Episode 25.10

I still don't know if there really will be a Survivor 27 or 28 or not. They are casting for the season. They can't be casting for the 26^th season, that's already been filmed. Of course, just because they're casting doesn't mean that they are really doing it. Wherever they are going, I know that they will be using the same location twice. I hope that Jeff is back to host. He probably will be, but I don't know for sure. Rumors say that Jeff will be back to host. I wouldn't audition to be a contestant (yet) but if you are, I hope that you are a good contestant. Hopefully, they wouldn't use returning contestants yet again. That is getting kind of old and boring. Although, suggestions I have that I wish they would try: every contestant who was the last voted out in their season, or others who were medically evacuated that haven't gotten another chance. There are seven (eight?) others that could be good returning players for future seasons. I've already blogged about who else was medically evacuated and would be good returning players. I also hope that they would return, although some would be very unlikely to ever return. Also, did anyone know that Jonathan had acting jobs outside of Survivor? That's pretty cool. He's doing better than Jerri from Australia. To my knowledge, she has never had an acting job outside of Survivor. And that's if you consider a reality star an actual actor. In a way they are. All reality shows are just actors who are bad at improvisation unless the editing works well. Normally, editing gets rid of the boring parts. But it must be hard to put three days worth of material into an hour plus commercials without losing anything important to the viewers of the show. Also, here's a random fact about the international seasons I keep bringing up: so many of them have been filmed in the Philippines. Even the Philippine version has filmed a season here. Just thought that I'd let you know that since I keep bring up international seasons so much.

Also, to Lisa, I give you my best. I heard that you have West Nile Virus. I don't know if that's normally a fatal condition or not, but since you got it in America, you have a better chance of surviving then others would. Did you get it on the island? Why are you just now showing symptoms many months later? Have you had in longer than the internet says you have? I hope that you are better in time for the reunion show. To my knowledge, they've never had a contestant unable to attend one of those before. I'm not sure if any refused to attend. They get paid to do the reunion shows so even if they get glozed over during that hour; at least they get some money out of it as well as an appearance. I can think of only one person who has walked out during a reunion show, and I would have to if I were getting booed like they were. Of course, they had the decency to wait until the show went to commercial. That happened during the All-Stars reunion, in case you don't remember. If a contestant were ever unable to attend a reunion show, not only would they not get paid for the appearance, it would cause something to be lost. Hopefully, they wouldn't be someone at the final tribal council like a jury member, or worse: someone in the final two or three. There'd have to be a serious reason for them not to go such as problems in their personal life, sickness, or the rare case that they died before the reunion show could be filmed but after the rest of the season was filmed. What would be strange is if a contestant died while playing the game and they kept it going. There would definitely be something missing from the reunion show.

Hopefully, they would do a best of this person's time on the game montage or special full of never before seen footage. I'm still surprised that they haven't aired one of those for Jennifer Lyon. I'm guessing that they haven't yet because they would have no idea when a special like that would air, if anyone would be interested in it, or if footage of her that never aired that could point out more of contributions to that season would even still exist. Since she was on the majority tribe the whole time, it would be hard to say that she could have done much. But there's always a lot that goes on in each season that nobody knows about. Also, if I ever were a Survivor contestant, I'd probably only be doing it to advance my fame in the world. Hopefully I don't wind up like what's his name from Australia who wanted to be a script writer, but who I haven't heard of since that season. If you know who I'm talking about, please let me know. I hope that he has, actually, made his way in the screenwriting world. He could have and I have no idea that he has. But chances are that he could always return for a future season at least. Besides, some players fame after Survivor is completely a matter of luck. Who thought that someone from this show would go on to co-host The View? I don't watch the show that much. I've heard that the producers from Survivor have wanted her to do future seasons but never asked her because she would turn them down anyways. And I think that all of The View fans would notice this strange absence. I'm referring to Elizabeth, the fourth placing contestant in Australia. Her name might be spelled differently, I don't know. I liked her on that season, but I'm not so sure that I like her now. But I might be a fan of hers if she ever played Survivor again. I just hope that they find a good replacement while she's on leave, if she ever returns.

Does anyone know who might have disappeared when Survivor 26 was filmed? I know that anyone who was a former contestant and outside of the public eye during that time would probably be filming the season. Besides, I don't know if it really is an all stars or even partial all stars season. By the way, Entertainment Weekly knows that seasons are being filmed when regular correspondents to them disappear mysteriously. Where else would they be? I don't know if this is a blog for the recap episode full of previously unseen footage which I may or may not watch given the free time I have over break. This could be a blog for the next official new episode. I'm glad that they air recap specials over the Thanksgiving week. They used to air a brand new episode on Thanksgiving itself that people would find hard to watch because they are busy with typical family gatherings. I'm thankful that they've stopped doing that and realized how stupid it was. Did anyone even watch it? The poor fans had to choose between missing an important episode and information in the game or spending time with their family and one normally should. There was even a season that was still airing during late December, but that was due to delays in coverage of the season that would have aired normally were it not for 9/11. I'm still surprised that I saw and remember so much of that season. Hopefully nothing as bad as 9/11 ever happens again. I like to watch shows that aren't delayed because of serious and unexpected media events. Like when they interrupted an episode of CSI: Miami to tell us that Bin Laden had died. I wanted to watch the show, not coverage of this death. I didn't care that he was dead and I had to wait until the episode rebroadcast on Saturday. It was a pretty lame episode to. So I had to watch it a second time. Honestly, if I were there in Ford's Theatre on the day of the Lincoln assassination, I would have been annoyed that I wouldn't get to see the end of the play but I wouldn't care that the president was dead. Or at least I wouldn't care now because I knew that it was coming. They teach you that in history class. That's one of the many reasons that I don't want a president to be assassinated. There's been an attempt on every president's life since Nixon took office. Few of them were ever that serious. You used to be able to walk up to a president and kill them with a gun at point blank range. That happened three times! But we should all be glad that no attempt has worked since Kennedy was killed. I'd hate to see the nonstop coverage of a death of an incumbent president. Who knows how long the coverage of my favorite shows would be delayed. So, please don't kill the president. Besides, do people hate Obama that much? I hope that they don't. And really, if you want to kill Obama, keep in mind that you'd be making Joe Biden president. And as much as I like Joe, I really don't think that it would be a good idea, him being president.

