Survivorfest2 - Week one

Jonny Fairplay is "Fairplayed" out in the first week!

The early money winners and player selections are posted on the website: http://www.woltermanns.com/survivorfest/survivorfest2.htm

I made a ruling of "no blur" on Parvarti in the hot tub during the introductory sequence. I just couldn't be certain and, since it was from a previous season, we'll wait for the next opportunity. I didn’t see any other blurs this week, so unless someone else saw one that they'd like to point out, we'll have to look for it next week.

It's always interesting to see the Survivors when you're used to them as they appear during the middle of starvation mode. It's strange to see Amanda and Ozzy appear almost chubby.

Chet seems like a strange-looking dude. Is that a hairpiece or does hair really grow like that?

Erik's occupation is listed as ice cream scooper. And I think he has a man crush on Ozzy. This should be fun to watch.

All of the Favorites seemed to get a nice round of applause and cheers from the Fans as they appear on the beach, except Eliza. It was almost like they weren't quite sure who she was.

Jeff immediately disses Fairplay. It's bad news when even Jeff Probst gives you grief.

Tracy gives JFP no love: "He's a loser pig".

The group of twenty race across the water to where their canoes and hidden immunity idols are placed. JFP grabs the idol for the Fan group, realizes his error and scrambles for it along with Yau-Man. Yau-Man dropped JFP like a bad habit, and takes the first hidden immunity idol. It kind of struck me as a metaphor for how life should treat JFP.

JFP spent most of the canoe trip back to camp grousing about how Yau-Man smacked his head against the canoe while going for the idol. Now, I'm not a particularly proud man, but if I just had my lunch handed to me by a senior citizen in glasses and a floppy hat I think I would have just kept quiet.

Goofy Kathleen wandered along and is encouraged to pick up the Fan idol that JFP left lying in the sand.

Kathleen's good fortune in picking up the discarded idol likely made everyone who picked her groan. She's not going home tonight. And judging by her immediate impression on her tribe, I suspect she won't be long for this game.

It turns out Chet is a homosexual. Kathleen "could tell". She followed that up with a conversation that set gay/straight relations back approximately 400 years. She then proceeded to remark on Tracy's...er, upper body dimensions. I must confess that I found myself wondering if it was possible to have someone blurred when they were fully clothed. Maybe next week.

Jonny Fairplay is going to be a daddy! I'm not sure whether to hope that he's lying or weep for our future.

James chimes in with a Survivor Hall off Fame quote: "[Parvarti's] one of those sex kitten type girls...and I like it!" Man, it's good to have James back!

There seems to be a lot more excitement early on in this season than in some past. Most of the fans seemed positively jazzed to be getting poured on in a jungle with only palm leaves to protect them.

Jonny Fairplay sets a Survivor record for trying to pull a double (or maybe even triple) cross on the very first day. He confides to us that the one true gift he has is the ability to lie at will.

My ten year old remarks "his parents must be sooooo proud." And just think…they’re going to be grandparents soon!

Yau-man, in the meantime, starts a fire with his glasses and a drop of water. The Yau rocks! I am convinced that with three more days and a handful of blueberries he will build a cell phone to have pizza airlifted to their camp.

The first immunity challenge is extremely complicated. I wonder if they give the contestants prior notice on these rules just so they know what the heck is going on.

The Fans jump out to a quick lead while the Favorites struggle with getting the wheels on their carts. They start to catch up while both teams are digging for the bridge planks in the sand. Erik the ice cream scooper dumps about fourteen pounds of sand on Ozzy. He gets high marks for style points, but I think Ozzy's going to have his revenge before all is said and done.

The Favorites are keeping the contest tight when they hit a tree root, giving Eliza a cart sandwich. It took them several long moments to get the cart moving again and the challenge is lost.

A much-needed taste of humility for our favorite band of Favorites.

Back at camp JFP attempts a strategy of trying to make himself a target by claiming to want to go home. It worked really well when everyone voted him off.

A whopping eight of us collected on Fairplay’s misfortune!

And we’re off and running on the second season of…Survivorfest!