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(S04E09) Jase tries to jump on Will's "vote me out" bandwagon with his own speech about how he thinks he should have been on Survivor. It's such a transparent move on his part, just as so many of Jase's moves are. Even Chicken George is skeptical and Marcellas tells Jase to chill out. Why is Jase so upset with everyone? I this real or just his way of copying Will? He just seems to have emotionally unraveled.

(S04E02) Okay, obviously there are some serious Rock Star fans out there if the comments on my last post were any indication.  Tonight's results episode brings us one surprise. Who knew Chris actually had curly hair? He's a bit cuter when he's not trying to be Marty from last season but his assertion that he is one of the best singers in the world is a bit of hyperbole. The house dramatics show that Lukas is a bit of a firestarter, telling the group that many of them sucked. Yup, he's this season's JD Fortune all right.

Tommy Lee, who looks like he's been up since last night, chooses Dilana for the encore. She's definitely unique but she still scares me a bit. Methinks Tommy L. has a bit of a crush. I still say I'd like her better if she blinked now and then.

The bottom three are Chris, Phil and Matt. Chris sings "L.A. Woman." He's better than last night but still seems awkward and thin-voiced.  Phil sing "Stars" by Switchfoot. It's nice to hear a song that hasn't been done a zillion times before. He does a decent job with it. Matt promises to rock Duran Duran and sings "Planet Earth." Bad song choice and bad rendition.

Supernova decides to send Matt home, definitely a fair choice since he was the worst of the three.

Words I am already tired of hearing on this show: baby, brother, dude, man and rocker.

(S12E12) This season has caused me to reevaluate what I think of as successful Survivor strategy. Terry, who is by all accounts one of the toughest players ever to play the game, is struggling in this game where none of the usual rules apply. The lunatics are running the asylum which is ably demonstrated by Shane who plays with a wood Blackberry and busily emails his imaginary friends. As Danielle says "he's nuts." Or is he? Is Shane's craziness actually a form of strategy? There's something about him that reminds me of Richard Hatch (not just the nudity). He is good at catching his teammates off guard and maybe he really is running this whole thing.

As we begin, the four tribe concept is unveiled to the Survivors. They seem as confused as I am as to how this will actually work. Cirie is upset to be part of the older women tribe and Austin laments the fact that there will be no hot chicks to flirt with but mainly there is a lot of silent sizing-up going on.

No long death hike this time -- we begin with a challenge to get fire. The first challenge is to smash skulls and find an amulet. The first three tribes get a flint, the last tribe gets to send someone to Exile Island. Austin, Terry, Ruth Marie and Danielle get chosen. Terry is the first one back, bringing the amulet to the older guys, Austin is second for the young guys, and Ruth Marie is third bringing it up for the older women. Danielle volunteers to stay on Exile Island since she lost the challenge but the other young women decide that it is fair to play paper, rock, scissors. Misty ends up on Exile Island. Jeff reveals there is also an immunity idol on Exile Island and that the holder of the idol can wait until after a vote in which they have gotten exiled to use the idol. And with that the Survivors are sent off to make camp.