Interview with Sophie Clarke

Insidetv.ew.com has an interview with Survivor: South Pacific winner, Sophie Clarke. Here's a teaser:

How comfortable were you going into that final Tribal when you first arrived, and then how comfortable were you after the jury questions when they went up to vote?

I knew that I had a shot. The thing that shocked me was Ozzy starting it off by saying, “This game is yours to lose, Coach,” and that shocked me. Because I thought I was going to go in there with a good claim for the million, and all of a sudden I was on defense. And then after all the questions I could tell that Coach was really hammered. I mean everyone was getting hammered, but he was getting hammered the most. All they wanted was honesty, and I was the only one at the final Tribal to give them honesty. All Coach had to say was “I manipulated all of you,” and he would have gotten the million. I was the only one to own up to things. I was just brutally honest with people and didn’t just say what they wanted to hear. Cochran asked me, “What was the best move of the game?” and I immediately said, “Well, it wasn’t yours. Yours sucked!” And, you know, Albert would never say that. Albert would think that was the surest way to lose a jury vote. I could tell the jury didn’t want to be messed around with. They’re not stupid people.

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Is Ozzy Arrogant?

Insidetv.ew.com has a new interview with Ozzy. Here's a teaser:

In the so-close department, which one is more painful, this one where you knew you’d win if you took that last challenge, or Cook Islands where you lost by one measly vote?

Cook Islands, because this is all my own doing, if that makes any sense. It was all up to me and I just have to take some solace that there is some grand master plan that is bigger than myself that I can’t quite perceive at this moment. Maybe I just don’t need that million dollars. I’ll just have to make my million dollars the old fashioned way. Walking away with $100,000 plus is not too bad either. I didn’t get first place but I basically got second if you look at it monetarily. And in my opinion I really did win the game in terms of how people saw it play out at home.

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Survivor: South Pacific "Loyalties Will Be Broken" (Episode 14)

Episode 14: "Loyalties Will Be Broken"
Original Airdate: December 18th, 2011
American Ratings: 13.07 million viewers (Reunion show: 9.92 millions viewers)

Brandon joins Ozzy on Redemption Island. He tells him that he was blindsided. Ozzy opines that Brandon is playing a "blind faith" kind of game.

Sophie says that tribal council was crazy tonight. Both she and Benjamin are disappointed in Albert for lying and politicking in front of the jury. Coach says that he won't be made a fool by Albert.

No fool, Albert realizes that he is in deep trouble and he must find a way to get back into his alliance's good graces.

Day 36

Ozzy is ready for this last duel. His home for the last few weeks, Ozzy will miss Redemption Island.

At the duel, Jeff Probst confirms that the winner gets back into the game. They must hold on to a pole for as long as possible. As usual, Ozzy gets no support from the Upolu alliance. Nevertheless, Ozzy is victorious.

I may have lost the game of Survivor, but I've won.

Brandon becomes the seventh member of the final jury. Ozzy claims that Redemption Island has allowed him to come back stronger then ever.

Back at camp, Ozzy immediately realizes that he is not welcome. The Dragon Slayer can't help but be impressed by Ozzy's duel run at Redemption Island. Coach says that he'll give Ozzy his hidden immunity idol if he thinks the other is in trouble. Understandably, Ozzy doubts his sincerity.

The only thing I can do is win.

Benjamin realizes that it's his game to lose right now. Everyone wants to bring him to the final three.

Day 37

To win immunity, the castaways must use one hand to steady a balancing board while building a stack of cards with the other. Sophie uses up all of her tiles without reaching the mark, and she is forced to start over. Ozzy runs into the same problem. Seeing that he has no chance to win the challenge, Sophie orders Albert to drop his stack and pick up the tiles she dropped on the ground. Albert has no intention to comply, but Jeff forbids them from doing so anyway.

If you want Ozzy out of this game, beat him.

The Upolu members are pissed by Ozzy's inopportune victory. For his part, Ozzy wants to try to look like the good guy. He wants to attempt to pit them all against each others.

Albert and Coach consider getting rid of Rich. Ozzy tries to get Albert to vote out Sophie. Rich is worried. He discusses voting out Sophie with Coach, but he doesn't like the vibe emanating from the other man.

Ozzy reveals to Albert that Coach promised to bring him to the final three. Albert doesn't believe such a wild claim, and Coach lies when asked about it.

At tribal council, Ozzy explains that he knew he needed to win or he was gone. The Dragon Slayer is wearing the hidden immunity idol. Ozzy reveals once again that Coach wants to bring him to the end. Sophie claims that Ozzy has no respect for her. Ozzy counters by saying that everyone who came through Redemption Island had bad things to say about Sophie. She breaks down and cry when her character is put into question.

As the votes are tallied, Rick is booted out by beating Sophie in a 3-2 vote.

Oh, have a seat.

Ever the family man, Coach gets up to give Rick a hug, but the cowboy is having none of that.

Day 38

For today, Ozzy's plan A is win. His plan B is also win.

Sophie can't stand Ozzy being around. Coach is pissed at Ozzy for disclosing their secret. He feels like Ozzy stabbed him in the back. But Ozzy explains that he was burned badly in the past and he felt he couldn't trust Coach yesterday.

Ozzy would like Albert and Sophie to make fire tonight. He would like to force a tie.

