Watching Survivor

After a week off - which I greatly appreciated as I needed to rest my poor typing fingers after that double show night of Big Brother and Survivor - Survivor returns in its normal timeslot on Thursday night! It’s episode 8 - though it seems like we’re so much farther in because we’re down to 11 Castaways! It seems like only yesterday we started with an overwhelming 20 Fans and Favorites to begin this season.

To get us back into the swing of things, here’s Jeff Probst with his preview of this weeks episode, though it doesn’t seem to give away much, only promising romance and tears during Tribal Council.

We’re getting down in numbers, I expect a merge within the next couple of weeks. According to previews, Immunity will go to two survivors this week, and there’s a return to a Survivor Delicacy - charbroiled rat! Yum! With Immunity going to two survivors - will Ozzy need to use his Hidden Immunity Idol? Is he safe another week, or will his use of the Hidden Immunity Idol be the downfall of the ‘girls alliance’ which the preview says will target the stronger men of the tribe? I can’t remember over the years - has a girl’s alliance EVER worked out for the girls involved?

The Survivor Pool Party is heating up, with two definite leaders and me hanging on to third by a thread. Anyone can win it with a good week though, so head on over to Fun Office Pools and get your picks in before Thursday’s Show!

Who do you want to go this week? Who do you THINK will go? Are any of you headed to the Wrestling event on the 5th and will you send us pictures? Enquiring minds want to know, so hit that comment button below!

Let’s talk about the Pool Party, first, hm? Congrats to sugarbooger62 who’s still in the lead, and DannyV84 who snuck past me into 2nd place this week - both by putting all their points on Tracy, who was voted out last night. Ya’ll rock! Danny has risen out of nowhere from the bottom of the list when he joined, to the top three with three weeks of consistently good picks - goes to show it’s still anybody’s game!

It looks like Survivor is a victim of March Madness once again, this upcoming week - there’s no show on the docket until April 3rd. If that changes, I’ll be sure to let you know. That does give you an extra week to decide who you think will be ousted during the next episode though! We’re getting close to Merge Numbers, as well as the Jury starting. It’ll be interesting for sure!

Speaking of ousted Survivors - here’s some of the interview lineups for Tracy and Kathy:

Kathy: Mother Nature Kicked my Ass, Mother Nature Kicked my behind.
Tracy: I wish the fans had been more Strategic, Tracy Hughes-Wolf talks about Survivor:Micronesia.

And a podcast with both of them together can be listened too here.

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And don’t forget the Reality Rumble coming up on Saturday, April 5th! It’s an event to benefit the Special Needs Students at Spotswood High School, and all proceds will be given to the Special Needs Classroom at the High School. They’ll be used to purchase computers, smart boards, speech devices and other learning devices for the students. Admission is only $10, and all ages are welcome.

The semi-main event will be the tag team matchup with Jonny Fairplay/Coach Dodson vs. Billy Garcia/Mr. Terrific Tim Lawler! The winner of the match gets to shave the head of the loser! That’s right, Jonny might be losing those curls!

There’s a plethora of reality stars attending too - from Kynt and Vxsin of the Amazing Race, Michelle Deighton of ANTM (And Jonny Fairplay’s baby mama!), Stacy Kimball, Chicken Morris, and Tracy Wolf - the most recently cast-off of Survivor: Micronesia. There will be autographs and meet and greets throughout the evening - if I was anywhere close to Penn Laird Virginia, you couldn’t keep me away from this event!

Grab Mr. Terrific - Tim Lawler (Who’s commented here about the event before - hi Tim!) for more information via email at mrtrrfc@hotmail.com, or Coach Dodson at cdodson@rockinham.k12.va.us. And hey - send us a write up and pictures afterwards, huh? (grin)

-:30 Hey there Survivor Fans! It’s a busy day for this blogger, with Survivor then Big Brother all in one night. My poor lil typing fingers are gonna be overworked for sure! Thanks, as always, to Bobby for streamin the East Coast Shows for me, and if I miss something somewhere, I’ll pop it up if it’s important as soon as the shows are over and as I watch them in my time zone! That said, let’s get it on!

