Please keep all discussion of Jason's attempt to win the series title for Least Effective Presentation Of A Stick (currently held by Shane) --

-- actually, make that Most Lunatic Use Of A Piece Of Wood (also currently held by Shane) --

-- or maybe it should be... actually, Shane's got that one too...

...well, whatever it is, Jason's going to win it, and you're going to keep all sigpic-free discussion of it on this thread until 11 p.m. EDT, by which time we should hopefully have figured out who's going to break into Shane's house and steal the awards so we can present them to Jason. Thank you.

It could be worse. If it was BB, the awards would be made of fossilized slop.

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• Cattiness contest.,Estee, 08:30 PM, 04-10-08
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Carp, we're having a nasty thunderstorm, I hope my cable doesn't go out. No tv, no lights, no internet not a single luxury.

Erik, your still there b/c you betrayed an alliance and your a little tattle-tale b!tch. You know what they say about karma!!

Turn off the night cameras!

I swear... Eliza looks exactly like an U.F.O. resident in Roswell when they're using the night cameras...

Hilarious Pepe!!!

Not that I have an opinion one way or another ;)
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Erik, if you make a deal you shake on it. Or in your case you give Ozzy a reach-around.

Parvati is the one in the "hot pickle"! She's alligned to James, Ozzy, and Amanda, plus her CYA alliance of her, James, Natalie, and Alexis.......

Aw man, I missed her saying that. I thought her "other" alliance is her, Amanda, Natalie, and Alexis. Remember she said the rest are "dead to her."

With a color of lime green, the merged tribe's name is..... Dabu! Erik claimed it meant "good" in Micronesian, but he's full of it.

They named the tribe after you! New tribe name is Dabu.

Erik totally made up the name, wanted the rest of the tribe to think he was oh so smaht and all that.

Meanwhile... bat is on the menu for the merge tribe's feast and James went to town, compared the taste to a "juicy rabbit"...

Damn them, damn them all!!!!

Boiled bat. Tastes like rabbit. Yum!

Glad they got that out of the way early. My dinner's in the oven.

If Alexis gets any more upswing in confessional time, she's going tonight.

Omigod, like fer sure. What's she doing with Ozzie, y'know!?

Amanda's scared of seeing Ozzy attracted to someone who might be a bit brighter than she is -- although maybe not as in control of her tenses.

Jason has lived in the Virgin Islands and he doesn't know how to use a fishing spear? What a little tick-turd.

Y'know, if I'd been Ozzy I might have spent my non-exile time making a better fake hii. The first one's gone, plant the second. He could have all these peeps chasing their tails.

That would require Ozzy to have more than a 1-track mind........ and I think his mind is now "win immunity, play HII if not immune, laugh at Jason when he plays fake."

At least Parvati didn't blow too much smoke up Eliza. "Things have changed." You bet they have!!!

Cirie, Amanda, or Parvati. Pick a winner.

And there goes Cirie's endless sense of entitlement/ownership again. 'How dare these people walk around my camp as if they'd just been merged into the tribe?'

Oh-Oh, Parvati. You just pissed off Amanda. She doesn't want to be in alliance with Natalie and Alexis. Here's a clue Amanda, they are going to be the ones that could put a miilion in your hands.

Anyone else feel like they're watching the setup on a very long line of dominos? 'This episode brought to you by the Exposition Fairy: Explaining It All To You since Episode #9.'

and the line is something like: Eliza, Jason, Erik, James, Ozzy (with a casulty in between if Ozzy plays his HII properly)?

It's about to rain on your parade, Eliza.

Necklace Mine!

Boy, CBS sure has slashed Marky's budget, haven't they?

This is, what, the fifth challenge they've repeated from the Palau season? Either the budget's been drastically slashed or they really don't have any imagination left...

Well, he spent all that money on the Pirate Master "franchise" that went up in smoke.........

dropping like flies.

Thar she blows! Smallest whales I've ever seen.

that's the only reason I cheered for Jason. I voted for him to win IC. other than that he's a tick-turd.

I really want to call that one of the worst challenge poems ever. It would have sounded better if it was interrupted by some of the water-blowing noises the men were making at the end.

