survivor philippines: marlon guests in kapuso mo jessica soho

the so-called "bad boy of primetime television" marlon carmen guested in gma 7's saturday magazine show, kapuso mo, jessica soho and reveals somethings about himself. the show showed his family and his high school, which seems to be a normal person as compared to what we have seen in survivor philippines in which he really played the villain.

jessica soho even accompanied him in a mall where people had mixed rections when they saw him. some approached him with a smile, and some even took photos with him. some said that he was great in the show. but there was this one lady that oipenly shouted that he hated marlon.

on the second part of the segment, marlon revealed somethings about himself that we still don't know. he was a cancer survivor. he also got a collection of deadly weapons, majority of which are swords. that is why he was comfortable during the spear throwing challenge. some of his relatives even call him mcguyver, after a popular tv show in the 80's and early 90's that was great in making gadgets.

he also now owns a shawarma business with his brother. the stalls has pictures of marlon on its tarpaulins. during the airing of the show, some would even go there and punch his pictures. but as his brothers says, bad publicity is still publicity and told us that the business is really doing great.

pinoy fear factor: phem, jommy and jose are in danger of elimination

the second challenge in the tercera ronde de eliminacion or third round of elimination is called tanque con serpientes. in this challenge, the participantes needs to retrieve yellow rubber rings in the bottom of the tank. there are 100 black rubber rings and only 40 yellow rubber rings. in addition, eels were added to the tank. to make things harder, snakes of various sizes were also added to the tank. time limit is 5 minutes but you can call it quits anytime. the two male participantes and one female participante will be up for elimination, the others would be safe.

first up was jommy. jommy dived excellently and got lots of rubber rings from the tank. aspiring chef was next. he said that he was not an excellent diver and swimmer. he got into a slow start and got some rubber rings but he got bitten on the back by one snake which made him panic a bit but he continued the challenge. he dived a couple of more times and was again bitten by another snake. this prompted him to call it quits.

phem was up next and also said that she is not a good swimmer and she has fear of snakes. she dived into the pool and tried the stunt but was so afraid and called it quits immediately. marion was up next. just like jommy, he made the stunt look easy and got so many rubber rings. surprisingly, savanah did well in this challenge. she had a difficult time at the start but still managed to get it going in the end and did not quit. rj was the last one to do the challenge. he did it quick and got so many rubber rings. when he thought he had enough he called it quits already.

all of the participantes complain not only of the hard stunt but also of the stinging cold.

in the end, marion and rj got the most number of yellow rubber rings, with 8 yellow rubber rings a piece. this sent the two other boys, jommy (who got 7 yellow rubber rings) and jose (who failed to get any rubber rings) to the third challenge. for the girls, savanah got 2 yellow rubber rings while phem got none. so the 3 challengers that would face off in the third challenge and are up for elimination are jommy, jose and phem.

survivor philippines: zita wins individual reward challenge

after 33 days, the castaways sees someone from home in the fourth individual reward challenge of survivor philippines. this week's challenge is a pair challenge, and their partners are someone from home. for zita, it is his son-in-law leo. for cris, it is his mother aida. for rob and charisse, it is their dads bobot and chito respectively. and for jc, it is his girlfriend alu. all of them became emotional after seeing their loved ones.

in this challenges, the survivors will be tied on the waist by a garterized rope and they will be blindfolded. they need to get 15 flags of their assigned colors and give them to their loved one who are standing on an elevated platform. their loved ones will be their guide and they will give the castaways directions on where their flags are. the loved one will also hang the flag on a rope. first to collect and hang 15 flags wins the reward.

the reward for the challenge is an overnight stay and tour in bangkok, thailand.

it was a pretty even match up until the final several minutes. since the castaways were tied in the waist, they had difficulty reaching the flags that are far from the platform. towards the end, it was a close match between zita, jc and cris; leaving charisse and rob on the tail end. it was surprising that rob got the least number of flags. in the end, it was zita who got the 15 flags first and was declared the winner.

zita also has an option to choose another castaway that would accompany them to bangkok. zita chose cris, who wanted it badly. so the ones going to bangkok are zita & leo and cris & aida. she also needs to choose a castaway that would have his loved one stay overnight at camp and experience camp life. he chose jc, and alu would spend the night at chalam camp.

will zita's choice to get cris be advantageous to her? or will charisse grab the chance to strategize with jc and rob to last long in the game?

survivor philippines: why kaye lost

kaye is one of the typical survivor beauties that can use her charms to go far in the game. being a lingerie model, kaye possesses a great body and a beautiful face to match. she also had a strong alliance with the other former naak members that carried her until after the merge. but with all of these, she was still voted out in the 11th tribal council.