This is the moment of truth. This challenge for me is worth a million dollars.

To win immunity, the castaways must run through a flower-shaped obstacle course, collecting five bags of puzzle pieces along the way. First person to complete their puzzle wins immunity. Ozzy takes the early lead, but Sophie comes back from behind and secures her place in the final three.

So close, but so far away. Yet again.

Ozzy is disappointed by his failure to win the challenge. Coach claims that Ozzy was the dragon and Sophie slew him, hence becoming a new Dragon Slayer. Both Albert and Sophie wonder if Coach is playing a secret game with Ozzy.

Ozzy wants Coach to give him the chance to fight one last battle. He wants to make fire against Albert. He reminds Coach that Albert betrayed him in the past. The Dragon Slayer is aware that Ozzy is a worthy warrior.

At tribal council, Sophie feels great to be in the final three. Looking back, Ozzy explains that it was a million dollar puzzle for him. Coach understands how a deserving competitor like Ozzy feels. Ozzy hopes Coach will live up to his word. When Jeff Probst asks for clarification, Coach explains that Ozzy would like to face Albert in a fire-making challenge.

As the votes are tallied, it comes as no surprise when Ozzy comes out at the losing end of a 3-1 vote. What comes as a bit of a shock - a first in Survivor history, if I'm not mistaken -- is that Ozzy receives an ovation from the jury.

Back at camp, the three of them are ecstatic. Coach is happy they came back as a family.

Day 39

Proud of themselves, Albert, Coach, and Sophie enjoy their final three breakfast.

Sophie wants to keep her composure at the final tribal council. Albert feels that he played a better game than the other two. Coach claims that it's the third and final chapter in his Survivor journey. He wants the final chapter to have a great ending.

As a matter of course, they burn down the camp before leaving.

At tribal council, Jeff Probst gives each of them the opportunity to give an opening statement. Albert says that he's honored, privileged, and humbled by being in this position. To him, Survivor is a social experiment, a game about people. He is thankful for the opportunity to be part of it. Sophie opines that she outplayed them by winning three immunities. The strategy she had from the beginning permitted her to outwit them. And her social game was to be as honest as possible. Zeus can't believe he's sitting before the final jury. It was an uphill battle coming into this game. He looked to everyone to give him the strength to go through this journey. As usual, we get the compassion, loyatly, yada yada yada, spiel.

Not unexpectedly, they are standing before a rather harsh jury. Ozzy takes the floor first, saying that nobody wants to vote for any of them. He challenges Zeus about his honor bullshit. Jim wants the three of them to explain why the people sitting next to them don't deserve to win the million dollars. Dawn only asks Sophie to explain what her strategy was when she allied herself with Albert and Coach. Still bitter about his elimination, Rick question Coach about his honor and integrity speech. He scolds Albert for playing the religious card when he helped get Brandon sent to Redemption Island. Not surprisingly, Brandon wants to know how, when they claimed to be men of God themselves, both Albert and Coach betrayed him. Whitney berates the three of them for the way they played the game. Edna claims that they used manipulation to reach their ends, but she asks the jury not to be mad at them for being duped. Keith wants to know if Coach planned to use the hidden immunity idol individually or for the tribe. At that point, Sophie seized the opportunity to undermine Coach by revealing just how and when the idol was found. Cochran explains that Benjamin tricked him. Zeus indeed played a terrific game, as basically everyone believed they were in the final three with him.


As the votes are tallied, Albert unfortunately fails to see his name appear on a single parchment. Sophie beats Coach to claim the title of sole survivor and the million dollar prize by a vote of 6-3.

Survivor: South Pacific, though uneven and rough around the edges, turned out to be better than both Survivor: Redemption Island and Survivor: Nicaragua. The bar hadn't been set too high, true, but Survivor: South Pacific nonetheless offered a few extremely entertaining episodes. Sadly, the pagonging of the Savaii tribe took a lot out of the last few episodes, but for a strech Survivor: South Pacific was a lot of fun to watch.

Let us hope that the One World twist will work better than Redemption Island ever did. . .

Critique: Koh-Lanta: Raja Ampat (Épisode 14)

Date de diffusion originale: 16 décembre 2011
Audience: 7.65 millions de téléspectateurs

Les quatre finalistes rentrent du conseil très soulagés. Teheiura est fier d'être le seul Jaune dans le carré final. Gérard appréhende déjà l'épreuve d'orientation.

Jour 39

Laurent ne s'est jamais servi d'une boussole de sa vie. Ayant été scoute alors qu'elle était enfant, Ella part un peu plus confiante que les autres. Gérard est stressé, car il se perd facilement un peu partout. Il n'a rien compris de ce qu'Ella a tenté de lui expliquer.

Seul le destin nous dira où nous serons ce soir.

Pour l'épreuve d'orientation, les aventuriers doivent trouver l'un des trois couteaux. À l'aide d'une carte et d'une boussole, ils doivent localiser l'arble béquille, l'arbre multi-tronc, et l'arbre en U. Dans un rayon de 20 pas de ces trois arbres se trouve un coquillage comportant une couleur. Celle-ci représente une indication pour retrouver le couteau grâce à la table d'orientation.