And now here's something else that I wonder: how many of the Survivor contestants have travel nightmares? They must have problems getting from America to wherever to return here to go back to America to do the reunion show and whatever else they do. I don't know who pays for the flights and makes sure that everything runs smoothly. I don't know if any of the people who read this blog are into the show The Amazing Race, but that seems to be nothing but travel nightmares. Where would that show be without the problems to contestants constantly have travelling from one place to another? I think that's what causes the show to be so interesting, especially when the nightmare is a cliffhanger ending to be resolved in the next episode. We should be glad that no incredibly serious travel nightmares have happened on The Amazing Race. If there were a plane crash, for instance, that had contestants on it, they'd probably have to cancel the race, even if they aren't killed in the crash. Most plane crashes do lead to the death of everyone on the plane, but not all and not all the time. We should be glad that has never happened. Honestly, when you think about it, plane crashes are much rarer than the average person would probably think. I don't know what any official statistic is, but I've heard that some years has had no plane crashes at all and that it is much more likely you will die in a car crash than you will in a plane crash. In fact, you probably have a 100% chance that a car crash will be more deadly than a plane crash.

I'm still curious as to what twists the 26^th season will hold. Will it include twists from the Philippine version of Survivor? I'm surprised that this season hasn't used any twists from that series, but it was already different enough already. I hope that they use the cursed pearls next season. There are a lot of other twists that would be great that the other series has used. In case you didn't know, no foreign season of Survivor can air in America even if it is in English because of some sort of lawsuit in effect. Non-American television gets to view our seasons but we can't view theirs. I've read about some foreign seasons of Survivor and they have much different ways of doing the show than we do. Some people in America would think that they ruin our good format. Some would say that they improve on our format or do what we would never dare. You can read on wikipedia some of the different ways different countries have played the game. Team X and Jokers could be interesting twists in our game, but like I said, it is unlikely that we are that drastic with our twists. I don't fully understand what Team X is anyways. We have the basic format that people don't like to mess with. We should consider ourselves lucky that we ever got to try Redemption Island, seen in international seasons long before we tried it here. I still think it would be cool if there were elimination challenges not held at tribal council as a tiebreaker. It would seem unlikely that they do that, unless they brought back Redemption Island. You can go and find out more information about all the different twists the Philippine version of Survivor has done if you want to. From what I've read about their series, it is very different than ours. But enough of my ramblings.

Turns out that it wasn't a recap episode. It was a brand new episode. I recorded it and will now give you my thoughts on the episode. Sorry that this is late. I actually haven't posted the last episode yet anyways. But I will have by the time you'll be reading this. So I don't know why I'm saying this. Today is November 22, 2012 and the episode is about to be watched by me for the first time. Since advent will be starting soon, this blog will become different, I think. I will have to record the episode and watch it later. I hope that I don't miss anything important. There was one season where it was next to impossible to record the episode and I wasn't able to see it during that time. But I was able to see the bulk of what happened in the end. After the recap aired, the tribe went back to camp. Poor Artis was voted out of the game. Not much interesting happened there.

In the next segment of the show, Lisa and Abby were talking about what had happened. Lisa feels comfortable being used in the game. At the reward challenge, the challenge was to keep symbols picked up instead of down. The reward that they would get is a spa on a different island. Penner, Denise, Skupin, and Lisa were on yellow; Abby, Pete, Malcolm, and Carter were on the red team. Because people messed up the challenge, the red team won. As long as there were good match ups to show on television, that's good.

In the next segment of the show, the reward was given to the winning team. Carter, I don't know who you are or how you made it this far. I wish that you were given more airtime so that I knew who you were exactly. But there were some people who got far and I had no idea who they are. Abby talks to everyone about how great the reward was. She's really mean to the other contestants and probably doesn't even know it. Poor other contestants having to put up with Abby. And poor Abby not realizing how dumb she is sometimes. I still don't know what the three dumbest moves are this season, but she's probably the winner of something. She does have the idol. I don't even know if she'd be smart enough to play it. Besides, would she even know if she were on the block? They need to get rid of Jonathan, since he could actually win the game.

In the next segment, people were talking about the possible final four. Jonathan doesn't want to make a deal with Michael and Lisa. I don't know why he would do that since he would probably be on the chopping block. Michael, Lisa, Denise, and Malcolm made a final four deal. I wonder if I'm the only one who thinks that they film the dream team doing the challenges when they show the blurbs of the challenge to the viewers? That makes sense. At the immunity challenge, Pete, Abby, and Lisa were eliminated in the first round. The second round had them on a balance beam that they couldn't fall off of when they were doing the main part of the challenge. Carter, Denise, and Michael were the people who made it to the final round. I don't know who will win. But Carter was the person that ended up with immunity. Carter sure is lucky.

