Survivor Episode 1 - Did you Draft Well?

Check out the full tribe diversification of your picks and weekly results here. It is a nifty Excel sheet designed by LT for Amazing Race.

Casting Backstory on Jessica: Jessica was supposed to be on Big Brother: EXES a few years ago, and was contacted cold by Lynn Spielman's dept. A few days before the hourse, her ex boyfriend called her and told he he was going on Big Brother. They put it together and she pulled out of the show.


Notes and Observations:

The 20th survivor who quit on the way to the beach must have been a female, with 10 males and 9 females landing on the beach. It must have been so last minute that flying in an alternate was out of the question.
Unlike the last season, this group of Survivors knows that there are going to be 9 on the jury as Dre said in his cbs.com video, “I only need to make 5 friends to have on that jury” Very quiet first episode for 1 and 2 picks Earl and Gary (LT and Tyler)

Surprises – Yau Man and Sylvia (Ashton and Tyler – the Ramsey Brothers have good sleeper picks). Yauman is from Borneo – where the first season of Survivor was shot.

The Kunitzes are overly invested in Orange/Ravu, not diversified at all, with 4 out of 4 in the Ravu Tribe, now 3 of their remaining 3 in Ravu.

Dissection of the Voting:What's with the wild votes you ask? Rocky and Macy Gray both said they “wouldn’t write down Jessica’s name”. To not ostracize themselves from the majority by voting Rita, and to appear non allied themselves, they both threw out wild votes in seemingly random directions. Rocky for Mooky and Macy Gray for Yao Man, who did the most in this episode and least deserved a vote of anybody.

The Road Ahead - To Look For:
Alex and Stacy are seen spooning together (thanks TIVO) on night two infared cam before the the Dreamz/Rocky blow up, and end up on the same tribe together the next day. Something to look for.

Brewing Rivalry Alert: Mooky and Rocky. Rocky took the early spotlight by trying to open the box and earning a crowd chant. Mooky then took center stage to read the tree mail to all 19. At Tribal, Rocky threw his meaningless vote to Mooky.

Why Jessica Lost, by PHD, David Bloomberg.