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Jo Ann and Stacy and Nina via Survivor Fans Podcast
Rob Cesternino and Nina via Rob Has A Podcast
Steve Helling and Nina via People.Com

Elizabeth Kwiatkowski and Lindsey (Part One) via RTVW
Tom Santilli and Lindsey via Examiner
Josh Wigler and Lindsey via Parade
Gordon Holmes and Lindsey via xfininty
Dalton Ross and Max & Lindsey via EW
Rob Cesternino and Max & Lindsey via RHAW
Jo Ann & Stacy and Max via SFP
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski and Max (Part One) via RTVW
Tom Santilli and Max via Examiner
Josh Wigler and Max via Parade
Gordon Holmes and Max via xfininty

I wish someone would have asked Lindsey: Are you the best player never to have won the game? She probalby would have said: "Without a doubt."

I liked Max's interview.

Ads keep popping up when trying to read Lindsey's interview and when I try to click off the page transfers.

which link?

RTW, here.

LAST EDITED ON 03-27-15 AT 08:05 PM (EST)

Rumor has it, he may have let some spoilers slip, so be forewarned! Also #pottymouth!

Gordon Holmes-xfinity

Cochran

RTVW Part 1

Examiner

Dalton Ross

yeahhhhh...no.
No real spoilers there.
He is the last of the pre-merge boots to visit Ponderosa before going off on a mini-vacay with the other losers.
Ponderosa will soon become jury house, so the fact that he admits he doesn't see Mike or Carolyn or Tyler from this point forward means nothing.
His only "slip" was he said that Tyler will do just fine.
The context of which being Tyler's abilities of lasting awhile even though he is in a minority.
YMMV with that tidbit.

The other potential spoilerish tidbit was that Joaquin told us that Mike and Joe were really tight with each other, more than what it appeared on TV. This might provide some clues as to how groupings will work after the merge.

He also might have slipped and said who the next boot is.

I put the warning in because people on another site (that is spoiler free) are complaining that he said too much. It probably doesn't matter here anymore.

Which interview was this slip in?

Actual RTVW Interview
Part of the response to the first question.
Mess Speculation

A little embarrassing we didn't pick up on this. Then again, it does say "When we got back...". Depends on if you think whether it's when they came back to the states OR when they got to Ponderosa.
The only way they'd meet (aside from endgame flight home) is if the jury is only 8 members with a final 3 (or an F2 with 9 jurors). I guess, possible. Not likely though. Unless someone has some statistics on this.

I know who you are talking about. But honestly, I can't say anything here so I will go to SOTS and talk about this.

He spoils that the merge boot doesn't make jury too. In the Examiner interview he talks about being bummed about being so close to making merge and finding out about it from the next person sent to Loser Lodge. The next bootee gets Corinned!

Also I have to note some more funny Survivor math - he keeps on talking about how there were 5 red collars left as one of the reasons he wanted to get rid of Joe. LOL.

Heh. It wouldn't surprise me if that's funny math from Joaquin and it wouldn't surprise me one bit if he sees Shirin as a true 100% No Collar, rather than as a White Collar.

This is the bit from the Examiner interview where it appears that he spoils that the next person misses the jury.

Tom Santilli: When you found out you missed the merge by only a few days, was that like salt in the wound?

Joaquin: Yeah, it really was. You know you go back to Ponderosa and then they send the next person up and you find out you were just hours away from hitting the merge and being reunited with Carolyn. To miss the next step of playing in individual challenges, that's something that I would have thrived at, obviously. I was a challenge beast out there. That really did hurt. It really did. But that's all right, there's nothing you can do about it.

I guess I'm not convinced that necessarily means that the next person doesn't make the jury. I know the jury and pre-jury boots are separated, but couldn't there be a brief overlap where the last non-jury member sees the first jury member?

If the next person misses the jury, that means that there's 11 people remaining so a Final 3 would have 8 jurors - have they done that before? A final 2 would have 9, but we know Probst hates Final 2s. I think it's far more likely either Joaquin saw the first jury member briefly before leaving or he is just talking in a general sense rather than about his specific circumstances.

