I will be putting the contestant information in a bit later but obviously feel free to put your "thoughts" in your own posts. It always amazes me how quickly the season ends before a new one begins and upon seeing the date, I realized how far behind I was.

Just when you think Survivor does not have any more tricks up its sleeve, it somehow manages to tweak their format to elicit continued interest.

Most of you know more information than I do however the premise is now one beach, two tribes, gender split. Rest assured, this premeditated environment is clearly designed to make sure these separate tribes do interact, form cross alliances which naturally will result in drama, betrayal and other intriguing outcomes.

I think this dynamic should be quite revealing as to who the main characters of this season will be along with early signs of long term players as opposed to our short term players.

Consider this as a pre merger merger and how we see interesting edits of players leading up to the merger and how the merger evolves them or has them fade away.

Men and women just can’t stay away from each other. Survivor is making it even easier by creating this environment for them to co-mingle. Imagine how Survivor Amazon would have played out early on if the tribes were on the same beach. Would the progression of the show and the characters have remained the same? Think about what happened when they finally did merge? I think this should be a very interesting season for those who thrive on editing.