Survivor 3/13

Interesting move mixing the tribes this early. I guess they were hoping to avoid the 4 weeks of boredom thank come post merge once a tribe has the upper hand. We will see if it works.

The injury was more funny then serious.

Denna’s smooth path to the merge just got bumpy, which is too bad as she was quite funny last night.

Next week looks interesting- as love is in the air. . . .

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Did anyone else think it INCREDIBLY brain-dead of Jenna to voluntarily pick Shawna to stay at Jaburu? I mean, the “cutegirl” alliance just got broken up when Dave picked Heidi, so what possibly could have been gained by picking Shawna? If it had gotten down to last pick and Jenna would have gotten stuck with her, that would be one thing, but picking her as your first choice of female tribemates?!?!

Or did I miss something?

Chris W

riserius1, I got the impression that Jenna picked Shawna for the sole reason of having a cushion between herself and elimination. Shawna was not a threat to her. She couldn’t have predicted Shawna’s reversal in attitude and health. Jenna would’ve thought “if we lose the IC, then Shawna will get eliminated first, giving me time to forge new alliances.”

Then again, I might be giving her too much credit.

Heidi

Was she sleeping in between Butch and Dave?

At the point she picked Shawna she had a choice between Shawna and Jeanne. She knew that Jeanne hated her so Shawna was the best choice.

Really? I know all the guys on the show think she’s hot, and my boyfriend does, too. It’s not like I am unable to see beauty in women, there are heaps of women I find hot, but with Shawna, I just truly can’t see it. What is it about her that is so attractive?

I’m psyched about the upcoming strategems. The guys in the losing team definitely outplayed the girls - gotta love Heidi “What would you do if you were me?”

Dave Roger and Butch might be a strong alliance. If they lose again next week, I could see them booting Heidi over Christy. There is no way Heidi could hide her stupidity in such close quarters. And, as has been mentioned before, primative living ain’t been kind to her cuteness. She does this wierd teeth-clenching thing…

Dave’s pick of Heidi made sense if only to bust up a strong duo, which he would not have to face post-merge. Jenna - what a bubble head. Rush Zetas? “We just couldn’t stop chatting.” Then follows scene-after-scene of her nattering on, with Dave saying, “Uh-hu? And the microfilm with the secret plans are hidden where?”

On the other side, will be interesting to see what develops. Do the 3 guys take in Shawna and vote out Deena. Or if othe other 4 dislike the Alex/Shawna pairing. Shawna - could you possibly be more shallow and transparent? “I’m at my lowest point. Oooh - boys!”

Wondering what they are eating at that camp?

And Jeanne/Jean/Gene - nothing like being snarky in your final comments. As has been asked of so many before - have you never seen this show before entering?

I notice the camera crew and editors seem to be making a determined effort to catch Heidi making unflattering faces. The one last night where she’s wearing glasses and sitting watching the other girls’ argument and basically crosses her eyes and sticks her tongue in her cheek – wow, what a fright mask. There seem to be several of these Heidi fright-faces each week, but that one was the best.

As far as Shawna’s looks - IMO she has a natural looking, healthy, athletic cuteness. Nice smile and bright eyes. No raving beauty perhaps, but definitely attractive. Looks like someone you could go hiking or toss a ball around with, and then she’d clean up real good after.

Folks are commenting how Jenna’s and Heidi’s looks seem dependent on make-up and such. Whereas Shawna’s looks seem to be holding up pretty well.

Of course, I am saying nothing here about her brains or personality.

Shawna now looks the best. I think this is because Heidi and Jenna (who I didn’t find hot to begin with) have moved from having positive attributes to looking scarily skeletal and extremely wrung out.

Pretty good episode though. I think Heidi’s days are numbered. I also think Alex and Shawna are perilously close to being the next 2 out. It’s not often that people that become known as a pair make it very long.

I’m noticing a weird trend on this edition of the show, one that I think speaks to the fact that contestants have watched previous versions of SURVIVOR, but in many cases aren’t quite savvy enough to understand more than superficially what they saw.

What I refer to is this: More and more, I see people scheming just for the sake of scheming, with no real long-term strategy in mind. Rob did it in the very first episode, telling everyone on Earth that he was allied with them, but to no real purpose. Now we see Heidi turning coat for no better reason than because she can, branding herself a traitor while ending up in a bad position anyway.

