Board 8 > Survivor: Ghost Island Discussion Topic 2.2 - Purged topic is our Malolo Low

(+) Yeah! (+)

I started BBCAN6 tonight. Finished the premiere. Here we go.
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I lied! enjoy all the twists, heaven/hell is only the beginning!
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You... devil.
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I won't take away what Natalie did for you off the show. If it's really what you say it is then as a person I have a ton of respect for her. As a character on the show, fuck her.

Libby is easily, easily, easily, easily the hottest chick this season. Chelsea is second. I may have to give Kellyn third, but her personality probably helps.

Oh yeah I love Kellyn by the way. I wish she was played up more. She could easily be the #2 character for the season (and #1 left) with more screen time.

Michael was boring after the first few episodes but not terrible. I actually still had him as my winner pick up until this episode.
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http://amp.tmz.com/2018/05/04/amazing-race-big-brother-edition-jessica-cody-win

So TAR has finally jumped the shark, huh?
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If Will and Boogie aren't on then just throw the season in the trash
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Underleveled posted...

http://amp.tmz.com/2018/05/04/amazing-race-big-brother-edition-jessica-cody-win

So TAR has finally jumped the shark, huh?

It should be a "Big Brother vs. Survivor" edition, with 5-6 teams from each. Or 5 from each + the first one to do all three shows.... Beast Mode Cowboy.

*shudder*
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KujikawaRising posted...

It should be a "Big Brother vs. Survivor" edition, with 5-6 teams from each.

I think I'd be more okay with this.
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GTM posted...

I lied! enjoy all the twists, heaven/hell is only the beginning!

Bamboozle of the season!
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noooo i think i just got spoiled on who 1 of the F4 is for BBCAN6

and i'm not happy

i'm at the third eviction now
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New TAR31 rumor - it's actually going to be BB vs. TAR vs. Survivor.

http://insidesurvivor.com/former-survivor-contestants-on-season-31-amazing-race-33711
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If Rob and Stephen arent on then just throw the season in the trash
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Do we know for sure that it's a Survivor contestant and not Hayden/Caleb/Natalie and Nadiya as a Big Brother/TAR contestant?
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Rob and Stephen pair would actually be incredible
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So I just caught up on BBCAN6.

That was a journey.
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....that was fast

I'm like 2 weeks behind on episodes and I don't have it in me to actually watch all of them in their entirety

power rankings of players go
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Still Alive:
1. Kaela
2. Derek
3. Paras
4. Will

Paras is my fave from the edited show with 0 live feed watching. I know the live feeds reveal all butttttt I didn't watch them. Kaela second. Ever since jury I've had Derek as last and Will as second last, and it's basically the same now. Will sucks while Derek is incredibly generic and I hope neither win.

F4 spoilers: Looks like Will is going. At least the F2 will have one of Paras/Kaela.
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Who I've been rooting for since jury:
1. Paras
2. Kaela
--big gap--
3. Maddy
4. Johnny
5. Ryan
6. Olivia
7. Alejandra
--big gap--
8. Will
9. Derek
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stuff to peridiam and to hide from coolcly

you caught up in only 4 hours? wow

For the longest time I wanted a Liv/Paras final, Liv started out really bland but by the end I can see why they casted her and shes amazing

I love Maddy cause she reminds me of me; very guarded, afraid of disappointing people, cries all the time, so me

Johnny gets undersold by the edit the most I believe. Johnny was dead in the water the week Ryan went home, but he flipped the house and got all 6 votes to his side. Then Kaela somehow did the same on Ali's week, where just 30 minutes before the eviction she was the one going home.

The three leading the strategy all season were Paras, Kaela and Johnny.

