#survivor kaôh rōng

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To be honest, this is where reality tv comes in clutch.

I know fandom can’t quite be the same with real people. We can’t psychoanalyze— or go as feral for— real people as easily, but we still have a good time!

I’m on CBS Survivor tumblr and the vibes are immaculate.

We may have a small amount of posters, but we’re having fun.

Survivor is a game show, so we talk about our favorite players and their strategies. We don’t always agree, of course, and that’s the fun of it!

Some people find certain players annoying and want to see them voted out. Other people find those same players annoying— and instead see them as iconic agents of chaos.

We’re stuck with reality, but at least we’re silly!

Recently there was a challenge with a giant gecko and we all went crazy for it.

Look at this thing!!! It’s huge!!! Survivor being as big a show as it is, they’re able to do a “Survivor auction” where they auction off different items from the show. This usually includes game pieces and things from the set. This begs the question: Can we buy this giant, heavy gecko???? How much would it cost? (would like to add that I’m fairly certain proceeds from the Survivor Auction go to charity)

Sometimes we root for the losing teams and give them nicknames (lookin at you, Lulu Losers). Sometimes we get meta about the editing of the show: we try to predict winners, we complain about people with no screen time popping out of the woodwork, we discuss how the new 90 minutes episodes are working out.

We may not have blorbos, but we certainly have babygirls.

The man on the left is Jake O’Kane. He’s from last the season of Survivor (Survivor 45). The man on the right is Hunter McKnight. He’s from the current season, Survivor 46. Tumblr has spoken. These men are babygirl. I don’t necessarily know why or how, but they are, and that’s what matters.

The second babygirl mentioned here took part in a spontaneous game of hide and seek. He hid in a tree directly above the players’ camp. The man is insane. The above pic is him in the tree.

We also have our fare share of iconic moments and awesome people.

This man, Quintavius Burdette, is called Q. He is wearing and showing off his aptly named “Q skirt”. He’s pitching the product to his fellow players as if they’re investors. It has a large pocket in the front for snacks and useful things. It’s fabulous! Wouldn’t you want a Q skirt? The skirt becomes a recurring topic of conversation throughout the episode. It was very compelling.

We’ve got new age icons, we’ve got past season icons.

Top Right: Maryanne Oketch, Survivor 42, new age

Top Left: Parvati Shallow, first appearance was Survivor Cook Islands

Bottom Right: Tai Trang, first appearance was Survivor Kaôh Rōng

Bottom Left: Carolyn Wiger, Survivor 44, new age

Wouldn’t you like to learn what makes these people so cool?

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no offence but the reason tumblr is “dying” is, well, yes, of course the cursed like/reblog ratio and the change in user behaviour (because of people being used to how instagram and tiktok work) BUT also the lack of weekly shows. i say it with my whole chest, they don't produce captivating and engaging stupid weekly tv shows anymore because streaming killed that so you have spikes of activity here when Something happens in general fandom or up to three days after a new season of whatever drops and then it's a wasteland. this is obviously an old woman yelling at a cloud missing supernatural and the vampire diaries and pretty little liars and all these other shows type of post but honestly give me back weekly tv shows where i have something to watch for 40 minutes almost every day of the week after work so then i can read and reblog it on tumblr give it back for the sake of my sanity

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What are the best seasons of survivor? I’m watching pearl islands now

omg i love that im like a survivor blogger now sjdhsjdh ok i recommend watching them in order just so that you get introduced to any returning players in their original seasons!! however i have marked the seasons that have returning players so if you want to bounce around you know whats up !! so my favourite seasons are:

pearl islands (7)

cook islands (13)

china (15)

fans vs favs: micronesia (16) — half returning players

tocantines (18)

heroes vs villains (20) — all returning players

south pacific (23) — two returning players from seasons listed here

fans vs favs: caramoan (26) — half returning players

kaôh rōng (32)

millennials vs gen x (33)

game changers (34) — all returning players

david vs goliath (37)

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Key Survivor Seasons to Watch if you want to watch a majority Returning Players Season

*not all of these seasons are a necessity in order to watch any of these seasons, these are just my suggestions on what I personally would do

