Author Archive

Kim Win It All in Survivor One World

Survivor One World | Posted by survivormuch
May 15 2012

Kim Spradlin was awarded with the $1,000,000 check and the title of Sole Survivor and not only that she is also the Sprint’s Player of the Season so that added $100,000 for her. Well, what can we say, Kimsanity is indeed on this season! She win it all! But no one can complain because Kim is undoubtedly the BEST player of the season and she could even compete with the list of the winners in terms of the way she played her game for the first time.

Kimsanity is not an exaggeration because Kim Spradlin literally dominated the season. She won four individual challenges. In the Final Five, it is normal to feel nervous. She’s calling all the shots, she’s winning back to back so one mistake and she could go home. But she did not let any loophole in her game. After losing the Immunity Challenge (by a second) to Alicia at the Top 6, she orchestrated yet another big ploy and that is to shift the spotlight to Tarzan to save her closest ally Chelsea from elimination. Alicia fell for it and she knew that it was her mistake in the game and that Kim is the one in the driver’s seat all along.

After voting out Tarzan, Kim still has her hidden immunity idol but that does not make her feel complacent at all. She gave her everything to win the seemingly most exhausting challenge of the season. She did it with passion and with a lot of heart but still composed and relaxed and she did it. She won her third Immunity challenge.

Kim Wins Immunity

Kim wins her third Immunity Challenge

She’s safe. She still got an idol in her pocket. I was a bit worried about the reaction of the group when they learned that Kim has an Idol but she didn’t bother to announce it since she didn’t have to. It was only Chelsea who knew about the Idol and as Kim said on the interview she wish Chelsea didn’t about it at that time. She wanted Chelsea out because it’s good to send one loyalist to the pool of haters to eventually calm down the tension. However, she decided to forget about voting Chelsea out since she was talking about the Idol, hoping that Kim would give it to her and all. So she voted out Alicia instead.

Voting out Alicia instead of Chelsea made me nervous personally. But after a second, I realized, ooh Kim wants to show that she can win any other way you look at it, no matter who are with her in the Final Three.

Well, Alicia is gone but not yet the time to be relieved. There’s still one more Immunity Challenge left. It is definitely crucial part of the game. Ozzy lost Survivor South Pacific because he lost the Top 4 Immunity Challenge a.k.a one step closer to the end so as a viewer I felt nervous for the frontrunner Kim. Well, come to think of it, she’s the “Survivor Whisperer” so she has nothing to be scared of or be nervous about. It is most unlikely that Chelsea and Sabrina would vote her out much more Christina voting her out. No way because they ALL love Kim dearly. But again, the blue-eyed Texas Bridal Shop owner didn’t feel complacent at all. She put her game face on and slayed the last Immunity challenge with nothing but the necklace on her neck.

Kim game face onShe laughed at first after Jeff Probst announced that she won the challenge, then she cried realizing that “darn it! I am surely going to win this!”

Kim All Smiles

Kim is all smiles for her fourth victory this season

Now, no one is indeed stopping her from winning except when the jury decides to be bitter. Therefore, she decided to vote out Christina despite the fact that she’s a bit nervous about how Sabrina can speak very well in front of the jury. Well, thankfully the jury were all fair and square. They accepted the fact that they are playing the game and Kim outwitted, outplayed and outlasted them all.

Everyone voted for Kim except for Troyzan and Leif who voted for Sabrina. I think Troyzan voted thinking about his ego still. He couldn’t take the fact that Kim manipulated him and ruined his game. Oh well, at least all the others were fair about their vote.

Kim Spradlin wins Sole Survivor this season. Nobody is surprised but I can say that everyone is relieved to know that. She played the best and she most definitely deserves to win.

Kim wins SurvivorNow, lots of fans are already thinking about seeing Kim play an All-Star game. No one should be worried because Kim is all game for it saying “How do you say no to playing ‘Survivor’?” she said with a grin, before adding, “But I’m glad I’m not leaving tomorrow!”. Maybe it would be great to see her play with Parvati and Sandra who are fighting with the title Queen of Survivor. She is definitely ready for it!

For the meantime, we should all look forward to 25th season of Survivor – Survivor Philippines. Three players whose games were cut short will be back. Let us stay tuned to find out more!

