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      Survivor is back! Guess what, though? No one seems to be talking about it! After the fame of American Idol, no one seems to be ready to move on.

      The real question in the return of Survivor is whether it can regain, even at least a part of the popularity it once had. During the airing of Survivor: Australia, newspapers here in Vancouver, Canada has a weekly portion for Survivor. They had a poll about who's going next, and some predictions (by both the readers and the writers) on who will go next. After the second season, some newspapers here do not even inform the readers on who was eliminated.

      Which brings us to the fifth instalment of the show that started the reality TV genre. Some obvious changes this season: a strong emphasis on the first minutes of the show; an Asian American in for the first time; and... have you noticed how good looking are they (except perhaps for the old, short guy, the black guy and the asian woman)? Colby of Survivor: Australia or Ethan of Africa are almost nothing compared to Jed or even to (porn start) Brian!

      Some suggests that the overwhelmingly beautiful contestants is an indication that Mark Burnette, the creator and executive prodicer of Survivor, is desperate. Heck, even Marquesas,a season which exhibited a lot of interesting people, was not able to make it back at the number 1 spot at the Ratings. Friends has "killed" Survivor in it's apparent second-to-the last season.

      One thing is sure about Survivor:Thailand : it won't be as successful as the first two, but it won't be as lame as Africa. During the showing of Africa the effects September 11 attacks was really still in the air! Right now, everything is almost back to normal. The fact that American Idol had been succesful this summer tells us that people are ready to embrace reality TV again. However, we can not expect Thailand to be as successful as the first two because the curiousity it has once produced can never be again brought back. Almost everyone in the world right now is familiar on how the Survivor game works.

      The only possible saviour of Survivor is a unique, interesting people. Humour would also be adviceable; Palua Tiga sure had a lot of it. Let's all hope that Erin is as bitchy as Jerri, Penny is as funny as Colleen and Stephanie is as good as Sue!

Ciky! a student from Canada.