Watching Survivor

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.

In other news - ever wanted some Survivor Props? You can take your chance to own original Survivor Props and memorabilia from one of the biggest collections, with 100% of the money going to cancer patient - click here for more info.

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!)

Hey there, Survivor Fans! Congrats to Dannyv84, who’s picks pulled him in the full 23 points and shot him all the way up to 5th place overall! Excellent job, Danny! Will he be the one to topple me from the top spot this week? Or will Collette’s slow and steady creep to second place do me in next week? How are YOU doing? Get those numbers in before show time next Thursday! It’s still early, and anybody’s game!

Speaking of - I got the last part of the prizes in the mail today, so each prize package is complete, but for the Banner I haven’t designed just yet. We’re up to 40 members of the pool too! Thanks for spreading the word, and Good Luck!

So, poor Mikey B - he hardly saw that coming, hm? He’s only done one interview so far, but I’m sure there are plenty more in the works. I’ll post them as they come in. For now, you can listen to an interview here, and find out what he thought of his stay on Micronesia, how he had to fight to be on the show, and how he wanted to lead the tribe. Included are some new details on how they prepared for challenges, too!

Next week, we’ll see a tribal shakeup, which has the Fans getting their chance to mingle with the Favorites! How is this going to affect the game? Will the Favorites take the lead and teach the Fans how to make a decent shelter? And of course, the big question of the day - who will be voted out next! I can’t wait to see how it all shakes down!

-:15 Hey there Survivor Fans! Just setting up this post for the As It Happens Recap of tonights Episode 4. Who do you think will go? Who gets the idol? Who will topple me from the top spot on the Survivor Pool Party? These are the questions we all want answers too… Answer’s that will come over the next hour! Thanks, as always, to Bobby at Live East Coast Feed who’s kind enough to play Survivor for us west coasters at East Coast time!

:00 Previously, on Survivor! It’s recap time, folks! 17 are left, who will be voted out tonight?

:02, We’re back at the camp with the Faves, where the talking begins, and Ami says she’s sorry she wrote her name down. jonathan jumpes in and Cirie says “I wasn’t even talking to you!” Jonathan says she’s much more manipulative and devious then he is. Cirie tells us that he’s mad he couldn’t make her vote the way she wanted too. Cue the fight we saw on the previews. Cirie doesn’t have to listen to him, cuz she’s grown. *L*

:04 Commercial.

:07 At the Fans camp, they start talking about who they think went home. Joel says they’re pleased to have won and it was good for them. They catch an eel! Dinner time for the Fans! Natalie says you have to do what you need to do, all she’s done is keep her head down and work. She doesn’t think Chet is pulling his weight and she’s not the only one. MikeyB says Chet is weak and is a physical and mental liability and he’s gone.

At the Favorites, Eliza is feeling sick, says her ears hurt and such - and James says she needs to suck it up. He says they were stupid to not get rid of her last night. James says they wanted to keep the strong people, but Cirie was hell bent on getting out Yau-Man out, and it was a big mistake. James says it in front of everyone, and Eliza is all “I’m sitting right here!” he says yeah and “you’re about to die!” and She says she’ll do better in any challenge today then Yau-man would have. Eliza complains to us that they’re making her feel like crap. She tells the guys that their attitude makes her not want to do well at all, and tells us she hates these people. Hahah.

:11 Challenge time!

Fans get their first look at the new tribe without Yau-Man. Here’s how it works, 4 member swimp to the platform, dive down to the cage containing coconuts, lettered ones are removed and put in a bin, swim it to the shore where the rest of the members unscramble for reward. Reward is three egg laying hens, 1 rooster, chicken feed and they’ve already laid eggs. Two members will go to Exile Island.

:13 Here we go - for reward! Survivor’s ready, GO!

All four tribe members have to be on the platform before the first member dives. Ozzy and Jason are out first, searching for the coconut with letters. Ozzie spends a lot of time underwater, as Jason has to com up for air - Jason gets the first coconut for the fans and Mikey B is next out. Ozzy is moving SEVERAL coconuts at once. Mikey B is up for the second coconut, and Ozzy FINALLY comes up with one coconut. Penner is in the water and hits to the front of the cage where Ozzy has placed the coconuts - Tied 2 each. Now Favorites have three, now four! Ozzy’s strategy is paying off as the Fans pull up another coconut. Jason in the water, and Faves have 5-3!

