Survivor 41: Blog Pool Opens! Plus Cast Info!

Survivor 41 premieres next Wednesday, September 22, with a two-hour show starting at 8PM ET/PT. Yes, BB23 is pushed back to 10PM ET/PT that night and its finale is the next Wednesday, September 29th.

The Lovely Lifeguard Laurie has once again graciously offered to run the blog pool for the show. She, but of course, rocks!

I want in! What do I do?

If you want in to the blog pool, you need to sign up in the comments of this post and this post only! Please don't try signing up on any other posts -- we might miss your comment.

Is there money involved in this?

Of course not! You needn't pay anything to get into the pool. You don't need to buy a pool pass or anything! Mind you, you don't win any money either. What you do win is bragging rights until the next season and the smugness that goes with it.

How does it work?

Lifeguard Laurie makes random picks for the castaways and the blog folks. You cheer on that castaway all season until they either win or get their torch snuffed along the way.

When is the cut-off for entering?

All pool requests must be in comments to this here post ONLY and submitted by Tuesday, September 21, 3pm ET. Be there or be square.

So ... who are these castaways? We have three tribes.

YASE TRIBE

Top row, left to right: Tiffany Seely, age 47, teacher, Plainview, NY - Liana Wallace, age 20, college student, Washington, D.C. - David Voce, age 34, neurosurgeon, Chicago, IL.

Bottom row, left to right: Evvie Jagoda, age 28, PhD student, Arlington, MA - Xander Hastings, age 20, app developer, Chicago, IL - Eric Abraham, age 50, cyber security analyst, San Antonio, TX.

Ua Tribe

Top row, left to right: Shantel Smith, age 34, pastor, Washington, D.C. - Sara Wilson, age 23, healthcare consultant, Boston, MA - Ricard Foyé, age 31, flight attendant, Sedrow-Woolley, MA.

Bottom row, left to right: Genie Chen, age 46, grocery clerk, Portland, OR - Jairus Robinson, age 20, college student, Oklahoma City, OK - Brad Reese, age 49, rancher, Shawnee, WY.

Luvu Tribe

Top row, left to right: Erika Casupanan, age 31, communications manager, Toronto, Ontario - Danny McCray, age 33, ex-NFL player, Frisco, TX - Naseer Muttalif, age 36, sales manager, Morgan Hill, CA.

Bottom row, left to right: Deshawn Radden, age 26, medical student, Miami, FL - Sydney Segal, age 25, law student, Brooklyn, NY - Heather Aldret, age 52, stay at home Mom, Charleston, SC.

Interesting cast. More age diversity than some seasons -- we have a couple of people under 21 and five late 40s-52. We also have a castaway from Canada in there. 

BB23: Live Feeds into Tuesday Evening - Sept. 14

 

Why is he still there? Cookout needs deadwood?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Angry Ants:

• Once again I don't have a heck of a lot for you.
• Both Hannah and Tiffany have been making the rounds each campaigning for their own safety.
• Hannah has been told that she's not the target.
• And she went ahead and threw Tiffany under the bus to each of them.
• Tiffany threw Kyland under the bus to Xavier.
• And so on and so forth.
• If you can't tell, I've really been irked at both Kyland and Xavier.
• Both keep saying how they want to play at the end with true good competitors.
• Yet they both continue to let the floaters, non-comp winning duo remain.
• Now, I do like Azah. As a person, she's entertaining and a good soul.
• As a BB player? Um. No.
• Then there's Derek F, someone who would never have been able to get on the show if not for his famous father. He can get outright nasty, more so than anyone else in the house. He whines and fusses about the comps not being ones he could win. He has actually said an eating contest and a strength contest would suit him.
• He needs to go, followed by Azah.
• Let four real game players play out the final four.
• But I don't believe we will see that happen.
• For sure we won't as it's Hannah and Tiffany on the block.
• I don't think Tiffany convinced Xavier that Kyland plans on betraying him.
• So, instead of ridding itself of deadwood, it looks like Tiffany, someone who really played hard this season, will walk out the door.
• Sigh.

Threw Tiffany under the bus to all.

Tiffany tries to talk Xavier into keeping her.

More deadwood but at least
more pleasant deadwood.

He claims he wants to play with competitors

Survivor 41: Meet the Cast Videos

Nah, I haven't given up on BB23 ... yet. I'm just waiting for more content, some kind of content, before I make my next live feeds post!

In the meantime, let's talk Survivor 41. Yes, that is what the season is called. No themes, just the number. They play for less than the standard 39 days, as well. I believe it's 26 days. The promos have the game being more brutal. And the CBS new diversity standards means more of a mix of people ... with the exception of an age mix, of course. However, if the game is to be a brutal as the promos claim, it's best to sacrifice the young. Heh.

