'Survivor' Insider: Say bye-bye to Jerri, Jenna or Sue

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Thursday, February 12, 2004

'Survivor' Insider: Say bye-bye to Jerri, Jenna or Sue

By SANDRA DIAZ-TWINE
SPECIAL TO THE POST-INTELLIGENCER

How funny that some of the all-stars have actually toned it down, while others never change or learn their lessons. I'm talking about the loud ones, you know who they are.

THE INSIDE STORY

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EDITOR'S NOTE: As those who watched Sandra Diaz-Twine take home the million on "Survivor: Pearl Islands" know, she isn't afraid to speak her mind. And we've given her this forum to keep the dialogue going. Sandra is writing a weekly column for the P-I throughout the All-Star season of "Survivor," which airs Thursday night at 8 on CBS/7:

One thing that's for sure -- one hour of "Survivor" is not enough. We need like two or three hours per episode! Is anybody with me? Don't you guys feel the same?

As far as who's voted off, I'm two for two because my Rudy prediction was right on the money. Rudy's injured and swollen ankle gave his tribe a strong enough reason to vote him out. I know Rudy's a great person, but they still need to remain as strong as possible if they ever plan to make it to the merge.

Rupert not voting for Rudy showed his tribemates how loyal he is. If he gives you his word to never betray his alliance, you can rest assured that he will never write your name down, and essentially that's what everyone out there looks for -- someone they can trust no matter what. Rupert is that someone.

Last week's episode came down to getting fire. How wonderful that when the Saboga tribe won and ultimately had to make a decision whether to get fire and share it with the other tribes they did the right thing. See, you gotta remember -- eventually there's gonna be a merge and you don't want people holding grudges because you wouldn't share the tools to make a fire. I hope Saboga's kindness will be remembered.

Poor Mogo Mogo. Another unnecessary rough night, but the difference is that there was no reason why they shouldn't have had fire considering it was practically handed to them. It just didn't make sense, but what's done is done. Finally, in the morning they were able to get the fire going. Now that I think about it, that night couldn't have been that bad, considering they had naked Richard to look at. Wouldn't that just make your night?

Speaking of Richard, according to the glimpse of scenes I saw for this week it's Richard versus the shark that doesn't care to be Mogo Mogo's dinner.

At the Chapera tribe, Sue and Boston Rob are strong swimmers and competitors, especially Sue. She was able to come out on top in the challenges and that's because she doesn't seem to wanna do much around camp so when its time to perform she's on top of her game. They need her. Boston Rob seems to trust no one except Amber. I think he really likes her ... and the feelings seem to be mutual. Could there finally be love in paradise?

Who's going home next, well it all depends on which tribe loses. If it's Saboga, then it's Jerri -- only because they fear her mouth. She can be brutal at times. At Mogo Mogo it would have to be Jenna because she's a previous million-dollar winner. At Chapera it most likely would be Sue because they don't see her as a team player. All I know is that between Jerri and Rupert there seems to be a huge argument and I'm dying to find out why.

Also, the locked boxes each tribe was given contain rice and I wonder which tribe is getting closer to another clue or key. I say crack that puppy open and cook you up a feast.

THE PLAYERS

In the "All-Star" incarnation of "Survivor," there are three tribes, named after their locations -- remote islands off the coast of Panama. Players started the game without food, fire or drinkable water. Those with names in bold have been voted off.

CHAPERA TRIBE: Amber Brkich (Australian Outback), "Big Tom Buchanan" (Africa), Alicia Calaway (Outback), Rob Cesternino (Amazon), Susan Hawk (Borneo) and Rob Mariano (Marquesas).

SABOGA TRIBE: Rudy Boesch (Borneo), Rupert Boneham (Pearl Islands), Jenna Lewis (Pulau Tiga), Jerri Manthey (Outback), Tina Wesson (Outback winner) and Ethan Zohn (Africa winner).

MOGO MOGO TRIBE: Colby Donaldson (Outback), Richard Hatch (Borneo winner), Shii Ann Huang (Thailand), Jenna Morasca (Amazon winner), Lex van den Berghe (Africa) and Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien (Marquesas).

Sandra Diaz-Twine lives with her husband and two children at Fort Lewis. Contact her at sdiaztwine@yahoo.com.

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