THE CAT FIGHT
Wow. Wouldn’t you like to see the left over footage from that scene? Let’s set the stage. Amanda dressed in bikini bottoms with a hoodie on top is surveying the room, looking for the clue. Danielle, dressed much the same way, is on the bed eating popcorn and also wondering where the clue might be. Colby is the only one actually watching the damn movie and he downs a handful of popcorn.
Danielle finds the clue in the bowl of popcorn. She carefully removes it and then tries to hide it from the others by dropping it on the floor next to her. As Amanda continues her hunt for the clue she spots it on the floor.
Amanda grabs it. Danielle tries to grab it back. The cat fight is on.
Two women, dressed only in bikini’s who haven’t showered in weeks fighting over a small piece of parchment in a hotel room while the seemingly oblivious cowboy from Texas continues to watch a movie on the television...
Amanda has it. Danielle wants it back. So... Who does the note belong to? ...
Does it belong to Danielle because she found it? Does it belong to Amanda because she found it after Danielle dropped it on the floor? Should they have to share it? Or does it go to the winner of The cat fight? ... Of course I would opt for the last scenario – let them fight it out and the winner gets it, cause let’s be honest, that would be fun to watch.
INSIGHT: From a rules point of view, there is no rule that covers something this unique. Neither Danielle nor Amanda had a clear-cut case of possession, so it was up in the air.
My call would have been to have them “work it out” which probably would have resulted in all three of them sharing it together. That’s definitely what I would have said if I had been Amanda or Colby, “Let’s work it out together.” I would never have let Danielle walk away with it by herself.
Yes let's talk about Colby's interference in Amanda & Danielle's exchange. Did Amanda ask for Colby's help? It sure did not look like it. (see photo)
Even though Danielle stumbled across the clue, she "hid" it in plain sight just under the bed. Amanda found it but as Danielle herself says in explanation of the physical exchange she had with Amanda, "Finders keepers." That's right, Danielle. Amanda found it because you didn't hide it fast or securely enough.
Given the situation of both women finding the clue to the HII the only reasonable conclusion would have been to have them both read it. Colby should have had NO part to play because based on his account of a full dinner with wine and the evidence of 2/3's a bottle having been imbibed in the room, there was a deep need for someone with a clear-headed assessment. Does this guy look like he fits the bill?
He looks like a typical guy trying tune out and watch the TV. He's pretty zoned--which is his due. He just had no place making judgment calls against his own former tribemate and then-current alliance member.
So Colby screwed not only Amanda but himself as well, because back at camp the next day Danielle told Russell of her good fortune (Russ could now add another notch on his sap-o-meter regarding how easily "Russell Wentz" will take down golden-boy, Colby. <shudder>) Russell, using Danielle's clue from the Stevenson sleepover-catfight, was all over finding the HII and he did so with very little effort. (Why are HII's so easy to find? Under a small rock?!? Seriously?)
Probst has this to say about The Hidden Immunity Idols of future Survivor series:
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RUSSELL FINDS A THIRD IDOL
“I am the king of hidden immunity idols.” I’d have to agree. Over the last two seasons Russell has proven that he has an uncanny ability to find the idols. In fact, he’s so good at it that he’s forever changed how we will handle idols in future seasons.
INSIGHT: Next season it will take more than just looking under a rock to find a hidden idol. I won’t give away what we’re doing, but in planning our creative for next season we coined a phrase, “The Russell Factor” and it influenced how we will play the hidden idol next season."
The 'Russell factor' is causing some online Survivor boards to explode in criticism of 1. The frequent opportunities for players to find hidden Immunity Idols and 2. more specifically, how Russell truly is an immunity magnet. Maybe psychopaths have some extra perception?
Probst seems to be hinting in Jeff Probst blogs survivor that Russell finds yet another HII in this game which would explain a lot of the buzz I've heard. Remember, Russell has given his HII away twice to Parvati--though now he says no more. We'll see if Parvati turns on the charm full blast and if Survivor's resident "toothless troll" as Courtney calls him, can resist her feminine wiles.