What's really painful to watch with Jason is the combination of fan knowledge and foolish confidence. He's planning on making just the right kind of idol play. He's not going to try pulling a Terry: he wants to create a power switch. He's willing to make the sacrifice of potential one-shot future safety to get something done now --

-- but he's putting all his faith in a stick.

And they call off the challenge before they get there. Hello, Amanu.

Get ready for the lol, Jeff! Here it comes.

Catfight du jour: Eliza vs Parvati. They're really throwing bon mots at each other in TC.

I'm not safe!

New chorus:

"This ain't the hidden immunity idol! Bye Eliza!"

And Eliza saw every last bit of it coming. She figured out Ozzy's play on one glance. She's not stupid -- but with no numbers and not much chance of getting someone else to fall for the idol, she was doomed.

Some of the personalities are starting to fall apart in a hurry -- and Jason, that includes you. But not was much as Ozzy, who just guaranteed his own blindside. Eliza did the best possible thing for the others in telling everyone Ozzy had the idol -- and Ozzy did the worst possible one in confirming it.

That wasn't the big idol blunder was it??

Can't be... Jaime did the same thing last season as Eliza just did, so it couldn't be considered a big blunder if Eliza merely did the same thing as Jaime did.

I think the big blunder is going to be something played over a couple of episodes -- i.e. part one is when Ozzy foolishly confirmed to everyone he has the idol and part two will be when the others hatch a plan to force Ozzy to use up the idol and/or convince Ozzy to leave his idol behind in camp when he's actually getting voted out. If anyone is ever so deserving of a blindside, it's Ozzy for his arrogance and spectacularly-bad gameplay.

This was the "someone gets it 'Jaime style'" part of the pre-season press conference......

Afraid so. Are you enjoying the dim afterglow of your anticlimax?

No! That can't be the big blunder.

That wasn't even as bad as Jaime because Eliza knew it was fake and only played it because she wanted to expose Ozzy for having the real one. And because she was out of other options.

Ozzy must make a bigger blunder with the idol later on.

Man oh man, the Jiffy hype. The biggest blunder Eliza made was being herself rather than pretending to be socially adept? Or was it going Jaime, playing an almost certainly useless piece of wood when she had nothing to lose anyway?

I was looking forward to something that was at least really really funny.

She shouldn't have just taken Jason's word about the idol and played it out as if she had immunity at her ready.

-- is in the Live Chat room (left sidebar, Other Fun, Live Chat, enable Java and use AyaK's Bar & Grill). No need to bring extra firewood.

And James? Yours was worse.

Since everybody heard Jason's outburst after Jeff ruling his HII as just a stick and throwing it into the fire pit, that Ozzy must have the real idol and Ozzy admitted it, they're now gonna blindside him........

LAST EDITED ON 04-10-08 AT 09:20 PM (EST)

One of the best merge episodes ever.

Biggest Blunder and Stupidest Player = Jason If no one talked to Jason the whole day that means HE didn't talk to anyone himself yet he gave his "idol" to Eliza thus declaring war on Ozzy. Has there ever been a more stupid player than Jason?

ETA: And no mention of Eliza being first Juror so can we dream of a F2?

Jeff: "9th person voted out and the first person of our jury: Eliza"

sorry Michel...... it's a F3 again..... and a jury of 7 this time....

Yeah, I just watched it again and heard Jeff saying it. The F3's a bummer.

Did anybody catch the next week on survivor, Jeff says "the winning team goes....."

I imagine they will do like they did in China. Have players pick 2 teams of 4, have one (Denise in China) be excluded and, while 4 are enjoying the reward, you have an instant majority of discontent at camp. It didn't do much in China so they're trying it again.

Burnett believes in the saying: "If it's broken, don't fix it"!!!

or it's 3 teams of 3 like in Fiji.........

Wow! What an episode! Probably one of the better ones yet. I am sad to see Eliza go. She hasnt done anything really wrong in my opinion, or done anything that the others havent done themselves. Not sure why she was getting ganged up on, maybe I missed something. She did good though, I would have played the idol too, just for mere luck and to expose Ozzy for the toad he is. (Sorry, I'm just not that into Ozzy anymore).

I think Parvati got a little too cocky, and overstepped her bounds a little with Amanda and others. I hope she gets it next just for shooting off her big mouth.

