LAST EDITED ON 03-20-07 AT 04:43 PM (EST)

>I don't think the winner
>will be obvious this season
>either.

Obvious isn't the word I should have used. If you rewatch a season of Survivor, you can tell the story the editors tried to show with the winner. It is so obvious a posteriori why certain scenes were shown, that a careful study of the editing on first watch could detect those "key scenes" and thus reveal the winner.

BJ and Tyler were so good in most of the season that it seemed the editors were trying to sell us Ray and Yolanda with their story of "climbing back from the back and beating the other teams one at a time". The hippies were the predictable winners but RaYo's story steered me away from them. The couple's story was only to make them appear as legitimate contenders.

Last season, Tyler and James were the strongest racers but had no story. The Beauty Queens had a good story developing (first female team to win) while Rob and Kim had somewhat of a growth during the season. Both stories confused me and led me away from the winner.

When I say that the winner hasn't been obvious, I'm saying that I haven't been able, through editing, to spot them. I only see the teams that should be there at the end.

I can understand why our contributors have disappeared if what was written here was nothing new compared to what everybody else could read in the spoiler you refered to. If we want to keep the relevance of the editing analysis, we have to push further. I don't know if I can do better than any casual viewer since I tend to outwit myself.

>I didn't hear her comment about
>not wanting to touch anyone's
>feet though, She said
>it in a TV commercial
>last week; I'm not sure
>she said it in the
>show.

Thanks, I thought I was going deaf.

>If they continue to spiral down
>then the cousins could be...no
>they couldn't! Bite your tongue!

I have some scary thoughts sometimes!

Interesting analysis Peetah. What we see at the Pit Stop is highly edited as witnessed by the clips at CBS.com that it is important to see what is shown.