Oh man... Survivor: Fiji, WOW! 2 tribes, one lives in luxury while the other lives with next to nothing. 2 hidden immunity idols on an even more unpleasant Exile Island and 19 castaways! February on Survivor!
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Ozzy won the car... hereby continuing the car curse! 13 seasons and the winner of the car has never won the game.
Oh man... Survivor: Fiji, WOW! 2 tribes, one lives in luxury while the other lives with next to nothing. 2 hidden immunity idols on an even more unpleasant Exile Island and 19 castaways! February on Survivor!
Oh man... Survivor: Fiji, WOW! 2 tribes, one lives in luxury while the other lives with next to nothing. 2 hidden immunity idols on an even more unpleasant Exile Island and 19 castaways! February on Survivor!
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Congrats Yul. We had one family member rooting for him. Absolutely no one was rooting for "Beckers".....ugh. Each time she answered a question from a jury member, it was a snoozefest. So boring! Adam - you had that right buddy......lol. And Becky just came off as so selfish to me, not even remotely a team player at times. I know, this is an individual game so my observation makes no sense but each time she gave an answer, it was to explain her actions - which were really NO actions! The fire making scene - hilarious. Yes the jury reactions - priceless.
My boy did not win though. There was hollering and screaming from our house, let me tell you. I felt like Vader in SW - Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!! Seriously. My husband said - get a grip Mary! he he I then muttered, well at least Tom won......which of course confused everyone at my house. You have to be inside my head to understand where I'm coming from sometimes.....lol
But Ozzy won the car. So congrats for that Ozzy.
Truthfully - I am surprised. Ozzy did play an excellent game and did n not resort to politics along the way. Yul played a good game too but he can never give a simple answer. He has to ponder it. Loved Candice's "yes or no" question.
Okay, what happened to Nate? I was hoping Jeff would explain.
Poor Billy, just when you thought they'd not mention his declaration of love for Candice, Jeff up and mentions it. Too funny.
Finally, Ozzy's physical appearance was a surprise too! Suddenly he didn't quite look one with nature. More like one with a couch and remote......but hey, maybe they're all entitled to pig out for weeks or even months!
Great Survivor finish. I am disappointed today but Yul deserves it too. At least I never despised him.
Imagine if Becky had won? Yikes! I absolutely loved it, that she didn't receive one vote. Very, very fitting.
Oops, one final comment. So 3 members at the end was really 2. So much for a new idea......lol.
Mary
My boy did not win though. There was hollering and screaming from our house, let me tell you. I felt like Vader in SW - Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!! Seriously. My husband said - get a grip Mary! he he I then muttered, well at least Tom won......which of course confused everyone at my house. You have to be inside my head to understand where I'm coming from sometimes.....lol
But Ozzy won the car. So congrats for that Ozzy.
Truthfully - I am surprised. Ozzy did play an excellent game and did n not resort to politics along the way. Yul played a good game too but he can never give a simple answer. He has to ponder it. Loved Candice's "yes or no" question.
Okay, what happened to Nate? I was hoping Jeff would explain.
Poor Billy, just when you thought they'd not mention his declaration of love for Candice, Jeff up and mentions it. Too funny.
Finally, Ozzy's physical appearance was a surprise too! Suddenly he didn't quite look one with nature. More like one with a couch and remote......but hey, maybe they're all entitled to pig out for weeks or even months!
Great Survivor finish. I am disappointed today but Yul deserves it too. At least I never despised him.
Imagine if Becky had won? Yikes! I absolutely loved it, that she didn't receive one vote. Very, very fitting.
Oops, one final comment. So 3 members at the end was really 2. So much for a new idea......lol.
Mary
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I was pulling for Ozzy, but Yul deserved it too. That was cool.
It looks like Survivor may finally Jump the Shark with its next season. I mean come on... Luxury vs squalor, "diversity", snake-filled exile island... Too many gimmicks.
It looks like Survivor may finally Jump the Shark with its next season. I mean come on... Luxury vs squalor, "diversity", snake-filled exile island... Too many gimmicks.
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TV Guide Survivor Finale Commentary:
http://community.tvguide.com/forum.jspa ... =700007958
Survivor: Cook Islands
by Rhoda Charles
December 17, 2006: The Aitu Four
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was a season that certainly had it’s ups and downs, but if Survivor:Cook Islands were a movie, it would be up for an Oscar.
Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration, I present the best of Cook Island.
