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Here are my initial thoughts on the first episode.-a This will include spoilers about the ending, so don't read all the way though if you
haven't watched the episode.
I have to admit it was exciting to see all these players from six
different countries being introduced.-a I actually got chills watching
them all talk with one another.-a I was familiar with everyone except
Kass and Tommy, and a quick google check shows they both finished second
in their respective seasons.-a According to Shannon Guss on RHAP (who watched their seasons), Kass is very much in the mold of Amanda Kimmel
as a great social player but also very strong in challenges.-a Although finishing second, she basically got trounced in the finale, not all that unlike Amanda.-a As for Tommy, Shannon says he is an extremely
knowledgeable Survivor player who basically ran his season and was
perhaps most similar to Rob Cesternino.-a She says he actually finished
his season in a 3-3 tie but then lost because his opponent had won an
extra jury vote as a reward.
One of the things I wondered about is how well the players knew everyone from the other countries.-a From the opening discussion it was obvious
that George and David both knew exactly who Rob was, which makes me
think they probably knew the others as well.-a I'm pretty sure just about everyone else had also researched their competitors and probably watched their seasons - with one exception.-a Interestingly, Kirby, who had only played one prior season, said she went into her first season knowing
nothing about the other players and she chose to take that same approach with this season as well.-a Kirby is an interesting player who will
either do very well or be an early out if her tribe loses.
Not surprisingly, the strategy and gamesmanship started immediately as players started talking to one another and making alliances.-a The David entreaties to Rob didn't surprise me at all, and Lisa fangirling over
Cerie was also pretty on-brand for her.-a It also made sense that Parvati said the Americans should try to stay together as a unit, figuring the
other four would try to vote one of them out to make the numbers on
World 3-3.-a For their part the four non-Americans on the World tribe initially agreed to stay together and vote out one of the US players at least on the first vote to maintain their advantage.-a I was completely shocked that didn't happen.
Three things really surprised me in the episode.
1) The non-US players on the World tribe not staying together.
Regardless of how they felt about one another personally, they should
have put that aside for at least one vote to maintain their advantage.
2) Rob being so aggressive and bossy with everyone on his tribe to the
point they all voted against him.-a To be fair, Rob was also very
assertive and dominating on his South African season win, but he was
much more low-key and not so much "in your face" as he was here.-a I
almost wondered if he actually wanted to be voted out first and just be
off the show.-a Unless I missed it, there was no mention of Rob being on
the jury.
3)-a The fact that the initial US players targeted were Cerie and then Parvati, even though Tony was a two-time winner.-a I did not see that coming, nor did I ever expect Tony would be such a minimal presence on
the first episode.-a I don't think the other players ever really
mentioned his name.-a I do see some logic in voting out Cerie as she is
the likely to be the weakest in challenges, but I really thought Tony
would be the obvious first vote-out.
Rob's parting shot was that an Australian would win the season, and he
might very well be correct.-a There are effectively three tribes now -
the Aussie seven, the three US players and the three non-us/non-Aussie players.-a World will have to start winning some challenges to avoid
being decimated.
On 8/17/2025 7:26 PM, Rick wrote:
Here are my initial thoughts on the first episode.-a This will include
spoilers about the ending, so don't read all the way though if you
haven't watched the episode.
I have to admit it was exciting to see all these players from six
different countries being introduced.-a I actually got chills watching
them all talk with one another.-a I was familiar with everyone except
Kass and Tommy, and a quick google check shows they both finished
second in their respective seasons.-a According to Shannon Guss on RHAP
(who watched their seasons), Kass is very much in the mold of Amanda
Kimmel as a great social player but also very strong in challenges.
Although finishing second, she basically got trounced in the finale,
not all that unlike Amanda.-a As for Tommy, Shannon says he is an
extremely knowledgeable Survivor player who basically ran his season
and was perhaps most similar to Rob Cesternino.-a She says he actually
finished his season in a 3-3 tie but then lost because his opponent
had won an extra jury vote as a reward.
