Survivor: Gabon
Show Details | Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden | 
| | Filming location | Wonga-Wongue Presidential Reserve, Estuaire, Gabon, Africa | | Original run | September 25, 2008[1] | | Filming dates | June 23, 2008
– July 31, 2008 | | No. of days | 39 | | No. of survivors | 18 | | Tribes | Fang
Kota | | Season chronology | | Previous | Survivor: Micronesia | | Next | Survivor 18 |
Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden is the seventeenth season of the CBS reality television series Survivor.[2] Applications were due on January 24, 2008. Around March 2008, 800 applicants were selected for an interview by CBS. Out of these 800, about 48 semi-finalists were selected to go to Los Angeles sometime during April 2008. From these semi-finalists, 18 contestants were selected to participate in the show between late June and mid-August 2008.[3] On April 13, 2008 at the annual National Association of Broadcasters's NAB Show, it was announced that the 17th season would be the first to be shot in high definition, using Sony XDCAMs.[4] Survivor: Gabon began filming in late June, and premired on September 25, 2008 at 8:00 PM ET / 7:00 CT.[5][1] It will mark the second season of the series to be filmed in Africa, after Survivor: Africa was filmed seven years prior in Kenya. Reports from Gabon indicate the show was filmed around the coastal towns of Nyonie and Ekwata in the Wonga-Wongue Presidential Reserve.[6] Host Jeff Probst mentioned that preproduction of the series was plagued by shipment delays, a crane toppling over and undesirable wild animals encroaching into the production area.[7] This season, players sent to Exile Island will have a choice of receiving a clue to the location of a Hidden Immunity Idol or an "‘instant comfort’ — a nice thing to sleep on, some food, some fruit," according to Probst.[8] //
Contestants | Contestant | Original Tribe | Finish | Total Votes | Michelle Chase
24, Los Angeles, CA | Fang | 1st Voted Out
Day 3 | 8 | Gillian Larson
61, Temecula, CA | Fang | 2nd Voted Out
Day 6 | 8 | Ace Gordon
27, Naples, FL | Kota | | | Robert "Bob" Crowley
58, Portland, ME | Kota | | | Charlie Herschel
29, New York, NY | Kota | | | Corinne Kaplan
29, Los Angeles, CA | Kota | | | Crystal Cox
29, Durham, NC | Fang | | | Dan Kay
32, Boston, MA | Fang | | | Danny "GC" Brown
26, Portland, OR | Fang | | | Jacquie Berg
25, Santa Barbara, CA | Kota | | | Jessica "Sugar" Kiper
29, Brooklyn, NY | Kota | | | Kelly Czarnecki
22, Buffalo Grove, IL | Kota | | | Ken Hoang
22, Westminster, CA | Fang | | 1 | Marcus Lehman
28, Atlanta, GA | Kota | | | Matty Whitmore
29, Pacific Palisades, CA | Fang | | | Paloma Soto-Castillo
24, Downey, CA | Kota | | | Randy Bailey
49, Eagle Rock, MO | Fang | | | Susie Smith
47, Charles City, IA | Fang | | | - The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaway has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.
The game | Episode Titles[9] | Air Date | Challenges | Exiled | Eliminated | Vote | Finish | | Reward | Immunity | | "Want to See the Elephant Dung?" | September 25, 2008 | Kota | Kota | None | Michelle | 8-1 | 1st Voted Out
Day 3 | | Kota1 | Dan | Gillian | 7-1 | 2nd Voted Out
Day 6 | | "She Obviously Is Post-Op!" | October 2, 2008 | | | | | | | | "It Was Like Christmas Morning!" | October 9, 2008 | | | | | | | ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
Tribal Council
Voting history
| Original Tribes | | Episode #: | 1 | | Eliminated: | Michelle
8/9
Votes | Gillian
7/8
Votes | | Voter | Vote | | Ace | | | | Bob | | | | Charlie | | | | Corinne | | | | Crystal | Michelle | Gillian | | Dan | Michelle | Gillian | | GC | Michelle | Gillian | | Jacquie | | | | Kelly | | | | Ken | Michelle | Gillian | | Marcus | | | | Matty | Michelle | Gillian | | Paloma | | | | Randy | Michelle | Gillian | | Sugar | | | | Susie | Michelle | Gillian | | Gillian | Michelle | Ken | | Michelle | Gillian | |
References - ^ a b Michael Schneider (2008-08-25). "'Survivor' moves to premiere week". Variety. Retrieved on 2008-08-26.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2008-01-28). "CBS sticks with Survivor; Probst re-ups as host". Reuters/The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
- ^ "Survivor Application" (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
- ^ Dickson, Glen (2008-04-13). "NAB 2008: Sony Nets Big HD Camera Sales, Survivor, COPS to Use Sony's XDCAM HD". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Ross, Dalton (2008-05-12). "Jeff Probst talks about next 'Survivor' location". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ "Survivor Gabon--Return to Africa" (2008-05-29). Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
- ^ Lang, Derrik J.. "Probst: Production problems on 'Survivor: Gabon'". Associated Press. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- ^ Dalton Ross (2008-08-27). "Exclusive: The cast of 'Survivor' Gabon". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2008-08-27.
- ^ "CBS TV Schedule". Retrieved on 2008-09-14.
External links
|
