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| Survivor:
Samoa post-Episode 1 challenges shown in previews |
Between
the TV Guide Channel preview and a series of Russell H-centric
TV ads, there have been numerous shots of either actual challenge
footage, or props/sets for challenges not appearing in Episode
1. For the most part, we can't tell in which episode they'll
be featured (although there's still time for a challenge board
shot, CBS!), but we'll run through them here.
| Ep3
RC? - Water-based
full-contact challenge |
Ashley wrestling Kelly, Monica in foreground?
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Ashley wrestling Kelly, Probst in background |
Natalie, two Galu guys in background
(Dave and Brett?) |
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We assume there's some sort of game involved here, presumably moving objects
of some kind toward a goal, while the other tribe tries to full-contactedly prevent
you from doing so. This sort of challenge has been a recent favorite for the
Ep2 RC, appearing in S15:
China,
S16: Micronesia, and S18:
Tocantins. The shots above seem to be the oversaturated kinds favored
by Scott Duncan in the intro, and those shots are generally from the first two
episodes. So we'd expect this challenge to show up fairly soon.
Update: As noted by Kona at Sucks, the press
photo of
Probst, wading in the water, as probably being from this challenge. The photo
was taken on day 7 of filming, which should be in Ep3. So this should be the
Ep3 RC.
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| Ep2
or beyond -
Schmergenball |
Racing in for balls
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Fighting over balls |
Shooters above, trying to score |
More fighting |
Passing up for a shot
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Making a shot |
This one has absolutely no connection to Samoan
culture, but it does derive from Survivor crew culture, so we'll
give them a pass this time (video here of
the crew - plus Jeff Probst - making shots). The crew version
seems to mostly consist of tossing rugby balls into buckets,
but it appears they've added a stadium and lots of rules for
the Survivor contestant version.
This challenge was featured being
played by dream teamers in the TV Guide Channel preview, and
we'll let challenge chief John Kirhoffer explain it: "One
of the rules we have is abrasions and scrapes are good, lacerations
and contusions are bad. Schmergenball was created by the grips
- a bunch of hardworking guys on the crew who were sitting around,
drinking beer, and throwing balls into wastebaskets one day.
And, uh, it just developed into something. It was so cool, Dan
Munday and myself are standing there, watching everyone
play schmergen, we've played on our own teams, and with Jeff,
and we just said 'This has gotta be a challenge!' So we tweaked
a couple of things to kind of slow down the pace a little bit,
and added a brawl element."
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| Ep2
or beyond - props for other challenges |
Black-and-white balls
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Painted and assembled black-and-white balls
(giant purple ball in background) |
Tilting maze table |
Big yellow ball |
These
props are shown in the TV Guide Channel preview show, during
the interviews with production designer Dan Munday and unit manager
Paul Messer. Basically, we see parts from at least three challenges:
(1) Large wicker balls, reminiscent of the S3 Ep3 RC Kelly
Goldsmith Memorial Dungball (and last used in Gabon);
(2) A tilting maze table, just like the one on which Coach won
his one and only individual challenge, prompting his "dragonslayer"
scream in Tocantins; and (3) the columns of white-and-black
painted turning balls (jumbo-sized tic-tac-toe?). Not the most
exciting batch, but there they are.
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