You know you go back to Ponderosa and then they send the next person up and you find out you were just hours away from hitting the merge

The next person goes "up" and Joaquin finds out he just missed the merge.
Also, knowing that he and all the previous losers are leaving on vacay but no one else past him, means he's the last before the merge.
Many ways to do the math, without having to actually run into the next player booted.

Corvis7 wrote: "If the next person misses the jury, that means that there's 11 people remaining so a Final 3 would have 8 jurors - have they done that before? A final 2 would have 9, but we know Probst hates Final 2s."

Yes, they have done that before. In fact the last 5 seasons have had 11 people remaining after the last non-Juror was "sent up" to Ponderosa...

4 seasons with a Final 3 and 8 Jurors
1 season with a Final 2 and 9 Jurors:

S25 8 Jurors + Final 3 (6–1–1 Denise-Lisa-Skupin)
S26 8 Jurors + Final 3 (8-0-0 Cochran-Dawn-Sheri)
S27 8 Jurors + Final 3 (7-1-0 Tyson-Monica-Gervase)
S28 9 Jurors + Final 2 (8-1   Tony-Woo)
S29 8 Jurors + Final 3 (5-2-1 Natalie-Jaclyn-Missy)

LAST EDITED ON 03-29-15 AT 01:57 PM (EST)

"But, no, no, no. I got back and ..."

I completely interpreted that as when they got back in the USA and that he never got to know Kelly until then.

"I got back" implies that he got back to a familiar place (i.e. home) and the average person wouldn't use 'back' when they're going to Loser Lodge.

Even if it could be true, I'm simply not seeing where Kelly could be a merge boot because of her positioning with the old Nagarotes and still being friends with several key Blue Collars, plus much bigger fish to fry in the new merged tribe.

That leads to the question: Why would it be only Kelly telling him if it was when they got back to the States?
The answer could be that htey're both from New York so it's possible she was the only one there to tell him or that she was simply the first to tell him.

As for being a merge boot, Kelly could be the one to go if the others realize that the challenge was thrown to save her or if she starts showing concussion symptoms.

Kelly could also be booted for the same reason Joaquin was....because she's part of a "power couple"...

...And they're afraid Mike has an idol.

Kelly is from Grand Island, NY - that's between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Joaquin is from Long Island. I doubt they would have bumped into each other in NY!

I agree that this doesn't spoil Kelly as the next boot.

Hindsight is 20-20. I only just read the interview and was shocked that he had mentioned Kelly (especially since they had been on completely separate tribes and thus would not have built up a relationship that would lead them to hang out once back in the US.) His survivor math skills are pretty impressive too. I guess White Collars don't need to count….

Tom Santilli and Hali via Examiner
Dalton Ross and Hali via EW
Rob Cesternino and Hali via RobHasAWebsite
Marcus James Dixon and Hali via GoldDerby
Gordon Holmes and Hali via xfintity
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski and Hali via RTVW
JoAnn&Stacy's SFP

Holmes: Alright, let’s do some word association. We’ll start with Joe.
Ford: Golden boy.
Holmes: Jenn?
Ford: Bitchin’.
Holmes: Mike?
Ford: Merica!
Holmes: Will?
Ford: Sly dog.
Holmes: Carolyn?
Ford: Mm…I have such a conflicted opinion about Carolyn. Mama C.
Holmes: Cop out. Tyler?
Ford: Shoulda, coulda, woulda.
Holmes: Nina?
Ford: Deceived.
Holmes: Rodney?
Ford: Ride or die, but not really.
Holmes: Vince?
Ford: Chill out.
Holmes: Let’s finish with Sierra.
Ford: Flippers can win.

Re: Tyler...hmmmmm, sounds like he had opportunities that he didn't take and it ends up biting him! Too little too late! Coulda, woulda, shoulda...
Sierra... What to make of this? Does it underline that someone who flips wins, or is she still just underlining the point she was trying to make at TC? Will Sierra flip and land in the F3, or someone else?

I thought her interviews were some of the most coherent of anyone eliminated so far. You can really appreciate someone that is self aware, intelligent and able to express her thoughts so well. She said somewhere that Rodney was the most underestimated and I hope we get to see why she thought so because there's got to be more to him than just a Boston character.

I should be watched....closely.