Survivor 17 Gabon
 

Cast list for the africa series is up, their webpage isnt working so great, you cant get to the first person on the cast list, Ace, or Jacquie, and there doesnt seem to be a main page yet for this show, but you can start here

Bob: Survivor on CBS

There are 18 that breakdown into 11 girls and 9 guys

Susie, 47, Iowa, hairdresser
Randy, 49, Missouri, wedding videographer
Paloma, 24, California, student
Michelle, 24, California, music producer
Matty, 29, California, personal trainer
Marcus, 28, Georgia, doctor (and georgia's hottest bachelor for 2006)
Ken, 22, california, professional gamer
Kelly, 22, Illinois, retail sales
Jessica, 29, New York, pin up model (I like the pic they have of her a lot)
Jacquie - cant get to her page
Gillian, 61, California, retired nurse
Danny, 26, Oregan, maintenance man
Dan, 32, Massachusetts, lawyer
Crystal, 29, North Carolina, former olympic athlete (2004 Olympic Gold Medalist in track for the 4 X 400m Relay)
Corinne, 29, California, pharmaceutical sales
Charlie, 29, New York, lawyer
Bob, 58, Maine, physics teacher
Ace - cant get to his page

Show starts 9/25/08
-----Added 27/8/2008 at 10 : 34 : 36-----
All the fall schedule sites say 9/18 as the date, but the CBS site says the 25th.....guess it got bumped?

I will be tuned in the whole season. My addiction to Survivor started with China and now I've seen China, Micronesia, Borneo, Australian Outback, Vanuatu, Pearl Islands, and am currently watching All-stars. There's only 1 more season on DVD and I will be devastated when that is over. :(

um,,, we are starting season 17 and you've only watched 7 of them, what about the other 9?

Have their really been 17 Survivors? Shit... lol

I was thinking the exact same thing.

Yep

1 Borneo
2 Australia
3 Africa
4 Marquesas
5 Thailand
6 Amazon
7 Pearl Islands
8 All stars
9 Vanuatu
10 Palau
11 Guatemala
12 Panama
13 Cook Islands
14 Fiji
15 China
16 Micronesia

and 17 is back to Africa, Gabon

They're not out on DVD and I didn't get into Survivor until China.

ahhh I guess I didnt realize they werent out yet, dont I feel like a dummy lol

It's weird, I've seen all but the first three seasons. It sure doesn't seem like I've watched 13 seasons of it.

This season is all HD. Awesome.

You should rent or DL season 2. Australian Outback is possibly my favorite season so far.

I love me some Survivor. I just can't believe it's been that many seasons. Gosh! :)

I started watching with the 3rd season, the original Africa show.
I couldn't get CBS till then.
Directv line-up didn't have local channels yet, and I couldn't get it with my antenna.
Then, I found out, (through talking to the Directv rep) that since I couldn't get CBS through my antenna, I was able by law to get it through the satellite.
After that, I could get the East and West coast feeds of CBS.

A year later, they then added local channels to Directv. (I still have the East/West Coast CBS feeds, though ;-P)

Btw, I managed to watch the first two seasons of Survivor on OLN (Outdoor Life Network) a couple of years ago. I don't know if they still run any of the seasons, or not.

I've watched all 17 (I can't believe its been that long either) seasons and they all start off fairly boring cause of all the people but once it gets close to tribal merge and jury it really picks up and I get more into it.

Season 1 Borneo and Season 2 are the best. Season 1 was great cause of the "secret" alliance of 4 that blindsided the outsiders. After that alliances usually popped up in the 1st show..

Season 2 was the best because a lot of the cast actually cared for each other and there were a lot of emotional moments that rarely happen now (like their shelter being flooded away, losing the rice in the river, the guy getting his hands basically melted off, killing the boar, etc.). I really liked how Colby took Tina to the end even though he knew he could win against the chef guy. That is pure sportsmanship in Survivor...again, something you rarely see.

Australia was the first one I watched (I've since seen Borneo) and it still ranks as my favorite, though I will admit last seasons was pretty damn good lol

I hope this season they continue with the videos of the jury members when they get voted out, I really enjoyed see that bit of behind the scenes stuff

I agree, the behind the scenes stuff is great. I wish they would show even more of that.

