Survivor 9/30: Double Tribal, Double Trouble

Week 3 of Survivor: Vanuatu has arrived!

This week, two Survivors – one from each tribe – will be eliminated. Whether this is in response to a losing effort during an Immunity challenge, or simply a twist in its own right, remains to be seen.

However, as is customary, if you want to know who gets the axe this week, swipe over the box below. I’ll bump it a few slots so those that hover over the thread title won’t accidentally reveal the boots:

[SPOILER]From the all-male tribe of Lopevi, the recipient of Travis’s “you’re just so damn dangerous” speech, John Palyok, will be the one snuffed. Guess Travis was right after all.

From the all-female tribe of Yasur, I’m sad to report it’s Mia Galeotalanza. Er, well, I would be sad if I knew one thing about her, or Survivor’s editors had made any effort to differentiate her from the rest of her ilk. Just as well – skinny girls just get skinnier as the season progresses. If she’d lasted to Day 38, she’d probably look like a skeleton dipped in wax.

Enjoy the Loser Lodge, kids. We’ll see you on The Today Show.[/SPOILER]
In other news, possibilities on the upcoming tribal swap are endless. Swipe the box for more information:

Rumors have the tribal split happening as soon as next episode, at 14 players, but some have the split happening as late as episode 5. In any case, it won’t be long. Rumors of 3 tribes, as well as rumors of a team made up of cast-off castaways, are largely refuted. Jeff Probst has gone on record as saying that “once you’re gone, you should stay gone.” However, since JP doesn’t run the show, it’s really not his call. Take this with a grain of salt – my gut tells me you’ll never again see an “Outcast Tribe.”

Rupert news from Indianapolis:

Heard him this morning on the radio promoting his new charity, Rupert’s Kids. Sounds like a very worthwhile organization, and they’ve spent a good deal of time on set up and adminstrative organizing. They have a website that I haven’t looked up yet, but it sounds like they’ve been getting swamped with e-mails, donations and offers of volunteer hours.

Also, the local independant newspaper has him on the cover this week in an American flag tie-dye shirt and Uncle Sam hat with the caption “I WANT YOU to register to vote”. www.nuvo.net is the paper’s url.

Ooooh, Chastain, I hope you’re wrong. Both of the people you mentioned are on my fantasy team. :frowning:

I’m fine with it, neither of them are on mine. :slight_smile: Good luck anyway!

Personally, I’m really hoping that the double-elimination will be the result of horrendous cheating or disqualification on the Immunity Challenge. Because I wanna see some drama, baby!

Of course, after last week’s Council, I’m sure there’ll be drama aplenty over in the Ladies’ Lounge. I hope in the recap at the beginning they show that look on Mia’s face again. It was priceless!

I still think that the dual-elimination isn’t anything dramatic, it’s something that’s going to be necessary to make the game work on the planned timetable. In previous iterations of Survivor, they started with 16 people and played the game over 39 days. This season, they’re starting with 18 people, but Jeff’s intro speech still plugs the 39 day thing. So, they’re going to have to eliminate 2 additional people during the game. I’m betting that this week’s double elimination, while new, isn’t going to be the result of any cheating or infractions…it’s just a necessary step that they’re turning into a “twist” for dramatic advertising value.

Jadis[, you’re ruining my fun. :stuck_out_tongue:

I think Jadis has to be right. This show seems to be purposefully avoiding excitement.

I couldn’t agree more, but to be fair, most Survivor seasons seem to start out this way. It takes awhile to build characterization for the castaways, and figure out who your perceived “heroes and villains” will be.

I’ve got every confidence things will pick up in a couple episodes’ time.

Go Sarge.

I’m not reading the spoilers.

I’m with Jadis. They started out with two more than usual, so they have to whittle them down quicker to fit it into the usual 39 days.
Fine with me; I’m still trying to sort them out. I have a couple of the guys figured out (Sarge, Rory, Chris and Travis) and a couple of the girls (Twila, Scout and Ami), but they need to get rid of a few more before I can keep them them all straight.

Out of curiosity, Chas, where do you get your info? I don’t read it, of course, but where is it coming from? A reliable source? Or did you already reveal your sources, and I’m just not paying attention again?

Survivor is on tonight? I thought it got bumped because of the debates.

Yes. The debate is on at 9:00. No pre-game show, I guess.

A very reliable source called Snewser. He has consistently picked the boots for every season since Pulau Tiga, and has only been mistaken a time or two.

There’s a lot of speculation about the identity of this guy, but most seem to agree he’s either a high-ranking CBS entity or a member of Mark Burnett’s editing team. Either way, he’s almost never wrong.

Wow, those girls are interchangable…

Ami, not Mia, is on my team. Damn anagrams.

Oh … I’ve heard of this guy. Not sure if that frightens me, or what. Just sayin’.

Have to subscribe to this thread!

Those bastards! They killed Kenny! No, wait … I mean, they got rid of half of the eye candy (J.P.)!

Yay, the debate is over! Bring on the islanders, and let’s see how the evening pans out!

Snewser clearly has reliable sources–even though he hasn’t updated his site in many weeks and generally seems to be tiring of being the spoiler god–but there’s no debate as to his identity as a guy named Tim Gillman.

Meh. I’d like to be interested in this season, but so far…well, meh.