunity idols? you're metaphor doesnt make sense. beside what does immunity idol have to do with voting in final 4? |
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ItsChevy |
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Thank you croakrqueen, for the new information.... (^_^)
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MayanSun |
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Per TV Guide for next week:
The season will bring harder (yet more simply designed) challenges, fewer water games and a good-versus-evil theme. Producers will also keep players on their toes by switching up the order of some Survivor staples - the car challenge, tribal merger, outsider visits. "Any time we pull something over on the players, it's cause to pop a bottle of champagne," Probst says.
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hagiz1 |
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MayanSun wrote: here's hoping the car challenge curse lives on |
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cindidindi76 |
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Anyone know who the car sponsor is this season? And if they changed the merge time, I hope it's not later. I hate the idea of jury members possibly having
never played with the people they have to decide between.
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chad6 |
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I hate late mergers too! Lets hope for a merger at 12 total castaways.
I like the idea that they are switching up the times when things happen though. |
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Dictatorship |
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OMFG possible early merge? I'd love that.
And car reward early on? Maybe it can have a bigger impact than normal? Outsider visits hatred. |
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mtj1282 |
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Love his corrine comments! A good read, should be interesting! |
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chitaboy14 |
Good god people | ||
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You do realize I was just gonna try to stir things up and see what would happen?
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Orangeena |
HII = Crap season | ||
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I think this is because they've got the "comfort" vs. HII choice included. And the knuckleheads almost invariably pick the "comfort"
choice. Uh-oh.
CERIE LIVES!
Last Edited By: Orangeena
09/17/08 12:28 AM.
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MJSLawrence |
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chad6 wrote:Yea early is good...the late ones are so dull...Cook Islands made that mistake and it was so bland by the time they merged and went by so fast it was like it never happened...just too late...and some jurors had never even met the finalists they were voting for...(Brad on Ozzy) |
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