Teheiura passe l'arbre béquille sans s'en rendre compte. Laurent fait lui aussi une erreur en croyant avoir trouvé l'arbre multi-tronc. Mais la chance sourie à Teheiura. L'arbre qu'il croit être le bon est assez près de l'arbre béquille pour lui permettre de trouver son coquillage. Il revient donc consulter la table d'orientation et retourne à la recherche de son couteau.

Laurent panique un peu lorsqu'il se rend compte qu'il a perdu sa carte. Mais heureusement pour lui, il la retrouve enfin.

Gérard localise finalement l'arbre en U. Mais Ella arrive dans le coin. Au même moment, Laurent trouve l'arbre multi-tronc.

Teheiura est le premier a trouvé son poignard. Il se qualifie donc pour l'épreuve des poteaux.

Je vais les faire stresser, ces Rouges!

Laurent trouve son coquillage et revient sur la plage pour consulter la table d'orientation. Malheureusement pour lui, il se perd en chemin.

Ella la sotte, n'ayant toujours pas trouvé aucun des trois arbres, revient à la table d'orientation pour tenter de mémoriser tous les caps et les nombres de pas pour essayer de trouver les poignards sans coquillages. Non mais comment une telle idiote a pu survivre au casting??? Ou bien cherchait-on une connasse de service pour Koh-Lanta: Raja Ampat? Si c'est le cas, Ella est sans contredit le jack pot!

Confus, Laurent utilise la table d'orientation comme point de départ pour trouver son couteau au lieu d'utiliser son coquillage.

Gérard trouve enfin son coquillage. Après avoir consulté la table d'orientation, il repart dans la jungle et est le deuxième aventurier à localiser son poignard.

Voyant que Laurent et Ella ne sont pas les plus futés et ne gagneront jamais de prix Nobel, Denis Brogniart n'a d'autre choix que de leur expliquer les règles du jeu à nouveau. Ella suit Laurent et c'est une course contre la montre pour trouver le dernier couteau octroyant une place pour l'épreuve des poteaux. C'est Laurent qui le localise enfin.

Fort déçue, Ella quitte l'aventure. Elle considère que son parcours est quand même une victoire. J'espère qu'elle n'a pas oublié de remercier Maxime, sans qui elle se faisait éliminer assez rapidement après Virginie. . .

De retour sur le campement, les trois finalistes restants ont du mal à réaliser qu'ils vont s'affronter sur les poteaux le lendemain. Stratégiquement, Teheiura et Maxime se choisiraient mutuellement pour aller en finale. Gérard ne sait pas trop qui il sélectionnerait.

Jour 40

Gérard et Teheiura laissent Laurent dormir ce matin pour que celui-ci puisse se remettre de son épreuve d'orientation.

Denis Brogniart vient les retrouver pour discuter de l'aventure. S'il gagne, Gérard veut en faire profiter sa famille. Pour sa part, Laurent explique que Koh-Lanta l'a fait grandir. Il a beaucoup de choses à dire à ses proches. Teheiura explique que sa famille sont sa force et sa faiblesse. Il désire s'ouvrir plus auprès de sa femme.

L'heure de la mythique épreuve des poteaux est maintenant venue. Le dernier à rester en équilibre choisira qui ira en finale en sa compagnie.


Alors que Gérard et Teheiura commencent à souffrir, Laurent fredonne et tape du pied. Il fait plus de 50°C quand Denis Brogniart annoncent qu'ils sont en position depuis une heure et doivent maintenant enlever la partie avant de leur plateforme.

Durant un moment d'inattention, Teheiura laisse tomber le porte-bonheur de sa fille dans l'eau.

Après 90 minutes à tenir sur les poteaux, ils doivent maintenant laisser tomber la partie latérale gauche de leur plateforme. Malgré tout, Laurent semble à son aise et demeure en équilibre sans difficulté, alors que Gérard et Teheiura souffrent de plus en plus.

Après deux heures en position, ils doivent maintenant enlever la partie latérale droite de leur plateforme. Laurent tire trop tôt sur sa corde et perd l'équilibre. Teheiura tombe à son tour, et c'est Gérard qui remporte l'épreuve.

C'était pour les mômes, celle-là!

Laurent est vraiment dégoûté d'avoir commis une telle erreur. Mais il demeure néanmoins heureux de son parcours. En gagnant les poteaux, Gérard considère avoir gagné son Koh-Lanta.

Après réflexion, Gérard décide de choisir Teheiura pour l'accompagner en finale. Il prétend n'avoir aucune chance contre Laurent. Teheiura est très ému par le geste et se met à pleurer.

Je suis venu sans rien. Je repars avec beaucoup de choses. Et ce beaucoup de choses, ça vaut bien plus que 100 000 euro pour moi.

À bord d'une pirogue, les deux finalistes vont rejoindre le jury final. Sur le chemin du dernier conseil, ils se remémorent des souvenirs concernant chaque aventurier ayant fait partie de cette édition de Koh-Lanta.

Pendant ce temps à la résidence du jury final, on discute du mérite de chacun des quatre finalistes. Gérard et Teheiura semblent être considérés comme les plus méritants.

Avant le début du conseil, les membres découvrent l'identité des deux candidats qui viendront les rejoindre. Ella explique pourquoi elle a perdu l'épreuve d'orientation. Ils sont déçus de voir Laurent arriver. Olivier est bien content d'apprendre que Gérard est finaliste. Patricia dit être fière de voir un Jaune et un Rouge s'affronter en finale. Olivier en a encore sur le coeur d'avoir été trahi par Teheiura pour ce qui est des colliers d'immunité cachés. Gérard est quant à lui désolé d'avoir fait une erreur en éliminant Florence.