There are ten coconuts total, Faves have six! Ami in the water, as MikeyB is in the water for the fans, Ami has number 7! Mikey comes up with number 5, Natalie has number 6 for the Fans, Ozzy is under water again and pulls them all forward, puts number 8 in the bin, Penner gets number 9, and ozzy hits the water again for number ten - the Fans are unclipping and swimming back to the shore - Favorites are on the move as the Fans get number 8.

The Favorites haul the bin to shore and the other’s head to the puzzle to unscramble - James has the word, says it, and they spell it right as Mikey gets number 9 - FAVORITES WIN REWARD!

They send Kathy out to exile island again, and ozzy joins her. Fans - got nuthin for ya, head back to camp, and Faves get their reward!

:19 Commercial
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Hey ya’ll - how are my favorite Survivor Fans this fine morning? I’ve got a bunch of links for you today, as well as the Episode Four preview from Mr. Dimples himself, Jeff Probst. It doesn’t give away much this week, but it might help you make some of your Pool Party Picks if you haven’t already!

First up, though, My man Yau-Man’s interview circuit. He’s such a nice guy, and a definite fan favorite, it’s great to see his thoughts on the game this time around. You can catch his interviews here, here, here, here and here.

As sad as I was to see him go, I guess it’s a compliment to him that the rest of the Favorites didn’t think they stood a chance against the wily old guy!

From the looks of the press images, one of the challenges is again under water, which bodes well for Ozzy and the Faves, and not so good for Chet and the Fans. Does this mean they’ll come on top? Not necessarily, as we’ve seen the fans and faves are pretty well matched determination wise. And with Cirie going a little power happy, it might drag the faves down once again.

In other news - the Hidden Immunity Idol comes into play, and rumor has it the real one is found and replaced with a fake! I’ve watched the following preview several times to see if I can figure out who’s hands those are towards the end. Any ideas? I had heard that Cirie would find the idol, but that don’t look like her hands to me, for obvious reasons… what do you think?

Only 24 hours to go until all the questions about this episode are answered! Get your picks in for the Survivor Pool Party, and see you tomorrow with the show recap!

Hey, it was morning when I started writing this - close enough, right? (grin)

Congrats to those who chose well in our Survivor Pool Party this week! I certainly didn’t expect them to turn on Yau-Man so soon and am sad to see him go…

Congrats to Sugarbooger62 for pulling out the top numbers for the week with 18 points! That moved her clear up into 4th place overall. Colette was second for the week with 13 points, which kicked her up to 2nd place overall, right under me! Well done, you two!

As you can see - the standings are ever changing, and one good week can get you on top and in reach for those prizes, so get your picks in for next week’s episode soon!

As heartbroken as I am to see Yau-Man go, he handled it like I expected he would - with class and gratitude. You can find some of his interviews here and here - the last done by my buddy Lynn over at Reality Expoits. I’m sure other interviews will pop up around the net too - Yau-Man is extremely popular - and I’ll miss seeing him on the show!

In other news - if you’re around Penn Laird, Virginia on April 5th, you’ve got to check this out! There will be a Charity Pro Wrestling Event that will feature two of our favorites - Billy Garcia from Survivor Cook Islands, and the man we all love to hate, Jonny Fairplay! Thye’ll be squaring off in front of a special Celeb Guest Judge in a no DQ, no holds barred wrestling match with their partners Mr. Terriffic and Coach Dodson. This event will raise money for computers, smart boards, speech devices and other learning devices for severe and profoundly disabled children. And the big prize? The winners shave the loser’s head, right in the ring! That’s right - Billy might just be taking Jonny’s curls from him after the match!

There will be other special guests there - including Cao Boi (Cook Islands), Tracy Wolf (Micronesia) Kynt & Vyxsin (The Amazing Race 12) among others. The event is on April 5th, 2008, at the Spotswood High School. Admission is $10 and doors open at 6pm. If you get a chance to go, let me know, as I’d love a first hand account of the festivities! (When, oh when will these guys come to Alaska so that I can attend a function?! Sigh!) Good luck with the fundraiser, Billy and Jonny!

