Survivor: Cook Islands cast announced
 

Cast is here:
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor13/

And this is the twist for the year...
http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2006/...771468-ca.html

This can't end well, can it?

Now if we get a Middle Eastern tribe on the island, then we have a show!

When will people learn Hispanic = Caucasian

Race seems to pop up in most Survivor seasons, but making a deal out of it right from the start seems like a bad idea.

Does this seem like an older cast than normal? Most players seem to be 28 or older. I thought there was usually a handful of low-20s players.

There are several things about this cast that bother me, outside of the gimmick...

13 of 20 are from CA with 7 of those from LA?!

and then even outside of the LA people there are a TON of entertainers.

Part of what makes survivor great imo is the diverse people they have and the "regular joe" factor.

ANH-TUAN “CAO BOI” BUI (Pronounced Cowboy), 42, Christianburg, Va., Nail Salon Manager.

FWIW, that's basically right next to Virginia Tech.

Edit: Not the Salon, but Christiansburg, VA is the next town over from Blacksburg.

They've been going this direction for some time, but this is as bad as it's gotten. Probst even talked last season about how Cirie reminded the casting department how great the regular joe casting decisions can turn out. Guess they forgot already.

As for the racial thing, my problem with that is the greater possibility of unusually tight lasting alliances, which tend to be no fun to watch. Survivor's most fun when people alliance-hop. I think a lot of these players will feel some extra pressure not to turn on their original tribes.

But yes, a Middle Eastern tribe would have made it all worth it.

Well that was a ridiculous twist. I got all excited when I saw the mixed cast but they're gonna be grouped up?

I'll still watch though

Here's what else we need:

Gay Tribe
1337 haXX0rz Tribe
Amish Tribe
Homeless Person Tribe
Porn Star Tribe
Morbidly Obese Tribe
Rich Kids Tribe

Keep in mind that, as per past seasons, they will make a big deal out of this for weeks and then have these tribes together for like seven minutes before merging them into new tribes.

Bring on the tribe of pigmen!

I'm not too excited about this season's Survivor: California.

Fuck it, I probably wont even watch since the Office got moved to when survivor is on.

it appears survivor has jumped the shark with this cast...

dola. woodcock, hehe

My thoughts as well.

Get a Tivo

why? waste of money when I use my computer as a DVR. but I don't want to watch this season.

GO BLACK TEAM!

This will be interesting, since presumably it will mark the first time in history that an Asian on a reality TV show isn't a karate expert. Maybe they'll even have real personalities!

(I still would have had a Jewish and a Palestinian tribe, though.)

The cast member Becky I have actually met. She was at my good friend's wedding and he rents his house from her parents. Maybe I'll actually watch this one.

It is pretty sad that, when CBS *finally* decide to cast a diverse show that isn't 90% white, that they do it as a stunt. As if non-white people couldn't be interesting or hold an audience. Fuck CBS.

Very good point.

stupid, stupid, stupid

I think the jump the shark reference is dead on.

This will probably be the lowest rated season they have. The premise is ridiculous.

There's a dire need for a FOFC tribe.

On the contrary, I bet the ratings will be huge, and I hope it is a huge ratings success. Not for the stunt, mind you, but to show the suits at CBS that non-white people can be entertaining and draw an audience - a concept they haven't picked up on yet.

I can't believe this is going to be Season 13. I think I watched part of season 2 and parts of seasons 4 and 5 (maybe). For whatever reason, I can watch the trashiest reality shows on TV, but the one that's supposedly the best doesn't interest me in the least. Hell, I think Big Brother 7 is way better than any Survivor I've watched. And I thought Big Brother really sucked until this season.

Big Brother 7 All stars is awesome.

Dr Will is a genuis at the game. Looks like he going to win it again.

Will/Boogie should have been declared the winners weeks ago and split the prize.

Chill town already agree they are going split the money and might have a deal with Erica too for the money split if either of them win it.

Assuming random Americans will stick together just because they are the same race is dumb. Maybe that happens on a larger scale, but in personal relationships I doubt it will happen as much as the producers probably think.

True, but these are not random Americans; they've all undergone extensive psychological profiling and placed on the show because the producers specifically think they will create drama and conflict with the other people that were cast. Whether the producers want lots of racial division as part of that drama remains to be seen.

Either way, I read that 17 out of 20 cast members were recruited this season. The old "send the tape in and hope you make an impression" method of getting on Survivor appears to be nearly obsolete, being replaced by the "look like a model and get spotted in an L.A. bar by CBS's casting department" method.

Hey Fonzie did ok jumping the sharks. :)