so why did kaye lose?

first, kaye has been a non-factor in the individual challenges. kaye is the only female castaway that did not win an individual challenge and the only castaway in the final 6 with no challenge win. immunity is definitely an assurance of lasting long in the game and she never got one.

second, she dependended much on her naak alliance. she was not playing the game to the fullest up[ until the time that they voted out kiko. she was following what the naak boys were saying to her without an assurance that they would stick with her until the end. i think she had her strategy played too late in the game. she still needed marlon's convincing power to make her realize that she is on a disadvantage in her alliance.

third, she did not fully commit to her strategy. she succeeded in voting out kiko in the 8th tribal council. during that time, zita and jc was definitely next in line if she stuck with the jarakay tribe. but in the next tribal council, she again joined naak's alliance and voted out vern. if they chose to vote out zita or jc in that tribal council, it would be a different scenario and they would move to the power position in the tribe.

fourth, her credibility was definitely an issue after voting out kiko, and it never went away in naak's mind. until just before her being voted out, jc and rob really don't trust her and in this game, you should always know who trusts you and who you can trust.

if i were to choose the main reason why she was voted out, it would definitely be her lack of commitment to her strategy and playing it late and her credibility issue. if she only voted out zita or jc in the 9th tribal council, she can definitely in power at this stage of the game. but she played the game well, she thinks a lot, but she played the game too late.

survivor philippines: kaye is the 5th member of the jury

kaye alipio, the lingerie model from laguna, became the 5th jury member when she was voted out in the 11th tribal council in the first season of survivor philippines. the 20-year old calamba city native was voted out after a 4 - 2 vote in the tribal council, with 4 votes going to kaye and 2 votes going to charisse but 1 vote for charisse was cancelled due to the white pearl given to her by marlon in the last tribal council.

after she was voted out, paolo made her choose between giving a white pearl or a black pearl to a tribemate. kaye chose the black pearl and gave it to cris. the black pearl would guarantee 1 vote for him in the next tribal council but if he loses the pearl, he will have 2 votes guaranteed. during the tribal council, paolo also asked cris to never wear women's clothing again at the tribal council since tribal council is a serious matter. after the tribal council, cris threw away the black pearl that would guarantee him 2 votes in the next tribal council.

in her exit interview, kaye said that she expected that she was really indanger in that tribal council. she had no hard feelings regarding the decision of the tribe and she loves each and everyone of them.

pinoy fear factor: 4 participantes already safe, savanah faces cold bath consequence

in the first round of the tercera ronda de eliminacion or third round of elimination, the participantes faced a new challenge, auto rezbalacidos. in this challenge, the participantes starts from the driver seat with the car hanging several feet above ground with sprinklers giving off artificial rain. on the signal, the partcipante will go out of the car, proceed to the front and get the plate number. he will then move up the car, put the plate number inside the car and proceed to the back. he will get the key inserted on the keyhole on the trunk, get inside the driver's seat and start the car. time ends after they press the red button beside the car start key hole.

the current record for this challenge was set in fear factor hungary with a time of 3 minutes and 7 seconds. the 2 males and 2 females with the fastest time will be exempted for the next challenges. the one with the slowest time will have a consequence.

it was a great stunt for the participantes. five of the remaining 6 males beat the current record. manuel, elmer, rj, marion and jommy did it below 3 minutes. only savanah failed to finish the task. jommy got a penalty since the plate number fell to the ground and phem had 2 penalties for using the metal wire that suspends the car.

the final times for the challengers are as follows:

manuel and marion are the fastest among the males. among the females, it was lj and janna who posted the fastest times. all of them are already safe. it was savanah who are the least successful in the challenge and earns a consequence.

as a consequence, savanah needs to take a bath in front of the other participantes using cold water. she needs to choose a male participante that would help her. she can't choose anyone but the other participantes was pushing for jose to help her. in the end, ryan assigned jose to assist her. back at camp, savanah executed the task with ease. it was jose that was nervous and even admitted at staring ata savanah's chest.

survivor philippines: jc wins 5th individual immunity challenge

this week's immunity challenge is a 4 stage challenge. in the first stage, the survivors will climb up a wall then swing into a cargo net. they eed to cross to the other end of the cargo net and get a flag and run to a mat. first four castaway to step on the mat with a flag advances to the next round.

on the second stage, survivor will swim to floating bamboos. they need to cross over each bundle of bamboos. on the last bamboo, they need to get a yellow flag and return to the shore using the same process, crossing over each bamboo bundle. first three castaway to step on the mat advances to the third round.

