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Survivor 17: Gabon

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Why Survivor 17: Gabon might be annoying:

    Exiled players had the option of forgoing a Hidden Immunity clue in exchange for luxury.
    This time, Exile Island wasn’t really an island.
    The title of the first episode was 'Want to See the Elephant Dung?'
    Marcus' penis fell out of his underwear, uncensored, during one Immunity Challenge.
    They had to put up with Ace’s pompousness and Randy’s mean streaks.
    Jeff Probst had members of each tribe rank one another in order of importance, causing a lot of feather ruffling.
    The merged tribe name was Nobag, which is Gabon spelled backwards.
    Michelle's bad skin condition was highly evident in HD.
    Since the production team couldn’t build the entire set in Gabon, they had to import most of it from the U.S., and almost lost some of the raw materials along the way.
    Jeff called it the 'third great season' in a row. (Obviously a fan of chance.)
    Once players were eliminated, they were not featured in the next episode's opening montage (except for the jury).
    They reshuffled tribes twice prior to the merge.

Why Survivor 17: Gabon might not be annoying:

    It was the first Survivor cycle to be shot in HD.
    It helped jump-start Gabon’s tourism industry.
    The Gabonese military even helped out, by improving roads and infrastructure to make production go a lot more smoothly.
    For the first time in three cycles, there was no Amanda!
    Just like in the Panama: Exile Island season, the first four castoffs were women.
    One funny story line featured a gay male lawyer developing romantic feelings for a straight male doctor.
    Randy getting punk’d by Bob’s fake immunity idol was one of the funniest Survivor moments ever.
    Jeff didn’t think that Sugar would make it far in the game, but he was proven wrong, as she made it to the Final Three.
    Bob became the oldest Survivor winner ever, beating the previous record holder, Tom Westman, by 17 years.
    The players got to see some elephants close up at camp.
    Small world. Marcus found out that one of his best friends was Crystal’s cousin.

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