Green Room - Week 9 - Day 8

[clauderainsrm]

We had a few more Golden Tickets come into the game last night, for a total of 9. I'm currently trying to resolve a problem someone was having ordering, so there is a chance of a couple more coming in this morning. Just a heads up that the number might change.

The other important number, is that as of right now, our Purse stands at $403.59! Keep in mind that up to $500 is going to be matched. So we are getting closer to that goal. If we do end up getting it up to $500, that means our Final Four will be walking out of here with $125 each! That's pretty exciting. At least to me.

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Another thing that is exciting, to me, and maybe to the rest of you as well - tonight is when the Gatekeepers are going to finish turning in their votes. Which always makes me nervous. Keep in mind that at any given Gatekeeper round, the majority (if not all) of the people involved are former Idolers and in Idol tradition, they make me sweat until the last minute to see if they are actually going to be on time or not! :D

In their voting, so far (combined with the last few weeks) I think I see a potential Top 20, it's the first time when I can truly say that I've been in a place where I can start playing out a projected "end game"... BUT the great thing is, Second Chance has the potential to completely blow that up!


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Speaking of Second Chance, the sign up sheet is going up tonight!! So make sure to let people know!!!

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and speaking of letting people know - How many of you watched the Survivor finale last night? What did you think? What are you thinking about Edge of Extinction?

Comments

[clauderainsrm]

I wish I didn't know as much as I do about Edge of Extinction. ;)

It's closer to Redemption Island than Exile Island.

Basically the premise is - once you are voted out of the game, you have a choice. You can leave and go to Ponderosa OR you go to "Extinction Island" where you will be living pretty much just as you did on the island. Everyone voted out has the chance to go there - and at the final 5 (I believe. I've heard 4 but I really hope not now that the final 4 is a fire making challenge), there is a big challenge and the winner comes back into the game.

It's basically production's way of making sure all of their favorites (especially Joe) are around for the entire season. (it's filmed and will be airing in the regular episodes. Not sure how much. But some of it will at least)

Allowing the person to come back into the game that late basically allows someone to skip the entire actual game, win one challenge and be in the finals.

Possibly related: they fired their long time casting director after this season was filmed.

[flipflop_diva]

Ohhhh. Huh. I'm not sure how I feel about this. Like a lot of the more talent-based reality shows I watch (like Top Chef) basically do this now (sort of like Second Chance Idol!), but it's a little different when it's talent-based, since even the most talented person can have a bad week. But Survivor is a strategy game. And can you really outwit someone or outlast them if you got voted out??

I guess we can hope the jury feels the same (although if the whole jury goes to Extinction Island, maybe they won't think that).

Obviously I'll be watching but yeahhhhh ... not really feeling the love for this idea so far.

(Thanks for the info though! I would have been wondering about it until February/March or whenever it starts!)

[clauderainsrm]

Oh, I completely forgot until I read this! Apparently the whole cast is the jury.

[flipflop_diva]

Oh, wow. That's crazy! (Though that does explain why I saw someone on twitter say something about a 15-person jury!)