on the third round, castaway will dig 6 colored planks in a sandpit. first two castaway to dig all six planks and raise a flag advances to the last round, in the 4th stage, the castaway needs to match each plank to a step on the ladder. when all the planks are matched, he will climb the ladder and get the elephant on top of the ladder. first to get the lephant wins immunity.

it was a very physical challenge. on the first stage, jc got the early lead, followed by cris. charisse and kaye had a hard time climbing up the wall. jc finished the first round first, followed by cris, then zita. rob was the last one to qualify, eliminating charisse and kaye in this challenge.

the second round was a pretty much even round for all. all four reached the bamboos at almost the same time but they had difficulty detaching the flags in the last bamboo bundle. jc stepped on the mat first, followed closely by zita and cris qualified last. rob simply gave up when cris started swimming back to shore.

in the sandpit, all 3 remaining challengers had a hard time finding the planks. jc got a white plank first, then zita found a yellow one, leaving cris to find violet ones. to make things worse, cris got a big wound from the first round, making it so hard to dig. jc was the first one to complete all six planks and never looked back from that point on. he easily matched the planks and got the elephant, and win immunity.

it was jc's 2nd straight individual immunity challenge win. he will be safe from elimination in the next tribal council.

survivor philippines: live chat with vern and marlon transcript

this is the transcript of the live chat with vern and marlon a while ago. these are the questions they answered through typing since i did not have the opportunity to watch thru webcam.

live chat with vern

jambeuz: hi musta naman ang pag stay mu sa island?

VERNDOMINGO: ok naman bonggang-bongga

criswilann: hui vern how are you? are youplanning to became an artist?

VERNDOMINGO: yeah sana m abigyan ng magandangbreak ng kapuso gma7

sonia: last tribal council,bgo pamatanggal si marlon,bat parangang taray ng dating mo,ni hindika ngumingiti,may galit ka pa basa mga natitirang casts away?

VERNDOMINGO: actually wala na drama effe ctlang un

killerkamote: hey vern! grabe im just socurious. pano pag meron ang mgagirls?

VERNDOMINGO: they provide us sanitarynapkin isa sa mga legal na stuffsa island

ohmski: sino namimiss mo sa island?

VERNDOMINGO: mamim iss ko ung mga caastawaychallenges at nga staff na dikami pinapansin kht na anungchika

s_3_c_r_3_t_1_c_s_0_7: galit ka ba kay ate charise ka cbingay mu sa kanya ung blackpearl

VERNDOMINGO: di akjo galit sa kanya nawindanglang ako nung binigay na sakinung black pearl

rainirific: grabe ang angas mo kagabi ah,astig ka talaga

VERNDOMINGO: minsan hehe boyish ng konti

charming_liv: Charisse said na "mukha kadaw tanga dahil nag model- modelka pa sa Tribal Council"and Kaye said "masama kadaw makatingin", they werethinking that you're justbitter.. what can you say abouttheir comments/reactions?

VERNDOMINGO: inggit lang sya kikay kasinatalbugan ko ang kaqgandahannya hahah

girl_interrupted: anong pinakamahirap na challegepara sa'yo?

VERNDOMINGO: ung balacing na tumawid na myoil kami sa katawan

s_3_c_r_3_t_1_c_s_0_7: bat ka kya nla vi note out?

VERNDOMINGO: coz im stong daw

bgkqueen: hi vern, pagpapalit mo ba angkaranasan mo sa island kesa saolympics?

VERNDOMINGO: hindi kasi kakaiba ung xprnce kod2 22012 nalang babawiako

hayley: may boyfriend kb nGaun..?/?

VERNDOMINGO: nope pero mahabaq ang hair ko kcmarami ang nakapila at umaalidid

leilave18: Vern, you are kind of shy saisla, ganyan ba talaga si Vernin person?

VERNDOMINGO: shy type mminsa

diyeysiaquino: may time ba during your stay inthe island na naisip mo na gustomo nang umalis or mag-quit?

VERNDOMINGO: never ako ung tao na di bastabasta sumusuko

diyeysiaquino: nakapirma ka na ba ng contractwith gma artist center?

VERNDOMINGO: yeah i hv 2years contract witdem

vernatic: vern, dba nung nsa island p kauboth ni jace, my something diff.n ngyyri?? wat happened nungngkita kau ulit?? my gnun p dinba?? ung prang M.U?

VERNDOMINGO: di kami mu frnds lang kamiwalang ganung level

live chat with marlon

green2grin: hi marlon! ikaw daw ang"badboy of primetime" ano angmasasabi mo tungkol dito?

