It's time for something different here on the Worth Playing For podcast, as I begin my coverage of Survivor South Africa Season 8: Immunity Island! I am so excited for the new season to start, and in this podcast I talk through my history with International Survivor, and do a power rankings of the cast while assessing each of our castaways! Stay tuned for weekly coverage of Survivor SA Immunity Island, it premieres on Thursday, June 3 and I will be releasing my recap podcast the following day! 

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We're off to Africa here on the Worth Playing For Podcast, as we meet our 16 new castaways and settle in Kenya for this third season of Survivor. In this podcast, I talk through my impressions of all 16 new Survivors, the initial dynamics in the Samburu and Boran camps, and the Beans-Gate between Clarance and the rest of the tribe. The new cast definitely brought a spark back to our TV screens, and we are in for an exciting stretch of episodes, starting with the boot of Diane here in the premiere.

Join me next time where I talk through episode two, "Who's Zooming Whom?"

MVP of "Question of Trust": Kim Powers

It's time to reflect on our experiences and how this journey has changed us as people.. just like Colby, Tina and Keith do for over an hour in this episode! I talk through the finale of The Australian Outback, as we see the final vote-off of Keith, Colby's decision to take Tina, and the eventual victory of Tina Wesson in the final tribal council.  Both of them have mediocre tribal council performances, but Tina's final speech earns the respect of the swing vote Alicia, and wins the game for her. I give my final thoughts on the season, rank Tina as a winner, and evaluate each player's game!

Join me next time as I start looking at Survivor: Africa, in the first episode, "Question of Trust"!

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Enough is Enough is right, as I continue talking through the endgame here on The Australian Outback! I talk through the inevitable send-offs of Rodger and Elisabeth, all on the path to an all Ogakor Final Three. 

I also talk in depth of my opinion of Tina's game as a whole, and give my hot take as to where she lies in my winner rankings for these first group of seasons. I also compare her game in Australia to Tony's game in Cagayan, and bare with me here, because I think it holds some ground.

Join me next time as I talk about the FINALE of Survivor Australia, "The Most Deserving", and talk all about Colby's big decision and Tina's eventual victory!

MVP of Episodes 13 & 14: Tina

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It's the "Impress Tina" game here on the Australian Outback, as these episodes solidifies her position as the center of the tribe and puts on her on a path towards victory. In these episodes, we see the first Survivor Auction, Jeff's negotiation with the Barramundi tribe for rice, the decimation of the camp, and the boots of Nick and Amber. I talk through Amber's dilemma at the final seven, and what she could have done differently leading up to the end of her game here in Australia.

Join me next time as I talk through episodes 13 & 14 of the season, "Enough is Enough" and "The Final Four".

MVP of "Let's Make a Deal": Tina & Colby

MVP of "No Longer Just a Game": Tina

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The Ogakor alliance is cutting one of their own on episode ten of this season, as Jerri's memorable run comes to an end. After a failed first-date attempt at a reward challenge with Colby, and a timely immunity win from Nick, Jerri had nowhere else to go, as her alliance turned on her and sent her home. Now, Amber is all alone and has a great choice to make, as we will talk about that in the next episode of the podcast, as well as her eventual boot.

Join me next time as I talk through episodes 11 & 12, "Let's Make a Deal", and "No Longer Just a Game". 

MVP of "Honeymoon or Not?": Elisabeth

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In this episode of the podcast, I cover episode eight of the Australian Outback, "Friends?", where Ogakor is more relaxed than ever, and Kucha's backs are up against the wall. Jerri is starting to cause tension within the new Barramundi camp, and not doing anything to help herself, as Elisabeth sees the crack and tries to break this game wide open. Her attempt doesn't pay off just yet, as Alicia ends up being the next victim of Ogakor here.

I also give my brief thoughts on Episode 9, the recap episode, entitled "The First 24 Days".

Join me next time as I talk about one of the focal points of the season, Jerri's downfall in Episode 10, "Honeymoon or Not?"

MVP of "Friends?": Colby, Tina, Elisabeth

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It's merge time on Survivor: The Australian Outback, as I talk about what is an exciting start, of a not-so-exciting post-merge game here in Australia. After Skupin's injury, the tribes go into the merge 5 on 5, and information is key as each tribe decides who to vote for. In the end, Ogakor knew to vote for Varner, and Keith won a clutch immunity, as Jeff Varner's first season is in the books. 

Join me next time as I talk through Episode 8 "Friends?" and a little bit about the season recap episode as well!

MVP of "The Merge": Colby, Tina, Keith, Amber, Jerii

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Today, I talk through two of the most iconic episodes in this season and survivor as a whole, as we reach two game-changing points of the show. In the first half, I talk about the big fight between Kimmi and Alicia as we see Kimmi's downfall in the game, followed by the final pre-merge episode as Skupin falls into the fire and gets medically evacuated. Kucha's strength in numbers has fallen, and we again go into the merge within even tribes.

Join me next time as I talk about the merge episode, "The Merge".

MVP of "The Gloves Come Off": Skupin

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Today on the Worth Playing For Podcast, I talk through episodes three and four of The Australian Outback, as we see Ogakor go to back-to-back tribal council following their vote off of Kel. Skupin is continuing is hunt for food, Keith and Jerri continue to have conflict, and Colby makes one of the most important decisions of the game, as Tina's victory starts to fall into place. 

Join me next time as I talk through Episodes 5 and 6 of The Australian Outback: "The Gloves Come Off" and "Trial by Fire", with two of the more iconic moments in Survivor History.

MVPs of "Trust No One": Keith

MVPs of "The Killing Fields": Tina & Colby

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