One of the things I wondered about is how well the players knew
everyone from the other countries.-a From the opening discussion it was
obvious that George and David both knew exactly who Rob was, which
makes me think they probably knew the others as well.-a I'm pretty sure
just about everyone else had also researched their competitors and
probably watched their seasons - with one exception.-a Interestingly,
Kirby, who had only played one prior season, said she went into her
first season knowing nothing about the other players and she chose to
take that same approach with this season as well.-a Kirby is an
interesting player who will either do very well or be an early out if
her tribe loses.
Not surprisingly, the strategy and gamesmanship started immediately as
players started talking to one another and making alliances.-a The
David entreaties to Rob didn't surprise me at all, and Lisa fangirling
over Cerie was also pretty on-brand for her.-a It also made sense that
Parvati said the Americans should try to stay together as a unit,
figuring the other four would try to vote one of them out to make the
numbers on World 3-3.-a For their part the four non-Americans on the
World tribe initially agreed to stay together and vote out one of the
US players at least on the first vote to maintain their advantage.-a I
was completely shocked that didn't happen.
I wasn't shocked. Rob acted like a dictator and I found his gameplay
very sloppy. They need to keep in mind this isn't a team game.
Three things really surprised me in the episode.
1) The non-US players on the World tribe not staying together.
Regardless of how they felt about one another personally, they should
have put that aside for at least one vote to maintain their advantage.
Like I said above, Rob was a huge liability. Lisa's smart wanting to
play with Cirie. I don't see Cirie wanting to go to the end with Parv.
2) Rob being so aggressive and bossy with everyone on his tribe to the
point they all voted against him.-a To be fair, Rob was also very
assertive and dominating on his South African season win, but he was
much more low-key and not so much "in your face" as he was here.-a I
almost wondered if he actually wanted to be voted out first and just
be off the show.-a Unless I missed it, there was no mention of Rob
being on the jury.
I think he just assumed that the others would want to take out an
American and not factor in personal relationships, strengths, etc. into
the equation. There was no mention of Rob being on the jury.
3)-a The fact that the initial US players targeted were Cerie and then
Parvati, even though Tony was a two-time winner.-a I did not see that
coming, nor did I ever expect Tony would be such a minimal presence on
the first episode.-a I don't think the other players ever really
mentioned his name.-a I do see some logic in voting out Cerie as she is
the likely to be the weakest in challenges, but I really thought Tony
would be the obvious first vote-out.
What surprised me is how Cirie appeared to be the clear favorite of the others. It was like Tony's not that well-known or at least as well-known
as Cirie and Parv.
Rob's parting shot was that an Australian would win the season, and he
might very well be correct.-a There are effectively three tribes now -
the Aussie seven, the three US players and the three non-us/non-Aussie
players.-a World will have to start winning some challenges to avoid
being decimated.
I'm not so sure that there's a World team. Lisa seems set on playing
with Cirie and I think they probably all realize that they need to play together to avoid being wiped out by the Aussies.
A few comments from me:
--I found the Aussies to be pretty unlikable for the most part. Is
George supposed to be the Aussie Richard Hatch? I'm shocked they booted
the host and replaced him with David.
--The DONDI talk really surprised me. Rob thought he had Parv when he brought it up at TC but she made a very fast recovery pointing out how
he was talking to David. Parv could have ended David by mentioning he
won $5.4 million. I laughed when Lisa said something like "Thanks for spoiling Deal or No Deal."
--For not knowing any of the non-American players, I really enjoyed this episode. It actually flew by.
On 8/18/2025 1:40 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 8/17/2025 7:26 PM, Rick wrote:
Here are my initial thoughts on the first episode.-a This will include
spoilers about the ending, so don't read all the way though if you
haven't watched the episode.
I have to admit it was exciting to see all these players from six
different countries being introduced.-a I actually got chills watching
them all talk with one another.-a I was familiar with everyone except
Kass and Tommy, and a quick google check shows they both finished
second in their respective seasons.-a According to Shannon Guss on
RHAP (who watched their seasons), Kass is very much in the mold of
Amanda Kimmel as a great social player but also very strong in
challenges. Although finishing second, she basically got trounced in
the finale, not all that unlike Amanda.-a As for Tommy, Shannon says
he is an extremely knowledgeable Survivor player who basically ran
his season and was perhaps most similar to Rob Cesternino.-a She says
he actually finished his season in a 3-3 tie but then lost because
his opponent had won an extra jury vote as a reward.
