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True Dork Times Survivor 19: Samoa spoilers
Episode 3: "It's Called A Russell Seed" Filmed: June 17-18, 2009
Airdate: October 1, 2009
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Survivor: Samoa post-Episode 3 challenges shown in previews
   From the TV Guide Channel preview there are still a few glimpses of props/sets for challenges that have not appeared on the show so far. For the most part, we can't tell in which episode they'll be featured (although never too late for a challenge board shot, CBS!), but we'll run through them here.

Ep3 or beyond - props for other challenges
black and white balls
Black-and-white balls
black-and-white balls, assembled
Painted and assembled black-and-white balls
(giant purple ball in background)
maze table
Tilting maze table
big yellow ball
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.
   
Ep3 or beyond: "Do It Yourself" challenge

We were informed by email (from reader CC) that Probst mentioned another challenge in his TV Guide magazine interview before Ep1 aired. Here's the relevant text:

"Anything else new this season?
We're gonna have a “do it yourself” challenge where I don't show up and they arrive and there's just a box sitting there. Watching what they think it means and how they decide and when to investigate it and what happens afterwards is pretty interesting and a little scary to me I might add because suddenly, “Maybe we don't need a host! Maybe we can do Survivor without Mr. Probst!” "
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