In the next segment, the politics at camp before the tribal council came up. Abby is the person that they want out and Pete is the person that they will probably have to get out. But Abby could always give her idol to someone if she felt that they were the more serious threat to be voted out. Pete wanted Malcolm out since Malcolm has an idol. It's possible that both idols could be played. Jonathan did think that nobody trusted him, but he trusted others. So I have no idea what will happen, except that my sister says I will love the tribal council. Why doesn't that have a twitter hashtag? It should. Maybe it will next season. I don't think that Malcolm will have to use his idol, but I hope that he does if he needs it. Since the jury part of the game had already started happening, the players would need to consider how it would affect their game. Abby likes a member of the jury, but we don't know if she can do that well in the game. Abby is sad based on the words said at tribal council. She isn't the first person who wasn't a native born American to play this game. She doesn't understand American culture. Poor Abby isn't doing that well. But I guess that she needed this to be told. Abby played the idol so it will probably be Pete who gets eliminated. If he didn't play the idol and got voted out, he would be stupid. But it was Pete that got voted out. Abby no longer has her idol.

What will happen next time? The game gets horrible and changes and Abby doesn't do that well. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.

Episode 25.9

As this season of Survivor continues to air, I still have a lot of questions in my mind completely unrelated to this season. Is Survivor Sucks a website forum for or against Survivor? Are the spoilers there accurate? How many Survivor contestants have real twitter accounts? Does anyone related to the show read this blog? Who will win the season? What contestants will return for the next season (provided it really is an all stars season of some sort)? Does more than one person read this blog? Why does the promo for each new episode always suck? If I had a podcast, would I be able to get as many people as another podcast that exists online (link in last post)? Do people read this blog because they watch Survivor or do they watch Survivor because they read this blog? But Survivor has had hundreds of players. Some of them might be reading this blog. Also, I'm still surprised that they aren't going back to Palau and filming two back to back season while the new tribes are lead by players of the tenth season who've never played a second time yet. There are sixteen available contestants that would be great (three have played the game again and one has died). But, if you read this blog, you already know what I have to say about that season. Also, what would be strange in my mind is if there was a Survivor season without a Survivor first. That, in and of itself, would be a first. Can you imagine people talking about the first Survivor without a first? Sorry if this sounds confusing. Also, why have fake immunity idols never been a part of the game since Survivor: Gabon? You'd think that players would be interested in deceiving other players with fake idols. I guess that's a thing of the past or nobody has thought of doing it again. And another thing: In regards to Redemption Island, why was it never an island? It was used twice and neither season had it as an island. It was a good idea, but because they didn't know how to do it right, it disappeared, never to be seen again. If it does get seen again, I hope that just the viewers and not the players get to see what happens. Also, Exile Island was retired after Coach in Survivor: Tocantins made it a good thing instead of a bad thing, but the island was already flawed to begin with. You shouldn't be allowed to send the same player in back to back episodes. Also, if they ever do Redemption Island again, then they shouldn't use the hidden immunity idol that season. But I did like the seasons were the hidden immunity idol was only available to those who went to Exile Island. Something else I was wondering: why haven't I ever met a Survivor contestant? There are so many of them. I should have met one by now. I guess that none live in my area and since I can't go to places where they might live, I'm pretty much stuck with never meeting one. I could always go to a reunion show if I suddenly found myself with a surplus of free time. Or I could go on the show myself. I already know the nonexistent rule that I would probably test to see if my theory is true. That theory, which I've mentioned before, is that if there's no rule against it, than the contestants can do whatever they want. If it is reasonable, then the theory is true. If it is highly unreasonable, than it might not be. I wouldn't want to be the first contestant expelled from the game. Honestly, that's a first that I hope never happens. That would mess up a lot. Would they even get prize money? Would they be banned from the reunion show and every future season? Also, if they do a Celebrity Survivor, than who would qualify as a celebrity? There have been so many playing for themselves whom I've never known of outside Survivor. And since celebrity editions of reality shows require the players to play for a charity instead of themselves, how would they even convince anyone that they should play that way? I wouldn't want to play for a charity if I were a celebrity on Survivor. If I were a celebrity outside Survivor and were playing for some charity, than I'd probably make it a good one like the It Happened to Alexa fund, which I actually did play for in a dream of mine.

Also, does anyone who read this blog watch The Jeff Probst Show? For some odd reason that Jeff Probst isn't associated with Survivor in any way, shape, or form. I wish that they would do interviews with contestants that were voted out like they used to do on The Early Show. But at least Jeff is still hosting Survivor. I'd fear for the future of this show if they had to have a different host. Another thing I should add to my blog are the three stupidest moves, players, decisions, etc from this season. I think that I will in the last blog post of mine this season. I will do that when the finale airs. I don't know who will win. I could do a guess as to who I want to win and another as to who will actually win, but I don't think that I will. I could, but I won't. If you are ever interested in my crazy Survivor obsession, don't be afraid to post here and ask me about it. By the way, don't waste your time with the Survivor Sucks forum. It's a pointless waste of time. Also, if you are a former Survivor contestant and your real self is on twitter, send @IamAdamDecker a tweet sometime. I will try to find more of you to follow. And thank your Russell Swan for replying to my tweet. Should I tell you about this blog? I hope that you like what I've said here if you do read it. Also, when it comes time for Advent and Lent, my blog will become very strange. Hopefully, it will still exist. I know that I'll have to start recording shows and watching them later while I normally blog about the episode when it first airs. Of course, I publish the post later and that gets into some of the problems. The post will be written a long time before it gets published to the corresponding episode. Also, regarding Jeff's rant: taxes are the reason that many contestants blow their winning immediately. Otherwise, so many of the people could wind up not reporting it on their income tax reports and thus go into jail. But to my knowledge, that has only happened once with one person. And that person won. I also find it humorous that Jeff Kent's rant talked about Obama, who was president at the time, but was not yet reelected until the footage aired. That will show rich people whose boss. I can't think of someone who has started rich and actually won the game. Those people are normally assholes like Russell Hantz. And if he's reading this, take note: there's a reason I'm not following him on twitter. My prediction for the season: Should win: Denise, Will win: Michael.