If you want to watch All Stars first watch…

•Borneo

•Australian Outback

•Africa

•Amazon

•Pearl Islands

If you want to watch Micronesia(fans vs favorites) first watch…

•Vanuatu

•Panama

•Cook Islands

•China

If you want to watch Heroes vs Villains first watch…

•All Stars

•Palau

•Panama

•China

• Micronesia

•Tocantins

•Samoa

If you want to watch Caramoan(fans vs favorites 2) first watch…

•Nicaragua

•Redemption Island

•Redemption Island

•South Pacific

•Philippines

If you want to watch Blood vs Water first watch…

•Panama

•Tocantins

•Samoa

•One World

If you want to watch Cambodia(second chance) first watch…

•Australian Outback

•Pearl Islands

•Tocantins

•Philippines

•Cagayan

•San Juan Del Sur

•Worlds Apart

If you want to watch Game Changers first watch…

•Micronesia

•Heroes vs Villains

•Blood vs Water

•Philippines

•Cagayan

•Kaôh Rōng

•Millennials vs Gen X

If you want to watch Winners at War first watch…

•All Stars

•Micronesia

•Heroes vs Villains

•Cagayan

•Cambodia

•Millennials vs Gen X

•Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers

•Ghost Island

•David vs Goliath

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'Survivor' alum Cydney Gillon wins 2019 Miss Figure Olympia

‘Survivor’ alum Cydney Gillon wins 2019 Miss Figure Olympia

Cydney Gillon

“Survivor: Kaôh Rōng” fourth placer Cydney Gillon, 27, of Atlanta, Georgia, United States won the 2019 Miss Figure Olympia division of 2019 Mr. Olympia on September 14, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It also won the division of the annual international bodybuilding competition of the International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness (IFBB) in 2017 and in 2018.

Gillon…

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survivor: kaôh rōng countdown ⇉ best of cagayan - brains vs brawn vs beauty 1 ↳ “not very smart for the brain tribe.”

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Michele Fitzgerald in Survivor: Kaôh Rōng

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I know Unpopular Opinion Gate is mostly for BB but this one is for Survivor. Survivor hasn't felt the same since Kaôh Rōng, the only time I felt it was decently good since then was Game Changers.

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The world of reality television competition shows is full of ups and downs, as Survivor winner and The Challenge contestant Michele Fitzgerald can attest to. Michele returned to TV to compete on The Challenge season 37. While she might not have achieved the success she has claimed in previous contests, she left her mark on the high-stakes reality series. From her rise to competitive TV stardom to her off-camera reality, here’s everything there is to know about Michele.

Michele recently returned for another round of reality competition on The Challenge season 37. Unlike her previous experiences on TV, Michele was not able to evade elimination on The Challenge. In episode 4, Michele was outed from the series, along with her partner, 12 Dates of Christmas‘ Corey Lay. Michele didn’t take the loss too hard, however, as she tweeted, “Ya win some, ya lose some” in response to the end of her journey on The Challenge season 37.

Related: Why Survivor Needs Another ‘Second Chance’ Season Soon

Michele was born on May 5, 1990, in Freehold, New Jersey. Michele’s birthday means that she’s 31 years old and has a Taurus Sun sign. Michele grew up with her sisters, Kim, her brother, Joe, and her parents, Ralph and Linda Fitzgerald. According to LinkedIn, Michele embarked on her education at Montclair State University in 2011. In addition to studying at MSU, Michele worked as a public relations specialist for the university. Michele graduated from Montclair State in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication and media studies. After college, the Survivor winner Michele worked as a sales associate in Martha’s Vineyard at Island Company, a resort clothing brand. Michele also worked as a caterer in her New Jersey hometown in the years after graduation.

Just before she took on Survivor season 32, Michele was a travel consultant at Liberty Travel. In 2015, however, Michele’s life changed drastically. Michele was cast as 1 of 18 cast members to star on Survivor: Kaôh Rōng. This season of the reality competition series went by the themes, “Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty,” and Michele was designated the Beauty label. At first, Michele was underestimated by her Brain and Brawn competitors. Michele was seen as weak and not a threat to her competitors initially, but she developed to be a major threat to her contenders as the season unfolded. Even as she was in the top three, Michele wasn’t an obvious Survivor winner. After getting kicked off of the jury by Michele, Neal Gottlieb shared he didn’t think Michele had a chance to win and compared her to a “little puppy, still suckling at the teat.” 

