Survivor 12: Panama
 

Tagline for this season

This time the 16 castaways will begin their competition as 4 tribes Older Men, Older Women, Younger Men, Younger women. At least one survivor each week will be banished to a seperate island miles away from camp.

Premiers Feb 2nd

I must say that last season was one of the best, IMO in awhile I wonder how having 4 tribes instead of 2 is going to contribute to the "shock and awe" factor this time.

(oh and the first person to waste time making a response along the lines of "Oh god people still watch this?" or "I cant stand this show, I'd rather have my pubic hair plucked out by tweezers" gets a personal smack from me!!!)

is everybody ready!!!

Shani, I will always be pumped about a new season of Survivor. You can count on it. Im totally stoked.


Edit. I can read, honest!

lol Im pretty sure the 4th line of my post says Premiers Feb 2nd :icare:

hehehe if it doesnt then Im seeing things and have had too much coffee this morning

i didn't have to say it - you said it for me - thank you :icare: so you gonna smack yourself :lol:

I can't wait, I love survivor :)

The problem with that is, that someone who enjoys having their pubic hair plucked out with tweezers, would probably also enjoy a good smackin' around. ;) :D

I wonder if they're going to get ol' David Lee Roth to do the theme song? I mean he's already got the outfit.

http://www.imusic.dk/gfx/item/image/...5992547024.jpg

I am looking forward to another season...didn't realize it was starting so soon. Does anyone have any links to this years castaways??

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor12/

Aras-24/yoga instructor/Santa Monica, CA
Austin-24/author/high point NC
Bobby-32/attorney/Los Angeles, CA
Bruce-58/Karate Instructor/Simi Valley CA
Cirie-35/Registered Nurse/Walterboro, SC
Courtney-31/performance artist/Los Angeles, CA
Dan-52/retired astronaut/S. Hadley, MA
Danielle-24/medical sales rep/Popmano Beach, FL
Melinda-32/singer/sevierville, TN
Misty-24/engineer/Dallas, TX
Nick-25/financial sales/Tempe, AZ
Ruth Marie-48/sales leasing/Greenville, SC
Sally-27/social worker/Chicago, IL
Shane-35/entertainment marketing/Los Angels, CA
Terry-46/airline pilot/Simsbury, Ct
Tina-45/logging sports promoter/Hayward, WI

so we have
8 men and 8 women age range 24-58

Hmmmm, an apparent lack of young hotties this season... Or am I the only one who sees it that way?

bring
it
on

Hmmm, 5 people 40 and older. Should be interesting.

i also remain a big survivor fan, but what if i want to get smacked? :crazy:

thanks for the link Shani :)

Misty and Danielle seem to be pretty easy on the eyes. Misty was Miss Teen Texas..wonder if she'll carry that kinda of beauty queen persona onto the show.

It should be interesting, the main reason I like Survivor so much is watching the different personalities interact, so splitting them into 4 tribes takes away from that. Well, until they start merging them together.

The exile part is a interesting idea, did they say how they will get sent there?

Four tribes of four probably wont last long. Im guessing they will merge pretty quickly. Should be interesting for alliances. I'd have to agree that there seems to be a lack of young hotties, but you can never tell until you see them on the island. The old asian looking dude looks interesting.

awesome, thanks for the info, i enjoyed last season of this :D

I always thought that the show would be great if it started with 5 days of solitude.

The 16 castaways started off in 16 different locations, and had to truly survive alone for about a week. Long enough to fuck them over if they didn't know how to gather their own food, water, shelter and start a fire.

Then you smash them together, and everyone can look at each other and say "This person must be tough, they lasted out here just like me for a week." It avoids the Free-Rider problem that continuously plagues Survivor.

I absolutely hate the "Grey Man", that person that just sits around and does nothing for the first 10 episodes.

That's a fantastic idea Ben. I like it.

But I would guess that, given the long drawn out selection process, most of the contestants already would assume the others around them must have something special about them, seeing as they were picked out of thousands of others...

A few of the girls look pretty nice although they are missing the big boobed skinny hottie. She will be sorely missed. Hopefully a few of them will have nice butts and wear tight clothes.

That would make for horrible TV, and dangerous too. Besides, if you think it's about survival then I think you are missing the point. It's about human interaction.

I don't mean SHOW the 5 days leading up to it... just highlights. That would be great TV! See how each of the contestants makes out on their own.

Dangerous? No, there would be camera crews for safety, just like there is now.

And the Survivor show would continue as normal, giving your human interaction. I don't mean make it the pivotal part of the show, but I want to see the whiney free-riders pack it in before it begins...

