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‘Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites’ winner crowned

Parvati Shallow was the last woman standing on “Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites.”
The 25-year-old boxer and charity organizer from Los Angeles outwitted, outlasted and outplayed her competitors — both “favorite” former castaways and “fan” contestants — to claim the title of “Sole Survivor” and the CBS reality show’s $1 million prize during Sunday’s live [...]

Idol aids in blindside on ‘Survivor’

Fan Alexis was the victim of the latest blindside, this one the result of someone finally playing the hidden immunity idol instead of just getting voted out while in possession of it. The person with the idol was Amanda, and she and Parvati voted together to get rid of Alexis, who they thought would be [...]

‘Survivor’ host Jeff Probst will survive — and thrive

Though Survivor’s format has changed only slightly since the CBS show made its debut in 2000, its host, Jeff Probst, has evolved quite a bit.
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‘Survivor’ turns into a battle of the sexes

For the second week in a row, the tribe blindsided someone who had the hidden immunity idol but didn’t play it because he felt safe. “I was definitely played today by Natalie and the rest of the girls,” Jason said during his exit interview. “I should have been a little more wary.” He was convinced [...]

Blindside follows crazy move on ‘Survivor’

In a season of blindsides, Ozzy’s elimination was the biggest one yet. During his exit confessional, he confessed, “I’m an idiot. I should have seen it coming, but I got too comfortable.” Even though he had the hidden immunity idol, he didn’t play it, as he trusted his alliance. But Parvati switched sides and went [...]

No longer fans vs. faves on ‘Survivor’

If Eliza thought she had any chance of staying in the game, the fact that Alexis referred to Eliza’s game play in the past tense at Tribal Council was a good indication that she was going home. She irritated her fellow favorites early in the game by targeting them, and after the two tribes merged, [...]

“Survivor” sharpens up with high definition

Survivors ready … for HD?
The eight-year-old reality competition series is finally getting upgraded to high definition. Next fall’s 17th outing will be the first time the show’s exotic locations, elaborate challenges and gruesome bug bites will be available in the widescreen HD format.
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Tears can’t save one ‘Survivor’

With one fan left on Malakal, it seemed that the favorites were going to stick together again after the tribe lost for the fourth time in a row. But the one remaining fan, Erik, told the other favorites about Ami’s previous strategizing with the fans and made them doubt her loyalty. That led to an [...]

Jeff Probst has survived and seen ’em all

“Survivor” host and executive producer Jeff Probst recently sat down for an interview about his phenomenally successful TV series, which has just been picked up for two more cycles. A chatty, friendly guy, Jeff talked about some of the interesting yet not well-known elements and incidents in the long-running reality show that he has seen [...]

Game stays even as both ‘Survivor’ tribes lose

The favorites continued to pick off the fans on the Malakal tribe, which lost its third straight immunity challenge. Tracy tried her best to argue at Tribal Council that she would not be a threat in the future, but that other players like Ozzy would be. She aligned herself with Ami, but ultimately no one [...]

Injuries send two packing on ‘Survivor’

Chet, who’s been saved by strategic moves that targeted stronger players at two previous Tribal Councils, was finally voted off. He all but quit the game, asking his tribe to vote him out after they lost yet another challenge. “I just want to be voted off,” he said. “Please, that’s all I’m asking.” He used [...]

It’s deja vu on ‘Survivor’ as weakest stays again

Another week, another blindside. This week, karma came back to haunt Joel, who last week convinced the favorites to keep Chet and get rid of Mikey B. This week, a newly formed tribe pulled the same move, but dumped Joel, who said that it was “humiliating, insulting.” In his exit interview, he insisted that he [...]