-:10 Just setting up the post here before the show gets started. Hope you got all your picks in for the Pool Party! Will you be the one toppling the leaders off the board tonight? Good luck!

:00 Last time on Survivor… It’s recap time! 18 are left, who will be voted out tonight?

:02 We rejoin the Fans right after Tribal Council on day 6, where Mikey B says he can only assume that Joel stuck a knife in his back ALREADY - and Joel is playing a long term game, when you have to play short term and keep your strength until the merge. Joel says Mikey thinks he has everyone in his pocket, and Mikey B says that he didn’t have to do it yet. Joel adds he’d like to see his face when the baseball bat hits him in the face and he realizes that he doesn’t have the tribe in his pocket.

:03 Commercial

:06 At the Favorites Tribe, they’re starting a fire, and they’re talking about who they hope was voted out. Amanda Ozzy James and Parvati go down to the beach and invited Eliza with them, and she says they were working her, big time. They tell her they distrust Johnathan, and says they need to get rid of him and Cirie. Eliza says she listened but doesn’t trust them.

They go back and talk to Cirie, who admits they’ve been trying to get her to join them, and she tells us she’s juggling and trying to decide which side is better for her. She says it’s all about who she thinks she can trust. She’ll go all the way with someone she trusts - if she doesn’t trust you, you can’t believe a think she says.

Day 7 - Tree mail with the Fans, and it’s a big one - says war paint, three choices for the reward, and be ready to tackle, but lose and you take a beating. There’s the reward book too, where they get to pick three things out of it.

The Fans are looking through to figure out what they want as well, and everyone starts painting themselves for war. Dundundun! Yau-Man still looks cute. Hahah. Eliza says there is NO way they’ll lose the challenge. Joel says their moral is a little bit down, but logically if someone invades his home, they’re going down.

Reward Challenge time!
Both tribes will start at opposite sides in the apponants endzone. You’ll charge carrying three canvas bags - goal is to get three bags from your tribe, and two from the other in the end zone at the same time. Faves are playing for Shelter Lighting and Survival kits, Fans have Fishing, Kitchen, and Shelter. Let’s get it on!

:11 Little bit of Rain to make it fun - survivors ready, GO! Joel knocks Yau=man and takes down Amanda, it’s physical QUICKLY. James pulls Kathy off Cirie - Faves have 2, Fans have 1 - but have to get 5 at once. Yau-man into the endzone. Jole and James go at it - Joel tosses the bag and people COLIDE! Faves 2, Fans 1, Amanda is pulled down hard. It’s tied, 2-2!

Alexis is on the run, but is SLAMMED hard and she’s pulled back HARD. James just busted up the whole pile, Erik pulls Eliza into the endzone to steal her bag, Erik steals a bag, and James goes running in. Alexis runs THROUGH ElizA with a stolen bag, and then James steals another one and ties it up again 3-3. Amanda tosses the bag to James and its 4-2, they need just one more and have their hands on it - FAVORITES WIN REWARD!

They send Kathy to Exile again, and she isn’t happy, and Ami heads off to Exile with her. They’ll be back for immunity later. Fans head back empty handed, and are told they made it one hell of a battle. The Faves head back to camp with their loot.

:15 Commercial!

:19 And we’re back with the Faves who are rehashing the challenge, laughing at the flirting that was going on during the challenge. Cirie wanders off, and wonders if they feel relaxed because of alliances, but she doesn’t feel relaxed at all, and scrambles to make sure everything is in her favor for sure. Parvati is flirting with James and how proud she was of his throwing people left and right, Cirie says that if she was in THEIR position, people could do a little more for her to try to woo her vote. She should be carried on the chariot! (she’s laughing - clearly thinks it’s a joke!)

They head out fishing, and Cirie tells Parvati and Amanda that she makes it nervous, and Parvati tells her that she made James no promises, and Amanda says the same thing. Eliza asks Jonathan if he’s nervous about Cirie - and she’s like Eliza, needs reassured all the time, and He says “So reassure her!” Cirie makes a promise with Amanda and Parvati that it’d be them three to the end, even if Ozzy proposes or something. Eliza says she hopes she doesn’t forfeit her courage.