They need more people from California in that group.

I'll start watching it when the contestants have to beg to be taken back to civilization instead of voted off. Someplace like Alaska would be interesting.

I always hoped they would do something different like the Arctic or up in the mountains, but CBS would never do that as they wouldn't be able to show the half-naked players...

hmmm it was a great season. Kel is from my hometown and for the record, is as big a douché in real life as he is on the show.

no, they wouldn't do it because the likelihood of serious health risks/death is far greater in the cold than the heat.

I am a reallity tv junkie. I think Survivor was how I got hooked. It has been better in the last couple of seasons because they keep changing it up and throwing in surprises. The whole immunity idol thing is what I like the best. Last season was awesome how the hidden idol played out over and over.

Survivor is my one and only fav thing on TV. Can't wait!!

I've watched every episode of every season and look forward to a new series but... I have to say this show is predictable in many ways and falls into the same routine. The "production" influence really shows over the seasons and it's obvious that it's not "reality" but a TV show where things are manipulated for the production. Jeff Probst also says the exact same things every show and I amuse myself by saying "wanna know what you're playing for?" in time with him. He also calls everyone "guys" even if it's a group of women, which I find bizarre. He wouldn't call a group of men "girls" would he? I'll go tally the votes.

Australian Outback was about the best and I don't think you'll ever see a series like that again on Survivor. People on the show these days actually gain weight rather than lose it and being able to survive in the wild is not a required skill. Puzzle making, now that's a different story!

Survivors ready? Game on!

6 days and counting

I watched it in HD last night. It wasn't too bad. A little too much game playing and not enough surviving for me though. Maybe if they had four teams and randomly selected new teams each two days or something like that.

I did like how they censored one girls panties. I guess even if there is no nudity, they still protect me from seeing a outline of what is underneath.

That was a hell of an opener. I was entertained the whole time. I'm glad Gillian was voted off.

I also think it's funny how it's the boring ugly tribe versus the smart pretty tribe.

First off, the show is stunning in HD. why they waited so long I'll never know

Second, the Fang tribe is hilariously bad. As they did the schoolyard pick, you could tell that even Jeff was thinking "what the fuck are these people thinking?" I think they gave them flint after tribal council just to throw the poor saps a bone.

I'm hoping Randy becomes the Jonathan Penner of this season.

Ha ha ha my wife said the same thing. She said Jeff was pissed at how bad the Fang tribe was chosen. I didn't notice it but apparently it was LOL worthy.

Jeff is my hero. Every season he gets more and more brutally honest with the tribes. At the first tribal council, I told my wife "just watch, he's going to eat these losers' lunch."

Finally got to watch last weeks.....I thought for sure this time we were actually going to have a tribe do the smart thing and vote off the "strong" jack ass...nope they had to get rid of Paloma

I absolutely cannot stand Ace

At least Ace is a self-aware Jack Ass ;)

I'm loving this season. Great players, lots of surprises, and it looks AMAZING in hi-def

Totally agree. I'm loving this season.

Bob's fake idol is the best fake idol I've seen so far.
Too bad it's useless now that they've combined tribes.
Three or four people know Sugar has the real one.

Unless Sugar's is fake... (I know it's not but it would be interesting to see what happens if someone who saw Sugar's finds Bob's)

It does look good in Hi-Def, and as long as I can fast forward through the boring strategy part, it's ok. The golf game was awesome and something I would like playing.

I think they should make one season that is 100% female on some remote tropical island, and one season with all guys trying to survive in Northern Alaska.

This season is great. I was cheering for Kenny from the start and now he's really starting to get some momentum. At this point I hope Kenny wins but I would also like to see Randy, Matty, or Sugar win.

Sugar is hot :)

I like Kenny and Sugar. Matty is also cool. I fucking HATE Randy.

Sugar is my fix. Oh ya.... go Sugar.

That's why I wouldn't mind seeing him win. Everybody hates him but for some reason it hasn't been brought up even once that he should go.

