shall we dance: chokoleit advances to the final round

stand up comedian chokoleit became the second celebrity to advance in the latest season of shall we dance, the search for the next dance superstar. he and his dance partner was able to beat comediene candy pangilinan and her dance partner in a samba showdown and a dance off round. at the end of the night, chocolate got a score of 8.40 versus candy pangilinan's 7.50.

chokoleit was able to top all 3 weeks of the comedian batch showdown. he was able to beat 2 other comics, namely dennis padilla and jinky oda who were earlier eliminated. chokoleit now joins joseph bitangcol, who earlier qualified to the finals, in the season finale. they are waiting for 2 more pairs to complete the finals line up.

survivor philippines: why jc won

basketball hunk jc tiuseco was declared the first pinoy sole survivor via a 7-2 vote. he even won the philippines' vote with a whopping 93% versus rob sy's 7%. he was hated at the start of the show, having given up on thye first immunity challenge which led to the loss of the naak tribe. he was viewed as a traitor and backstabber by some of the jury members.

so why did jc win survivor philippines?

first, he remained true to his allies. he stuck it out with rob and kiko despite everything that is happening at camp. kiko was very much satisfied by how jc played the game. they were on the same page. it was his loyalty to rob that prompted him to be in the final two. so his 2 main allies played a big factor on his win.

second, he was impressive in challenges. as an athlete, he is very competitive and focused. he does not give up on challenges. he does his best everytime he goes to the game and give it his all. he shared the rewards he won with almost everyone in the tribe and it was very much appreciated by most of the castoffs.

third, he was reserved. he does not blurt out his frustrations and throw out tantrums. he was the opposite of rob. rob dishes out cuss words and harsh actions at camp everytime something bad happens at tribal council. this shows how jc handles his problems and i think this made the jury feel that he is stronger emotionally than rob.

fourth, he is very likeable and has the charms that really works. with his boyish feature, jc was the hearthrob of the show. he can use his charms and his looks so you can feel that you can trust him easily. that was one of the keys why most of the castaways trusted him.

fifth, he transformed in the game. at the start, he was viewed as a schoolboy. he cant eat raw fish, he does not know anything at camplife. he gave up on the first challenge. everything was going against him at the start of the season. but he aligned with the right persons that brought him far in the game. he transformed from being a kid to a young man, winning challenge after challenge and dictating who goes next. he was an underdog at the start of the season, and filipinos really love underdogs.

if i were to chose the main reason why jc won, it would probably his loyalty and his transformation. he grew in the show, he was likeable and almost all the castoffs like him. even though he stepped on some toes during the game, he never lost the respect of those person and he really played the game well.

survivor philippines: why rob lost

rob sy won the last and the most important immunity challenge of the game. he gained the advantage of choosing who he will be up to in the final 2. he chose jc, his long time ally to join him in the final 2. despite having the advantage, rob still lost with a wide margin of 7 - 2, 7 votes going to jc's favor. even the text votes was against him.

so why did rob lose?

first, rob lost the trust of his allies. kiko hated his attitude when he was thinking more of the prize and not taking it one step at a time. most of them noticed how he threw tantrums every time something bad happens at tribal council. marlon also told them how he sealed a deal with him regarding the prize money. he never recovered from the distrust that was accorded to him.

second, there is still an impression that he is not strong despite his body built. being called "ampaw" by the former jarakay tribe, he was not a big factor in challenges and even gave up early on most individual challenges. the jury members might see this as a sign of giving up and not giving your best in challenges. he has not earned the respect of the jury in terms of his physical capabilities.

third, he won the last immunity challenge but chose to stick with his ally in the final 2. i think he could have a better chance of winning if he chose charisse over jc. jc is a difficult man to beat and most of the jury members like jc better than him. jc won more challenges and has proven himself in challenges. charisse has been riding the currents since the merge and has been a non-factor in challenges. charisse betrayed several persons and has not comp[letely gained the trust of the naak members. charisse could have been beaten by rob, but jc would be a difficult person to be with in the final 2.

