Denise was bounced out of the line, taking Jean and Lisa with her.
Some Survivor Finale thoughts:
What I learned from Survivor China:
Don't trust bitchy airline stewards
Never put real money on the old hick
Lunch ladies don't like yucky food
Never assume that there is a limit to stupidity
Whenever someone says "I haven't decided who to vote for", it's you
My ten-year-old daughter had the following revelation as the show started: "I have the rest of my money on a flight attendant!"
Courtney shares with us that her strategy is to "slip through the cracks". Well, if anyone can slip through something, it's Courtney.
The rewards challenge is a complicated puzzle challenge for pizza, beer, soda and brownies. I think the winner will have a bit of regret that Peih-Gee isn't around to screw.
I like how in the beginning of the season when Jeff asks whether they are ready for a rewards challenge and they all yell and whoop it up. Now near the end they just sort of smile and nod.
Part of the challenge was to build a kind of bridge to run across. Somewhere Dave is saying "Man! If only I coulda held out eight more weeks!"
Todd moans that he wants the brownies sooooo bad! Must be fudge brownies.
Amanda wins the reward, and after much deliberation, chooses Todd to share the feast. Courtney has the audacity to act indignant.
I couldn't help thinking that Amanda should have made the one she chose swear not to vote her off. Didn't work for Yao-Man, but maybe one of them has an actual shred of dignity.
She shares with Todd that she doesn't trust him. Todd has the audacity to be appalled.
I figure it must be late in the season...I can now understand Denise when she talks.
Ah, the old remembrance walk...I can't wait to get to one where someone says "now, who was that guy again?"
Ashley reminisces about her time at Survivor "I can't wait to tell crazy stories about Survivor to my grandchildren". I would think that her time as a professional wrestler might be more interesting.
Todd, about Jaime: "you were like always havin' your favorite piece of gum in your mouth." Say, what?
The immunity challenge is a balancing/endurance event. After 30 minutes in the heat, I suspect Todd is wishing he had his Elmer Fudd hat.
I suspect it would be a bad time for an earthquake.
Courtney struggle mightily. I was pretty sure she was going to puke or pass out.
Amanda wins! Denise makes a smart play to try to cut a deal with her, but Amanda wouldn't fall for it. I think that was her only shot.
Back at camp the producers do their best to try to make us think that Denise might not be voted off. Fat chance.
Courtney weighs in with a Survivor hall of fame quote: "She shouldn't win just because she sucks at life...this isn't welfare!" and follows up, quite unnecessarily with "I'm the biggest bitch on the planet". She certainly has my vote.
Amanda worries that "everyone likes Todd". Really? Seriously?
Denise adds her last Survivor quote "It's hard to break in even when you're in". That's more like it.
Amanda tries to weasel out of previous commitments with Denise "when I said I had your back, I did...just not TODAY."
In what shouldn't have been a surprising vote, Denise was put down.
Amanda also weighed in afterward "I think I have a 33% chance of winning". Yup.
The individual monologues to the jury are always enjoyable. Mostly it's to people you screwed telling them it was part of the game.
It's absolutely killing Jean-Robert that Courtney has made it this far.
James makes a late entrance to the Survivor Hall of Fame quote: "I'm not a bitter Betty."
Courtney takes Jean-Robert's question as an opportunity to rip him "I've won a challenge...have you?" Ouch.
J-R rails at Todd that his strategy was all bad and he should have voted off James instead of him. Um. Who's in the final three, J-R?
Erik still doesn't understand why the strategy of trying to vote off James (with his two hidden immunity idols) was risky. Good thing he's nice to look at.
Frosti, wearing a belt buckle the size of Courtney, refers to himself in the third person. Interesting.
Denise eschews the opportunity to ask a question and belly aches about how the three weren't fair or honest. I wonder what Peih-Gee thinks of that.
Todd wins the whole enchilada over Amanda and Courtney!
Congratulations to Louisa and Glenda for their big win!
It's always funny to see the survivors after they fatten up and put on makeup. Amanda looks like Peg Bundy.
Courtney looks a bit like a Courtney Love. That's probably not a good thing.
Todd kinda has an Elvis thing going on.
Jeff gives a shout out to Courtney for the most one-liners for the season. Looking over the blog entries for the season I think James gave her a run for her money.
The winnings have been posted on http://www.woltermanns.com/misc/survivor_2007.htm and I'll have checks out ASAP.
Thanks all for playing! I hope you had a great time and that you'll be back for another round.
Send on your suggestions for the next season!
