I wanted to say girl, but she is in her early 20's.:)

Bill, do tell - which one is she?

My favorite is probably Stephanie. I liked Tom in the beginning but now he seems arrogant and a little too perfect so he's down on my list now.

Poor Stephanie - still surviving! Do you think they will put her one-on-one with one of the guys next week?

Poor Bobby Jon, the last Alabama guy! Oh well, I guess that proves that the old southern boys are not that tough. hehe

Reggie, you made a good point about it being the same old, same old. Maybe that's why they're doing this to Steph. Will they pit her against one of Koror's team one-on-one, again and again? Will they give Ulong some of Koror's people? Will they leave Steph. and pit Koror's people against each other in the challenges?

This is only the second one I've watched, so it's not boring to me yet.

I might have to move out of the neighborhood. Can't be seen with the likes of her.:)

Everyone is guessing as to how long Amber and Rob stay married. I think when they become boring and spend all their winnings, they will split.

Bill, is she still living in your neighborhood or did she move when she won the million? Actually, she wasn't that bad, it was just the company she keeps.

I wish they would go ahead and merge because it is a little boring the way it is going right now. But I've seen every season of the show except for the first one and this one is one of the best.

I just think it's fascinating to watch how people will interact when put into that situation. Having to live with a group of people you're going to end up competing against--for one million dollars.

Maybe they will have Stephanie and someone from Koror be tribe leaders and pick new tribes. That would be interesting.

And Janu (the Vegas showgirl) has been a big disappointment. She started out so good but has since become a major wimp.

I couldn't be on Koror cause Coby and I would be gossiping all the time! LOL

But what's with these people who wear bikinis to challenges? Can't they wear something that will stay on?

Can one person make a tribe? Survivor: Palau, the 10th season of CBS' hit reality show, is about to find out.

In the middle of an unprecedented turn of events, one of the two tribes battling for survival, the Ulong, is down to its final member.

Week after week, the humiliated Ulongs have lost a physical or mental contest, forcing them to vote one member after another off the South Pacific island. After 21 days and an original team of nine, Ulong has only a solo representative: athletic underdog Stephenie LaGrossa, 25, a pharmaceutical sales rep from Philadelphia.

Meanwhile, the eight members of rival Koror sit happily gorging on shark, enjoying their comparatively luxurious shelter (they won it after a bathroom-building reward challenge) and not worrying about drinking water (they won a 55-gallon drum's worth along with Crest toothpaste, Scope mouthwash and Pantene shampoo).

"The cliffhanger to last week — what you are going to see for the first time ever — is one person returning to camp alone," Survivor host Jeff Probst says of tonight's episode. "Stephenie doesn't have anybody to help her. If she can't find food longer than a day, she's in trouble."

"I'm so scared," LaGrossa said in last week's previews for the show (8 ET/PT) titled "I Will Not Give Up."

In responding to criticism that the show was getting too predictable, Survivor's producers decided from the start that the tribes would not merge at the point they have in the past, Probst says. That led to the lone-camper situation.

Bobby Jon Drinkard, 27, a waiter from Troy, Ala., and the last Ulong to be booted, says he expected the tribes to combine on Day 12. "Instead, " he says, it became "a pity party."

He adds: "You know conditions are going to be hard, but they're a lot harder than you imagine. Day 1, you think how grateful you are to get the chance to be on the show. But by Day 2 or 3, you're thinking, 'Why did I do this?' "

Probst, who won't confirm that a merge takes place tonight, says, "The risk if you don't merge is that one tribe decimates the other, and you have this horrible situation, and that's exactly what happened. What we anticipated as being a disaster turned into one of the greatest dramas we've had."

Among other "firsts" this season:

• The game started with 20 contestants instead of the usual 16 or 18. Two were eliminated as the tribes were formed.

• The contestants received no information or tools to start.

• The challenges have been more physical, many testing underwater stamina.

Survivor: Palau is consistently a top 10 show, with an average 21 million viewers. At least one person is voted off each week; the lone survivor wins $1 million. The finale airs May 15.

reaffirmed my belief that the world's gotten even less sophisticates in the last 500 years.

I mean, if you like it okay, but...

I can't think of anything I would rather not watch. This is about as "real" as Star Wars, but without being entertaining in the least.

The promise is of big money,but you have to be good at "games and politics",but in the end its only one that gets the money(when there is enough on this planet for everyone) and the rest miss out.

Meantime you have wasted your time and energy when EVERYONE deserves to have what the winner gets.

If we all just agreed to share what is here to everyones benifit,then shows like this would be seen as meaningless.

"Real Life" is every-one getting what we are worthy of.Money doesnt recognise this,it says you have to earn anything you have,even the basics like clean water.

Life is a gift...you dont have to "earn" a gift,or anything else thats needed to support that.