fourth, rob's exposure in the show was more negative rather than positive. he was shown having tantrums after kiko gave him the black pearl. he was shown swearing at kiko after charisse was voted off. he had several fights with other cast offs. he took advantage of vern at the thai pillow challenge. he gave up at most challenges faster than the female castaways. is this the character that the sole survivor should have? i think this is the reason why rob lost badly in the text votes (93% vs 7%). it could have been an extra vote for him if he was projected positively on tv.

if i were to chose the main reason why he lost, it would definitely be the wrong choice of person to bring to the final 2. yes, rob build relationships in the show and he did his best, but jc is definitely not in his league. he definitely cannot beat a person so likeable and trustworthy as jc. rob simply cannot beat jc in a head to head match, and his decision simply lost him 3 million pesos and the title of being the first sole survivor.

survivor philippines: jc tiuseco is the first pinoy sole survivor

the first pinoy sole survivor is finally revealed, and it is basketbal hunk jc tiuseco, beating 17 other castaways for the title.

after 39 grueling days in thailand, jc tiuseco is named the sole survivor after a 6 - 2 votes of the jury and 1 additional votes from the philippines vote, which was determined via text voting. jc beat fellow castaway loverboy rob sy after gaining the votes from jace, kiko, marlon, kaye, cris and charisse. only zita and veronica, who is rumored to be dating rob, voted for the runner up.

jc also won in the text votes, garnering 93% of the total text votes versus the 7% gained by rob sy.

jc is from manila and a former basketball varsity player from the san sebastian college. he was viewed as more trustworthy as compared to rob and has gained the respect of the jury. he initially had an alliance with jace when the tribe was split by gender. when the tribes were mixed, he joined the alliance of kiko and rob, dictating the voting order in naak.

at the merge, naak had the advanatage in numbers and immediately voted off jace, his former ally and is a big physical threat. after that, kiko was voted out and he was really affected. from there on, rob & jc took charge of the game and voted off the jury members one by one. when there were only 5 left, jc decided to have an alliance with charisse over zita and cris. they evntually became the final three. in the last challenge, it was rob who won immunity and he chose jc to be the other person in the final 2.

jc won 2 individual reward challenges and 2 individual immunity challenge. he has previously won a car in a challenge and added 3 million pesos for being the sole survivor.

a spoiler has been released at the start of the season which said that jc is the sole survivor. the staff of the show denied the spoiler and said that 99% of the spoilers is false. incidentally, the 1% true spoiler includes the name of the sole survivor.

rob sy won 300 thousand pesos for being the runner up.

pinoy fear factor: elmer felix is the 5th participante eliminated

the last stunt in pinoy fear factor's quinta ronda de eliminacion or fifth round of elimination is named as cierre de houdini. this is an escape challenge. in this challenge, each participante will be hancuffed and put inside a plastic bag with a zipper. the key will also be hanging inside the bag. at the signal, the bag would be dropped into a pool and the participante would look for the key first and unlock the handcuffs. he would then unzip the bag, go out of the bag and swim to the fear factor logo on the side of the pool.

this is the elimination challenge. the person with the slowest time will be eliminated.

first to try the stunt is elmer. when the bag was dropped to the pool, the plastic immediately sticks to the participante's body. elmer panicked and gave the signal for the divers to help him. he did not finish the challenge and decided to quit after only 8 seconds in the water.

next up was manuel. manuel was pretty confident about the water part since he is comfortable with water. but he is a bit worried about the handcuffs. when he was dropped to the pool, he first unzip some part of the plastic so some water can get in. he then found the key and unlocked the handcuffed. he then got out of the plastic and reached the fear factor logo. he finished the stunt in and is safe.

