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September 14, 2006: Outfrontgirl
posts a follow-up clarification on the long-percolating
Chinagazer/ OFG stories of the mid-to-late-game Atiu cave
visit and feast:
"FWIW, I've heard that this is a reward feast and the
cave visit was not a challenge but a stop along the way
for dramatic effect. Only the RC winners were flown over
...
and the Jamaican girl is there too (which supports TDT's
tip that Sundra goes far).
I lean towards it being the
F8 reward and a team of 2 guys and 2 girls wins (Becky
and Sundra?), but chinagazer only saw 3 chairs, so it
could be F9. Big reward for F9 to go to another island.
Guess I'll have to wait and see what episode the calendar
brings for July 18th!"
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September 7, 2006: Spoiler-related highlights,
extracted with extensive sifting from a press teleconference
with Jeff Probst (thanks to SurvivorFever.net for
the transcript). We tried our best to remove most of Probst's
excessively lengthy stories about himself, his dental experiences,
and how he's a 44-year-old "white guy from Wichita," but
you never know. One or more may have slipped through. Read
at your own risk.
| Cast opinions (in response to specific questions) |
Probst: "Guitar player is Billy
Garcia.
He's a heavy metal guitarist. It has nothing to do
with Hollywood. What's interesting about him is he
says 'I believe in the church of metal.' That is one
of his quotes. He's not show business, he's a musician.
He's passionate about music and heavy metal."
Analysis: Probst says nothing
about Billy as a contestant, only about what he learned
about him in the casting process. Doesn't sound like
Billy left much of an impression game-wise. |
Probst: "Let me just tell
you, Cristina is
not only a cop, Cristina is a cop who was shot in the
line of duty in a somewhat notorious shootout down
in Santa Monica, I think on the pier. Her father was
a cop who was killed in the line of duty. To put Cristina
in the category of an actor, somebody looking to try
and find a hole. Cristina is a cop in her blood."
Analysis: See Billy, above. |
Probst: "Yul
was one of the most interesting guys. He is one of the most interesting
guys I've ever met. Without question one of the smartest
guys. Scored incredibly high on his IQ test. And not
surprising, was the only person, who, when he found
out how we were dividing the tribes, questioned it.
He said, 'What I'm concerned is that what you're
going to do is portray stereotypes.' And we said
that we certainly didn't go for that in casting. We
weren't trying to stunt cast this show. As far as the
people on the show, we're simply going to observe.
And Yul was fine with that. I don't know that Yul is
even a huge Survivor fan.... But he studied the show.
As somebody who wants to play this game and have a
shot at winning he's studied the show.... Yul is a
player. You underestimate Yul, you'll be going home
before he will. Absolute fact."
Analysis: Much stronger endorsement of Yul as a contestant,
rather than as someone they came across in casting. |
Probst: "I don't
think Cecilia was super familiar with
the show either. Cecilia brings a completely different
point of view to the show. Cecilia is aware of her
charm with men. She's aware that is a valid way to
play the game. It's a valid way to live in society.
To navigate relationships with whatever tools you have.
....I remember distinctly
with Cecilia, we started realizing, wow her life
is steeped in culture that is different from ours.
Certainly from mine. That's when the idea came that
we should go with the positive thing of ethnic pride.
Let people have to figure out who to vote out on
their own tribe. Where in a sense all things are
equal unless you have differences within your culture,
which we discovered existed. Cecilia was sort of
indirectly involved in helping us discover the second
layer of the idea which was the division."
Analysis: Again with the casting
stories! Mentions of Cecilia as a contestant only
in the sense of her not being familiar with the show,
and choosing to flirt. |
Probst: "You'll certainly,
though, remember Jonathan.... Jonathan
is a great character. What was fun about
Jonathan is, he is a writer. He can be very entertaining.
He can be overly dramatic if it calls for it. He
can be understanding if that's what you need. And
he can lacerate you if he feels that's appropriate.
But he does it with such a deft touch that it's very
entertaining to watch. Jonathan
makes an impact early on because he's such a good
storyteller."