Why would that make bad TV? You ever see Survivorman? Multiply that by 16, show only the highlights (firemaking, shelterbuilding, foraging) as kind of a "Right of Passage" to get into the game.

Get it?

Ben, your idea is fantastic. That would definately shake things up a bit and help restore the notion of how tough this is supposed to be.

In addition to the camera crews, I imagine they have a team of medics and lawers trawling the beaches too. Oh, and an armpit shaving crew for the ladies.

Well if the tribes are just 4 members each to start, it's a lot tougher to fly under te radar

Survivor has always been the highlight of my Thursday night, just before the Apprentice. Last season was one of the best in a while. I can't wait to see the changes this season and how they react.

*bump bump*

tonites the nite!!!!

Thanks for the reminder... I'm interested in seeing how it all goes down, what with the four tribes and all...

I'll be glued to my boob. tube tonight!!

Jeff was on the radio this morning....

he says there is a hidden immunity idol on exile island and the person that finds it doesnt have to reveal it until after the tribal council vote if they need it.

I can't wait :)

Hope this is the best season yet. :thumbsup:

Well I just saw the first episode... looks interesting...it has it's flaws and good points... I haven't got an opinion yet as to whether I like the four tribes or not...

I'll wait till more people have seen tonight's episode to post anything else.

And the march of the dumbasses continues. Vote out the only person in your tribe with any survival skills. :crazy:

Considering she was supposed to be on the last one but had to back out because her son was killed 4 weeks before she was supposed to leave (they gave her a guaranteed spot on this one if she wanted it) I was really hoping she'd last awhile...dumb dumb dumb people They keep a person thats scared of everything, and another person that didnt help with shit in the immunity challenge and toss her out. STUPID

All in all though I liked the first episode and Jeff is looking as hot as ever :thumbsup:

Where do I begin?

1. I don't care if you just lost your entire family and recently diagnosed with n-stage cancer. DO NOT BE A LONER ON SURVIVOR. Sheesh. Like sending an ahmish guy to Circuit City.

2. I am liking the 4 tribes thing so far, but you have to admit, it is weird having the politics and game-playing of the "Final Four" voting strategy so soon. These guys don't know each other, and they are forced to look at each other after the immunity loss. Hmmmm. Anyone want to go and get water?

3. Astronaut? Did I hear that correctly? Where have you been since your space trip? Living under a rock in a hole? THAT IS THE WHITEST MAN TO EVER BE FILMED WITH HIS SHIRT OFF. I feel sorry for him, because I think he is going to get a 2nd degree burn and turn bright red in a few episodes.

4. I like the "Exile Island" concept. I really do. I hope that they don't fuck with it too much, like put a whole bunch of food and beer on that island. Scratch that. I think that would be cool.

5. Combo physical trials are the dominating factor so soon in the game. Why? I want to know how smart my fellow tribe-mates are... I can SEE how strong they are (as a general rule, I know, I know); Why not some Jeopardy survival skill test?

Ben's Episode 1: Fire Making, Shelter-making, food preperation: All contestants are given the requisites to make fire, shelter and food. All fires, shelters and food are presented to the other competitors. There is then a contest to see who is selected to each tribe. I haven't thought about that part yet.

Overall, it looks like a good crew. The girls are eye candy (again. I used to hate that, but I have learned to tolerate them), the boys are buff (did you see that beefcake just about cry when he found out there would be no girls near him? :lol: )

That was mind boggling. Hope that tribe goes home over the next 3 weeks, what a bunch of nimrods.

Yes, Tina has survival skills, but she was a real bad combination.

Name 3 categories of people with a target on their heads... 1. Leaders 2. Loners 3. Excentrics Tina was all three rolled into one.

There was NO WAY she would have made it far in this game unless she was able to dial herself down a couple of notches, that's why she was voted out. It wasn't stupidity on the other tribe members part. I saw that vote coming as soon as they lost the challenge.

This guy is my roommate’s aunt's neighbor....weird. Apparently they stand to loose much more than a million dollars if they say anything about what happens in the show, and there were stacks and stacks of papers to sign.

I agree, though apparently one thing that the camera crew DOES give the contestants is sun block.

Between the idiot "older women" and the nic-fitting guy, this is already interesting. No surprise that the Old Guys have their shit together better than anyone else.

I have a good feeling about this season.

Sure, Tina played her short game very stupidly: Don't be strange, a loner, and a leader. However, I can't imagine why the others would want to kick her off over an outrageously out of shape woman with no evident skills WHO"S AFRAID OF LEAVES!!!

pre-indoctrinated social stigma to not vote off the black person first?

Actually, they almost always seem to vote the minority or old person off first.

But in this case, it would have been highly justified. The woman is afraid of leaves.

:lol: