Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Survivor All-Stars II

After the first seven seasons of Survivor came Survivor: All-Stars, an attempt to bring the "best" eighteen castmembers from the show together for a super-duper deluxe special season of Survivor. All-Stars was certainly one of the finest seasons the show has had, with no dead weight like Cassandra or Becky, and a much higher quotient of vicious, thinking gameplayers.

Survivor just completed its fourteenth season, sixth since All-Stars. Survivor: China will be aired in the fall, and then it will be time for All-Stars II, assuming CBS & company decide to follow the same pattern. Here are the Survivors I'd most like and expect to see on All-Stars II:

Ozzy
The best all-around athlete in the history of Survivor, Ozzy truly embodies Survivor's "outwit, outplay, outlast" motto.

Yau-Man
The early favorite for the All-Stars II Sole Survivor AND the People's Choice recipient, if they bring that million-dollar prize back.

Gary
The obligatory strong, crafty, determined ex-NFL quarterback.

Danni
The most eligible bachelorette in America?

Tom
One of the most deserving champs.

Terry
"I didn't come here to make friends with 24-year-olds. They haven't made it easy for me. The target's been on my back. I've been the underdog the whole time. If nobody talks to me for the next five days, I could give a %&#@. I'm winning the million dollars, and that's all." Terry won five consecutive immunity challenges with his Survivor-life on the line, only to lose the last one of the season.

Earl
The 9-0-0 vote said it all. A dominant but not overly overt force.

Dreamz
Every story needs its villains, and every reality show needs its unintentional comedy.

Shane
A complete nut.

Ian
Made perhaps the most unselfish, and, arguably worst, move in the history of the show. The Dreamz antithesis.

Michelle
Took the equivalent of a 2-outer in Fiji and managed to keep a smile on her face the whole time.

Rory
Possesses that rare ability, especially for males, of willing to accept some humiliation in order to maximize his potential. The most entertaining character from the train wreck that was Survivor: Vanuatu.

Yul
Standard dominant alpha male champion.

Cao Boi
Can you imagine Cao Boi/Shane interactions?!

Aras
Chris
Only because it seems right to invite all the champs.

Throw in 2-3 players from the upcoming China season, sign up Chad, Eliza, Julie, Jonathan, and Nathan as alternates, and you've got potentially the greatest season of reality television ever.

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EDIT: I was about to post this and then I realized this cast only includes two women. So consider Eliza and Julie locks, make sure to snag two women from China, and think about throwing in Parvati and Cirie.

7 Comments:

Blogger Jeremy said...

I was blown away that Eliza was listed as 21 with a birthday in '82. Survivor has been on television a long, long time.

7:35 PM  
Blogger Spencetron said...

Looking back on this past season of Survivor there were some absolutely amazing moments and some terrible ones. I found it extremely boring that Cassandra only made it to the top because everyone else knew that no one on the jury would vote for her. Good strategy but terrible TV. I can only think that your cast might be different if Mookie had never made the terrible decision to tell Dreamz that he had the immunity idol. How could you be around Dreamz for three weeks and not realize he is a bumbling fool?

11:24 AM  
Blogger Bracket said...

How can you call Becky dead weight and then list Parvati as a potential candidate? The only game Parvati had was flaunting her nasty ho type attractiveness. Aside from having amazing spatial reasoning skills, Becky was part of the 4 man ultra-underdog yet dominating group. She couldn't beat Yul's "leadership" or Ozzie's athleticism but I'd take Becky over Parvati with zero hesitation.

4:08 PM  
Blogger TheGraveWolf said...

Dude...If you need more women bring back Elizabeth - the girl who bonded with Kentucky Joe. She was awesome. Also Michael - the intense dude who burned his hands - even if he is from the first half of the eps.

11:15 PM  
Blogger Andrew Riely said...

wow. i haven't seen survivor in quite some time, but this definitely gets me interested. ozzy was robbed!
sometime i'd like to get out to colorado for a visit and do some climbing. i'm workingl all this summer in nh, but i move to texas in the fall for grad school, and perhaps there's a road trip up to your parts sometime after that. i hope you're well!

7:22 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't care who comes back as long as it is not Rob and Amber. I am waiting for thier fifteen minutes to end.

8:59 AM  
Blogger PunkyPickett said...

I agree with the Wolf. Bring back some of the oldies but goodies. I also think you should have less winners in the show. They already have their million and the others will target them immediately. OR they could do a super-all-stars and ONLY invite back the winners. Unless Richard Hatch is still in prison...

If you want some sweet drama, I think you should include Julie Berry from the Vanuatu season and now Jeff Probst's girlfriend.

BTW, I don't think this is really happening because I looked up the application last night and they're planning on filming the next season after China in late 2007 (apps due by July 15th). Plus, I remember hearing Jeff Probst say that he hated hosting the all-stars season and wouldn't do it again. Get your video camera ready, Moon!

10:38 AM  

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