S48.E13: "Only One of Yous Can Win" LIVE CHAT THREAD

[Lantern7]

Ugh, who made this a-hole an arbiter of sexuality? Why not just cast Jesse Watters?

That was a joke. Don’t you dare do it, Burnett.

Edited May 22 by Lantern7

[iMonrey]

Get a room, Jeff and David.

[LadyChatts]

I'm just remembering reunion shows of yesteryear, where they tried to pull a "we aren't letting pre-jurors sit onstage anymore" just to hide that Brandon Hantz wasn't at the reunion, or Jerri getting booed off stage, or Rob's proposal to Amber, or just some backbiting, grumpiness, and bitterness.  But now it's all love and fun, and Jeff has milk!

[Pepper the Cat]

This is boring

[KeithJ]

Maybe Kyle will actually get to talk after the break?

[Lantern7]

Just now, LadyChatts said:

But now it's all love and fun, and Jeff has milk!

The milk doesn’t directly come from Jeff. Count your blessings.

[Rodney]

Just now, KeithJ said:

Maybe Kyle will actually get to talk after the break?

The winner typically gets only one segment to talk.  Then, it's all about the other castaways after that.

[Lantern7]

1 minute ago, Pepper the Cat said:

This is boring

No kidding.

A “For Your Consideration” montage. Does an Emmy for a reality series mean anything?

[gorgy]

I'm going to drink milk from a curly straw as I stare David down

[LadyChatts]

The aftershow, featuring Eva and hosted by Jeff.  

[WatcherUp2]

Why is it still a PSA for Eva's "journey?"

[susannot]

1 minute ago, KeithJ said:

Maybe Kyle will actually get to talk after the break?

Nah.  Most of the jurors are drunk by now.  So am I and I am so over the dumb reunion.

[Brown44]

18 minutes ago, gorgy said:

season 49 should just be all past survivors that were voted out first

You'd think they'd have seasons with different things by now. All 1st voted out, all winners, all tribal final losers.

[LadyChatts]

Shauhin has a lot of ego?  I never would have guessed.  

[iMonrey]

Mitch was nobody's favorite, Jeff.

[dizzyd]

Well it was nice hanging out with y’all. Thanks for watching with me. I’m impressed at myself for surviving the 3h and the whole season. See y’all for 49 this fall and hope the cast of 50 lives up to the hype.

[Rodney]

1 minute ago, Brown44 said:

You'd think they'd have seasons with different things by now. All 1st voted out, all winners, all tribal final losers.

They've had all winners before.

[LadyChatts]

2 minutes ago, WatcherUp2 said:

Why is it still a PSA for Eva's "journey?"

Jeff's probably starting her coronation for S50 (I feel like odds are good she's going to be on).

[Lantern7]

Mitch should be proud. Dummy that I am, my ceiling for someone with a stutter succeeding is Michael Palin’s character literally steamrolling Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda.

I want to smack “Rizzo” already.

[Rodney]

Next season already looks like an improvement over this season.

Well, this Rizzo guy is going to bug.  I can already tell.

[LadyChatts]

Rooting for whoever was the VO saying they want to play like a mermaid.  Don't like the guy in the red shirt already.  

[Carey]

A total definitely NO on first voted out.  Maybe if you mix it with first out and last voted out before Final Tribal Council.  A total pass for me.  Nobody can remember past winners, who's going to remember a boatload of immediate losers?!

[Grizzly]

Maybe if they lived on the sunken ship.

[Brown44]

3 minutes ago, Rodney said:

They've had all winners before.

I clearly forgot it. Who won?

[LadyChatts]

I wouldn't have minded a pre-jury season way back when, but not sure now I'd want it.  

[Rodney]

Oh, good.  It looks like another ethnically diverse season.  So He Who Shall Not Be Named's directive to end that casting hasn't swept over to CBS.

[Lantern7]

Here’s the link for the auction.

The “mermaid” girl from the promo is thinking of sirens luring sailors to their doom.

