Survivor Live with Travis

Survivor Live, the Internet Talk Show
Guest: Travis Sampson (aka Bubba)
Hosts: Chris Booker & Richard Hatch, winner first Survivor

Even-though I'm not a fan of Bubba's, he did have some nice insights into how the game is being played on Vanuatu.

Comments made by Bubba
His strategy was to not let the others see that he was playing the game. (Is this a variation of "flying under the radar"?) Bubba was in tight with Chris, who's actively and openly playing the game. They were planning to go to the final three with Rory, who they thought no one would give the million dollars to. Furthermore Rory could be voted off whenever the need arose. They (Bubba & Chris) were making Sarge feel like he was the leader. Chris was also a focus of the tribe, which was fine for Bubba because no one was thinking about him playing the game with Sarge and Chris in the limelight. By the way, Chris was really struggling on the beam. He wasn't throwing the challenge.

Fat Five
Early on the four young bucks boasted quite openly about being an alliance. So the other five formed an alliance as a result of the young ones' stupidity (four out of nine is not a safe majority).

In the New Tribe
The Fat Five tried to plan for something like the new coed tribes, but you can't plan for everything. Lisa warned him before the Immunity Challenge that Ami didn't like him and that he was the most likely to be voted off. That's why he took the chance in communicating with Chris; he was a goner anyway. Bubba was connecting with Scout, but this game is not about making friends.

Orange Bob Barker t-shirt
It was his lucky shirt. "Everyone" had one in high school. He and his grandfather used to watch Price is Right together.

Comments made by Richard Hatch
Richard had fewer comments of note than is usually the case. Bubba was the real talkative one today, which is how it should be. Ami is looking like she is in control and playing well. However she is sticking out a little bit now, which isn't good for her. Lisa must be playing some sort of game we're not seeing. Otherwise he feels she's playing real bad. Chris is being too obvious in his support of Sarge.

Episode 5, Bye Bye Bubba

or the Earth Moved Under Our Feet

The tribes go coed and the reconstituted Lopevi wins both the Reward and Immunity challenges. Bubba packs up his stupid orange Bob Barker t-shirt and leaves.

"Drop Your Buffs" The New Tribes
Scout, as chief of the women, split the men and women evenly into new tribes (although they kept the old names) and Sarge, as chief of the men, picked which new tribe he wanted to join. Lisa, the extra woman, got to chose which tribe she joined.

Here are the new tribes.
Yasur: Scout, Rory, Eliza, Bubba, Leann, Ami, Lisa
Lopevi: Sarge, Chad, Julie, Chris, Twila, John K.

Reward Challenge Going Down!
Competition: swim out to a buoy, dive down and untie markers, return markers to platform.
Reward: Waterfall, Pringles and beer.
(note: Bubba sat out)

This was a close challenge. As time was running out, it came down to Chris and Ami. Which one would bring up the winning marker? Would you believe Chris? Well, he did it. He beat out Ami to win potato chips and beer for his new tribe. Oh, and the waterfall too. Julie, her red bikini and the waterfall were real easy on the eyes (I may have a new favorite amongst the ladies). Sarge quote: "This tastes like gold." He was referring to the potato chips, not the beer.

Immunity Challenge
Super Karate Monkey Death Canoe
Competition: tribes race to untie parts of a canoe, build the canoe, paddle said canoe out to retrieve tribe flag. (note: Scout sat out)

Lopevi lead pretty much all the way and won immunity.
Chad and John K. paddled for Lopevi, Ami and Bubba for Yasur. "That was some of the worse paddling I've ever seen," Jeff commenting on Ami and Bubba. Before the start of the competition, the Yasur women catch Bubba trying to communicate something with Chris in the other tribe.

Back at the camp Eliza, who's usually very talkative, had trouble finding words. She eventually said that she was reluctant to vote off one of the men because they needed their strength. She quickly lost all doubt when informed it would be a woman then.