The Best Challenges:
Sure, we had a few recycled challenges but someone on that staff got a shot of creativity that brought us some truly innovative, interesting and challenging competitions.
These last two immunity challenges had me literally on the edge of my seat. Squarely in Aitu’s corner, it was near torture seeing Adam as a real threat to an all-Aitu final four.
Ozzy’s come-from-behind win in the spiderweb/puzzle challenge was reality television at its best. It wasn’t even his physical prowess that amazed me the most this time, because I didn’t even know he had a brain until he wowed me with it by solving that compass-rose puzzle.
Then there was the final immunity challenge. I loved that vanishing platform. How nice of Burnett to even the playing field by tailoring the platform to everyone’s foot. Did you notice Becky’s coat-tail dreams drift away when Yul fell into the water? And good for Sundra giving Ozzy a real run for his money. It was at that point that I really wanted her to make final 3 but that dream went up in flames – oh, no it didn’t! More on that later.
The Best Final Four:
The truth be told, I was still holding a little bit of a grudge against Ozzy for his engineering Billy’s ouster way back when. I finally forgave Ozzy when he pushed the idea of a forced tie between Sundra and Becky. That was a very classy and strategic move that took the onus off of him to choose a finalist while making the women duel it out for their place in the finals.
The Best Tribal Counsels:
I didn’t think any tribal counsel could be funnier than Billy’s infamous love connection one but the tears, the snorts and the belly laughs that erupted from me at the hour mark of Sundra and Becky’s fire-making challenge will not soon be forgotten. Jeff should have booted both women out of the competition when Sundra ran out of matches. I can understand the flint being a little challenging but if, after 39 days, you can’t start a fire with a match then you don’t deserve to win the million dollars.
The Best Use of the Hidden Immunity Idol and Exile Island Twists:
All season I wanted to see that idol come into play. Though he didn’t save himself from eviction with it, Yul polled a Romber (Rob and Amber to the uninitiated) by using the idol to his advantage in an unexpected way and changing up the whole game. And the Auit Four using Exile Island as a weapon was fantastic. Sorry Candice.
There were a lot of other little things that went into making this such a great season: A diverse cast, an innovative crew but most of all Burnett’s willingness to switch things up. Having a final three was almost like having Ross Perot in the election. Becky could have split the vote but in the end she didn’t matter. Hell, most of the jury didn’t realize she was a contender choosing instead to question only Yul and Ozzy. Becky didn’t even get one vote!
Little Things:
• “The fire you brought to the game…” It can’t just be me who thought Parvati was coming on to Ozzy as she cast her final vote.
• Why was Nate on crutches at the final Tribal Counsel?
• Even at the reunion, Rebecca still has nothing to say.
• The eye rolling from Adam, Candice and Parvati – so not called for.
• Poor Becky. She thought she played a social game, yet from what we could see she only spoke to Yul.
• Why did Adam feel the need to diss Sundra? “You’re also boring,” he claimed, but she wasn’t even in the finals!
• Jonathon’s rights, there is no villain in Monopoly.
• Sekou’s Survivor song – way to keep yourself relevant in the game, man.
• So Model Boxing is a real profession? Seriously, I think the Aitu Four should get their own show.
Cook Islands, in my mind at least, will go down in history as one of the best Survivor’s ever. It started with a gimmick and ended with a hero. I could try to sum this season up in a word that begins with a Y and ends with an L but I can’t give all the credit to Yul, though he did say it best. “The strongest teams are those that have a diversity of perspective.” The same can be said of Survivor.
http://community.tvguide.com/forum.jspa ... =700007958
Survivor: Cook Islands
by Rhoda Charles
December 17, 2006: The Aitu Four
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was a season that certainly had it’s ups and downs, but if Survivor:Cook Islands were a movie, it would be up for an Oscar.
Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration, I present the best of Cook Island.
The Best Challenges:
Sure, we had a few recycled challenges but someone on that staff got a shot of creativity that brought us some truly innovative, interesting and challenging competitions.
These last two immunity challenges had me literally on the edge of my seat. Squarely in Aitu’s corner, it was near torture seeing Adam as a real threat to an all-Aitu final four.
Ozzy’s come-from-behind win in the spiderweb/puzzle challenge was reality television at its best. It wasn’t even his physical prowess that amazed me the most this time, because I didn’t even know he had a brain until he wowed me with it by solving that compass-rose puzzle.