Le moment venu de s'adresser une dernière fois devant le jury final, Gérard prétend avoir resté lui-même tout au long de l'aventure. Teheiura explique que Koh-Lanta était pour lui un retour au sources. Il demande au jury de voter en leur âme et conscience.

Gérard remporte le titre de l'ultime survivant de Koh-Lanta: Raja Ampat ainsi que les 100 000 euro remis au vainqueur par un vote de 7-2. Bien que celui-ci avait un avantage par rapport au vote, il est quand même surprenant de constater que Patricia et Anthony ont voté pour Gérard plutôt que pour l'aventurier qui leur en a tellement donné du début à la fin.

Je n'ai aucun problème avec l'issue du vote puisque Gérard était sans contredit méritant. Malgré tout, il demeure un aventurier trop silencieux, sans personnalité, qui n'a pas laissé sa marque comme l'ont fait bon nombre d'aventuriers et d'aventurières avant lui. Donc, bien qu'il mérite pleinement sa victoire, je ne souhaite pas le revoir lors d'une saison future des Héros. . .

Vivement Koh-Lanta: La Revanche!!!

Survivor: South Pacific "Then There Were Five" (Episode 13)

Episode 13: "Then There Were Five"
Original Airdate: December 14th, 2011
American Ratings: 10.87 million viewers

Coming back from tribal council, Coach is satisfied that his strategy worked out the plan they planned from the very beginning. Always full of crap, tonight more than ever before, Benjamin opines that they can go at it with honor, loyalty, and integrity.

The real game begins tonight.

Albert and Sophie discuss what they'd do if Ozzy returned and won immunity. Little does she know that Albert is considering voting for her.

Day 33

After giving this much thought, Albert is convinced that Sophie is becoming more and more dangerous, and that sitting next to her at the final tribal council might not be best for him. Since Rick is by far the least dangerous player in the game, Albert would prefer to be in the final three with him and Coach.



At the Redemption Island arena, the duel consists of completing a slide-puzzle that will release a hatchet. They must then use the hatchet to chop a rope which will release a bag of puzzle cubes. The first one to complete the puzzle stays alive. Although the entire Upolu alliance is helping Edna (the woman they have just voted out, mind you), Ozzy wins the duel.

Not surprisingly, Albert doesn't care much about honor and integrity. Always a particularly sharpt fellow, Brandon feels that he can trust Albert. Moreover, he is down with the idea of voting out Sophie.

Meanwhile, Sophie tells Coach that Ozzy is the most dangerous player in the game. She would like to send Brandon to Redemption Island, so that either Brandon or Ozzy would finally be out of the game for good. Rick agrees with them.

Not long after that, Albert attempts to convince Coach that Sophie is much more dangerous than he thinks. A great judge of character, Benjamin is under the impression that Albert is intimidated by Sophie's intelligence.



The Dragon Slayer warns Brandon about trying to bully them. He feels that Brandon is acting more and more like Russell with each passing day. Meeting Brandon's father made Coach realize what his next move ought to be.

Day 35

What happened to Day 34? Beats me. . . Perhaps it was the most uneventful day in Survivor history. . .

To win the immunity challenge, the castaways must climb a massive wall, collecting bags of puzzle pieces on each attempt. They must then divide the puzzle pieces and match up the pairs, which in turn will reveal a code that will raise their flags. For reward, the winner will get pizze delivered to camp. Brandon wins immunity and selects Rick to share the pizza with him.



Understandably, Brandon's winning immunity was the worst case scenario. Sophie approaches Coach to discuss the possibility of eliminating Albert. As they enjoy their pizza, she tests the waters in order to see if they'd consider voting for Albert.

Ever the loyal team player, Brandon then confronts Albert, asking him if he ever promised anyone else a spot in the final three. The shit quickly hits the fan when Rick and Sophie throw Albert under the bus. Soon afterward, Albert is aware that there is a whole lot of damage control he needs to do if he is to survive the vote tonight. Having no true alternatives, he tries to reel in Brandon to his side.

After praying, Brandon is persuaded that God has a plan for him. Hence, he reveals that if he has to, he will give Albert his immunity necklace. Thinking that Coach would never consider betraying him and voting him out, Brandon announces that he forgives Albert and will give up his necklace, hoping that the tribe will get rid of Sophie. Faced with this unanticipated turn of events, Benjamin claims that he needs God's guidance and isolates himself to pray.

Am I the only one who's sick and tired of all the praying and the religious fucktardness this season? This just in, Dragon Slayer: Betraying one of your closest allies in the name of God goes against everything honor, loyalty, and integrity stand for. What a douchebag. . .

I'll do whatever God wants me to do.

At tribal council, Brandon announces that he gives up his immunity necklace and he hands it to Albert. Aware to expect the unexpected with Russell's nephew, the jury is shocked nonetheless. With Jeff Probst unable to conceal his surprise, Benjamin explains that Brandon prayed and God told him to save Albert. Brandon explains that Coach and Albert are his best friends out here. For his part, Albert lays it a bit thick, trying to make Brandon believe that he made the right decision. Sophie says that Albert and sneaky and she doesn't trust him anymore.