[gatopretoNYC]

4 minutes ago, LadyChatts said:

I'm just remembering reunion shows of yesteryear, where they tried to pull a "we aren't letting pre-jurors sit onstage anymore" just to hide that Brandon Hantz wasn't at the reunion, or Jerri getting booed off stage, or Rob's proposal to Amber, or just some backbiting, grumpiness, and bitterness.  But now it's all love and fun, and Jeff has milk!

Many years ago, was watching the All-Star reunion, live. In the credits, the studio they filmed in was just down the street from me. My husband said "Go!" and my appletini filled ass popped over. Saw most of them - they had a bus for the cast. Johnny Fairplay tried to take Jeff's limo; got to boo him. 😁

[Brown44]

4 minutes ago, Rodney said:

They've had all winners before.

And I'm probably just waiting for Amazing Race to a have a all winners season i definitely know that haven't had one.

[Lantern7]

4 minutes ago, Brown44 said:

I clearly forgot it. Who won?

S40 five years ago. Tony Vlachos (?) beat Natalie Anderson and Michele (with one L) Fitzgerald.

Two quick questions:

1. Do any of you guys bid on show props?
2. How much would a tape of Shauhin doing tribal chanting go for?

See you for S49, because I will not have learned a lesson by then!

Edited May 22 by Lantern7

[LadyChatts]

13 minutes ago, Rodney said:

Oh, good.  It looks like another ethnically diverse season.  So He Who Shall Not Be Named's directive to end that casting hasn't swept over to CBS.

Not sure if it'll carry over to other seasons, as this season might have been getting finalized before Paramount dropped their DEI initiatives.  I guess we'll see what S50 and beyond look like.  Though I've always made the argument there's no reason why these shows needed a mandate in the first place to have a diverse season.  They did a whole season that had tribes divided by race!  And yes, I think practically everyone was recruited that season, but I still consider Cook Islands one of the best.  For an 18-person cast, though, you can't tell me they aren't enough folks applying that can create a diverse line-up.

[mertensia]

1 hour ago, Thalia said:

Again, I suppose I'm supposed to feel bad that Eva is sitting there crying.   But her shock over Kyle getting a second or third vote was fairly irritating.   Like she couldn't believe he was receiving more than one vote.  

Yep. It was very much a "how dare you get more votes than me!?"

[surfgirl]

Wanted Kamilla to win, then Joe simply because of the stupidity if not voting him out sooner. Then in F3, all in for Kyle and glad Eva didn't win. Eva's expressiin when Kyke got one vote, then two votes, like how dare anyone vote not for her. Eva talking up Joe, Joe and Eva acting like they can suddenly separate themselves from one another for competition purposes...yeah no. IMO Kyle deserved that win up against those two. It was masterfuln when everyone found out Kamilla and Kyle had been working together quietly the entire time!

And for the record, Joe is a Fire Captain and likely earns a decent salary and will get a nice pension so enough with the poor me I need money for thrme kids.

All in all, a lackluster season of gutless non moves. OTOH, they all seem to really like one another and in today's world of US & Them, that genuine camaraderie was lovely to see. And last but not least, I appreciate that Peaxhy appreciated Star.

Edited May 22 by surfgirl

[MerBearHou]

I have little memory of the ultimate Survivor winners from many seasons and I’ve watched all of them (some are easy, strong memories — others are zero recall for me unless I look them up and see their photo), but I believe I’ll remember Kyle for a long, long time because he was such a favorite of mine all season long just as a person.  I had to literally look up to see who won just last season and I still can barely remember a single thing about her (Rachel).  

Edited May 23 by MerBearHou

[KittyKat425]

On 5/21/2025 at 10:21 PM, gorgy said:

I can assure you, there were a number of undiagnosed people on the spectrum that won Survivor

!00% agree. They just chose not to disclose or live a life were defines who they are. She comes across more as someone who can't handle situations where she is not able to manage a competitive situation. Her meltdowns were basically when she was unable to do something. I know many people like that. She is obviously very high on the spectrum much as are alot of people, many undiagnosed.