I don’t see a Survivor thread, so I finally get to start one. I rock!
- Who’s getting voted off this week?
- Will someone steal shoes?
- Hi, Opal!
I vote for Dolly getting nuked. Waay too perky n cheerful. 
And please excuse the spelling of “Vanuatu”.
Wow, I think I’ll go post the thread for week seven of Amazing Race 6, which will start this fall.
Seriously, though, I wonder how they’ll work Rupert into this season besides in EVERY DANG COMMERCIAL! Surprise appearances? A reward of spending a day with him? Free beard hair quilts for the winners of a reward challenge?
Bite me. This show is two days hence, heathen. I’m well within the sacred bounds of tv threadhood!
I’ve missed the commercials. Please share! Sorry, Survivor is one of the few times I watch TV at all. A dream date w/ Rupert you say? He’s really not my type – or gender for that matter – but I’m curious what’s been promised.
Pure speculation, NOT A SPOILER:
The ads warn us not to miss the first 10 minutes, and remind us of previous Survivors, when they had to grab all they could in two or three minutes and another one, and Jeff says something about how this is going to top previous Survivors.
From what I’ve seen, it looks like there’s some mini-challenge right off the bat (we see them all sitting around a fire, natives running toward them, and the Survivors all have shocked looks on their faces), and Jeff says, “Someone’s gonna get burned!” Since Vanuatu has an active volcano, maybe they have to firewalk? That’s my guess.
Oooooh, I am so excited about the new Survivor starting. Of course, my life pretty much consists only of reality television, but so what? Jeff Probst and Phil Keoghan in my living room every week … sigh.
Anyway, I have no theories or ideas about anything, except that Dolly already bugs me, and I have absolutely no idea why. And why are there so many “pretty” people this season? Only a handful of the contestants look “normal.” Grr.
She bugs me because she looks like she’s channeling Ellie Mae. I mean, whats with the pig tails and gingham? I don’t think she’ll be first to go, though; she’s too cute and perky. My vote for first out is one of the highway workers - Chris or Twila. They won’t have any shovels to lean on in Vanuatu. 
Sex sells. In the case of Survivor, sex sells a lot. In Amazon, Probst didn’t offer the cranky old contractor guy peanut butter & chocolate if he stripped down nekkid, right?
They didn’t show the older ladies (the ancient hags in their 30’s) getting all soapy clean in the river after winning the shampoo & cleaning supplies, right?
In Pearl Island, they didn’t show (some not-so-attractive member of the tribe) taking a camp shower; they showed Darrah, right?
Hey, it’s what I watch the show for. Pretty people making total asses of themselves.
Well, what I meant was, why are there so many something-slash-models this season? But I guess there really aren’t – only two people list “model” as their occupation (although one person USED to be a model). It just looks like that. Maybe I just feel cranky because none of the guys appear, at first glance anyway, to be my type. We’ll have to see, I guess.
I’ve been busy lately and know nothing of the new crop of potential annoyances. I think I like it that way.
I have read a couple things (in the little TV Guide blurb that tells you nothing), including the fact that the tribes will again be separated by sex, and that …
Tribal Council can take place at any time, rather than the mandatory three-day intervals. I like that. I’m hoping to see surprise immunity challenges followed immediately by TC, with no opportunity for tribe members to discuss where they’re voting. Makes alliances way less useful.
And thanks for the thread, squeegee, it reminded me that I have to get my friends going on the pool before the show starts.
IIRC – the two young ladies in questions volunteered to strip, Jeff didn’t make any such offer.
And speaking of Big Tom – somewhere online you can bid on dance lessons from him … where was I reading about this?
Hmm, I think the Survivor web site makes them look prettier than IRL. If you look at the contestant pages, there’s two photos: one at the top, all botoxed and airbrushed, and a larger monochrome one that seems taken from the island and show more warts. I thought most of the contestants looked pretty normal and less pretty in photo #2.
The show is so obviously rigged that the only reason to watch it is for the “pretty people”. :rolleyes:
You’re right; Jeff never said they could have the PB and chocolate if they stripped. He offered it to anyone in exchange for jumping off the poles during a challenge and giving up a chance at Immunity. For some stupid reason, Heidi and Jenna decided they had to strip for it. IIRC, he offered it up in exchange for jumping off, and they asked if they could have it if they stripped nekkid. 
Um, all you have to do is give up your chance at Immunity, jump in and go get it… no one asked you to get naked.
Like rockle, Dolly annoys me. It’s the gingham-and-pigtails thing for me, too. Specifically, it’s the stupid-looking Cindy Brady-wanna-be pigtails that I hate. How old are you? Certainly not eight, I would assume. Just go with a ponytail, now that you’re an adult, okay?
I think she’ll be voted out based soley on the Annoyance Factor.
I like what’s mentioned in Draelin’s spoiler. That could make things very interesting.
It’ll be interesting to see if they somehow work Rupert into the mix this season. From the commercials, it appears as if he has become the Official Survivor Mascot. As for the teasers in the commercials, perhaps there will be an immediate individual elimination challenge right off the back, thus putting one of the teams at an immediate disadvantage.
When they announced Vanuatu as the location, they played up the historical cannibalism of the natives…going to be interesting to see how they weave that into the game this season.
Everybody has probably already heard this but me, but I just dug it up googling:
Apparently we’re not the only ones annoyed with Dolly – bookies are giving 1 in 2 odds that Dolly is voted off first.
Sing it with me, everybody:
XA-AAANADOOOO
XANADU-OOO-OO
It’s XANA…
what?
From what I remember, Jeff only offered up chocolate. Heidi stated that chocolate with peanut butter was her favorite, and if Jeff offered up peanut butter along with the chocolate, not only would she jump but she would jump naked. Jeff then immediately asked someone on the crew to find peanut butter. Once both items were offered, Heidi convinced Jenna to go with her. Then again I could be wrong, my memory is fading in my old age.
Didn’t *Rob Cesternino * start yelling, “Get the girl some chocolate and peanut butter, Probst!”? I’m not saying Probst didn’t help the cause, I’m just saying he didn’t start it. And I thought it was the other way around (Jenna convinced Heidi to strip) but I’m pretty sure it’s moot anyway because it’s not like they weren’t pretty much … well, stupid.