Honestly, I don't think that he's going home tonight. So I'm not going to give him the necklace back.

As a matter of course, Brandon was the only one surprised by the fact that he beat Sophie by a 3-2 vote. In another Christian fuckwit moment, Coach hugs Brandon and tells him that it's God's will. He encourages Brandon to go win redemption.

Jeff Probst reveals that the winner of the next duel will re-enter the game.

This game's not made for me.

Survivor: South Pacific "Life at Ponderosa"

If you live in a country where you cannot access the Survivor bonus material that CBS posts on its website, here are the Ponderosa videos they have put up thus far. =)

Enjoy!

Critique: Koh-Lanta: Raja Ampat (Épisode 13)

Date de diffusion originale: 9 décembre 2011
Audience: 7.62 millions de téléspectateurs

Jour 37

Gérard est rassuré maintenant que Teheiura a joué son collier d'immunité. À partir d'aujourd'hui, tout le monde pourra se battre à armes égales. Or, la tension entre les deux hommes s'est évaporée. Teheiura est d'avis qu'ils se ressemblent beaucoup tout les deux.

À la résidence du jury final, Alexandra rejoint les autres. On se rend immédiatement compte que l'alliance des Rouges est bel et bien de retour. Il semble que Martin ce soit racheté auprès des Mambok. Alexandra leur raconte ce qui s'est passé. La trahison d'Ella et Laurent lui fait encore mal.

Teheiura est au courant que le vote noir d'Alexandra est pour Ella.

Pour le dernier jeu de confort de l'aventure, c'est l'épreuve du pont de singe. Le gagnant passera une soirée et une nuit sur le bateau du début de l'aventure. Aux portes du carré final, tout le monde voudrait gagner ce jeu. Mais c'est Martin qui l'emporte, une 4e victoire individuelle pour le jeune Parisien. Il choisit Laurent pour l'accompagner.


Sur le bateau, Martin et Laurent se rendent vite compte à quel point ils ont changé et perdu du poids. Après 37 jours très exigeant moralement et physiquement, ils profitent pleinement de leur récompense.

Je pense que je ne me suis jamais senti aussi bien de ma vie.

De retour sur le camp, Ella croyait que les mecs, étant des gentlemen, l'auraient sélectionné pour les accompagner sur le bateau pour partager la récompense. Ah, Ella. . . Toujours aussi bonasse et idiote. Mais pourquoi auraient-ils voulu emmener la personne la moins méritante de l'aventure avec eux pour profiter d'une aussi belle récompense? Oublions le mérite un instant, et il n'en demeure pas moins qu'aucun des garçons n'aurait été très chaud à l'idée de passer du temps en compagnie d'une pauvre sotte comme Ella. . .

Teheiura décide de partager son gel douche avec Gérard et Ella.

Gérard annonce à Ella qu'il n'a jamais pris d'engagement avec Martin et Laurent pour éliminer Teheiura. Et si celui-ci gagne la prochaine immunité, Martin pourrait sortir. Ella appréhende une alliance possible entre les garçons.

Sur le bateau, Martin et Laurent discutent stratégie en dégustant un repas succulent.

Jour 38

Ce matin, Martin et Laurent profitent d'un petit déjeuner copieux. Ils espèrent que l'un des leurs gagnera l'immunité aujourd'hui.


De son côté, Teheiura est conscient de l'importance de l'épreuve d'immunité qui approche.

C'est le totem qu'il faut gagner.

À leur retour, Martin et Laurent racontent leur soirée de la veille.

Alors que la bouteille annonçant la dernière épreuve d'immunité regagne le rivage, les quatre ex-Rouges aimeraient bien se retrouver dans le carré final. L'épreuve consiste en une course sur des plateformes reliées par des poutres. Les aventuriers doivent traverser les poutres le plus rapidement possible. Laurent, Ella, et Gérard sont éliminés au terme des trois premières manches. Teheiura bat Martin en finale pour remporter le dernier totem. Détestant perdre, Martin est fou de rage.

De retour sur le campement, Teheiura est soulagé. Sa place dans le carré final est maintenant assurée.

Ce soir, je pense que je vais passer une très, très bonne nuit.

Martin se remet difficilement de sa défaite. Exaspéré, il se met en colère contre Ella.


Ella approche Teheiura pour tenter de le convaincre d'éliminer Martin. Mais celui-ci lui dévoile qu'il votera contre elle. Il croit qu'elle pourrait avoir un avantage sur les poteaux.

Puisque personne ne voterait pour Martin en finale, Gérard pense que de le garder dans l'aventure pourrait être bénéfique pour lui.

Jour 39

Ce matin, Teheiura profite des derniers moments de l'aventure. Il est d'avis qu'Ella est de loin la moins méritante de l'aventure.

Laurent préfère le nouveau Martin qui est revenu dans l'aventure. Il semble que les deux garçons désirent éliminer Ella.

Après discussion, Gérad et Laurent réussissent à convaincre les autres de terminer ce qui reste du riz pour le repas. Teheiura aurait voulu garder du riz pour les deux grandes épreuves qui approchent. Martin est le seul à ne pas participer aux tâches ménagères du camp. Gérard tente de lui faire comprendre subtilement qu'il devrait se mettre de la partie.

C'est insupportable.

