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Thanks Flowerpower for starting us off. You did an excellent job. I will pick up the RTVW flag and continue. If you missed the show last week, check out what RTVW has to say about it. Or even better check out Estee’s Official RTVW Survivor Summary: 'My Quit' (a total lack of adventure in rough paraphrase). Estee, you are one of the best, fastest, and snarkiest writers we have. You were the perfect choice to start us off.
With all the business done, we’re off: Love is in the air!
S16 MICRONESIA: FANS VS FAVS: SPOILERS...
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Sounds of Jungle Love
michel brought us the title of The Sounds of Jungle Love.
Flowerpower added the link from SurvivorFever announcing several ”Showmances”.
The Pre-Game Press Releases brought to us by Flowerpower, gives us one of Jeff’s takes on the romances.
" We have love affairs this season. Plural. They play from episode two, they start. We have some of the most intimate footage we've ever had of a love affair developing and consummating in a Survivor way. We have the most intimate footage of Survivors being intimate that we've ever had. It was brilliant how we got it. How we captured it because it's hard to do because they try to hide. We out-thought them. It plays a big part in this season all the way to the end."
A very busy Flowerpower brought us our first view of the blooming love/showmance’s in Episode 2, Sounds of Jungle Love, Vidcaps.



Thanks SurvivorFever for all the pictures we use. You give us the base on which we spoil. We love you. 
Jeff told the audience in the Regis and Kelly show that one of the producers placed a camera in a cave prior to the daws getting there. This week seems to be Ozzie and Amanda.
Here’s a YouTube clip.
This is the best I can do for the James/Parvati showmance.

And what will

Be doing Valentines night?
When Amanda met Ozzie...
And Parvati served James. (Could it be on a platter?)
Is this it for the showmances? Could there be something brewing on the Fans’ side?
CBS Press Release: Episode 2
ONE SURVIVOR DECLARES THAT LOVE IS IN THE AIR AFTER SMOOCHING SOUNDS KEEP THEM AWAKE AT NIGHT, ON "SURVIVOR: MICRONESIA -- FANS VS. FAVORITES," THURSDAY, FEB. 14, 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT "The Sounds of Jungle Love"
Get a room.

The sounds of two castaways smooching through the night keeps one tribe awake.

Meanwhile, at the other camp, one thoughtless castaway kicks three of its members out of the shelter,

forcing them to fend for themselves.

Chet

Kathy – I don’t belong here.

? Natalie ?
The second person is voted off the island, on SURVIVOR: MICRONESIA - Fans vs. Favorites, Thursday, Feb. 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT)
Reward Challenge
SurivorSkills.com (I can’t post the link) states:
There appears to be two challenges shown, one we've seen before, or that is similar, is titled on the Challenge Board: Smash and Grab. The one with the war paint reminds me of the Palau challenge that Jeffy Wilson bailed in.
Flowerpower states in the Vidcaps thread:
also sees two challenges:
1. War paint and shallow water
2. Smash and Grab
SurvivorFever states:
1. One very brutal challenge injures at least two players (Tip to SurvivorFever)
2. We have some physical challenges in the 2nd episode, one of our most physical ever. It's basically a game of tackle the dummy. (Jeff Probst Teleconference)
SurvivorFever believes that the challenge could be a combined RC/IC.
I am going to call it:
Immunity Challenge
Because of these pictures:

Immunity Idol

Immunity Idol in circle.
The Sounds of Jungle Love Vidcaps thread post how the game might be played: Episode 2 Immunity Challenge: Smash and Grab Similar challenge: Smash and Grab from Episode 7 of Cook Islands.
Survivors run across the floating squares...


to get to the dive dock.. Here are two diving examples:

...then swim out to the tower...

...climb up...
...and jump off trying to break a tile...

While in midair, they will smash a plaster box releasing a key, retrieve that key and swim back to shore...
...swim back for next person to go.
Each tribe will select four swimmers
and three puzzle makers.
After retrieving the keys, the puzzle makers will use those keys to unlock a chest filled with puzzle pieces. First tribe to solve the puzzle wins the Immunity. This Survivor: Micronesia challenge appears to be similar but as reported in Jeff Probst interviews, will include tweaks.
Because the known boot is from the Airai tribe, then Malakal wins immunity.
Exile Island

James is missing from this picture. Could he be in Exile?
There doesn’t seem to be any clues for the Fans tribe.
Boot
Survivorfever bootsheet
Survivorskills
truedorktimes
Recap
Reward Challenge: (seems to be tied to immunity Immunity Challenge Winner: Malakal
First 2 Exilees: James and ????
Second Bootee S16 Fans Vs. Favs:
Fan Mary Sartain

Extras:
Check out Survivorfever’s Challenges Database
Volcanic Glass started a thread at Survivor Sucks Spoilers, titled Challenge Board S16, Survivor Micronesia Edition . The challenge director Kirhoffer notes this regarding the challenges: We have a lot of new kickass challenges and then we have some of your favorite challenges. Each of the favorites will have a significant twist so the All-Stars or favorites won’t have a distinct advantage. If there is a puzzle it will be a completely different puzzle. So anything that would give them an advantage we have changed up or tweaked a little bit.
Check out Veruca Salt and friends. The Players, the game, the editing, Survivor16 Fans vs. Favorites Veruca has some excellent assessments! This is a MUST READ!
Please go and vote in Dabo’s over in the SurvivorBlows Tribe, It's Time To Vote.
For a collection of all spoilers posted to date see this chart over at Survivor Sucks Spoilers, compiled by Antithesis.
Join in the discussion about The “Million Dollar” Quote with Scarlet O Hara.
The title for next week is I should be Carried on the Chariot-Type Thing brought to us by michel.
Special thanks to Ives for the Valentine dinner photochops and to Tribephyl for the most excellent Survivor Blows SOTS Icon at the top of the page, a work of art.
Thanks for taking time to read through this. Now go enjoy the show.
And Happy Valentine’s Day!
PTTE is ready for you!