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Survivor: China (2007)
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Genre: Documentary
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Language: English
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Published ID: 168617
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Plot: Though it wasn't Survivor: Morocco as previously announced, the 15th season of CBS's league-leading reality series Survivor more than compensated for any audience disappointment by being lensed in its entirety in Mainland China--the first American TV series, in fact, to utilize this fascinating location for fifteen consecutive episodes. The producers were granted unprecedented access to many of China's most exotic and spectacular landmarks, ranging from an enormous Shaolin temple to the Great Wall itself. The bulk of the action occurred in the Jiagnxi Province, on two islands in Zhelin Lake. The sixteen castaways participating in the 39-day Survivor competition included the series' youngest-ever contestant, 20-year-old Parkour athlete and film student Michael Zernow, aka Frosti. Another player could be regarded as a bonafide celebrity--namely, WWE pro wrestler Ashley Massaro. Also on deck this season were professional hunting guide Amanda Kimmel, surfing instructor Aaron Reisberger, poultry farmer Steve Morris (better known as Chicken!), former model Dave Cruser, waitress Courtney Yates, school lunch lady Denise Martin (whose negative comments about her employers stirred up an unexpected controversy during the reunion finale), college coed Jaime Dugan, gravedigger James Clement, professional poker player Jean-Robert Bellande (regarded by some of the contestants as the villain of the piece because of his self-serving behavior), Christian radio talkshow host Leslie Nease, elementary school teacher Sherea Lloyd), jeweler Peih-Gee Law, musician Erik Huffman and last but far from least, flight attendant Todd Herzog. In keeping with the Chinese motif, the series' traditional Outwit, Outplay, Outlast motto was modified to the more formal and polite Compete in Intelligence, Compete in Skill, Compete in Endurance. Similarly, the players were divided into two tribes with Chinese names: the Fei-Long, which translates as Flying Dragon, and the Zhan-Hu, or Fighting Tiger. And finally, the weekly Tribal Council meetings were played against an impressive 100-foot replica of a Chinese temple. Tough there was no Exile Island on this occasion, the two tribes were allowed to kidnap members of the competiting tribe during the weekly Reward Challenge. These abductees were obliged to remain with their captives until the next Immunity Challenge, and also to share clues (provided by the producers) to the location of the two Immunity Idols. And speaking of THOSE, there was a new wrinkle on the whole Idol concept this time around, with a false Immunity Idol showing up at one juncture to throw the players off track. Survivor: China began on September 20, 2007, with a general get-together in downtown Shanghai, and ended on December 16, with the obligatory reunion show in Los Angeles. This last episode, as ever, was capped by the apperance of series host Jeff Probst, exhorting the viewer to return the following season when the Survivor crew would journey to Micronesia. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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