Neal was swiftly proven wrong when Michele earned the most votes from the jury and became the first Survivor winner born in the 1990s. After winning Survivor: Kaôh Rōng, Michele returned for Survivor: Winners At War. Michele proved her prowess, as she was fundamental in the elimination of former Survivor victors Danni Boatwright and Ethan Zohn. Michele made it to the end of the competition with the help of her ally, Natalie Anderson, who won the final immunity challenge of the season. Ultimately, Michele didn’t receive any votes to win Winners At War, as her great competitor Tony Vlachos did. Although she didn’t win, Michele became the first Survivor contestant to take part in multiple seasons, win, and never get voted out.

Since Survivor, Michele has embarked on a career as a business development manager with Palace Resorts. Michele is one of the most successful reality TV competitors of all time, as exhibited by her record-breaking achievements on Survivor. Although she didn’t succeed in The Challenge, it’s very likely television hasn’t seen the last of Michele.

Next: Survivor: Everything To Know About The Season 41 Cast Reveal

The Challenge airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on MTV.

Sources: Michele Fitzgerald/LinkedIn, Michele Fitzgerald/Twitter

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[X20-R15] Survivor: Kaôh Rōng (T32)

REALITY | Terminado el 14/8/2020

La segunda edición de Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty no mola tanto como la primera y no será de las temporadas más memorables, pero es entretenida de principio a fin, tiene un buen elenco y algunos momentos guays; entre ellos, un plot twist hacia el final que me pilló desprevenido y me parece una idea genial. Ha sido un buen punto para volver a engancharme y ahora habrá que ver si esta vez consigo al fin ponerme al día.

7/10

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Survivor Star Michele Fitzgerald Flaunts Bikini Pics, “Break Up With Your Girlfriend”

Michele Fitzgerald returns on SURVIVOR: WINNERS AT WAR, photo: Robert Voets/CBS

Season 40 of Survivor is a special one. Twenty previous winners of Survivor — over the past 20 years! — are competing against each other for a record-breaking $2 million prize on “Survivor: Winners at War.” The “oldest” winner is Ethan Zohn, 45, winner of the 2001 season “Survivor: Africa.” One of the youngest is Michele Fitzgerald, 29, winner of “Survivor: Kaôh Rōng” in 2016.

Since winning the competition, Michele left her job as a bartender and now works full-time in the travel industry. This time around, Michele says she wants “to be a little bit more multi-faceted, and show other sides of Michele Fitzgerald than this little beauty girl.”

When not filming Survivor, Michele Fitzgerald enjoys her downtime at the beach and often in a bikini as seen in the photos above and below.

She captioned the photo below: “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored.”

The Season 40 premiere of Survivor will kick-off with a two-hour show on Wednesday, February 12 at 8 pm on CBS. [CBS streaming: Watch Survivor and/or any CBS show through Amazon Prime or CBS ALL-ACCESS. Both options offer free trials.]

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Jungle Wars: The Top Forty ‘Survivor’ Blindsides – Part 4

GO BACK TO #20 THROUGH #11

#10 – ANDREA BOEHLKE IN SURVIVOR: CARAMOAN

Andrea Boehlke of Survivor: Redemption Island was another “WTF?” choice for the “Favorites” tribe on Season 26, among many in the fanbase.  Although she’d been a strong competitor on Redemption Island during Season 22, Andrea’s previous camp life strategy had consisted largely of her ability to flirt.  In Survivor: Caramoan, Andrea had the savvy to place herself in a much stronger alliance, surviving several close calls as Francesca Hogi, Michael Snow, and Malcolm Freberg were all sacrificed in lieu of her.

However, Andrea was right to be paranoid.  The tight duo of John Cochran and Dawn Meehan knew they would need to cut Andrea loose, eventually; she was also in the crosshairs of Brenda Lowe for quite a long time.  Those lingering doubts all came to a head on Day 33, when Andrea assumed that Brenda would be her alliance’s consensus target.  Erik Reichenbach took that opportunity to use Andrea’s complacency against her, rallying Brenda and Sherri Biethman to join him in kicking Andrea to the curb (Dawn and Cochran, meanwhile, threw some votes Eddie Fox’s way in case Andrea saved herself by playing an idol).  Andrea didn’t see it coming – basically laughing at the hilarity of her own blindside as soon as she’d realized what had happened...becoming the first woman to go home with a hidden immunity idol in her pocket.