Analysis: Sounds like Jonathan lasts
a while, at least long enough to show these
different facets of his "character". |
| Potential game spoilers |
Probst: "These
are simply 20 people. Do the five African-Americans
represent the African-American community? You have
to ask them and I did and, different points of view.
Some said "Yeah there's a responsibility." Some
said, "Hell no, I'm trying to win a million
dollars and I don't really care what your color is
if you help me get there.'"
Analysis: Hmm, since Probst
didn't spring the tribal division onto the contestants
until they got there, when would he have had the
opportunity AND the time necessary to ask all five
African-American contestants the same question? Oh,
right, probably in the first episode, when
they're all on a tribe together, and all killing
time at Tribal Council. |
Probst: "In fact
in the second episode the notion of stereotypes and
when you perpetuate them comes up... within one tribe.
They have a debate about whether they're helping to
perpetuate their own stereotype. I mean by behaving
in a certain way. And it becomes an argument. It's
fascinating."
Analysis: Not much spoiler-related here, except they're
still in ethnic tribes in Episode Two. At least long
enough for the
issue to come up and be discussed. |
Probst: "I think
it will go down as one of the 5 best seasons we've
had:
-
We have heroes and underdogs like we haven't had
in a long time.
-
And three love connections of varying
degrees. One of which is the strangest love affair
we've ever had on Survivor and I would argue that you've
ever seen on any reality show.
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There was more fish
caught than any of our past 12 seasons, octopus
caught.
-
And
a record number of blindsides at Tribal Council. That
gives you an indication to the level of gameplay. That's
a little unusual because these aren't seasoned players.
They understood instinctively that it's very important
to not necessarily tell the person you're voting out
that you're voting them out." |
| Probst: "What
Mark wanted to emphasize this season -- first of all
we have some really fun challenges -- great underwater
footage and all sorts of stuff going on. He wanted
one element in every challenge, that was: thinking.
If it was as a group then you're going to have to work
together or somebody is going to have to lead you through
some sort of a puzzle element where you have to think.
We have very few challenges that
are just based on brute strength, although we do have
a couple, we didn't
shy away from them. His idea was - let's force these
guys to work together in every capacity." |
Probst: "[20 contestants]
gives us many more options. I would prefer that we
took 20 people every time. It allows you to do fun
things like get rid of somebody surprisingly. It allows
you to keep the Survivors on their toes. Because they
can no longer assume that every three days they're
going to get rid of somebody. We could get rid of two
people tonight. Or we could get
rid of somebody from every tribe this afternoon. We've got enough people
to play with it."
Analysis: Let
us yawn in advance at the prospect of a quadruple-boot
episode. It seemed stupid when (or so we read) The
Apprentice tried it. Even lamer
when Survivor does it. |
Probst: "I can
tell you that there is a point in the show where I'm
almost positive you'll be rooting for underdogs, regardless
of ethnicity. I'm almost certain of that. There's
a turning point midway in this show that rocks it in
such a beautiful way."
Analysis: We'll see about that. |
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August 24, 2006: "The Slug" at
Gawker.com interviews Jeff Probst, mostly about the racial
division, but with some revealing softball questions at
the end:
Jeff Probst: "I'm not sure of the exact number, but
about 85 percent of the people on the show were recruited.
In other words, these are people that did not apply, maybe
not have seen
Survivor or even cared about Survivor."
[Ed. note: It can't have been all that difficult to find
people who don't care about Survivor]
Jeff Probst: "This is the most fun I've had since season
one. I think you'll see in the first act. The open to this
season is the most energized open we've had since season
one. We went back to season one and
did the same open because that was the best open we ever
did -- put people on a boat and give 'em a couple of minutes
to get off."
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August 23, 2006: MeSS moderator sunsawed posts
the following potentially revealing list of cast connections
at Sucks, based on the composition of the MySpace "friends"
list at contestant Billy Garcia's MySpace page:
"Billy Garcia
has FRIENDS.
Candice. Jenny. Adam. Becky. Parvati. Sekou. Cecigato.
