Showing posts with label Jeff Probst. Show all posts
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Monday, December 20, 2010

Survivor - Nicaragua, 12192010

What about that?? A new survivor was crowned last night in LA, in front of family, friends and fans of the survivors. As usual, there were survivors that were voted off that held grudges against the 3 finalists! How did I know that? By the look in their faces!

Take for instance, Dan Lembo, who proclaimed to the other survivors that he is rich!! He claims he owns many cars, and 20 more alligator shoes that cost at least $600! He revealed that to Holly Hoffman when she threw Dan's shoes in the water! As a peace offering last night, Holly gave Dan a cowboy boots as a replacement for his alligator shoes!!! Whoopie!!! Do you think Dan will wear that cheap shoes when he has other expensive shoes??? It will probably gather some dust in his basement! Come to think of it, why did he ever join the survivor if he is filthy rich? He can't even do anything in the camp because of his bad knees!! He was useless in all of the challenges...he was getting a free ride towards the end with Fabio and others since they do not see him as a threat! He was finally taken out by the reamaining 4, Holly Hoffman, Chase Rice, Nash and Fabio! The next one to go was Holly, the only woman standing! Boo...hooo... for Holly! She really fought to stay until the end, but the guys stuck together!

Jud "Fabio" Birza won the last 3 challenges at the end! Bravo! Fabio!! He did not win any challenges before...so I thought he was either dumb or a very weak contender! He can be given a good acting award! I guess he did not win any challenges and remained nonchalant at the beginning to keep people off his back! A very good strategic move on his part!

Wow! Every body seems to be upset with Matthew " Sash" Lenahan. I can see why..he tried to control and manipulate everyone! He did not get even a single vote! Chase was also the target of a few people because of his voting off Brenda, his ally and his crush! But he exonerated himself when he explained why!

The votes were very close: Chase 4, Fabio 5! Throughout all the grueling quetions of the 3 finalists by the jury, Fabio has been laughing and smiling! Is that his usual thing or is that a nervous laugh?? He seems so endearing with his laughing and smile while Chase and Sash were too stiff and very serious! Congratulations, Fabio...the youngest to win the Survivor title! Only 21 years old! I guess that really proves that young can beat the old timers when it comes to physical and mental challenges!!! Any comments???

Is this Jeff Probst last Survivor episode? Who knows and who cares? Because Of NaOnka Mixon and Kelly Shinn's quitting the show, there will be a new twist on the coming survivor episode in February! Is everyone ready to watch it????

Friday, December 10, 2010

Survivor Nicaragua, 12082010

Another survivor was blindsided and is the 6th member of the jury! Wow! Whoever is the manipulator in this game is good! Who is it? Who was sent home packing? Why is Jeff seems upset with NaOnka and Purple Kelly quitting?

The show started with the reward challenge which was a yucky game. The survivors went through mud, retrieved a key and toss rings and bags. Chase won ! Who did he take to go with him to have the shower and other amenities? Holly and Jane! When he chose Jane, I went, "Oh oh." Chase promised if he win a reward challenge that Sash will be going with him! It was indeed a stupid move to bring Jane instead of Sash, which Chase admitted to Holly! Chase seems to be a wishy washy person! No, he is just trying to be nice to the older ladies who are in his alliance! Was Sash able to forgive him?

There are definitely 3 alliances: 1 - Jud" Fabio"Birza, Ben" Benry" Henry, and Dan Lembo. 2 - Chase Rice, Holly Hoffman, and Jane Bright. 3 - Sash, all by himself! He voted off his alliance Brenda, and NaOnka quit! But it seems that even though Sash does not have an alliance, he controls every one of the survivors! Why are they letting him call the moves? Probably because they know that he has the immunity idol! Dan said that Sash cannot be trusted but still follow him! Why is Dan still in the game? He does not win anything and seems useless! Watch that he will be in the final 3 and win the million dollars just keeping quiet and a yes man to all!

While Chase and company were enjoying their reward challenge, Benry and Fabio decided to eat the chicken! Whoa! When Jane returned and found out that the chicken is gone, she was beside herself! Oh my gosh! Jane did a memorial for the chicken complete with a cross! What the heck?? Is Jane a vegetarian? Comments? Is she losing it? I can understand because she has been in the jungle for many, many days now!! Wow! She must be really bored too...to have a memorial for a chicken!!! Isn't that amazing???

Who did you think won the immunity challenge? Sash who is very comfortable with his role as the manipulator of the game! How long do you think the survivors will listen to him? The people that they were trying to vote off was Fabio or Benry. Benry did not know that he was going to be blindsided! Fabio voted for Holly; Benry and Dan voted for Fabio; Chase, Holly, Jane and Sash voted for Benry!