Whats happening on this planet is not the "Real" life,but a corruption of how it could have been,and the fact that many dont even have the basics proves money has failed as a way to distribute even the bear essentials.

I don't see how Survivor is a reflection of a money-based system. Everyone receives a monetary reward, even the first cast-away. It's just a matter of degree. As you say, everyone gets what they are worthy of, according to the rules of the game. You sign up for the game, you play by the rules. And those rules say that not everyone is equal--well, they aren't, really; some are great at fishing, others should stick with scrounging for coconuts. Some people get rewarded more than others, but for a specific reason. You didn't outlast, you didn't outplay, you didn't outwit. It's all down to you, your abilities, and how you're willing to use them.

It's not life itself that makes you worthy of any reward--it's what you do with that gift. If you choose to do nothing in it, what exactly are you worthy of? A person is the sum of their acts; valued for what they have done, not the mere fact of their existence.

Everyone is worthy of the basics of life...but you dont have to play the game of the money system to have your value validated.

Everyone IS equal.

Who determines that getting coconuts is more important than fishing ?

"others should stick with scrounging for coconuts"
Why "should" they?
what if thats all they know,but the truth is their potential is a lot greater than that?
How will they get to know that?

If we feel we cant do more than getting coconuts,maybe thats because we dont know that we can be anything...but why does it have to be within an accumilation regime,weather thats money(which is 99% of the worlds exchange)or any other means.

If we know our worth,then actions of worth follow and reflect that..and no material thing we earn through the money system is a reflection of our worth.

"A person is the sum of their acts"..acts based on what values?
Actions dont make us valuable,only actions that have value,and thats determined by what values we have or are indoctrinated to believe.

If we have poor beliefs about ourselves,then the results will be poor because you dont think its possible for any kind of value to come from yourself.And many people think that, because if "i dont have a lot materially,then what "value" do i have?"

But if i know the truth about myself,that I do have a lot to offer because of the incredible value that I have inside me,then we will be motivated to have a life full of actions of superior value that reflect that worth...and money doesnt buy us this kind of knowledge...only knowing what love is does.

I dont want to just survivor of life,I want to have a life of superior experiences with incredible people who know that they are that...and money and what it can get me wont give me that....most of the time money stops people from seeing this.

Who says what's of value? The rules do. In that game. I suppose you're taking this game as a microcosm of life, but that's too facile a reduction. Life isn't like a game of Survivor, not at all. Even a capitalist system isn't like a game of Survivor. The only reality of Survivor is the interactions between the people themselves. How they play the game. What strategies work. But this is all very limited, to a situation that one doesn't find much in ordinary life. No one's voting me out of my house, or out of my job. I may get fired if I don't perform well enough, but it's not necessarily a regular mandatory ritual.

I'm not sure I've been coherent, or if I've been too random in my musings. It's just that I think it's a worthwhile game, both for the spectators and the entrants. That's all.

I love Survivor, I look forward to it every Thursday.

I am getting tired of that Katie girl and the blondie. I hated that Stephanie went right to those two and spilled the beans after Colby pulled her aside.

Survivor has the same dynamic as any office. Some do their jobs while others talk on the phone all day. That's a big oversimplification, but that pretty much sums it up, even down to the whisperings and petty gossip.

That being said, I think I'll drive down to NYC and try to get arrested by Policeman Ken!

I know that looks play a big part on the popularity of the contestants by the viewers. Have you ever looked at the popularity ratings on the Survivor website? All the good looking ones (either male or female) are always at the top of the list. And I noticed that Coby, who I thought was good looking, had a low rating - which I believe is because he was gay (and kind of fey acting) - it just shows you that looks, stigma, personality and phobias play a part with viewers (didn't someone say earlier that they only watched because of the "babes"???)

In the game, however, I don't think that looks have much to do with it. They all want to win the million dollars and personalities and strategies play a larger role in who is voted off.

And hey - Rosie O'Donnell has a great personality!

Speaking of Rosie O'Donnell, is anyone planning to watch Riding the Bus With My Sister this Sunday? It's a Hallmark show and they're usually pretty good. I read the book and plan to watch the show. From the clips they're showing, it looks like Rosie does an admirable job in a difficult role.

Re this season, there have been allegations that the producers planted "models" in place of "average joe's". This doesn't surprise me a bit -- look at Gregg, Bobby Jon and Jenn. As for me, I usually favor the "average" looking people (Rupert, Kathy V.). This season, Steph has been my fav, but that is mostly b/c of her strong determination to win the game. I am sorry to see her go, but at least she made it to the jury.

I think Tom's more likely to win than Ian, but Jen may somehow find herself in the final 2!

Isn't the jury hilarious? With Coby making all sorts of comic facial expressions and Stephanie shooting daggers they are too much.

How 'bout that Coby?! Awesome.

and a trip to the dentist more fun that shows like survivor.