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Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown Pilot Episode

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Nov 14 2011

Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown

Survivor Philippines Season 4 Premiered Tonight

Survivor Philippines Season 4 premiered tonight. The season was shot in the beautiful island of Palawan where we can see nice and clear water unlike the previous season wherein they didn’t get to show any challenges in the water. This season, the celebrity castaways were welcomed through one tough challenge in the middle of the ocean that is 15 feet deep.

Don’t you just love the opening salvo? Action right away! No celebrities in gown. No fake press conference. No nonsense. It is just perfect for the game Survivor! Great job indeed to the staff and crew.

Anyway, the 20 castaways were all in the middle of the ocean and they needed to unlock the cage so they can swim to the shore where two Immunity bracelets awaited them. On their way to the shore were sacks that contain different things that they can use in their camplife. Most of the castaways particularly Chuckie Dreyfus had a hard time swimming up to the shore. Geneva Cruz is lucky to have KC Montero as her partner as KC carried Geneva in his back when she ran out of energy to swim.

Gino Dela Pena and Stef Prescott were the ones to reach the shore. They immediately target the pots hoping to get immunity bracelet. But it was the tandem of John and Arnold who first got the immunity bracelet followed by Isabel Granada and partner Chuckie Dreyfus.

Schoolyard Pick

John and Arnold being the first to find the immunity bracelet chose their first tribemates for the Bulan (Dyosa ng Buwan) tribe. They chose Gino and Stef since Gino helped John in the ocean. Chuckie and Isabel of Tala (Diyosa ng mga Bituin) picked Arthur Solinap and Carlo Gonzales first.

The complete list of the Bulan tribe include:

John Odulio and Arnold Aninion

Stef Prescott and Gino Dela Peña

Geneva Cruz and KC Montero

Maria Isabel Lopez and Mara Lopez

Ellen Adarna and Filo Cucueco

Tala tribe:

Chuckie Dreyfus and Isabel Granada

Arthur Solinap and Carlo Gonzales

Aifha Medina and Alyssa Alano

Jackie Foster and DJ Angelicopter

Maey Bautista and Betong

The comic duo Maey and Betong being the last one picked asked “May sarili ba kaming tribe”? LOL.

Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown: Rules Explained

The concept of having a partner bothered me in the beginning since how is it going to be Outwit, Outlast and Outplay if they are relying to a partner from the beginning but host Richard Gutierrez explained the rule that they will be in pairs but in the end still only one can be the Ultimate Sole Survivor. At least, that put the record straight.

As early as their first day, we can already sense who will be the pasaway this season and we will see more of that tomorrow. Anyway, looks like KC Montero indeed practiced to make fire using kusot and bamboo. Great job! Well, if you know that you are joining Survivor that’s definitely on top of your list. Does this mean KC learned every Survivor move? We will see in Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown.

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Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Nov 13 2011

Survivor Philippines 4

Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown 2

Survivor Philippines

Survivor Philippines is back and this time they are showing yet another twist – they are featuring now a Celebrity Doubles Showdown. There will be 10 pairs of celebrities who will try to Outwit, Outlast and Outplay each other in the island of Palawan for 36 days.

The teams are as follows:

  1. Geneva Cruz and KC Montero
  2. Chuckie Dreyfus and Isabel Granada
  3. John Odulio and Arnold Aninion
  4. Stef Prescott and Gino Dela Peña
  5. Arthur Solinap and Carlo Gonzales
  6. Maria Isabel Lopez and Mara Lopez
  7. Ellen Adarna and Filo Cucueco
  8. Aifha Medina and Alyssa Alano
  9. Jackie Foster and DJ Angelicopter
  10. Maey Bautista and Betong

Personally, I think the concept of having “pair” is very much a forced twist. This is like incorporating Amazing Race’s  “tandem” to give a new vibe in Survivor. I don’t know the whole idea just yet so we might as well watch out for it but I really don’t get why they created the game by pairs. Where is now the concept of “Outwit, Outplay and Outlast” if you are depending on a partner? Well, I also believe that the Survivor Philippines team are just so inspired with the alliance of Aubrey Miles and Ervic Vijandre from last season that they created a Doubles Showdown theme for Survivor Philippines Season 4.

    Survivor Philippines 4

    I am not judging the show because I do not know the whole concept yet but I am still hoping for a good season. I also hope they stop with irrelevant twists and just stick with the “Survivor” game. The game itself is already interesting so I do not think they should bother to come up with “forced” twists just to make the audience happy. Oh well, they already finished the season so we’re just here to watch.

    Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown is still hosted by Richard Gutierrez. It starts airing tonight Nov 14, 2011 after Munting Heredera in the GMA Telebabad. What do you think Survivor fans?

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Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown Finale

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Dec 03 2010

Warning: This post is full of bitterness. bwahaha.

Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown announced in the Final Encounter with the Jury that the Jury and the Final Four will be voting for the 7th member of the Jury. That was ONE BIG JOKE! Isang malaking kalokohan! The Jury is supposed to be voting for the winner not vote out another castaway. Why? Because it is very natural for the jury members to feel “bitter” “hurt” or whatever drama there is towards the remaining castaways who sealed their fates in the game. Therefore, no matter what the explanation is, the votes of the jury will be tainted. They were once voted out by the remaining castaways so now they have the chance to get back at them and vote out one of the remaining four. This is why Survivor designed the game wherein jury will just vote for the winner. The phase of voting out is already over once the castaway was voted off of the game, that simple. However, for some illogical reasons, Survivor Philippines came up with another twist in the game. Now, the Jury and the Final Four will vote out one of the Top 4 to be the 7th person in the jury. That twist, twisted the game in a very disappointing, annoying and illogical way.

