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Before the game ofSurvivor 48begins, there is the game before the game.
That is the time spent on location in Fiji at Ponderosa in the days leading up to filming.
Sai Hughley
Robert Voets/CBS
Okay, let me start with a positive.
Sai Hughley, David Kinne, and Charity Nelms on ‘Survivor 48’.Credit:Robert Voets/CBS (3)
The dude who looks like he owns a surf shack is my vibe.
He doesn’t seem like very much of a rule follower.
I can vibe with that.
Sai Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I also like the dude with the long hair.
He seems very polite, very reserved, doesn’t require too much attention.
It seems like he will speak when spoken to and when he does, it’s insightful.
Shauhin Davari on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I also like the gentleman who has the glasses.
He’s older, he’s married.
It’s just subtle and it’s like, okay, cool.
Mary Zheng on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
When you are in a room and everybody’s quiet and still, it’s okay to have silence.
You don’t always need to be doing the most for people to clap for you.
One is the blonde-haired girl.
Justin Pioppi on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I’ve been itching to get this out.
He’s a jack of all trades and can surprise you.
That’s what I like.
Eva Erickson on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
The girl, she comes in next to him and starts competing with him to draw the mountains.
And I’m like: That’s a no-go for me.
I can’t do that.
David Kinne on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
The other girl, who’s just as similar, her hair oftentimes is pulled back.
It can be a little much.
You don’t always have to have all eyes on you constantly getting up to put bug spray on.
Charity Nelms on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
But not on her full leg literally just on her ankle!
But that’s just a thought.
Theres a guy who I think is a rule follower and it kind of throws me.
Joe Hunter on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
He’s Black, but he has kind of a high-top fade.
I just can’t figure him out.
Too much of a mystery.
Kamilla Karthigesu on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Shauhin Davari
For me, bad vibes is actually not a bad thing.
She has a part down the middle, but it’s tightly against her head.
She gives me the worst vibes.
Kyle Fraser on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
We need to figure this out.
No, that idea is not going to work, stupid.
And I sat there for five minutes trying to figure this person out and I got nothing.
Bianca Roses on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
And that’s the smallest person on the cast.
I got very nothing from her.
She’s like a ninja.
Kevin Leung on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Best vibes out here for sure is the guy who ate Tom Cruise.
That guy has the biggest smile on his face.
He clearly works in acting or something.
Chrissy Sarnowsky on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
He’s just got these muscles for camera and this big, gigantic head.
He’s got a huge body, but his head is ginormous.
And Mr. Captain America, man, I really like him.
Cedrek McFadden on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I’d love to work with him, especially because I do think he’ll make a decent shield.
But it really depends because I’m also trying to play the shield for a while.
I don’t think he can be my number one.
Stephanie Berger on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
And I love the Rock!
The Rock is so sweet.
And the older lady, too.
Mitch Guerra on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I need to get a journal for the next five days.
And also, he’s been really kind to me.
The Indian girl I like how considerate she is.
Star Toomey on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I feel like she would be a predictable player.
So far, she hasn’t really pushed the boundaries.
Some of us have with the rules.
Thomas Krottinger on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Sometimes they’ll be like, you could only stay here.
She’s not walking around.
And she’s also thoughtful.
I would value that in an alliance partner, which is basically someone who is considerate.
And also, she doesn’t seem fiery.
She would play very rationally, not emotionally.
I feel like she could be quite rash and blow up our spot if we were in alliance.
So she seems impatient.
She’s sweet, but I don’t know if I would want to work with her.
An older woman, too.
She sounds very, very nice just from being around her at Ponderosa.
An older gentleman, too, with glasses.
We didn’t say anything.
I didn’t even know who he was, and then I saw him at Ponderosa.
I’m like, Okay, now I know who that guy is.
There is one person, the gentleman with a beard.
He seems like he’s here to play, to be honest with you.
So I’ve been scoping out the guys who look strong and also near my age.
Of course, there’s one dude who’s absolutely jacked.
But I see these two younger guys who also look pretty strong.
He seems like a fun person that I’d want to be friends with.
David Kinne
I definitely get some good vibes from a few people.
She seems very kind.
She’s always smiling, which is interesting because I would imagine thateverybodywould be smiling and excited.
They just look so stoic in their mindset.
And there’s a few people that I can definitely tell are taking this game very seriously.
They’re taking notes.
I don’t know why everybody votes out the physical threats.
It’s not the physical threats that end up winning the game, it’s people like them.
It’s the social players and also the people that are good at puzzles.
Love tall, curly haired girl.
I’m also a tall, curly haired girl.
She’s got a cool style.
I’m like, this looks like my key in of person.
She looks cool, feel like we could vibe, love her.
We’ve got Jersey shore guy just jacked.
He’s got the tank top on.
There’s another gentleman, maybe in his forties with a tan complexion.
He’s a deep well mark my words on that.
He has got a lot going on on the inside.
And then there’s a few that I don’t think I want to work with.
Theres one, she has dreads, kind of looks like a cool basketball player, very cool vibes.
I know that there’s some walls and hiding things there, so we’ll see.
She might be my BFF out there!
No one wants to really interact yet.
We’re just waiting for the music to drop.