:00 Previously, on Survivor! It’s recap time! 13 are left, who will be voted out tonight?

:02 It’s day 18 at Malakal, and there’s no eggs from the chicken, and the Ozzy doesn’t want to kill them because they lay three eggs every day, and Tracy says “What, you gonna wait until you can have more meat yourself?” she and Ozzy are getting one ach other’s nerves. She doesn’t like that Ozzy is in charge of the tribe and says he’ll win this thing if they don’t get them out of the game. Ozzy knows she’s just scrambling to save her own ass.

:04 Roll credits, and Commercial!

:07 At Airai, James is telling us they’re complaining about the rain, but they didn’t get rain because they were in a Cave, and you could be outside getting wet! Deal with the funk, couldn’t have smelled any better before, this is a game called Survivor.

Kathy is crabby, and says one day you’re feeling good, then the next day you feel like crap, today was a crap day. She’s thinking of home and her washer and dryer and her family and it makes her want to cry - she tries an Geenie move, but is still there.

:09 At Malakal, Ozzy is getting coconuts, and Erik says he’s amazing and he wants to grow and learn and he feels he can climb the tree too! Erik and Ozzy are like the Lion King, Cirie says, and that stardust comes out of his mouth whenever he says his name. They’re bonding right now, the girls laugh and watch. Cirie says if Ozzy proposed marriage right now it’d be a done deal.

Ozzy wants to move the boat to the back beach, and asked Cirie for help. She says everyone knows that she’s not a strong swimmer, but she was a team player and helped the row to the back beach. They were out there, and saw the Reef and Ozzy says there’s big fish there, and that they’re not that far from shore. Cirie is still nervous, and Ozzy tells her not to worry. He says there might be a giant clam out there to feed them for the rest of the time.

Cirie is all “Yay reef. Reef.” And says they can have the adventure at her expense today but it won’t happen again.

:12 Challenge time! A traditional money stone - for years they were the currency, larger the stone more worth. Two will be blindfolded as someone guides them through the course. They’ll crush tiles to get smaller stones used for to finish a puzzle. The herbal essance great escapes bath is the Reward - taken to an island where they can get clean, and eat a snack too. Natalie is sitting this one out.

Survivors Ready - go! Cirie is guiding, and Eliza is also doin so as the four members are blindfolded and pushing the money stone. Malakal is following Cirie with not too much trouble. Eliza isn’t doing as well, but they are moments behind as they both smash second tiles - Malakal gets their 3rd tile, as Airai has to go back and forth to get their third. Cirie is not messing around and gets their last pieces and heads to the puzzle.

Airai is right behind them, Erik Cirie and Ozzy are working on the puzzle for Malakal, Eliza, James and Kathy working it for Airai. They aren’t making much progress, but Malakal things they’re getting closer - they think they have it and MALAKAL WINS REWARD!

:16 They choose Jason to go to exile island, and Tracy takes one for the team, misses out on reward and heads to EI with Jason. Airai heads back to camp and Malakal heads to the boat and their reward with a squeal of delight.

:17 Commercial.

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Hey there, Survivor Fans! Are you wearin’ bits o’ green? Good!

It’s time for our Pool Party standings, but first, a reminder: GET YOUR PICKS IN EARLY! Don’t forget that this week’s survivor is on WEDNESDAY at 8pm EST, instead of Thursday, due to March Madness basketball. If you need help in making your picks, I usually say to check out the preview - but you know, it doesn’t really give us too much to go on, just yet - or maybe it does. In case I missed some small little clue - check it out!

One thing we do know thanks to the article in TV Guide is that we lose two more Survivors this week - so spread your points wisely!

