Splotches

I can honestly tell you that I am a reality tv fan. I love watching reality shows like Survivor, Project Runway, Amazing Race, Hell’s Kitchen, Iron Chef and the like.

So it is natural for me to get hooked on Survivor Philippines. Paolo Bediones is really bad when it comes to digging the “dirt” out of what’s happening at camps. There’s no comparison to Jeff Probst. He is so polite and can’t even dig out the true feelings and can’t capture the raw emotions of the castaways during Tribal Council. It would have been great for him to be able to make the castaways reveal their innermost thoughts, just like what Jeff does in the US version.

The action at camp is far more interesting than what’s happening in the US version of the show, though. Filipinos are normally territorial and quite loyal to their own. The castaways were divided into Naak and Jarakay camps. But there are merged now and is now called Chalam. It is therefore uncharacteristic to betray a camp-mate when it comes to the merge. A betrayal happened in the last Tribal Council. And too bad Kiko Rustia, the most recent castoff, is now off the game. I would have love for him to be part of the final 3, being a really honest to goodness player.

Only 8 castaways are left and the show is getting interesting more and more.

More Survivor updates from this day forward.

Because Survivor Philippines airs directly after Kim Sam Soon, I get to watch the show. Nothing surprising with Eugene Domingo’s acting. She is funny without exerting too much effort on her part. Regine Velasquez as Kim Sam Soon, as usual, tries so hard to look younger than she already is. The fake eyelashes does not do her anything good. It makes her look… a trying-hard-to-have-smoky-eyes old gal. I saw a photo of her without any make-up on and she looks waaaay better than the make-up she had on for Kim Sam Soon. Maybe it’s with the character but still.

Mark Anthony Fernandez is still handsome for me. I believe this localized Korean drama revived his career. Remember all those drug-related news about him years back? It almost ended his career. But now, people are calling him Cyrus, his role in Kim Sam Soon, everywhere he goes. Good for him! A good actor like him deserves a second break.

Anyway, I won’t pass judgment about the show. I haven’t really watched an entire episode. Based on tv ratings I’ve read, the show is doing fairly good than their competitor in the other channel. I love the bloopers at the end of each episode. That much I can say.

Are you watching this show and what do you think of it?