Survivor: The recap

Survivor: The recap

I like my reality TV in small doses. A little American Idol here. Some America's Next Top Model there. And if I am feeling really good, I'll check out the Real World. It's not that I am against it; it's just that I never caught the Reality TV Fever like most of the United States. I was probably one of the few people in the country that never watched Survivor...until tonight. That's right boys and girls; I got caught up in the hype and watched the premier of Survivor: Cook Islands.

This year's show is the 13th in the long running series and takes place on the Cook Islands in the heart of the South Pacific. The show offers a new twist this year; the tribes are divided by races.

Here is a brief rundown of some of the teams and characters:

Most fit team: First off you have the lawyer/boxer Becky. Then there is weight-lifting, volleyball playing Brad. The elder statesmen of the group is the bicycling, hiking, and sky diving Cao Boi (pronounced Cowboy). There is also Jenny, the fencing, tennis playing, belly dancing real estate agent. Finally there is the boxing, ultimate fighting lawyer Yul. The Asian team can probably beat every other team on the island. Even the "old guy" is in shape. They are obviously trying to beak the brains over brawn Asian stereotype.

Team most likely to have an orgy: The white team (Adam, Candice, Jessica, Jonathan, and JP). They cuddled up for body heat the first night and you could sense the sexual tension. I think I saw one guy rub one of the women on the behind. Pretty soon they will be making condoms out of palm tree leaves. If the huts a rockin' don't come a knockin'.

Most likely to lose: The black team. They lost the first challenge and it is easy to see why. The other teams have boxers, runners, martial artists and other athletic types. The black team has a make-up artist, a cocktail waitress/actress, a nursing student, a jazz musician and a shoe salesman.

One team member has military experience (she served in the first Gulf War), another studies kung fu and capoeira but no one else has anything in their bios that indicates athletic ability or outdoor experience.

The Hispanic team has a guy that camped from Panama to San Diego the black team has a guy that performed on the single Funkin' for Jamaica. Not exactly a fair fight.

Single greatest threat: Hispanic team member, Ozzy. According to his bio he is athletic, has wilderness survival skills and hunting/trapping experience. If half of that is true he is going to dominate this game.

Sexiest females: The Hispanic team (Billy, Cecilia, Cristina, Ozzy, and Parvati) probably has the best overall female talent. Individually, Becky, Rebecca, Candice are the tops on their respective teams.

It's too early to tell which ones will be in Playboy but odds are at least two of them will do it. A little skin can give almost anyone 15 extra minutes of fame.

Final verdict: I honestly don't know if I will watch it again. I am not a Survivor fan and there are two many other shows scheduled for Thursdays that I would like to see. The racial element brings a unique twist but it is not enough to keep me hooked.

In the end, race won't determine the winner. Sneakiness will. There will be people on each team trying to screw people over for the love of money. Greed is one thing that all races have in common.