Here's another thought: could the host of Survivor want to leave? I heard rumors that he wanted to stop hosting since the moment his contract was first up for renewal. If you following the contracting news, you might realize that lately they only seem to get him for two seasons at a time and never any more. If the next season is an all star season, then it could be the last with the regular host we love as a way to send him off. If they do have to get a new host, I have no idea who they would choose. Would it be a former contestant? Would it be a famous person who is a big fan of Survivor? Will it be someone completely new in the industry like Jeff Probst was when he was hired to do that first season? Mark Burnett has said that he chose Jeff for the job because he was the most eager of all the applicants. Mark also said that if he didn't hire Jeff, he would have gone with the person who ended up hosting The Amazing Race. I hope that if seasons 27 and 28 find a new host, that he or she is good at the job. They'd be stuck with the person for at least two seasons so hopefully they pick a good one, if they need a replacement. Most fans say that if Jeff Probst were to leave, that they would stop watching. Jeff could host both his talk show and Survivor, considering that Survivor would probably be filmed as his talk show is on summer break. I don't want to spread untrue rumors that Jeff is leaving the hosting duties, but I don't know for sure. Also, is anyone annoyed that most reality show hosts are guys? Can't women be hosts as well? Who would a replacement host be? Would they be associated with CBS or some other successful venue outside Survivor? Would it Colby Donaldson or Jenna from Amazon? I know that an actress from The Big Bang Theory is a fan of the show. Would they be able to get her to host? Besides, would she be able to star on two shows at once? (The actress I'm referring to plays Amy.) I guess if Survivor 26 is the last time Jeff hosts the show, we will find out then. I just hope that his talk show is a good alternate career to this, if he stops hosting Survivor. I've heard that bad hosts have ruined international Survivor seasons. But I don't know for sure if they did. Also, to my knowledge, Jeff is not going to stop hosting Survivor. I don't want any of you confused. It's merely a possibility, like anything is. Poor Jeff is a busy man. After filming for this season wrapped, he had to do the One World Reunion show only to fly back here to do the 26^th season. I don't know when he had time to do a pilot for a talk show, much less the show itself. I've even heard that he keeps regular contact with his wife and filming while filming Survivor seasons which could suggest constant flying back and forth all the time. I'll never know how he goes to New York for some of the Survivor reunion shows. In case you didn't know, some but not all of the reunion shows are filmed at the Ed Sullivan theatre. How that works with filming the Late Show at the same time is beyond my understanding. Normally the Late Show would be on break, I'm guessing. There are probably people who work on setting on the theatre for the reunion show one day and the Late Show the next. I'd love to hear some of their stories. But enough of my ramblings.

In the recap, they pointed out how Lisa had screwed up recently by making the big move that she did. When they came back from tribal council, Jonathan learned that he was the one who screwed up the vote. A tie wouldn't have helped anything, but since he voted for Abby, he may have messed things up. He also wondered who on the tribe was playing what game. Poor Lisa wanted to be known for more than just a teen star, and people that just recognize her for that would find it hard to live the game. My mother thinks that her confessional is interesting and mature. The reward challenge was with muddy people getting balls in baskets. They have definitely done this type of challenge before. The winner gets to be ambassadors to a nearby area to help them with supplies. Abby is given an ill luck of the draw and can't be in the challenge. She should at least be able to vote for a team to win so she can win with her pick of team. My sister wishes that she could win this challenge and thinks that Lisa will be voted out this episode. The red team of I forgot who are doing better in the challenge. Poor Artis isn't getting much attention this season, so he's either not important yet or he'll be more important later. I have no idea who will get voted out. The red team will probably win unless the yellow team gets a big comeback. They don't. Malcolm, Penner, Denise, and Carter were the red team and won.

In the next segment of the show, the native village in the Philippians was were the reward challenge went to. Jonathan had trouble explaining his name to the kids. He goes by Penner, but that's not his first name. I would be confused too. When I was young I didn't know why my cousins referred to my aunt as mom and my mom as aunt. The politics of the game even continued on the challenge. That's a bummer for those in the game, if you ask me. Back at the camp, different politics played out. Abby may be the most naive person who has played the game, or at least the most naïve who made it this far. I still don't know why Lisa said that she was playing both tribes at the tribal council. Lisa is too sweet to play the game. (Remember Zane?) I don't think that sweet players last that long. Matt in Redemption Island would have done better if he wasn't so darn sweet.

