Season Long Survivor Thread ** SPOILERS** after episode

I did like the one guy (Renden?) telling Venus to hold on to the idol after the challenge. Soda is definitely grabby! I definitely think her (Venus) burn her team to the ground after the merge feelings could hurt her, especially if they throw a challenge to get rid of her.

I wonder what happens if a team makes it to the merge without losing and someone has the Beware Advantage/Idol - how would they go back to the same spot to look for the next clue? Same thing if there is a tribe shake up - if Renden is on a different beach, is he still out of a vote? Would he have a different spot where the Advantage was waiting for him to find the key?

Since Tiffany has the purple idol, I don't hold out much hope for Bhanu finding an idol.

The green tribe is interesting- they are all super friendly to each other, but I wonder if things will be nasty when they go to tribal? Especially with Maria and Charlie playing to the middle.

I feel really bad for Renden, especially since it appears that it was just a pinched nerve. I understand why they had to pull him though. Hopefully he'll get a second chance to play again.

I think Bhanu's disclosures will come to bite him in the butt. Will be interesting to see what happens.

I wonder if they'll rehide Renden's advantage on the yellow/red tribe.

I also wonder if the green tribe will find the advantage Jem hid in the brush. I did think it was interesting that she mentioned she would get instructions if her tribe doesn't lose - wonder if that is foreshadowing to her tribe's continued dominance? I also don't understand why she didn't bury the box in the spot where she found it. The leaves seemed like a way more obvious place for it to be found by others.

I've just started watching the most recent episode. My only comment for now is about their clothes...does it seem like they all have more warm clothes that in past seasons? I don't really remember the most recent seasons (I think I didn't watch much of last season, for some reason) but I do remember back when it seemed like they had nothing warm to wear. Except back in the very beginning when they practically had entire wardrobes with them. lol. Maybe now it's swinging back to allowing at least some basic warm things just to keep everyone from getting too cold.

I think they are allowed more clothes in response to the #metoo movement and complaints about women not having enough clothes, especially after the events of season 39. Additionally, I wonder if more clothes makes up for the lack of food they are given in the new era.

You know, Bhanu's repeated saying that he doesn't want to win a million dollars, he wants to win a million hearts reminds me of something Princess Diana said when she was divorcing Charles. She said something along the lines of she didn't want to be the Queen of England, she wanted to be the queen of people's hearts.

If I were on his tribe, I'd be getting a villain edit right about now. I cannot handle that much emotion and crying. I'd be saying stuff and rolling my eyes nonstop. LOL, can you imagine if he and Emily from last season had been on a tribe together? 😂

Ugh Bhanu! Stop it. He just makes me cringe. He does have some good lines (mermaid dragon) and besides his meltdowns, he seems super- astute. I would love it if he were fooling the tribe and the audience and was this really good player.

I just wish they would gave a surprise move next week and merge the three into two. Then my “fave” mermaid dragon would go home. “Are my eyes really green now?”

In related news: AllieC, you are so lucky you can watch Australian Survivor. The YT channels I watched some 2024 episodes on have been deleted or 2024 episodes have been private. It is so much better than US Survivor. IMO.

A player was ejected from the game after inappropriate contact - the player who complained the most about him was voted out before him, and he was ultimately removed for touching a female staffer on the leg. www.theringer.com/tv/2019/12/12/21012988/survivor-dan-spilo-removed-harassment-season-39-episode-9

Jeff says he'd still cast Bhanu, for his "authenticity."

I wonder if a team will purposefully lose a challenge, to get rid of a tribe mate before a tribe swap or the merge? I could see the yellow tribe doing this, just to get rid of Soda.

This was interesting.  Thanks for posting! I had read the older rules of how clothing was chosen, but hadn't seen these changes in writing before.  The contestants do look a bit more comfortable with the chosen clothing items this season, and making it more "even" in warmth, etc. just makes good sense.

I thought it was funny how the one girl on the purple time was saying if they had to go to TC again she would have to choose between her two closest alliance members.  She only has 2 alliance members!  

It was so nice to watch without Bhanu!

Is this the season of the dumbest players ever?

After reading the article posted about clothing, I want to know who goes in at night with a ruler to make sure everyone is sleeping 6 inches apart!

Venus is an easy future vote, because it seems like no one trusts her, while Moriah seemed like she could play a better social game. I think Charlie voted for Venus just in case Moriah's scroll has said she was safe. I also think Yanu wanted to break up the super strong Siga tribe, but I would have gone for Charlie over Moriah. Why pick off the weakest member (even if only in terms of social standing) when you could get a stronger player out?

I wasn't that surprised at how close it was for the challenge - it ALWAYS comes down to the puzzle - that's why they are last in the challenge. If Hunter had been the one to sit it out, and he and Tiff had swapped places, the other team would have won. I did think it was interesting that Tevin commented on how good Hunter is with challenges - wonder if that will hurt him.

Hunter did get lucky with his no vote tribal council as he was immune - and I understand why he felt the need to announce it (so people wouldn't think he had an advantage and targeted him for it).