Like
shootin' fish in a BARREL!"
Later in the thread, BlueDamsel points out that Jenny's friends
list includes: "Candice Parvati Becky Billy Cecilia."
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August
23, 2006: This seems like as good a place as
any to throw this out. While we have received a tip that
Becky does "relatively well" and while there is also
a report from jazwinski at Sucks that "Adam came back
very skinny," we just don't see it.
Below are pics of Adam and Becky, shortly before leaving
(June 20th, 2006) and shortly after returning (August
5th, 2006). Neither looks spectacularly skinnier in their
"after" pics. To our eyes, anyway:
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August 23, 2006: People magazine is first
to the wire with a cast-release story:
"New Survivor to Divide Teams by Race
By Alexis Chiu
Fueled by critics who slammed its
lack of diversity, CBS's Survivor has unveiled a new twist
for its upcoming season: Contestants will be divided by
ethnicity. When
it premieres Sept. 14, Survivor: Cook Islands will feature
20 castaways divided into four tribes: black, white, Asian
and Latino.
'We're going to take some heat for
it,' says
creator and executive producer Mark Burnett of the twist,
which was announced Wednesday morning. 'But it's a
great cast.'
For a show entering its 13th season with
steady ratings but ebbing buzz, the decision could be a
shot in the arm if it once again generates Survivor water-cooler
chatter. 'Some
people will think this is controversial. Others will think,
"What's the big deal?"' host Jeff Probst
tells PEOPLE. 'Either way, it's going to be very interesting.'
Along
with the usual real-estate agents and struggling actors,
the cast of characters competing for the $1 million purse
includes a heavy-metal guitarist, a female police officer
who has been shot in the line of duty, a Vietnam War refugee
who manages a nail salon and a gay fashion director for
a denim company. The segregated Survivor
grew from an effort to diversify a show that has featured
primarily white contestants (and winners – only two
of the 12 winners have been minorities). 'We've
taken a lot of flack,' says Burnett. But Probst says
the main reason for the Emmy-winning show's largely white
complexion was a dearth of minority applicants. 'Most
of the people who apply are white,' he says. 'That's
just a fact.'
In response, the Survivor casting team
scouted for a more diverse group of players everywhere
from the Internet to audition tapes for another CBS show,
The Amazing Race. Until
the tribes merge later in the season, the four teams will
battle each other and, perhaps, racial stereotypes.
'There
are going to be people looking for stereotypes: Will this
tribe be smarter than this tribe, or will this tribe be
faster than this tribe?' says Probst. 'That's
why I think it's fun. But five people on a tribe do not
represent an entire ethnic group.'
Set in New Zealand's
Cook Islands, the location of the famous mutiny on the
HMS Bounty, this season features a pirate theme, including
Tribal Councils held on an elaborate shipwreck set built
into the rocky coastline of a local island. Whether one
ethnicity ends up plundering – or walking
the plank – 'This is a game that starts very
even,' says Probst. 'Everybody starts the same
way with the same materials and the same chance: a 1-in-20
shot at a million bucks.' "
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August
15, 2006: Tip to the True Dork Times claims
that the Asian-American tribe does well at the start,
but eventually gets picked off.
Update: This will probably look accurate
around the merge (Cao Boi, Brad and Jenny will all get
booted within a few episodes of each other), but Becky
and Yul will go much further.
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August
15, 2006: A collection of tips and
spoilers in semi-chronological order, collectively confirming
what appears to be Survivor's most tasteless
twist ever - four initial tribes divided by race:
| Source |
| Tips to SurvivorFever.net
and the True Dork Times. |
July 15, 2006: SurvivorFever.net and the True Dork Times receive an email tip, claiming
the following:
"- 20 survivors divided up into 4 groups by race,
5 white, 5 black, 5
hispanic, and 5 asian....
-some survivors could be
coming from southern california (like always), nebraska,
texas, a couple new yorkers.
- weather has been relatively
nice except for heavy rain at the beginning.
- i saw
hispanic girl leaving from aitutaki."