Again, congratulations Kim Spradlin, Sole Survivor of Survivor One World!

  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , , , , , , ,
No Comments »

Survivor One World: Kimsanity

Survivor One World | Posted by survivormuch
May 12 2012

Survivor One World is probably one of my most favorite seasons of Survivor. Many people say that this season lacks strong and interesting players. Well, I agree but I must say that Kim Spradlin and her game make the whole season interesting.

It started with women versus men set-up wherein they stayed in one island thus the season called Survivor One World. The tension between men and women tribes were very intensed. The men dominated the first few challenges but afterwards the women got their acts together and was able to get back and win challenges. The men proved that they lack unity and sense that they even volunteered to go to Tribal Council to vote out  one member of their tribe despite the fact that they won the challenge. That’s one crazy scenario indeed! It was headed by Colton but everyone else followed so it is fair to say that they were all liable to that stupid move in the game.

After they reached the even number of men and women at each tribe, there came a tribe shuffle. Kim, Chelsea, Sabrina, Kat, Mike, Troyzan and Jay became part of the tribe that Colton referred to as the Gods and Goddesses tribe against them being the Peasant tribe.

Anyway, not long after, Colton suffered from appendicitis so he needed to leave the game. He had immunity idol in his hand but he decided to leave the game with the idol. Oh Colton was definitely one of the most irritating players ever played the game.

Soon after Colton’s removal from the game, the tribes merged. There were even numbers of men and women. Kim, Chelsea, Sabrina and Kat decided that they are far better to form all-women alliance. So after they get rid of Jonas, they decided to take out Mike who was supposed to be part of the “Gods and Goddesses” Salani tribe. Kim initiated the big move by saying to Troyzan that Mike has been mentioning Troyzan’s name and how he could easily win all individual challenges. Hearing those things made Troyzan furious so he agreed to vote out Mike. Little did he know that this is the start of women domination headed by the “Survivor Whisperer” Kim Spradlin.

Kim Survivor

From then on, the Kimsanity goes on. Kim dominated the whole season. She’s good in challenges, she’s good in social games, well, she didn’t even have to win Reward Challenges now because everyone seems so eager to be with Kim at rewards. She is also very good in persuading people. Sabrina even admitted, “once Kim looks deep in to you, with her baby blue eyes, it’s hard not to believe her.”

Alicia is the only player who can possibly get rid of Kim BUT after she voted out Tarzan instead of Chelsea, she just proved that Kim is running the whole show. She wanted Chelsea out and she said that if Kim is not on-board with the plan then they will even target her next. However, Kim is wise enough not to look too obvious. She wants to protect Chelsea because she’s her closest ally and friend in the game but she knows Alicia could go mad too. So, instead of defending Chelsea, she turned the spotlight on Tarzan. She told Alicia that Tarzan could be playing the both of them especially Alicia. So Alicia eventually ended up voting Tarzan which was according to Kim’s plan.

Kim Spradlin

Now, I really do not see anything or anyone stopping Kim from winning the title of Sole Survivor. No matter who sits with her in the Final 3 does not matter. She could win it all! Not to mention that at this point, she still has an Immunity Idol at hand. Well, of course, we should still take note of the jury. Kat seems upset about Kim but what she doesn’t know is that Kim didn’t want her out. She just had no choice.

Now, I think it would be great for Kim if Chelsea will be in the jury. Chelsea is too loyal to her so when she’s in the jury she could explain to Kat that Kim didn’t want her gone. But I believe that Kat is also loyal to Kim so maybe she could pass the anger that she’s feeling.

Survivor One World Season Finale is this Sunday, May 13. It’s going to be exciting for sure. What do you think about Kim being the sure winner? Could anyone stop her at this point? Are you infected by Kimsanity?

Kimsanity

  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , , , , , , ,
No Comments »

Amazing Betong Wins Survivor Philippines

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Feb 12 2012

Betong, the underdog, the one who is always willing to sacrifice his own self to protect others, the one who has not enough confidence wins Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown. Isn’t that amazing?