last on the challenge is lj. with maxi wishing her luck, she is determined to finish the challenge. when she was dropped to the water, she experienced what elmer experienced. she had a hard time finding the key and she panicked. she then signalled the divers to help her get out. she did not finish the challenge.

manuel was the only participante who finished the challenge and was declared safe. it is now between elmer and lj. the time that they quit would determine who would stay. the one who stayed the longer would be safe. elmer had 8 seconds before quitting and lj had 11 seconds. it was elmer who was eliminated.

this is elmer's third time in the elimination group and his time to go. he was a member of the pump squad since he was recruited last week. he is the fifth participante to be sent home after gail, ram, phem and jose.

survivor philippines: new twist revealed; philippines is a jury member

a new twist in survivor philippines has been revealed. the philippines will be the 9th jury member in the last tribal council, and this will be done through text voting. having 8 jury members already, there is a possibility of having a tie if 4 votes for rob and 4 votes for jc. the philippine vote will be the tie breaker vote.

here is the article from philippine enmtertainment portal ( link: http://www.pep.ph/guide/3064/Viewers-can-choose-between-Rob-and-JC-in-Survivor-Philippines )

will this change the outcome of the game? has survivor turned into a popularity contest? i like the idea of having the fan vote for the sole survivor but it would be better if only the jury will vote since the fans only see about 1/3 of what is happening in the island. the jury is in a better position to judge who really deserves to win.

but still, my guess is still the same, jc will win as the sole survivor.

pinoy fear factor: marion is safe, manuel, lj and elmer are up for elimination

the second challenge in the quinta ronda de eliminacion or fifth round of elimination of pinoy fear factor is entitled mansanas en anguilas y serpientes. in this challenge, the participantes need to transfer 20 apples from one basin to another. on the first basin, the apples are floating in water with eels and snakes. the time limite is 5 minutes. the participante that will transfer the most number of apples in the fastest time would be safe and will not participate in the last stunt for this round.

first up was manuel. manuel did not reflect any kind of discomfort while performing the stunt. he did it quickly but dropped one apple, that did not count. in the end, manuel transferred 19 apples with a time of a little more than 2 minutes.

next up was elmer. elmer did it slower as compared to manuel. he had a hard time seeing the apples since water is coming into his goggles. he failed to transfer all apples to the other container. just like manuel, elmer also dropped one apple to the ground. in the end of the time limit of 5 minutes, he transferred 16 apples to the 2nd container.

third in this challenge was lj. since lj was smaller as compared to the guys, she had a hard time reaching for the apples. she also had difficulty with the water going into the goggles, just like elmer. she also failed to complete the task and was only apple to transfer 4 apples to the 2nd basin after 5 minutes.

the last one to do the stunt was marion. marion was fast in executing this stunt and was able to transfer all 20 apples. he did it in over 3 minutes. since he is the only one that completed the challenge, he was declared safe by ryan and was told to go back to camp.

with marion safe, the 3 that would be up for elimination will be lj, elmer and manuel. this is elmer's 3rd time in the chopping block. lj will be doing the 3rd stunt for the second time and this would be manuel's first try.

survivor philippines: how i think the jury will vote

based on the past 62 episodes of survivor philippines, here is my thoughts on how each of the jury member will vote on who will be the first pinoy sole survivor:

jace, first jury member

on jc: jace's first alliance was with jc. but when the tribes were mixed, jc went to naak and jace was in jarakay. after the merge, jace expected that jc was on his side. but jc was solid with his naak alliance and voted against jace in the tribal council.

on rob: jarakay tribe generally does not like rob and even calls him "ampaw". in his proposed pecking order after the merge, rob was 2nd in his list after kiko. i think rob and jace was really not that close in the island

probable vote of jace: jc, because of their friendship

kiko, second jury member

on jc: kiko considers jc as one of the very trustworthy persons in the show. they had an alliance in the island and was really very close to him

on rob: kiko and rob also had an alliance in the island together with jc. but before kiko was eliminated, kiko was already worried about rob's behavior since he was very complacent of the naak alliance and was laready looking at the money. he also gave the black pearl to rob after his elimination

probable vote of kiko: jc, because he trusts jc over rob.