#9 – KAT EDORSSON IN SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD

Most fans mainly remember Season 24 as being dominated by the athletic-and-sociable Kim Spradlin.  And, in true “Pagonging”-style, the women of Survivor: One World’s all-female Salani tribe held their own against the dysfunctional male members of the Manono tribe – even as the two gender-divided tribes shared the same beach, in a Survivor first.  By Day 18, they had merged into Tikiano with an even split of six men and six women.  Kim rallied the women to deceive and co-opt Michael Jefferson, Jay Byars, Greg “Tarzan” Smith, Leif Manson, and Troyzan Robertson – pitting them against each other, and systemically ejecting each of them (except for Tarzan) from the game.

But on Day 33, commercial saleswoman Kat Edorsson was blindsided by the “Power Trio” of Kim, Sabrina Thompson, and Chelsea Meissner.  Their motives for targeting Kat were both emotional (them disagreeing with who she chose to take on a Reward Challenge) and preemptive (Kat showing signs of athletic prowess against Kim, who was their alliance’s primary source of brawn).  Kat, being a ditsy personality who was rather light on strategy, seemed like an unconventional choice.  But it ended up working out for Kim, who went on to win that season.  An unaware Kat’s glib statement of “Blindsides are always fun and exciting” ended up becoming quite ironic – since her own alliance would proceed to blindside her, just minutes later.

#8 – BAYLOR WILSON IN SURVIVOR: SAN JUAN DEL SUR

With her gratuitous male-bashing and anemic neediness (allowing herself to be coddled by her mother, Missy Payne, once they were reunited in a tribal-swap), Baylor Wilson was clearly the most useless contestant on Season 29.  She offered absolutely no strategic value, could hardly claim to be an athletic powerhouse (Baylor’s only challenge wins were based on balance and dexterity), and wasn’t at all entertaining to watch.  She made it 36 days through a combination of wearing multiple alliances as though she was trying on pairs of shoes while hiding (and lounging) under Missy’s shadow.  But all of that changed on Day 37.

Amazing Race vet Natalie Anderson (whose twin sister, Nadiya, was someone whom Baylor had participated in voting out, on Day 3) wasn’t ready to cede a win to anyone.  She’d already blindsided Jaclyn Schultz’s boyfriend, Jon Misch; now it was Missy and Baylor’s turn to face her wrath.  Although Missy, Baylor, and the doltish Keith Nale expected Natalie to side with them in sending Jaclyn packing, the shrewd gamer Natalie had other plans.  She conspired with Jaclyn before Tribal Council to target Baylor.  Then, knowing that Missy, Baylor, and Keith had teamed up together against Jaclyn, Natalie pulled out her hidden immunity idol and played it on Jaclyn’s behalf – thereby negating the three votes against Jaclyn and sending Baylor to the Ponderosa with only two votes (hers and Jaclyn’s) cast against Baylor.  This move cemented Natalie Anderson as one of my Top Ten favorite Survivor winners ever...and gave her a deserved boost in making her case before the jury to become the winner of Survivor: San Juan del Sur.

#7 – JAMES CLEMENT IN SURVIVOR: CHINA

This studly specimen of Survivor: China was perfect.  A little too perfect.  James Clement was a physical powerhouse, oozed charisma, and chose to align himself with the most devious alliance out there – the Fei Long foursome of Amanda Kimmel, Courtney Yates, Denise Martin, and eventual winner Todd Herzog.  Their sixth alliance member, Aaron Reisberger, got devoured by the Zhan Hu rivals Jaime Dugan, Erik Huffman, and Peih-Gee Law during a tribal-swap twist that arrived on Day 13.  James almost immediately found a hidden immunity idol, using it as leverage to survive the wrath of the Zhan Hu zealots up until the merge on Day 19.

At first, “the Fei Long Five” seemed to be operating everything according to plan.  They showed Jamie and Frosti Zernow – both original Zhan Hus – their walking papers.  On Day 27, Courtney finally got her wish when James joined Todd and Amanda in throwing Fei Long’s overbearing redheaded stepchild, Jean-Robert Bellande, overboard.  But James had revealed his hand too quickly.  After discovering a second hidden immunity idol – and confiding in his alliance about that development – James was viewed as too dangerous to keep around any longer.  Amanda spearheaded a campaign to blindside James – and Todd, Courtney, and Denise all helped her to make it happen.  On top of that, when James was voted out on Day 30, he still had both of his hidden immunity idols in his pocket (having felt secure enough to delay playing either of them for himself).  It was another Survivor first – and, to this day, Jeff Probst has never let James live that down.