As expected, whoever Mara and Stef brings to the Final 3 with them will win. Four out of seven jury members voted for Betong – original Tala members Chuckie, Arthur and Maey plus the guy he ousted in the Final 3 spot KC. Well, KC knew to himself that Betong would win it after he was voted out. On the other hand, the Volcanoes – John and Arnold voted for their “girl” Mara and Gino voted for his partner Stef.

Betong deserves his win but we cannot still take away the fact that if it’s not because of the jury, Betong would have been out in the Final 3. With that, you cannot blame KC for being “bitter” about the result and for walking out after Betong was announced as Celebrity Sole Survivor. However, it is still not enough to think that KC would win if he reached the Final 3. How can we be sure that the jury will vote for him to win if we saw how eager they were to vote him out to the point that they signalled and mouthed to the castaways to vote out KC? I guess we will never know the answers of the could’ve been situation because of the jury’s unfair actions. I still can’t take what they did. Yes, they were all bitter because they were voted out but don’t they respect the game and rules? They should’ve waited for their turn to talk and not try to influence the final outcome.

Anyway, this season is I believe a better one compared to the last Celebrity Showdown. The castaways knew the game, there was no particular castaway who run the show unlike last season wherein Aubrey Miles clearly was running the whole show and was just voted out because of the illogical twist that the jury members together with the Final 4 will vote out one castaway to reveal the Final 3. Another great thing about this season is that the challenges were all exciting because most are based from Survivor US. They stick by the original rules. But the only flaws are the quitters (not 1 or 2 but 5 quitters) and the “bitter” jury who broke the rules and talked to the castaways to influence their vote.

Again, Congrats Betong. You may be weak and you may be too paawa but the fact that you reached the end and garnered the majority of the jury votes is already enough to make you deserving! You are amazing indeed!

Betong wins Survivor

Amazing Betong wins Survivor Philippines

  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , , , , , , , ,
No Comments »

KC Voted Out because of the Bitter Jury

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Feb 08 2012

It would have been a wise choice to vote out KC but not if the idea came from the jury.

Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown is reaching its final stretch but the twists and drama are continously flowing. I mentioned in my last post how it would be a wise decision for Mara and Stef to vote out KC instead of Betong since they will be able to have better argument against the “weakling” Betong instead of the “challenge dominator” “lovable” KC. However, I also mentioned last time that it would’ve been a great decision but the castaways especially Betong looked to be clueless of the bigger picture.

Now, here comes the Tribal Council. Maey was shown first mouthing KC to Betong and the rest of the castaways while Richard was talking. Then, Gino managed to whisper an explanation as to why KC should be voted out. He said to Stef and Mara “you two had better chances if you will vote out KC”. Imagine, Gino was able to explain that considering the fact that the jury members are not allowed to talk? DUH!!!!

Richard noticed Gino talking so he asked Gino to stop because it’s unfair. Gino said sorry but then again he insisted that they all vote out KC. The rest of the jury looked tense and signalling as well. But, it was Gino who appeared to be most eager in voting KC Montero out. I wonder why is Gino so bitter towards KC? They were allies. KC never betrayed him. KC did not write his name down. So, where all the bitterness coming from? Oh well, yes of course Gino was so bitter that he planned everything with KC but he was long been out while KC is one step closer to winning so he did all the best that he could to pull KC down. What a classy act!

Gino can clear his name for all he wants – he could say how he’s not the only jury member signalling or mouthing to the castaways but the thing is he is the ring leader, the mastermind – he even brainwashed Maey to go against KC when the truth is he’s the only jury member that KC did no wrong to.  So that is enough to call him BITTER.

Now, with all the mouthings from the jury, Stef whispered to Mara – KC. Now, they are seeing the bigger picture. Now, they already realized that KC is the biggest threat that they should stay away from.

Again, I would say, it’s a good decision contrary to what KC mentioned that “it’s the dumbest move” and that the girls just gave away the game to Betong. BUT, it was totally unfair because the idea came from the bitter jury. They are so bitter that they forgot to follow the rules and because of them, the game is already tainted.

