LAST EDITED ON 03-07-10 AT 08:29 PM (EST)

Week 5 ~ “Knights of the Round Table”

Week 4 has proved to separate the men from the boys! It was a BIG week in the Pool and I’m sorry to say we have had our first drownings – two of them. First, there is Corvis, a no show in the Pool this week. Sorry Sugar – hope you are okay! Second, there is Travelor, who had the misfortune of picking the talker and bootee, Cirie. Thanks for swimming in the Office Pool this season. Now is a good time to pay our friend Tribephyl a visit in the Loser aka Justice Lodge.

Vince … if you don’t go HERE soon and pick up your goods from last season, I am going to have to personally drag you outta the pool and spank you! On another note, sorry for forgettin’ to post your score from last week. You got 24 points for your pick of Tyson. I have caught you up this week, Sugar.

On another note, Miss Flowerpower has gone from low man with 1 point last week to high man with 180 pts. this week! Bobbing like a cork she is! Just goes to show you that you can bounce back up the Leaderboard just as quickly as you sink down it! Also, a hearty congratulations to this week’s Leader Kircon, who like FloPo, picked Tom. And Tom not only found the Hidden Immunity Idol, but he played it as well.

Other outstanding swimmers in the Pool this week include: Georgianna, Mjewel, Vince3, Haunted One and pepperz – all but MJewel picked Silent Survivors who had no confessionals. Each was rewarded dearly for their pick with 50 points!

This year, we are making it simple in the Pool. The way to earn points is by: Picking Order – (first pick gets the same number of points as there are players in the game and last pick gets only one point); Correctly guessing the number of confessionals your survivor has during the episode OR Correctly guessing that your Survivor will have NO Confessionals; and if Your Survivor has the Title Quote. Other than that, each week there will be several other point-earning BONUS opportunities, so pay attention!

The Week's POINTS:

+10X the number of Confessionals for Hit-the-Nail-on-the-Head Bonus:
pepperz, Georgianna, Vince3, Haunted One ~ 50 points each for NO CONFESSIONALS for Danielle, Courtney and Sandra
agman ~ 40 points for Amanda
MJewel ~ 30 points for Coach
Travelor ~ 20 points for Cirie

Bonus Points:
+70 Your Survivor uses the Hidden Immunity Idol: Tom
+50 Your Survivor finds the Hidden Immunity Idol: Tom
+35 Your Survivor says the name of the episode: Tom
+35 Your Survivor has the first confessional in the Episode: Coach
-25 Your Survivor has the last confessional before Tribal Council: J.T.

Confessional Counts: I count each time the survivor is shown in a confessional. If a survivor is in a confessional and is talking and the camera goes back and forth showing others and then back to the original survivor talking, I will count that survivor in confessional multiple times.

NO Confessionals: James, Rupert, Parvati, Sandra, Jerri, Danielle, Courtney, RussHell*
1 Confessional: Candice
2 Confessionals: Rob, Cirie, Tyson
3 Confessionals: Coach
4 Confessionals: J.T., Amanda
5 Confessionals: Tom

* If you had picked one of these Survivors and said “No” confessionals, you would have been rewarded with 50 points!!!

Rank	Player	Weekly Score	Overall Score	Survivor you may not pick this week
1	Kircon	179	309	Tom
2	Flowerpower	180	257	Tom
3	Georjanna	71	193	Danielle
4	southpaw	16	169	Colby
5	Wallflower	22	158	RussHell
6	pepperz	63	149	Danielle
7	taffnic	19	144	Colby
8	Ohmyheck	53	130	Coach
9	CTgirl	-14	120	J.T.
10	MJewel	77	95	Coach
11	Tribephyl	9	89	Candice
12	agman	43	87	Amanda
13	suzzee	8	82	Parvati
14	Kermit the Vixen	4	82	Amanda
15	vennui	15	61	Rob
16	Haunted One	57	102	Sandra
17	Vince3	64	88	Courtney
18	5cats	23	54	RussHell
19	Max Headroom	20	56	Candice
20	Addie Racer	6	53	Sandra
21	dreamerbeliever	-15	43	J.T.
22	Survivor Maniac	9	40	Parvati
23	Molaholic	17	22	Rob
24	Corvis	36	50	No Pick
25	Travelor	25	76	Cirie

The Week's BONUS Points:
+70 Your Survivor uses a Hidden Immunity Idol
+50 Your Survivor finds a Hidden Immunity Idol
+50 Pick-an-Oscar-Winner Bonus*
+35 Your Survivor is shown working at camp
-25 Your Survivor is shown laying down at camp

*Pick-an-Oscar-Winner BONUS

You may pick one and only one. Put the name of one person or film from the list below in your entry post this week. If your pick wins an Oscar tonight than you win 50 Bonus Points! Each name below can only be picked once and you must post your entry BEFORE 8:30 pm EST on Sunday, March 7!

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Renner
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe, Meryl Streep
Best Supporting Actor: Matt Damon, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Plummer, Stanley Tucci, Christoph Waltz
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vera Farmiga, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Anna Kendrick, Mo’Nique
Best Picture: “Avatar,” “The Blind Side,” “District 9”, “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Prescious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” “A Serious Man,” “Up,” “Up in the Air.”

The Official Survivors who can be picked:

Now remember, get your entries in now. Any survivor may be picked twice this week. Put your survivor's name in the Subject Line with a “1” or “2” behind it. Never pick the same survivor two weeks in a row! If your survivor is voted out or otherwise leaves the game, YOU will be eliminated.

ALL PICKS MUST BE MADE BY 7 PM EST ON THE DAY THE SHOW AIRS. This game is still open to any new players who want to play. Just make a pick in the Pool!

Good luck all!