In the tribal council, the members of the jury came. Among them were NaOnka and Purple Kelly who looked good. Jeff announces them as the quitters! They looked good and I think they do not really care what everyone says about them including Jeff Probst! Go, girls! You have all the right to withdraw from the game, if it will cost you your health and sanity! You were brave to do that and I applaud you both!

Who will be voted off next week? Will Sash still remain the manipulator? Will Fabio be the next target? Good questions which we have to wait until next week for the answers!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Survivor Nicaragua, 12012010

This episode had a new development that I do not think has happened before in the history of Survivor! And what is that? Two survivors are quitting!! Just like that!!! In a blink of an eye...not one, but 2 people! Surprise! Surprise! I think even Jeff Probst was surprised at the sudden development of the show! Now, there will be no voting in the tribal council tonight! The other survivors are sooo thankful to these two! Wow!!! What a shocker!!! The others really felt relieved that they can survive 2 more weeks!!! Does that mean they do not have to vote next week also?? How about the people on the jury??? They were also so shocked and surprised and at the same time mad as a burrito! Why did you say burrito? I have another word but I do not think I can say that word here! Plus I can say anything I want since this is a free country! Sort off, is it not?? He! He! He!

The survivors had to be divided into 2 teams: the yellow team - Fabio, Sash, Purple Kelly S, and Jane; the blue team - Chase, NaOnka, Holly and Benry. Each team had to be tied together while they have to untie a giant Gulliver and go though a series of obstacles. The obstacles were not easy! They had to climb over to the other side while bringing Gulliver and go though mud, hay etc. Yikes!!! A very physical challenge! I applaud these survivors for going through all these physical challenges! Dan, on the other hand, is having a free ride all along, not participating in the reward challenge! He chose the winning team, which was the blue team!!! The reward was going to the Survivor's Cinema to see Gulliver's Travels, and feast on hot dogs, nachos and popcorn! Yum! Yum!

Since the survivors lost their tarp and food, Jeff made them an offer that only Holly took, which was to give up her place in the cinema. In exchange, the survivors can have the tarp and rice! How noble Holly was!!! Or was it just to gain sympathy and friendship from the others??? Hmmm...You always think of something! Oh, well...NaOnka and Purle Kelly announced that they were quitting the game. Jefft looked surprised, but not the other survivors. What was the reason that they were quitting??? They cannot take anymore the harsh weather that is on them day in and day out! Jeff told them to think it over until the tribal council! Do you think they made a mistake? No, I do think so! At least they lasted for 28 days!! Wowie!! That is indeed an accomplishment! NaOnka and Kelly S...Bravo!!!! Good job, girls!!! If that was me, I would have quit the 1st day... with the punishment you take everyday, living in the open, always cold and hungry! I like my bed, showers, food...the whole thing!! I was wondering though about Jane and Holly. My gosh these are 2 elderly women out there! The million dollars must have been a really good incentive for them! Jane Bright is 56 and Holly Hoffman is 44!! Woo...hooo....ladies!!!! you both are either insane or like physical challenges!!! I hope you two get to be the last 2 standing against the young men and Dan Lembo,63, who is a weakling!

The tribal council was just a reiteration of what NaOnka Mixon, 27, and Purple Kelly Shinn, 20, told everyone during the reward challenge that they are quitting! No ifs, buts or maybe!!! Good job girls!!! Will they be joining Alina, Marty and Brenda in the jury house, since they were not voted off but they quit?? Who knows?? Will there be some more that will quit??

This is really one show that will test your endurance and the will to live in an environment that is harsh and open! Are you up to the challenge for the next episode to win a million dollars????

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Survivor - Nicaragua, 11112010

The survivors were recently merged into one tribe - the Libertad tribe. Will Marty remain as the puppet master? Will Nash and Brenda remain the controlling partners of the tribe? When will the tribe members realize about the dynamic duo??

The reward challenge for a barbeque was very physical. The survivors had to burst through hay, sticks and bricks! The men and women had to be divided randomly, except Chase who will sit out during the competition. Whoa!!! The teams were divided...all the men ended up in one team, and the women in another team! Wow! How ironic that is for the women. They do not have a chance to win with all the men against them. That was sooo unfair!! And the idiot Chase chose to be with the women! What is wrong with Chase? Can't he see who the women were pitted against a very physical, demanding challenge?? What was he thinking???

The men had a good time during the barbeque feast and they had the time to really bond with each other. They were busy concocting a plan of who should go next. Will the plan succeed??

On the camp, the puppet master was busy telling everyone that they are going to put down NaOnka's name so that her immunity idol will be flushed out but they are really going to blindside Jane! This has really became a war between Marty and Jane! Who will survive??