Tribal Council
(paraphrased)
Jeff: Are you all truly a new tribe?
Lisa: I enjoy having the men around.
Leann: I haven't made the mental switch yet.
Ami: In the morning I though so, but then I caught Bubba communicating with the other tribe (Chris).
Bubba: I messed up, but I was trying to receive info not send it. I wanted to see if they were going to throw the challenge. (yeah, right)
Jeff: Rory, are you worried?
Rory: Yeah, but I'd be in this position unless we won immunity. (duh!)
Jeff: Bubba and Rory, why should they keep you?
Bubba: I busted my butt and I've never been in the ocean before. I'm a team player.
Rory: I'll give 110% as part of the tribe. I'll go down with the ship.
Scout: I like both Bubba and Rory.

Alliances
In Yasur it's simple. Four women to one man. Rory is gone if Yasur has to go to Tribal Council again. On the other hand, Lopevi should be interesting. John K., who never was one of the Fat Five, should try and team up with Julie and Twila to vote off Chad or, more likely, Chris. I think Julie would be open to such an alliance.

Heroes & Villains
I still like Eliza although Julie has my attention too now. I'm not too fond of Ami, she was a bit of a hard ass tonight. Bye bye Bubba, bye bye; I'm glad you're gone. I'm rooting for John K. now. I think he can make it to the merge (if there is a merge).

Bubba Quote
"I'm sweatin' like a prostitute in a church."
Commenting on how he feels to
be out numbered by the women.

Official Episode Title: Earthquakes and Shake Ups!

Won Immunity: Lopevi

Won Reward: Lopevi

Voted Off: Travis aka Bubba
Aired: 4 votes for Bubba, 1 vote for Rory.

Survivor Live with Rob

Survivor Live, the Internet Talk Show
Guest: Rob Cesternino, Survivor Amazon
Hosts: Chris Booker & Richard Hatch, winner first Survivor

Technical note: sound and video were awful and my browser shut down on me once.

Comments made by Richard Hatch
Rory is fun to watch because he's a "train-wreck". Lisa is vulnerable since she shocked the other women by switching her vote. Chris is not looking like he's the brightest bulb in the box, he's got a fearful look to him. Chad's leg (or rather the lack there of) hasn't slowed him down and probably won't in the challenges. Dah was a great reward, though Richard doesn't understand why the women were singing to him as he left them.

"Rupert caught guppies!"
Hatch believes himself to be the only great fisherman in the history of Survivor. He also disparages the fishing ability of Boston Rob.

Advice before going on Survivor: know yourself and realize it's a game, don't get hung up on "lying".

Comments made by Rob
Chris will make it farther than some think. He's "in the ear" of Sarge so he'll go far with the Fat Force Five. Chad is playing well. Scout is a wild card since she has Twila as a buffer.

Advice before going on Survivor: watch a lot of reality TV. He may be biased because he was also plugging a reality TV website that he's involved with - the Fish Bowl.

the Callers
Chris continues to be a favorite of the callers. One caller even said he was the Richard Hatch of Vanuatu; again Hatch found this laughable. Another caller thinks Chris faked his struggle on the balance beam (Hatch has severe doubts).

Eliza has her fans as well. One viewer even predicts that she'll be in the final two with Ami! (I like Eliza, but I don't think she's getting that far.) Another Eliza fan said that she's getting him a lot of points in the Fantasy League.

Survivor Fantasy League

The answer to this week's Survivor Fantasy League Bonus Question is:

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The question is: On the October 8th episode of SURVIVOR LIVE, which feature of the Pontiac G6 did Richard Hatch talk about?

I usually watch Survivor Live and blog my notes and opinions right here. Additionally I will post the answer to the Bouns Questions as I get them. The answer is something that was talked about during the Friday edition of Survivor Live. The hosts don't tell us what the question will be during the show. If you're playing Survivor Fantasy League then the Bonus Question is worth an extra 40 points to your team.

How are you doing with your Fantasy Team? I have 215 points right now. There are people who have broken 1,000 points already and I don't know how they do it. I've played in several Survivor Fantasy Leagues and I've never done well.