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July
15, 2006: MayanSun (SurvivorFever.net) posts the four tribes-by-ethnicity
tip at Survivor
Sucks, highlighting a quote from Jeff
Probst from the time of the S12 finale:
"Could this twist be what JP was thinking about when
the following conversation took place on the S12
Red Carpet Finale:
Dalton Ross: 'What else can you tell us about the
Cook Islands?'
Jeff Probst: 'Well, we're hoping to do something
that we've never done before...in a huge way'."
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| Source |
| Wezzie at
Survivor Sucks |
July
15, 2006: Wezzie
follows up with an apparently supporting story:
"My housekeeper friend was frantic after the Amazing
Race final interviews because she had to get the rooms
ready because, as she said, 'the Survivor people
are coming in tonight.' This was about two or
three weeks before the Survivor final interviews were
scheduled to begin. I couldn't understand why SEG would
have two final interview periods (if they did....,
there's no proof)."
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August 7, 2006: New Sucks poster Darnell1980 warns...
- "they started with 20. you only have 3 contestants
correct."
- "Flicka, Adam, Brad."
and... (August
9th): "5 asians; 5 hispanics; 5 afric-americans;
5 caucasians."
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| Source |
| Wezzie at
Survivor Sucks |
August 9, 2006: Veteran Sucks poster Wezzie adds
another tidbit of confirmation...
- "BTW, someone on the other side of the world
told me about the Four Races twist 'bout the same time
Mayan Sun posted the spoiler. So, we'll see, we'll
see."
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August 9, 2006: Newish Sucks poster Darnell1980 drops
another possible four-tribes-by-race related spoiler...
- "i know little boot info, just that the
african-am team loses the first challenge."
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| Source |
| Wezzie at
Survivor Sucks |
August 15, 2006: Another follow-up
post by Wezzie, adding further detail...
-"On July 14th, I'd been told, 'There is a twist
in the teams which will be controversial in the States.'
I passed Mayan Sun's spoiler by my source (on July
17) and was told, 'That is correct. Definitely
race against race teams'."
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August 8, 2006: Following up on her earlier
post at TripAdvisor.com, Chinagazer cross-posts
at Sucks, answering questions and posting pictures about
some mid-game rewards and challenges:
" 2) 'Carrying
chairs': the chairs I saw are not
quite "litters" or "sedan chairs" as
they are not covered or closed. The carriers of sedan chairs
carry the poles on which the chair is fixed in their hands.
On Atiu it was clearly stated that they were carried on
the shoulders....
3) I only saw 3
carrying chairs. I double
checked this with my daughter and she too remembers seeing
three chairs only.
...
5)
I have been asked about the identity or description of
the participants. I only have this information: I
was told that one of the persons who were carried in the
chairs to the shack was a 'Japanese' girl and she was
crying with emotion. Again, 'Japanese' is the
word that was used but it is probable that by 'Japanese'
my interlocutor meant that the girl had asiatic features,
not that she actually IS Japanese."
Note: Chinagazer's pictures of the "carrying chair" prop
is here.
See the rest of the thread for useful deductions on the
timing of the challenge in question, particularly the outstanding
posts by Outfrontgirl,
such as these two:
"Sounds about right for 3 people then. They need a cameraman
too. The feast may be F9 as a reward for a 3 person team."
and "I have a tip that the visit
happened on Day 22 or 23, which is just post-merge. Tip aside, from chinagazer's
date of visit (July 21st), the very latest it happened
is Day 25/July 20th...."
In short, the best
fit seems to be for a post-merge reward challenge with
nine contestants left, randomly divided into three groups
of three, as it was at the same point in S12.
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August 2, 2006: At TripAdvisor.com, Chinagazer reports
on stories of challenges and rewards held on the island of
Atiu (Cook Islands), during Survivor filming:
"Survivor
on Atiu
On Atiu I learned that one
of the challenges for the participants was to spend the night
in the burial caves. Participants were divided in groups,
blindfolded and led into the caves, without food, without
water, without light. Once in the caves, their blindfolds
were removed. They could drink the water from the natural
sweet water pools in the caves, but often there are poisonous
crabs in these pools (I saw these crabs). The pinch or the
bite of these crabs are not poisonous, but when you eat them,
they are deadly. Some participants, I was told, screemed
with fright (how entertaining!).