In the next segment of the show, the tribes met for an immunity challenge, which makes me believe that there's no gap when the reward ended to when this challenge began. The challenge looks impossible to the average eye. That's probably why it is an immunity challenge. I hope that Michael wins. He does. That makes me feel good since he is still a favorite of mine to win. It's also good since he's a veteran player and they are still the targets in the game. So it might be Jonathan who gets voted out. Off topic: am I the only annoyed by all the Christmas commercials? Maybe I should post an official list on either this blog or my TV blog. I saw 27 before Halloween!

In the next segment of the show, the politics at camp played out once again. Denise wants to get rid of Tandang members so Jonathan might have a chance of not getting voted out. Jonathan is still remembered as a good villain by me at least. That's probably what he's doing right now. I'm glad that Michael won individual immunity since he never had that chance in Australia. I have no idea what will happen, but I'm guessing that Lisa could be the one voted out since she's been given so much airtime in this episode. I notice that there still isn't a tribal council hashtag. Did I use it for nothing? I have the feeling that Lisa is digging her own grave at the tribal council. One shouldn't reveal that they are playing both sides. And nobody pronounces mature right anymore. The t shouldn't be so emphasized in the word. That bugs the hell out of me. If you know me outside this blog, please pronounce the word right! Michael says that he's more a fan of the game then he is a player. But I still don't know who is getting voted out as the editing is very vague. I don't know if an idol will be played, but if it is, I hope that it isn't a waste. Lisa talks too much. She will be her own downfall in the game if there is one. So far, the only known votes are for Penner and Artis. No idols are played, so hopefully none will be wasted. The person voted out was Artis. The poor guy. I don't understand why they got rid of him instead of Penner. The poor guy didn't get much if any airtime in the game. Poor guy got voted out. What happened to getting out Jonathan? That doesn't make much sense, but I like that he is still in the game. The final vote was five to four.

I don't know why my family is complaining about Abby so much. Just because I don't like her doesn't mean she's deserves so much ill will. I still don't know why Artis got voted out. Michael voted for him and Lisa voted for Penner. That's important to know, I think. Why would Michael vote against Tandang? Does he support the unspoken rule that returning players should stick together? That would explain why he didn't vote for Jonathan. Not sure what will happen in the next episode. Good news for Abby and Malcolm: neither played their idols and neither needed them. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.

Episode 25.8

Survivor: Philippians has become quite an interesting season thus far. I have never seen a season quite like it before. The three tribe twist, the dissolve of the tribe that kept losing, the returning players, the contestant who technically quit, but was sort of medically evacuated, and everything I've already mentioned thus far. This season is so strange. It just might be the strangest season yet. But, I tend to think that with every season in the game. What I guess I'm saying is that there is never a dull moment for fans of Survivor. If you don't watch this show, you are missing out on a great experience. If you do watch this show, you are doing a good thing. The show keeps getting better and is more interesting with each new season. I for one can't wait to see what the next season might hold in its future. It's rumored to be an all-star season of some sort. I hope that it is good, although they really have returning players too much. Are they running out of new contestants? I've seen promos for casting for future seasons. I don't know when they'll be filmed since Jeff Probst has a talk show. But since they are looking for new players, I guess that means that there will be a season 27 and 28. They will probably be filmed at the same location with different contestants with a month break between the filming dates like every season has been done since Tocantins was on the air. If they go to Samoa again, they have officially run out of locations. I don't know what good locations would be for future seasons and I don't know how Jeff Probst does Survivor, a talk show, and marriage with a blended family all at once. All that, and he's supposedly a pastor too. I would love to hear a sermon by him, if that's true. Chances are that a lot of his Survivor experiences could be turned into Christian messages. But even if he really is a pastor, I don't know if he's still with a church and preaching sermons on Sundays or not. I have heard that he married two former Survivor contestants. But like I've said before, a lot of my information comes from wikipedia so I don't know if it true or something that anyone just made up for no good reason. Also, if they want to reuse a location for a future season, go to Palau. That is quite possibly the best location they have ever done in seasons past. If I weren't so busy, I'd be a contestant. But I don't think that I ever will be. I'd probably quit on the first day. Also, I forgot to mention that I still hope that Michael does better this season. I'm glad that he made it to the merge. He would have gotten far in Australia if he weren't medically evacuated. He could have even won the game. But I'm glad that he's back this time and glad that he made it to the merge this time. Although, his tribe never went to tribal council this season until the last episode. He never had a vote against him the first time he played the game. I don't know if he'll be this lucky this time. Sorry in advance if there is any misinformation in any and all of my blog posts. Also, am I the only person who wonders what would happen if there's a tie at the final tribal council? I know that they would probably have something planned out so that the fans know during the reunion show even if there is a tie. I figure that they could always compete again on future seasons and whoever makes in farther would be the winner of the old season if there was a tie. It's possible that we will never know. If the tied players do have to compete on a future season, than it would be nice if they chose their own tribe instead of having to draw and be in an already divided tribe. Come to think of it, I don't think that the contestants have chosen their own tribe since Survivor: Gabon. But it's not a twist they do that often and normally one tribe is always weaker when they do that. Also, here's a Survivor fun fact. Contestants constantly talk about going home when they get voted out. But none of the contestants are send back to their home until after the filming has wrapped for the season. You could be the first person voted out, and not go home until the 39 days of filming are over. They've barely talked about this on the show, but normally those voted out before the jury are put on some sort of cruise in the area and of course, those voted out when the jury is started to form are put in a special place and not supposed to see what happens in the actual game except for what goes on at tribal council. But a lot of what happens in Survivor is not known. I mean, they film three days worth of game and edit it into one hour plus commercials. That's why every episode comes with the disclaimer that portions of the program not affecting the outcome have been edited. A lot of what is missing is probably so boring that no one would care about it. All I know is that in three days, the most interesting part of the show is what gets into the final cut. Also, there are at least three twitter accounts all claiming to be the official account of CBS. So I'd be wary if I were you of which account is right. Also, does anyone know how the editing in the show works? Are there test screenings of episodes like there are in regular TV shows? I'd love to be invited to a test showing of an episode, but I'd probably have to live in LA. Besides, with all the crazy fans of the show that are out there, it must be tough keeping the events secret from the general public. Also, to anyone who reads this blog who lives in Indiana, are you disappointed that Rupert Boneham wasn't elected governor? I would be, but I don't think that politics and reality stars should mix. I mean, who wants that kind of stupidity associated with reality stars? But enough of my ramblings.