Puisque c'est le pire conseil de l'aventure, Denis Brogniart décide de recevoir les aventuriers un par un. Gérard ne pensait pas se rendre aussi loin. Martin explique que l'aventure a donné lieu à une énorme remise en question pour lui. Teheiura explique que Koh-Lanta a été un retour aux sources pour lui. Il croit vouloir gagner plus que les autres. Laurent est surpris d'avoir su surmonter autant de défis durant l'aventure. Ella est d'avis qu'elle est encore là car elle a su adapter sa personnalité à celles des autres. Son fait de gloire est d'être la seule fille encore dans l'aventure.

Teheiura voudrait rencontrer Martin en finale pour avoir le plus de chances de remporter Koh-Lanta.

Coup de théâtre! Lors du dépouillement, Martin voit son nom sur quatre bulletins de vote, alors qu'Ella ne récolte que deux voix contre elle. Il n'en croit pas ses yeux. Il a les boules, mais il est quand même fier d'avoir réussi à mettre trois Mambok dans le carré final. Martin explique cependant qu'ils devront maintenant vivre avec les conséquences de leur choix.

Prenant le chemin de la résidence du jury final, Martin est dégoûté d'avoir fait tant d'efforts pour que le carré final ne soit composé que d'ex-Rouges. Cette trahison pourrait bien influencer son vote lors de la finale. Si Teheiura réussit à remporter l'épreuve des poteaux, il sera nettement favori pour être l'ultime survivant. À moins d'un volte-face inattendu, Teheiura devrait récolter les votes d'Anthony, Patricia, et Alexandra. Or, si Martin ou n'importe quel autre membre du jury lui donne sa voix, avec quatre votes Teheiura remporterait le gros lot.

C'est à suivre. . .

Survivor: South Pacific "Ticking Time Bomb " (Episode 12)

Episode 12: "Ticking Time Bomb"
Original Airdate: December 7th, 2011
American Ratings: 11.59 million viewers

Ozzy doesn't appear all that surprised to see Cochran show up at Redemption Island. He asks him if he learned his lesson. The Coch-machine is humiliated by the fact that he was used and then discarded by the Upolu alliance. Why the shock and surprise on Cochran's part, I'll never know. The writing was on the wall, but I guess that Hercules was too drunk on the Dragon Slayer's koolaid and never realized that there was no way he could ever be anything but number 7. . .

He really doesn't stand a chance.

Day 31

Since she's obviously not part of the tribe, Edna excuses herself from the morning prayer. She feels that she's been duped by everybody else. Like Cochran, it looks as though Edna was blinded by her desire to go far into the game. Sadly, from the very beginning it was evident that Edna was on the outside looking in and never truly a part of the Upolu alliance.


Coach tries to explain to her that it has now become an individual game. As Edna attempts to discredit Brandon, they receive a Sprint cellphone containing videos from their families. The entire tribe cries when they watch their personal videos.

At the Redemption Island arena, the much-anticipated duel opposing Ozzy and the Coch-train takes place. They must use grappling hooks to retrieve three bags. Each of them contains a ball, which they must then use to solve a table maze. Ozzy quickly takes the lead, but by dropping his ball twice he allows Cochran to come back from behind. It is a close call, but Ozzy is victorious. Being on Survivor has been a surreal experience for the poor nerd.

Their loved ones enter the arena. As winner of the duel, Ozzy is asked to select three family members who'll get the opportunity to spend time with the castaways on Redemption Island. Ozzy goes for Albert, Coach, and Brandon.


Ozzy shows them around Redemption Island, and they use the phone to take pictures of themselves. Benjamin tells Ozzy that he'd like to take him to the final three. It would be like two warriors duking it out till the very end.

Brandon's father tries to convince him to make a move if the occasion presents itself. He wants his son to put himself in a position to win it all. But religious fucktard that he is, Brandon refuse to do anything God would frown upon.

Sensing that his son has absolutely no chance to make it to the end with his own resources (apparently he doesn't trust in the Almighty to such an extent), Brandon's dad approaches Coach to know if Brandon will be among the three finalists. The Dragon Slayer doesn't appreciate the fact that the other man is attempting to manipulate and bully him.

Day 32

In order to win immunity, the castaways must keep moving across a giant puzzle board. Turning pieces as they go along, the last person left standing wins immunity. When he's taken out of the game, Brandon explains that he was trying to corner Edna. Coach wins immunity.

Help a sister out, Coach.

Sophie feels that Brandon was really rude to Edna. Rick doesn't agree with that sort of behavior. Brandon tries to apologize to Edna, but she is having none of it.

People on Survivor are not as forgiving as Jesus Christ.

In a last ditch attempt to save her own skin, Edna approaches Coach, Albert, and Sophie with a plan to vote out Brandon. Honor, loyalty, and integrity, or so she claims, dictate that they get rid of the psychotic little hobbit.

Benjamin explains that the others won't send Brandon to Redemption Island for fear that he'll come back. Coach says that he cannot use the idol to save her. Otherwise, nobody would trust him anymore and he'd be the next one to go.

Seeing that there was no way to sway Coach, she tries to convince Albert and Sophie to vote with her.


At tribal council, Edna is on the hot seat and she knows it. She admits that she tried to target Brandon following the immunity challenge.

