Survivor Rant

Survivor is the only TV show I make time to watch. It's o.k. if I miss other shows (Simpsons, CSI) because they'll be on in reruns and unending syndication.

I've watched every episode of Survivor. I could be described as a fan.

There are two things that annoy me about the Survivor contestants.

The first thing that annoys me is when the tribes vote off members for the wrong reason. In the first half of the contest, tribes should be voting off the physically weakest members of the tribe so that they merge in a position of strength. Then, after the merge, you vote off players with strength. At this point, physical and mental strength should be voted off. It's harder to vote off mental strength because the smart ones are in alliances that protect them. Everyone makes mistakes. Too many tribes get the order of voting backwards. The best example was Survivor: Palau when the tribe voted their best players off first and then were left decimated by the merge where only Stephanie survived to the merge. Someday, I hope, some Survivor contestant will read this and take my advice. Keep your physically strongest players until the merge. Your strong players win rewards for the whole tribe. Your weak players lose immunity challenges for you.

The second thing that annoys me about Survivor is when they vote the hottest women off the island too soon.

Tonight, they voted off Misty. A crying shame. She was great to watch, a real beauty, and damn smart too. There should be a rule to keep the good looking contestants around longer. Why, why, why would you vote off the former beauty pageant contestant? Don't like having pretty smart people around? The neck massages were bad? The flirty smile was driving them mad? I think people go crazy on that island.

Of course, it's entirely possible my motives are slightly different from their motives.