The immunity idol was once again for grabs. The memory challenge was indeed challenging. Jeff Probst will show a series of pictures and the survivors have to remember the order the pictures were showed! That needs concentration big time! Who do you think won? The last 2 were Marty and Brenda. I was holding my breath who would emerge as the winner. Brenda won!! Hip! Hip! Hurray!!!

During the tribal council, Jeff instigated again the food stolen by NaOnka. Jeff!!! You are really enjoying this, are you not?? Anyway, NaOnka and Marty had a few "nice words" with each other again! Even Fabio had to put in his 2 cents worth of comments! Wow!!! That was a very heated discussion on the tribal council!!!

Who was voted off? Jane ended up with 4 votes, and Marty, 7 votes!!! Marty did not know that it was coming!!! It was about time that he left!!! He is getting to be irritating!! A master puppet, indeed!!!Comments, anyone????

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Survivor Nicaragua, 10202010

Survivor is getting intense - lies,deceit, and what have you, have been emerging from the players! Anything to keep them safe from elimination! Take a look at Marty Piombo, the puppet master at La Flor. He got Fabio hook, line and sinker! Marty told Fabio that he is a Grandmaster at Chess, and he trained under Guillermo Vilas! Fabio was sooo impressed that he decided to stick around with Marty! Is there even a Guillermo Vilas in real life? Who knows and who cares? Marty even invites Fabio to be with him and Jill in the final three! Fabio! Fabio! Fabio! Can't you see... the puppet master is working on you, and he did not even work hard to get you under his spell!!!! Good grief! Wake up, Fabio!!!

Brenda and Sash of La Flor was concocting a scheme to get rid of Marty and his immunity idol. Did it work? Did the other tribe members listen to them? Have patience...let us go back first to their immunity challenge!

The tribe members received a big surprise again from Jeff Probst. The immunity this time is for individual ones, one for each tribe, eliminating 2, one from each tribe! The game was to dig up a rope ring, toss it over his or her shoulder to a basket on his or her backside. How hard could that be? Ask Dan! He did not even get one on his basket! Ha! Ha! Ha! I believe Dan is really getting by really good in the challenges! And someone said that he has been boasting about his expensive car collections!!! Watch it, survivors! Dan might walk off with the million dollars very easily since all of you do not think that he is a threat! Hmmmm... do I need to say more? Back to the game.... The first person to get 3 rings wins immunity and moves to the final round for the reward. Holly won for the Espada, and Jill for La Flor! Wow!!! Can you believe that?? Two old ladies won the challenge??? Nenenenene... young ones and guys!!! You let 2 smart, older women win??? Good job, girls!!!!

The final round is a ring toss. Whoever lands first all 3 rings on the target wins a feast of chicken and beef kabobs for their tribe! Jill wins for La Flor! Jill winning an immunity for herself messed up Brenda's and Nash's plan, which was to vote off either Jill or Marty, so Marty can play out his idol during the Tribal Council! Brenda and Nash decided to get Kelly Bruno out since she has a fake leg and people will symphatize with her and win the million dollars!

Espada went to the Tribal Council and it was a toss up between Dan and Yve. On the Tribal Council, Dan changed his mind and decided that he he wants to stay, so he fought really hard with Yve who he called arrogant! The young people at Espada voted for Yve at the end because they thought Yve was a smart player even though Dan is a liability for the tribe! Yve Rojas, 41, homemaker from Kansas City, Missouri went home because she opened her big mouth! People do not like that! When will people learn to shut their big mouths????

On La Flor side, Brenda tried to intimidate Marty so he will put out his immunity idol. It did not worked! Brenda, watch your back... now you will be the target of the master puppeteer!!! Brenda received 2 votes, Marty and Kelly B, 3 votes each. The tribe members had to re-vote since there was a tie. Kelly Bruno, 26, student from Durham, North Carolina was blindsided and went home!

Well, Marty still has his precious idol, and now has 2 followers...Jill and Fabio. Will Brenda get the wrath of Marty and be sent home next week? Or will there be another confrontation between the young and the old in La Flor??? Will Dan still dodge elimination, while doing nothing on challenges??? This episode is getting really juicy!!!! What do you guys think??? Any comments????

Posted by vs at 10/21/2010 2:19 PM | Add Comment

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Survivor, 09292010

It is Survivor time! Another survivor was voted off unanimously! How? Because of his reamarks at the tribal council! He was the only one that admitted that he was the weakest of the tribe members! Whoa!!!! Was he really trying to dig his own grave?? Maybe, or maybe he wants to leave already!!!

The challenge for this episode was both for the reward and immunity. It was tossing sandbags onto barrels which people had to retrieve from a field. La Flor, the young survivors did not use the Medallion of Power for the challenge. They were so confident that they did not need it to win! Were they right??? Yes, they were!

