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Rate Opinion: 'Survivor: Samoa': That hubris, it'll getcha

Original at From Inside the Box external link    Fri, Nov 6    4 related articles

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By Andrea Reiher The new tribe is called Aiga, which means "extended family" in Samoan. That's cool. Galu's hubris does not take long to show, as Erik goes on a rant about how Foa Foa has nothing and Galu has everything and he has the Hidden Immunity Idol and my god, do I hope he goes home without playing the Idol. H...

Rate Opinion: 'Survivor: Samoa': That hubris, it'll getcha

Original at It Happened Last Night external link    Wed, Nov 4    4 related articles

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By Andrea Reiher The new tribe is called Aiga, which means "extended family" in Samoan. That's cool. Galu's hubris does not take long to show, as Erik goes on a rant about how Foa Foa has nothing and Galu has everything and he has the Hidden Immunity Idol and my god, do I hope he goes home without playing the Idol. H...

Rate Review: Survivor Samoa - Houdini Magic

Original at TV Squad external link    Thu, Oct 29

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By Jackie Schnoop S19E07) Even though we're down a Russell this week on Survivor, I'll continue to refer to the remaining Russell as "Evil Russell." It just somehow fits even without a confusion of Russells. However, there is just one Shambo. Although she's a good worker in camp and works hard on the challenge...

October of 2009

 

Rate Survivor: Samoa – Episode 19-5 Review

Original at Inside Pulse TV external link    Sat, Oct 17

By Luke Swinney So as the biggest shocker of the night, Foa Foa lost the immunity challenge as well as the reward. Back to tribal council they go. Ashley seems to be the obvious choice, but after Shambo shared the immunity idol clues with the entire Foa Foa tribe and Liz started to suspect that Russell had the i...

Rate Opinion: Survivor: Samoa — Flying Chickens & Hidden Idols

Original at realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com external link    Fri, Oct 9

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By Ryan Haidet While the rest of the tribe was away and working, Erik was on a crazy hunt to find the hidden Immunity Idol.  During his excited hunt, he found the wrapped hidden Immunity Idol in a tree nearby. After finding the prize, Erik went off in secret and hid it behind a rock. Probst Finally Shows Up

Rate Opinion: 'Survivor': Sayonara Yasmin

Original at It Happened Last Night external link    Wed, Oct 7

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By Andrea Reiher Everything is great at Galu... except for Yasmin. Apparently she's a lazy do-nothing who expects others to provide for her. If Galu finally loses immunity, it's definitely going to be between Shambo and Yasmin. In Immunity Idol news, while some tribe members are gone at the Reward Challenge, E...

September of 2009

 

Rate Survivor: Samoa – Episode 19-2 Review

Original at Inside Pulse TV external link    Sat, Sep 26

By Luke Swinney There were 19 castaways left on Survivor right? Well from Thursday’s episode, who could tell? I certainly only saw one contestant and his name is Russell H. And I’m sick of him! But I’ve gotta admit, man he’s good. I hate him. I despise him. But he’s a great character and so far a great player. [...]

Rate Survivor: Samoa – Episode 19-1 Review

Original at Inside Pulse TV external link    Mon, Sep 21

By Luke Swinney Thirty-Nine Days. Twenty People. One Survivor. The nineteenth season of Survivor began on Thursday, shot in beautiful Samoa. Marooning twenty castaways in two very distinct tribes (Foa Foa wearing yellow and Galu wearing purple), Survivor kicked off it’s new season with each tribes imme...

Rate Opinion: Trust in Reality TV: A Four-Letter Word? – A Cultural Learnings Reality Roundup

Original at memles (WordPress) external link    Sat, Sep 19

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By Myles Trust is perhaps the central tenet of reality television. This is, of course, what keeps us watching reality television: even in all the chaos, there is some trustworthy element of the familiar that keeps us coming back for more, albeit it unique ways for every show.