The game is boring when you vote out all the Ace's and Randy's of the game. That's when you have losers like Suzie win the whole thing

People get wrapped up in who 'deserves' to win. They base a lot of this off of challenges. Challenges have little to do with playing the game. In fact, they allow you to not play the game.

Suzie did something that most people don't. She realized that she was being used by her old alliance for a numbers game and she took things into her own hands. Most people in that situation play it safe and stick with their alliance. Choices like that make her deserving of a win.

Randy is a racist asshole.

I won't argue that Randy is an asshole, but I feel like he plays the game. I don't base the "deserves" on challenges as much as who does/doesn't take active roles in strategy, alliances, and changing the game in their favor. People who are just along for the ride win no points for me. Suzie stepped it up this week, but she's been gliding to this point

I think the only folks who have been coasting are the ones who are getting the boot. The "good" tribe had gotten way too cocky, so it was easy to turn their weaker players against them and knock them out. The way they were acting, they deserve it. Especially what's-her-name, Colleen? Hasn't done a thing and is way too arrogant. Can't wait to see her go.

I'll be looking forward to Randy leaving too. Such a loser.

Now that was one funny ass episode. Not only Randy getting totally made a fool of, but Crystals speech at Tribal Council yelling at the camera. Freaking Hillarious.

I'm worried that this is gonna be bad for Bob though, you don't go pissing off your allies like that when they will be on the Jury. It made for great TV, and the chances of Bob making it to final 3 are pretty small - but it could bite him in the ass if there is a small chance he makes it that far.

I love Sugar.

Randy and Corrine are going to set all-time records for bitterness and vitriol at the final tribal council....I can't wait

Ha ha ha ha good god this was an excellent episode. Kenny won immunity and Randy's plan was a disaster. I was in tears laughing so hard by the end.

I loved watching Sugar throughout the tribal council. She couldn't stop from laughing the whole time.

That was the best tribal council ever, I just loved the looks on their faces when Crystal was saying her bit lol

Randy is such an idiot

I am confident Bob will explain this in a way that isnt a detriment to himself

From the teaser for the next show, it looked like Bob was planning to make up some sort of elaborate story about the whole thing. We'll have to see if Corinne buys it. I think Bob may be playing short term rather than long term at this point, as he doesn't see an end game where he breaks into the final 3.

Randy may be the worst player ever. Since when did being a jackass to everyone ever pay off?

Bob is just trying to survive from week to week. It could work, but probably not.

Sugar is awesome. I never thought she'd be this good of a player.

Fairplay did it!

Richard Hatch - Season 1

Yeah, but both hatch and Fairplay knew when to back off a little. It was strategy for them. With Randy, he spews bile because that's all he has. I don't remember Hatch ever calling everyone morons.

God, I can't believe I just defended Fairplay. :)

Sugar might actually have this wrapped up. Hot and brainy? Sign me up as a Sugar fan.

it's tough to evaluate Fairplay now, as he's 1000x the douche-bag now that he was on the show. He was trying to play a villain when he was on Survivor, but now he gets paid to show up places and play the character every day.

Finale is this coming weekend, who are you pulling for? I'd really like to see either Bob win, if not Bob then Sugar

Those are my two picks as well. Bob will need a miracle to pull it off, but he will totally deserve the win.

I'm pulling for either Kenny or Bob. Sorry, but it seems to me like Sugar has been manipulated and conned all game (Ace first, then Kenny).

True but she's freaking hot.

I want Kenny to win. Behind him is Bob, Matty, and Sugar.

Who do I THINK will win? Susie or Crystal.

Susie or Crystal are my bottom two. Anyone but them!

Unfortunately that is how Survivor is played. The weak band together to vote off the strong. The only thing the bad players can do is use numbers and it usually ends up working.

REMINDER: Show tonight, then finale on Sunday

Ok, great episode tonight. My respect level for Sugar just jumped way more. Her move at tribal was great :)

I agree, great episode.

Sugar may come across as a space case, but she's more savvy than she seems.
I like when Matty says something like, "Well, I think..."
Then Sugar interrupts him and tells him to let her do the thinking.

I thought, "Dayum, she just verbally bitch-slapped him!"

Hope she doesn't overplay it, though.

Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Gabon' (episode 13)

Well, as the year comes to a close, it's time to start looking at award-worthy performances. Here's my vote for Best Performance by a Duo in a Reality Competition Series About Adventure That Takes Place in Exotic Locations and is Hosted by a Dashing Fella With a Keen Way About Him.

Bob: (clearly distressed over lying to Kenny) If I win the next immunity I'll give it to you.

Kenny: (Long Pause) Okay.

And...scene.

I don't know who should win the acting award, but both Bob and Kenny gave stellar performances. I don't believe Bob was sorry for one second. He is playing the game. Just like Kenny. On the other hand, Kenny's sad "poor me" performance was so understated, so restrained that it almost warrants a spot at the final tribal council.

Bob was never going to give him the necklace, but damn, I do appreciate Kenny's bravado. Plead for the necklace while you're planning Bob's blindside. Awesome. Kenny is setting himself up for a major ass whuppin'...or a million dollars. I love this kid. Love him.

I miss Crystal already. I really do. She's fun to pick on, and she always, and I mean always, had something to say at tribal council. The woman was gold. Not bronze. Not silver. Gold. As in gold medalist.

Favorite moment of the episode: Crystal trying so hard to prove her physical prowess that at the end of the reward challenge she actually attempted to dunk a ball on a four foot goal...that she towered over...and still missed.

Second favorite moment: Watching Crystal try to make her way through the immunity challenge. We couldn't include every moment she went off the course, otherwise the challenge would still be going. To her credit, Crystal has always had a sense of humor about her lack of ability in challenges. Doesn't change the fact that she sucked. She did.

Side note: When Bob was choosing two people to join him on reward, I said, "Two's fun, three's a party." It was an innocent comment. My friend, Serena, felt there was a sexual connotation to the comment. I was appalled. Those kind of dirty and inappropriate thoughts simply do not occur to me. When I am hosting, I am focused. Laser beam precision. Tunnel vision. The thought that somehow I had a Freudian slip that would reveal the truth of what I'm really thinking about out there is simply silly. Now, had it been my other friend, Alexis, who said it, it might have some validity; she's a bit of a psych job, so in an odd way her thinking often makes sense. Yes, I know I Just mentioned two women in the same sentence. Doesn't mean anything. Okay, moving onto the next position, sorry I mean topic.

Sugar is a factor in this game. The sweet little pin-up model is very close to crying her way into the final. Who would ever think she would still be here this long? Not me. Never. How does it happen season after season? She wasn't even picked when they ranked their tribes. She wasn't picked! Then again, Bob was picked very late, so maybe all it means is that Marcus isn't as brilliant as he claims!! Ah-ha!!

Okay, fine. Another gross exaggeration on my part. Marcus actually had the highest IQ of everyone this season. If you want to know who had the second highest IQ, watch the reunion show. I think you will be surprised.

No, I've never taken the IQ test we give them. Because ignorance is bliss. No, I don't feel the need. Just back off. What? Why? That's crazy, I don't have anything to prove. I get paid whether I'm smart or not. Stop it. Go. Would you just go. I have to finish my blog.

Sorry about that. My inner voice – drives me nuts sometimes.

So, as we head into the finale, we are down to five: Sugar, Susie, Kenny, Matty, and Bob.

Sugar is in an excellent spot to make it to the final vote. I'll give her credit. She has done a very good job of staying in this game and staying out of the way. She's survived a record number of days on Exile, she handled the power of the immunity idol beautifully, and she has earned her right to be in the final five. She could easily make it to the final vote.

Susie is a question mark for me. She's riding coattails a bit, for sure, but she has done a good job of offering up her vote to the right people at the right time, and that has kept her out of the line of fire. Don't be surprised if she makes it to the final because everyone thinks they can beat her at the vote.

Matty is a favorite. Has been from day one. I'm so happy he's still in the game. I just like how he wears his heart on his sleeve. Can he win? Yes. Can he make it to the end? Very difficult. He's an obvious target.

Bob is another favorite of mine. Again, from day one. I like his straight-ahead approach, and I have a huge soft spot for Maine. Can he win? Yes. Can he get to the end? It's gonna be tough. He will probably have to win his way there through immunity challenges, otherwise I think they'll take him out. He has too many former tribemates on the jury.

