LAST EDITED ON 01-25-13 AT 11:13 AM (EST)

Some interesting articles per EW:

Malcolm was asked to do Survivor: Carmoan 3 minutes after his snuff.
Andrea: She is most skeptical and weary of the other younger ladies on her tribe, namely Brenda and Corrine.
Brandon: He still sounds like a whack job, but is declaring that the was responsible for his own torch snuff last time, and that he handed Sophie the million. Says that he will be cut throat this time, blah, blah, blah...
Cockroach: His self-deprecation goes on and on...he brings nothing to the table, but is thinking Corrine may be the one to align with. Is happy that Dawn and Brandon will be there.

Tidbits from Jiffy.
1. 10 new Fans tribe = GOTA
2. The returners = BIKAL

Gota tribe has a Miss Missouri: Hope Driskill, a female race car driver: Julia Landauer, and a former United States Marine Corps Sgt.: Shamar Thomas, who gained a measure of Internet fame after a video posted of him berating New York City police officers for excessive force during an Occupy Wall Street demonstration.

3. Probst notes that the weather is indeed difficult again
4. There are evacuation(S this season
5. Things happen out of the norm and that he constantly goes back between camps...
6. There is some early on ROMANCE, which blows Probst's mind...

So, my speculation here...if the romance is early on, is it between members of the same tribe? Most likely on the fans side? Will Malcolm snuggle up with someone on the Bikal tribe? Brenda? Anyone have any ideas?

Next there is an article with Jiffy defending the returner choices...

I loved this first line written by Dalton Ross: When I first perused the names of the 10 returning players coming back to play in Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites, I was struck by one thing: How bad so many of them were.

Ha!

Then...the new hook appears to be seeing what happens when you throw together a bunch of misfits better known for their foibles than their conquests. There is more of Keystone Cops element at play. It could be just as entertaining, but it is a different form of entertainment.

Geez, I sure hope Jiffy is not going to force this Season down our throats as he did most of these returners...