Rate Opinion: Survivor: Samoa — Marisa Moves On

Original at realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com external link    Sat, Sep 19

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By Ryan Haidet For other great Survivor: Samoa news, please feel free to check out SirLinksALot: Survivor Samoa. Discuss on our reality TV message boards. Survivor: Samoa — Evil EmergesSurvivor Micronesia Winner Is Parvati ShallowSurvivor Cook Islands Results – Cao Boi & Cristina Voted...

Rate Survivor: Samoa – Episode 19-1 Review

Original at Inside Pulse TV external link    Fri, Sep 18

By Billy Debney Time for the first Immunity challenge!! Jeff right off the bat asks Russell S of Galu how everyone is doing around camp. He is very positive about the whole thing. Everyone pulling their weight, things going great! But Ben of Foa Foa is quick to say that he thinks that saying is from a book calle...

Rate Opinion: Tonight on the Tube: Bones, The Office, Community & Fringe

Original at TVaholic.com external link    Wed, Sep 16

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By Jason the TVaholic Premiering Next Thursday: ABC has FlashForward and Grey’s Anatomy and CBS has CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Mentalist. Scheduled to be on TV Talk with Shaun OMac today at about 4:00 p.m. PT. The show starts at 3:00 p.m. PT and runs two hours. You can listen live or find it at iTunes later on.

Year 2009

 

Rate Opinion: "Survivor" meets History Channel in retracing expedition

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Wed, May 27

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History Channel's "Expedition Africa" is "Survivor" without the reward challenges or "the tribe has spoken" evictions. But there's plenty of interpersonal drama in this lightly narrated docu-series about four explorers retracing the paths of ... TV Review: 'Expedition Africa' HitFix

Rate Opinion: Survivor: Tocantins — Joe Blindsided By His Own Injury

Original at Reality TV Magazine external link    Fri, Apr 10

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By Ryan Haidet The Fake Idol For other great Survivor: Tocantins news, please feel free to check out SirLinksALot: Survivor Tocantins. Discuss on our reality TV message boards. You can also read more about each of this season’s contestants by checking out our Survivor bios page.

Rate Opinion: Reality Dish Exclusive Interview: Spencer Duhm of Survivor: Tocantins

Original at Reality Dish external link    Wed, Mar 18

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By Josh Clinton Being a fan of Survivor what was your favorite past season? Why? How does it feel to be the youngest Survivor? Was it a factor at all? With watching Survivor in the past, did the experience you had with Survivor live up to what you thought it would be?

Rate Opinion: Survivor Tocantins Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This S18E03 (CBS)

Original at range (WordPress) external link    Sun, Mar 1    8 related articles

By range Survivor China S15E14-15Survivor Micronesia S16E14-15Survivor Gabon S17E12Survivor Gabon S17E13-14Survivor Tocantins S18E01Survivor Tocantins S018E02 Posted in entertainment Tagged: cbs, entertainment, reality tv, recap, review, survivor, Survivor Tocantins, tv Erin d...

Rate Survivor: Tocantins - "The Poison Apple Needs to Go" Review

Original at IGN TV external link    Fri, Feb 20

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First of all, I've got to wonder where the normal "second challenge" went this week, as most Survivor episodes have one event for reward, and one for immunity. Maybe this is an early-game kind of move, but it did feel a bit sparse in that sense, ... Ousted ‘Survivor’ never saw it coming MSNBC

Rate Opinion: Q&A with Survivor castoff Carolina Eastwood

Original at Dose.ca external link    Thu, Feb 19

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Reality TV Magazine Q&A with Survivor castoff Carolina Eastwood Ousted ‘Survivor’ never saw it coming MSNBC Survivor: Tocantins - "The Poison Apple Needs to Go" Review IGN Exclusive: Candace Smith dishes about her time on 'Survivor' Reality TV World

Rate Opinion: Survivor: Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start (season premiere)

Original at TV Squad external link    Thu, Feb 12

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By Jackie Schnoop S18E01) Yep, we're into the 18th season of Survivor. Why, it seems like it was only yesterday that Richard Hatch was wandering about Borneo naked. Now, don't get me wrong -- I'm a big fan of the show. But what can they show us that's new and fresh after so many seasons, so many strategies? You see,...