veronica, third jury member

on jc: jc and vern are both athletes. i think vern trusts jc more than rob. and vern thinks that jc was a stronger competitor as compared to rob.

on rob: remember that rob took advantage of vern during the thai pillow challenge. i think she has not forgotten that incident

probable vote of vern: jc, because of the fact that rob took advantage during the thai pillow challenge.

marlon, fourth jury member

on jc: marlon thinks jc is a strong competitor and a wise person. i observed that he never tried to fight with jc during his stay in the island. i think he respects jc more compared to rob.

on rob: marlon does not like rob. it was clear that every time rob speaks at tribal council, he mocks him and laughs at evrything he says. sure signs that he will not vote hor him.

probable vote of marlon: jc, for sure...

kaye, fifth jury member

on jc: kaye and jc had a loveteam during the naak days. she respects jc as a player in the game but she plotted to vote him out at tribal council but jc won immunity and instead, she was the one voted out.

on rob: after vevh left the game, kaye was tarzan's jane. she is close with rob but is also annoyed by him. in the last tribal council, she was also mocking rob while he spoke.

probable vote of kaye: jc

zita, sixth jury member

on jc: zita trusts jc over rob, i think. jc won reward challenges and he have asked zita to come with him in the reward. but when zita was left at camp with the jarakay members, she said that jc is one of the stronger members and she would probably vote him off.

on rob: he trusts rob but not on the level that he trusts jc. it was also seen last night that she and kaye are mocking rob at tribal council.

probable vote of zita: jc because of her behavior at last night's tribal council

cris, seventh jury member

i think i don't need to explain who cris will vote. it was obvious in his last immunity challenge and his last tribal council that cris really does not like rob and how he played the game.

probable vote of cris: jc for obvious reasons

charisse, eight jury member

on jc: jc was the one who offered her the alliance that made her last long in the game. she respects the fact that jc is strong at challenges and was strategically better than rob.

on rob: he is close to both boys but i do think that her impression that rob is "ampaw" is still there, as with the other jarakay members.

probable charisse vote: jc, for offering her the alliance

my prediction is a landslide victory for jc, 8 - 0. but this might change. i think the sure votes for jc are jace, kiko, marlon, cris and kaye. a maximum of 3 votes can go to rob, which could come from charisse, zita and vern (since rumors are spreading that they are dating now). but i would still stand by my prediction that jc will win as the first pinoy sole survivor by a landslide victory.

well, 99% of the spoilers are not true, but the spoiler that jc will win might be the true one after all.

survivor philippines: why charisse lost

charisse was one of the underdogs in survivor philippines. based on her profile, having lived a comfortable life and not being an outdoor person, she was one of the early picks to go. but her focus and determination was really great and her social skills made wonders. she proved to be one force to reckon with.

so why did charisse lose?

first, she really has a disadvantage on the physical aspect. a petite girl like her is simply not a physical threat. she never won any of the physical challenges for individual immunity. winning immunity is one of the assurance to last long in the game and being strong physically plays a big factor in this game.

second, the jury likes her and her social skills are great. this might sound a bit conflicting since social skills will take you long in the game. but at this stage of the game, you will think who you can beat at the last tribal council. being an adorable person, charisse can easily get the votes of the jury, thus being a threat to win the title.

third, in her alliance with jc and rob, she was never assured of the final two. after kiko was voted off the island, jc and rob did not trust kaye and cris anymore. but they still voted with them to eliminate vern and marlon. after that, they offered an alliance to charisse. charisse gladly accepted the offer knowing that she is definitely the swing vote. but she took the offer despite never being assured of a spot in the final two. so in the end, jc and rob still stood by their pact and went on to become the final two.