On Exile Island, they’re looking for the Hidden Immunity Island again. Ami reads the clue at the top of the tree, and Kathy says she was too tired to go Island Hopping again. The waves are starting to get choppy, and they headed back because of weather.

:23 At the Fans beach, the storm hits in earnest, and everyone huddles together to try and stay dry. Alexis says the shelter sucks, everyone is freezing, and wet. They’re bemoaning not having won the tarp.

At the Faves camp, they’re cuddled under blankets, and the rain is hardest since they’ve een there, but they’re totally sheltered. Ozzy feels kinda bad for the Airai Tribe, knowing they’re probably not doing too well right now. Jason says yeah, they’re probably laughing at the Fans, as he hides in a cave and hopes no spiders or rates get him. Aww..

:25 Commercial!

:28 We rejoin the Fans the morning after, and their stuff is strewn around everywhere - Joel looks pretty beaten down. Says it was the worst night since they’d been there, the shelter didn’t do a bit of good. They feel like they’ve been beat up twice yesterday - by the other tribe, and by nature.

It’s not the sort of night they want to have before an Immunity Challenge, and Alexis points out the obvious - they can’t lose today.

:30 Immunity Challenge!

Ami and Kathy return from Exile Island, and are welcomed back with hugs. Immunity is now up for grabs! Each tribe will choose 2 men and 2 women, who will hold onto a heavy rope net - while everyone else tries to shoot coconuts into the net. Tribe that holds on the longest wins Immunity.

Ozzy and Mikey B shoot first, and miss. Jason connects for the fans, it’s harder to throw the coconut then you think. Alexis connects, Eliza misses, Jason keeps showing it how it’s done while Yau-man puts the Favorites on the board, and no one on the Fans is missing for a while. Jonathan, James, Crie and Amanda are holding for the Faves, and they’re talking a lot of trash, which Jeff says reminds him of Cook Islands.

The nets are getting heavier, James says “I’m just chillin.” as Jeff asks him how it’s going. The Fans are readjusting, as everyone starts to connect to the ‘basket’ and the weight is starting to take it’s tole - Favorites are starting to pull back.

Natalie, Tracy, Joel and Erik are struggling to hold up that net, while everyone ties to hold on for the Faves, and they’re losing it! The rope slips and FANS WIN IMMUNITY!!

:35 Commercial

:38 We’re back, as the Favorites head back to their camp, and Ami says it SUCKS that they lost, and coming back from exhile was bad enough, but it doesn’t get worse then this on Survivor. Yau-man asks if they’re good on Parvati, and Jonathan says she’s sleeping with James and they have to stick with the plan and break that out. The couples foursome say Yau-man. James doesn’t want too, and says he can’t let Parvati go home. Cirie says they thought they were solid with Yau-man, and Ozzie and Amanda and Cirie says Yau-man, and Jonathan breaks up the party. On purpose, of course, and the girls say they were talking girls stuff.

Jonathan asks who Cirie is voting for, and Ami says she doesn’t know. Jonathan says he’s starting to feel a little antsy and he hopes that Cirie is happy enough to stick with them. They approach Cirie and tells them that she is NOT a target, they need to get rid of Parvati. And Cirie says the same argument that Yau-man is using the other group used. Jonathan starts to try to use common sense, and she says that getting in her face is not the way to get her vote. She says “How far did YOU go?” She says she’s been watching everything - she knows there’s no way she’d not be a fifth wheel. Jonathan tries to assuage her doubt, and she says she’s trying to keep it real.

Cirie says she’s gonna change and think and needs five minutes without all the stuff.

Jonathan and Ozzy talk about Eliza vs. Yau-man and try to figure out where they’ll be going. Ozzy says he’s voting for Eliza, and that’s what they need to do. Parvati says that Cirie is voting Yau-man, and Parvati says that it’d be a bad move to vote against Cirie. Jonathan is close by, trying to listen in as they talk. The couples go and talk to Cirie, who is like oh man. Here we go.

They try to get her to vote Eliza, and they try to get on the same page. She says she doesn’t want to change her vote, her vote has never changed - they have. James tells us you just can’t be the boss of everything, that can’t happen - the others are being a bunch of dumbasses! (LOVE HIM)

Jonathan says its crazy for the vote, the four are gonna vote for Parvati because the other group is split, Eliza and Yau-Man, so their four might be enough if they can keep them split. That’s what he’s hoping for.