Today is November 7, 2012. After the recap, Jonathan talked about being betrayed. He wants to know why everyone was out to get him as he doesn't have any friends. (Also, rumored location of Survivor 27 and 28 is the Solomon Islands.) People were wondering what the shifting alliances of the newly merged tribe is.

In the next segment of the show, Lisa was talking about her plans for the future of the tribe and what her plans are to win. And finally, the #rewardchallenge hashtag is created. I'll never be able to use it. Just like I'll never be able to use the #immunitychallenge hashtag either. The yellow and blue teams are randomly divided members of the existing tribe and are going for an interesting reward. Most people want to take the returning players out of the game. The challenge is constantly very close. It is hard to tell who might win. Although it will probably be the yellow team. I am right. The yellow team won the reward. I wonder if I should take bets as to who might win each challenge. Will Denise win the game? She is the ultimate underdog, and I feel that if she would be a good winner if she did win. But it could be unlikely. You never know.

In the next segment of the show, Artis is complaining that he didn't win the challenge, but he's glad that he's still in the game for the million. The politics with the losers at camp starts to see what the voting out order might be. At the reward challenge, different politics were playing out. Jonathan figured that he won't win the game. Ultimately, nothing really happened in this segment.

In the next segment, the tribe was back together after the reward. Lisa is planning something evil. She reveals the secret of Malcolm's hidden immunity idol. Considering how she's been on the CBS talk show The Talk, she might be a bigger part of the game than we viewers might think. But The Talk has guests from other CBS shows almost exclusively. That's the one thing I don't like about The Talk. The challenge could go anyone's way right now. The final three of the challenge is three guys with Jonathan being one of them. Pete might be doing the best. Jonathan is bummed out that he has yet to win an immunity challenge until the season. In his previous two seasons, he had never one. Although in Micronesia, he never even made it to the merge part of the game. With Jonathan immune, anything could happen next. I just realized that only half of this show has aired and yet the immunity challenge has happened. So a lot must happen in the next part or my clock is wrong.

In the next segment, Jonathan is thrilled that he finally won immunity, but now the tribe has to vote for someone else instead. Will it be Michael? Lisa keeps telling people that Matsing's immunity idol is still in play. So maybe Malcolm will be the one voted out. Meanwhile, talk was happening about voting out Jeff. Also, it is rumored that Malcolm is a returning player in the next season. I've heard who the rumored winner next season is and hope that it isn't true. I'm not going to talk about it here. We have no idea who is going to be voted out. I hope that they take a commercial break before the tribal. It could be a long and game changer. Pete might also be the person voted out. I have no idea what's going to happen. Nobody is safe. I have no idea what will happen. Carter mentioned that Jeff might be the one going home. At the tribal council, the tribe started to unravel. This is really great television. If you have never seen Survivor, but still read this blog, I suggest that you start. Although, I don't know why anyone would read this blog if they didn't watch this show. Malcolm revealed that he had the idol and Abby stupidly revealed hers as well. She doesn't understand the concept of sarcasm, but then again, neither do I. This is the strangest tribal council in recent memory. It doesn't match the tribal council were Erik got voted out in Micronesia. Meanwhile, it came down to the vote. This is still a legendary tribal council. No idol was played. Jeff got voted out. There were five votes for him, four votes for Pete, and one vote for Abby. Something strange really happened.

In the preview for the next episode, Lisa and Jonathan form an alliance. Are there any? Oh well. Also, Jeff's last words were a rant about how people the prize money is taxed and that's he's rich enough not to care about it because he's a big baseball MVP. Also, if you want me to create a political blog, let me now. The guy had no idea that Obama would get reelected, but of course he did. Once you go black, you don't go back. There has also never been a wartime president in history who ran for reelection and lost. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.

Quick Link

Hello everyone. This is not a real update, but instead a link to a Survivor podcast that you might be interested in. http://survivorpodcast.blogspot.com/2012/02/survivor-one-world-podcast-episode-2.html#!/2012/02/survivor-one-world-podcast-episode-2.html My sister's blog is also in this link. I thought that I'd share this with you just so you would know what may or may not have gotten me into this blog.

