# Survivor Season 32 -- Is it too soon to care? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911 "2016-01-22T21:51:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/1 "2016-01-22T21:51:11Z")
> **['Survivor: Brains Vs. Brawn Vs. Beauty': Meet the Castaways](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/survivor-season-32-meet-castaways-175201443.html)** > > Get to know the 18 contestants who will compete in the new season, dubbed “Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty” Survivor premieres Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. on CBS. Wanna pick the winner yet? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/2 "2016-01-22T22:07:45Z")
Brains, Brawn and Beauty? You’ve got to be kidding me! Aubry or Anna for the win. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/3 "2016-01-22T22:10:40Z")
The Beauty tribe is, to me… not too pretty. I’m not sure how they’re defining “brawn,” looking at Alecia, the real estate agent. In general, I think they wanted to try the BBB model again, but didn’t bother to wait until they had three clearly-defined groups of people. Some of these people don’t seem to fit, other than “not the other two”. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/4 "2016-01-22T22:13:24Z")
Incidentally, for those who also follow Big Brother, one of the contestants this season will be Caleb, “Beastmode Cowboy”. I’m still ambivalent as to whether that will be entertaining or just annoying… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/5 "2016-01-22T22:30:45Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Incidentally, for those who also follow Big Brother, one of the contestants this season will be Caleb, “Beastmode Cowboy”. I’m still ambivalent as to whether that will be entertaining or just annoying… Right there with you! My vote is for Option 2. I anticipate his leaving the game by Episode 3. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/6 "2016-01-22T23:00:52Z")
The old guy on the right won’t last more than 2 TCs. ---
**Author:** ![iljitsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/7 "2016-01-22T23:01:58Z")
When three tribes merge into two, one is typically wiped out because it’s the minority in the two resulting tribes. That kind of predictability is always annoying. I hope they manage to avoid it. Of course the brilliant thing about Survivor is that the very real risk of a bad season makes you appreciate the good ones so much more. I wish though that they’d go back to showing a bit more about the actual survivoring. All the challenges can get a bit tedious. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/8 "2016-01-23T02:06:18Z")
I would have thought the Age 51 guy (with black glasses) would have been a BRAINS tribe and not a beauty tribe. I had Caleb pigeon holed for Brawn, and not beauty. Ice Cream entrepreneur is a Brains? Jack LaLanne wannabe is Brains and not Brawn? (72 yr old FBI Agent) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/9 "2016-01-23T02:14:25Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Jack LaLanne wannabe is Brains and not Brawn? (72 yr old FBI Agent) Last time around, the relatively low physical ability of the Brains (Tasha notwithstanding) caused them to suffer in the challenges. They seem to have picked some strong people for the brains, some pretty people for brains & brawn, and… I’m not sure what for Beauty. They’re certainly not any prettier than the people on the other two teams. They may be hoping they’ll throw themselves headlong into their tribal demographics like they did on Blue/White/No collar. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/10 "2016-01-23T02:33:46Z")
IMO, it is producer creative editing that helped put Different Worlds Cast into their “Role”. They want to tell a story so they will edit. Similar to the manufactured drama of the Blood vs Water seasons, which I think were two of the worst seasons ever on survivor. I hated the first one (Colton, Rupert) and could barely tolerate the second one. Last season was edited towards players trying to redeem themselves from past mistakes, recycling old challenges that the players had previously failed at. Lets just do survivor instead of a theme that they constantly shove down our throat. Man, I sound bitter tonight. Maybe its the bitter cold and wind and snow. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/11 "2016-01-23T06:47:10Z")
For me, it’s too soon to care. I’d like to see more surviving, not every other day being feasts, spa trips, and comforts handed out. Last season looked like Gilligan’s Island. I’d also like less time to be spent covering the tedious challenges. I’d like them to show more of who’s really aligned and what personalities are really like, because I can’t follow why people vote the way they do lately. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/12 "2016-01-23T07:21:08Z")
I haven’t been much of a TV watcher since I joined the Navy in 1980 (or since I’ve been out), but has that thing really been going on for thirty-two YEARS??? ---
**Author:** ![iljitsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/13 "2016-01-23T08:12:05Z")
No, “only” 16 years, they have two seasons each year. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/14 "2016-01-23T14:13:51Z")
My leaky brain – what happened with the first time they did BBB? I vaguely remember the Brains got killed in the early challenges, but I don’t remember who won or which tribe they were from. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/15 "2016-01-23T16:40:58Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > My leaky brain – what happened with the first time they did BBB? I vaguely remember the Brains got killed in the early challenges, but I don’t remember who won or which tribe they were from. The Brooklyn(?) cop from the Brawns won, didn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/16 "2016-01-23T16:48:34Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The Brooklyn(?) cop from the Brawns won, didn’t he? These links may help: > **[Tony Vlachos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Vlachos)** > > Anthony Vlachos (born September 10, 1973) is an American police officer, best known for competing on the reality television competition series Survivor, of which he is the second person to win two seasons. He won the show's 28th season, Survivor: Cagayan, as well as the 40th season, Survivor: Winners at War. He also competed in the 34th season, Survivor: Game Changers, where he was the second person voted out. He is set to compete for a fouth time on Survivor, where he will represent the USA on t... > **[Survivor: Cagayan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Cagayan)** > > Survivor: Cagayan — Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty is the 28th season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed in Cagayan from July 11 to August 18, 2013, and premiered on February 26, 2014, with a two-hour episode, featuring 18 new players (nine men and nine women), divided into three tribes of six based on their dominant attribute: "Brawn", "Brains" and "Beauty". For the first time since Survivor: Thailand, the finale and reunion did not Cagayan w... > **[Survivor (American TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_(U.S._TV_series))** > > Survivor is the American version of the international Survivor reality competition television franchise, itself derived from the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson created by Charlie Parsons which premiered in 1997. The American series premiered on May 31, 2000, on CBS. It is hosted by Jeff Probst, who is also an executive producer along with Mark Burnett and the original creator, Parsons. > Survivor places a group of people in an isolated location, where they must provide food, fire... ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/17 "2016-01-23T16:49:45Z")
These poor folks have had to wait longer than anyone for their season to air. They filmed before the last season, but have had to sit and wait and extra bunch of months for it to air. They began March 2015, but it airs in Feb. 2016. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![iljitsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/18 "2016-01-23T17:08:48Z")
Any particular reason for this? I’m planning to try a new approach the upcoming season: watch it as it airs rather than save up the whole thing and binge. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/19 "2016-01-23T17:12:07Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > These links may help: > > [Tony Vlachos - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Vlachos) > [Survivor: Cagayan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Cagayan) > [Survivor (American TV series) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_(U.S._TV_series)) Thanks for the links – I should have realized Wikipedia would have all the gory details. So… Brawn massively triumphed last time, with Beauty in second place. I have to agree that so far the tribe assignments look almost random: Well, you’re not strong or beautiful, so I guess you’re smart… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911/20 "2016-02-17T18:43:56Z")
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