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A great Shark Tank: Survivor’s appearance plus shark fight over royalties

Survivor South Pacific jury member Edna Ma appeared on Shark Tank last night, pitching her products that minimize pain for bikini waxing, Bare Ease and Numb Nuts (for men!). Her segment came in a strong episode that ended with a dramatic segment that illustrates the show’s greatness, especially now that Mark Cuban is part of …

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Survivor, Amazing Race episodes CBS is submitting for Emmy consideration

Like last year, CBS’ advertisements for Emmy consideration in Emmy Magazine included a DVD containing “for your consideration” episodes of its two marquee reality series, Survivor (which the ad said had “a triumphant year”) and The Amazing Race (“a milestone year”). CBS is submitting Survivor South Pacific‘s eight episode, “Double Agent,” during which tribes merged …

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Survivor winners and players ranked by objective data, and the results are surprising

All 23 Survivor winners have been ranked based on objective data about their performance on their seasons, including jury votes, and Survivor Palau‘s Tom Westman comes in at number one, while original winner and former inmate Richard Hatch is dead last. Survivor South Pacific winner Sophie Clarke is in 14th place. That’s according to True …

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How the Survivor jury voted, and horrifying news about Probst’s Hantz vs. Hantz idea

The Survivor South Pacific jury’s votes have been revealed by its members, and all but three voted for winner Sophie Clarke. Meanwhile, Brandon Hantz has horrifying news about his return to the game, which is even more terrifying considering Jeff Probst’s ridiculous, franchise-killing plan to bring back Russell Hantz to face off against his nephew. …

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Ozzy, Coach, Cochran, Brandon, and that other Hantz dominate, but Sophie wins Survivor

Sophie Clarke won six of the Survivor South Pacific jury members’ votes and thus the $1 million prize, beating Benjamin “Coach” Wade and Albert Destrade, with Ozzy Lusth taking the $100,000 fan favorite prize in the largest margin in the show’s history. Despite her clear victory, however, Sophie was screwed over: by the editing and …

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