Rate TV Review: One of the Best Reality Shows Returns With ‘Survivor ...

Original at HollywoodChicago.com external link    Thu, Feb 12

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CHICAGO – The 18th installment of the show that really started it all with reality television, “Survivor,” debuts Thursday, February 12th, 2009 with the promise of another season of backstabbing, infighting, and immunity challenges. ...

Rate Opinion: A survivor behind the scenes

Original at News & Observer external link    Wed, Feb 11

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Another detail that is already public is the list of 16 contestants, which this year includes one from the Triangle. Sydney Wheeler, a 24-year-old model from Raleigh, is a member of the Jalapao "Survivor" tribe. "She's very much a Raleigh gal, ...

Rate Opinion: Survivor Exit Interview: Winner Bob Crowley

Original at Fancast external link    Mon, Dec 15

Tom Rose Fancast.com Last night on Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden the million dollar prize was awarded to Bob Crowley, the grandfatherly science teacher from Portland, Maine who managed to beat back the popularity of Sugar and the below-the-radar... Tom Rose Fancast.com Last night on S...

Rate Opinion: Survivor Exit Interview: Crystal Cox Is Still Watching Kenny's Back

Original at Fancast external link    Fri, Dec 12

Tom Rose Fancast.com Last time on Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden a false immunity idol started a chain of events that lead to the real Idol having a crucial impact on the way the Final 5 would be sorted... Tom Rose Fancast.com Last time on Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden a false immunity id...

Rate Opinion: Survivor: Bob Does Not Teach Art

Original at TVgasm external link    Mon, Dec 8

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By Schoon

Rate Opinion: Monroe Price: Sarah Palin: the All-in-One Reality TV Show

Original at Huffington Post external link    Sun, Dec 7

By Monroe Price Laura Grindstaff, for example, a professor at the University of California, hit a kind of proverbial Palin nail on the head when she spoke about how these shows seek out a center of American life, and engage in what she called the "production of ordinariness" through reality television.

Rate Opinion: Survivor Exit Interview: Randy Bailey On False Idols and Fake Sugar

Original at Fancast external link    Mon, Nov 24

By Tom Rose Fancast.com Last time on Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden one of the most unusual Tribal Councils ever was conducted when Bob gave Randy the false Idol he had crafted from beads, resin and string - and... By Tom Rose Fancast.com Last time on Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden one of...

Rate Opinion: Survivor: Sugar is Sweet

Original at TVgasm external link    Sun, Nov 23

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By Schoon Okay, so Sugar might be sort of awesome.... Okay, so Sugar might be sort of awesome. We are back to Nobag (and no, I will not be making any jokes involving the lack of a scrotum this season) (well, besides that one) on night twenty-seven. Randy, Corinne and Bob are predictably freaking out. Corinne k...

Rate Opinion: Survivor: Nothing Tastes Better Than Five Hundred Dollars (Episode 1710)

Original at The Recapist external link    Fri, Nov 21

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By Ran Cansley Before we get to all that, though, let's recap the past few tribal councils, when Kenny and Crystal systematically wiped out Ace, Marcus, and Charlie, setting a precedent for getting former Kota members out on their keesters. And remember that both Bob and Sugar have Hidden Immunity Idol...

Rate Opinion: Survivor: Swimfan'd!

Original at TVgasm external link    Wed, Nov 19

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By Schoon

Rate Opinion: Survivor: The Brains Behind Everything (Episode 1709)

Original at The Recapist external link    Fri, Nov 14

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By Ran Cansley Eliza to Jason: "That's not the Idol! That's a STICK!" Bob makes an awesome Faux Immunity Necklace using resin and little beads he found from somewhere. I'd totally believe it's the real deal. Good job, Bob! The tribe comes up with its new name: Nobag.

