Jenna - swimsuit model - that’s all I need to know.
Crew definitely has potential.
Matthew certainly seems to be the tool.
Johanna is most proud of becoming a born-again Christian, and Ryan’s fave books are “Left Behind.”
Heavy on the triathletes and bodybuilders.
I’m in.
I noticed that Christy, the Gallaudet University graduate, describes herself as “succulent” which makes me wonder if she’s 1. full of juice or sap, or 2. has fleshy stems that retain moisture, such as cactus?
Maybe when they have a Survivor Reunion Show someday, she could hook up with Thailand’s Robb (2 B’s, dammit!) and we could get Deaf and Dumb.
Heidi. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Once again survivor goes for the “Good” looking people. I liked the first show; one hottie and a bunch of regular people.
Sigh but everyone knows I’m a sucker for reality shows (not all of them), so count me in too.
My early personal favorite is Christy, the deaf girl. You gotta like the guts of a disabled person taking on Survivor, plus she’s naturally cute in a way that I find way more attractive than Heidi’s bleached-out hair or Jenna’s boobs. Johanna apparently won’t shut up about Jesus, which will not go over well with some people. I predict a pre-merge boot for her.
Among the guys, you gotta cheer for Rob the rocket scientist. Ryan strikes me as vacuous idiot. He’s my pick for an early boot. I think that “Left Behind” book of his may turn out to be prophetic in a way he wasn’t expecting.
It is, by the way, guys vs. girls this time around. That ought to make for some interesting changes. I suspect it will also make cross-tribal alliances more likely post-merge, since the opposite sex dynamics will (a) help keep the tribes from hating the others in the first place and (b) encourage social mixing after the merge happens.
Mmmmm, Jennnnnaaaaa . . .
Yeah, I tended to favor the rocket scientist as well. And the triathlete trainer and principal.
H8 - lets see how much she resembles those photos after a couple of days in the jungle!
Din - she won’t last long anyway, that’s my luck. If the two tribes are broken out by gender, I doubt the women would keep her around the same way the men would.
By the way, what’s a “Zeta Crown” that Jenna’s bringing along? Is that a sorority girl thing or some sort of dental appliance?
I just saw for the first time they list the contestants luxury items.
Being 39 days in the jungle, I would take something practical and helpful, and maybe something “fun” like a soccer ball (one of the contestant’s choice), but why, why, would you take a school banner…? My survival skills and comfort would take over my pride for a school/team/whatever.
I really don’t get it.
Just remember that a banner has more uses than pumping up school spirit. Perhaps they plan on really using it as a blanket, insulation, roofing, carpet. If it is super colorful it may come in very handy for the almost yearly stranded challenge where they have to get Jeffy’s attention while he is circling in a helicopter.
Other uses
-tear it apart to feed a fire
-held between two people, it could be used to carry large or multiple items
-if small, it could be used as a bandanna
The key thing with a luxury item is not what it is, but what it can become (good lord, that’s almost Zen-ish).
Regardless, I will be sitting and staring at the screen since I am a Survivor junkie. I like the idea of tribes split on sex, just because it is different. It should make for some new types of challenges simplly because brute strength challenges will likely be put on the back-burner initially. Perhaps we could have some that involve doing a task and then seeing which group can most better their time.
The final two will be Jeanne and Shawna.
IIRC from previous discussions of the Survivor series, contestants are prohibited from bringing the sort of useful things you’d think about, such as matches, etc. I’ve also read that they’re required to make a list of possible luxury items they’d consider bringing, and Mark Burnett makes the final call on which one that they get to take.
So, when you see someone bringing along something stupid, it’s not necessarily because that’s the one thing in the world the person wanted to bring. It’s what MB told them they could bring out of a pool of a bunch of items (none of which are likely to be strictly useful).
Thanks guys, it makes more sense to me now!
I’m thinking it’s some kind of tiara she won in one of her swimsuit competitions. Wonder how that’ll go over with her fellow tribe members 
And, wow—look at all the contestants with a DC/MD/VA connection! My gaydar’s going off for the chef.
I also seriously hope that the other contestants give Christy a chance.
And what’s with all the J names? I know I’ll never be able to untangle them all.
Glad I’m not the only one who jumped to such a ridiculously unfounded conclusion. Maybe it’s that he looks like John from the Marquesas show?
Also, what’s up with half the Survivors being either 23 or 24? Seems like we only have one 50-plusser (Butch, IIRC)… Should be interesting. I hope.