Well, when we heard that twist, we think that’s the most disappointing twist EVER but hey Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown didn’t fail to disappoint us. They had so many disappointing twists prepared for us and now Richard Gutierrez announced that there will be a LIVE VOTING. Jury will vote for the winner LIVE after 3 months!!!! To say that this twist is disappointing is an understatement.

Now, after three months of watching this season  Survivor Finale, the Judgment Day arrived. Final Four Akihiro Sato, Aubrey Miles, Ervic Vijandre and Solenn Heussaff faced again the Jury but they had to know first who’s the 7th member of the Jury based from the voting procedure they did in their last day in the island.

Final Four

Total of 10 votes, 6 from the Jury and 4 from the remaining castaways. 9 votes has been read, 3 votes for Aubrey Miles, 2 for Ervic Vijandre, 2 for Solenn Heussaff and 2 for Akihiro Sato. Then Richard read the last vote and it was a vote against Akihiro. So there was a tie between Aki and Aubrey. Based on the VTR, the three votes for Aubrey came from Ahron, Elma and Akihiro while the three votes for Akihiro were from Aubrey, Ervic and Solenn (3 out of the Top 4). This is where we see that the twist of having the Jury vote out is definitely unfair. Okay. People now know for sure that Akihiro Sato is the First Celebrity Sole Survivor, I have nothing against him BUT don’t you think his victory became tainted because of the “twist” made by Survivor Philippines? If we will stick with the original rule of the game, Akihiro was actually not part of the Top 3. 3 out of 4 remaining castaways voted against him and with the “real” scenario in Survivor wherein remaining castaways are the ones voting out Akihiro Sato is OUT OF THE GAME. Sensible right? Why did Survivor allow the Jury to vote out? It is not their job. They are bitter and that’s the truth that is why they voted out Aubrey Miles, Solenn Heussaff and Ervic Vijandre while the “Mr.Nice Guy” who “didn’t” do anything wrong to them had no single vote from the jury.

Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown ended with Akihiro Sato the “Mr.Nice Guy” emerging as the winner. Yes he played the game well, he was the strongest in physical challenges, he made the Jury believed he is the nicest guy in the game. BUT without the freaking twist in the game. He is DEFINITELY NOT THE WINNER. Aubrey Miles said it right when she said “I feel like I deserve to win” because she is definitely the winner without that twist. That made me conclude that this season of Survivor Philippines is NOTHING BUT A TWIST a TWISTED SEASON OF SURVIVOR!!

Hopefully, we will see the real Survivor game, back next season.

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Kagatan Challenge

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Nov 02 2010

One intense but not really exciting challenge from Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown – Kagatan Challenge. A challenge with castaways’ loved ones. Castaways and loved ones had hands tied behind their back to avoid using it in the challenge wherein they will run towards one big meat hanged at the center of the playing field. They will bite as big as they can and fill their own plate. Four pairs with highest weight of meat on their plates will proceed on the second round. Read the rest of this entry »

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Survivor fan is OUT, Goodbye Jon Hall

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Oct 22 2010

Jon Hall was very vocal that he’s a big fan of Survivor series since Season 1 of Survivor US. Well, maybe that became his downfall. He has immunity bracelet – he and his only alliance Michelle are in the minority then what he’ll give his Immunity bracelet to Michelle? Read the rest of this entry »

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Shocking Tribal Council

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Oct 15 2010

First and foremost, Richard’s question and answer portion is so darn boring. He’s asking questions like a talk show host. Hay. Never mind because the result was indeed SHOCKING!

In the Nagar tribe, everyone was talking about Plan A, Plan B and even Plan C. So they were talking that they will tell Aira that Mico will be their vote but in reality it’s still Plan A which is to vote out Aira. Then, here comes Ian coming up to Solenn saying Mico wants her out. Solenn didn’t believe it right away since Mico is her alliance from the old Magan. Read the rest of this entry »

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Most Important Challenge in Survivor Philippines

Survivor Philippines | Posted by survivormuch
Oct 14 2010

The Immunity Challenge a while back in Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown was supposedly the “most important challenge” of the season according to host Richard Gutierrez. I was like “ano daw?” Most important challenge NOW that there are still 12 castaways and the game isn’t in a merge yet? Yeah right. How important is the most important? Well will see tomorrow what the scroll said.

Well, the game was a giant sudoku challenge. Jon Hall was the play maker for Sar Mayee while Moi for Nagar. For the first time, Jon was calm and relax. He was not shouting, he was not panicking…. and voila 12 minutes and they finished the sudoku challenge. Sar Mayee wins the MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGE according to Richard. So they are safe in the Tribal Council and they received a scroll.

Looks like Nagar vs Aira scenario is really happening…. what will Aira do? Hopefully she’ll be wise to use the darn immunity bracelet.

In the teaser, Richard called the Sar Mayee tribe to join in the Tribal Council and he mentioned something like “it’s part of the reward from the scroll” so are they going to join the voting process and vote out one member of Nagar team? Ha! That’s my wild guess.

We will see tomorrow on Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown.

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