I'm not sure who I want to win. Who has been flying under the radar?

Depends on your definition of "under the radar". Lately, at least for the past couple of weeks, it seems to be Cirie who's been quiet and just letting things happen around her, while Pavarti, Erik, etc. have been trying to make alliances and wrangle vote. Cirie just says "as long as it's not me".

Actually, Eliza knew she blew it in the beginning. Eliza targeted Parvati from the start and Parvati is part of the power alliance, so -- HUGE mistake. Eliza has had one foot in the grave since day one. If Jonathan wasn't taken out of the game, Eliza may have had a chance. Jonathan is a much better schmoozer than Eliza ever could dream of being. I like how Parvati didn't blow smoke up Eliza's bony tush and told her like it was.

Now to Parvati. I'm impressed with her this season. She is really working hard to cover her bases. I think Parvati's backup plan with Alexis and Natalie was a brilliant move on her part. If either Amanda or Ozzy were somehow taken out before a merge, Parvati would have been in jeopardy. Parvati knows her best asset is her social skills.

So what if she flirts with guys? Guys tend to eat that up. Smart thing to do. Parvati also seems to be a genuinely fun, positive and nice person. I prefer my girlfriends to be bubbly and fun, not miserable wet blankets (which is what Amanda seems to be.)

I am really disappointed in Amanda. She hasn't learned anything from China and doesn't appear to be doing any proactive strategizing. She latched onto Ozzy and is going to be carried to the end doing absolutely nothing except getting frisky with Ozzy.

After Amanda's comments, I sure hope Parvati dumps Amanda before the F3. Although, with Amanda's poor speaking skills and blah personality, she would be a great F3 goat AGAIN. The question will be, who will Ozzy vote for: his little sister Parvati or his hussy with no personality Amanda?

I missed the first half of Survivor, because my power was out and the DVR didn't record it. I have to catch it on Demand today to see the feast and merge.

I have to say I was VERY IMPRESSED with James on the IC. I never expected him to last so long in a water challenge. James is smart enough to know that after a merge, the big guys are in trouble. James, Jason & Ozzy battling it out.

I also quite enjoyed Jason beating out Ozzy. Jason & Ozzy have the two biggest egos. They are mirror copies of each other. I will enjoy them trying to take each other down. Which egomaniac will prevail??

Very interesting... I guess I missed the part at the beginning of the season with Eliza and Parvati, where Eliza was throing Parvati under the bus. Amanda is kinda blah huh? Thats actually a good way to describe her.

I agree with Nailbone, its been Cirie under the radar. Her attitude of "as long as its not me" has worked for her. She seems a bit nicer this season, or not too much on letting peoples ruffle her feathers. The dudes did good in the water challenge. It was fun watching Jason beat out Ozzy, but only because he has dominated so many other challenges in the past. I think he'll come back with the vengence though and win the rest of them. I think they'll throw the next challenge to make Ozzy give up his idol. Where will Amanda align then?

Yes, I agree, this was a good episode. However, I am still trying to figure out the whole Amanda/Ozzy thing...how did they get from the merge beach with Alexis/Ozzy to 'still dating' now?

I would also feel stupid, if I were Jason, watching the show last night, he may have won a challenge, which granted, I couldn't win against ANY of them, except maybe Cirie...but I don't understand people who just throw themselves into the limelight of 'I am the greatest' catagory. It is so much better to win and be happy with your performance, than gloat and make enemies.

I think Jason will be out soon, because he seems to be all for me, none for you...type of a person. I could be wrong, it could just be his age. But I do think that he hasn't taken time to build an alliance, because he doesn't know better. He is very young. So, Ozzy will definately get rid of him asap.

I still think the under the radar person this year, is Natalie. I don't know that I have seen her in 3 confessionals all season. Just every now and then, they show her walking somewhere. So, where does her dud personality fit in amongst Amanda? I think that Amanda has played a much better game than her.

Just my thoughts...thanks for listening.
Nedra

Natalie has been virtually invisible. I think she is playing the role of "The Contestant Who Makes It Almost To The End But Who Gets No Airtime Because S/He Is Too Boring." Think Butch in Amazon, or Darrah. Alexis is clearly the heavier hitter in that twosome.

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