Rate Opinion: Marcus voted out, says "even my penis was surprised to see itself on TV"

Original at reality blurred external link    Fri, Nov 7

By Andy Dehnart We got cut off due to time, so I didn't get to ask him about hurling an immunity idol into the ocean, which he followed by saying, "These people are so stupid. I got 10 people to throw an immunity idol into the ocean." That happened at the feast after Charlie and Kenny spotted a clue to an immunity i...

Rate Opinion: Survivor: People Quitting and Getting Hit In The Face

Original at TVgasm external link    Mon, Oct 20

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By Schoon This week, on Survivor: GC continues to find new and interesting ways to quit. That's tough to do, you know.... This week, on Survivor: GC continues to find new and interesting ways to quit. That's tough to do, you know. After the Jacquie booting, Ace tells us that he thinks he's "high and dry". Has ev...

Rate Opinion: Survivor: Gabon Exit Interview: Danny "GC" Brown

Original at Fancast external link    Fri, Oct 17

By Tom Rose Fancast.com Last night on Survivor Gabon: Earth's Last Eden Fang tribe member Danny "GC" Brown was the fifth person to be voted out of the game. But unlike most contestants who miss the chance at bagging the... By Tom Rose Fancast.com Last night on Survivor Gabon: Earth's Last Eden Fan...

Rate Opinion: Survivor: This Camp Is Cursed (Episode 1705)

Original at The Recapist external link    Fri, Oct 17

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By Ran Cansley Previously on Survivor: Kota rules! Fang drools! Oh, and according to Jeff Probst, Fang "voted as if they had a death wish" by eliminating a strong player instead of a weaker one. Maybe. But they also broke up a potential ex-Kota alliance of Ace, Sugar and Jacquie, so it's not necessarily a bo...

Rate Review - “Survivor: Gabon” Season 17, Episode 5 - TV Jab

Original at Survivor external link    Fri, Oct 17    2 related articles

By cwalton by Dena Schaffer Now, I normally discuss challenges, camp drama and exile island news before I dive into each night’s tribal council outcome, but this week I can’t resist jumping ahead to the good part. Tonight, Fang has once again proven their record of idiocracy. [...]

Rate Opinion: Survivor: It Was Like Christmas Morning (Episode 1704)

Original at The Recapist external link    Fri, Oct 10

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By Ran Cansley Speaking of Sugar…as the only person not chosen at all by a tribe, she's headed to Exile Island, where she'll remain until after the next Tribal Council, when she'll join the tribe that loses a member, evening the tribes up at seven apiece. Since she's already got the Hidden Immunity Idol, s...

Rate Opinion: “Survivor: Gabon” Season 17, Episode 2 - TV Jab

Original at Survivor external link    Thu, Oct 2    2 related articles

By cwalton Review - “Survivor: Gabon” Season 17, Episode 2 - TV Jab by Dena Schaffer Ah, now this is what I call good reality television. Tonight’s Survivor definitely changed the game up a bit. Fang, a team which previously bit it hard, is now finally going into the challenges with both arms swinging. In...

Rate Opinion: Survivor: She is Obviously Post-Op!

Original at TV Squad external link    Thu, Oct 2

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By Jackie Schnoop What is it with this season's castaways on Survivor adding in an extra "r" whenever they feel like it? Last week it was Michelle saying "frickle" instead of "fickle." Maybe it's some new fad or tied in with the internet folks who put an apostrophe whenever they end a word with an "s." So, we have...

Rate Opinion: Survivor Gabon S17E01 (CBS)

Original at range (WordPress) external link    Sun, Sep 28

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Rate Opinion: Survivor Gabon: Were Back (to Africa)

Original at Cheese Says external link    Thu, Sep 25

By The Cheese As close as it was, the result remains the same.  Fang loses and is put even further into the hole.  Kota as strong and getting stronger with fishing gear.  Kota sends Dan to Exile Island.  I hope they make the clues for the hidden immunity idol more challenging.

