Survivor: China - Episode 01 - A Chicken's a Little Bit Smarter

The 15th installment of Survivor finds itself in China -- in a lake with a hundred islands. Nice. As usual, the casting is diverse. A couple of notables:

Todd, the gay mormon flight attendant. Yay!

James, the silent gravedigger

and Frosti, at 20, the youngest survivor ever. He's half Japanese/half Russian.

(There's also Aaron the surfing instructor and Erik for eyecandy... and Courtney, the waitress b#tch from New York -- she's so mean!)

Ashley, the professional wrestler was sick for 2 days and almost got voted off. Instead the Zhan Hu tribe voted for Chicken, a farmer and the oldest member. He made a couple of strategic blunders -- namely: 1. Not be sociable, and 2. Not pull your weight by not contributing what you obviously have the abilities for (as in build the shelter). (Contrast that to James in the other tribe, who has limited social skills, but at least contributed his butt off). Chicken did however have one of the most memorable reactions ever by shouting "Damn!" when he was voted off. Too bad. Looks like Frosti might have a hard time since he is in the dysfunctional tribe.