It’s almost like these people watched Richard from S1 and Brian from last season, and absorbed the “hey, they’re scheming” aspect, without really getting the other two keys to the success of those two men: (1) every scheme was hatched (heh) with an eye toward winning the game - not making it through the next TC, to the merge, or to the final four, winning; and (2) at least SOMEONE has to consider you trustworthy - Richard had Rudy, and Brian had Clay… who, now, will ever trust Heidi even a little bit?

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I agree with storyteller. Heidi has proved herself untrustworthy and should be voted off by the three men immediately.

This is getting interesting! :smiley: My thoughts:

Dave is my new favorite on the show. Sure, he’s displayed a few dumb-guy qualities, but I’ll cut him some slack since he’s the youngest. He completely took advantage of Jenna, knowing full well that she’s going to be pissed at him for the rest of the game. Some of the other guys wouldn’t have played that nearly as well.

He also played Heidi like a fiddle. Gotta like that. :slight_smile:

Other stuff:

  • Gene? It’s amazing how dumb Heidi is.

  • I could have swore I saw Jenna gawking at Rob’s man-boobs.

  • Shawna needs to apply for her Scree Actors Guild card. If she’s fine now, all the slacking for the last few days was just drama.

  • Deena is screwed, but she was screwed anyway even without the swap. If she would have made it to the merge, she’d be first to go before the topless cuties anyway.

  • Maybe I’m a mean bastard, but I laughed like hell when Alex swacked himself in the forehead. “Chicks dig scars, right? Yeahhh!” When he said that, I knew he was ok.

What surprises me is that either Jeanne or Christy were willing to stick with Heidi in the girls alliance. I expected at least one of them to approach the guys to try and boot Heidi, since she was an influential member of the “cute girls” alliance.

Shawna’s miraculous recovery may end up costing her. I can see Denna (and maybe even Jenna) approaching Rob and Matt to get rid of Shawna if they lose immunity next time.

oh and remember guys next week’s episode is on Wednesday 8PM, adjust your recording accordingly.

Surprisingly this season’s episode hasn’t given me any favourites.

All these players are either not shown enough or annoying as hell.

Christy is such a joke (oh poor me, im deaf, make my life easier and adjust to me bullsh!t)

Joanna (God is great, but you can suck on my nuts you crazy wench)

Deena (thinks she knows what she is doing)

Jenna and Heidi (eye candy and dumb as doorknobs, get over yourselves)

Dave (self-righteous contradicting pr!ck)

Rob (wannabe player, like Slacker said with man-boobs)

Roger (HAHA! one word BIGOT)

Jeanne (sure your integrity is still intact, just your accusing and your plotting doesnt add up to much)

Daniel (Man you really gave Asian males so much to be proud of… now we’ll be considered doofuses rather than karate masters)

Alex (not enough air time, probst clone)

Butch (like Alex)

Shawna (either you need a boyfriend, really horny, or hate the company of women)

Ryan (why the hell would you take the full responsibility on the mistakes you and Daniel made?)

Janet (oh poor you, you couldnt handle the harsh conditions? why the hell are you applying to this game? Simply put Janet = Moron)

Matthew (why the hell does this guy look like a physcho? that Mandarin talking makes him even more creepy)

Christy and Jeanne were bright enough to figure out what Dimwit couldn’t. Every series has shown how strong the bonds of the original tribes are. Even in cases were a new person is brought in to win a vote, that newcomer is usually the first one voted out. C & J therefore saw how important it was to go into the merge with a majority of women.

Heidikins, on the other hand, couldn’t keep this in mind. As soon as Dave told her she was in the final four if she voted against Jeanne she believed it. Dave’s no fool; did you notice he kept the two other smartest men on his team and sent off the three dumber guys? He’ll string Heidi along as long as he needs her then drop her.

Meanwhile this week’s prize for most clueless quote goes to Rob with “I don’t think Dave has my best interest in mind.” Hmmm, Rob, do you think maybe the fact that you’re competing against each other for a million dollars might affect his actions?

That’s right! I forgot about this comment. At the time I heard it I thought that it was about the stupidest comment I’ve heard yet (and as we all know, there have been plenty).

I think Jenna’s performance may earn her a spot in te Survivor pantheon of stupidity!

Anyone else think, as time goes on, Deena is looking better and better, and the “cute girls” are deteriorating fast?

As opposed to HER adjusting to THEM by…??

I was surprised how spiteful Jeanne was in the end, too. She was pissed. Hope she regains her sense of humor before the reunion.

I missed the beginning, BTW. Did Jenna and Dave win a reward challenge to get all those goodies?

PunditLisa, Jenna and Dave were chosen for the reward purely on being the youngest in their respective tribe.