There’s an older woman, and in my mind, I call her mom already.
That may not be accurate, but really good vibes from those people.
Everyone else, it’s too hard to say.
I can’t tell.
Her initials are CN.
But I feel like with that face and those eyes, I can’t say no to that person.
And I like it.
So she seems cool.
I don’t know if she’s friendly to everyone or if she was just giving me those eyes.
I hope it was just me.
We have an SD here and he has a beard.
And if they’re not, I’m sorry he was born with those initials that’s on him.
I mean, he could have shaved his beard before he came out here.
So it really is on him.
I don’t want to be near that at all.
And today I had the slightest like, Oh, should I change my mind?
He brought a Game Boy with him.
I brought my Switch with me.
Someone else brought a Game Boy with them.
So I was like, Oh, we could be like the gamer alliance!
I don’t trust him.
If anyone left a book open, he would stop by the desk, read, and keep going.
He didn’t care if other people saw him doing that.
I noticed him doing it every time.
You’re a freak.
Don’t do this.
I don’t want to play with him.
Kyle Fraser
There is a taller blonde woman who I really just like her vibe.
She also seems fun, but intelligent.
She’s just kind of always doing her thing in the dinner line.
He has a beard.
I just would like to figure him out first before we get there.
But everyone is doing such a fantastic job of good vibes and playing neutral.
No one is standing out for any reason.
I’m watching what everyone’s eating.
Is anyone bringing five plates back to the table?
Is anyone just putting themselves first at the front of the line and being the leader?
Everyone clearly knows what they’re doing, myself included, I’m a very impulsive person.
I want to be the leader.
I want to be first.
I am holding back and I’m going to be at the back of the line.
I’m not going to ask for a shower first.
But I honestly haven’t gotten a bad vibe from one person.
I think we’re just all so excited to be here.
So there’s the three muscle heads.
I actually labeled them in my notebook.
There’s Hulk, there’s Captain America, and there’s Falcon.
So those are the three juggernauts, men who are muscly, they have height, they have brawn.
I actually first thought when we came on the island, I was like, is thisDavid vs. Goliathagain?
Because there’s mega giant people, and there’s me.
And I was like, Am I David?
So I was already getting vibes from all of them.
Ive got to befriend at least three of them.
We can’t talk, so I’m just eyeing them.
Whenever they’re getting steak, I’m getting steak.
If they’re going for the salad, me too.
I’ve been doing my Sudoku privately in my tent.
I don’t want people to know.
But to those three, I’m doing it right next to them.
So whenever I go there, I meet somebody.
If they’re older, they’re my mom or dad.
If they’re younger, they’re my little sister or brother.
Hopefully that gives some more familiarity in some people.
I was like, Final three.
She was like, Huh?
And I was like, Look at my eyes She’s like, Are you going to use that?
And I was like, Look what I’m saying here!
Every time I look at him, I see him.
And then there’s this African-American guy with glasses.
Theres something about him, a kindness in his eyes.
But then theres a really muscular guy who seems to be trying too hard.
I see him tying a knot and I’m like, Okay.
He reminds me of fireman I worked with, but I watch him and he’s here to play.
So you’ve got to watch guys like that, but sometimes they play themselves out.
you could’t be like that.
And then there’s a blonde and pretty girl that seems snooty to me.
She walks by and I just feel like her nose is up in the air.
This is just an impression I get from her.
There are some that stand out.
There’s a taller blonde female that I think we may have been in a similar casting finals interview.
I remember seeing her on a shuttle and there’s a positive energy.
There’s a Black gentleman with a sort of a box haircut that seems like a cool guy.
There’s an older white female with some brown hair.
She seems to be somebody that I could just really have a nice talk with.
There’s a younger Black female with braids.
She’s always smiling and always sort of giggling to herself.
I can’t wait to hear what story she has.
Theres a younger Asian female that I can’t wait to talk to her.
I just hope I have a chance to talk with all of them.
He’s not fully Jeff.
He’s like Jeff’s nephew who’s been really working out.
He’s like Jeff Swoll, which is no knock on Jeff.
Jeff is in fantastic shape, and I want that on the record, too.
But the Jeffphew he’s killing me.
And I’m like, Okay, twin, you’re clearly my person.
TheSurvivorGods are probably not putting me on a tribe with somebody who has the same playlist as me.
They’re really spectacular and her tattoos are cool.
Mitch Guerra
There are a few people who are giving me really good vibes.
There’s this girl, her initials are CN.
She has a full sleeve, she has her hair slicked back.
She just has a very big personality.
it’s possible for you to just see it.
By the way, she interacts with people without even saying anything.
A couple of times we’ve been looking at each other and smiling.
I could see myself working with her, hopefully sooner rather than later on.
And a lot of the guys here are pretty fit, which I’m excited about.
There’s a guy, he has a pretty full beard.
His energy is just so good.
So Im trying to get rid of some of the quieter people out here.
He looks like he should have been actual Captain America.
I would rather give myself the best option by getting rid of the strength now and suffering later.
I really love this young woman who’s blonde with long, curly hair.
She gives very good energy.
I like her nails, kind of everything about her.
And I can tell he wants to play the game.
I’m down with him.