One of the things I wondered about is how well the players knew
everyone from the other countries.-a From the opening discussion it
was obvious that George and David both knew exactly who Rob was,
which makes me think they probably knew the others as well.-a I'm
pretty sure just about everyone else had also researched their
competitors and probably watched their seasons - with one exception.
Interestingly, Kirby, who had only played one prior season, said she
went into her first season knowing nothing about the other players
and she chose to take that same approach with this season as well.
Kirby is an interesting player who will either do very well or be an
early out if her tribe loses.
Not surprisingly, the strategy and gamesmanship started immediately
as players started talking to one another and making alliances.-a The
David entreaties to Rob didn't surprise me at all, and Lisa
fangirling over Cerie was also pretty on-brand for her.-a It also made
sense that Parvati said the Americans should try to stay together as
a unit, figuring the other four would try to vote one of them out to
make the numbers on World 3-3.-a For their part the four non-Americans
on the World tribe initially agreed to stay together and vote out one
of the US players at least on the first vote to maintain their
advantage.-a I was completely shocked that didn't happen.
I wasn't shocked. Rob acted like a dictator and I found his gameplay
very sloppy. They need to keep in mind this isn't a team game.
I was thinking about his winning season on South Africa and I realized
it was very similar to Boston Rob's winning season on US Survivor.-a Just like our Rob, he had complete control of the game, and he had these
minions who facilitated the win by letting him act like a Godfather
giving orders at every point of the game.-a He obviously wasn't prepared
for someone like Parv standing up to him.-a (In retrospect, if Boston Rob had had a Parvati in the cast that season, I doubt he would have won).
Three things really surprised me in the episode.
1) The non-US players on the World tribe not staying together.
Regardless of how they felt about one another personally, they should
have put that aside for at least one vote to maintain their advantage.
Like I said above, Rob was a huge liability. Lisa's smart wanting to
play with Cirie. I don't see Cirie wanting to go to the end with Parv.
Good points.-a As I mentioned, Lisa is quite knowledgeable about American reality shows and has seen all the US Survivor episodes.-a So she
certainly knew of Cirie, and would have known of Tony and Parv as well.
You might be interested to learn that when she won Survivor NZ, she wore
an RHAP T-Shirt to the finale reunion. (Yes, NZ did a reunion show for
their two seasons, hosted by Survivor NZ host Matt Chisholm, who is the namesake for the "Chissy award" given out by Shannon Guss on her recaps.)
2) Rob being so aggressive and bossy with everyone on his tribe to
the point they all voted against him.-a To be fair, Rob was also very
assertive and dominating on his South African season win, but he was
much more low-key and not so much "in your face" as he was here.-a I
almost wondered if he actually wanted to be voted out first and just
be off the show.-a Unless I missed it, there was no mention of Rob
being on the jury.
I think he just assumed that the others would want to take out an
American and not factor in personal relationships, strengths, etc.
into the equation. There was no mention of Rob being on the jury.
3)-a The fact that the initial US players targeted were Cerie and then
Parvati, even though Tony was a two-time winner.-a I did not see that
coming, nor did I ever expect Tony would be such a minimal presence
on the first episode.-a I don't think the other players ever really
mentioned his name.-a I do see some logic in voting out Cerie as she
is the likely to be the weakest in challenges, but I really thought
Tony would be the obvious first vote-out.
What surprised me is how Cirie appeared to be the clear favorite of
the others. It was like Tony's not that well-known or at least as
well-known as Cirie and Parv.
Rob's parting shot was that an Australian would win the season, and
he might very well be correct.-a There are effectively three tribes
now - the Aussie seven, the three US players and the three non-us/
non-Aussie players.-a World will have to start winning some challenges
to avoid being decimated.
I'm not so sure that there's a World team. Lisa seems set on playing
with Cirie and I think they probably all realize that they need to
play together to avoid being wiped out by the Aussies.
A few comments from me:
--I found the Aussies to be pretty unlikable for the most part. Is
George supposed to be the Aussie Richard Hatch? I'm shocked they
booted the host and replaced him with David.
