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Did James and Amanda have to leave Micronesia for the China Finale? I'm still confused about that.

Micronesia had already finished filming when the China finale was aired--how do you think Jeff Probst got there!? Eliza can tell you exactly, but generally the even-numbered seasons film from late October through early December, and the odd-season finales are around Dec 10 or so (this year it was Dec 7). Since we know that Erik's birthday--Nov 27--was on day 30 (as stated on TV), then Day 39 was Dec 6 (and I don't know if this takes the "extra" day into account since they were west of the Int'l Date Line). So they'd have gotten home probably Dec 8, not much time to recover for Amanda but certainly it didn't involved her being airlifted out of Micronesia and taken back to NY.

ELIZA:
Once I heard I was on the jury I did automatically assume it was a final 3, but I didn't attend the tribal councils where Ami and Tracy were voted off so I wasn't sure if they were told they were members of the jury or not.

Silly Eliza--if they were on the jury, they'd have been there watching your TC ;-)

Did you see any of the girls naked? ("Yes, all of them")

You answered yes, and I don't mean to dwell on this, but how common was nudity of both sexes "out there"? Did the women, for example, all bathe together and ditto for the men? Or did everybody pretty much get so comfortable around each other that nobody cared after awhile?

What I'm still wondering about are your thoughts on the fame Survivor brings in general. After being on television and getting all that attention, how difficult is it to go back to normal life?

I was wondering this, too, especially for someone like you whose first season was almost 4 years ago. Before Micronesia, how much had your fame "worn off"? Did you still get recognized in public? Still get asked for autographs, etc? Obviously we Survivor fans are all nutcases who will stalk Survivor alumni to our dying day, but as far as the regular public, how much of a "celeb" were you in 2007 right before going to Micronesia? And is the fame any different this time around? I personally have always thought the fame of being a Survivor would be just right (especially for those since the all out frenzy of Seasons 1-2)--you get the spotlight for a few months, have your hardcore fans who keep it going, but after a couple of years, (I would imagine) you mostly get your life back. Is this true?