• S50 Ep 12 Spoilers and Comments (5/13/2026)

    From Brian Smith@dcg_brian@hotmail.com to alt.tv.survivor on Wed May 13 17:32:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    Tonight's episode is titled "Inconceivable." It'll be interesting to see
    if Ozzy's and Devens's idols factor into what happens tonight, and how
    they plan on booting two people when we're down to seven players. I sure
    hope they don't do another random split into two tribes.

    More later.
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    Brian
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  • From shawn@nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com to alt.tv.survivor on Wed May 13 20:22:19 2026
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    On Wed, 13 May 2026 17:32:25 -0600, Brian Smith
    <dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Tonight's episode is titled "Inconceivable." It'll be interesting to see
    if Ozzy's and Devens's idols factor into what happens tonight, and how
    they plan on booting two people when we're down to seven players. I sure >hope they don't do another random split into two tribes.

    More later.

    That was a fast Immunity Challenge at only twenty minutes into the
    show.
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  • From Brian Smith@dcg_brian@hotmail.com to alt.tv.survivor on Wed May 13 19:46:56 2026
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    On 5/13/2026 6:22 PM, shawn wrote:
    On Wed, 13 May 2026 17:32:25 -0600, Brian Smith
    <dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Tonight's episode is titled "Inconceivable." It'll be interesting to see
    if Ozzy's and Devens's idols factor into what happens tonight, and how
    they plan on booting two people when we're down to seven players. I sure
    hope they don't do another random split into two tribes.

    More later.

    That was a fast Immunity Challenge at only twenty minutes into the
    show.

    This was a very fast-paced show. You'd think an episode where Cirie gets booted would have a lot more substance to it. Joe and Jonathan's
    stupidity essentially got Cirie booted. Aubry and Rizo should have
    realized with the lead those two had that no amount of helping was going
    to result in one of them winning. Tiff's lucky her ADHD kept her focused.

    What was with that ad at the very end with Tiff. Is it going to play a
    role in the finale?

    And it looks like Sia is back!
    --
    Brian
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  • From Rick@Rick@nospam.net to alt.tv.survivor on Thu May 14 00:25:17 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 5/13/2026 9:46 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 5/13/2026 6:22 PM, shawn wrote:
    On Wed, 13 May 2026 17:32:25 -0600, Brian Smith
    <dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Tonight's episode is titled "Inconceivable." It'll be interesting to see >>> if Ozzy's and Devens's idols factor into what happens tonight, and how
    they plan on booting two people when we're down to seven players. I sure >>> hope they don't do another random split into two tribes.

    More later.

    That was a fast Immunity Challenge at only twenty minutes into the
    show.

    This was a very fast-paced show. You'd think an episode where Cirie gets booted would have a lot more substance to it. Joe and Jonathan's
    stupidity essentially got Cirie booted. Aubry and Rizo should have
    realized with the lead those two had that no amount of helping was going
    to result in one of them winning. Tiff's lucky her ADHD kept her focused.


    I could not believe the incompetence and stupidity of two guys not being
    able to spell "inconceivable" and then having the balls to ask for help
    from the others. and even when they were told by the smart people how
    to spell the word, they still couldn't do it.

    And how great was it that Tiffany totally zoned them out and solved the problem on her own with no help from anyone. That was amazing.

    The biggest question for me was in what universe did anyone actually
    believe Tiffany was a bigger threat to win than Cirie? Cirie is one of
    the best known and highest regarded Survivor players ever, and it should
    have been obvious to anyone that it was essential to get her out of the
    game before it was too late. Yet all we heard was Devens, Devens,
    Devens and then Tiffany, Tiffany, Tiffany. It was only after Devens was
    gone and Tiff had won the immunity that we finally heard Cirie's name mentioned for the first time. I really thought for a moment she had
    everyone mesmerized.

    And kudos to Rizo for once again managing to hold onto his immunity idol
    until the last possible moment, thus assuring he will make top four two seasons in a row. Rizo's ability to bluff and then not play an idol successfully is really state-of-the-art. Off-hand and without looking
    it up, I can't think of anyone who has made top four in back-to-back
    seasons other than Amanda and Russell who actually made top three two
    seasons in a row.



