- This is the 38th season for CBS’s reality show.
- ‘Survivor’ was one of the early pioneers of the reality TV genre.
- ‘Survivor: Edge of Extinction’ Episode 8 airs April 3 at 8:00 PM Eastern.
We *finally* have two contestants actually eliminated from Survivor: Edge of Extinction. Keith Sowell and Wendy Diaz are both gone (presumably) for good. More about that in a moment. That leaves a total of 16 ‘eligible contestants’. Four are on ‘Extinction Island’ with the rest on the main island.
In the previous episode we had something of a shakeup in the contestant ranks. The six desperate souls from ‘Extinction Island’ competed in a challenge with the winner returning to the game on the main island. Rick Devens won the contest which involved an obstacle course. Everyone else was given the offer to return to ‘Extinction Island’ and await another chance to return to the game. All five initially accepted but once they returned to the island Keith Sowell and Wendy Diaz ‘tapped out’ by raising the mast and left the game. As the reality TV columnist for the Toronto Sun put it, they quit because they were ‘in fear of returning to the desperate conditions on Extinction Island.’ This also is a good place to quote myself from last week re: the ‘desperate conditions’ on Extinction Island:
‘Extinction Island’ was getting crowded with a population of six though the impending tribal merge and the inference that at least one of the voted off contestants will rejoin the game could change that. The contestants are still complaining about the conditions on Extinction Island–Aubry Bracco is the latest calling the desolatepurgatorio ‘a disaster’. It’s definitely not Sandals All Inclusive Jamaican Resort–there are no buffets or bars. The upside is that you don’t have to a deal with a bunch of greased up douchebags from New Jersey or swinging couples from flyover country. Here’s a still from Episode 5/6–figure out how to catch and cook some seafood and it looks like a place I’d be pretty content for at least a few weeks. That might be why I’m not suitable to be a reality TV show contestant:
Over at Entertainment Weekly, here’s their take on the two contestants tapping out:
Now, I know you think I’m probably gonna go all old school Jeff Probst and throw these two quitters down the same way Probst threw down Osten’s torch. But I’m not going to do that. I’m not angry or anything. I’m just confused. In one scene, we see Keith reaching for the heavens to thank God upon hearing that he could go back to Extinction Island and still have a chance to win his favorite TV show and the million dollars that goes along with it. In his next scene, he’s asking to leave. In one scene we see Big Wendy hugging everyone and celebrating like she just released every single chicken in the entire world. In her next scene, she’s all get me the hell out of here!
Seperately at EW the aforementioned Wendy Diaz comes up with some convoluted logic to claim that she ‘didn’t quit’.
I never gave up, and I never quit. At the time, it seemed completely optional to either stay or leave considering we had already been voted off. I never ran out of game-play but I saw The Edge as a place to seek revenge, see-through unfinished business, to prove something. At that point, I had ZERO regrets with the game I played.
A couple of procedural notes–depending on where you look in the Survivor: Edge of Extinction fan universe you’ll notice that thanks to the ‘double episode’ earlier this year there’s some discrepancy in episode numbering. Some count the double episode as one episode making the current one Episode 7. Others (myself included) count the two hours of the ‘double episode’ separately making this Episode 8. Also, the prop about a contestant quitting/removed due to injury has been reworded to apply only to main game contestants. What happens on Extinction Island stays on Extinction Island….
Here’s the official SPORTS INSIDER odds for Episode 7 of Survivor: Edge of Extinction:
‘SURVIVOR: EDGE OF EXTINCTION’ BETTING ODDS
TO WIN ‘SURVIVOR: EDGE OF EXTINCTION’
Victoria Baamonde +350
Eric Hafemann +500
Lauren O’Connell +500
David Wright +750
Gavin Whitson +750
Aubry Bracco +1500
Kelley Wentworth +1500
Joe Anglim +1500
Julia Carter +2500
Chris Underwood +2500
Aurora McCreary +2500
Ron Clark +2500
Dan Wardog Desilva +2500
Rick Devens +2500
Julie Rosenberg +2500
Reem Daly +2500
‘SURVIVOR: EDGE OF EXTINCTION’ EPISODE 8 BETTING ODDS
TO BE VOTED OUT AT TRIBAL COUNCIL IN EPISODE 8?
Dan Wardog Desilva -115
Ron Clark +2500
Julia Carter +750
Lauren O’Connell +1000
Joe Anglim +1000
David Wright +1000
Aurora McCreary +1500
Kelley Wentworth +1500
Eric Hafemann +2500
Victoria Baamonde +2500
Gavin Whitson +2500
Rick Devens +2500
Julie Rosenberg +2500
Any Other Result +5000
WHO WILL WIN IMMUNITY IN EPISODE 8?
Eric Hafemann +250
Gavin Whitson +300
Julie Rosenberg +500
Kelley Wentworth +500
Lauren O’Connell +1000
Julia Carter +1000
Victoria Baamonde +1000
David Wright +2500
Aurora McCreary +2500
Ron Clark +2500
Rick Devens +5000
Dan Wardog Desilva +5000
Any Other Result +5000
WHO WILL WIN REWARD IN EPISODE 8?
Eric Hafemann +250
Gavin Whitson +300
Julie Rosenberg +500
Kelley Wentworth +500
Lauren O’Connell +1000
Julia Carter +1000
Victoria Baamonde +1000
David Wright +2500
Aurora McCreary +2500
Ron Clark +2500
Rick Devens +5000
Dan Wardog Desilva +5000
Any Other Result +5000
WILL A HIDDEN IDOL BE PLAYED IN EPISODE 8?
Yes -175
No +350
WILL ANY MAIN ISLAND CONTESTANT QUIT/BE REMOVED DUE TO INJURY IN EPISODE 8?
Yes +1250
No -2500
WILL ANY CONTESTANT CRY ON CAMERA DURING EPISODE 8?
Yes -210
No +180
WILL THE EPISODE 8 VOTED OUT CASTAWAY ACCEPT THE EXTINCTION OFFER?
Yes -2500
No +1250
WILL ANY CASTAWAY CATCH SEAFOOD IN EPISODE 8?
Yes +210
No -250
WILL A CONTESTANT BE ‘PIXELATED’ DUE TO NUDITY IN EPISODE 8?
Yes +150
No -170
GENDER IDENTITY OF NEXT CONTESTANT PIXELATED DUE TO NUDITY?
Female -350
Male +300
NEXT CONTESTANT TO BE PIXELATED DUE TO NUDITY?
Victoria Baamonde +350
Kelley Wentworth +350
Aurora McCreary +450
Eric Hafemann +750
Joe Anglim +750
Julie Rosenberg +1500
Lauren O’Connell +1500
Aubry Bracco +1500
Dan Wardog Desilva +2500
Gavin Whitson +2500
Chris Underwood +2500
David Wright +2500
Rick Devens +5000
Reem Daly +5000
Ron Clark +5000
Julia Carter +5000
In the previous three propositions pixelation must be due to accidental or intentional nudity and not due to obscene gestures or any other reason. If there is no pixelation due to nudity this season the previous two propositions will be graded ‘no action’.
EPISODE 8 KEY DEMO (18-49) RATINGS
Over 1.55 -150
Under 1.55 +130
EPISODE 8 KEY DEMO (18-49) SHARE
Over 6.5 -600
Under 6.5 +450
EPISODE 8 TOTAL VIEWERSHIP
Over 7.7 Million -150
Under 7.7 Million +130
The previous three TV ratings propositions will be graded using data reported at TV By The Numbers.