MARLONCARMEN: tawag lang nang pangagailanganun para maka survive

jomhane0205: how can you keep the bad imagesa harap ng camera.. (ano, justto survive?!) eh bakit naman ungmga kasama mong cast away, neversilang nagkaganyan pero theysurvive.. so mali strategy mo..anong masasabi mo dun?

MARLONCARMEN: ganun lang ang game wala kangmagagwa kung tinawag na angpagkakataong na magpakasama ka

marixar: natatakot ka ba ngayon nalumabas sa public?

MARLONCARMEN: hinde po me takot napapliwanaganko naman ang mga taong may galit

foxm32: Hey Marlon! Thanks for giving usgood entertainment. Wag kapapaepekto dun sa mga negativeand foul comments say o. For me,you played the game well, yougave us a good show, so kudos toyou. More power to you and yourGF and God Bless you.

MARLONCARMEN: thanks sobra ikaw ang unangnagsabi sakin nyan

sa_pusoko_kapuso: any message sa lahat ngsupporters ng SurvivorPhilippines?

MARLONCARMEN: thanks po sa

silicon: Marlon, what can you say aboutthe rumors that you werepurposely handpicked by GMA tomake the show more exciting.

MARLONCARMEN: dip po tutuo yan simpleng taolang ako.makikaita nyo me kahitsaan sa lansangan

charming_liv: Hi Marlon, how are you now?Don't worry hindi ako isa sa mgamay galit sa yo. Pano moipapaliwanag sa mga tao na ibaka sa totoong buhay kumpara sapinakita mo kung sino ka sagame?

MARLONCARMEN: nag lalaro lang po ako diko kayagawin sa tunay na buhay ang mgaginagawa ko sa isla.may takotdin po me

deeply: fr the start cnu ba talaga angpinaka less mong gus2 sa mgaCastaways.and y prang asar nasar ka k kiko noon?naniniwalaka ba n iba ka tlaga sa 22ongbuhay?

MARLONCARMEN: di ako galit kay kiko.sya langtalaga ang kinatatakutan ko kasisya ang may potensyal na makapagpa alis skin

nadji5220: what's your feeling when peoplecall you the BAD Boy of SurvivorPhilippines?

MARLONCARMEN: gusto ko.diko naman ginagawa yansa tunay na buhay

charming_liv: How did you feel na yung ibangtao hinuhusgahan ang buong mongpagkatao dahil sa pinakita mong"ugali" sa island?

MARLONCARMEN: ok lang di nila naiintindi hanang game.hehehehehe joke lang pook lang po darating ang orasmaiintindihan din nla angginagawa ko

tesay: marlon anung feeling mu nungalis k kagabi?

MARLONCARMEN: masaya dahil may food nahahahaha.toto un at tanggap kona kasi alam ko na bago me pumuta sa tribal alam ko na ako angtatamaan ng boto

vern answered 2 of my questions while marlon answered none. the live chat was quite short compared to the last live chat where kiko and jace participated and they answered more questions. paolo did not type his answers during the live chat.

pinoy fear factor: record breaking performance from marion and manuel

participantes manuel and marion posted record-breaking performance in the first challenge of the tercera ronda de eliminacion or third round of elimination. the challenge is titled auto resbalazidos. in this challenge, the participantes starts from the driver seat with the car hanging several feet above water with sprinklers giving off artificial rain. on the signal, the partcipante will go out of the car, proceed to the front and get the plate number. he will then move up the car, put the plate number inside the car and proceed to the back. he will get the key inserted on the keyhole on the trunk, get inside the driver's seat and start the car. time ends after they press the red button beside the car start key hole.

the one with the fastest time wins the challenge. record time so far for this challenge is 3minutes and seven seconds posted from fear factor hungary.

marion was the fourth person to try the challenge. he was fast but had difficulty on the first part. he also tried entering the passenger side window after getting the keys from the trunk. ryan informed him that he should enter the car through the driver's side. so he lost some seconds but still manage to finish in about 2 minutes.

manuel was the first one to do the challenge. he was afraid that others can watch and copy his strategy. he lost some seconds at the start because he thought that the signal given by ryan was for the sprinklers to start. he did the challenge effortlessly and quickly. he finished with a time of 44 seconds, way better than the previous record.

three other participantes have finished the challenge. jommy dropped the plate number at the start. lj finished the challenge after more than 3 minutes while phem finished after more than 4 minutes plus a penalty for using the metal rope that suspends the car during the challenge.