FUCKING WILL WHY DID YOU DROP YOU IDIOT

The female gatecrasher who didn't get in was a RHAP person, which did a live feed update last season with Taran. Jokes all around about how much pull RHAP actually has, cause Taran was telling everyone to vote against using the secret veto and that ended up at 12% of the vote.
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also wendys skip the dishes shaw hasbro
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Paras is by far my favourite. I looooove her. She's always been great on the live feeds too. She's very strongly strategic, but has done an incredible job of downplaying it.... Maybe too good because people actually believe she's dumb. She's been too wishy washy lately on committing to decisions and has made some mistakes, which is why she's only considered the "acceptable" choice now rather than a great one - she's left herself in a position where she likely can't beat the showmance which is very strong at comps. She's often considered better at the game than Derek, but obviously Derek's showmance has been controlling the late game and you can't argue with results, so Derek is likely to win over her. But Kaela is probably the strongest winner. Paras winning HoH at 4 actually might give her credibility towards winning the game though. If she wins Final 3 HOH, which is a bit if a stretch against Daela, it might give her the clout she needs. Some jurors like Ryan will vote for her, and Kaela is afraid of final 2 with her.

There was a very long period of the game where the three pillars of the house were considered to be Kaela, Paras, and Erika. Everybody loved and thought they were working with Paras (but thought she was dumb), and everybody loved and thought they were working with Erika, and everyone was whispering about targeting the showmance, but noone would ever pull the trigger because they were afraid of being the one to do it too soon.

It was honestly an incredible game to follow the live feeds on throughout the season. There was so much fluidity in the house. The pillars may have been Erika, Paras, and Kaela, but it's not like there were three sides of the house. Everybody was allied with everyone and there was so much shifting and political maneuvering. People would sell eachother out constantly and then people would find out about it but it would be yesterdays news so quickly. Like, in another season, if person A talked badly about person B who they were allied with, person B finding out about it and being like "I CANT BELIEVE 'A' BETRAYED ME LIKE THAT" would be a giant moment in the season... but it would happen several times a day in this house.

The edit is still fun to watch by itself, but it's done a very poor job of showing the dynamics in the house. Like the week Johnny was on the block against Ryan, he was going home 100% and throughout the week he did a MASTERFUL job of manipulating everybody in the house into thinking he was on their side and it was in their best interest to keep him... even Ale/Liv and the showmance. It was really incredible stuff, like top player of all time discussion worthy, and the edit didn't show it all.... They gave Ale the credit. And then she went out the next week. Ugh that's frustrating

Johnny and Erika were incredible players btw. They were a bit too good at comps for their own good, (it's legit that Erika actually did try throwing comps but couldn't help but win it anyways) but it honestly didn't matter too much. If not for the two big twists of the season, which were the triple eviction and the Canada's veto that saved Ryan, there is no way they would have went out when they did with their ability to socially and strategically manipulate the house. They were easily the best players in the house and I can't see that they would lose to anybody except eachother if not for twists. But, well, I guess you have to expect the unexpected....

Even a lot of the worse player are still guys like Ryan, Maddy, and Will, who even when they are unable to accomplish the goals that they want, still have their own agency and try to accomplish their own goals. There were only really a couple players like Merron who were legit goats, and they all went out prejury (along with Erika ;_;)

Honestly, Taran's live feed updates are sooo worth the listen. I often don't even watch every episode but I can't miss Taran's updates
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ya you better hide from me
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oh also knowing that the losing female gatecrasher was a RHAP person, the episode 2 recap was great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sozcqzc_3iM" data-time="
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at least watch 25 seconds of this if you dont want to hear the whole thing
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why are we talking about BBCAN in a Survivor topic
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I dont think Erika was as good strategically as you say she was, but she was very rootable and I wanted her to go far

The vote to save Ryan was to stick it to Kaela, (thanks to a VERY pro-Ryan Wednesday Episode edit there) and they ended up evicting fan favorite erika instead, oops lol production meddling
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cause survivor this season sucks
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IDK what even is going on with this topic series, one minute its the survivor /bb/TAR topic then next its just survivor???? I'm just gonna talk about reality tv kthx
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Talk about any of the shows. Its all welcome.
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the challenge!
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the genius!
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GTM posted...