Now, for those standings I promised you… This week, it’s official! Sugarbooger62 has officially kicked my behind off the number one spot. Only by 2 points, sure, but the inevitable has happened! There’s only a 8 point spread between the top three, though, and many others are close behind. It’s still anybody’s game, one good week can propel you right up to the top of the list! And remember - my standings don’t officially count when it comes to prizes. I want ya’ll to win! The top three that ain’t me get the goods!

Looking for interviews with Jonathan and Chet? Well, you can listen to one with the both of them here, then Reality News Online interviewed Chet, while Jonathan talked to them, and Reality TV World. And if that’s not enough reading to get you through the days until survivor - check out the transcripts of the Survivor Insiders - what was said as the Survivors voted out Chet, two deleted scenes, and what both Chet and Jonathan had to say the day after their leaving the game.

-:30 Howdy folks! It’s time to set up the post for our as it happens recap for tonight’s episode! Have you gotten your Pool Party Picks in yet? If not, skedaddle over there - you’ve only got until show time to do so! As always, Bobby rocks my socks for streaming from the east coast! What do you think will happen tonight? Who’s going home? Can’t wait to see it play out!

:00 Previously on Survivor…. Recap time, folks! 15 are left, who will be voted out tonight?

:02 We start off over at Malakal after Tribal council, as they talk about the vote, and how Shocked Erik was - he says he felt shafted, and they’re tough as nails, you can’t trust the Favorites at all, and if this game is about lying, he might have to do some of that.

:03 Credits and commercial

:07 At Malakal, the girls are in the water, and ask Cirie to go play with them as Chet and Tracey talk. She says they were needed, and she tells us it’s driving her batty not being in control. She tells Chet she didn’t come so far in the game to roll over. They talk to Jason about how vicious they are, and tells him the only thing they can do is get one of them to vote with them so they’re in control.

:08 Tracy says she feels the shift, and Ami goes and gets with her and gives her a pep talk, telling her not to get down, because that gets her out first. She points out she wasn’t part of the original alliance and says maybe she needs to play a little differently - baby steps right now.

:09 Over at Airai, Jonathan says that his knee is feeling better, but slower then he wants too. James says losing Jonathan would be a big blow to the team, and hopefully he’s alright, he doesn’t want to lose the motivator.

Fan vs. favorites is over in Eliza’s mind, and she wants to work with them to get rid of Parvati and James before the merge.

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Just two more days until this week’s episode - have you made your Pool Party picks yet? If not - maybe this little inside preview from Mr. Dimples himself will help you make them!

YAY! James is gonna dominate! That makes Lessa happy - I love watching him go all RAR with the bulging muscles and brute strength. This is going to be a good episode INDEED!

For those who like the spoilers - check out the TV Guide article, that’s kinda spoilery over the next couple weeks. Nothing is said outright, other then things common sense would dictate. I think. Maybe. Ok - check it out if your game!

Also - for those who want more Joel, here’s the third interview, from Reality News Online, and the insider transcripts from Survivor Fever. It includes a touching scene that was deleted, where Joel came to aid Kathy when she collapsed. As he says “I don’t particularly care for Kathy as a person, but as a firefighter, I care for people on a professional level, so I became Joel the firefighter rather then Joel the Survivor contestant.” Awwwww.

Though he does come back to being the Survivor Contestant in the last solo clip: “We’ve been carrying Kathy as a tribe for as long as we’ve been here. I literally carried her today to the boat to go to the challenge and I will not do it again.”

Also included are Ozzy’s thoughts before Tribal Council, and how he felt about both Joel and Chet, as well as all of Joel’s after the vote words, and his thoughts the day after - including his thoughts on technology, and how it makes us weak.

Don’t forget - head on to Fun Office Pools and get your picks in!

I know, I know - I promised this post yesterday! I got sidetracked, and totally my bad on that. But here we are with some interview links and the results of this weeks Pool Party!