In closing:
With Amanda gone, my favourite player is as well.
Whether it was her strength and fearlessness in the challenges, her youth & radiant beauty or her strategical play in SURVIVOR, Amanda Kimmel was/is a wonderful role model of a strong, fit woman--and a true hottie. Her niceness and her willingness to share her feelings with the camera made Amanda a sympathetic "character," though in truth, she is as Jeff Probst has said more than once, constantly strategizing.
I'm amazed when people complain that she cries sometimes. You go live outside with no food for 100 days and see if you don't cry occasionally, is what I have to say to that dumb line of complaint about her.
Side note: When she started this installment of the game Amanda Kimmel she weighed 144 lbs. which many people would knock as "fat." In case you are curious she only shed 12 pounds in 30 days in Samoa. If you look at her next to most all the women and about half or more of the men she's as tall or taller. She looks to be maybe 6' tall -- so 144 lbs.? Pfft!
As noted, Amanda Kimmel "strategized" herself into over 100 days on Survivor with two trips to the final jury vote (getting no votes, sadly, due to her inability to articulate why she deserved to win). She set some records and in sum, was one of the better players ever, IMO.
Since she is now only 25 years old, I'd love to see her in say, 5 years.That I think is the biggest thing that knocked Amanda down--her wavering certitude in her own "greatness." Confidence could have taken Amanda farther in the game and if she were to gain that--and going from age 25 to say, 30 will help a great deal--and play again, I would tune in a few years just to see her.
In other news, I'm not going to spoil it here but the boot list I saw has been exactly right since day 1. Much like LOST, ironically the show modeled on SURVIVOR it seems there have been major leaks in what went on as the SURVIVOR Heroes vs. Villains game played on. This edition (20) of SURVIVOR was made last summer. That's a really long time to ask the multitudes involved with the show to not talk amongst themselves, never mind others.
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Season 20, Episode 11
CBS Press Release.
IN THE WAKE OF A GAME-CHANGING TRIBAL COUNCIL, EVERYONE STRUGGLES TO FIND THEIR PLACE IN THE NEWLY MERGED TRIBE, AND SOME PANICKED PLAYERS CONSIDER MAKING NEW ALLIES, ON “SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS,” THURSDAY, APRIL 29
“Jumping Ship” – With two swing votes hanging in the balance, no one can be sure of their safety heading into Tribal Council, and even the most formidable villain in the game makes a potential miscalculation, on SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS, Thursday, April 29 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Read the entire article at:
http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=24846
Original Air Date: Apr 29, 2010
Amanda reflects on her time in the game of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Amanda the Day After Air Date: 04/29/10 Clip 3:32
Amanda reacts to having just been voted out of the game
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Amanda's Final Words Air Date: 04/29/10 Clip 1:10
Amanda expresses the utmost fear of Russell's control over the Villains
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - The Most Dangerous Player Air Date: 04/29/10 Clip 1:32Amanda describes her incident with Danielle and the immunity idol clue after the Robert Louis Stevenson reward
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Amanda's Mistake Air Date: 04/29/10 Clip 2:06
Now here’s where it gets bad. By now you know that Amanda has been voted out. Surprisingly, this is the first time she has been voted out ever. In her other two seasons, she hung in there until the end. She could’ve hung in there until the end this time… if she’d stood up for herself and kept the immunity idol clue. But instead, Danielle had to whine like a preschooler and she whined to Colby (of all people) as if she was fighting over a toy with her sibling and had to get Daddy into it. “Can you tell her to give it back to me?” she said to Colby after mildly struggling with Amanda for the immunity idol clue. And Colby, whose head was obviously not even in the game said something like, “She had it first,” and Amanda gave up the clue to Danielle. But that’s not the end of it. In typical school yard fashion, Danielle proclaims to her Villain buddies that she wrestled Amanda to the floor and ripped it from her hands. Whew. I haven’t laughed that hard in awhile.Read the entire article at: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2951424/a_catfight_on_survivor_and_another.html?cat=9
Colby laughs at the catfight that erupted between Danielle and Amanda at the reward
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Colby on the Reward Air Date: 04/29/10 Clip 3:07
Danielle reacts to having just been physically attacked by Amanda during the Robert Louis Stevenson reward
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Catfight Air Date: 04/29/10 Clip 1:24
I'll have my synopsis up later I just lost it! Dang!