The reward was a fruit basket where Kelly Bruno saw at the bottom of the basket a clue to the immunity idol. Why did she not take it then? Who knows?? NaOnka Mixon sees it too, and helps Kelly carry the basket. All of a sudden, NaOnka pushes Kelly B, wrestles her and grab the clue! Whew!! That was such a dirty move fom NaOnka! Gee whiz, NaOnka, that is not good!!!! The rest of the survivors were so surprised and upset because the fruits were smashed as a result of NaOnka's sudden movement against Kelly! Why did she just not share the clue with poor Kelly? NaOnka is really mean, she does not even pity Kelly B who has a prosthetic leg! NaOnka decided to share the clue with Brenda Lowe and they tried to figure out where the immunity idol might be hidden!

Meanwhile in the Espada tribe, Marty Piombo was trying to get rid of Jimmy Johnson. Not everyone liked the idea since Jimmy stepped up to the plate of leading the group and fishing for food. Some tribe members see Dan Lembo as the weakest among the tribe members.

During the tribal council, Jeff Probst asks all the members of the Espada one at a time if they are the weakest. Everyone said no except Jimmy Johnson! Wow! Jimmy, what were you thinking?? You created your own grave! My! My! My! Did he do this so he could go home? He is the oldest in the group, 67 years old, and he said that Survivor is harder that football! I was also thinking that it is already football season... is it not time for him to go back on television???

Needless to say, Jimmy Johnson, head coach of Super Bowl champions, the Dallas Cowboys, was the third person to go home this season! Now, that Jimmy is gone, who will replace him as their leader? Marty Piombo who thinks he can do it and did not like Jimmy?

Stay tuned for more action from the survivors, young and old!!!!

Posted by vs at 9/30/2010 2:10 PM | Add Comment

Monday, August 30, 2010

62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

There are so many awards for actors and actresses that I thought the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy's is just for some actors that have not gotten any awards! Ha! Ha! Ha! How misinformed I was!!!! Oh, well. Now I know that there are different awards for different things, e.g. Academy Awards - film, Grammy Awards - music, Tony Awards - stage and Emmy Awards - primetime television programming. Does everyone know this except me??? Yup, you are the only one that is a ninkampoof in the group!!!! Well, at least you called me ninkampoof, not idiot or imbecile! Ninkampoof sounds better!!!! What does ninkampoof mean anyway???? Never mind, do not answer!!!! Like I said, you learn something new everyday!!! Sigh. And that is really true!!!!!

The name Emmy was chosen as the feminine of " immy," a nickname used for the image orthicon tubes that were common in early television cameras. To complement the name, a statuette was designed to depict a winged woman holding an atom which had become the symbol of excellence on television. The wings represent the muse of art, the atom the electron of science. The first Emmy award was presented on January 25,1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles.

It is also a glitzy occasion as can be seen with the celebrities with their flowing gowns and tuxedoes. The awards was hosted by Jimmy Fallon, comedian. He was imitating many singers, including Elton John, who I thought was on the show!

Who won?? I will only name a few: Kyra Sedgwick - Closer - first Emmy for best actress in a drama; Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife - first Emmy for best supporting actress in a drama; Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad - first Emmy for best supporting actor in a drama; Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory - First Emmy for best comedy actor; Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie - best comedy actress, her 4th Emmy winning the last 3 for her dramatic acting on the Sopranos; Top Chef - Best Reality competition; Bryan Craxston - Breaking Bad- best drama actor, his 3rd year in a row; Jane Lynch - Glee- best supporting actress in a comedy; Jaime Oliver's Food Revolution - outstanding reality program; Jeff Probst - Survivor - outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program.

There are only a few of the celebrities that won that I recognize. I have not watched some of these programs on television! That is because you only watch reality shows!!!! You are right, but for some reason, I would rather watch reality shows!!! I do not know why... maybe it is intriguing and juicier??? And we can somehow relate to the reality shows???? Who knows and who cares??? I just like to watch it!!! Period!!! Do you have a problem with that??? Yikes!!!! She is at war again!!! Okay, okay. Don't you guys agree that it is more fun to watch reality shows????? Come on.. see, I see many heads going up and down!!!!

Anyway, I did not finish the Emmy's last night. I got bored for some reason, so I turned the television off and went to sleep. How many did that??? Do not be bashful. Come on, let me see your hands!! I see there are a lot of hands that are up. I wonder why we got bored??? Who knows and who cares??? I think that is your favorite expression today!!! You are right again!!!!

Congratulations to the awardees!!! May you all have very many more succesful endeavors!!!!

Posted by vs at 8/30/2010 8:16 AM | Add Comment