The $60 million question is which Survivor contestant is God talking to? Is it Coach or Brandon? Seriously when people hear voices they are normally thought to be mentally unwell, however this is never the case when God is talking to you.

However Brandon made a total faux pas last night on Survivor when he gave away his immunity necklace to Albert to prove his loyalty. Coach, Rik and Sophie then voted him out. Hello didn’t he see the season when this happened to ice cream scooper Erik?

Albert appears to be on the outer when he managed to get Rik (he speaks) fired up because his neck was on the line.

Whoever is wins the challenge between him and Ozzie on Redemption Island next episode must be back in the game otherwise it will be totally unfair.

If Rik gets in the top three he could win as he has not turned on anyone yet, but Coach who has played a strong game is starting to look shaky as he has made some moves in the last few episodes against players. Considering he saw himself as Brandon’s ‘mentor’ it seems strange that he turned on him.

Survivor host Jeff Probst has married his girlfriend of a year Lisa Ann Russell in a private ceremony in LA.

This is the second marriage for Jeff Probst, 50, who divorced his first wife in 2001. Lisa Anna Russell has also been married before and has two children.

Congratulations…..I think.

Source: (NY Daily News)

Interesting move by Cochran, throwing himself at the mercy of his tribe mates at the beginning of the episode, saying since he switched he would like to stick around for one more tribal council. Though playing the fake birthday was a nice touch.

It was going to be between him and Edna on who was to go. For a person like him who has lived and breathed Survivor, I thought he would have tried to make a move by forming a new alliance with Edna and Albert who are itching to make a move.

He should know more then anyone there are no honourable acts in Survivor particularly at the pointy end of the competition.

Thankfully before tribal council he did try and form a new alliance with Edna, Albert and Coach. Edna was easy as she knew she was next to go, and Albert’s ego was bruised when he heard Rik was calling him Princess Albert. Coach was wondering whether to throw his hat in with the new alliance or stick with the old one. He did not want to be seen as treacherous.

Albert is doing everything to shore up jury votes, except do any work around camp. He won immunity and a massage and shower, but with these there is always a catch as he got to pick one other person to do it with him. He picked Coach, but then gave up his spot so Cochran could have one as well.

Tribal Council as always was interesting, with Brandon again revealing his inner nutjob.

Brandon said “I want to do wrong things, I am only human, but there is something in me that won’t let me.” Is he insane? Why is he still in the game? Clearly he will go final three as he has no hope of winning.

Brendan also revealed he would not be flipping alliances, probably because he could not get his head around it.

As Cochran said “Talking strategy with Brandon is like talking to you [Jeff Probst] about shirts that are not blue – he just does not comprehend it, it is not in his vocabulary.”

Cochran was eliminated, clearly Coach who had said he would be doing anything to save him, decided he wasn’t going to flip into a new alliance, and he was off to Redemption Island.

Ozzy who beat Dawn and Whitney in a balancing challenge, will face off against Cochran next week, and it will truly be a David versus Goliath battle. However I can’t see Cochran winning, nor does Ozzy.

By the way if Rik wins this season he must get in the record books for the Survivor winner with the least amount of air time.

Here is the EW blog with Jeff Probst who answers questions about the episode.

Nick Jonas has flown in to meet his girlfriend The Voice judge, Delta Goodrem’s family. (Source: Daily Telegraph)

Nicole Ritchie will be joining her husband Joel Madden when he comes out here to star on The Voice. (Source: Herald Sun)

Simon Cowell congratulates the team of The X Factor Australia saying it was a ‘massive step up’. I wonder if he would have said that if Andrew Wishart had won. (Source: Herald Sun)

Dani Minogue will be a judge on Britain’s Got Talent. (Source: Daily Mail)

Dancing With The Stars US contestant  proposed to his girlfriend on TV. (Source: New York Daily News )

Kim Kardashian says she won’t be having kids before she is thirty now. If you care… (Source: Huffington Post)

Also soon to be ex-husband Kris is unhappy about how he was portrayed in the first episode of Kim and Kourtney Take On New York. (Source: Huffington Post)

The Huffington Post, which seems to be obsessed with the Kardashian write that Kris Jenner, aka the mum, might be the next Kardashian on Dancing With The Stars.

If you are interested in what Courtney Stodden wears to church click here.  The 17 year old and her 50 something old husband are pitching a reality show. Her husband Doug has also pulled out of a movie due to what he thought was inappropriate sexual content. (Source: Huffington Post)

Bethenny Frankel won’t be getting her own talk show as she is thought to be too aggressive. (Source: Reality Blurred)

Survivor renewed for two more seasons, with Jeff Probst as host. (Source: Reality Blurred)

Personally I don’t see how you can hook up on Survivor, the no food, the bad weather, and the vermin would kill anyones libido.

However this was not the case for Keith and Whitney in Survivor South Pacific. They are now an item.

Also a minor scandal but it was revealed she was married to another country singer, and she got back from filming and said she was leaving as she met someone else.

It appears her and Keith’s romance has survived off the island.

(Source: Reality Blurred)

You Tube is gold for stuff like this and Survivor fans will love this top Ten montage. Be aware the creator of this admits number 7 did not occur, it was tricky editing.

Channel Nine who have been beaten in the ratings by SEVEN this year, are using reality TV to bring them back to being number one in 2012.

This strategy might just work for them with what looks to be a very solid lineup of exciting new reality shows to capture the viewers attention. Expect most of them to be in the 7.00pm timeslot which has been a strategy that has worked so well for them this year.

The shows are:

The Voice: The ratings smash hit in the US with more than 10 million viewers a week. The hook for this show is the judges have to pick their contestants on their voices only which will make for some interesting contestants.

