36 days, 18 castaways…
Survivor Philippines’ celebrity contestants are kidnapped from a press conference by the locals which signaled the start of the competition. They were then brought to Ranong in the southern part of Thailand where they will camp and compete for the grand prize of 3 million pesos.
Ranong is considered as the wettest part of the region because of typhoons that constantly hit the area. It is also known for its scorpions, king cobras, and “killer” mosquitoes.
The castaways meet this season’s host, Richard Gutierrez, in Ranong where he explains the mechanics of the game. Before he let the celebrities take on their first task of finding the base camp and their name tags along the way, he first burns the castaways’ luggage in front of them. Akihiro Sato seems to be the most affected, and does this mean he has great attachment to material things?
The celebrity castaways are then sent to trek through the mangrove to their camp. Richard asks who wants to hold the map and Buhawi Meneses volunteered. The host also gives him a flint for their fire.
Working as one team, a first in Survivor Philippines because the first two seasons started with the castaways being divided into two, they helped one another in looking for their name tags along the way. Ian Batherson, though, finds his name tag but drops it. They can’t go to the camp site without everyone’s name tags, but they have to hurry because if they don’t reach the camp site before dark, they won’t be able to get their supplies (read: rubber shoes and little pieces of clothing).
Aside from Ian’s lost tag, others just get the name tags as they see them without noting where they got it. The trees where the name tags are attached to are an important part of the task because it will somehow point them to their next destination.
Anyway, Doc Ferds Recio is able to find Ian’s name tag so they are able to proceed to their camp site where they start building a temporary shelter. Buhawi and Ferds initiate the shelter-making where they just gather leaves of trees and stuff and just throw them over the branches of a tree to make an improvised roof. Jon Hall doesn’t approve of how his fellow celebrity castaways do it, but he is not saying anything because he doesn’t want to be the leader.
Ferds talks about how other castaways just sit and talk while they are busy with stuff. Aubrey Miles calls Myka Flores ignorant during a confessional because Myka keeps on talking while they are making fire. Karen delos Reyes, on the other hand, is an interesting character. With the way she talks which is mataray and funny at the same time, I’m sure this season of Survivor Philippines will be fun. That is, until she gets the boot.
We haven’t seen Princess Snell do anything but sit and talk. I don’t know if she was edited out so much but I guess that’s just really her.
It’s quite interesting that Jon Hall and Aubrey Miles are ex-lovers, and Jon’s current flame Michelle Madrigal is also a castaway.
In the jeepneys on their way to the location, Jon and Aubrey are in the same ride. Kinda awkward but being celebrities, they know how to play it well. Michelle, on the other hand, is in a separate jeepney with Ian and Mico.
A teaser of tomorrow’s episode shows Ervic Vijandre crying while telling a sad story, Pretty Trizsa is crying as well because of hunger, Princess saying she hasn’t been that tired in her life, Ian angrily shouting Akihiro’s name, Michelle Madrigal nagging at Jon Hall (?), Pretty Trizsa telling Ian that he’s sweet, a castaway in a stretcher, etc.
Don’t forget to watch tomorrow’s episode right after 24 Oras.
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