Here are some cast videos I found:

 

BB23: Live Feeds Power of Veto Meeting Update - Sept. 13

 

Um, no. Just no.

Kyland held way too long and way too "talky" one on one meetings. I just couldn't sit through them all. I sat through enough to see that Hannah was more than willing to throw her buddy Tiffany under the bus -- she ain't no Claire! Not only that, she promised the world. Now if she gets taken off the block, those things are good. But if she remains there but is not the target, she sold her soul for absolutely nothing.

Tifffany did her best, having her own one on one apology rounds.

She hung out with Kyland.

Yet, when the veto meeting came 'round ...

Kyland did not use the veto. The nominations remain Tiffany and Hannah. The target remains Tiffany.

It really annoys me that Kyland is saying he wants to go to the end with good competitors yet Derek and Azah remain in the house. Especially Derek. He is sitting there laughing that Tiffany won't make it to the final five, a place where the bonus money kicks in and he will make it.

BB23: HOH Comp/Nominations? Show Blog Party - Sept. 12

 

Good evening! When we last left our heroes, er, um ... hamsters, it was the live double eviction night which resulted in Claire, then Alyssa going home resulting in all six Cookout members being the only ones left in the house. Hannah was the second HOH of the night.

And there we stand now ... what will the comp be and who will be HOH after Hannah? Since this is indeed a show post it is a NO SPOILERS ZONE. I understand many of us already know who won HOH and even won POV, but until they show it on the aired show, please don't spoil it for those who only watch the show. Thank you! 

I will be live blogging, updating this entry with the major happenings as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest update! As always, the real party is in the comments area -- please feel free to join in on the fun!

Starting a few minutes behind its scheduled 8:30PM EDT start time tonight, but it's now on. Let's do something different and sit through the "previously on" segment. Oh? We do that for every show? well, let's not break the routine then!

Okay, they need to celebrate the Cookout win and its show history making moment which will make a Black winner for the first time.

They are still in previous mode but really expanding on Kyland freaking out over being the replacement nominee.

Tiffany is telling Kyland that she didn't know that Hannah was putting him on the block and she had told Hannah not to do it. (She really did tell her not to put him up.) She then talks to Xavier. She talks about hard it was putting Claire up. They decide everybody is a threat. She tells us that Xavier is a huge threat and needs to go. Xavier tells us he loves her but he just might "take that shot first."

Hannah tries to make good with Kyland. He tells us he's okay with it but not willing to work with her long term. Derek and Xavier talk -- Derek wants Tiffany out and tells him to throw the comp to him. He says if she comes down, he will put up Kyland.

Kyland talks to Xavier and makes good with him. Kyland tells us he only wants to go to the end with the best and that would be Xavier. Xavier tells us he will work with Kyland because having a strong competitor working with you is good. They establish a final two called The Gentlemen.

Time for the HOH comp. They are trapped by the evil supervillain the Cluckster. They are behind large mesh chicken wire, must retrieve eggs, put them through a maze and roll them down a ramp to knock down a lever to escape. 

Derek is the first one to get one egg down -- they need three. Kyland next. Kyland gets a second one and is in the lead. Xavier gets one. Derek gets his next one and ties with Kyland. Kyland tells us he was willing to let Derek win as he doesn't think he would target him. Azah gets her first one. Kyland tells us he doesn't want to wait any longer for Derek to win and goes for it. 

KYLAND wins HOH. Derek is "bummed" once again.

Kyland feels a bit overwhelmed with the win. Tiffany feels good because she has an agreement to work with Kyland in the game. Hannah also feels good. Derek whines. He wants to be a threat in the game. BWAHAHHA! Kyland consoles him and promises him he has nothing to worry about. Xavier feels secure as he just made the deal with Kyland.

Tiffany talks to Kyland, she wants him to realize that Xavier will win if he moves forward with him. She wants him to stick with the deal she, he and Hannah has. She thinks Derek should go first. She wants to compete against Kyland at the end but feels she would lose. Her position is that Xavier will win no matter what. Kyland tells us he thinks she is strong competitor and would be hard to beat.

Hannah pleads her case. She will vote his way if not on the block. "What if you go up and I can promise you won't go home?" She feels he's testing her trust in Tiffany. Like Tiffany, she talks about Xavier being such a big threat.

Kyland tells us he has to draw lines in the sand. It will break hearts, his included.

Time for the nominations ceremony. He first nominates Tiffany, then Hannah. He says it's due to a loss of trust and Hannah is up there due to the fact she would save Tiffany if she won the veto. He feels Tiffany has betrayed him.