#6 – DAN FOLEY IN SURVIVOR: WORLDS APART

Survivor: Worlds Apart (employing the “Blue Collar vs. White Collar vs. No-Collar” theme) also proved itself to be a cesspool of unlikable people – with some of the most endearing personalities being unfortunate early boots such as Vince Sly, Max Dawson, and Joaquin Souberbielle.  The only favorites of mine who made it deep into the game were Joe Anglim and Carolyn Rivera.  And Carolyn (who my buddy Neil kept saying reminded him of Anne Milbauer from Days of Our Lives) made it to the Final Three by aligning herself with various Escameca (the “blue collar” tribe) power players...despite having started off as a Masaya (the “white collar” tribe), herself.

Then you had Escameca poseur Dan Foley – a slovenly, self-righteous postal worker who was completely oblivious to his own social ineptitude.  Many of his Escameca allies probably intended to drag Dan along with them to the Final Three as a “goat” – but Carolyn was having none of it.  When Dan won a “mystery advantage” at the Survivor Reward Auction on Day 25, which was an extra vote he could cast at a future Tribal Council, it created much uncertainty amongst members of the merged Murica tribe.  No one knew the exact nature of Dan’s advantage, but Carolyn had held onto her hidden immunity idol for a rainy day – and it paid off.  On Day 35, four of Carolyn’s fairweather allies (including Dan) tried to blindside her.  Dan himself used his mysterious advantage to cast an extra vote against Carolyn, confidently hoping to cement her demise.  But to counteract that, Carolyn could sense that she needed to finally play her hidden immunity idol – effectively negating all of the votes cast against her, and leaving her and eventual winner Mike Holloway to jointly cast their two votes against Dan, which thereby sent the dumpy dunderhead packing.  The most delectable part of this Tribal Council was the poetic irony of how Dan found himself “idoled out” on the same night when he was so positive that he could get Carolyn out of the game by using his “mystery advantage” against her.  Yet, as each vote against Carolyn became nullified after she’d played her idol, a triumphant Carolyn’s clapping and whooping punctuated each moment leading up to the resolution of Dan receiving his long-overdue comeuppance.

#5 – JUDD SERGEANT IN SURVIVOR: GUATEMALA

I make no bones about my hatred of Judd Sergeant:  the NYC doorman was grotesque, self-indulgent, and dismissive of other points-of-view throughout all of Survivor: Guatemala.  Who could forget his Day 15 verbal tussle with Margaret Bobonich at Tribal Council?  Or how Judd self-righteously denied that he was a liar...while blatantly lying to Gary Hogeboom and everyone else on the merged Xhakúm tribe about the clue to the game’s first-ever hidden immunity idol!  Fortunately, at the Day 24 Tribal Council (and then again during the season-ending live reunion show) Jeff Probst called Judd out on his bluster.

After Judd was excluded from the Xhakúm-blindside of Jamie Newton, he had an inkling that something might be fishy.  Stephenie LaGrossa tried her best to reassure Judd that she would keep him safe – but she was outvoted by the rest of her alliance, and ended up taking the fall (in Judd’s eyes) for failing to keep her promise.  As Jeff snuffed the blindsided Judd’s torch on Day 33, the dictatorial doorkeeper berated his former allies as “Scumbugs” and grumbled how he hoped they would all be “bit by a freakin’ crocodile.”

#4 – SCOT POLLARD IN SURVIVOR: KAOH RONG

Following the medical evacuation of a dehydrated and heat-exhausted Caleb Reynolds, soft-spoken gardener Tai Trang had to regroup on the newly-reshuffled Gondol tribe in Survivor: Kaôh Rōng.  Tai – originally a member of the “Beauty” tribe – teamed up with retired NBA power forward Scot Pollard and domineering bounty hunter Kyle Jason (both originally on the “Brawn” tribe) to take out Anna Khait and Peter Baggenstos.  Following the merge on Day 17, though, Tai realized he needed to divest himself of these two big galoots if he was going to make it to the end.

