LAST EDITED ON 11-01-01 AT 09:46 PM (EST)

Well, let's start with the basics, shall we?

My very first Survivor post on SurvivorSucks (the one that stuck me with the AyatollahKhomeini nickname) was about the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, which was the first version of Survivor played anywhere in the world. In the current versions of Expedition Robinson, each team votes to "trade" a player in the fifth episode (some of you may remember shakes borrowing this gimmick for BlowsVivor). The player becomes part of the new tribe.

I don't believe that there is any immunity that goes along with it, the way that shakes did it, but I could be wrong (do we have anyone here who can read enough Swedish to look this up on the Expedition Robinson Web site? Vamps?).

Since Castaway Productions is technically the producer of all the different versions of Survivor throughout the world, and since Charlie Parsons and Mark Burnett (two of the three owners) have always worked close together on the rules (but not too close, because Charlie is Richard to Mark's Rudy, ifyaknowwhutimean), my first guess is that it will be the same straight one-player swap.

Who gets swapped? For Boran, the choice is probably easy: either Mama Kim or Kelly. (NOTE: This could solve the "nickname problem" if Mama Kim is traded, because then "Little Bit" Kim would have to get her nickname.) But who goes from Samburu? If it's a young person, the OFA regains the advantage (assuming Mama Kim sides with the OFA). But if it's an old person, then Boran learns about all of Linz's votes AND about Silas's votes -- while the Sammies may learn nothing!