    What was with that ad at the very end with Tiff. Is it going to play a
    role in the finale?

    And it looks like Sia is back!


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  • From Brian Smith@dcg_brian@hotmail.com to alt.tv.survivor on Thu May 14 19:07:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 5/13/2026 10:25 PM, Rick wrote:
    On 5/13/2026 9:46 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 5/13/2026 6:22 PM, shawn wrote:
    On Wed, 13 May 2026 17:32:25 -0600, Brian Smith
    <dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Tonight's episode is titled "Inconceivable." It'll be interesting to
    see
    if Ozzy's and Devens's idols factor into what happens tonight, and how >>>> they plan on booting two people when we're down to seven players. I
    sure
    hope they don't do another random split into two tribes.

    More later.

    That was a fast Immunity Challenge at only twenty minutes into the
    show.

    This was a very fast-paced show. You'd think an episode where Cirie
    gets booted would have a lot more substance to it. Joe and Jonathan's
    stupidity essentially got Cirie booted. Aubry and Rizo should have
    realized with the lead those two had that no amount of helping was
    going to result in one of them winning. Tiff's lucky her ADHD kept her
    focused.


    I could not believe the incompetence and stupidity of two guys not being able to spell "inconceivable" and then having the balls to ask for help
    from the others.-a and even when they were told by the smart people how
    to spell the word, they still couldn't do it.

    And how great was it that Tiffany totally zoned them out and solved the problem on her own with no help from anyone.-a That was amazing.

    Tiff at a viewing party last night claimed that none of them could spell
    the word correctly.

    The biggest question for me was in what universe did anyone actually
    believe Tiffany was a bigger threat to win than Cirie?-a Cirie is one of
    the best known and highest regarded Survivor players ever, and it should have been obvious to anyone that it was essential to get her out of the
    game before it was too late.-a Yet all we heard was Devens, Devens,
    Devens and then Tiffany, Tiffany, Tiffany.-a It was only after Devens was gone and Tiff had won the immunity that we finally heard Cirie's name mentioned for the first time.-a I really thought for a moment she had everyone mesmerized.

    She did have everyone mesmerized, especially when pushing for Tiff to be booted.

    And kudos to Rizo for once again managing to hold onto his immunity idol until the last possible moment, thus assuring he will make top four two seasons in a row.-a Rizo's ability to bluff and then not play an idol successfully is really state-of-the-art.-a Off-hand and without looking
    it up, I can't think of anyone who has made top four in back-to-back
    seasons other than Amanda and Russell who actually made top three two seasons in a row.

    Despite what Parv says, Rizo really is the new face of the franchise as Fishbach said after we saw the S49 preview during the S48 After Show.
    He's cocky but he delivers. He's also likable and readily admits his weaknesses.

    One thing not mentioned yet is that the F5 is Aubry and four New Era
    players. If she does win, that could be a reason why, i.e., splitting of
    votes between Tiff and Rizo if they both make F3. I doubt they'll both
    make it to the end as the edit has pointed to either Joe and/or Jonathan
    being zero-vote finalists. If those two are at the end with Aubry, I
    could see her winning 10(?)rCo0rCo0.
    --
    Brian
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  • From Rick@Rick@nospam.net to alt.tv.survivor on Thu May 14 23:02:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 5/14/2026 9:07 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 5/13/2026 10:25 PM, Rick wrote:
    On 5/13/2026 9:46 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 5/13/2026 6:22 PM, shawn wrote:
    On Wed, 13 May 2026 17:32:25 -0600, Brian Smith
    <dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Tonight's episode is titled "Inconceivable." It'll be interesting
    to see
    if Ozzy's and Devens's idols factor into what happens tonight, and how >>>>> they plan on booting two people when we're down to seven players. I >>>>> sure
    hope they don't do another random split into two tribes.

    More later.

    That was a fast Immunity Challenge at only twenty minutes into the
    show.