survivor philippines: rob wins fourth individual reward challenge

male cast aways continue to dominate the individual reward challenges. after 2 wins from jc and a win for cris, rob now barges into the winners' circle by claiming the victory in the foruth individual reward challenge on day 31 of survivor philippines.

this week's reward challenge is a mental challenge. survivors first listened to a story about the curse of the island of langkawi. after listening, they need to carry a torch to one of five stations. on each station, they need to answer a question and choose between the two choices given. after they answer, they get a package from the container that corresponds to the answer that they chose. if they answered it correctly, the package will contain a shell necklace. they have to wear it and proceed to the next station. if they answered incorrectly, they will get a different necklace that they have to wear, proceed to the center of the playing field and burn the necklace before proceeding to another station. first castaway to get all 5 necklaces and give them to paolo wins reward.

the reward for this challenge is 50 thousand pesos that the cast away's family in the philippines will receive after the show.

after the story was told, jc, cris and rob immediately got a necklace. the girls followed soon. it was pretty much even with almost all castaways getting incorrect answers every now and then. it was a neck to neck match with the 3 boys and zita having earned 4 necklaces each. zita first found her last station and then rob. zita answered correctly but did not realize that she already completed all necklaces. rob then got his last necklace and was the first one to give the necklaces to paolo, who declared rob as the winner.

as an additional reward, rob was made to choose between milk, coffee and sugar for the whole tribe or 2 blankets that he can only give to one cast away. rob chose milk, coffee and sugar to the delight of the other cast aways.

survivor philippines: why marlon lost

marlon carmen is definitely one of the best players this season in survivor philippines. he has gained the trust of two alliances while in jarakay tribe and played both alliances. he escaped 3 elimination weeks after the merge and even convinced cris and kaye to vote against the naak alliance. he definitely came prepared and was focused on winning. but he was voted out on the show's tenth tribal council and became the fourth jury member.

so why did marlon lose the game?

first, he was definitely viewed as a strategic threat. as i have said, he has made the most strategic moves in this game. he played two alliances, dictated the voting out order in jarakay, convinced kaye and cris to vote on their side and blindside kiko and did really everything to stay in the game. his mind works really hard and he really played a mind game.

second, despite his strategy, jarakay really was in a disadvantage in numbers. having the numbers advantage in the merge would give you a clear advantage. jarakay entered the merge down by 2 people, 6 to 4. first voted out was jace, then after two weeks was vern. since none of the 2 remaining jarakay members won immunity, it was logical that one of them was going home.

third, he failed to break the naak alliance. despite winning over cris and kaye in the 8th tribal council and voted out kiko, he never really won the trust of the 2. after jc shared the reward with them in the next reward challenge, the 2 went back to the original naak alliance. he tried to win zita but her loyalty was definitely on the naak side. his credibility also worsened when he told cris that zita was angry with jc and she wants him out.

fourth, he was viewed as the antagonist in the island. the way he played the game was really off in some aspects and may be unacceptable to many. he surely gained enemies while in the island and even had fans hate him after watching the show. but however he plays the game, he surely lasted long despite being hated.

with all of this into consideration, i think the main reason why he lost was that even with his superb strategic skills, he failed to break the naak alliance which lead to his downfall. i admire his never say die attitude and for giving it his all until the end. i think he is the only survivor that was voted out that can say that he did everything in his powers to stay in the game.

survivor philippines: marlon carmen becomes 4th member of the jury

after 30 days on the island, marlon carmen became the fourth jury member of the first season of survivor philippines during the 10th tribal council in the island. the chalam tribe voted unanimously against marlon, with a vote of 6 - 1 - 1. marlon got all 6 votes from the other cast aways, cris got marlon's vote and charisse have 1 point from the curse of the black pearl which vern gave her from the previous tribal council.

marlon was voted out despite his threat that he have hidden the flint and killed all fire at camp. he also had a fight with cris at camp just before the tribal council due to the way marlon is cooking the so-called jarakay soup.

marlon has been the popular antagonist of the show. many fans have hated him because of the way he played the game and his attitude towards other cast aways. but despite all of these, he is undoubtedly the most strategic player. he played 2 alliances while in the jarakay tribe. he escaped several weeks of elimination and even convinced kaye and cris to break the naak alliance and vote out kiko. but he still fell short of winning the game.

a new twist was also introduced last night. instead of a black pearl, a white pearl was given to marlon. who ever has the white pearl would have a -1 vote on the next tribal council or one vote against that person will be nullified. but if that cast away loses the pearl, it would have no effect. marlon gave the black pearl to the only remaining jarakay member, charisse.