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Survivor 31: Second Chance | PLAYER VOTING IS LIVE | Jeff Probst's Fantasy Football
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lazyproblems
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matthewwhatever
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If you listen to Probst, kids. When they announced the concept a few weeks ago, he spent a bunch of time saying how beloved Woo was by kids.
They were a pretty memorable tribe with distinct personalities + recency. Also, that's Keith from SJDS in the middle top. He was comically bad at the game. I have no idea why so many people wanted him back over someone like Shane or Jim.
So was Culpepper the only person who didn't make it for whom Probst didn't say something about one day getting another chance? He definitely said that for a few people, but he just kind of skipped over Brad.
And to think that these two will undoubtedly despise each other on the island lolSeriously:
Well, we wanted him back (not over Shane by any stretch) because he was comically bad at the game. You can't cast a Survivor season by just putting on strategic masterminds.
SecretMoblin
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I agree with the praise for the older cast in here. I've always appreciated that Survivor resisted (somewhat) the slide into casting 85%+ co-ed mactors, a decision that ruined BB and TAR for me.
lazyproblems
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The whole Brad situation was just bizarre. His wife was tweeting the night that the Second Chance vote was announced... But she never tweeted one supportive tweet, and didn't tweet for two weeks. He didn't make any attempt to campaign, and he's on the heels of getting sued for insurance fraud because of his first appearance on Survivor. I try not to be a conspiracy theorist, but his whole situation was always weird.
Also, the cold Joe/Shirin interaction at the reunion could be some mutual pre-planned target shrinker. I mean, people should be worried about people from seasons with high representation, they should do all they can to avoid looking like they are close.
Spencer/Tasha
Joe/Shirin
Jeremy/Keith
Vytas/Ciera
It's a bit like blood vs water post merge situation.
Spencer/Tasha
Joe/Shirin
Jeremy/Keith
Vytas/Ciera
It's a bit like blood vs water post merge situation.
SlowRevolution
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Seriously:
her glasses almost flying off of her face <3
lazyproblems
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They actually like each other in real life. But as Francesca and Andrea, Lex with several people on ASS, and a whole slew of other people have shown, that doesn't necessarily mean anything when you get on the island.
I hope both of them go far. <3
RepairmanJack
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Yeah, it also looks like they headbutt pretty hard there.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Shane being left out might just be my favorite part. He thought he was a lock too. That makes it even better.
Shane's going to come to your house and cut you.
Belgian Dude
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Fixed.
Also some people brought up the possibility that if Brad agreed to be Poll Filler that CBS would help him with his case or something like that. I don't know why he'd be up for a Second Chance and never campaign so it seems likely.
Monica tweeted about football I think on the day the voting was revealed?
Belgian Dude
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I'm honestly a bit scared for S32. It could be they just switched to avoid spoilers for an All Stars Season and so that the vote lead straight into the season, but it could also mean that it ends up being predictable/full of terrible people like WA, even if entertaining, and they didn't want two like that back-to-back.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Considering how much Jeff raved about this season I would definitely expect 32 to have a very similar cast
SecretMoblin
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lmao, the shade of his S32 tribe predictions
Apparently the thing we have to worry about the most is that the entire cast is going to die of heat and be eaten alive by insects.
lazyproblems
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The delay honestly had nothing to do with the quality of 32. It just wouldn't make sense to make people wait that long to see the all star season they had just voted on. People would be more interested in that (and its spoilers) and wouldn't care as much about the current season.
The casting for 32 is interesting so far. Some are reminiscent of the original
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The casting for 32 is interesting so far. Some are reminiscent of the original
BBB
Can't wait for Jeff to talk about how they decided on BBB after casting even though we know it's bullshit lol.
Belgian Dude
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Yeah. That is a huge problem with the back-to-back filming. 31 will have to be there as well.
I think that was most likely the case (and some of the cast seems a bit interesting already) but I always worry, heh. I'm likely being overly pessimistic, though.
Brian Fellows
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matthewwhatever
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I still don't get it. He's not even someone like Ciera, who started off as a little clueless but ended up figuring things out as she went along. He was clueless to start, and clueless to finish. I agree you need a mix of people, and not just hardcore strategy all the time, but apart from Brad, Keith was the person on there I wanted to see least.
That doesn't make a tonne of sense, though. I don't know how it works from the legal perspective -- I'd assume that he could just subpoena the tapes, assuming they exist -- but from it's not like they really needed poll filler here. I'd be shocked if anyone out there was wondering when Brad Culpepper would be making a return to Survivor. He played one season kind of badly, and you could see Probst's crush on him rapidly diminish week by week (seriously, he went from being Culpepper at the begining to just being "Brad" by the time he was voted out/lost at redemption island). And hasn't Survivor just tended to avoid people with known legal issues? They must've had a lot more people than Greg Buis & Ian turn them down for Brad to have made the list.
lazyproblems
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I get that. It's natural after coming off of a season a lot of people disliked (for some people 2 seasons). I try to remain optimistic.
Anybody know if that NBA guy is a big deal/famous? I don't really keep up with basketball. I kind of like that they went for a poker player again.
ErasureAcer
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Ahh, as I said before I didn't watch those(B/W, watched a few episodes of one world, missed a couple seasons in the middle of the show, where a black guy wins I think and where the ladies took over the game yet some white dude ended up winning)...that explains it. Thanks. I've seen every other season(maybe missed an episode or 2 in those) besides those 5...which I think 1 of those earlier ones(black guy winning, I watched up to the merge but had other stuff going on in life, Spring 2007).
