It’s OFFICIAL!
The Faves: Ciree (Panama), Jonathan (Cook Islands), Amanda (China), James (China), Ozzy (Cook Islands), Yau-Man (Fiji), Eliza (Vanuatu), Johnny FP (Pearl Islands), Parvati (Cook Islands), Ami (Vanuatu)
The Spoilers are smiling smugly into their morning (or afternoon, as the case may be) coffee’s today, that’s for sure. With the usual aplomb, they’ve managed to pick out every one of the cast members for Survivor: Micronesia that was officially announced this morning! I’m happy because it means My Man James is back for the faves, as well as Yau-Man and Ozzy, my favorites from their seasons too! Lessa is a very happy girl!
(And when Lessa’s happy - EVERYONE’s happy! (grin))
EW has posted the cast, and Mr. Dimple’s… er… Jeff Probst’s thoughts on the contestants and what kind of odds he gives them for the upcoming season as well. The Faves are at a bit of a disadvantage for sure, as these aren’t naïve first time fans they’re going against. These are folks that have watched the seasons, who know exactly how each of the Fave’s played before, and there will be some definite switching up of strategies for all of the Two-Timers. Of course, they also have the advantage of ‘been there, done that’ and know just how difficult it is - perhaps the two things will cancel each other out.
Oh, and there’s an explanation why there are no Faves from Palau and Guatemala - The two poplar contestants, Stephenie and Bobby Jon already appeared in both those seasons, and Palau’s winner, Tom Westman - the only winner to be invited - declined the invitation.
The Fans: Michael (Writer/Actor), Tracy (Commercial Builder), Joel (Firefighter), Kathleen (Golf Course Vender), Erik (Ice Cream Scooper), Mary (Small Business Owner), Chet (Beauty Pageant Coach), Natalie (Personal Trainer), Jason (Student Teacher), Alexis (Motivational Speaker)
The Rookies have a couple impressive standouts as well - with everything from Fire Fighters to Ice Cream Venders to Golf Course Venders in their ranks. There’s even Chet the Beauty Pageant Coach. How could that guy NOT be worth some comedy gold?!
I can’t WAIT for this season to get started! February 7th seems so far away, yet it gives us a full month to debate the pros and cons of the new contestants. I’ll be posting the blurbs as told by Jeff over the next few days, as well as my completely arbitrary and unsubstantiated opinions of what may or may not happen based on first looks at the Rookies. If you look close, you might even catch a spoiler or two that I’ve found. Or maybe not. Who knows? I might just continue to pull posts out of thin air until it all starts up official like.
Only way to know, is to head back here for another look, huh? See ya soon!
January 8th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
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