On another occasion, I was
told, participants were flown to Atiu
for a feast as a bonus.
In a shack near a beach, they had a lavish meal. As they
were starving, their eyes were bulging when they saw the
food. They swallowed the food eagerly, the producers of the
series making sure they drank a lot of alcohol. The purpose
for that excessive drinking was to make the participants sick fast and good,
for that would provide for some good footage (how civilized!) The participants
were carried to this shack on the shoulders of locals in
carrying chairs.
I visited the shack and saw the carrying chairs."
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July 31, 2006: Casting/ game play spoiler
updates from theumpire314 at Sucks:
"Small updates:
-someone posted a picture of a Tracy Stroud but its not her,
she is a "young and cute" blonde
-at least one other girl is a model, this one is a young
brunette, not as athletic looking, was told she didn't adapt
well. Not sure on her name."
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July 28, 2006: Potentially spoiler-laden
Bob Ballantyne update from mysterysurvivor0 at Sucks:
"According to my source, Bob Ballantyne's mom has been
out of contact over this past week. Apparently she also
took time off this week from work.
Could be nothing, but
based on the survivor calendar I've seen, this week we
should be left with 7 and 6 people left, so perhaps this
means that the loved ones challenge occurs at F7 or F6
and that Bob at least makes F7?"
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July 17, 2006: Exile Islands spoiler wickchix returns
to spread some potential info at Sucks:
"Im just getting little tidbits
so far. When it all makes sense ill let you know. BTW im
getting 20 contestants. And fun double illiminations. - We
like those!"
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July 14, 2006: A week after blurry pics
confirming the rumor of "Tribal council on a ship" were
(re-)posted
at Survivor
Sucks, a source
referring to themself as
"trotters" sends the True
Dork Times and SurvivorFever.net some
cleaner, sharper pics of the (apparently) SEG-built ship
that serves as the Tribal Council set. No longer a spoiler,
really, but presented here, nonetheless:
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thumbnails to view larger pictures |
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July 14, 2006: Dan Bollinger of SurvivorMaps
modestly presents some pictures of Exile Island
(which appears to have a faux shipwreck) and some props (sunken
masts) from an early challenge. The challenge props are notable
because they appear to be color-coded for four separate tribes,
indicating that the "exile island" concept is not the only
thing in S13 that was recycled from Survivor:
Panama - Exile Island:
"Make no bones about it, this IS a Survivor Maps
Exclusive. While other websites are clawing over themselves
getting to the same photos publically posted on the internet,
we've been building relationships with locals who enjoy a
challenge as much as we do. Here are photos taken shortly
before filming began."
Edit: Click the link above to see the pictures.
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July 5, 2006: Helen Greig of the Cook
Islands News provides a local update:
"Survivor game starts in Aitutaki
5 July: Survivor Cook Islands started
filming the reality 'game' last Monday. CBS spokesperson Colleen Sullivan
and the show's producer Mark Burnett have visited Aitutaki
in the past two weeks. The show's celebrity presenter Jeff
Probst is also said to have arrived in Rarotonga on Saturday
24 June. Probst and Burnett have been staying at the Pacific
Resort Aitutaki.
No official word on the start date
has come from Survivor producers.
Rarotonga's very own coconut king Piri
Purotu was also in Aitutaki to take part in the show late last month. Purotu says he gave a fire making demonstration
to producers of the show and was in Aitutaki for three
days showing survivors his tropical survival secrets.
Purotu says he could not comment on his part on Survivor because of a confidentiality agreement, but it's assumed
he was there to show the contestants how to do some basic
survival tasks like starting a fire without matches or
a lighter.
...
Today is tipped
to be the third visit to tribal council where
one more contestant will be voted off."
Survivor Sucks poster cookislander also points out pictures
of Piri Purotu: here.