Time for Tribal Council!

Jonathan says today was a tough day, and James says that the fans earn some big respect, they’ve got a more hunger in them, they might be a little soft, and he don’t like it. Yau-man says they need to be hungry for the win, but he feels vunerable when they lose. Jonathan says they’d like to stay together, but some are making moves already to eliminate threats to them to try and control the game. Cirie says he’s looking at it for tribe and herself. Jonathan Cirie is making a lot of moves, and he accuses her of flopping on the alliance, and Cirie says she came in as a fifth person, and how could she trust that - she doesn’t trust him period. She says everyone came to a decision, and Jonathan swears he’s trying to make the tribe strong, and Cirie says she can’t trust him at all. Jonathan says to vote their conscience, so they have common ground, to strengthen the tribe. Cirie rolls her eyes. Parvati is looking like I just wish this’d go away, and she says people think she’s just flirting and she knows her name has been brought up but it doesn’t surprise her at all. It’s time to vote.

The votes: Parvati, Yau-Man, Yau-man, Parvati, Cirie, Yau-man, Yau-man, Yau-man.

(That SUCKS!)

He leaves with a “Good luck, you guys, have fun!” and Jeff says the problem with the tribe is their divided, question is - what are you going to do about it? Head back to camp…

:54 Commercial

Next time, on Survivor - It’s Cirie vs. Jonathan, and Joel vs. Mikey B and an Exile Island that can’t be missed…

We finally have some interviews with Mary, where she talks about being blindsided and her time in Palau. You can hear a podcast interview here, and read others here and here. She talks about her ousting, and her strategy, and what she really thinks of Joel and his early power play.

An eagle eyed commenter told me something that was confirmed by the insider Transcripts at Survivor Fever - Joel, for all his mastermind, didn’t vote for Mary! He voted for Tracey, declaring that on the way to TC, he realized he needed a failsafe for the two alliances of Alexis and Natalie. So had Mary not gone, Tracey would have. You can read the rest of the transcripts here, or catch the videos at cbs.com.

Next up - here’s Jeff’s preview of this week’s episode on Thursday, where it’s been promised to be brutal.

Also looks like Kathy gets stuck on Exile Island yet again - could this lead to the promised meltdown in the next couple episodes?

Don’t forget to get your picks in for the Survivor Pool! You have until Thursday’s show to get your choices made and in at Fun Office Pools, and don’t forget to answer the bonus questions for more chances to win! I got the card game for third place in the mail today - only one more box and all the prizes will be in my greedy little hands…. until they’re won and I’ll send them to your greedy little hands! (grin) So head over there and place your picks.

And if you haven’t joined yet… what are you waiting for? You know you want to play!

If not, you don’t know the fun your missing! There’s still time, of course - hit up Fun Office Pools and join today! There’s still plenty of time to creep up the Leader Board and topple me off the head spot!

In fact, several of you jumped up in standings this week! Congrats go out to Collette who kicked all our bums and pulled in the most points this week, with 18 of a possible 23 points! Several other’s moved up, and the top three are only separated by 5 points!

Get those picks for week three by Thursday afternoon, and increase your chances to win!

In other news - Mary hasn’t done a lot of interviews as of yet but here’s a podcast for you to enjoy! The best interview, however, involves the one and only Johnny Fairplay too. I know, weird, right? Seems he’d befriended Mary and after they were done filming, he introduced her to his buddy from Pearl islands, Ryan ‘Ryno’ Opray on December 9th. They hit it off immediately, and two weeks ago got engaged! And they plan to have All-Stars Lex Van Den Berge officiate their wedding. Awwww! How sweet is that?! Never thought of Johnny as a matchmaker, but I always knew he’s a good guy off camera. (grin)

I’ll post more interviews as I find them - in the meantime, what did you think of Thursdays episode? Poor Mary, she never saw it coming! I think that Joel may have played too hard too fast, in order to make sure that he’s seen as just as much of a leader as Mikey B. Might end up hurting both their games. As Super Fans, they sure have forgotten what they should know from watching seasons before!