Then there was the final immunity challenge. I loved that vanishing platform. How nice of Burnett to even the playing field by tailoring the platform to everyone’s foot. Did you notice Becky’s coat-tail dreams drift away when Yul fell into the water? And good for Sundra giving Ozzy a real run for his money. It was at that point that I really wanted her to make final 3 but that dream went up in flames – oh, no it didn’t! More on that later.
The Best Final Four:
The truth be told, I was still holding a little bit of a grudge against Ozzy for his engineering Billy’s ouster way back when. I finally forgave Ozzy when he pushed the idea of a forced tie between Sundra and Becky. That was a very classy and strategic move that took the onus off of him to choose a finalist while making the women duel it out for their place in the finals.
The Best Tribal Counsels:
I didn’t think any tribal counsel could be funnier than Billy’s infamous love connection one but the tears, the snorts and the belly laughs that erupted from me at the hour mark of Sundra and Becky’s fire-making challenge will not soon be forgotten. Jeff should have booted both women out of the competition when Sundra ran out of matches. I can understand the flint being a little challenging but if, after 39 days, you can’t start a fire with a match then you don’t deserve to win the million dollars.
The Best Use of the Hidden Immunity Idol and Exile Island Twists:
All season I wanted to see that idol come into play. Though he didn’t save himself from eviction with it, Yul polled a Romber (Rob and Amber to the uninitiated) by using the idol to his advantage in an unexpected way and changing up the whole game. And the Auit Four using Exile Island as a weapon was fantastic. Sorry Candice.
There were a lot of other little things that went into making this such a great season: A diverse cast, an innovative crew but most of all Burnett’s willingness to switch things up. Having a final three was almost like having Ross Perot in the election. Becky could have split the vote but in the end she didn’t matter. Hell, most of the jury didn’t realize she was a contender choosing instead to question only Yul and Ozzy. Becky didn’t even get one vote!
Little Things:
• “The fire you brought to the game…” It can’t just be me who thought Parvati was coming on to Ozzy as she cast her final vote.
• Why was Nate on crutches at the final Tribal Counsel?
• Even at the reunion, Rebecca still has nothing to say.
• The eye rolling from Adam, Candice and Parvati – so not called for.
• Poor Becky. She thought she played a social game, yet from what we could see she only spoke to Yul.
• Why did Adam feel the need to diss Sundra? “You’re also boring,” he claimed, but she wasn’t even in the finals!
• Jonathon’s rights, there is no villain in Monopoly.
• Sekou’s Survivor song – way to keep yourself relevant in the game, man.
• So Model Boxing is a real profession? Seriously, I think the Aitu Four should get their own show.
Cook Islands, in my mind at least, will go down in history as one of the best Survivor’s ever. It started with a gimmick and ended with a hero. I could try to sum this season up in a word that begins with a Y and ends with an L but I can’t give all the credit to Yul, though he did say it best. “The strongest teams are those that have a diversity of perspective.” The same can be said of Survivor.
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I thought Yul had made a major error when he offered Becky the idol. I didn't think much of that move at all. While he was babbling on about loyalty, he was being disloyal. I give Becky a lot of credit for not accepting it. The fire starting was a total joke and just displayed how little those two knew about surviving.
LOL, "there's no villain in Monopoly!!!" hilarious
The Aitu Four were amazing!!! I still like Ozzy the best but Yul would have been my next pick. Just hate to see an attorney who has money win that much money.
Does anyone think Parvati looks like Annette Benning??
LOL, "there's no villain in Monopoly!!!" hilarious
The Aitu Four were amazing!!! I still like Ozzy the best but Yul would have been my next pick. Just hate to see an attorney who has money win that much money.
Does anyone think Parvati looks like Annette Benning??
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gtalum - LOL!!! I was waiting for a Parvati comment from you!
Karan - I'll have to give her another look. I had forgotten what Johnathan's voice sounded like so last night, I kept thinking about how much he sounds like Alan Alda! I agree with you there about the money, I think Ozzy could have put it to much better use.
I've yet to watch the Today Show segment this morning. I've read on other boards that Ozzy won $100,000 so that's nice.
I'll just always wish Ozzy has won this Survivor season. Sigh.....
Mary
Karan - I'll have to give her another look. I had forgotten what Johnathan's voice sounded like so last night, I kept thinking about how much he sounds like Alan Alda! I agree with you there about the money, I think Ozzy could have put it to much better use.
I've yet to watch the Today Show segment this morning. I've read on other boards that Ozzy won $100,000 so that's nice.
I'll just always wish Ozzy has won this Survivor season. Sigh.....
