Official Survivor China Thread~~~ **Spoilers Inside**

[crazee4mickey]

This site is a good one for spoilers:

http://truedorktimes.com/survivor_china/spoilers/ep6/index.htm

More links added with spoiler info...don't click link if you don't want to know!

http://realitytv.about.com/b/a/258317.htm

http://www.forumsnet.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=s14spoilers

http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/forum/view/id/65

New location and new players, don't know if this has been posted but here are the contestants and other tidbits of the new season:

http://entertainment1.sympatico.msn...TVNews/Articles/070820_survivor_GD.htm?isfa=1

Sixteen more castaways vie for the $1 million prize

Here we go again! CBS has revealed the names of the participants taking part in Survivor: China, and some details as to what will happen this time around.

– the 16 Survivors begin the series in Shanghai before moving to HuangPu Mountain’s Mi Tuo Temple for a Buddhist ceremony where they will be instructed to leave all of their worldly possessions behind

– the castaways will be marooned with the clothes on their backs at two separate islands on Zhelin Lake (translation: the Land of 1,000 Lakes), located in the Jiangxi Province

– they will split into two tribes, Fei Long (translation: Flying Dragon) and Zhan Hu (translation: Fighting Tiger), and will each be given a copy of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War for tribe motivation and assistance throughout the game.

– two Hidden Immunity Idols will be in plain sight (one at each camp), although the castaways will not realize this at the start of the game.

– each week, the winning tribe of the Reward Challenge will be allowed to kidnap someone from the losing tribe. The person who is kidnapped will receive a note from Jeff Probst before departing for the enemy camp and will be instructed to give it to one member of the enemy tribe (the kidnapped victim will decide who receives it) in private. The clue will inform this person of the Hidden Immunity Idol located somewhere at their camp. This person must then decide if they wish to share the information with their tribe or keep it to themselves. The kidnapped victim will return to their original tribe at the following Immunity Challenge.

Survivor: China debuts Thursday, Sept. 20, 8 p.m. ET, Global/CBS



I just keep thinking how dangerous can China possibly be?

 

[kctwinmommy]

Looks good... I'm sure the Chicken guy will be the funny, old, red-neck, hick guy! It seems like they always have one like that.

 

[LadyShiva]

I just keep thinking how dangerous can China possibly be?

Umm, I'm thinking pretty dangerous, nowadays... Go ahead, eat the street food... it won't kill you... much! Be careful with drinking the water... you might find out in 2 weeks that it is actually contaminated with stuff that will kill you.

Don't get coughed on by the wrong poultry farmer.

Don't say the wrong thing to the wrong person!

I have a great deal of respect for China and its thousands of years of amazing history. But right now, the culture and government of China is making the American Wild West look relatively tame! I would think the "cycle" of rebirth is about to start again.

Brandie

 

[LadyShiva]

Oh, and with the Olympics going to Beijing in 2008, I am very happy with the television coverage bearing down on China. They need to work on their to-do list they agreed to with hosting the Olympics.

Brandie

 

[java]

Is that a mullet on Denise? Or is it a ponytail?

Hmm interesting. I'll watch.

 

[crazee4mickey]

I was thinking it was a mullet as well
And it won't be too hard to watch with Erik on there....oh my goodness, he's a nice lookin' lad isn't he?!

 

[Judy from Boise]

I bet they are hoping for fireworks between Leslie and Denise(who I assume is "Out")

 

[Desiree]

Wow I can't wait! Since they aren't bringing The Amazing Race back until January, at least I'll have Survivor to look forward to! And looks like Louisiana will be represented! I hope he's not this seasons jerk though!

 

[crazee4mickey]

I thought to myself "oh Ashley looks like another 'pretty' girl who will get try to get through on her looks" but then read she's a professional wrestler! None of the guys had better rub her the wrong way!

 

[airhead]

I bet they are hoping for fireworks between Leslie and Denise(who I assume is "Out")

Why do you assume she is gay??? Not all gay women wear a mullet and not all women with mulletts are gay!

 

[sweet angel]

Holy mullet, batman!!!!!

 

[ChrizJen]

Yaaayy!!! I can't wait!
Sounds like it should be an interesting season!

 

[Mean Queen]

I'll be interested to see how the Christian Radio lady does with the Buddhist ceremony the show begins with. I'm also interested to see if the woman who was born in Hong Kong speaks Chinese and has a leg up on the competition. That could help or hurt her.

 

[Amy]

Oh boy - another season of Survivor!! We've got Frosti, Chicken, a Christian radio host, someone born in Hong Kong, a hiking guide, a guy who looks a little like Ethan Zohn, a female wrestler, lady with a mullet......quite a diverse mix of people! Better watch out for the poker player - he'll be the best liar of the bunch. Can't wait!

I'm going to root for Chicken to go all the way!

 

[figment52]

I'll be interested to see how the Christian Radio lady does with the Buddhist ceremony the show begins with. I'm also interested to see if the woman who was born in Hong Kong speaks Chinese and has a leg up on the competition. That could help or hurt her.

The majority of China speaks Mandarian and IIRC there are over 200 dialicts. That being said, I think the province closest to Hong Kong (Guandong) speaks Cantonese and I can't remember which of the two Chinese languages was most prevalent in Hong Kong (most everyone we ran into spoke English as a first or second language - all those years as part of the British Empire I guess). Don't the tribes mostly deal with themselves rather than locals? I don't watch it on a regular basis and I don't recall much if any outside contact on episodes I have watched.

And I agree, the Christian broadcaster will be very interesting to watch at the Buddist ceremony - some of my travel group refused to even visit the temples let alone witness or participate in a ceremony, even as a cultural experience.

Without turning this into a political discussion, China was an amazing country to visit. It may be the first year I watch the entire season.

 

[WDWVillain]

Is it just me, or in EVERY show the contasants look alike! The producers always seem to "GO" for the same type. I would like something different!

 

[crazee4mickey]

I do think Erik looks like Ethan off of Survivor: Africa.

I think I'm going to root for Chicken Man.

DS 11 just looked at the pics and when I scrolled down the pics he said "who's eliminated?" then when we got to Denise he said "is he eliminated yet?" he was soo serious!

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Is that the first mullet in Survivor history?? YIKES! I wonder how soon into the first episode before someone makes a mullet joke.

This article was in today's Richmond paper about Chicken. Turns out he and Big Tom from Survivor: Africa are from the same county.

I don't know what, but there's something about Todd I don't like. Maybe it's the line in his bio he calls himself fantastic, amazing, awesome and super-original -- he sounds extremely full of himself. Maybe it's that he thinks the Spice Girls are the most significant historical event of the past 100 years. Yeesh!!

 

[crazee4mickey]

Now come on, aren't the Spice Girls the most significant thing in the last 100 years??!!
He sounds like he may be somewhat delusional(sp?)--on not only the Spice Girls but also on his rather fine opinion of himself

 

[JPN4265]

I just keep thinking how dangerous can China possibly be?[/QUOTE]


All the items that they are required to use during the filming of the show were made in China. You know, lead paint, dirty chop sticks, etc.