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Re the HII, I just found the following in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_(TV_series)


In Guatemala, the player with the idol was required to show the idol prior to the vote in order to become immune. The other members of the tribe were then not allowed to vote for this player.

In both Panama and Cook Islands, the player with the idol was required to show the idol after the votes were read to become immune.

From Fiji onwards, the player with the idol was required to show it after the votes were cast, but before they were read.


This goes to show that the producers really don't do a very good job in planning their twists. It is a huge problem if the player holding the HII has to reveal that fact before the vote. The reason is the other tribe can agree to vote for Player A unless they use the HII and if they do, then they can vote for Player B. But if the HII has to be shown after the votes are cast, then that can't happen and the other tribe has to choose one person to vote out and take their chances that person does not hold the HII.

The producers could have figured this out long ago if they just did some role playing and did a run-through of what would happen using the HII. My guess is that someone who is fairly high up (like MB) just figured this would be a cool new twist and no one dared to argue with him or to try and evaluate possible scenarios. They just adopted the HII twist and only figured out the problem with it later.

It seems to me that for all the millions these guys make, they don't really care too much about the viewing public. So what if they introduce a new twist that has a big problem. They don't seem to really care much.