Yes, George is very much the Richard Hatch of Australian Survivor, even
down to the fact that he is gay.-a He is very smart and strategic, and
you can tell from watching his play that he is a former politician.-a If anything, he is much more flamboyant and more of a camera hog than Hatch was.-a He is in trouble this season because Shonee now hates him since he blindsided her last season after being an ally to her, and I don't think Luke or David particularly like him.-a Kirby has never played with him
but is probably too smart to be fooled by him.
As for David taking over Survivor hosting duties, I don't believe that
has been announced officially.-a A lot of people are saying it/
speculating about it, but I don't know if it's fact.-a I hope not, as he
is way to smarmy and full of himself to be a good host.-a JLP is actually quite good in the role.
--The DONDI talk really surprised me. Rob thought he had Parv when he
brought it up at TC but she made a very fast recovery pointing out how
he was talking to David. Parv could have ended David by mentioning he
won $5.4 million. I laughed when Lisa said something like "Thanks for
spoiling Deal or No Deal."
I'm sure Parv and David were under a non-disclosure not to reveal the
DONDI winner, and I'm thinking Parv probably stretched her contract a
bit by revealing she and David went far in the game together.
On 8/18/2025 8:05 AM, Rick wrote:
On 8/18/2025 1:40 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 8/17/2025 7:26 PM, Rick wrote:
Here are my initial thoughts on the first episode.-a This willI wasn't shocked. Rob acted like a dictator and I found his gameplay
include spoilers about the ending, so don't read all the way though
if you haven't watched the episode.
I have to admit it was exciting to see all these players from six
different countries being introduced.-a I actually got chills
watching them all talk with one another.-a I was familiar with
everyone except Kass and Tommy, and a quick google check shows they
both finished second in their respective seasons.-a According to
Shannon Guss on RHAP (who watched their seasons), Kass is very much
in the mold of Amanda Kimmel as a great social player but also very
strong in challenges. Although finishing second, she basically got
trounced in the finale, not all that unlike Amanda.-a As for Tommy,
Shannon says he is an extremely knowledgeable Survivor player who
basically ran his season and was perhaps most similar to Rob
Cesternino.-a She says he actually finished his season in a 3-3 tie
but then lost because his opponent had won an extra jury vote as a
reward.
One of the things I wondered about is how well the players knew
everyone from the other countries.-a From the opening discussion it
was obvious that George and David both knew exactly who Rob was,
which makes me think they probably knew the others as well.-a I'm
pretty sure just about everyone else had also researched their
competitors and probably watched their seasons - with one exception.
Interestingly, Kirby, who had only played one prior season, said she
went into her first season knowing nothing about the other players
and she chose to take that same approach with this season as well.
Kirby is an interesting player who will either do very well or be an
early out if her tribe loses.
Not surprisingly, the strategy and gamesmanship started immediately
as players started talking to one another and making alliances.-a The >>>> David entreaties to Rob didn't surprise me at all, and Lisa
fangirling over Cerie was also pretty on-brand for her.-a It also
made sense that Parvati said the Americans should try to stay
together as a unit, figuring the other four would try to vote one of
them out to make the numbers on World 3-3.-a For their part the four
non-Americans on the World tribe initially agreed to stay together
and vote out one of the US players at least on the first vote to
maintain their advantage.-a I was completely shocked that didn't happen. >>>
very sloppy. They need to keep in mind this isn't a team game.
I was thinking about his winning season on South Africa and I realized
it was very similar to Boston Rob's winning season on US Survivor.
Just like our Rob, he had complete control of the game, and he had
these minions who facilitated the win by letting him act like a
Godfather giving orders at every point of the game.-a He obviously
wasn't prepared for someone like Parv standing up to him.-a (In
retrospect, if Boston Rob had had a Parvati in the cast that season, I
doubt he would have won).
If Russell's tribe wasn't a bunch of dumbasses, Boston Rob very well
might not have won S22. IIRC, Russell's tribe suffered a number of
losses right after throwing the challenge they used to vote out Russell.
Three things really surprised me in the episode.
1) The non-US players on the World tribe not staying together.
Regardless of how they felt about one another personally, they
should have put that aside for at least one vote to maintain their
advantage.