Kenny - I cannot believe Kenny is still in this game. I would have lost my house betting against him making it this far. He has an uphill battle if he's going to win because he has made a ton of enemies. But if he gets to the final with the right person or people, it could happen. Kenny could win this game.

I'll say it right now. All things considered, I'm happy with this final five. There are three people I would be happy to see win and two people that if they win, I'll pretend I'm happy and quickly begin promoting next season.

Remember, the big finale is this Sunday. A two-hour finale followed by the live reunion show where all these knuckleheads will be back together, and you can see who looks good and who looked better on the island.

Now to prove to you that I read your comments, I will answer a few questions:

Where did Bob get the beads to make the immunity necklace…? You can bet I'll be asking him that at the reunion show.

Why did I throw Bob's fake immunity idol in the fire? Because that is what you do when someone plays a fake immunity idol! What, are you new? I totally understand that it was a work of art, and yes, it pained me to do it, but...is this an art exhibit or Survivor? Get over it. He can make another one. And if you want to see what's left of it, tune into the reunion show. Maybe I fished it out of the fire for him...or maybe I'll be wearing it around my neck...or maybe I'll just give it to Serena and call it a day.

Regarding loved ones – there is clearly no right or wrong answer. Those of you who hate the loved ones episodes have miserable lives. Those of us who cry and enjoy the loved ones episodes for their outpouring of emotion are beautiful, loving, wonderful human beings without whom the world would be a dark and dreary place. Welcome to the light, Dalton Ross.

To Dr. Zenith – thanks for the casting ideas, but I have to comment on the assertions that you and especially David Ellen (David, you made the blog!) continue to make: that we manipulate the game so that our favorites can win. Is the medication you're currently taking prescribed or do you buy it on the streets? If we could dictate who would win each season, then the following people never would have won: Tina in Australia, Vecepia in Marquesas, that soft-core porno dude in Thailand, Jenna in the Amazon, Sandra in Pearl Islands, Amber in All-Stars, Earl in Fiji, and Parvati in Fans vs Favorites! All of those just listed people definitely deserved to win because they played the best game, but that doesn't mean they would have been our first choice to win. We would have picked more "colorful" winners. Plain and simple. I'm kind of stumped that people still believe this stuff.

Oh, for the record, they don't have toilets or toilet paper, showers or soap, or make-up, or beds, or secret food stashes, or anything else that would make it more tolerable. The game is real. The game is hard.

To "JeffProbstRocks" – you can come over and watch Survivor at my house. Don't hate those poker chip-throwing friends of yours; envy is difficult, try to understand. That's what I do.

Once and for all – the final three vs final two debate. It's a matter of choice. Personally I believe that when you have three people in the final you have a better opportunity for a good winner because you cannot simply win the final immunity challenge and then take the least liked person with you to the final vote. For instance, had we planned a final three in Fans vs Favorites, Cirie would have won and everybody would have been happy. But we had a final two planned. So, David Ellen, if we were master manipulators, why not make it a final three and let Cirie win? Enough already. That's just my opinion. For crying out loud, get over it.

And for those of you who don't like us switching up the tribes because it screws you up in your Survivor pool, how about this...no switches next season. Straight Survivor. Is that what you want? Two tribes. No switch. One merge. Final 2. Okay, fine. Done. I'll call CBS and tell them I've made a decision. Just don't blame me when the dude from 'N Sync is hosting next season.

See ya Sunday at the live show!


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I don't know if anyone has been reading these blogs - I really should have posted them in this thread during the season and I apologize that I didn't. But my favourite line of this blog:-

"Favorite moment of the episode: Crystal trying so hard to prove her physical prowess that at the end of the reward challenge she actually attempted to dunk a ball on a four foot goal...that she towered over...and still missed."

Priceless.

Kenny fucked up bad on the last episode. Trying to screw over Bob will be his downfall. I don't know why he didn't just go for Matty....Sugar was on board for voting Matty out at the beginning, but when Crystal started bitching at him for no reason and they told her about the Bob blindside plan it all fell apart.