See you next season on....Survivor!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Survivorfest China - week 12
Week 12 and exit Peih-Gee, stage left!
She takes our friends Kathy and Mark out with her. Eleven of us remain as we wind down to Sunday's last show and our final pool winner. I'm so excited I can hardly stand myself.
Week 12 Survivor thoughts:
The remaining survivors trudged back to camp after voting off Erik the week before. Courtney is still carrying her torch like it's an anvil.
The rewards challenge for the week is an odd game where everyone has a handful of quarrels that they have to donate to the other players to participate in the challenge. The quarrels are loaded into 4th century crossbows and shot at targets with the player’s names. Everyone gets a few except Peih-Gee, who gets only one. From Courtney. How ironic that Courtney is the nice one. I don't think I'm ready to live in a world like this.
During the challenge Denise hits several of her marks leading Jeff to declare "Denise, you're sitting pretty!" Yup. Definitely a world I'm not ready for.
Todd steps up and nails virtually every one of his shots. I am now convinced that Todd is not an airline steward but actually an assassin. Now his threats to "totally kill Jean-Robert" seem to be a little less hollow. I'll have to keep my eye on the news. Prediction: Poker Player’s Eyes Scratches Out. No Suspects.
Denise wins the rewards challenge, thanks to some frighteningly awful shooting from Courtney, and gets to choose two people to join her on a trip to the Great Wall of China. Peih-Gee gets screwed again. I think Denise is off of her Christmas card list.
On the private jet to the rewards challenge site, Todd plays stewardess in the cabin. I'm not buyin' it, Mssr. Jackal.
Courtney chimes in with a Survivor hall of fame quote: "An angry Todd is a bad Todd." She knows the truth...
Peih-Gee explained that her time with Amanda has allowed her to get to know her better and to better understand the dynamic of "the team". Um. The dynamic is that they're going to vote you off.
The three return from the rewards trip to find Amanda and Peih-Gee missing. Todd worries because they were "really pissed" not to get to go along...I wonder if he thinks they decided to go home.
Courtney snorts "nice welcome!" Yeah. You should be greeted like a conquering hero. After the game is over I suspect she'll be disappointed if her hometown doesn’t throw her a parade.
The immunity challenge is a repeat of previous challenges:
Throwing stars
Eating crap
Bouncing balls on a drum
Heavy disk puzzle
Stars challenge: Todd did well on this previously. This time he falls apart and drops out in the first round.
Eating crap: Denise doesn't fail to disappoint. She still can't eat the bird fetus. The only thing missing was the blood-curdling scream before attempting to masticate her fowl. Denise goes down with barely a whimper.
Ball bouncing: Peih-Gee takes advantage of her second chance and actually finishes this challenge. Somewhere James is wincing. Courtney doesn't finish. I suspect her drum was weighted since it looks like she could barely cart it around.
Heavy disk puzzle: Courtney wouldn't have made it through this one anyway. Amanda and Courtney go at the ropes with machetes like they mean business. Amanda perseveres in the end, however, ending Peih-Gee's run.
Back at camp Todd takes up bitching about the lack of remaining rice. He accuses Amanda and Peih-Gee (the two who got screwed on the rewards challenge) of "going to town" on the rice while they were gone. Nice, Todd.
They spend the remainder of the show making it look like Denise and Amanda are going to flip on Todd. Not even close. I don't think Peih-Gee was even remotely surprised to be voted off.
Jeff spends some time inciting rage in the remaining contestants. He asks Courtney if, at this point in the game, she'd rather vote for people who deserve to be there or keep people around that she can beat. Has Jeff been watching this season? Courtney can't beat anyone!
Okay, those of you who put money on Courtney need to fess up. Did any of you expect she'd be one of the last four?
The last Survivor is this coming Sunday! I'll get the checks ready for us...er, you lucky winners!
Also, send along any thoughts you have for new rules for the next season.
The best part of losing Peih-Gee? I don’t have to keep checking the spelling of her name!
She takes our friends Kathy and Mark out with her. Eleven of us remain as we wind down to Sunday's last show and our final pool winner. I'm so excited I can hardly stand myself.
Week 12 Survivor thoughts:
The remaining survivors trudged back to camp after voting off Erik the week before. Courtney is still carrying her torch like it's an anvil.
The rewards challenge for the week is an odd game where everyone has a handful of quarrels that they have to donate to the other players to participate in the challenge. The quarrels are loaded into 4th century crossbows and shot at targets with the player’s names. Everyone gets a few except Peih-Gee, who gets only one. From Courtney. How ironic that Courtney is the nice one. I don't think I'm ready to live in a world like this.