i think the main reason why she was eliminated was the alliance of rob and jc, and they never assured her of a spot in the final two. i already expected that her only hope of getting to the final two was winning the immunity challenge. but she did a greaqt job. i think of all the blogs that i made on why each cast off lost, this one is the hardest to make. this is because i can think of more reasons on why she lasted long as compared on why she was voted off. i think she did play well and i was really hoping she can win this season. hope she will be back if an all star season will push through.

survivor philippines: charisse becomes last jury member, final two revealed

anna charisse yacapin becomes the last member of the jury after being eliminated in the 14th tribal council in survivor philippines. charisse was voted off by rob and chose jc to be with him in the final two. charisse and jc did not vote because their votes would cancel out since they would only vote for each other after rob won immunity.

charisse was really an underdog at the start of the competition. no one expected her to last till the final three. she is a fashionista and kikay. she used har charms and good social skills to compensate on her physical weakness. she was one of the brains that started the girls alliance in jarakay. after that, she played with marlon at the start of the merge and stayed close with the naak tribe. her efforts payed off when after kiko was voted out, jc and rob trusted her over kaye and cris. the alliance with jc was the one that made her last till the final three.

charisse accepted her elimination calmly and said that she was happy whatever happens and wishes the 2 guys good luck in her exit interview. she lasted 38 days in the island and was the last female standing. she was able to win an individual immunity challenge in day 26 and was the only one in the final seven castaway that did not get to enjoy any of the rewards.

with charisse gone, survivor philippine's final 2 was revealed. the final two are basketball hottie jc tiuseco and loverboy rob sy. the 2 guys will battle it out for 3 million pesos in the last tribal council.

pinoy fear factor: aspiring chef jose sarasola is the fourth participante eliminated

in the last stunt for the quarta ronda de eliminacion or fourth round of elimination, the challenge is named as arrastrado en el concrete (being dragged on concrete). in this challenge, the participantes need to hang on to a handle attached to a pick up truck moving at 50 kph at a distance of 160m. they will be wearing a metal suit that will heat up to 100 deg celsius that could burn their skin due to the friction of the suit and the road. when they reach the line of fire, a blast will be herad and they need to let go of the handle. once they let go, they need to stop at the fear factor logo. the one farthest from the logo will be eliminated.

lj got nearest the logo. she was able to stop using her hands. she was only a meter and 5 centimeters from the logo. one of the pump squad members is going home. jommy was a meter and 50 centimeters away from the logo. jose, who was not able to hear the blast and released the handle late was more than 3 meters away from the logo. with this, jose was the one eliminated from the competition.

jose was allowed to stay one more day at camp to celebrate his birthday. he was really one of the unlucky competitors, having been bitten by snake twice in the challenge and having several hard falls in past challenges. he was one of the original pump squad member and was even the one who gave the name of the group. this was his 3rd time in the elimination group in 4 rounds and was eliminated.

survivor philippines: rob wins last individual immunity challenge

the last individual immunity challenge involves strength and endurance. in this challenge, the castaways needs to hang on a handle attached to an inclined platform with a water drum. water is released from the drum, making the platform slippery. the angle is increased every fifteen minutes. the last survivor holding the handle wins immunity and gets the chance to choose which one of the remaining 2 castaways he will bring to the final 2.

the challenge started quite even since the platform was almost horizontal. the scorching sun was also a challenge since they are facing the sun. this went on until the second level. on the third level, almost all of them are struggling because of the exhaustion and heat. the water is also causing them to slip.

charisse was really struggling at this point. she cannot hold on any longer and she gave up after 47 minutes. it was only between rob and jc at this point. rob found a comfortable position, sitting down near the handle and relied on arm strength to hold on. jc was really struggling and cannot hold on any longer after almost an hour in the challenge.

rob was declared the winner and now has a tough decision to make on who to vote out and who to take with him in the final two.