Still, some of these people for next season I can not really place and I've probably seen their seasons. Looks like I don't know 6 of them from the eye test. Top row, 1st/2nd/4th. Middle, 2nd(perhaps 3rd...though she looks familiar...no idea of what she did though in what season...forgettable), bottom row, 4th and 6th.
matthewwhatever
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I get that. It's natural after coming off of a season a lot of people disliked (for some people 2 seasons). I try to remain optimistic.
I don't think there's any reason not to be optimistic -- like others have said, the only way the voting thing really works is if it's the very next season. Otherwise, it would be seven months between cast reveal and the season airing, which is kind of an eternity nowadays.
Belgian Dude
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^It's a cool idea, but then people may skip the videos and just vote for arbitrary factors since there's no 'past turn' to judge people on. I think it could be cool to try, though.
On the other hand, poor S32 winner who will only know one year later.
On the other hand, poor S32 winner who will only know one year later.
KuwabaraTheMan
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I'm guessing we will see another "Second Chances" type season in the future with another fan vote, given how well these results turned out.
You have to imagine that those guys know what happened pretty soon after.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Yeah, but they have to wait until this time next year for the money.
matthewwhatever
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Logo!
I don't think a newbie vote would be as successful -- it would skew too much towards people that catered to the hardcore crowd, since you wouldn't get as many casual fans voting for people they remember seeing on TV.
Though on the plus side, that would mean no people like Woo getting the kid vote.
I don't think a newbie vote would be as successful -- it would skew too much towards people that catered to the hardcore crowd, since you wouldn't get as many casual fans voting for people they remember seeing on TV.
Though on the plus side, that would mean no people like Woo getting the kid vote.
lazyproblems
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That's literally what I said up the page, lol. He said he worried about the potential quality of the season, I said I was remaining optimistic that it will be good.
lazyproblems
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I like this idea a lot. It would make sense given the theme too.
I hope that next time they open a bit the options so we don't end up picking "the ones I hate less" for half of the ballot. I feel like they were really scared of the vote, so they just put a small bunch so it could give a somewhat balanced cast either way.
I could see them doing this vote thing for a more thematic season like Heroes vs Villains or Fans vs Favourites, but I really don't like when they mix veterans with newbies (It worked in Philipines, but I see that season as the exception)
matthewwhatever
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That's one of those stupidest conspiracy theories I've heard.
BBB and Phillipines taught them a LOT about how that's not a good idea after they kept doing it for a long time.
KuwabaraTheMan
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One thing they've definitely been getting right lately is the casting. The Fans tribe on Caramoan aside, pretty much every new cast from the last 3 years has been great.
Belgian Dude
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Yeah, that was what I meant. 'Know' probably wasn't the best choice of words in my part there.
It definitely is, but I can't fathom someone accepting to be in and not even recognizing the concept or campaigning one bit.
bring out the tinfoil hats
It's very unlikely w/ Africa- they ran into shipping problems in Gabon & general blah problems in Kenya.
UberTag
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I never got the hatred people have for Woo. Is it just that he took Tony to the end and lost instead of taking Kass and winning? People have made that mistake before, notably Colby way back in season 2, and never got the level of hate Woo gets. I feel like most of the people who got mad over that liked Tony more than Woo anyway, so shouldn't you be happy in that case?
I really liked Woo on his season, he's a really nice guy and I also think his personality is really fun and funny (as opposed to, say, Joe, who is nice but bland IMO). You need a couple wacky characters and a couple people who won't be obsessing over numbers and alliances non-stop. A few people who are mostly there to have an adventure over "game game game" or it gets exhausting. Same reason I like Keith as well.
Very bummed about Shane and Teresa not making it, but the cast is really surprisingly great otherwise. I share the suspicion that Shane failed the physical or the psych test or something, it just doesn't make sense otherwise. I was surprised Teresa didn't make it in the moment, but it makes sense really. Season 3 wasn't nearly as popular or remembered as the first 2 seasons among most people, and you already have Kelly/Kimmi/Jeff soaking up a lot of that nostalgia vote. The cast also is way older than average in general, there was just no way there would only be like 1 woman in her 20s.
She seemed really excited to get on again...I hope Jeff was serious when he said they would be considered again next time, but it might be too late for her then.
I really liked Woo on his season, he's a really nice guy and I also think his personality is really fun and funny (as opposed to, say, Joe, who is nice but bland IMO). You need a couple wacky characters and a couple people who won't be obsessing over numbers and alliances non-stop. A few people who are mostly there to have an adventure over "game game game" or it gets exhausting. Same reason I like Keith as well.
Very bummed about Shane and Teresa not making it, but the cast is really surprisingly great otherwise. I share the suspicion that Shane failed the physical or the psych test or something, it just doesn't make sense otherwise. I was surprised Teresa didn't make it in the moment, but it makes sense really. Season 3 wasn't nearly as popular or remembered as the first 2 seasons among most people, and you already have Kelly/Kimmi/Jeff soaking up a lot of that nostalgia vote. The cast also is way older than average in general, there was just no way there would only be like 1 woman in her 20s.
She seemed really excited to get on again...I hope Jeff was serious when he said they would be considered again next time, but it might be too late for her then.
Well to be fair, everything Shane said in the run up to the vote makes me think he wouldn't be much different from Woo strategy wise.
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