Like I said above, Rob was a huge liability. Lisa's smart wanting to
play with Cirie. I don't see Cirie wanting to go to the end with Parv.
Good points.-a As I mentioned, Lisa is quite knowledgeable about
American reality shows and has seen all the US Survivor episodes.-a So
she certainly knew of Cirie, and would have known of Tony and Parv as
well. You might be interested to learn that when she won Survivor NZ,
she wore an RHAP T-Shirt to the finale reunion. (Yes, NZ did a reunion
show for their two seasons, hosted by Survivor NZ host Matt Chisholm,
who is the namesake for the "Chissy award" given out by Shannon Guss
on her recaps.)
Wow! Cesternino's empire extends across the world.
2) Rob being so aggressive and bossy with everyone on his tribe to
the point they all voted against him.-a To be fair, Rob was also very >>>> assertive and dominating on his South African season win, but he was
much more low-key and not so much "in your face" as he was here.-a I
almost wondered if he actually wanted to be voted out first and just
be off the show.-a Unless I missed it, there was no mention of Rob
being on the jury.
I think he just assumed that the others would want to take out an
American and not factor in personal relationships, strengths, etc.
into the equation. There was no mention of Rob being on the jury.
3)-a The fact that the initial US players targeted were Cerie and
then Parvati, even though Tony was a two-time winner.-a I did not see >>>> that coming, nor did I ever expect Tony would be such a minimal
presence on the first episode.-a I don't think the other players ever >>>> really mentioned his name.-a I do see some logic in voting out Cerie
as she is the likely to be the weakest in challenges, but I really
thought Tony would be the obvious first vote-out.
What surprised me is how Cirie appeared to be the clear favorite of
the others. It was like Tony's not that well-known or at least as
well-known as Cirie and Parv.
Rob's parting shot was that an Australian would win the season, and
he might very well be correct.-a There are effectively three tribes
now - the Aussie seven, the three US players and the three non-us/
non-Aussie players.-a World will have to start winning some
challenges to avoid being decimated.
I'm not so sure that there's a World team. Lisa seems set on playing
with Cirie and I think they probably all realize that they need to
play together to avoid being wiped out by the Aussies.
A few comments from me:
--I found the Aussies to be pretty unlikable for the most part. Is
George supposed to be the Aussie Richard Hatch? I'm shocked they
booted the host and replaced him with David.
Yes, George is very much the Richard Hatch of Australian Survivor,
even down to the fact that he is gay.-a He is very smart and strategic,
and you can tell from watching his play that he is a former
politician.-a If anything, he is much more flamboyant and more of a
camera hog than Hatch was.-a He is in trouble this season because
Shonee now hates him since he blindsided her last season after being
an ally to her, and I don't think Luke or David particularly like
him.-a Kirby has never played with him but is probably too smart to be
fooled by him.
How long ago was George a politician? Usually there's a period of time
they have to wait before being able to do such shows.
As for David taking over Survivor hosting duties, I don't believe that
has been announced officially.-a A lot of people are saying it/
speculating about it, but I don't know if it's fact.-a I hope not, as
he is way to smarmy and full of himself to be a good host.-a JLP is
actually quite good in the role.
It's fact. I posted articles showing it's fact and JLP himself said he
was booted.
--The DONDI talk really surprised me. Rob thought he had Parv when he
brought it up at TC but she made a very fast recovery pointing out
how he was talking to David. Parv could have ended David by
mentioning he won $5.4 million. I laughed when Lisa said something
like "Thanks for spoiling Deal or No Deal."
I'm sure Parv and David were under a non-disclosure not to reveal the
DONDI winner, and I'm thinking Parv probably stretched her contract a
bit by revealing she and David went far in the game together.
I just did a bit of research to confirm a suspicion I had. Endemol Shine Australia is behind Survivor Australia and Endemol Shine North America
is behind DONDI. They're both owned by Banijay which appears to own a
ton of reality TV programs around the world. I'd say it's safe to say
Parv didn't stretch her contract at all. It was probably an intentional mention to promote DONDI.
