Channel Nine are doing a great job in building the excitement of the 20th season of  Survivor Heroes VsVillains, and this week TV Week has a great article in it with their views on how the series is going to pan out.

TV Week has broken the players into different categories, this is what they said:

The Wildcards:

Russell -  Survivor Heroes Vs Villains  was filmed before Survivor: Samoa aired, so none of the others have seen Russell’s gameplay. His unique position could work for or against him – players may want to eliminate the unknow, especially as he’s a villain, or he may be able to use exactly the same strategy with no on any the wiser.

Candice – Although she played alongside Parvati in Cook Islands, Candice is not on the same tribe as the only player she’s familiar with. If she’s smart, she’ll  become a valuable extra member of a Heroes’ voting block. If she’s not, she might endu up out in the cold.

Courtney: The Survivor:China  villain is in a similar boat to Candice – with James and Amanda from her season on the Heroes tribe. Although Courtney may be targeted due to being a potential weakness during challenges, as the final tribal council in China  proved, she can talk her  way out of anything.

The Sitting Ducks:

Winners: JT, Sandra, Rupert, Tom, Parvati – If Survivor: All-Stars is anything to go by, anyone who’s previously won the million dollar prize – which includes Rupert, who received the viewer-voted cheque after All-Stars- has a massive target on their back. In All-Stars, Jenna Lewis led a charge against previous winner Tina, who was first to go, while Richard and Ethan didn’t last very long either.

Strategists: Boston Rob, and Cirie -  In non-All-Stars seasons, schemers can fly under the radar if they’re careful enough, but the other 18 contestants will know exactly what type of game rob and Cirie have played before. It’s unlikely anyone will want to keep a player around who could slit their throat any time.

The Bad Blood:

Jerri V Colby: It is one of Survivor’s longest-running feuds – and one that should pick up exactly where it left off in All-Stars. In their first season together in Australia, Jerri was smitten with Colby – but the “black widow” love soon turned to anger when colby helped eliminate her shortly after the merge. Determined to outlast him the second time around, Jerri gunned for Colby to go in All-Stars. With one victory apiece, who will outlast whom in Heroes Vs Villains?

Sugar V Randy: Randy wasn’t the only contestant no fond of Sugar in Gabon, but the intense hatred between the pair is unparalleled. Randy’s pre-existing distaste for the pin-up model was only increased when she convinced eventual winner Bob to trick Randy by giving him a fake immunity idol. Sugar made no effort to disguise her glee when the move resulted in Randy’s elimination.

Danielle Vs Cirie: It’s not one of the series’ biggest grudges but Danielle was responsible for Cirie’s elimination in Panama. At the final four, Danielle avoided going home by enlisting Terry to vote with her against Cirie (who voted with Aras against Danielle). With two votes apiece, the pair were forced into a tiebreaker, which Danielle won. Does Cirie still blame her for costing her a million dollars?

The Alliances:

Parvati, Amanda, Cirie and James – Micronesia: Fans Vs Favourites  allies Parvati and Amanda are definitely tight – but both will need to make the merge to reunite this time around. Meanwhile Amanda has played the game with – and beaten- James twice, but it’s likely he holds more of a grudge against all-girl alliance ringleader Parvati for his Micronesia demise and could work with Amanda now. As for Cirie, she was linked with Parvati and Amanda in Fans Vs Favourites, but Amanda left her behind before the final tribal council, so she may not have complete loyalty.

Tom and Stephenie - In Palau, Stephenie and Tom weren’t allied – but they ended up on the same tribe when Stephenie, the last member of Ulong, was “conquered” and brought into the Koror tribe. although greatly outnumbered, Stephenie had earnt the respect of Tom and tribemates, who kept her around longer than they needed to. With both on the Heroes side, it’s likely their friendship will lead to an alliance.

Tyson and Coach – The self-proclaimed “Dragon Slayer” and the sharp tongued mormon were part of a tight alliance in Tocantins and, since neither betrayed each other, it would make sense for them to team up on the Villains tribe again. And although they both gave him their vote in the final tribal council, it’s possible they’d have JT in their sights, since he was partly responsible for their downfalls.

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Now Yul Kwon is my favourite winner ever of Survivor, he was smart, strategic and nice. Here is an interview with him where he tells how Survivor changed his life, and he does not even mention the $1 million.

The lucky bugger is working for the Obama administration. Also he met his wife through a fellow Survivor contestant. Have to admit my Gaydar was way off on this one.

Also with the way Channel Nine are advertising Survivor Heroes V Villains it looks like it will be on sooner rather than later. Woo hoo.