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June 29, 2006: Brand new Survivor Sucks
poster theumpire314 registers to start spreading the news
about someone leaving today (or yesterday) from Cook
Islands:
"Some casting tidbits from someone in the know, I was told
this yesterday but don’t remember everything:-the first boot happened yesterday (the day I heard the
info)
-no returning players
-the 20s contestants are all “beautiful and buff,” most
older ones are in shape
-there’s another cop (he’s older)
-a “patriotic realtor” and he does mountain
climbing
-two Tracy’s in the cast, Tracy lynn (not sure on
last name) and Tracy Kelly (first and last name, she’s
a model)
-a couple first names were mentioned but I dont remember
them."
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May 11, 2006: Survivor Sucks poster dissimilis posts
the following, two full days before the Survivor 12 finale:
"I just saw the preview for S13 at work...we are doing
some editing for the finale and its officially going to be
called Survivor: Cook Islands...they talked about all the
pirate stuff, they said Exile Island will be back with a
twist and the logo looks a LOT like Pearl Islands with a
boat in the top with red and black as the prominent colors."
...
"here is the logo:
 "
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March 26, 2006: Outfrontgirl posts the following
info on hotel availability in Aitutaki, giving projected
filming dates of June 26th through August 3rd (which match
almost exactly with the dates of filming for S11, one year
earlier):
"I did take a look at Are
Tamanu's availability, which you
have probably already done? It is blocked out as Available
or Request, Request clearly meaning Requested but I'm not
sure if that means the reservation is a done deal. They have
a great refund policy there, two weeks notice ... so looks
like they could back out.I think there's no question it's tentatively booked for
Survivor. The ENTIRE resort is booked between MONDAY June
5 through FRIDAY August 4th. It is MOSTLY booked, beginning May 1, through June 5th.
By mostly I mean ALL the bungalows including
the premiere bungalow, but not the two classes of suites.
This is not a pattern you would see if these were tourist
bookings.
The
Oceanfront Bungalow, which I assume is the best room on
the property, is booked from now until April 18th, FWIW.
Then again from May 1 through Aug 4th. During the April period,
the rest of the resort is mostly available except this one
top end room.
From MONDAY, April 24th the Garden bungalows
(CHEAPEST ROOMS, suitable for crew I imagine) are booked
continuously through August 17th."
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March 17, 2006: LonelyPlanet.com/ The
Thorn Tree poster darkonmgd posts the following apparent
confirmation of Survivor activity on Aitutaki:
"Just came back from Aitutaki and yes it is true. The
Crew has actually booked an entire resort for 3 months
(starting end of April/May). According to locals, they
will be using the islands that UK used. If they do, they
will have to dismantle the shelters etc. that the teams
made for the UK series. We went to the islands on the
Lagoon Cruise. I was actually disappointed that the TV
series did not clean up the island afterwards (leave
the island in it's pristine state).
By the way, Aitutaki
is the most beautiful place on earth...very hard to describe
to people. The beaches/lagoon - breathtaking. The people
- they are like one big family!" |
March 16-27, 2006: Sanveann, and ImN2Fun2,
two posters at the travel-related site, TripAdvisor.com's
Aitutaki/Cook Islands forums, report the following:
ImN2Fun2,
March 16: "So Much for Aitutaki being a well-kept secret
Learned today that Aitutaki is being
considered for the Next Survivor series. A scout team is
on the island looking it over.
Hate to believe it but I do believe that
Aitutaki has gotten mainstream attention. Those that have
been there know why you kind of have mixed sentiments about
that.
The island doesnt seem large enough to
me to be the final location selected but the scouts will
certainly come back with stories about how beautiful it
is. Just hope it never gets over developed like Bora Bora
or some of the Carribean islands."
Sanveann, March 27: "More news on Survivor
Hi, everybody ... we just got back, and
I will post a trip report in the next couple of days.
We went on the Bishops lagoon cruise on Saturday, and the
word was that the Survivor folks
have been scoping out two of the motu. I don't know which ones they are, but
supposedly, One Foot Island is NOT among them. However, I
heard the producers are thinking that Aitutaki is too nice
and doesn't have enough scary critters, and they are also
looking at New Caledonia."