During the challenge Denise hits several of her marks leading Jeff to declare "Denise, you're sitting pretty!" Yup. Definitely a world I'm not ready for.
Todd steps up and nails virtually every one of his shots. I am now convinced that Todd is not an airline steward but actually an assassin. Now his threats to "totally kill Jean-Robert" seem to be a little less hollow. I'll have to keep my eye on the news. Prediction: Poker Player’s Eyes Scratches Out. No Suspects.
Denise wins the rewards challenge, thanks to some frighteningly awful shooting from Courtney, and gets to choose two people to join her on a trip to the Great Wall of China. Peih-Gee gets screwed again. I think Denise is off of her Christmas card list.
On the private jet to the rewards challenge site, Todd plays stewardess in the cabin. I'm not buyin' it, Mssr. Jackal.
Courtney chimes in with a Survivor hall of fame quote: "An angry Todd is a bad Todd." She knows the truth...
Peih-Gee explained that her time with Amanda has allowed her to get to know her better and to better understand the dynamic of "the team". Um. The dynamic is that they're going to vote you off.
The three return from the rewards trip to find Amanda and Peih-Gee missing. Todd worries because they were "really pissed" not to get to go along...I wonder if he thinks they decided to go home.
Courtney snorts "nice welcome!" Yeah. You should be greeted like a conquering hero. After the game is over I suspect she'll be disappointed if her hometown doesn’t throw her a parade.
The immunity challenge is a repeat of previous challenges:
Throwing stars
Eating crap
Bouncing balls on a drum
Heavy disk puzzle
Stars challenge: Todd did well on this previously. This time he falls apart and drops out in the first round.
Eating crap: Denise doesn't fail to disappoint. She still can't eat the bird fetus. The only thing missing was the blood-curdling scream before attempting to masticate her fowl. Denise goes down with barely a whimper.
Ball bouncing: Peih-Gee takes advantage of her second chance and actually finishes this challenge. Somewhere James is wincing. Courtney doesn't finish. I suspect her drum was weighted since it looks like she could barely cart it around.
Heavy disk puzzle: Courtney wouldn't have made it through this one anyway. Amanda and Courtney go at the ropes with machetes like they mean business. Amanda perseveres in the end, however, ending Peih-Gee's run.
Back at camp Todd takes up bitching about the lack of remaining rice. He accuses Amanda and Peih-Gee (the two who got screwed on the rewards challenge) of "going to town" on the rice while they were gone. Nice, Todd.
They spend the remainder of the show making it look like Denise and Amanda are going to flip on Todd. Not even close. I don't think Peih-Gee was even remotely surprised to be voted off.
Jeff spends some time inciting rage in the remaining contestants. He asks Courtney if, at this point in the game, she'd rather vote for people who deserve to be there or keep people around that she can beat. Has Jeff been watching this season? Courtney can't beat anyone!
Okay, those of you who put money on Courtney need to fess up. Did any of you expect she'd be one of the last four?
The last Survivor is this coming Sunday! I'll get the checks ready for us...er, you lucky winners!
Also, send along any thoughts you have for new rules for the next season.
The best part of losing Peih-Gee? I don’t have to keep checking the spelling of her name!
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Survivorfest China - week 11
Erik has left the island!
And he escorted Mike with him, as the pool of remaining players in our game starts to dwindle.
Survivor week 11 thoughts:
I was amused to hear Courtney relate that Jean-Robert was busting on James for being taken by surprise and voted off. Poker players must have short memories.
The remaining survivors all agreed that they were fortunate to have had their plan to vote James off work. Because he likely would have killed them.
The rewards challenge is a "loved ones" event. Denise immediately starts bawling.
I was disappointed to see that Peih-Gee's dad was not, in fact, "Cowboy" from a couple of seasons ago.
Todd's sister Brandi is blubbering incoherently. Doubt she'll be much good in the upcoming challenge.
Courtney's dad is English. And I don't think he likes games.
During the maze challenge, the blind-folded Amanda and her sister Katrina called to each other with bizarre bird calls. That might have been the single funniest thing this season and I don't even know why.
Jeff enjoys Peih-Gee's father (also blind-folded) trying to point out the right direction to his daughter. Good stuff.
Courtney takes a moment out of another hopeless challenge to gripe at Jeff’s narrating ways: "gimme a break, Probst!"
Denise wins the reward challenge and stiffs Peih-Gee on the couple that she gets to take with her. Ouch.