On Day 27, Scot and Jason devised a plan to use the two halves of a “Superidol” (one half possessed by Jason, the other half possessed by Tai) to save Scot from being eliminated by Aubry Bracco.  But Aubry, with whom Tai was in a separate alliance, wanted Tai to turn against Jason and Scot.  To complicate things even further, Julia Sokolowski and eventual winner Michele Fitzgerald made it known that they were targeting Tai, hoping to force Tai to side with Aubry.  Since the “Superidol” was unique in that it could be played on someone’s behalf even after all of the votes were read, Scot and Jason both turned to Tai, expectantly, after Jeff Probst had read the majority of four votes cast against Scot.  In fact, everyone else on the tribe stared at Tai in anticipation of what his decision would be.  Tai shook his head, and both Scot and Jason realized that this mild-mannered little guy wasn’t going to cower to their bullying ways.  A shell-shocked Scot took his Walk of Shame...and Jason was sent packing two Tribal Councils after that.  While Tai cost himself the million dollars with his flip-flopping (as he received no jury votes against Michele and Aubry in the Final Three), it was pretty much his only move:  had Tai played the “Superidol” for Scot, there would have been a revote between Tai and Aubry...at which point, Tai himself could have gone home – or, his closest ally, Aubry, could have been voted out in his place.

#3 – ALEXIS JONES IN SURVIVOR: MICRONESIA

Much less strategic (and far less entertaining) than her best gal pal Natalie Bolton, motivational speaker Alexis Jones of the fan-dominated Airai tribe found herself on the right side of Joel Anderson’s dominant majority until the tribes got swapped on Day 12 of Survivor: Micronesia.  Even then – suddenly finding herself as a member of an even more physically-dominant Airai – she and Natalie brought veteran contestants Parvati Shallow and James Clement into their circle of trust – hoping to form a powerhouse coalition with Ozzy Lusth, Amanda Kimmel, and Cirie Fields after the merge.

But then something sort of incredible happened:  Natalie, Parvati, and Cirie decided to form the all-female “Black Widow Alliance.”  Cirie and Parvati brought in Amanda, and Parvati and Natalie brought in Alexis.  And then the Black Widows blindsided Ozzy (without Amanda’s knowledge or participation) in order to take out a physical threat.  By that point, Alexis was banking on the “strategy” of sticking with Natalie, Cirie, and Parvati into the final four.  On Day 31, Erik Reichenbach won individual immunity, James was medevaced due to a finger infection, and Amanda asked to be sent to Exile Island following the reward challenge.  With Erik safe at their upcoming Tribal Council, Alexis got together with Natalie and Cirie to determine that their safest move would be to blindside Amanda.  But while at Exile Island, Amanda found a clue to the hidden immunity idol – which was buried back on the beach at the main camp.  Amanda pretended as though she had no idol in her possession and that she was resigned to going home; her only accomplice in this ruse, initially, was Parvati (and, right before Tribal Council, also Cirie).  After acting dejected throughout the entire night’s tribal council, Amanda suddenly pulled out her hidden idol and swung it around like a dominatrix whip – thereby blindsiding Alexis, Natalie, and Erik all at the same time.  Because Amanda was able to negate all of those votes cast against her, the two votes that Amanda and Parvati had cast against Alexis sent her lazy ass straight to the jury house.

#2 – COURTNEY MARIT IN SURVIVOR: PANAMA

Survivor: Panama's flaky fire dancer annoyed her tribemates with her airheaded antics – most notably by doing yoga in “Zen Garden” that Bruce Kanegai had created.  Courtney Marit was viewed as a “goat” – against whom it would be easy to win in the Final Two – by nearly everyone else in the game.  Her fights with the unstable ex-smoker Shane Powers were particularly vicious.  In fact, one of the highlights of the season, for me, was Courtney taking great offense when Shane questioned her loyalty by threatening her:  “If we don’t [vote the way he wants], I’ll kill you when I get back to Hollywood.  I will – I’ll drive up and I’ll kill you in your shitty little apartment, and I’ll drive over to my club, and that’ll be it.”  Courtney was insulted – not by Shane's death threat against her, but by the fact that he'd called her apartment “shitty.”

