Survivor Premiere-Fans Vs Favorites

I admit it, I was so excited for this premiere. The last time I was this excited was when I found 5 dollars in my coat pocket. For the favorites, America's sweetheart, Yauman; the survivor everyone loves to hate, Johnny, my grandmother died, Fairplay; James, who should have won for China, and Ozzy. What happened Oz? You don't look like the jungle boy we know and love! Then there were the questionable favorites-I'm wondering who they polled for these? Jonathan, not so smart player from China, Parvarti-we know why they chose her and Ami? Cirie, what? come on! Eliza, whose she? And Amanda-backstabber (careful James!) from China. I'm just wondering, don't these people have jobs? How is it that they are able to take off for two months to go to some tropical island and play?

Our cutie Jeff Probst makes his entrance riding on the outside of a sea plane. Careful Jeff, don't want to lose you to the sharks! The 10 fans are already on the beach when Jeff debutes the favorites, Parvarti giving Jeff a very sparkling Hi. The last to come out is Fairplay dressed like Probst, in khaki and blue, with a cap that has "will lie 4 food".

Right off the bat Jeff announces that there is an immunity idol in plain sight and everyone makes a mad dash for the boats, where we find Yauman and Fairplay making a pounce for it, Fairplay coming up empty handed and whining. Go Yauman!

I'm already disliking that Kathy girl on the fans side. She kept saying homosexual about ten times and getting on my last nerve. Poor Chet having to cope with her, he reminds me of a younger version of Nigel from "So You Think You Can Dance?"

Back at the Favorites camp, James was already getting the warm fuzzy for his group-careful James, have you not learned anything! And why, why, why Parvarti! She'll break your heart dude!

I definitely don't want the fans to win anything! I secretly relish their inability to do anything, clinging to their palm fronds during the intense thunderstorms. Looked really wet and cold, burr!

The challenge looked both complicated and intense, but not to worry, every favorite has been there and done that-WRONG! Out of the starting gate our lame faves lose it, unable to put together the pieces to the wheel-hey Yauman, aren't you good at puzzles and where's Pee Geih when you need her? The fans took off like a rocket and took a hugh lead, with the faves tipping over poor Eliza as she took a header off the wagon. I expected her to have a concussion!

In the end it looked like the faves gave up as they just stood there and watched the fans raise their fire. I'm sure all over America, people were screaming at their tv, throwing their slippers. Come on! The faves were too cocky-yep guys, it's in the bag! Their bellies were full and their bodies rested unfortunately had nothing compared to the hunger and determination of the fans to show them up and kick their butts, which is exactly what they did! This humbled the faves back at camp, remember, never ever rest on your laurels.

At the faves camp, the usual jockeying for position began, with Pav and James teaming up with Amanda and Ozzy. It looked like Fairplay would be the swing vote, until he does the 180 and seems to find sanity, conscience, and fatherhood all in one enlightening moment. Holy cow-is this for real or is he going to pull a grandma died thing here? Where has my Johnnie gone? Right up until the very end, I was hoping I'd see a glimmer of his old self, but alas, this was not to be, our favorite villian was the first cast off and wins the honorary distinction of redeemed villian turned super hero. Yuck! Well Johnnie, wish you would have stayed on and wrecked havoc on the camp, I would have love to see what diabolical plots you could have hatched, so instead, I wish you luck on fatherhood and I know somewhere out there, Fairplay is giving his sly smile.-Single D

It's finally here! Fans vs faves, love it! The action started right away with the race for the idol. Fairplay gets one and is kept from a second when Yau-Man trips and pushes Fairplay into the canoe causing him to drop his idol. Yau-Man sees Kathy from the fans team and tells her to "pick that up". Fairplay starts whining about how Yau-Man bashed his head into the boat and not being real happy about it, vows to get rid of Yau-Man. Game on!

Ok, so both teams get to their new homes. The fans have obviously been watching Survivor and taking notes. They had good team work and built a pretty good shelter. They did, however, have to put up with Kathy the crazy lady who, apparently has never seen a gay man and was in awe. She kept looking at poor Chet like he was on exhibit. Wait until she finds out about Ami! She says later that she doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut so I don't expect her to be around very long. What's up with Natalie and that outfit? I know it's survivor and it's all about comfort, but hey, can't we have a little style? Camouflage pants, blue tank top and a green bikini top OVER the tank top. Tim Gunn would be appalled! Then there is Joel, the Lou Ferrigno of Survivor. Nothing to say about him yet, he just reminded me of the Incredible Hulk. Did I tell you my friends Terri & Katie saw Lou Ferrigno at the Shot Show here in Vegas last week?

At the faves camp, it seemed all anyone wanted to do was make alliances, except for Parvati who couldn't keep her eyes off James and do they make a bikini any smaller?! Ok, I'm jealous. I have to agree with Single D, run James, run! She will take you out in a New York minute! I love how Parvati said she was going to distract the guys and Ami. Doesn't look like she is going to vamp Ozzy (looking much better than the jungle boy we last saw) who already has eyes for Amanda. Where was Cirie during the show? I saw her introduced by our favorite cutie Jeff, didn't see her running for the boats, didn't see her at camp, umm. Who's favorite was she anyway?

At the challenge, the faves again show that they have been doing their homework by leaping into the lead while the faves struggled with everything. After crashing their wagon and sending Eliza to the ground on her face, Yau-Man was trying to hold the wheel on the wagon. Everyone gets to the sand pit to dig for planks to make a bridge. The fans immediately start throwing their sand into the faves pit, good thinking. The fans pull out the win with the faves looking on scratching their heads.

So the battle of who is going home starts. Fairplay was flip-flopping so fast I lost track on who he was aligned with. Like he said, "this is too easy, didn't anyone watch me?" Then he turns around and suggests that he pull some votes which quickly escalated into please send me home, I miss my girlfriend and baby (even though the baby isn't here yet). Maybe that hit on the head knocked some sense into, or out of, him. I kept trying to figure out the angle he was playing, is he bluffing or not? Still don't know. If he was bluffing, it backfired but he took it graciously. Too bad, it would have been fun to see what tricks he would have pulled out of his "will lie 4 food" hat! Tune in next week when we answer the burning questions, will Parvati find someone new to flirt with and where is Cirie? Double D