When the votes are tallied, it's no surprise that Edna beats Brandon in a 5-1 vote. Hence, she will be the next player to face Ozzy on Redemption Island.

Once again, Albert and Sophie failed to turn things around. How many opportunities do they need to make a move and take control of this game??? I've always known that both of them don't figure in Coach's plan for the final three. And now that we have confirmation that the Dragon Slayer wants to take Ozzy to the end, it's even more obvious that Albert and Sophie are in trouble unless they win every single immunity from here on out. . .

Critique: Koh-Lanta: Raja Ampat (Épisode 12)

Date de diffusion originale: 2 décembre 2011
Audience: 7.30 millions de téléspectateurs

Suite au conseil, Alexandra digère mal la décision secrète des ex-Rouges d'éliminer Patricia. Elle dit à Ella qu'ils sont hypocrites. Alexandra prétend qu'ils sont malhonnêtes et qu'elle ne peut plus leur faire confiance. Laurent explique qu'il ne croit pas qu'elle aurait accepté de voter contre son amie.

Pour sa part, Martin est bien content de voir que sa stratégie anti-Jaune a bien fonctionné.

À la résidence du jury, Patricia ne comprend toujours pas pourquoi elle a été éliminée. Olivier, qui a fait les frais de la stratégie de Patricia, est heureux de voir qu'elle est sorti de l'aventure.

Martin explique à Laurent qu'ils doivent maintenant éliminer Alexandra au prochain conseil. De cette façon, Teheiura mettrait son collier en jeu et ils pourraient donc le sortir au conseil suivant.

Même si j'adore Patricia, je n'ai absolument aucun scrupule à voter contre elle ce soir. Aucun.

Alexandra et Teheiura se rendent bien compte que c'est à nouveau les Wasaï contre les Mambok.

Jour 34

L'ambiance est très détendue sur le camp ce matin.

Le jeu de confort sera la populaire épreuve des flèches. Alexandra semble être douée pour le tir à l'arc. Pendant que les autres font la sieste, Elle se pratique.

Vaut mieux casser que se faire casser.

La présence de leurs proches lors de l'épreuve donne lieu à des moments forts en émotions. Particulièrement pour Laurent, qui fond en larmes alors que son père vient le rejoindre. Il remercie son père d'avoir toujours été là pour lui. Puisqu'il venait d'être éliminé au moment où les membres des familles des aventuriers ont quitté la France, personne n'est présent pour Martin. Denis Brogniart lui permet de parler à sa petite amie Pauline au téléphone satellite.

Teheiura remporte les 2 premières rondes, et brise alors les flèches de Martin et de Laurent. Ella remporte ensuite les 2 autres rondes, et elle casse les flèches de Teheiura et d'Alexandra. Toutefois, c'est Gérard qui remporte l'épreuve.


Gérard et sa femme passeront donc la nuit sur une île paradisiaque.

Le retour sur le campement est plutôt difficile pour les autres aventuriers. Surtout pour Martin, qui n'a même pas eu la chance de voir sa bien-aimée. La réaction d'Ella à la venue de son petit ami Cliff a fait sourciller certaines personnes. Encore une fois, bien que nous voulions lui donner le bénéfice du doute, Ella trouve toujours le moyen de passer pour une idiote. . .

Gérard profite pleinement de sa récompense.

Jour 35

Ce matin, Gérard doit malheureusement dire au revoir à sa femme. Mais cette récompense l'a reboosté pour le reste de l'aventure.

Alors que le moment est venu de quitter pour l'épreuve d'immunité, Martin explique qu'ils doivent tout faire pour qu'un Rouge remporte la victoire aujourd'hui.

En ce maintenant en équilibre au bout d'une poutre étroite, les aventuriers doivent réussir à lancer quatre noix de coco dans un filet. Quatre noix de coco dont attachées à la poutre, tandis que les autres sont en mer un peu plus loin. Martin remporte sa 2e immunité individuelle.

De retour sur le camp, Martin est convaincu que Teheiura jouera son collier au conseil. Alexandra est, quant à elle, réticente de former une nouvelle alliance avec les ex-Rouges.

La tribu décide de ne pas se prendre la tête ce soir et de fêter ensemble. Ils chantent donc autour d'un feu de joie.


Jour 36

Teheiura est conscient que sa survie est en danger aujourd'hui. Il sait qu'il aura probablement à jouer son collier ce soir.

Ne connaissant pas le vote noir de Patricia, Ella croit aussi être en danger au conseil. Elle suit Alexandra et Teheiura pour qu'ils ne puissent pas parler de stratégie.

Martin voudrait que les Rouges votent pour Alexandra, dans l'espoir que Teheiura sortira son collier. Cependant, il a peur qu'Ella vende la mèche.

Pendant ce temps, Alexandra et Teheiura tentent de découvrir contre qui les ex-Mambok voteront. Les deux voteront pour Ella. Si Teheiura joue son collier et si le vote noir de Patricia était pour Ella, celle-ci pourrait bien être éliminée.

Au conseil, Denis Brogniart revient sur la présence de leurs proches lors du jeu de confort. Martin explique qu'il a compris plusieurs choses lors de son élimination et que maintenant il joue le jeu à fond.

Alors que Denis Brogniart revient avec l'urne, Teheiura décide de jouer son collier pour sauver sa peau. Lors du dépouillement, Ella récolte trois voix, alors qu'Alexandra voit son nom sur quatre bulletins de vote. Elle deviendra donc membre du jury final.