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Over the last view Survivor season’s the show has had a revival with all sorts of shenanigans going. None more so then Russell from the current season Survivor Samoa.

The good news is we have not seen the last of him, as he will be part of the cast of the next series Survivor – Hero’s V Villains. Russell is obviously going to be on the villains team. I hope the producers hide the immunity idol’s well.

The “unofficial” cast looks top knotch, the people on the teams include(please note there are 23 names so three will not go):

Ace Gordon (Survivor: Gabon)

Amanda Kimmel (Survivor: China)

Benjamin “Coach” Wade (Survivor: Tocantins)

Cirie Fields (Survivor: Panama)

James Clement (Survivor: China)

Jean-Robert Bellande (Survivor: China)

Jenna Morasca (Survivor: Amazon)

Jerri Manthey (Survivor: Australia)

Jessica “Sugar” Kiper (Survivor: Gabon)

Johnny Fairplay (Survivor: Pearl Islands)

Ozzy Lusth (Survivor: Cook Islands)

Natalie Bolton (Survivor: Micronesia)

Parvati Shallow (Survivor: Cook Islands)

Randy Bailey (Survivor: Gabon)

Rupert Boneham (Survivor: Pearl Islands)

Sandra Diaz-Twine (Survivor: Pearl Islands)

Sierra Reed (Survivor: Tocantins)

Shane Powers (Survivor: Panama)

Stephenie LaGrossa (Survivor: Palau)

Tina Wesson (Survivor: Australia)

Tom Buchanan (Survivor: Africa)

Tom Westman (Survivor: Palau)

Twila Tanner (Survivor: Vanuatu)

 Also here is an article which gives some names,  which may or may not be accurate, and also says  how Richard Hatch was asked to be on the show however he was unable to as he is serving time because of not paying his taxes.

NB: Article with spoiler in it now removed.

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However due to its latenest I have not watched it. I will do so tonight.

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When is an alliance an alliance is always the question being asked on Survivor. And last night’s episode spent most of the time devoted to the machinations going on in the Favourites tribe.

There were nine contestants left in their tribe so you did not need to be a member of mensa to realise you needed an alliance of five to dominate until the merge.

Cerise was the swinging member between the alliance of two couples, Ozzie, Amanda, James and Parvati, and the other four of the group.

Johnathan thought Cerise was tight with them, but when Parvati and Amanda promised to take Cerise to the final 3 with them she decided to stick with them. That alliance was arguing whether to vote out the intelligent Yau-man or manipulative Eliza.

Whereas the other group was wanting the flirty Parvati out.

Now even Survivor amateurs know your alliance has to vote the same way to ensure it survives. So when the elimination votes were tallied there were six votes for Yau-Man, two for Parvati and one for Cerise.

What had happened to Johnathan, Eliza’s etc alliance? It is week three and they are in a shambles. Lets hope they can regroup by next week.

Here is an exit interview with Yau-Man (if you don’t look at the photos at the top of the page too closely there won’t be any spoilers). He explains why Ami voted for Cerise as she wanted to keep in good with the two couples once she realised they did not have the numbers for Parvati.

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I cannot believe how disappointed I am that Johnny Fairplay left in the first episode of Survivor. In the first 40 minutes of the new season he was the most entertaining person of the cast flitting between the two groups of alliances having a foot in both camps.

At first when he was talking about having the pregnant fiancee I thought he was being manipulative, however I did think it was too early in the game for that sort of manoeuvre.

Anyway I did some googling and yes the story was legit. The mother of his child is another reality TV star Michelle Deighton 21 from America’s Next Top Model Cycle 4. In the US do they have some sort of dating agency where reality TV stars hook up?

The interview is interesting and can be found here. There are no spoilers in it.

So now I will be looking forward to the schemings of Johnathan, and the buffed bod of Ozzy. Also there seemed to be some raunch going on in the preview for next weeks episode. I don’t get it I thought they were not able to take toothbrushes to the camp so how disgusting would it be to kiss someone and they looked like they were going for it!

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Are Survivor producers trying to garner ratings by not pixelating the naughty bits? Normally in episodes boobs, crotch and even bum cracks are pixelated. But somehow in the first episode of Survivor Gabon, which is currently screening in the US somehow a bit of male genitals got through the censors.

If you want a laugh (I know I am juvenile) click here on Dlisted to see the scene from Survivor Gabon. Some of the comments from his post are hilarious my favourite is “Obviously, the censors are Helen Keller, Lt. Geordi LaForge, and an inattentive seeing eye dog”.

We are a season behind and Channel 9 starts screening Survivor Fans V Favourites tomorrow night at 10.30pm. The TV reviewer in The Guide said it was a cracker season.

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