Season 20, Episode 11
'Jumping Ship'
Episode Synopsis: Russell starts to lose control of his alliance, and Sandra targets him to be the next person voted out of the game as she strategizes with Rupert.
Original Air Date: Apr 29, 2010
If you thought VH1′s …of Love shows were the only place to see women wrestling with each other while yelling things like “psychopath”…well, think again! That equal parts confusing and entertaining struggle highlighted the latest edition of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. ... The claws came out when Danielle, Colby, and Amanda went on a reward trip to Robert Louis Stevenson’s home. While watching Treasure Island and chomping down popcorn, Danielle found a clue to the next hidden immunity idol and tried to hide it on the floor so no one else would see. The turned out to be a mistake when Amanda walked over and picked up the clue. Danielle then leaped to her feet and tried to physically wrestle the clue away from Amanda while calling her a “psychopath” and insisting the clue was hers. Then, in a move that was both immensely generous and immensely stupid, Colby (who shockingly seemed more interested in watching a 76-year-old movie than the two smokin’ hot babes wrestling in bikinis right in front of his face) told his alliance-mate Amanda to give the clue back to Danielle, thereby handing a second hidden immunity idol over to the enemy. Instead of refusing to give the clue up and then finding the idol to save herself, Amanda was voted out.
Source: EW
Here's a bit more detail about how the catfight went down: After winning the reward challenge, Danielle, Amanda, and Colby were treated to a nice meal,a tour of and night at Robert Louis Stevenson's mansion and a screening of "Treasure Island." Amanda was on high alert, searching for the clue to the next hidden immunity idol. But it was Danielle who found the clue in the bowl of popcorn that Amanda had, ironically, passed to her. Danielle took the clue out and placed it on the floor. That was her mistake. She should have made like she did when Parvati found a clue at a prior reward and gave it to Danielle to "hold" between Danielle's silicone-enhanced breasts. Amanda saw Danielle attempt to be stealthy so she went over by Danielle to scope things out. She saw the clue and picked it up, and this is where the real fun began. Danielle and Amanda started wrestling each other for the clue with the former telling the latter that she was a ''psychopath'' and the latter telling the former that ''it's not yours!'' All the while, Colby just sat there explaining, ''I didn't even see what happened. I was watching Treasure Island.'' Yet another "clue" that Colby is so not in the game."But here's where things went from crazy awesome to just plain crazy. When Danielle went to Colby for back-up on how it was her clue and she should get it back, Colby astoundingly, inexplicably agreed, responding, ''It's your clue, Danielle. It's your clue. You found it,'' and encouraging his fellow Hero Amanda to return it. And then she astoundingly, inexplicably did! Now to properly establish how insanely dumb this move was, let's go to the Survivor rulebook for a minute. Once you have a hidden immunity idol, no one is allowed to take it from you. They can't just grab it and pull a finders keepers, losers weepers on you. But this wasn't the idol. It was a clue to the whereabouts of the idol. And the clue was not even in Danielle's possession. It was sitting on the floor."Source: EW
Jerri does an impersonation of Amanda when she whimpers about camp
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Amanda's Sour Face Air Date: 04/29/10 Clip 1:24
Rupert describes how floods and lack of dry clothes have sent the remaining castaways into turmoil
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Misery at Camp Air Date: 04/29/10 Clip 1:11 Rupert describes how floods and lack of dry clothes have sent the remaining castaways into turmoil
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Misery at Camp Air Date: 04/29/10 Clip 1:11
Candice meets up with Russell in the shelter to discuss getting rid of Amanda
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Ousting Amanda Air Date: 04/29/10 Clip 1:21 Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Episode Recap/Preview Air Date: 04/27/10 Clip 3:36
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