    This was a very fast-paced show. You'd think an episode where Cirie
    gets booted would have a lot more substance to it. Joe and Jonathan's
    stupidity essentially got Cirie booted. Aubry and Rizo should have
    realized with the lead those two had that no amount of helping was
    going to result in one of them winning. Tiff's lucky her ADHD kept
    her focused.


    I could not believe the incompetence and stupidity of two guys not
    being able to spell "inconceivable" and then having the balls to ask
    for help from the others.-a and even when they were told by the smart
    people how to spell the word, they still couldn't do it.

    And how great was it that Tiffany totally zoned them out and solved
    the problem on her own with no help from anyone.-a That was amazing.

    Tiff at a viewing party last night claimed that none of them could spell
    the word correctly.

    The biggest question for me was in what universe did anyone actually
    believe Tiffany was a bigger threat to win than Cirie?-a Cirie is one
    of the best known and highest regarded Survivor players ever, and it
    should have been obvious to anyone that it was essential to get her
    out of the game before it was too late.-a Yet all we heard was Devens,
    Devens, Devens and then Tiffany, Tiffany, Tiffany.-a It was only after
    Devens was gone and Tiff had won the immunity that we finally heard
    Cirie's name mentioned for the first time.-a I really thought for a
    moment she had everyone mesmerized.

    She did have everyone mesmerized, especially when pushing for Tiff to be booted.

    And kudos to Rizo for once again managing to hold onto his immunity
    idol until the last possible moment, thus assuring he will make top
    four two seasons in a row.-a Rizo's ability to bluff and then not play
    an idol successfully is really state-of-the-art.-a Off-hand and without
    looking it up, I can't think of anyone who has made top four in
    back-to-back seasons other than Amanda and Russell who actually made
    top three two seasons in a row.

    Despite what Parv says, Rizo really is the new face of the franchise as Fishbach said after we saw the S49 preview during the S48 After Show.
    He's cocky but he delivers. He's also likable and readily admits his weaknesses.

    One thing not mentioned yet is that the F5 is Aubry and four New Era players. If she does win, that could be a reason why, i.e., splitting of votes between Tiff and Rizo if they both make F3. I doubt they'll both
    make it to the end as the edit has pointed to either Joe and/or Jonathan being zero-vote finalists. If those two are at the end with Aubry, I
    could see her winning 10(?)rCo0rCo0.


    It never occurred to me that it was Aubry vs. four new era players,
    because Joe and to a lesser extent Jonathan just seem like old-school
    players in a lot of ways, and Aubry seems to have more in common with strategic new era players like Rizo. But the truth is that Jonathan is actually younger than Tiff, and Aubry is second oldest in the game right
    now behind Joe.

    I have to think Joe is a lock for final three and that it will either be Aubry, Rizo and Joe at the end or Audry, Jonathan and Joe. I agree
    Audry would win with something close to 10-0-0 if she is up against J
    and J, but Aubry against Rizo and Joe is harder to handicap. I could
    maybe see Devens, Jonathan, Emily, Chrissy and Christian voting for
    Aubry and Cirie, Tiff, Ozzie, Dee and Coach voting for Rizo. That would
    make Joe the deciding vote and I think he would vote for Rizo? If the
    rumors about Aubry are true, maybe that means she does actually end up
    going against Joe and Jonathan.
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  • From Brian Smith@dcg_brian@hotmail.com to alt.tv.survivor on Fri May 15 01:30:09 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 5/14/2026 9:02 PM, Rick wrote:
    On 5/14/2026 9:07 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 5/13/2026 10:25 PM, Rick wrote:
    On 5/13/2026 9:46 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 5/13/2026 6:22 PM, shawn wrote:
    On Wed, 13 May 2026 17:32:25 -0600, Brian Smith
    <dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Tonight's episode is titled "Inconceivable." It'll be interesting >>>>>> to see
    if Ozzy's and Devens's idols factor into what happens tonight, and >>>>>> how
    they plan on booting two people when we're down to seven players. >>>>>> I sure
    hope they don't do another random split into two tribes.

    More later.

    That was a fast Immunity Challenge at only twenty minutes into the
    show.