First - here’s two more interviews with Mikey B, ousted last week by Joel: here and here. And, of course, here are the first two interviews with the fireman who got hosed on Thursday, found here and here. I’m sure there will be a couple others as well.

In the second one, a question I had wondered was answered right away - Joel feels that he was portrayed pretty accurately - what they showed was him, love it or hate it! I think he came off as a bit of a bully, but that could be his own self-professed take no prisoners mentality when it comes to competition. In a game like Survivor, though, you have to learn to balance the competitiveness with people skills, else… well, you don’t last long. Kicking out the weak is ok - beating up on them, not so much.

I think Cirie’s pull with the others on the tribe is considerable - that girl has got some smarts to balance out where she’s not very strong. As long as Chet is there, he’ll always be the target over her, when it comes to eliminating the ‘weaker’ players. I’m not so sure that will save her for much longer, though, as they all know where she’s coming from and why. Chet looks like he’s literally going to fall apart - if he survives another week, I’ll be absolutely shocked!

Then there’s Ozzy’s fake idol being found by Jason shown in the previews! How hysterically funny, to see that he believes it to be the real thing! I don’t think he’s in danger of needing to play it just yet, however, though, so suspect we’ll be on pins and needles for a couple weeks over how it all plays out. How big of a sigh of relief was Ozzy breathing when he was chosen to go back to the Malakal beach - where his HII is hidden?! I could almost feel it!

Speaking of sighs of relief - I’m still up top at the Survivor Pool! (Yes, I know, my entries are essentially void… but bragging rights are fun too!) I suspect though, that my reign is dangerously closed to coming to an end. Sugarbooger had another outstanding week, picking up top honors for the week with 23 points to place second, just barely a point behind me overall. DannyV had another good week as well, climbing up the ladder to third place, with Collette nipping at his heels. Just goes to show you what a good week of picks will get you! Danny’s climbed from bottom of the pack to third in just two weeks! Way to go!

It’s still anybody’s game, so get your picks in for next week’s episode by show time, and good luck!

-:20 Hi there folks! Just setting up the post for our Survivor As It Happens Recap! Thanks to Bobby, of course, for streaming the show for me on East Coast time! If you haven’t got your Pool Party Picks in - you best hurry, they close for this week at show time!

:00 Previously, on Survivor! Recap time, folks!

:02 We start out as Airai - the Fans - get back to camp after kicking MikeyB off the Island. Jason says he was hoping the tribe would make the right decision to get rid of Chet, the weakest member, but it didn’t happen. He says he’s bummed, and feels they’re gonna just keep losing, and the Tribe he’s in is not where he wants to be.

Tracey and Chet are targeting Jason next. Says Chet “Sorry, dude.”

:03 Commercial.

:06 Over at Malakal, they’re talking to the chickens, telling Charlie, that it’s time. They’re ready to eat Charlie the chicken. Ozzie is gonna kill the chicken, and Cirie is like EW - I don’t wanna see a dead flapping chicken bleeding everywhere! James holds him down, and awww, Charlie’s goose is cooked. Hha.

Ozzy reminds us that he’s got the Immunity Idol, and after Killing the chicken, he hid it so that no one will find it. He told James, because he can trust them. Then he told Parvati and Amanda too, but no one else. Amanda is proud of him, and they feel their the powerhouse right now.

:09 Come on in guys - fans get a look at the tribe minus Mikey B. Jeff tells them to drop the buffs - they’re switching tribes. 7 white stones, one purple and one orange stone. If you grab the colors, you’re the captian. Sounds like it’s gonna be schoolyard style.

Natalie and Ozzy are captains. Natalie picks for Airie, and Ozzy for Malakal. You pick from opposite tribe.

Natalie picks James. Then Alexis, Jonathan, Jason, Parvati (YAY! AWAY FROM JAMES!), Kathy B and Eliza make the new Airai. (guess I better learn to spell the names!)

