Well, I had planned to post after each episode of Survivor Gabon, the fact I have not is a good indication of how I feel about the season.

It’s not bad, don’t get me wrong, I don’t think any season of Survivor could ever be bad — it’s just not going to be one of the classics.

Firstly it’s boring when one tribe dominates so much. It’s only now I feel like I know anything about most of the Kota members…but at the same time I do want Fang to fail, they’ve been pretty much the dumbest tribe in Survivor history, making dumb move after dumb move — they don’t deserve rewards and immunity so I am glad they aren’t getting them — but it makes for boring viewing.

Secondly, too much tribe switching up. Twice now they have done it, and that’s before the merge. Survivor isn’t meant to be a game of luck, it’s a game of skill and as boring and predictable and frustrating as it might be seeing someone dominate, if they do it they do it. Switching tribes so much just screws peoples games, sends people home before their time, makes weaker people able to stay.

Oh well, hopefully it will pick up post merge, it’s certainly done that before (last season any one?)

I’m such a Jeff Probst fangirl, I got so excited when he kicked off the first challenge then started running to the finishing line — run Jeff run!! I don’t even know why it amused me so much, I guess I just love him as a host and the way he gets stuck in, what a champ.

That Emmy was totally deserved.

Couldn’t believe the picks that Fang made (it’s not just me is it, they all totally pronounce it as ‘thong’?!) at the beginning, you think to yourself that that’s gonna come back and bite them in the behind…and boy it already did. They deserved to lose the first few challenges and I am glad they did — hope it doesn’t continue that way though, it sure gets boring if one tribe dominates so heavily this early on.

I usually hate that the old person, or the fat person get voted out first just because they are old/fat…but in the case I was very happy old lady went home, I found her majorly annoying. I actually thought they were going to go for Dan or Ken and I was going to be left dumbfounded by their choices for the 47575th time already.

Speaking of Ken (gamer), is he some sort of minor celebrity? A bit like the wrestling woman from last season? I see lots of people on youtube comments and coming to my site etc searching for him and saying they are only watching for him!

Overall, great premiere…great to have Survivor back.

Roll on The Amazing Race premiere on Sunday