On 8/18/2025 6:05 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 8/18/2025 8:05 AM, Rick wrote:
On 8/18/2025 1:40 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 8/17/2025 7:26 PM, Rick wrote:
Here are my initial thoughts on the first episode.-a This will
include spoilers about the ending, so don't read all the way though >>>>> if you haven't watched the episode.
I have to admit it was exciting to see all these players from six
different countries being introduced.-a I actually got chills
watching them all talk with one another.-a I was familiar with
everyone except Kass and Tommy, and a quick google check shows they >>>>> both finished second in their respective seasons.-a According to
Shannon Guss on RHAP (who watched their seasons), Kass is very much >>>>> in the mold of Amanda Kimmel as a great social player but also very >>>>> strong in challenges. Although finishing second, she basically got
trounced in the finale, not all that unlike Amanda.-a As for Tommy, >>>>> Shannon says he is an extremely knowledgeable Survivor player who
basically ran his season and was perhaps most similar to Rob
Cesternino.-a She says he actually finished his season in a 3-3 tie >>>>> but then lost because his opponent had won an extra jury vote as a
reward.
One of the things I wondered about is how well the players knew
everyone from the other countries.-a From the opening discussion it >>>>> was obvious that George and David both knew exactly who Rob was,
which makes me think they probably knew the others as well.-a I'm
pretty sure just about everyone else had also researched their
competitors and probably watched their seasons - with one
exception. Interestingly, Kirby, who had only played one prior
season, said she went into her first season knowing nothing about
the other players and she chose to take that same approach with
this season as well. Kirby is an interesting player who will either >>>>> do very well or be an early out if her tribe loses.
Not surprisingly, the strategy and gamesmanship started immediately >>>>> as players started talking to one another and making alliances.
The David entreaties to Rob didn't surprise me at all, and Lisa
fangirling over Cerie was also pretty on-brand for her.-a It also
made sense that Parvati said the Americans should try to stay
together as a unit, figuring the other four would try to vote one
of them out to make the numbers on World 3-3.-a For their part the
four non-Americans on the World tribe initially agreed to stay
together and vote out one of the US players at least on the first
vote to maintain their advantage.-a I was completely shocked that
didn't happen.
I wasn't shocked. Rob acted like a dictator and I found his gameplay
very sloppy. They need to keep in mind this isn't a team game.
I was thinking about his winning season on South Africa and I
realized it was very similar to Boston Rob's winning season on US
Survivor. Just like our Rob, he had complete control of the game, and
he had these minions who facilitated the win by letting him act like
a Godfather giving orders at every point of the game.-a He obviously
wasn't prepared for someone like Parv standing up to him.-a (In
retrospect, if Boston Rob had had a Parvati in the cast that season,
I doubt he would have won).
If Russell's tribe wasn't a bunch of dumbasses, Boston Rob very well
might not have won S22. IIRC, Russell's tribe suffered a number of
losses right after throwing the challenge they used to vote out Russell.
Three things really surprised me in the episode.
1) The non-US players on the World tribe not staying together.
Regardless of how they felt about one another personally, they
should have put that aside for at least one vote to maintain their
advantage.
Like I said above, Rob was a huge liability. Lisa's smart wanting to
play with Cirie. I don't see Cirie wanting to go to the end with Parv. >>>>
Good points.-a As I mentioned, Lisa is quite knowledgeable about
American reality shows and has seen all the US Survivor episodes.-a So
she certainly knew of Cirie, and would have known of Tony and Parv as
well. You might be interested to learn that when she won Survivor NZ,
she wore an RHAP T-Shirt to the finale reunion. (Yes, NZ did a
reunion show for their two seasons, hosted by Survivor NZ host Matt
Chisholm, who is the namesake for the "Chissy award" given out by
Shannon Guss on her recaps.)
Wow! Cesternino's empire extends across the world.
2) Rob being so aggressive and bossy with everyone on his tribe to
the point they all voted against him.-a To be fair, Rob was also
very assertive and dominating on his South African season win, but
he was much more low-key and not so much "in your face" as he was
here.-a I almost wondered if he actually wanted to be voted out
first and just be off the show.-a Unless I missed it, there was no
mention of Rob being on the jury.
I think he just assumed that the others would want to take out an
American and not factor in personal relationships, strengths, etc.
into the equation. There was no mention of Rob being on the jury.
