Annette's Episode One Thoughts

[Host Annette]

These are my thoughts as the episode progressed:

Well, we're off to a good start so far. I'm really excited to see that people are shocked and worried about the low number of people in their tribe - it means that this twist was as new and interesting to them as it was to us. One of my biggest worries coming into this game was that we'd be all "Wow! Look at this great twist!" and all the players wold be like "Ehhh, who gives a crap! We've seen this before! " Luckily I don't see too much of that yet.

It's nice to see people already bonding and forming alliances - in particular is Andrew/Jason & Erin/Luke. It's already interesting to see these friendships in the making and wondering how it'll be once the game is down to it's final 2.

If I had to choose who I think will make predictions on who will be the 1st two to bond in each tribe, here are my picks:

Bjarnarey:
My Idea: Brian & Lamia
Actual: Brian & Shawn

Brandur:
My Idea: Andrew & Jason
Actual: Andrew & Jason

Elliðaey:
My Idea: Kurtis & Meaghan
Actual: All 3! Yay!

Hellisey:
My Idea: Justin & Magali
Actual: No one really

Pridrangar:
My Idea: Evie & Luke
Actual: Erin & Luke

Sulnasker:
My Idea: Keith & Tri
Actual: No one really

I'm like constantly refreshing, looking for something new to read . I love reading people's conversations, I love reading their ideas, hopes, thoughts, fears.

This is awesome!! Stressful, busy but so incredibly awesome. I have such a rush and it's only friggin' day 1.

This is me:



Except I'm white... and not in that god-awful outfit.

[Host Annette]

Wow... note to self: Never ever ever ever do a live-challenge of that magnitude for 18 people ever again. My god - it was *hard*. At one point, Mark and I have 3 different chat rooms going. I'm glad that the next challenge is going to be a bit easier... not live. More relaxing for everyone.

So far it seems that the most active and talkative tribes are the ones that do the worst... unless things change, I think Bjarnarey will be shipped off to the Elliðaey tribe. My gut says that maybe Brian, Lamia, Kurtis and one of the girls will make a small alliance... based on confessionals it seems that Meaghan prefers Kurtis who prefers Ann who prefers Meaghan... lol. A funny circle. It'll be interesting to see what happens. Pridrangar still needs to do their challenge and how well they do will determine if they or Elliðaey are the ones going to tribal council.

Some basic notes:

-Lamia didn't seem to prefer Brian, the "pretty boy", when this started but now they seem to be getting along pretty good. I think she's "succumb to his charms" - which is good because he's a good friend of mine and I know he's a great guy.

-Tri hates his entire tribe, Keith feels shafted because stuck with "all the Asians" and Kyoko likes them both.

-Andrew's feeling pretty misplaced because of his tribe, or lack thereof. Katrina is basically MIA and Jason showed up to the challenge drunk (or so I heard). Smooth move! I feel badly for him, I hope they loose soon, he stays safe and can hook up with some more active players. Andrew did the challenge by himself for the most part - and still got an excellent score so kudos to him.

-Hellisey is an interesting tribe - I didn't expect as much from them, but they're really really surprising me. Justin owned that challenge last night, he got it done very quick. Mike's very smart and did an amazing job as well - and Magali's like the little tribe mother. Very sweet, encouraging, and did a great job herself. They're definitely going to be a tribe to watch in this game.

[Host Annette]

Holy Jesus on a Trisquit - hell has broken out over in the Elliðaey tribe. So many alliances and deals are being made, I'm starting to loose track... everyone vs. Lamia, the girls vs. the guys. It'll be interesting to see what actually happens.

Kurtis seems to have this attitude like Brian is his lapdog and will just roll over and do whatever Kurtis wants him to do. Brian and Lamia seemed to bond pretty quickly together, so I don't think a vote for her from him is going to be as easy of a decision as Kurtis makes it seem it will be. I really thought it was going to be Lamia/Brian/Kurtis/AnnOrMeaghan - but I seem to be waaaaaaaaay off.

In less than 24 hours, we'll have our first victim... will it be Lamia? Ann? Shawn? Time will tell.