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March 15, 2006: Dan
Bollinger posts a
newspaper article from the Cook
Islands News Online (since
deleted, archived at Sucks) that mentions the looming Survivor
filming:
"Million-dollar US reality
TV bosses scout in Aitutaki
15 March: Scouts from the
popular American reality television series Survivor are in the Cook Islands scouting for a possible location
for their next series.
Early this month CBS announced a major
round of renewals for their hit TV shows including Survivor.
According to locals in Aitutaki, a Survivor 'scouting crew'
has been on the island since Monday. If all goes well the
Cooks could be the location of the next Survivor television
series.
Aitutaki mayor Teokotai Herman says the
team of about 12 are looking at locations and researching
other aspects of the viability of the island to host the
show. Co-executive producer Kevin Greene is in Aitutaki,
leading the scouting mission.
Herman says they are yet to confirm whether
they will use Aitutaki as the next Survivor location.
He says that if the show arrives it will be good marketing
for the Cook Islands. 'It's going to be good, not
only for the island, but for the country,' he said
yesterday.
CI News understands Tourism Cook Islands
have been in discussions with the Survivor producers since
last year.
...
So will they 'outwit, outplay and outlast'
in the Cooks for the next season? Internet websites and
forums have already pointed to Aitutaki as the location
of the thirteenth series. Dan Bollinger of 'Survivor
Maps'
has already posted maps of Aitutaki on his site.
Aitutaki was most recently used as the
location of the television series Shipwrecked
'Battle of the Islands' where contestants were divided into two teams,
the Tigers and the Sharks on Moturakau and Rapota motu.
Bollinger says the Survivor series could
have a 'Mutiny on the Bounty' theme as Captain William
Bligh was the first to discover the island just days before
the mutiny in 1789. - Helen Greig."
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March 7, 2006: Dan
Bollinger posts possible
motus to be used for filming, suggests preliminary attempts
by SEG to reserve the location have already been made:
"This just in, a local said, 'I think they will
use One Foot (Tapuaetai),Moturakau,Rapota,and Tekopua.' I've
marked the map accordingly. Rapota and Moturakau are likely
for Tribal Camps. One Foot has a dock and slight infrastructure
for day travelers. Tekopua would be a good place for setting
up challenges."
"'A lot of the accommodation on the Island
has already been secured for the crew and cast,' says
a lodging owner on Aitutaki. Thanks to the internet, we now
have a high-res topo map of Aitutaki. I'll post it asap."
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| Wezzie at
Survivor Sucks |
March 4, 2006: An update on the Cooks
from Wezzie,
giving more of the backstory and additional details (Dan
Bollinger updated SurvivorMaps around this time):
"Back on December 25, Dan Bollinger and I received
a Xmas gift, 'Survivor is going to film in The Cook
Islands in 2006.' But, around the same time, local
sources in Panama and friends on the crew told us that
Survivor was in returning to Panama. After hearing Jeff's
comment during the teleconference, I posted the hint (above)
about the Cooks.
From what Dan and I understand, SEG has
been negotiating with both the Cook Islands and New Caledonia
for 2006 filming locations. "
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March 3, 2006: Word from the Cook Islands
(via Lord
Balfor at the Fodor's forums) - Survivor going
to Aitutaki? :
"Survivor to film next Seasons Episodes on Aitutaki
Word in the Cooks
is that this coming fall's episodes of Survivor are to
be filmed on one of the motus (islets) of Aitutaki. Apparently
filming is to begin in May."
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| Wezzie at Survivor
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January 30, 2006: Following a pre-S12
Jeff Probst teleconference, Wezzie shoots down previous
rumors that Panama might be a location for S13, but raises
a new possibility, based on a tip she and Dan Bollinger
received from a source:
"Okey dokey, according to JP the next series will be
in a 'destination', will not be a theme show,
like Exile Is. Maybe Panama is out."
"Cooks Is is a possibility."
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