3)-a The fact that the initial US players targeted were Cerie and
then Parvati, even though Tony was a two-time winner.-a I did not
see that coming, nor did I ever expect Tony would be such a minimal >>>>> presence on the first episode.-a I don't think the other players
ever really mentioned his name.-a I do see some logic in voting out >>>>> Cerie as she is the likely to be the weakest in challenges, but I
really thought Tony would be the obvious first vote-out.
What surprised me is how Cirie appeared to be the clear favorite of
the others. It was like Tony's not that well-known or at least as
well-known as Cirie and Parv.
Rob's parting shot was that an Australian would win the season, and >>>>> he might very well be correct.-a There are effectively three tribes >>>>> now - the Aussie seven, the three US players and the three non-us/
non-Aussie players.-a World will have to start winning some
challenges to avoid being decimated.
I'm not so sure that there's a World team. Lisa seems set on playing
with Cirie and I think they probably all realize that they need to
play together to avoid being wiped out by the Aussies.
A few comments from me:
--I found the Aussies to be pretty unlikable for the most part. Is
George supposed to be the Aussie Richard Hatch? I'm shocked they
booted the host and replaced him with David.
Yes, George is very much the Richard Hatch of Australian Survivor,
even down to the fact that he is gay.-a He is very smart and
strategic, and you can tell from watching his play that he is a
former politician.-a If anything, he is much more flamboyant and more
of a camera hog than Hatch was.-a He is in trouble this season because
Shonee now hates him since he blindsided her last season after being
an ally to her, and I don't think Luke or David particularly like
him.-a Kirby has never played with him but is probably too smart to be
fooled by him.
How long ago was George a politician? Usually there's a period of time
they have to wait before being able to do such shows.
I don't think they have the same rules about that in the UK.-a It sounds like he was active in politics right up to the moment he decided to be
on the show.-a According to an article about George:
"Decision time came for Mladenov in 2021. He was confident being
preselected for a safe spot on LaborrCOs ticket for Canterbury-Bankstown council. And he was offered Survivor. rCLI [thought], rCyCan I do both? Can you go on a TV show and be a real-life political candidate?rCO [ItrCOs] probably not going to fly. I decided to prioritise myself for the first
time in 10 years. IrCOm glad I did.rCY
Full article here:
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/can-reality-tv-stars-be- politicians-in-australia-survivor-star-king-george-thinks-so-20240621- p5jns2.html
As for David taking over Survivor hosting duties, I don't believe
that has been announced officially.-a A lot of people are saying it/
speculating about it, but I don't know if it's fact.-a I hope not, as
he is way to smarmy and full of himself to be a good host.-a JLP is
actually quite good in the role.
It's fact. I posted articles showing it's fact and JLP himself said he
was booted.
It's a fact that JLP got booted.-a I don't think it's confirmed that
Davide Genat replaces him.
--The DONDI talk really surprised me. Rob thought he had Parv when
he brought it up at TC but she made a very fast recovery pointing
out how he was talking to David. Parv could have ended David by
mentioning he won $5.4 million. I laughed when Lisa said something
like "Thanks for spoiling Deal or No Deal."
I'm sure Parv and David were under a non-disclosure not to reveal the
DONDI winner, and I'm thinking Parv probably stretched her contract a
bit by revealing she and David went far in the game together.
I just did a bit of research to confirm a suspicion I had. Endemol
Shine Australia is behind Survivor Australia and Endemol Shine North
America is behind DONDI. They're both owned by Banijay which appears
to own a ton of reality TV programs around the world. I'd say it's
safe to say Parv didn't stretch her contract at all. It was probably
an intentional mention to promote DONDI.
Yes, but this was filmed before DONDI aired - hence Lisa's spoiler crack
- and regardless of who owns what, they still would not want Parv or
David spoiling the show for the cast and crew to hear the results. For
that matter, at the time of filming, I don't think it was known that it would take so long for Surv OZ v World to come to air.-a The season of Australian Survivor filmed after this actually aired first.
BTW, in addition to her spoiler crack, I also thought Lisa's comment
about the "reality world multiverse" was pretty funny.