How can we be sure that Mara and Stef only came up with the decision because of the jury’s mouthings? It is possible that they realized KC is the biggest threat because of his statements when Richard asked him “what will be his basis in deciding who will be on the Final 3 with him”. He answered something like “Of course I want to win, everybody wants to win. So at the end of the day, I do not want to be fighting against a person that is “more deserving” than I am”. If you were Mara and Stef, you could realize that KC is right. Therefore, why would you bring someone who is deserving like KC. So vote out KC. But now, we will never find the real reason why the two girls decided last minute to vote out KC. It is all because of the bitter jury. They should be getting used to hearing the word BITTER to describe them because THEY ARE.

Last year, Aubrey Miles who played the best Survivor game was voted out by the jury because of the illogical twist that the jury will vote out together with the final four to reveal the Final 3. It was totally a bad call from the Survivor staff since if they had stick to the rules, the winner Akihiro Sato would not even be in the Final 3 since three out of the Top 4 (Solenn, Ervic and Aubrey) voted Akihiro out. This season, the staff seemed to realize that they shall stick by the original rules so there were no involvement anymore from the jury to reveal the Final 3. BUT the bitter jury decided to play by their own rules by influencing the castaways to vote KC out despite the fact that they are not allowed to talk. With that, KC was totally robbed.

We will find out who will be the next Celebrity Sole Survivor. Will it be Mara, Stef or Betong? Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown airs the Finale on Friday, Feb 10.

  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
No Comments »

Maey Is Out..Betong Tries to Survive

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Feb 05 2012

I thought Maey is going to be part of the Final 3 but she failed to win the Immunity challenge so as expected everyone except Betong voted her out. I love Maey and I believe that she could really win the title given the chance that she’s in the Final 3 however, it is truly a sensible decision to vote her out this time around. KC, Mara and Stef knew that they stand very little chance of winning the votes of the jury if they will be fighting against Maey. So, there was not much to think about – when Maey lost in the Immunity challenge, it’s done deal that she’s going home next. At least, she already has a car!

Now, Betong is left alone in the island feeling more like an outcast around KC, Mara and Stef. Of course, Maey is his source of strength. With that, I thought, Betong will really win the last Immunity challenge. He almost got it! He was only fighting against Mara since KC and Stef were already out of the challenge. But in the end, Betong still fell short. Almost but not quite. With that, it is very likely that he will be out next.

But if I were Mara and Stef, I would think about it twice. Do they want to fight against KC in the finals? What would be their edge? KC dominated the challenges from the very beginning. He’s honest. He’s likable. He did not betray anyone and he could easily claim that he’s innocent in all the blindsiding moves. Does Mara or Stef has an edge over those credentials? The answer is a big NO! Unless the jury will decide to come up with a bitter vote. On the other hand, if they bring Betong in the finals, they could easily say that Betong was weak. He did not win any challenge. He basically rode with the waves. Without Maey, he probably won’t be able to think clearly of the game. He betrayed Gino and Arnold. With those, Stef and Mara will have better argument. However, I don’t think any of the two girls would still win. BUT, at least they will have better argument unlike if they bring KC to the end. I hope they start to think for once. I doubt if Betong will ever realize that his only chance of getting to the Final 3 is to pull KC down. His respect for KC is too high for him to think about pulling him down or even speak ill about him. But if he’s thinking about winning – he must do it!

We are close to finding out who’s going to be the next Celebrity Sole Survivor. But for now, we shall first know who will be in the Top 3 then we can start guessing who will win in Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown.

  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
No Comments »

KC Wins a Car and Gave One to Maey

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Jan 31 2012

Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown had a very touching episode tonight. Well, unlike the past three seasons of Survivor Philippines the big reward challenge (Car on the 1st and 3rd seasons and Condo unit on the 2nd season) for this season which is a brand new car did not involve the winner to be choosing between the prize and Immunity because in this season, the winner gets to pick another castaway to win another car. Isn’t that generous?

The challenge was both physical and mental – the castaways were blindfolded and tied up in a rope (individually) and will need to go through series of bamboos wherein they need to go up and down alternatively to reach the model puzzle that they need to memorize. After they memorized the patterns they will get the puzzle pieces and moved back to the starting line to complete the puzzle. From the looks of the challenge, it will be KC’s challenge. He’s very good with physical and mental challenges because he’s fast and he has lots of strategies. Well, in the end, he really did dominate the challenge and with that, yes KC won a brand new car.

