The problem with TALA is that they suck at strategies. Big time. Do they think if they play it straight and nice that Bulan will just roll a carpet over for them to win?
They can continue to be naive, fine. If that's how they play the game, it's their choice. But if they get voted off, there shouldn't be any excuses. Losing sucks, yes, but you can also be graceful with your exit.

i stopped watching this season because of the twitter war, nakakairita lang ang mga castaways...

@ kapuso.... nakakairita nga at ngayon lang ako nakakanood na pati religious and moral beliefs daw nila kinakaladkad para lang ijustify yung wrong moves nila, esp yung mga nag-quit. talaga lang ha? mas mahalaga daw ang friendship e hindi ba nila naisip na talagang may ivo-vote out pag tribal council? nakakabwisit ang dami ngayong castaways na may holier-than-thou attitudes. hindi dapat survivor nilabasan nilang programa kundi 700 club.

Stephany is right. Their excuses are lame. Andami pang sinasabi, kesyo ganito kesyo ganyan. They are always justifying their actions. There are only two things that can happen to you at the end of this game, either you win or you lose. You survive or you get voted off the island. That's a fact. Sooner or later, people are going to betray you, alliances will break, friendships forgotten (kahit for the game lang). That's the essence of survivor UNLIKE other reality shows where you MUST show your good side so that the viewers will like you and not kick you out of the game.

My problem with the old Tala team is that most of their members are in there for the exposure and not for the game itself. Kumbaga may hidden agenda. They don't play the game for the game itself. There are just two kinds of celebrities in the old Tala tribe, the has-beens and the wannabes. (Birds of the same feather, flock together!)

The Has-beens (supposedly sikat in the past, want to revive dead careers )
Jackie - joined the game to 'clean' her tabloid reputation in the 90s.
Chuckie - Months before the game, he is reported to have expressed his interest to return to showbiz
Isabel - napag-iwanang That's Entertainment / Tanduay star

The Wannabes (wannabe sikat)
Arthur / Carlo - I see them every now and with insignificant roles in GMA.
Angelicopter - seriously, who cares about a radio jock?
Ellen Adarna - certified fame whore
Maey/Betong - never heard of them

If you have a group like this, you can't expect them to play Survivor the way it is played. That's the sad thing about a celebrity edition. The players are not loyal to the game. They want to use the game for something else. That what hurts the show and its fans. Sabi nga ng isang fan sa twitter, what's the point of suffering in the island if you just volunteer to get voted out (Maey,Betong) or if you sacrifice you IB for someone else (Chuckie,Isabel). SERIOUSLY.

kaya nga nagtataka ako bakit nagda-drama etong si isabel na sya ay na-betray. wala naman syang dapat sisihin pa kung hindi yung kagagahan nya at ni chuckie na isakrispisyo yung IB para lang matanggal si mama bel. i don't think si mama bel iboboto sila kung di nila pinaniwala na ipapasa nila kay carlo ung IB. sa isang clip sinabi ni mama bel na mas gusto nyang alisin si carlo dahil nga sa pambabastos sa kanya. in the end, si carlo din dapat sisihin nya kasi naisahan sila ni chuckie nitong malaking ampaw na carlo. yung idea na hatiin ung vote kay mama bel at chuckie alam ko hindi nila idea at si carlo ang nag-suggest para nga i-blindside si mama bel. it turned out na naniwala ung isa kaya ayun, kailangan nya iboto si chuckie and isabel nung unang voting kasi malamang inisip nya useless na iboto si carlo and arthur dahil nga ang alam nya naipasa sa kanila ung IB. in the end si carlo ang nakinabang ng husto may anting-anting pa sya ngayon which gives him the power to add/subtract votes to other CAs. pero kung sa merge majority ay bulan malamang isang TC lang magamit nya agad yun pareho KUNG talagang gagamitin nya yun para sa old alliance nya.

ex: let's say 6 ang bulan and they decided to vote unanimously for one tala and yung tala decided to have solid votes against one bulan. kung babawasan nya ang vote nung tala CA, magiging 5 na lang at kung gagamitin nya one amulet para dagdagan ng boto ung taga-Bulan, tie na sila, e pano sa pag nag-revote di tanggal pa din ung taga-Tala. at ang nakakaloka pano kung sya yung iboto? hahaha

lol, i know fast forward na masyado ung iniisip ko. natatawa lang kasi ako sa Tala fans na sobrang confident kasi may anting-anting si ampaw.

wish list for next season:

sana next season back to non-celebrity,

then more airtime para di bitin,
like nung season 2, fridays consume longer airtime for tribal councils,

sana rin they would pick worthy and better castaways, sana wala ng quitters, dapat may audition talaga to be a castaway, some castaways this season dont even like to be there...

and kung hindi man palitan yung host, sana mag-improve pa si richard, sablay din sya sa pagiging referee in challenges....

yun lang

tama, non-celebs na lang para talagang magpupursigi na mapanalunan ung prize. eto kasing mga celebs na sumali at nagquit ay exposure lang ang kailangan. mga laos na kasi yung 2 taga-thats, yung exboldstar naman na balyena matagal ng patay yung career. pag regular folks lang walang diva attitude di gaya ng mga feeling sikat na quitters.

Carlo should have given the win of the last the immunity challenge to bulan so that Tala with their numbers can easily kick out Arnold (3 votes against 2) plus he could have used one of his anting-antings to keep the 3 original Tala who are now in Bulan safe.

this is getting exciting! i wonder if carlo would think about his old tribemates. if he won the rc tonyt, i hope he'd think of his cousin arthur. i luv how the 3 kings strategize. And oh, stef, don't you ever be persuaded by old Tala members to join their alliance. Go old Bulan!!! Go Marnold!!!

well said, faith...

i hate mara.......