Survivor 27: Blood vs. Water

[slipintothefog]

Survivor: Blood vs. Water is the upcoming twenty-seventh season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor, which will premiere on Wednesday, September 18, 2013. As with the previous two seasons, the season will be filmed in the Philippines, but this time at Palaui Island, Cagayan.[1] [4]. The tribe names are Galang and Tadhana, which mean respect and destiny in Filipino respectively.[5] A modified version of Redemption Island, a twist formerly seen in Survivor: Redemption Island and Survivor: South Pacific, was utilized after a three-season hiatus.[6] In this season, remaining contestants may choose to switch places with their partner if their partner is on Redemption Island.

OMFG BARF at that last twist. I'm sure this is all Probst's fault.

Cast list:
1-2. Rupert (Pearl Islands, All-Stars, Heroes vs. Villains) and his wife Laura
3-4. Colton (One World) and his fiance Caleb
5-6. Candice (Cook Islands, Heroes vs. Villains) and her husband John
7-8. Tina (Australia, All-Stars) and her daughter Katie
9-10. Gervase (Borneo) and his niece Marisa
11-12. Tyson (Tocantins) and his girlfriend Rachel
13-14. Monica (One World) and her husband, ex-NFL player Brad
15-16. Aras (Exile Island) and his brother Vytas
17-18. Laura (Samoa) and her daughter Ciera
19-20. Kat (One World) and her boyfriend, BB12 winner Hayden

 

[Sgt Pepper]

Worst returning player list EVER. Here's hoping at least one of them surprises with a Daniele Donato/Parvati Shallow turnaround.

 

[slipintothefog]

Even the best cast couldn't save the clusterfuck of twists that have been announced this season. Jeff is saying that the game is "39 and a half days" because on "Night Zero" the pairs will camp out in the wild for... some reason? Two people are going to get sent to Redemption immediately at the start of the game because each duel will have three people. And then of course Redemption Island coming back, which I've complained about plenty, and the fact that the loved ones can just switch out with each other on Redemption Island, which is fucking RIDICULOUS. A month or two ago Probst said that there weren't going to be any major format changes this season and fans are already lighting his ass on fire on social media for flat-out lying.

Apparently in Tina's interview, though, she says her ideal final two would be her and Aras, right in front of her daughter.

 

[SamsDad]

Even the best cast couldn't save the clusterfuck of twists that have been announced this season. Jeff is saying that the game is "39 and a half days" because on "Night Zero" the pairs will camp out in the wild for... some reason? Two people are going to get sent to Redemption immediately at the start of the game because each duel will have three people. And then of course Redemption Island coming back, which I've complained about plenty, and the fact that the loved ones can just switch out with each other on Redemption Island, which is fucking RIDICULOUS. A month or two ago Probst said that there weren't going to be any major format changes this season and fans are already lighting his ass on fire on social media for flat-out lying.

Apparently in Tina's interview, though, she says her ideal final two would be her and Aras, right in front of her daughter.

I really don't mind new twists and turns in the game, but I'm dead tired of the island settings and even more tired of them constantly bringing back previous players. Are they telling us that there aren't any new and interesting people that can and want to play the game? To me it's just a disregard for what viewers want and a serious lack of creativity.

Am I wrong?

 

[Sgt Pepper]

Oh yeah forgot about the stupid twists. Redemption Island stinks like a bag of dead turtles.

 

[Spiff]

It's been 4 years, 8 seasons ago since we had just a plain old Survivor. No special islands, no returning players, no specially divided teams. It was the first Survivor at Samoa. And it was where Russell Hantz got his fame. But most important, this season had relatively big ratings. It shows that relying on nothing but new "interesting" (but not necessarily likeable) players is all the show needs.

 

[Adrock-JD]

Oh yeah forgot about the stupid twists. Redemption Island stinks like a bag of dead turtles.

