Survivor: China and Pirates Ahoy!
According to Yahoo News, what’s been speculated about on the Survivor Boards across the ‘net is come true! CBS will be filming the next Survivor in China! (Although, they say it’s the 14th cycle, and hello! 15th! Way to pay attention, guys! Ha!) There’s no confirmation of when it will begin filming, or where exactly in China it will be located. I suspect we’ll get actual confirmation on all of this during the finale on May 13th. (AKA Mother’s Day - so buy yer mom some flowers, huh? And maybe a Survivor Buff, too. And if she doesn’t want the buff, my address is… 
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Survivor: China would be the first time the series is not on an island since 2003s Amazon Jungle. Other things filmed in China have said it’s very difficult to film because of logistical and government restrictions. Should this all be true (I’m naturally skeptical!) it will definitely be interesting to see it pan out.
In other news - CBS has announced Survivor Producer, Mark Burnett’s Pirate Master will hit CBS Thursdays on May 31st!
16 modern day pirates will embark on a high seas adventure around Dominica in search of hidden treasure totaling $1,000,000! The grand prize is $500,000 for the last pirate standing (the Pirate Master) and the rest will be weekly booties to be divided up among those that find the treasure, used for barter and trade and buying loyalties. Cameron Daddo is the host, and though he doesn’t have Jeff’s Dimples, he’s certainly easy on the eyes!
(To the guy who announced Survivor was filming in Dominica a couple months ago - looks like you were sorta right, after all! There was filming, there was Mark Burnette - close enough!)
Sounds like Survivor: High Seas to me, and you can bet I’ll take the time to talk about it while Survivor is on hiatus! I will also be featuring a Survivor: Rewind throughout the summer, as I watch the first (and possibly second) season for the first time via recently purchased DVD. So have no fear - we’ll have plenty to talk about over the summer here at Watching Survivor!
April 20th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Actually, Guatemala wasn’t an island, but yeah, same idea
I’ve also read it’s going to be on an archipelago that is Chinese territory, so it will still be islands, technically. How else would they have Exile Island? Or maybe they’ll just get rid of that, which wouldn’t make me sad at all.