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“Chan Loh” Tribe (Brains)

Peter Baggenstos
Age: 34
Minneapolis
ER Doctor

Aubry Braco
Age: 29
Cambridge, Mass.
Social Media Marketer

Joseph Del Campo
Age: 72
Vero Beach, Fla.
Former FBI Agent

Neal Gottlieb
Age: 37
Sausalito, Calif.
Ice Cream Entrepreneur

Elisabeth Markham
Age: 27
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Quantitative Strategist

Debbie Wanner
Age: 49
Reading, Pa.
Chemist




“To Tang” Tribe (Brawn)

Cydney Gillon
Age: 23
Douglasville, Ga.
Body Builder

Darnell Hamilton
Age: 27
Chicago
Postal Worker

Alecia Holden
Age: 24
Dallas
Real Estate Agent

Kyle Jason
Age: 31
Detroit
Bounty Hunter

Jennifer Lanzetti
Age: 38
Salt Lake City
Contractor

Scot Pollard
Age: 40
Carmel, Ind.
Former NBA Champion



“Gondol” Tribe (Beauty)

Michele Fitzgerald
Age: 24
Freehold, N.J.
Bartender

Anna Khait
Age: 26
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Pro Poker Player

Nick Maiorano
Age: 30
Redondo Beach, Calif.
Personal Trainer

Caleb Reynolds
Age: 28
Hopkinsville, Ky.
Army Veteran/Former Big Brother Contestant

Julia Sokolowski
Age: 19
Boston
Student

Tai Trang
Age: 51
San Francisco, Calif.
Gardener


From Entertainment Weekly
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/20...ed-jeff-probst

Remember this season was shot in Spring 2015. So there are potential spoilers out there.

GoldenJCJ

I didn't think I could be any more surprised after seeing Obama in the Chan Loh Tribe then I scrolled down and saw Gandhi in the Gondol Tribe!

hdnmickey

Weren't they revealed a long time ago? I've known about Scot Pollard for along time and even watched an interview or two with him.

I love how they have him kneeling in his photo. I think he's even slightly taller than other huge sports stars they brought in on prior seasons.

mwbmis

I hope the Beaker or that dumbass beast-mode cowboy go home first.

Josh-da-man

Thought Beast-mode Cowboy would be on the "brawn" tribe.

Could've put him on the "brains" tribe for shits and giggles.

mwbmis

I wonder which one of the women on his tribe he'll end up stalking.

GuessWho

creekdipper

Again with the interchangeable "tribes."

Just look at the pics & see how many either would fit on at least two tribes (if not all three). No way of judging "brains" yet, but it certainly seems that some of the "beauty" contestants are brawnier that that tribe; likewise, it seems that some of the other tribespeople are better-looking than some of the "beauties."

Any bets on how long this season until the artificial division gets abandoned? I suppose they think they need some type of hook to name the season, but they could just as easily pick the same people & draw straws for all the effect it has on the results.

Still trying to figure out what the "social media marketer" and "ice cream entrepreneur" do.

http://www.neobazy.pl/files/images/k...emarketing.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dLccitl-hQ...1ed7b39e_o.jpg
http://joanrosenstein.com/portfolios...Vendor_jpg.jpg

Damfino

I'd say they reorganize into two tribes after 4 weeks with 14 players left.

I'd also say that a social media marketer sells stuff on Facebook and the ice cream entrepreneur owns and drives an ice cream truck.

The first BBB season was a good one so it was inevitable that they would try this gimmick again.

windom

When's the next Blue Collar/White Collar/No Collar season?

aktick

Lots of big companies have dedicated social media marketers now...basically they just work with a certain brand team and update Twitter/Facebook pages for it.

And yeah, how are some of these considered brainy/brawny/beauties? Is it just PC crap that Ghandi is now considered a beauty?

hdnmickey

Hopefully never. Isn't it bad enough that they brought back this BBB stunt?

Proof of the ridiculousness of the stunt. The "brawn" tribe looks to be the weakest other than having Pollard on the team. And if it's like the last BBB season, I expect the "beauty" team to show the most "brain" power.

At least the "blood" stunt actually equals some difference in the game since they each player has to be concerned with both themselves and their partner.

Eddie W

Wow, I wonder why so far in advance? I thought they typically shot the spring season in late summer/early fall. That must suck to be final 3 & have to wait an entire year for results.

Josh-da-man

They are generally filmed pretty far out in advance, though I think having the previous season, 31: Cambodia, be the one with the viewers choosing the players during the live finale show for 30: Worlds Apart threw off their schedule, and they probably had to switch Cambodia and Kaoh Rong around so Cambodia would be the next season aired after Worlds Apart.

creekdipper

I was just playin' with those job descriptions (having already googled it before posting). Another very common task falling under the "smm" label is creating websites for other people. And the "ice cream" guy may either own a company or franchise that produces particular products ("Nutty Buddy", etc.), a chain of stores, a service that provides ice cream products to cafeterias & hospitals, etc.

But everybody has caught on to the artificial nature of most of these "theme" divisions. As pointed out, at least the "blood" seasons actually require some sort of genetic link. Don't think they'll ever do another "race" season, and the gender thing seems milked pretty dry, too. Even the "heroes," "favorites," etc. seasons have questionable choices, and the others such as this one and the "Collar" seasons are very flimsy premises at best.

The big question still remains unanswered: How often does Probst dye his hair?

Thrush

My money is on prison tats or muscle gandpa.

DRG

Still not sold on this concept. The Beauty thing screws it up, I think, as there's no real objective reason it would be an asset even if the players fit the molds. Brawn vs Brains might work, if the Brawn team was clearly stronger and the Brains team was clearly smarter.

I think if they must do this sort of thing, there are much more interesting things they could do. Why not have the 3 teams that each has different strengths that apply to the game: one group of people has outdoor/survival type skills (Army Rangers, camping experts, Bear Grylls types), one group is filled with people who have advanced social skills or are adept at manipulating others (psychologists, police interrogators, poker players), and the final group is filled with various sorts of winning 'competitors' (sports stars, dance champs, spelling bee winners, whatever).

hdnmickey

They have had plenty of ex military folks on the show. Even Richard Hatch (didn't tell )

The problem is any kind of real tribe divide translates to extreme stereotyping and would make challenges (that all teams run) all but impossible to create in ways that would be fair to all. I really wish they would just go back to the way they cast the first few seasons. A group of equally capable, very interesting people, brought in to compete with each other. No theme stunts. No stunt casting hoping to result in drama. And no "ex" anything... (TV celebs, sports stars, people from other reality shows) or family members of past players.