I hate to say I told you so…but Nate perhaps you should have worn your glasses to tribal because you should have seen your ouster coming. Though it is clear from your parting words – Jonathan you can kiss my ass. You're a dirty, stanky, whack, fruitcake who sold me out, who sold out our tribe when we brought you in. You trading bastard. So kiss my ass Jonathan – that you were somewhat surprised and upset. On the other hand I don't know if anything could have saved Nate. His strategizing has been off for the whole season and he never saw how out there he was so it really was just a matter of time.Tonight's show was nowhere near as exciting as last week's but it does rate up there as one of the season's best episodes. For the most part it was all about strategizing and deciding on the best move. They teased us a lot about the personal immunity idol. I expected that the idol would finally be used this week but, alas, Yul managed to stage a coup with only the mere threa...
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Jenny Guzon-Bae and Rebecca Borman, Survivor: Cook Islands
On last week's Survivor: Cook Islands (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET on CBS), Jeff Probst threw in another big twist: The tribe that lost the immunity challenge had to send one person home, and also got a message in a bottle to be opened only after the vote. The Raro tribe lost — again (do we sense a theme?) — and sent New York native Rebecca Borman packing, then hoped that their note said the teams were merging. Unfortunately, they were wrong, and they had to vote off another tribe member, on the spot and with no discussion. Real-estate agent Jenny Guzon-Bae was taken completely by surprise when she discovered she was the next to have her torch sn
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I love, love, love this show! It has excitement; it has conflict; it has betrayal; it has underdogs; it even has new verbs. Where else would you hear about octopussing? And Rebecca, if you chose only to speak one word during this week's show, I'm glad it was that one. Let's see, it is day 22, and over the course of the next three days Aitu pulled out another two challenge wins — making it a four-challenge sweep since the infamous mutiny. I'm so pleased for this underdog team, and who says that dog can't hold a grudge? They sent Candice to do yet another stint on Exile Island. And to display the workings of their well-oiled machine, Aitu members all chimed in together to call her name. Aww. For whatever reason, Jonathan is bearing none of the brunt of the mutiny from his former 'mates. If he makes it to the merge, we'll see if all is forgiven. But Raro is going to have to start winning some immunity challenges. I mean, they have double the numbers, you'd think that would count ...
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Well, well, well. The show is getting interesting again. The Mutiny on the Bounty theme added a much-needed jolt to the Cook Islands Survivor. Jeff tossed out this new twist just before the reward challenge and, through the magic of editing, just after Jonathan and Candice chatted about breaking up their alliance of six. The offer? Mutiny. With ten seconds to decide, castaways could switch tribes. The only takers? Candice and Jonathan — thus leaving Aitu shorthanded with only four members to Raro's now eight.Not only did this move piss Aitu off, but it also lit a fire under them. With half the numbers, Aitu went on to win both reward and immunity challenges, forcing Raro to tribal council. Aitu expressed its displeasure clearly by sending mutineer No. 1, Candice, to Exile Island. Jonathan worked his mojo as Raro's newest member by talking up Adam and doing all of the grunt work. While his new tribe relaxed to the sound of his working, Jonathan's former tribe bonded as if they...
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Jessica "Flica" Smith, Survivor: Cook Islands
Tattooed roller-gal Jessica Smith, who was better known as Flica on CBS' Survivor: Cook Islands (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET), may have seemed like a tough chick on the surface, since she's used to playing with fire in her performance art. But in reality, she was really a big softie who was too attached to people to play such a cutthroat game. TVGuide.com caught up with Flica to find out why she wanted to go on Survivor, and who she doesn't want to see win.
TVGuide.com: Where did the nickname Flica come from? Jessica: I went through several different performance names for doing my fire [act], so it kind of came from "flicker." It would be on all my business cards: "Flick a flame, Fire for Hire," because I spin the fire hula hoops and all those kinds of things.
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Clearly Candice is just a loving person. She loves Billy. She loves Adam. But she really loves peanut butter. Like, loves peanut butter would make her declare, "I'm in love with everybody that I can see right now." I mean, it's only been 17 days. Maybe I just don't eat peanut butter that much, but I’m pretty sure that a two-week hiatus from it would not have me kissing on Flicka. And what’s up with Brad? I'm sorry, but peanut butter and potatoes just don't go together. I don't care how forward-thinking you are.OK, how badly did you feel for Rebecca and her Tara Reid take on the reward challenge? "Pull your top down, baby!" I don't know who yelled that out, but I’m quite sure it wasn't Nate, who was just a-grinnin' at the whole scene. And Jeff, who's always yelling something useful during the challenges, couldn't come up with a quick, "Rebecca, you're flashing your tribemates," in between play-by-plays?Kidnapped at the last tribal council, Nate was made by Aitu to sit ...
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Eighteen days in and the producers are still trying to reel in new viewers with this CliffNotes, catch-me-up episode. That's right, it's recap time on Survivor: Cook Islands. Rather than just stroll down memory lane, we regular viewers were also treated to 14 new and easily identifiable scenes — the most riveting of which was Adam and Candice's Day 2 adventure at sea that left them stranded and shivering on a sandbar and had them ultimately abandoning ship in a desperate effort to swim back to land. The next time this happens, it would be nice to see Parvati show a little more concern for her fellow tribe mates than for the unwrecked boat safely parked on a sandbar. At least now we have some basis for Candice's blowing kisses to Adam at last week's tribal council. You don't go through something like that without it changing you. Theirs is a bond none can break.Pavarti is, I guess, this season's hot chick. She got her own montage and everything, but if I see that tattoo one more...
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Cao Boi and Cristina, Survivor: Cook Islands
Last week Jeff Probst shocked the members of the two tribes on Survivor: Cook Islands (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET, CBS) by telling them that both tribes would have to send a person home. Raro and Aitu each took the opportunity to get rid of people who they viewed as annoying, eliminating Ahn-Tuan (better known to fans as Cao Boi), who was very vocal about a plan to get the holder of the hidden immunity idol to step forward, and Cristina Coria, a hardworking (yet deemed too-bossy) cop. TVGuide.com asked Cao Boi (pronounced Cowboy) and Cristina about their teams' decisions.
First up, Cao Boi:
TVGuide.com: You seemed like you had fun out there. Cao Boi: I had a great time. I had an adventure. You never know what is coming around the turn.
TVGuide.com: You are so friendly, were you surprised by how cutthroat the other players were? Cao
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NBC jumped the shark in 2004.The Apprentice was the hottest show on television. We're talking absolute must see TV that was oozing buzz. NBC tried to capitalize on the show's success and put all their eggs in the Donald's reality basket.I said it then, and I'm saying it now — moving The Apprentice to anchor Thursday nights sent the network right over the fin. ABC learned its lesson with Millionaire. CBS always had CSI and Everybody Loves Raymond to go with Survivor and The Amazing Race.Thursday nights belonged to NBC. It lost Friends and Frasier (which had jumped the shark years ago) and had nothing in the pipeline. First to fourth wasn't an "if", it was a "when".I understand how tempting it is to lead off each night with a game show or reality show (i.e. inexpensive show). It's also another big mistake. Deal or No Deal is getting pummeled into the ground as I type as the contestants get more and more "wacky".So you're Jeff Zucker... what do you do? Glad you asked.1. Pluck C...
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CBS has announced that The Amazing Race 10 will cross the finish line on Dec. 10, to be followed a week later on Sunday, Dec. 17, by the final tribal council for Survivor: Cook Islands. As is tradition, a live reunion show will air after the Survivor finale, starting at 10 pm/ET.
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