The judges and coaches will be Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden, international country music star Keith Urban, Grammy Award winning soul singer Seal and Aussie pop singer Delta Goodrem. Expect it to rate big.

Excess Baggage: Eight celebrities, eight ordinary Australians  who have physical and emotional baggage is holding them back.  The show will be hosted by Kate Ceberano with celebrities: Kevin Federline, Christine Anu, Kate DeAraugo, Gaby Millgate, Darryn Lyons, Brant Webb, Ajay Rochester and Robert “Dipper” DiPierdomenico.

Facebook: facebook.com/ExcessBaggageAU Twitter: @ExcessBaggage9

Big Brother: The ‘mother’ of all reality shows returns to Australian television on Nine in 2012. The show that changed the face of Australian television will be reborn on Nine with a bold new attitude and a brand new host, Sonia Kruger.

Expect social media interaction by viewers to be huge.

Facebook: facebook.com/BigBrotherAU

Twitter: @BBAU9

Shows returning will be The Celebrity Apprentice Australia with a whole new cast  and  The Farmer Wants A Wife, hosted by Natalie Gruzlewski. Farmer Wants A Wife needs a format change or some casting twists arrest the rating slide it had this year. A gay farmer would be a good start.

 The Block 2012

The Block in the 7.00pm time slot was the hit of 2011, reaching  3.7million viewers. In 2012, Channel Nine are saying there will be a new elimination round and new challenges. It will again be shot in Melbourne.

GO Channel will also have Survivor and The Bachelor.

Which of these shows will you be watching in 2012.

In each season of  Survivor there is always an episode where the status quo is maintained or things just settle down. No big moves are made and no big shocks occur. But this can be a positive thing as it is the calm before the storm.

Last night on Redemption Island we saw the alpha males of Keith, Jim and Ozzie battle it out to see who stayed in the game and who would be the first two members of the jury. Ozzie won, so no surprises there.

Then after Sophie won the first immunity challenge Whitney and Dawn heads were on the chopping block. Albert who is in a tight alliance with Sophie considered making a move  to oust Edna, just because she was useless.

However Albert was also starting to thinking about the jury votes and thought by currying favour with Dawn and Whitney he might be able to get their vote if he gets to the final three.

Albert also told Cochran that he was was at the bottom of the tribes alliance, and Cochran appeared to believe this. However Cochran should know that these things change daily if not hourly on these shows. Also he will know that he will be attractive to take to the final three as he was a turncoat so is unlikely to get Whitney, Jim, Keith or Ozzie’s vote if they end up on the jury.

Anyway Dawn was the first to be voted off, then the surprise was they had to battle it out for another immunity idol at tribal council. It would have been very interesting if Whitney had won, as there would have been now caucusing on who to vote off. I suspect Cochran would have been the one to go.

The good thing about status quo episodes is you know the following episode won’t be, with all of the other tribe eliminated Coach’s tribe now has to start voting out its own.

Here is Jeff Probst who gives some insights into the episode.

Also here are some exit interviews with Keith from Reality TV World, and Jim again from Reality TV World. Jim has some interesting things to say about Cochran flipping, he said everyone on their tribe wanted to take him final three.

Yul Kwon is probably my favourite Survivor winner he handled himself with class the whole way through Survivor: Cook Islands and this interview he gives is interesting and revealing.

He says he went on Survivor to raise the profile of American-Korean people on TV, as well as a few other altruistic reasons. For those who didn’t watch Cook Islands there were four teams made out of different races. There was african-american, hispanic, white, and asian. The asians kicke everyones butt.

If you are fan it is worth having a look at, and also here is a link to an article which talks more about his childhood and his life at the moment. He has a TV show coming out which is called ‘America Revealed’.

Why on Survivor is only OK to backstab when your the one doing it? Otherwise it is a dishonourable action.

As predicted Cochran’s old tribe mates were having a go at him, even when he said he did it for survival and the fact he was not going to allow his fate be decided by a rock draw.

Ozzy said he had saved him by going to Redemption Island, Whitney said she and Keith had saved him three times, and Jim just told him to get fucked.

Cochran a Survivor savant knew it was all just part of the game.

Helloooo guys it is a game and  they would have done the same to him at some point.

Ozzy knew he was in trouble when he did not win immunity challenge. Jim did, unfortunately for Sophie if she had not puked up she may have won it.

He said to Coach, who is playing a cracker game, that he did not want to go. Coach realising that Ozzy could quite easily be on the jury.  Coach said he did not want him to go either.

Jim at one point said he was going to give the immunity necklace Ozzy, and then the other tribe won’t have time to caucus so their vote could be split.

However Jim’s argument for voting Cochran out weak, saying that it would show that everyone would play the game honourably. Again contestants only start talking about honour on Survivor when they are in the weak position.

Unfortunately for Ozzy, Jim was not going to honourably keep his promise and hand him the immunity necklace so Ozzy was sent to Redemption Island. I note Dawn had flipped and voted for Ozzie.

There was again another immunity challenge. This time it was the inevitable food challenge, where you can eat if you sit out the challenge if you give up your chance at immunity.

Only Dawn, Jim and Whitney went in the challenge, with Whitney winning immunity. Dawn was savvy saying she would try and stay in the challenge so they could eat.

Coach tried to pretend he wanted to compete and he was only eating as that is what the tribe wanted to do. Jeff Probst called him out on it.

Jim knew he was in trouble. However Albert was trying to knock off Dawn, as he was worried she was infiltrating the tribe.

Jim was voted out and he was off to Redemption Island.

Prediction: Rick doesn’t win Survivor as we have barely seen him.

Also here is a link to Jeff Probst answering some questions about the episode.