I'm pretty sure that neither Kenny or Sugar have a chance in the final 3; Kenny has willfully taken on the "villain" persona, while Sugar has crossed and double-crossed just about everyone (even if her sways have been from the heart). You have a pretty ruthless bunch of people on the jury....

Yeah most of the jury are Kota members who are basically gonna vote for Bob only if he makes it to the final 3.

Oh yeah for sure. This jury is bitter as hell (Has there ever been a non bitter jury?) and I think Sugar has no chance unfortunately. Second place is the best I think she can get.

was anyone else getting a "DeNiro in Taxi Driver" vibe from Randy last night? that dude has several screws loose

Bitter doesn't describe this jury well enough. Corinne is just a bad person.

I joked to my wife last night that if Randy was still around and had won the Gorilla reward, that he would've asked Jeff if he could just not take anyone with him.

Corinne is a bitch, which is too bad. She's pretty hot, seems like a motivated person, probably pretty successful as a career woman. No need to ruin it all with the attitude

:eek: and :lol:

I hated to see Kenny get voted off but he definitely deserved it after the screw up with Bob.

I'm glad Bob won. I told my wife and I said earlier in this thread that Susie has a good chance of winning and I was right. By one vote!!!!!!!!!

This season was ok for me. I wished we could have seen more of Gabon and where the tribes actually lived. Seems like the latest survivors are all about voting people off and not enough about the experience like the earlier seasons.

There's only one comment so far about the final? I'm really happy about who won and thought this was a great season. I'm kind of disappointed that Sugar didn't win the $100,000 Sprint prize though.

Yeah, Bob should give it to her. She saved his ass twice.

Corrinne. Wow, what a bitch. She is obviously trying to be like Jerry from the early years. I wonder if she'll pose in Playboy to try and extend her 15 minutes of fame.

apparently Corinne lives in a world where nice guys finish last. her complete lack of understanding of how anyone could like Bob or Sugar was very telling.

BTW it really bothered me how the entire last half of the season, Sugar thought that Kenny lied to her to get Ace voted off. In reality, Ace and that other guy were planning to get rid of Sugar and the idol, so Kenny told her and saved her. I think the only reason Crystal and Kenny were voted off period was because of this misunderstanding.

I don't think Ace was going to do it that Tribal though, which is where the lie took place. Kenny made her think it was happening that night

Hmm. I remember that episode it was actually Ace's plan to do it that night but I may be wrong.

Corinne - an ass on the level of Randy. Too damn self-absorbed to see her own shortcomings. I liked Sugar's 1-finger salute as answer to her grandstanding diatribe.

(s)Kenny - very immature. He forgot to think his actions all the way through, and got spanked in the tribal council vote. Laughable that he thought Bob owed him the immunity idol.

Just think, Susie could have won the 2 votes of Corinne and Randy and walked away with the $$$. Susie refused Corinne's offer of a vote in exchange for removing her vocal cords, and Randy didn't vote for her because she told him off after the cookie incident. The vote would have been 5-2 then in favor of Susie.

I laughed because Sugar ended up with not a single vote -- against Susie's 3 votes and Bob's 4. Really makes you think about all those guys in her alliance who didn't vote for her in the end.

As far as I'm concerned, Bob repaid Sugar for saving his ass by going along with her plan to blindside Randy with the fake idol, so he doesn't owe her. The Sprint reward was based on fan voting, and if Sugar hadn't won over enough of the public to take that prize, well, that's telling about what people were really thinking.

Too many switches this year. I agree that we didn't see enough of Gabon.

Hopefully we will see more of Brazil. Im very happy Bob won, on both counts, he was my fav all the way thru and Im glad he got his fake idol back lol
2 months before the next one!!!

You know, I started to see Randy in a new light during the finale when Jeff was listing his past achievements.
Too bad he chose to play the douche role.

Overall, I'm glad Bob won. He really is a cool guy. I liked his explanation about his scavenging materials for the fake idols.

It would've been cool if he'd've divided the Sprint money between Susie and Sugar.

Can't wait for Brazil.

I wish they'd do the one after Brazil in Alaska, when it's warm-ish.