Oh, now you've spilled another twist. The losing tribe has to sleep on bags of dead turtles. On the bright side, there's a hidden immunity idol in one of their rotting shells.

Colton and his fiance. That should be a hoot. Who would date that piece of shit? This I've gotta see.

 

[Sgt Pepper]

Colton and his fiance. That should be a hoot. Who would date that piece of shit?

I dunno. But he looks like someone slipintothefog would find attractive.

 

[slipintothefog]

I dunno. But he looks like someone slipintothefog would find attractive.

He's not horrible but he finds Colton appealing enough to marry which is perhaps the worst kiss of death of all. And I watched their pre-show interview to see what he is like, but it was just Colton talking for four minutes and trying to blame his behavior during One World on missing his family and Caleb.

 

[Sgt Pepper]

That was basically my way of calling him fat.

 

[slipintothefog]

You bitch!

 

[Ekim23]

So the cast is not paritcularly exciting... and theres way too mcuh twists...

Redemption island sucks hardcore. I still be watching this season except if it's unbearable

 

[slipintothefog]

The minor positives I can squeeze out of this season so far:
-Gervase. We haven't seen a Borneo cast member on this show since 2004. It'll be interesting to see how he plays modern Survivor since he was considered a sexist yet somehow still charming and universally-liked victim of a Pagonging in the first season.
-Holy lol at not one, not two, not three but FOUR middle-aged women on this season. Laura Morett will surely *~bring it~* but I'm not sure about the other three.
-Even though I can't stand his fiance, I find the idea of Caleb to be interesting. He's basically a southern redneck but he's also gay. This happened once, barely, on Big Brother (Steven) but never on Survivor.
-If there's any justice at all, I'll finally get to see Hayden voted off a reality show.
-Candice's husband's bare chest.

 

[travis82]

Worst cast list ever.

I really would consider skipping this season.

Why can't we have a regular season with new faces?

Half of these people have played before....and I'm not interested in their spouses, kids, boyfriends,girlfriends tagging along for the ride.

Survivor has lost its magic. The bring returning players back has make it unbearable to watch.

 

[Sgt Pepper]

-Candice's husband's bare chest.

Girrrrl, we're agreeing far too often on Survivor/BB men. Your taste must be improving.

Also, Candice's taste must be improving since her Survivor showmance was with Adam. Yech.

 

[slipintothefog]

Bumping this for the premiere on Wednesday because Probst has ranked the cast.

In the words of one Parvati Shallownage, it's the same sexist manbabble as always. Five men in his top five with one of the worst as his #1 pick and five women in his bottom five with him singling out Laura as a "Who?" casting choice in the same season that has Monica fucking Culpepper.

And god damn he is really cunty to a lot of these people. Aras is boring. The young girls can't win because they don't have "life experience" even though Kim Sprandlin fucking owned the game. Kat should be a gold-digging whore and marry Hayden after his inevitable win. And like, I hate Colton too but seriously, thinking that he faked his illness and that he quit the first time? The fucking doctor was out there and PULLED him, unlike what happened with Dana a season later (and Probst treated her with kid gloves about it).

 

[Sgt Pepper]

Everytime Probst speaks, I'm ever more grateful that the Emmys stopped his Reality Host winning streak by simply not nominating him at all.

 

[Sydney]

I was actually pretty excited for this season (I have watched every season since outback) but am completely turned off that they are re-introducing redemption island. It ruins the entire show for me. I don't really care that Colton is back, they will vote him out early I suspect and he won't last a second at RI plus his boyfriend/partner is hot

As Spiff said above I wish they would go back to how they did things pre season 21, Can't stand returning players unless they are top notch (HvV, FvF1), Samoa was an amazing season.

And what the hell at Tyson's hair :/

 

[Spiff]

Blood vs water? Can I just have a beer and forget this season was ever conceived?

 

[Sydney]

You can see the first 7 minutes here: http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/16/survivor-blood-vs-water-premiere-video/

Damn, vytas is hot. Ahh