Rate Opinion: Michelle Chase: "I kind of want to be seen as a mousy, skinny girl who isn't very strong"

Original at reality blurred external link    Thu, Sep 25

By Andy Dehnart She lives in Los Angeles, and was recruited while working out on the Santa Monica stairs. Michelle watched season one, and "bits and pieces of other seasons," but said she'd only do Survivor or female Contender because she's an mixed martial arts boxer, and is considering going professio...

Rate Opinion: Cristina Coria — Her Life Since Survivor

Original at Reality TV Magazine external link    Fri, Aug 8

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By Ryan Haidet You got to compete with one of Survivor’s most popular players, Ozzy Lusth. What is your take on Ozzy? For more Reality TV news visit Sir Links A Lot: Reality Television. Also, come join us on the new Reality TV Magazine message boards and talk about your favorite show!

Year 2007

 

Rate Opinion: “Survivor China” goes to the home of Zen and Kung Fu

Original at theworsthorse (WordPress) external link    Thu, Nov 29

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By theworsthorse Contestant Peih-Gee won the challenge and got to bring two others, choosing quiet, near non-entity Erik, and the mulleted and sweet lunchlady Denise, who just so happens to be a black-belt-to-be. See our report on Survivor China’s premiere here.) Tonight on Survivor the players had a “re...

Rate Opinion: The Take on TV - Week of 5/20/07

Original at edandtony.com external link    Wed, May 23

By Eddie Desperate Housewives: 05/20 - Still not sure how I am feeling about this show, but loved Susan’s little surprise wedding!  Sweet.  I thought it was cool to work in Marcia Cross’ pregnancy until we found out that she was faking it!!!!! OMG!  Danielle is preggers allegedly with Austin’s chi...

Rate TV Review: Survivor 14: Fiji - Episode 7

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Apr 1

By Jackie Twelve are left. Who will be voted out tonight?The show opened on Day 17 at the Ravu camp as Tribe Testosterone awaited the arrival of Lisi from Exile Island. Alex and Edgardo think she'll be loyal to them and all are worried about her state of mind because she seemed ready to quit went sent away....

Rate TV Review: Survivor 14: Fiji - Episode 6

Original at Blogcritics external link    Fri, Mar 23

By Jackie There were finally some changes this week. I'm talking about the show itself, not the fact that it aired on Wednesday. Next week it will return to its regular Thursday night 8 PM ET/PT in most viewing areas.Thirteen are left. Who will be voted out tonight?The show opened with flies bugging the R...

Rate TV Review: Survivor 14 - Fiji, Episode 5

Original at Blogcritics external link    Fri, Mar 9

By Jackie Always so close, then the win slips away. I'm so ready for the merge or something to change this season.Having the one tribe at such a disadvantage makes them spiral downward more each episode. Of course, it works to put the fan base solidly in the camp of the wretched, but we can only sit and watc...

Rate TV Review: Survivor 14: Fiji - Episode 4

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sat, Mar 3

By Jackie Is Ravu going to ever win anything? Ever?Sixteen are left. Who will be voted out tonight?After the inevitable recap, the show opened with Ravu returning from the last Tribal Council after voting out Sylvia. James/Boston/Rocky was being a drama queen about it all (especially in light of wh...

Year 2006

 

Rate TV Review: Survivor 13: Cook Islands - Season Premiere

Original at Blogcritics external link    Thu, Sep 14

By Jackie Okay, this looks like a good cast! I don't care how they're split up. It's great to see real diversity on the show!Tonight's show began a bit differently as the tribes were already separated by ethnicity/race ... whatever. They had two minutes to gather supplies -- from bananas to firewood to tw...

Rate TV Review: Survivor: Panama - Exile Island - Season Finale

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, May 15

By Jackie Well, last night was the big night, the season finale. As I thought, the commercials deliberately misled viewers into thinking that Cirie would win the fire-making tiebreaker challenge against Danielle. As an observer of the show and its promos since its inception, I know the editors ten...

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