Mary
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I'm so glad Yul won, but I was really bummed for poor Ozzy. I wish they had done the "America's Favorite" vote this time; Ozzy deserves a million alot more than that gasbag Rupert did. But I loved the way that the Aitu 4 stayed tight all the way through and that they are still friends now. (Sundra's red carpet interview -- now available on the CBS website -- last night reflected how close they still are). And I attribute that largely to Yul, who I believe is one of the most effective leaders I've ever seen, both on and off Survivor.
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Bobbie Lee wrote:Once again, I missed something.
When did Ozzy win a car???
At the end of the reunion show. Did JP make a mistake or was it really a 2008 model?!
My CBS station went out during the last 20 minutes or so. It got really fuzzy during the last hour and a half and then went out completely. Of course, today it's fine.
The ratings: Well they are down bigtime(like we didn't know that already). Only about 16 million watched last night, that's still a lot, and was still enough to win for the night, but it's way down from previous season finales.
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I'm very happy for Yul winning the game. He did play the very best game this season. But Ozzy did deserve a runner-up prize, and a new car isn't exactly a bad consolation. My mom felt bad for Becky not receiving a vote; I didn't really. While I didn't particularly dislike her like I did people like Candice or Jonathan, I couldn't really like her either. She was just sorta blah. Same with Sundra.
Adam was surprisingly classy when he was given the boot, I have to say. I still am not a big fan of his, but his stock went up some given the circumstances (wishing everyone good luck, keeping his word with Yul).
Great season! I know, some of you will disagree, but I actually enjoyed it. Then again, I always enjoy Survivor (except for the really boring Thailand season I think it was, about 3-4 years ago). Yes, I wondered if CBS was being somewhat racist, but I gave it a shot. I would be thrilled to see more people of different races come out an apply.
Incidentally, there have also been one African-American winner and one Hispanic winner in the past. Yul is our first Asian winner.
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Adam was surprisingly classy when he was given the boot, I have to say. I still am not a big fan of his, but his stock went up some given the circumstances (wishing everyone good luck, keeping his word with Yul).
Great season! I know, some of you will disagree, but I actually enjoyed it. Then again, I always enjoy Survivor (except for the really boring Thailand season I think it was, about 3-4 years ago). Yes, I wondered if CBS was being somewhat racist, but I gave it a shot. I would be thrilled to see more people of different races come out an apply.
Incidentally, there have also been one African-American winner and one Hispanic winner in the past. Yul is our first Asian winner.
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Forgot to post about the Today morning show segment, where they present the million dollar check to the winner. At first only Yul was interviewed. He was very gracious and gave Becky more credit than she recieved. He mentioned how he and Ozzy didn't have much sleep the night before, b/c of interviews. Later Ozzy came out and Yul was given the large, cardboard size "check". Ozzy fingered it and pretended to cry. Too cute and perfect reaction! It was mentioned that Ozzy won $100,000 and a car. Ozzy was very appreciative. Asked what he would do with the money, he jokingly said he'd buy one of those flying cars. You knew he was joking. The interviewer (female lady, forget her name) said this time, there wasn't any bitterness and everyone seemed to get along well. Which prompted several hugs and friendly pats between Yul and Ozzy. But the funniest moment came when the interviewer was pointing ALL of Yul's many accomplishments along the way - val. of his HS Class, Stanford, Law school, etc. When she was nearly done rattling off all of these things, Ozzy just turned his head and stared in amazement of Yul. Not from an envious point of view but rather - dam*, didn't know all of that about you Yul! Or - is there anything you can't do Yul? Of course, as you're sitting there you realize Ozzy could use the money more but Yul did deserve it. So you can't quite take it away from him either.
Yul was asked who he would have voted for if it came down to Ozzy or Becky. He didn't want to say, in his Yul-like way but in the end, he said Becky. Out of loyalty.
When Ozzy was asked the question, he didn't even bat an eye and said - Yul, of course.
'nuff said on that question!
So that was that. A nice Survivor segment with the winner and runner up. I'm still trying to get over Ozzy's change of appearance!
Mary
Yul was asked who he would have voted for if it came down to Ozzy or Becky. He didn't want to say, in his Yul-like way but in the end, he said Becky. Out of loyalty.
When Ozzy was asked the question, he didn't even bat an eye and said - Yul, of course.
'nuff said on that question!
So that was that. A nice Survivor segment with the winner and runner up. I'm still trying to get over Ozzy's change of appearance!
Mary
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