Could a celebrity version of “Survivor” really work? This is something that we’ve wondered for almost ten seasons now, especially as so many other series have taken this sort of route, and while some shows suffered with it (“The Mole”), others soared (“The Apprentice”). Are argument to this point has always been pretty simple: if […]
On Wednesday night, “Survivor” is back … so why not celebrate with one of our personal favorite players? If the game was actually somewhat dictated based solely on physical ability, there’s no questioning that John Cochran would be in trouble. As a matter of fact, Cochran would also probably be the first boot if this […]
It’s an biannual tradition to pick someone heading into a season of “Survivor” to be the champion, and when it comes to the latest “Fans vs. Favorites,” it is a little more complicated than usual. We have a roster of returning players that we have been able to form a pretty solid opinion about courtesy […]
Over the course of the past several weeks, we have sized up all of the returning players on “Survivor Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites” in terms of what they did the first time around, and the sort of changes they need to make to their games in order to actually win the million bucks this time […]
For our final spotlight article for a returning player on “Survivor Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites,” we turn to a man who is not just a specialist, but the specialist: Phillip Sheppard. He’s a man who has spiritual conversations with his dead grandfather, wears feathers on his head, and announces his status as a former federal agent like […]
When you play “Survivor” for the first time and you make an absolutely insane move, it’s understandable that you become America’s favorite reality TV punching bag for the better part of several years. However, we’re not sure that there is anything that helps you more when coming back to play the game again then being […]
Sad news for those of us who are diehard “Survivor” fans: for whatever reason, CBS has decided that they want just 90 minutes for the season premiere of “Survivor Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites” rather than the two hours that was originally ordered. In a press release on Thursday, the network first confirmed the news, and […]
When you look at most of the cast on the Favorites side of “Survivor Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites,” few are like Dawn Meehan. Many of them are significantly younger (save for “Special Agent” Phillip Sheppard), and most of them are known for being some sort of gigantic character. However, Dawn is the sort of nice […]
When you look at some of the Favorites on “Survivor Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites,” it is pretty easy to draw the conclusion that not all of them are the best players in the history of this game. Two of them (Erik Reichenbach and Brandon Hantz) were voted out after giving up their immunity necklaces, another […]
We’re going to take a brief break from our castaway spotlights pertaining to “Survivor Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites,” mostly in order to bring you an answer to another interesting question: just who actually ended up saying “no” to appearing on this season? You can’t imagine that the desired list for the show possibly included everyone […]