Courtney probably would have lost to every single player remaining in the game, at that point – which was exactly why Shane wanted to take her with him to the Final Two.  But Cirie Fields wasn't about to let that get in her way.  On Day 30, Cirie devised an elaborate plan:  she and Aras Baskauskas (the season's eventual winner) would lie to Shane and tell him that they were voting off Danielle (whom Shane also loathed), so that Shane would throw his vote Danielle's way.  Meanwhile, Cirie and Danielle went to Courtney and Terry Deitz to propose a bogus foursome against Aras – so that Courtney and Terry would write down Aras's name.  With those votes split, Cirie, Aras, and Danielle could join together and successfully vote out Courtney with a three-vote plurality – which is exactly what ended up happening.  Due to Cirie's mastermind neurons, this was the first time in Survivor history when someone was voted out specifically to prevent them from being used by other contestants as a Final Two “goat.”

#1 – J.T. THOMAS IN SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS

Going into the merge of Season 20, the Heroes and the Villains were evenly divided.  At their first joint Tribal Council on Day 27, everyone knew the game had reached a turning point.  Whichever of the formerly-segregated tribes managed to oust a player from the rival tribe would, theoretically, have a numerical advantage for the rest of the game.  But all was not as it seemed, since eventual winner Sandra Diaz-Twine was perfectly willing to flip to the Heroes to target Russell Hantz, while Candice Woodcock appeared to be mulling a flip onto the Villains’ side against the Heroes.  In the end, Sandra and Candice each ended up sticking with their original tribes...but those weren’t the only potential tricks up these gamers’ sleeves.

At the previous Immunity Challenge (pre-merge), Russell had managed to hand off a note to Survivor: Tocantins victor J.T. Thomas (of the Heroes tribe) in which Russell claimed to be on the outs with the Villains...and his note indicated a willingness to work with the Heroes, post-merge.  But that note had been a component of an elaborate facade on the part of the alliance-duo of Russell and Survivor: Micronesia winner Parvati Shallow:  they wanted the Heroes to target Russell – at which point, Parvati could use her and Russell’s hidden immunity idol to save Russell and blindside the Heroes before Jeff Probst revealed the vote tally.  Unbeknownst to Russell, however, Parvati actually had two hidden immunity idols in her possession – and, before Jeff read the votes on Day 27, Parvati pulled out both of her idols...giving one to Sandra and the other one to Jerri Manthey.  That gamble of Parvati’s paid off, as the Heroes had indeed targeted Jerri – who was saved from elimination by the idol Parvati chose to play for her.  The five Villains had all collectively cast their votes against J.T. – who found himself blindsided by both Russell’s fake vulnerability and Parvati’s quick thinking.  Russell, in turn, was majorly pissed about the information Parvati had withheld from him...and the Heroes realized their days were numbered.  Sandra and Jerri were blindsided by Parvati’s generosity toward them...and Amanda Kimmel was blindsided by realizing how Parvati had seen through Amanda’s own attempts to feed Parvati false information about the Heroes’ intentions.  Satisfying and delicious blindsides, all-around!

The next three months shall reveal if the cast of Survivor: Game Changers are sneaky and perceptive enough to add a new cluster of blindsides to this repository of visceral gaming.

[mikeholloway]

“I think it took time for me to find my footing in this game. I think that coming in on ‘brain’ or coming in on ‘brawn’, you have intelligence or you have strength. And when you come in on ‘beauty’, you have to prove that you have those things, y’know. You come in with this automatic stereotype. So for me, maybe it looked like, ‘Yeah, I was dragged,’ or whatever, but when I figured it out, I think I was able to excel in it.”

— Michele Fitzgerald, Survivor: Kaôh Rōng - Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty 2 (2016)

[iconsurvivor]

Michele Fitzgerald - Survivor Kaoh Rong

[survivor-slut]

Are you an endurance challenge person or a physical + puzzle challenge person? A classic survivor person or a themed season person? A Michele deserved to win person or a Mark the chicken was robbed person? A Jeff is in love with Ozzy person or a Jeff is in love with Joe person?

[survivor-hogwarts]

2 Weeks Left to Apply to Survivor Storybook: Hogwarts!

Attention witches and wizards! There are only 2 weeks left to apply for Survivor Storybook’s 5th Season, Hogwarts! Hosted by Amanda, Chris, and Rhone.

We are looking for 20 new castaways to join us on a magical adventure to outwit, outplay, and outlast.

Think you’ve got what it takes? Fill out the application here! Applications close June 15th, intended Start date June 21st. Purebloods, Half-Blood, and Muggle Borns welcome!

[cjcdeeezy]

What happened with the Survivor Kaoh Rong tag?

Someone is bitter Michele won. lol