Alexandra dit à Teheiura de faire attention.

Bien que j'aurais aimé voir Ella sortir, il n'en demeure pas moins qu'Alexandra n'est pas plus méritante que celle-ci. C'est donc un bon débarras. En espérant maintenant ne pas voir Ella dans le carré final. Un duel entre Martin, Gérard, Laurent, et Teheiura serait parfait!

Survivor: South Pacific "Cult Like" (Episode 11)

Episode 11: "Cult Like"
Original Airdate: November 30th, 2011
American Ratings: 11.05 million viewers

With the pagonging now complete, it appears that quite a few fans have lost hope in Survivor: South Pacific. The ratings are down again, and it's doubtful that this week's episode will reverse that trend. Indeed, "Cult Like" was likely the most boring episode of the current season, reminiscent of the sleep-inducing Survivor: Redemption Island.

Following tribal council, Edna is concerned now that Cochran is the only one left from the Savaii tribe and it doesn't look as though he's the next to go home.

Day 28

The Coch-train's personality is getting on Sophie's nerves. She now understands why the Savaii members didn't like him that much.


Cochran compares Coach's alliance to Charles Manson's family. He is aware that he needs some sort of plan to get him further in the game. In a dumb and clumsy strategic move, the nerd confronts the entire Upolu gang. Claiming that, to some extent at least, they are indebted to him for helping them getting rid of every single Savaii members, he asks them to save him for at least one tribal council. He explains that it took a bold move on his part to side with them and wipe out his former tribe.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Cochran, a student of the game, a supposedly smart player, a shrewd strategist, should have known that begging like that will always be perceived as a sign of weakness in Survivor. Something that will indubitably generate scorn rather than sympathy. Although Albert and Benjamin appeared to consider his plea, the poor Coch-machine had better odds of getting a blow job from Sophie. . . Come on, man! He should have thought about that before flipping come the merge. Now it's obvious he would pay the price for his foolishness.


At the Redemption Island arena, Ozzy, Dawn, and Whitney must balance ceramic dishes using a long arm for as long as possible. Dawn and Whitney become members of the final jury, and Ozzy lives to see another day.

From this point on, I'm even more excited to go into the duels and beat people that are my enemies in this game. I have to rely on myself winning. But that is what I do best and that's the way I want to win this game.

Day 29

Since no one seems better suited for it the way he is, Ozzy feels that Redemption Island is his home.

Prince Albert is not impressed with the way his tribe is playing the game. According to him, it's about performing in the challenges and putting together a great strategy. But his work ethic is annoying some of his tribemates.

When Edna confronts Coach about whether or not she is the next to go home after Cochran, he replies that she is. Edna wants to know if there is a possibility that would permit her to remain for a longer period of time.

Keeping Edna and Cochran would be the best thing for me to do. Because they're never going to vote me out.

Day 30


Benjamin feels like he owes the Coch-train. He would like for him to win the immunity challenge. Sadly, it's evident that the tai chi sessions have not yet turned the nerd into Hercules. . .

The immunity challenge features two different rounds. In the first round, the castaways must toss sandbags on top of a crate. The finalists will use a giant slingshot to shoot coconuts and knock down targets. In addition to immunity, the reward consists of a spa afternoon back at camp.

Albert, Rick, and Sophie move on to the second round. Albert wins immunity. After choosing Coach to share the reward with, he decides to give his own reward to Cochran for his birthday.


On the way back from the challenge, Cochran wonders if it's a farewell present. He's never had a massage before. He lied about his birthday, which was months ago. Coach says that he'll fight for the Coch-machine's life.

After his massage, Cochran pulls Albert aside to discover which way the wind is blowing. The nerd says that Coach probably wouldn't mind voting Rick out. Both Albert and Edna would be willing to go along with that plan.

You have to give him props for trying, for Cochran is scrambling and stirring some shit in order to stay alive. When he consults him, Benjamin is unsure as to what to do. The Dragon Slayer wants to make sure he makes the right decision.

At tribal council, Coach tells Jeff Probst that the possibilities are endless tonight. Cochran explains that he feels that he's entitled for at least one more night for what he did for the Upolu alliance. Edna claims that she was led to believe that she was everyone's equal, but she was duped. Experiencing another breakdown, Brandon reveals that he's voting for Cochran tonight and Edna at the next tribal council.

As the votes are tallied, Cochran beats Rick in a 4-2 vote.

Well, the Coch-train has reached its destination, it appears. Of course, there is always a slight chance that he can beat Ozzy on Redemption Island. But we all know that his odds are slim. He can cry foul and claim that it's insulting and humiliating to be discarded like that, but he should have known. Cochran was Upolu's condom. They used him to get what they wanted, but a condom is always thrown away afterward.

With each new episode, my disappointment in both Albert and Sophie grows. These two, by their inaction, have painted themselves into a corner. It's obvious that Coach has no plan to bring them to the final three, yet they have failed to take advantage of the Savaii votes to help them solidify their position in the game since the merge. They must now rely on winning immunity and a healthy dose of luck.

All in all, after a number of very entertaining episodes, it appears that everything is slowly going down the crapper. . . Here's to hoping that next week's episode will be better, otherwise we are heading toward another crappy finale. . .