Episode 25.7

If anyone has commented on this blog and I haven't replied to it, then I'm sorry. I don't know how to access comments after the blog post is updated. Also, if you are a former Survivor contestant and you are on twitter, please let me know if our account is real. I also wouldn't mind following you on twitter if you worked for the show in some way shape or form. That way, I know who you are. I might be interested in you are not even know it. I am following these accounts on twitter: Russell Swan, Jessica "Sugar" Kiper, and other Survivor contestants that I can't remember. I'd post the links here, but I think that you have to find them for yourself. And like I said before, I'm not sure if these accounts are real or not. You know I'm following you. Don't be afraid to send me a tweet sometime. Also, if I ever became a contestant, I would probably be a superfan. Those people can be dumb players in the game and I haven't watch the first season, but I might do better in the game than people who haven't seen the game much. Of the other four stereotypical Survivor contestants (and yes, Nicole, I know you are reading this and this is your idea and not mine) I know I wouldn't be the person who is there for the money, I don't like being called by my last name, I wouldn't use looks to get ahead (although stranger things have happened), and I definitely wouldn't be the strong man who thinks that I can win every challenge to when the game. Find my sister's blog and you can ask her what I'm talking about. Or go to www.youtube.com and hope that you can find the video that she may or may not have posted. Boy, this post is ridiculous. But, it comes with the territory. I always do strange pre Survivor ramblings before I get to the actually point and events of the episode. But, if you are still reading this, than at least I know that I haven't wasted my time completely. Also, be sure to find my other blog on this website which I have mentioned before. If I had the link to it, then I would post it here. But I'm sure that a google search can help you find my other ramblings. There may be many comments there already that I have no idea exist. So I'm sorry that I haven't replied to them. Also, I should update more of my TV blog as a lot has happened in the television world outside the Survivor world that I have no idea about. Also, if you are wasting too much time on the internet reading this blog, you might want to see a doctor. You could suffer from internet addiction, a wonderfully awesome, but very serious problem. Or, you may just like blogs. I think that I have a writing addiction. Otherwise, I never would have started this blog. I just hope that you are reading this right now. I might be writing this for no good reason and I may never actually publish this. I hope that I did, but I don't know. Also, in case you are wondering, Adam Decker, why are you so neurotic? Well, that's the kind of person that I am. I am very asocial and would never be like this outside of the internet. If you know me in real life, you already know enough about me. Also, I have yet to get an email from google telling me that someone has replied to this blog or not. I have no idea who in their right mind would do that, but it doesn't matter. Also, I remember that I'm following Eliza from Survivor: Vanuatu and Fans Versus Favorites on twitter. I don't know if that is really her or not either. I hope that it is. I really do. But in case you are wondering how big a Survivor nerd I am, consider this: when I find an old episode on VHS, I watch it in its entirety, even though I know everything that is going to happen in it. So I hope that you get that same thrill out of my blog as you do when you watch an old episode from an old season. I am the kind of person that should have a podcast, whatever that is. But there are a lot of TV shows that I'm nerdy about. That's why I'm on www.fanfiction.net. In fact, that is probably how you found this blog. If it was, then self promotion works! If it wasn't, than whatever I did still works. Maybe you've found a lot of my posts at www.tvseriesfinale.com and that is how you know who I am. Or, maybe you like blogs and thought mine was entertaining. It doesn't matter. All that matters is that you've found the right Adam Decker. There are a lot of Adam Deckers in this world. I am merely one of many. Also, if someone can explain why Katie was the one voted off in the last episode, I would like to know. Something was clearly lost in editing. Also, I honestly don't know much about her in terms of the game. There are many forums that I'm a part of and maybe that's how you know me. Hopefully, you don't know me as a banned member of a forum. Also, in terms of forums, is Survivor Sucks a good forum for Survivor fans or a horrible one? I've never really understood the point of that forum. I've never been there either. I would recommend avoiding it anyways as it is only know for promoting spoilers that may or may not be true. I do not like spoilers and am not going to look for any. If you know any, DO NOT post them here or I will not like it. I also don't think that any other fans of Survivor would like to know who gets voted out in this episode before the person leaves the game. Spoilers are the reason that I wasn't too excited about Heroes Versus Villains. I already knew who the final three would be and the spoilers turned out to be accurate. So I wouldn't look for something stupid like that. I don't want to know what will happen before it happens. But I guess that is probably because I went places I shouldn't have gone and did things that I shouldn't have done. The spoilers may also have been because of Russell Hantz, resident asshole of the Survivor universe. I can't believe that he thinks he's the best player or that any other person thinks that he's good. But, if you see a season with accurate spoilers and he's in it, I hate to tell you, but he made it very far. Besides, he can probably afford the five million dollar penalty that people are charged with if they reveal spoilers. Although, it could have easily been someone else who worked on both seasons that never signed a contract. Anyone could have been the source of thos rumors and Russell has denied that he was the one responsible. That's why I would never blog about a season I was in until after it aired. If you know me outside of the game, I can't tell you what will happen. Besides, you are only charged the money if they find out that you were the one who really did it and you signed a contract telling people that you wouldn't. Besides, spoilers could easily be fake. Remember how Boston Rob was voted out before the merge in Survivor: Redemption Island? (He wasn't)

