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Tandang Tribe

Abi

Abi is a business student, who was originally recruited for the Tocantins season but didn’t make the cut because having actually grown up in interior Brazil would have been too much of an advantage. She also says that her biggest fear is having to go out into the jungle in the middle of the night to take a dump, so I’m not sure how big an advantage she would have had.

Abi doesn’t give much away about her strategy apart from generic “I want to be the underdog” statements, but she claims that she will stand out because of her accent, and that people will be inspired by her. I’m not inspired. Also, her bio has her reason for competing in Survivor as “to meet the guy of my dreams”.

Odds of being the Sole Survivor: 1 in 36

RC

RC is a 26-year-old investment banker, who claims to be the total package of athletics and brains. Not everyone can be the total package, ladies. She has been watching since Season 1, and claims that finance has prepared her for Survivor, due to all of the people trying to back-stab you and get ahead. Then why did she take 39 days leave from her investment bank?

RC was the 112th Wellesley College hoop-rolling champion. It wasn’t that long ago (like, 50 years) that the best hoop-roller was going to be the first to get married (good going, Wellesley!), though RC still seems to be single. Nowadays, the best hoop-roller will be the one to first find success, however they define it. It’s pretty clear that RC defines it as “Sole Survivor”. RC also has more credible athletic accomplishments, like swimming the English Channel, as well as a laugh that is going to grate on her fellow castaways

Odds of being the Sole Survivor: 1 in 12

Artis

Artis looks like Samuel L. Jackson shaved his hair and beard and put on a yellow tank top and some pirate earrings. Maybe he’ll be angry at Coach Carter for appropriating one of his roles, because when Artis isn’t smiling, his natural look is angry. Artis is intense and he knows it, because his first priority is to create "a sense of comfort" with the other players. Artis describes himself as “a chameleon with the ferocity of a praying mantis” who can “flip a switch and unleash the beast," and the minute he feels threatened he “will chew you up and chew you out like you are not anything, I don’t know you, I don’t wanna know you, I’m never gonna see you again after I get my check." Excellent!

Artis is an IT network designer for the Federal government and a survivor of Stage 4 cancer and his inspiration is his ex-wife, and he prays every day that they are brought back together. This season’s reunion episode is going to be uncomfortable.

Artis says that if Phillip from Redemption Island comes back as a returning castaway, he is screwed. Apparently it’s not because they are too alike, but because Phillip didn’t know anything. Artis’ actual favourite is Boston Rob, because of all the manipulation. Whatever, he’s going to be our most quotable castaway.

Odds of being the Sole Survivor: 1 in 18

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