    This was a very fast-paced show. You'd think an episode where Cirie
    gets booted would have a lot more substance to it. Joe and
    Jonathan's stupidity essentially got Cirie booted. Aubry and Rizo
    should have realized with the lead those two had that no amount of
    helping was going to result in one of them winning. Tiff's lucky her
    ADHD kept her focused.


    I could not believe the incompetence and stupidity of two guys not
    being able to spell "inconceivable" and then having the balls to ask
    for help from the others.-a and even when they were told by the smart
    people how to spell the word, they still couldn't do it.

    And how great was it that Tiffany totally zoned them out and solved
    the problem on her own with no help from anyone.-a That was amazing.

    Tiff at a viewing party last night claimed that none of them could
    spell the word correctly.

    The biggest question for me was in what universe did anyone actually
    believe Tiffany was a bigger threat to win than Cirie?-a Cirie is one
    of the best known and highest regarded Survivor players ever, and it
    should have been obvious to anyone that it was essential to get her
    out of the game before it was too late.-a Yet all we heard was Devens,
    Devens, Devens and then Tiffany, Tiffany, Tiffany.-a It was only after
    Devens was gone and Tiff had won the immunity that we finally heard
    Cirie's name mentioned for the first time.-a I really thought for a
    moment she had everyone mesmerized.

    She did have everyone mesmerized, especially when pushing for Tiff to
    be booted.

    And kudos to Rizo for once again managing to hold onto his immunity
    idol until the last possible moment, thus assuring he will make top
    four two seasons in a row.-a Rizo's ability to bluff and then not play
    an idol successfully is really state-of-the-art.-a Off-hand and
    without looking it up, I can't think of anyone who has made top four
    in back-to-back seasons other than Amanda and Russell who actually
    made top three two seasons in a row.

    Despite what Parv says, Rizo really is the new face of the franchise
    as Fishbach said after we saw the S49 preview during the S48 After
    Show. He's cocky but he delivers. He's also likable and readily admits
    his weaknesses.

    One thing not mentioned yet is that the F5 is Aubry and four New Era
    players. If she does win, that could be a reason why, i.e., splitting
    of votes between Tiff and Rizo if they both make F3. I doubt they'll
    both make it to the end as the edit has pointed to either Joe and/or
    Jonathan being zero-vote finalists. If those two are at the end with
    Aubry, I could see her winning 10(?)rCo0rCo0.


    It never occurred to me that it was Aubry vs. four new era players,
    because Joe and to a lesser extent Jonathan just seem like old-school players in a lot of ways, and Aubry seems to have more in common with strategic new era players like Rizo.-a But the truth is that Jonathan is actually younger than Tiff, and Aubry is second oldest in the game right
    now behind Joe.

    Really? Even back in S42 I thought Jonathan was in his 40s.

    I have to think Joe is a lock for final three and that it will either be Aubry, Rizo and Joe at the end or Audry, Jonathan and Joe.-a I agree
    Audry would win with something close to 10-0-0 if she is up against J
    and J, but Aubry against Rizo and Joe is harder to handicap.-a I could
    maybe see Devens, Jonathan, Emily, Chrissy and Christian voting for
    Aubry and Cirie, Tiff, Ozzie, Dee and Coach voting for Rizo.-a That would make Joe the deciding vote and I think he would vote for Rizo?-a If the rumors about Aubry are true, maybe that means she does actually end up
    going against Joe and Jonathan.

    It'll be interesting to see if Ozzy's old idol comes into play at F5. I
    can see Joe and Jonathan uniting with Rizo to try and take out either
    Aubry or Tiff at F5. It would be crazy if they have a shot to take out
    Aubry but boot Tiff instead because they view her as a bigger threat to
    win. Maybe she is but the edit sure isn't showing it that way.

    Rizo going out at F4 wouldn't surprise me, especially if they stick to
    fire. Other than the time Christian started a fire with his glasses, I
    can't recall them showing us anyone making a fire. Are they going to
    blindside us by sticking to fire at F4 or did they not show us anyone
    making fire because it's not a factor this season? Anyway, if Tiff and
    Rizo are the next two to go, Aubry will win easily.
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    Brian
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