I dont think Erika was as good strategically as you say she was, but she was very rootable and I wanted her to go far

maybe her strategic game isn't the strongest, (debatable), but her social game was incredible. She should have been Shannon Elizabeth'd with her comp prowess, but she was way too socially graceful for that to happen. I have a hard time seeing her go through a week or even a half week if she gets backdoored and actually getting evicted on Thursday. Then she got Neda'd =(
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Yikes again.
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The Mana Sword posted...

the genius!

I'll get back to it I promise
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How reliable are Inside Survivor rumors? Because they're saying someone is going to be on next the season of Survivor and it's relevant my interests.

(potential casting spoilers for next season)
http://insidesurvivor.com/former-wwe-wrestler-survivor-season-37-33748
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Inside Survivor is very reliable.
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I can ask him how he finds this stuff out but I dunno if he'd even tell me >_>
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The person in question is on the next season he is likely to be shown in the season preview at the finale.
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And now Redmond has evidence that Russell Hantz is returning to Survivor for a fourth time. The one that's currently filming, the Australian kind.

Why did CBS have a change of heart? We don't want more Hantz.
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A. That should probably be in spoilers.
B. He'll still lose.
C. It's not USA Survivor so it's not that big a deal.
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How much control does CBS have over the foreign versions of Survivor?
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Edited for spoilers.

Mewtwo59 posted...

How much control does CBS have over the foreign versions of Survivor?

CBS bought Channel Ten last year - and Australian Survivor with it. After the mothership, they have control over that one only, I believe.
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is that really spoilers?

either way i'm skeptical
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Don't care, doesn't count, he'll still be a three-timer to me.
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I wasn't 100% sure if it was spoiler worthy or not but better safe than sorry.

Underleveled posted...

Don't care, doesn't count, he'll still be a three-timer to me.

Agreed and if CBS does own the Australian Survivor then I would guess this is either one of two things. A way to make Russell a Survivor winner or to see if they can trust him again so they could potential do a "Legends" season for season 40/41.
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if the rumors are true then it definitely will count as another attempt (and will likely be another loss)

though i haven't seen AU1, i can say AU2 is definitely worth everyones time as survivor fans. it's a very good season, better than most US seasons
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It seemed like AUS was doing pretty well, so Im not sure why they think they need to pull a stunt like this in only the 3rd season.
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Peridiam posted...

if the rumors are true then it definitely will count as another attempt (and will likely be another loss)

though i haven't seen AU1, i can say AU2 is definitely worth everyones time as survivor fans. it's a very good season, better than most US seasons

Season 1 is alright. A lot of mateship, honour, integrity, and getting mad at people for attempting to play the game.

Season 2 was phenomenal. Highly recommend it to anyone that hasn't watched it yet.

I know they were struggling in the ratings department for season 2, but I hope these rumours aren't true. ugh
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i do think some good could come from stunt casting, i just don't see why it can't be some famous aussie

plus... is it even possible to legally watch survivor AU as an american? i could see a good chunk of american fans wanting to watch the next season but it won't actually make a difference in the ratings

do they think casting an american will boost viewership to any worthwhile degree, or maybe it's just better than nothing? but then you had phenomenal casting in AU2, so...
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Peridiam posted...

i do think some good could come from stunt casting, i just don't see why it can't be some famous aussie

plus... is it even possible to legally watch survivor AU as an american? i could see a good chunk of american fans wanting to watch the next season but it won't actually make a difference in the ratings

do they think casting an american will boost viewership to any worthwhile degree, or maybe it's just better than nothing? but then you had phenomenal casting in AU2, so...

It just dawned on me that if CBS did indeed buy the station that was airing Australian Survivor they may use this as a CBS All Access stunt. Watch Australian Survivor, this season starring Russell Hantz!
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