Help Survivor not jump the shark - submit your premises

Cafe Society
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As I have mention before:

Survivor: Jerry Springer

Meth Head
Morbidly Obese 18 yr old boy
Tranny
Dude and his three Baby Mamas
Gay for Pay dude
Pregnant Stripper
Runaway Bride and the jilted Groom
Anorexic college coed
Former High School Bully and the guy he picked on
Neo Nazi Skinhead
Amish Kid on Rumspringa
Couple who won (and then lost) 100 million dollar lottery

etc. etc.

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This is the first season in forever that I haven’t watched Survivor, so for me it’s already jumped the shark.

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Me too. First season I’ve skipped. Mostly because I never wanted to see that Colton (sp?) person again. But now I find I don’t miss it and it frees up an hour to watch or do something better.

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It’s actually pretty good. Once Coulton was voted off, that is. The “loved ones” twist is working fairly well to mix things up a bit.

But I still hate, hate, hate seeing retreads. Did I mention that I HATE it!?!?!?!? You could still use this twist with all new players.

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I understand the need the need to bring back returning players. Because they are a known entity. The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t know.

Can you imagine bringing 16 newbies that turn out to be like Katie (Tina’s daughter) or Caleb?

What about Sophie Clarke who won a few seasons ago? or Natalie White who won in Hantz’s first season. They were just not players that push the needle.

People don’t go to the carnival and stand in line to see the guy with a wife, 2 kids, and a dog.

People stand in line to see the freaks ie the conjoined twins, or the 30" tall woman or guy with the leopard skin.

The producers knew have a known entity with Tyson and Gervaise and Monica (and her NFL husband). They know those are players people will want to watch.

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People are screened pretty thoroughly. I don’t see this as a real problem.

What I hate, is bringing someone back until they eventually win.

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They simply need to up the winnings, to attract quality players.

They are so hard up for qualified people they had to bring back people. Offer 10 million as the prize and make it worth watching again.

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There screening process needs to be redone. They have some borderline psychos on the show.

I am not only talking about the Hantzes. Shane from Exile Island, Colton, Shamar, Kathy (Fans vs Favorites).

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The screening process is to find the psychos to put ON the show.

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Yep. It’s a fine line, though. One or two psychos per show is OK. Too many, and it’s actually dangerous. And boring. And they need to have a few heroes and average Joes, too. A good mix is what makes a good show.

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Tits and ass, a side of beefcake, that’s what makes for a good show.

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One tribe. No merge. No jury. Last one standing wins.

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Sorry I’m late. Just catching up. Some of these are damn great suggestions and I hope the producers are reading this!

**I must remind everyone (it is my duty) that “the pretty girl” whose hair fell out was none other than Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Fox News’s latest news analyst and blonde gumdrop.

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Serious answers:

  • Either have all-new players, or all returning players for All-Star seasons. No more “tribe of returnees vs. newbies” or “each tribe gets one veteran” or any of that crap.
  • No more Redemption Island. Period.
  • Always have a reward challenge and immunity challenge per episode. (This somewhat goes hand-in-hand with “no more RI”).
  • Bring back some of the better challenges that they don’t do anymore. They brought back the “eating gross stuff” challenge recently, but that was missing for a long time. Keep the auction (but make it more interesting/difficult, it’s already a “freebie” challenge.) Bring back the “vote on what your tribe thinks” challenge. Bring back the “knock other people out of the game” challenge. Bring back the “run around to the clues and answer a question” challenge that gave us Rudy’s great “I dunno.” Etc. The current challenges are almost always some combination of “collect the pieces” either followed by using those pieces to solve a puzzle or throw them onto/into something. Or poorly-designed endurance challenges that greatly favor a certain body type. Not as fun.
  • Hell, bring back the car as a prize, we never would’ve gotten that amazing moment with Dreamz and Yau-Man without it. Or just more really difficult, deal-with-the-devil type choices.
  • Don’t be afraid to shake up the metagame more. I’ve said before that they should try a season where the tribes get re-mixed after every Tribal Council. Others suggested letting them do more schoolyard pick’ems. But there’s a lot of ideas tweaks out there they can try.
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My answer was also serious.

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Survivor; Cannibal Isle
Survivor; Zombie Apocalypse

Basically the same show, except one is filled with stinky, moaning mobile corpses…and the other one contains zombies

:wink:

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Seriously - nude Survivor. Or at least unpixelated.

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Last time I saw somebody get habitually nude on Survivor, one of the players quit due to the sexual assault involved (walking up behind her during a challenge and rubbing his genitals on her backside). Has there been much nudity since Hatch’s second season?

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How about a season set somewhere other than a hot/tropical location? something like the arctic…or would the lack of girls in swimsuits be too much of a ratings hit?

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I think just modifying what you have would work.

First of all, no blurring. Not saying all nude but the occassional nip slip for the guys or too-tight shorts for the ladies.

Second of all, no allowing someone to sit out on multiple challenges. So no one can sit out a second time unless everyone on the team has sat out once. That means you need to use strategy when picking people to sit out or maybe even at TC (she’s used her one sit out and he hasn’t)

Third of all, more challenges that don’t reward pure strength or speed. Imagine this challenge: each side picks 6 members, three of which are individually supported (over water) by rope and pulley. Each person is then held up by a person on their team. You let the person hit the water, the pair is out. The last tribe with at least 1 person still suspended wins.

Fourth of all, after a few go home and factions start to develop, you have the teams compete separately so each has a winner. Each winner then gets to select who they want on their tribe to even out the teams. Use playground picking so that they have to make strategic choices.

Fifth of all, no more returning players.