# Survivor 5/9 - Finale and Reunion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171 "2004-05-08T12:14:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/121 "2004-05-12T23:07:19Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Yes, but her entire on-screen persona has been crafted by Burnett’s editing. Amber has a persona? Is vacant-stare-and-hot-ass really a persona? ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/122 "2004-05-13T10:44:51Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > I wonder will we see a Mark Burnett produced special: Survivor: The Wedding!? Heh. That’s what I asked my wife after we saw them get engaged on the show. BooBoo316: “How much do you want to bet they put the wedding on TV?” Mrs. Boo: Laughs and gives me the finger. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/123 "2004-05-13T22:20:24Z")
Don’t forget we find out who gets the viewer’s choice million. I’m assuming it will be Rupert. ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/124 "2004-05-14T00:00:43Z")
I am banking it’s Rupert too. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/125 "2004-05-14T03:35:43Z")
Well?? Whom did the audience choose? It’s only 8:30 out here but in the East it’s already aired, right? Could someone tell me (in a spoiler box)? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Chupanibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@El\_Chupanibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Chupanibre)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/126 "2004-05-14T03:52:31Z")
> [@I Love Me](#): > > Well?? Whom did the audience choose? It’s only 8:30 out here but in the East it’s already aired, right? > > Could someone tell me (in a spoiler box)? Welp, first Jeffy announced the four top vote getters, who were: Colby, Big Tom, Rupert, and Rob At the end of the show, the winner was revealed to be: Rupert! Not surprisingly. 😉 The hour was pretty interesting over all. Jerry was there and was given way too long to explain her feelings about Sunday night. A few of the others were completely ignored again. I don’t think we even got a shot of Alicia’s face this time. 😃 They also revealed the sexiest survivors, according to the internet poll. They were: Colby and Amber (ick, but to each their own I suppose). And they showed the location for the next season, which has a bizarre name that I’ve already forgotten. Oh, and there are evil spirits! :eek: Sounds like fun. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/127 "2004-05-14T04:01:43Z")
The SDMB comes through again! Thank you-- El Chup ---
**Author:** ![Ripley2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@Ripley2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripley2004)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/128 "2004-05-14T04:04:07Z")
> [@El Chupanibre](#): > > Welp, first Jeffy announced the four top vote getters, who were: > And they showed the location for the next season, which has a bizarre name that I’ve already forgotten. Oh, and there are evil spirits! :eek: Sounds like fun. Don’t forget the long history of _cannibalism_ in next seasons’ location. I think I’d be more worried about being someone’s lunch than seeing a spook. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/129 "2004-05-14T05:08:02Z")
They made a good effort at trying to make tonight’s show interesting, but we all knew what was going to happen. The one thing I realized, though, was that Jeff Probst is a great host. He does an excellent job of making the conversations really honest. You really get the feeling people are saying what they’re thinking, instead of what they think they should say. And he asks the questions everyone’s interested in. That little moment where he told everyone that they could leave now and if they stayed, he didn’t want to hear any more complaining was great, I thought. That really summed up why I like him as a host. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/130 "2004-05-14T06:04:11Z")
[Vanuatu](http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nh.html) Hope they cover this next season: > [@](#): > > **Religions** > …other 15.7% (including Jon Frum Cargo cult) ---
**Author:** ![iamme99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@iamme99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamme99)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/131 "2004-05-14T08:29:32Z")
> [@Ripley2004](#): > > Don’t forget the long history of _cannibalism_ in next seasons’ location. I think I’d be more worried about being someone’s lunch than seeing a spook. 😛 Maybe a cannibal will chow down on one of them? That would be cool! 😃 The place of the next show is [Vanuatu](http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nh.html) . ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/132 "2004-05-14T13:58:56Z")
Rupert said on The Early Show this morning that he was told he got 85% of the votes! Wow! What a landslide! There was no mention of hanging chads. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/133 "2004-05-14T14:03:37Z")
Least surprising result ever. Still, he earned the money. Good for him. I was a bit surprised that Colby got into the final four due to his somewhat quick vote out. Oh, and Lexx is still a moron. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/134 "2004-05-14T14:44:03Z")
> [@Ripley2004](#): > > Don’t forget the long history of _cannibalism_ in next seasons’ location. I think I’d be more worried about being someone’s lunch than seeing a spook. 😛 Cannibalism would make a really cool twist for next season. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/135 "2004-05-14T15:05:36Z")
Instead of voting out a member of your tribe, you get to eat them! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/136 "2004-05-14T15:10:52Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > Cannibalism would make a really cool twist for next season. 😉 Definitely. An interesting variation on the “eat something disgusting” challenge-- Round 1: rotten fish. Round 2: live bug. Round 3: the first survivor voted off. ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/137 "2004-05-14T15:48:00Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > Instead of voting out a member of your tribe, you get to eat them! Well, yah, except they get kinda scrawny there toward the end. Not much meat on them bones. . . and what’s there must be really stringy. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Ash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mr.Ash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Ash)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/138 "2004-05-14T15:51:51Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Definitely. An interesting variation on the “eat something disgusting” challenge-- Round 1: rotten fish. Round 2: live bug. Round 3: the first survivor voted off. “For today’s immunity challenge we have good news and bad news. Sam, one of our gaffers, was bitten by a terribly poisionious sea snake yesterday. We were able to amputate his left leg to prevent the poison from spreading - that’s the good news. The bad news is that our disgusting eating challenge will have a little twist. Gaffer toes.” ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171/139 "2004-05-16T16:05:44Z")
> [@annieclaus](#): > > Well, yah, except they get kinda scrawny there toward the end. Not much meat on them bones. . . and what’s there must be really stringy. Veal ala Rupert sounds like an excellent choice! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-5-9-finale-and-reunion/244171.md?page=6)