Man that rambling was way too long. It really was. I should get to the point. There are many Survivor communities out there for everyone who is a super nerd. And there are many people who would have read books that were written by the former contestant. I should read Michael Skupin's fireproof book. I really should. I have seen a movie called fireproof, but it has nothing to do with that book. There is also a book based off of the movie fireproof that has nothing to do with the book Michael wrote. So it is really confusing, if you ask me. I am also tired of all these veterans returning to the game of Survivor. Have they run out of ideas for good seasons? Maybe they have or will have when they do a Celebrity Survivor. That's when they've jumped the shark. I'd hate to think of who would even pass for a celebrity who would want to compete for a charity and not themselves. Besides, when an international version of Survivor does celebrity seasons, they normally have a lot of contestants who quit the game very early into it. So I don't think that it would be a good idea. I really don't. Does Survivor need more contestants who are (in)famous for quitting the game? I hate it every time a contestant quits, even though I don't know why they really do it. I should note that most of the random information in these blogs come from www.wikipedia.org and thus may not be accurate. Have you seen the wikipedia page on wikipedia? They could not have painted themselves in a better light and that page is locked from the average change that most people would make. So don't blame me for any inaccuracies in this blog post, or any blog post for that matter. I'm just telling you to be wary of spoilers. You'll never find them here. Unless, of course, I'm on the show and become an idiot. Besides, I'm dumb enough already. I'd probably be an immediate outcast like Zane. Also, I'm surprised that misrepresentation of contestants has never been a controversy caused by Survivor. It very easily could be. But most people don't know everything that happens on the island. Based on questions asked during reunion shows, Jeff Probst himself doesn't know what happened sometimes. I, for one, am very interested in who will win the game. But I have no idea, as I'm not into spoilers in the blog. If you, the reader, know any and post any in this blog, you are the problem and not me. Besides, I have yet to get an email saying that someone has commented on this blog. I just hope that someone is reading this. And if you found this blog through my www.fanfiction.net account, I hope you like what I've said. But I've already mentioned that once in this post alone. Sorry for repeating myself. I do that a lot. Also, if you like saying that anyone can make wikipedia wrong, consider this: can't anyone make it right as well? I take sole responsibility for any misinformation contained in these blogs. I don't even know where some of this information comes from. Besides, if CBS or anyone else starts sending me angry tweets or angry posts in this blog, then I know that I said something stupid and I will probably stop writing this or any other blog. In regards to the whole controversies caused by Survivor, I once heard of an international season that was either cancelled or unaired for some reason. I know that the rules of The Amazing Race say that the contestants earn the winnings they get whether the season ends up airing or not. I don't know if something like that would ever happen on the American Survivor. If they did cancel a season, there would have to be a very serious reason like a contestant dying. I hope that never happens and whoever was in that season may never be allowed to talk about it. I'd imagine that they'd film a replacement season, but if we'd ever see these contestants again would be unknown by the general public. It would be the biggest controversy in Survivor history, if it ever happens. We'll never know. Besides, they'd have to offer the remaining players something if the season never aired but was filmed entirely. But, I should stop rambling now and get to the point of this blog post. What happens in this next episode?

Sorry in advance that this isn't the typical blog post. I couldn't write this while the episode was airing. At the tribal council, RC and Jonathan had the same number of votes, or Jonathan had one more. Jonathan is probably feeling better that he hadn't played his idol at the last tribal council because he could have been going home today if he had. I don't know what a revote would have done and who would have gone home if that had happened. I forget who on Tandang had the immunity idol. I hope that it wasn't RC. I don't know exactly what the rules are regarding idols are. From what I understand in past seasons, if the player has the idol at tribal council, doesn't play it, and gets voted out, than the idol is not replaced. If the idol is left at camp and not brought to tribal council, it is found by producers, hid again, and reused in the game. I don't know if an idol by a person voted out can be given to a player at tribal council or not. If it is, it is normally before the vote so the new player can use it. But I know that in Survivor: China, when James got voted out with both immunity idols, he took them with him after the vote and they did not reenter the game. Also, if an idol is used properly at a tribal council, it may or may not enter the game, depending on what the producers do. I do not think that they will replace Jonathan's idol since there are still two in the game. I wish that I knew who has the idol from the old Tandang tribe. If it was RC, than only one idol remains in the game. If it wasn't, than there are two. The merge came at a strange point since there has never been a merge at eleven players before. The jury started with this episode. I don't know if they are doing a final three or final two. They typically do final threes in seasons they've made lately and the last season not to have one was Tocantins. So there will either be a final three and jury of eight or a final two and jury of nine. Now there are Survivor firsts that have happened this season that I can't believe I haven't noticed yet. Matsing is the first tribe to lose every challenge it was in. Denise is the first contestant in a season to attend every tribal council in a single season. Even in Survivor: Palau, there were two tribal councils that Stephenie wasn't at. Also, this is the first time that a tribe has avoided tribal council before a merge in Survivor history. The only two seasons before where one tribe won every immunity challenge had a twist that brought them to council and had them vote out a member of their tribe at least once. Those two seasons were Palau and Fiji. The only other important part of this episode is the merge. I don't know why they never told us the name of the new tribe. Do they even have a name? If they do, they have yet to inform the viewers what that name is. That's an important detail that I think that they left out. I don't know if Jonathan will last much longer in the game. He probably doesn't have that many friends left, if he has any at all. Also, it is interesting that the contestants think that the Matsing immunity idol is no longer in play. Well, Lisa and the two Matsing members both know that it is. But some contestants think that it isn't in the game. But, to be far, some people thought that Colton's idol last season might still be in play after he left. So we have no idea what will happen with the idol from that tribe. I for one am sad that RC is gone. I don't know why it seems that women are always the ones getting voted out. But I guess that I didn't really know who she was or that she did much in the game. It's a shame that whatever she did was edited out. But I'm looking forward to the next episode. The promo for the episode made it seem that Jonathan would be fighting for his life in the game. It could have easily been him voted out this episode. Hopefully, the next blog post will be normal. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.