Survivor: China

[Russ Smith]

Well this sort of concerns my unease about Denise and how she seemed to be playing up the poverty card.

Turns out she apparently lied about being fired because of the show, she was actually promoted from lunch lady to custodian BEFORE she left for survivor, and upon her return went back to the same higher paying job. The school principal saw her comments on the show and said she was shocked to hear it.

A"s EW.com reported yesterday, Douglas, Mass. School Superintendent Nancy T. Lane said in a statement that Denise Martin actually got promoted from "cafeteria employee" to "custodian" -- at a higher salary and with better benefits before she appeared on "Survivor." Lane says, "I watched my own jaw drop when [Martin] said that, because it's absolutely not true."

Today, Martin appeared with Lane on CBS' "The Early Show," and apologized profusely for what she said, though she stopped short of admitting that she'd lied to get the money, and won't give back the $50K. Mark Burnett Productions didn't return a call for comment, though CBS said yesterday, "If these statements were misleading or false, we hope that she will take immediate and public steps to clarify her remarks."

Now, how about a nice big helping of that tasty Sloppy Joe?! "


I just knew something wasn't right the way she was acting on the show and at the reunion. From what it says she's refusing to give back the 50K Survivor gave her.

 

[Joe Mama]

I couldn't agree more about Denise. I found myself hoping she would win it more and more even though I felt like Todd really deserved it. However once you play that whole "poor me" card with Amanda I wanted her out of there. I really don't think that's fair to expect considerations based on your life outside Survivor, and I definitely don't think that person should play it up on the show.

Count me as one of those who was trying to figure out why Amanda's butt was always blurred out. The least they could have done was throw us a little something since we were forced to look at Courtney's 80 pounds every week.

I would agree with those who have said that this was one of the weaker survivors. I'm not sure it was one of the worst, but it was in the bottom half IMO. The one thing I would say about this Survivors that it seemed to fly by. The next one does look really good. I thought the survivor all stars was one of the best.

Didn't they used to have a $100,000 or $250,000 consolation prize for second place? Also, I thought the first place used to get a car (even if it was a Pontiac Aztec).

Joe

 

[MadCardDisease]

Didn't they used to have a $100,000 or $250,000 consolation prize for second place? Also, I thought the first place used to get a car (even if it was a Pontiac Aztec).

Joe

They used to give a car away during one of the challenges towards the end. Didn't do that this season. I guess none of the car companies wanted to sponser the show this season.

 

[nashman]

This season was one of the worst ever! How he even with a straight face said one of the best is just absurd. The fact it went to a final 3 without any comment on it from anyone was just stupid. It should always come down to 2 IMHO in order to have a decent vote. You can't give the jury 3 options that just sucks. Denise is just a liar and they should make her give the money back. Amanda really should have won she just apparently is stupid she and Denise and Courtney should have took him out. He sucked and I think got a little lucky they even gave him the money. All in all the season was pretty crappy, the next looks to be good though. I had my questions on the whole china thing and it turned out to be as lame as I thought it would, very disappointing season IMHO.

 

[Russ Smith]

This season was one of the worst ever! How he even with a straight face said one of the best is just absurd. The fact it went to a final 3 without any comment on it from anyone was just stupid. It should always come down to 2 IMHO in order to have a decent vote. You can't give the jury 3 options that just sucks. Denise is just a liar and they should make her give the money back. Amanda really should have won she just apparently is stupid she and Denise and Courtney should have took him out. He sucked and I think got a little lucky they even gave him the money. All in all the season was pretty crappy, the next looks to be good though. I had my questions on the whole china thing and it turned out to be as lame as I thought it would, very disappointing season IMHO.

They did 3 the last time too largely I felt because they knew with just 2 there was no drama it was clear who'd win so they made it 3.

I don't know if the players knew it was 3 or not but they were saying over and over about final 3 which makes me think they did know it was going to be 3 not 2.

 

[nashman]

3 sucks IMHO their should have been another challenge. Thats the point then you can take who you think you can beat, therefor you WON survivor not a popularity vote between 3 people!

 

[Joe Mama]

I would have preferred a final 2 as well. it makes the final episode of better even if there is less suspense for the final vote. I thought one time was a good experiment, but they should go back to a final two now.

I'm not sure how you can say that Todd sucked. I thought he played very well, and there is always some luck involved with winning it all. Amanda could have won if she had not lied to Denise when there was no reason to do so, and if she had just given some straight honest answer is that the final meeting. She tried to kiss everybody's butts, and the juries never respect that.

They kept talking about how rough it was out there, but this one did not seem nearly as rough as most of the previous survivors. I wouldn't call this survivor the worst. I just think it was kind of forgettable.

Joe Mama