I can easily identify the favorites, but the fans do tend to run together. And yes, it is completely irrelevant to my enjoyment.
EDIT:
I just remembered my favorite part of the show was when Jeff tossed the fake HII in the fire, and Ozzy was all “aw, c’mon Jeff, I worked on that for hours!” while James was busting a gut.
And Jason was swallowing his stomach acid. 
That had me rolling. James is a hoot…
I’m surprised Eliza didn’t make a speech along these lines at tribal council (or use this approach with the tribe before council):
“We are now merged, and it is an individual game. You all know what Ozzy can do in immunity challenges. You know how many he’s won, and you know how close he came to winning this one. This may be your last chance to eliminate him. Think about that when you vote.”
At the very least, making that speech at TC might have made Ozzy paranoid enough to force him to play the hidden immunity idol (which Eliza correctly suspected he was holding).
If only Parvati won the shower reward challenge along with Amanda, Ozzy could have shafted them both at the same time…
(You were all thinking it, someone had to say it…)
FYI, it worked for me a few minutes ago. There are 2 videos up.
Spoiler for those videos only, not main show:
Apparently, the jury is kept separate from the rest of the losers. Eliza has the place to herself and explores when she arrives, then is all excited as she prepares for her first appearance at TC as a jury member.
Erik: “I’m a monkey and Ozzy is my zookeeper”?
I think I know what he was trying to say, but there are several more appropriate scenarios.
Yeah, I think I have a video like that on my hard drive…
Not sure if conversations around these videos really qualify as spoilers, but just to be safe…
[spoiler]I was a little surprised that they made her sleep in a tent. I wasn’t expecting some high quality resort – but a roof, at least. Although compared to what she just came from, I’m sure it’s quite luxurious.
Also, the scenes where she was trying on outfits for her appearance on the jury – are these outfits that she brought with her (or had sent) from home, or does the show provide a wardrobe that those voted off can choose from? That seems weird, but it also seems weird if she was “trying on” her own clothes. Doesn’t she know by now how she looks in them?[/spoiler]
I think the staff, including Jeff sleep in tents.
There was one shot where Eliza is on her haunches and looks back at some people talking about her and she totally looked liked Golem.
It was quite disturbing…
MtM
Did anyone other than James dig in on the bats? It didn’t look like there was much else in the way of protein on there, very strange merge feast. Leave it to James to chow down on those…
Thanks for the info, squeegee. But I was just kidding. Poking a bit of fun at the “spoiler”.
Eh, I just wanted to share the “behind the scenes” stuff which I’d just happened across a few days ago. Man, that’s quite a town they build for shooting the show.
I’m so happy Eliza is out; I never much cared for her. My SO called her “the chihuahua” for her big eyes and excitable nature and general yappiness. I was amused by Eliza’s conversation with Jason: “What if its not the Idol?!?” “Well, that’d be a bummer.”
Eric’s command of native Micronesian is truly impressive. Probst tactfully refrained commenting when the tribe name was announced.
It was really… odd to see Alexis suddenly cuddling with Ozzy, and Amanda sidelined. I feel like we missed act I of that story, perhaps an Exile Island tryst.
I agree that there’s something just weird about Natalie’s appearance. I caught that on ep 1 or 2, and remarked on it to my wife, who didn’t agree. I thought it was just me.
heh, that wouldn’t strike me as weird at all. Even when women don’t radically starve themselves for twenty days, it isn’t unusual to find them obsessing over what outfits do or do not still fit right.
They’ve got a second video up there now (at least, it wasn’t there when I looked last night), which show’s Eliza’s arrival in Ponderosa and her oggling all the food in the air conditioned dining area. And bitching and bitching and bitching about the other players and how stupid they all are. Eliza plans to be all :rolleyes: during every tribal council she’s at.
No insult meant to Eliza, but somebody remind me why exactly she qualifies as a “favorite.”
For the same reason Fairplay was – everyone loves to hate her (and him).
Eh, I don’t think she’s in the same league as Fairplay.