Ozzy picks Joel - though he couldn’t remember his name. Hahah. Then Amanda, Erik, Ami, Tracey, Cirie, and Chet makes the new Malakal

For the challenge, divided into pairs and chained together. They’ll chase the other tribe, trying to grab the flag from their back. You have to score in 1 minute, or the other team gets the point. Playing for a get to know you BBQ - steaks, veges, wine - and no exile island today.

:14 Malakal is the first chasers - Erik and Ozzy chasing Kathy and Natalie. GO!

They take off, and Ozzy and Erik cut right through the middle, Natalie and Kathy too slow, and Ozzy makes the grab!

Airai -Parvati and Eliza chasing Chet and Joel. They get them corner, but Joel and Chet escape, Joel is DRAGGING chet aalong - Eliza is close, Dragging Parvati together - Eliza Grabs the flag from Chet - and Parvati gets a flat lip.

Tie Score - and Ami and Amanda chasing James and Jason - Ami JUST misses a shot and falls, she’s hurt but still hanging in there. Jason hits a tree, Ami has a shot AMI gets it, Malakal leads 2-1!

Penner and Alexi chasing Cirie and Tracey - if they avoid being caught, Malakal wins reward! They’re off - Penner is dragging Alexis on, Cirie and Tracy doing well staying away, Cirie dragging Tracy, Penner reaches - Misses, and Alexis makes the grab - tied 2-2! Penner has a busted Knee, Ami is hit and Parvati has a fat lip.

Chet and Joel chasing Parvati and Eliza - must catch, or lose reward! GO! Parvati and Eliza just have to avoid Joel and Chet, Joel is dragging him along - has them cornered, MISSES THE FLAT, the Girls are alive as Chet falls, and Joel is just Dragging him into beams, and getting frustrated, he grabs joel with a LETS GO! They can’t do it - Joel lunches and misses - Airai Wins Reward!

:19 Commercial!
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Hidey-ho, survivor fans! The interviews with Mickey B are slow in coming, but here’s two more, by Reality News Online and Buddy TV.

And, if you’re like me, and you wondered where the title of last week’s episode came from “baked, bbq’d and fried” (though it’s not TOO difficult to figure out) because we didn’t see it - check out the Survivor Insider clips or the transcripts here at Survivor Fever. As I’d figured, it was what James named the chickens they won in the reward challenge - as they celebrated and talked of the many, many ways to prepare chicken.

Also available on the transcripts and clips is the secret scene - apparently Mikey B almost set himself on fire. He burned his shorts and his butt with flying embers and had to rush to sit in the water to put it out. Poor MikeyB - he says, amused “I’ll tell ya… you will NEVER see me camping again! EVER.” Can’t say as I blame ya there, buddy!

And, if you think it’ll help you make your Pool Party picks for the week - check out Probst’s Preview below! Well, check it out even if it doesn’t help. (grin)

Last, but certainly not least - I got together some pictures of the Pool Party Prizes - except for the web banners, I haven’t made them yet. For the rest, though - check it out!

Grand Prize:
1 Banner, designed by me
1 Survivor Blast DVD
3 Tribal Buffs from Survivor: Thailand - 1 gold, 1 purple, 1 orange

Second Place:
1 Banner, designed by me
1 Survivor Board Game
2 Tribal buffs from Survivor: Africa - 1 gold, 1 red

Third Place:
1 Banner, designed by me
1 Survivor Card Game Starter Set
1 Tribal Buff from Survivor: Thailand - gold

Awesome, no? Now get on over to Fun Office Pools and get your choices made for this week! Last week saw someone busting from far down in the pack all the way up to the tip five - you can do it too!

Don’t forget about the fundraiser Wrestling Match too - they’re adding more gueststars every day! Check out the comment section for the latest additions! If you’re around Virginia April 5th, don’t miss it! (and drop us a line to tell us how it went, of course!)