Soon after Richard Gutierrez announced that KC won a car for himself, he mentioned about the twist. There will be another car and KC needs to choose among Stef, Mara, Maey and Betong. Everyone was looking and probably begging KC to give them the car. We saw Stef looking at KC like “hey we’re close now so give me the car”. Mara was like “hey I lost Arnie, poor me, why don’t you give me the car to cheer me up”. Betong was like “hey KC, you gave me the water remember, why don’t you give me the car now”. While Maey, in all honesty, I thought Maey looked like she’s not expecting KC to give her the car. I felt like Maey was at least hoping that KC would give the prize to Betong. Then, KC was like “okay, I chose Maey”. Boom! It was really touching.

KC gave a very logical reason why he chose Maey. He said, Maey is lovable. Maey is loved by the jury so giving Maey the car would make him look good in the eyes of the jury and will eventually make them love him too. That was indeed a smart move from KC. However, I think (feelingera lang ako), KC also did that because deep in his heart, he knows Maey is a genuinely nice person. She cooks for everyone. She makes everyone laugh. She’s not paawa and most importantly she shows a lot of love and respect for KC. That I think is the real reason why KC chose Maey. He just came up with his logical reasoning during the confessional to appear manly and well yeah strategical. Haha I said I am just feelingera here that I know what’s running in KC’s mind.

Anyway, with that, I really think KC and Maey are both deserving to win Survivor. They both played well in their own terms and they are both not paawa. For now, my fearless forecast is that Maey will win tomorrow’s Immunity challenge. Haha. We’ll see….. How about you, share your thoughts as well.

  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , , , , , ,
No Comments »

Gino Out, Maey Moving Closer to the Top

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Jan 21 2012

Gino dela Pena was one of those players who entered Survivor thinking he knows very much the game – that he can manipulate everyone by his words. Oh well, that’s at least what he thought. He thought that he was making a good play for himself – he kept on washing his hands that he’s just a follower and that somebody else is deciding for their alliance. He thought Maey and Betong are one hundred percent on his side. But I think he was just hallucinating. How would Maey and Betong trust someone like him who left his partner to form alliance with another group and when he realized that their ship is sinking, he immediately went back to his partner (Stef) to slay an original ally who supposedly doing another plan behind their backs. Is that someone that you could trust? Well, not if you were Maey and Betong, who saw how these Bulan guys take down the original Tala tribe members one by one. The two are never afraid to make fun of themselves but they are not dumbs. They know that these original Bulan tribe members were just using them to take one another down.

When they saw a good opportunity like Mara and Arnold giving the Immunity bracelet (to Maey) and promised that they were going to the finals, they grabbed it. Well, that was indeed a very clever choice. They were not indebted to anybody so no one can accuse them of being backstabbers or something. Now because of the move that they decided to take, they not only get rid of one strong competitor but more importantly, they are in a very safe position than ever.

Gino was obviously blindsided and I bet it was hard for him because in his mind, everyone is his people. Well, nah-ah Gino. On the next Immunity challenge, everyone is hoping that Arnold would not win so they can get rid of him. But as we all know, Arnold is one tough competitor who is always giving 110% in every challenge. The challenge went down with him and Maey as the final two competitors. Maey was very determined to beat Arnold and yeah right she did it this time – fair and square. Maey won the Immunity and safe in the next Tribal Council. Guess what happened next, Mara went up to Maey to congralute her and ask if she could return the Immunity bracelet that she gave. Wooah Mara has a really thick face indeed. Ano yon bawian?

Well, whatever happens one thing is for sure and that is Maey is dark horse – not Mara and not Stef. Mara said that Stef was just there because she was basically just riding the waves but what about her? She has been kissing Arnold’s ass for the longest time and isn’t that riding the waves too? She will not be there without Arnold. But Maey is different. Maey came from a losing tribe of Tala. She worked her ass of to stay in the game – she’s great in endurance challenges too and not to mention how she can be very logical with the way she speaks. I really think Maey has a great chance of winning Survivor.

Let us see if Maey can keep up until the Final Tribal Council. Let us also watch out who will be going next and be the 5th member of the jury in Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown.

  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , , , , , ,
No Comments »

survive here

survivormuch is using WP-Gravatar