Survivor: Philippians Premiere 24.1

As predicted, Michael Skupin, Jonathan, and Russell Swan are the three returning players. For proof that this was my prediction, go back to my earlier blog post on that subject. Since there has to be returning players as that it a thing they always do nowadays, I think that they chose a good bunch. The three of them each got to lead a different tribe with five new players each. Three tribes will start the game. Time will tell how long that will last. As we begin, we see the Philippians, which I've never been to, but you might enjoy. In fact, you might live there yourself. You might be wondering what Americans like me have to do by blogging about this show. To you I say, don't the Philippians also have their own version of Survivor? The show's first episode premieres today. Today is September 19, 2012. You may not be interested in these events, but I am. I have decided to blog about them. It should be noted that none of these contestants have seen Survivor: One World, or if they have they weren't about to see all of it. So they have no idea what was happening. They also had no idea who these three returning players were. Russell would join the blue tribe that was predetermined. Michael would join the yellow tribe that was predetermined. Jonathan would join the red tribe that was predetermined. The contestants were confused with the mad rush of the game starting as well as the returning players. It seems as if the new players would lead the new teams, but that remains to be seen as the game progresses.

 

Before the first commercial, an ironic even took place when new contestant Jeff hurt himself in the mad rush of the beginning of the game. It remains to be seen as to if he will have to leave the same way these other people who returned have left. But every season of Survivor has events in it that has never happened before. I will post Survivor firsts as they come along.

 

The second part of the show had Russell point out that he doesn't want there to be any leaders but he wants his tribe to be a team. In fact, he wants a pawn to come up as the leader of the team. If you were reading my blog, you will have noticed that Ulong suffered without a leader and never avoided tribal council. The blue tribe got fire and water very quickly. The three tribe twist seemed strange to the tribes, since this hasn't been done since All Stars. In the yellow tribe, secret alliances were forming already, which always seem to happen on the first day.

 

The third part of the show had a contestant who knew who Jeff was on the red tribe. Lisa talked to an interviewer about how she doesn't have any money anymore. She talked about how she stopped acting and decided to do Survivor because she was such a big fan. She talked about her Christian faith and how she believes that he is the reason she is there. Michael, the returning contestant, already knew who she was. Both of them liked meeting for the first time since they were both fans of each other, in a way. The game of Survivor was a big deal to Michael, who has never had a vote cast against him. Denise, a sex therapist, was curious about the Southern guy named Zane. She was probably judging him based on his appearance and the way he talked. But I've never been a sex therapist, so I have no idea what she thinks about sometimes. I know what I think about sometimes and sometimes share with other people. Of course, there are some things that I don't.

 

The fourth part of the show had Michael not caring about getting hurt again. As if by some dumb stroke of luck, the two returning contestants on the blue and red tribes were the ones looking for immunity idols. Russell found a clue by sheer dumb luck. Jonathan, as true to his nature, was looking for a way to stay safe in this game. Also, if you use www.twitter.com, the #immunityidol hashtag now exists as does the #survivor hashtag. CBS Cares about its tweets. It must like doing that a lot of the times. But it doesn't matter since the most watched network has to know what the viewers like about the shows that they air. I wish that they didn't do that, but you probably wish that I didn't waste my time with useless blogs. But I digress. As the fourth part of the show airs, #immunitychallenge is created as another hashtag on twitter. The first place tribe gets a firemaking set as well as immunity. The second place tribe would also get immunity. The third place tribe would go to tribal council. I am trying to eat supper while I'm typing this at the cat got on my lap. Since I don't want food close to my laptop, my food is not within arm's reach. So today is complicated in more than one way. The yellow tribe seemed to be doing better in the challenge, due in part to Michael wanting to help his tribe excel, since he never got much of a chance in the second season. The red tribe looks like the second place at this part of the challenge. The host of the show is annoying the contestants during the challenge as well as the viewers. The red tribe won the reward and the immunity. The yellow had a close second and immunity as well. The blue tribe would end up going to tribal council.

 

In the next part of the show, the blue tribe got to understand more about each other. I honestly hope that Zane makes it far in this game. Russell continued being an asshole; much like Survivor's other famous Russell, whose family should never be on reality TV, especially on CBS. (Did I just use well grammar? I hope that I did.) The tribe of six ended up voting out Zane, much to my disappointment. Even being from what some consider being from the south, I still wish that Zane was not the first person voted out. He must have voted from Russell, the only other vote that was shown in the game. Poor Zane. I would love to be friends with you in real life. As for this blog, consider this Adam Decker signing off until the next episode when who knows what happens. What is the preview? Jonathan wants an idol and the former actress finds life in the game hard. For further reference, all new posts will be labeled with 24 in the title to reference the new season. For now, I say, go Michael!