Part of the reward is that Denise gets a Sprint phone call to her daughter, Erin. I wonder if it crossed her mind to have some pizza air-lifted to camp while she had the phone.
On her call she relates to Erin "I really stink!" to which she replies "I know." I wonder how much she stinks when she's at home...
After the "loved one" cruise and a nice meal of ribs and barely identifiable pizza, the three survivors got to bring their loved ones back to camp. "Yay!" I couldn't help but wonder if they knew what a Survivor camp was actually like.
We have a potential "Johnny Fair Play" moment when Todd's sister reveals that Todd's other sister lost her baby. The remaining camp people immediately assume he is lying. Nice. Even if you don't believe him, I think you lose points for making fun of him, just in case.
The immunity challenge is a combination of Chinese trivia and a moderate endurance challenge. The contestants choose the answer to the trivia question and take a key to open one of three locks.
Courtney hangs the key around her neck and the weight appears to nearly drag her to a watery grave.
Shockingly, the Chinese lady wins the Chinese trivia challenge. Again.
As they head to tribal council and the members of the jury file in, I notice that Jean-Robert is becoming increasingly annoyed to have been voted off so early. James is absolutely glaring daggers. I'm not convinced that he might not yet kill the people who crossed him.
Jeff asks Denise if she thinks that having everyone meet her husband and get to know her a little more hurts her in the game after they determine she has a "great life". She's a lunch lady with a mullet, Jeff!
Erik is voted out as Denise fails to turn on her power play group. Todd appears to nearly lose it when Jeff shuffles the votes to make the outcomes appear questionable. I expect interesting things from him next week.
See you next week on…Survivor!
And he escorted Mike with him, as the pool of remaining players in our game starts to dwindle.
Survivor week 11 thoughts:
I was amused to hear Courtney relate that Jean-Robert was busting on James for being taken by surprise and voted off. Poker players must have short memories.
The remaining survivors all agreed that they were fortunate to have had their plan to vote James off work. Because he likely would have killed them.
The rewards challenge is a "loved ones" event. Denise immediately starts bawling.
I was disappointed to see that Peih-Gee's dad was not, in fact, "Cowboy" from a couple of seasons ago.
Todd's sister Brandi is blubbering incoherently. Doubt she'll be much good in the upcoming challenge.
Courtney's dad is English. And I don't think he likes games.
During the maze challenge, the blind-folded Amanda and her sister Katrina called to each other with bizarre bird calls. That might have been the single funniest thing this season and I don't even know why.
Jeff enjoys Peih-Gee's father (also blind-folded) trying to point out the right direction to his daughter. Good stuff.
Courtney takes a moment out of another hopeless challenge to gripe at Jeff’s narrating ways: "gimme a break, Probst!"
Denise wins the reward challenge and stiffs Peih-Gee on the couple that she gets to take with her. Ouch.
Part of the reward is that Denise gets a Sprint phone call to her daughter, Erin. I wonder if it crossed her mind to have some pizza air-lifted to camp while she had the phone.
On her call she relates to Erin "I really stink!" to which she replies "I know." I wonder how much she stinks when she's at home...
After the "loved one" cruise and a nice meal of ribs and barely identifiable pizza, the three survivors got to bring their loved ones back to camp. "Yay!" I couldn't help but wonder if they knew what a Survivor camp was actually like.
We have a potential "Johnny Fair Play" moment when Todd's sister reveals that Todd's other sister lost her baby. The remaining camp people immediately assume he is lying. Nice. Even if you don't believe him, I think you lose points for making fun of him, just in case.
The immunity challenge is a combination of Chinese trivia and a moderate endurance challenge. The contestants choose the answer to the trivia question and take a key to open one of three locks.
Courtney hangs the key around her neck and the weight appears to nearly drag her to a watery grave.
Shockingly, the Chinese lady wins the Chinese trivia challenge. Again.
As they head to tribal council and the members of the jury file in, I notice that Jean-Robert is becoming increasingly annoyed to have been voted off so early. James is absolutely glaring daggers. I'm not convinced that he might not yet kill the people who crossed him.
Jeff asks Denise if she thinks that having everyone meet her husband and get to know her a little more hurts her in the game after they determine she has a "great life". She's a lunch lady with a mullet, Jeff!
Erik is voted out as Denise fails to turn on her power play group. Todd appears to nearly lose it when Jeff shuffles the votes to make the outcomes appear questionable. I expect interesting things from him next week.
See you next week on…Survivor!
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