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Heroes vs. Villains episode 1 detailed reward challenge
spoilers/ spec |
According
to EW's Dalton
Ross, "The contestants arrived for the start of the game
via four New Zealand military helicopters and were immediately
thrust into a brutally physical challenge
that results in one topless player and two painful injuries. (All of the challenges
will be based on classic challenges from past seasons.)"
There was no challenge visible
in the People's Choice footage of the helicopter arrival, but
the beach looks very similar to the one shown in the digging/wrestling
challenge shots from the CBS "Meet the Cast" video. So we'll
go with that as the reward challenge. This looks like a resurrection
of the "Pull
stuff out of Nick's ass" challenge (the Ep3 IC) from
Survivor Panama: Exile Island, in which contestants
dug up pillows and tried to either race back to get their pillows
past their goal lines, or tried to prevent their opponents from
doing so.
As for the topless contestant Dalton talks
about, that one's easy: Several months ago at Sucks, Survivrcuz claimed:
"sugars out first after exposing her tits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!",
which missyae modified
with "The info about Sugar makes people think she exposed
herself. Thats not what happened. She had her top tore off during
a challenge."
So it seems there'll be a lot of blurring to look forward to
in this episode.
Who gets injured? EW's pre-game interview with
Stephenie (at the bottom of the page with Dalton
Ross's story) includes Probst mentioning that she has a problem
with her shoulder getting dislocated, and actually shows footage
of this being treated by Survivor's medical team in this very
challenge (caps below).
Update: Probst said at the 10th
anniversary reunion event (video here): "Five minutes into the
game, we have a broken toe, a dislocated shoulder, and a topless
finish." And SurvivorsUnite adds
more details: "Parvati is the one who dislocates Stephenie's
arm during the challenge. And Boston Rob is the one who gives
a broken toe to
Rupert."
For the sequencing of the various battles below,
we've just followed Kona's
order posted at Sucks (based on the order of the press photos),
since it saves us the work.
| Reward
challenge vidcaps: click
to view larger picture |
Heroes, pre-challenge huddle |
Villains, pre-challenge huddle |
| Bout
1: JT & Amanda vs. Randy & Jerri |
Randy & Jerri vs. JT & Amanda |
Please, Sugar, put that back on |
| Bout
2: Colby & Tom vs. Coach & Russell |
Coach & Russell head out |
Colby, Tom, Coach and Russell on the course |
Tom & Russell digging |
Colby tackles a fleeing Russell |
Mommy, look! Those 2 firemen are fighting! |
Russell with a faceful of sand |
| Bout
3: Cirie & Stephenie vs. Danielle & Parvati |
Parvati vs. Cirie |
Parvati takes on Stephenie
|
Danielle, (Probst), Stephenie, Parvati, Cirie |
Grappling accomplished |
Grappling gets dirtier |
The curse of Ulong returns... to Steph's shoulder |
| Bout
4: James & Rupert vs. Tyson & Boston Rob |
Rob, politely declining to stare |
James & Rupert vs. Tyson & Rob |
James & Rupert vs. Tyson & Rob |
James heads back |
| Bout
5: Candice & Sugar vs. Sandra & Courtney |
Sugar and Candice head out |
Sandra & Courtney vs. Candice & Sugar |
Sandra & Courtney vs. Candice & Sugar |
Topless Sugar goes for maximum blurring |
So
who wins? We originally thought the Villains, since they clearly
have a selection of fishing gear in their camp shots from the
EW interview videos, including a mask, fins and a spear. Since
those videos went up, however, a couple of lines of evidence
appear to disprove this:
(1) As pointed out to us in email by "Badlands77", in EW's interview
with Sugar,
the Heroes also have swimming/fishing gear, so the gear is not
necessarily indicative of a reward win (and since EW's video
all appears to be from Ep1, it would appear the mask, et al.
may not even be reward items).
(2) In an interview with cwalton of
survivor.com, Mark Burnett allegedly stated, "we had one women
[sic.] finish the challenge, and win it for
her tribe, topless. That was the first challenge." And since
we've been told about (above) and can see in TV Guide's preview
video the (heavily blurred) topless Sugar, that would argue
that in fact, the Heroes win reward.
As further evidence, gretchensucks at
Sucks points out that the Villains have to resort to rubbing
sticks together in the hope of making fire (vidcap below). So
no flint for them, and since the usual first reward is firemaking
tools, more evidence that Heroes win reward. Also, in addition
to shots of smoke in the Heroes camp in the TV Guide Channel
preview, there's also the shot below of James and Colby standing
next to their fire, with a pot of something cooking/boiling on
it. So the Heroes reward win seems fairly certain.
| Post-Reward
challenge camp shot vidcaps: click to
view larger picture |
Tyson and Sandra, catching shellfish
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Candice, Sugar, mask at right |
Villains, not using flint to start a fire
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James, Colby, fire in between them
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