‘Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers’ Season 35 Episode 2 Betting Odds
–This is the 35th season for CBS’s reality show.
–’Survivor’ was one of the early pioneers of the reality TV genre.
–’Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers’ Episode 2 airs on Wednesday, October 4 at 8:00 PM Eastern.
Not to toot my own horn, but I’m getting pretty good at this reality TV odds thing. The first episode of ‘Survivor: Heroes v. Hustlers’ is in the books and we’ve already got our first elimination. 46 year old former Olympian Katrina Radke was kicked out after a unanimous vote after her tribe finished last in the first immunity challenge. She cast *her* vote for Ashley Nolan, a 26 year old Florida lifeguard. And guess who I had favored to be eliminated from Episode 1 at +500 odds? Anyone? Anyone? Yep–it was Ms. Radke. I didn’t have any real basis for that other than intuition. You watch enough reality shows and you start to peg which contestants will be contenders and which ones won’t.
I’m really pleased with myself for this one because the early episodes on shows like ‘Survivor’ and ‘Big Brother’ are tough to handicap. Shows like ‘Dancing with the Stars’ are a bit easier since there’s some logic involved–you can figure out who has had dancing experience in real life, who is used to performing live before big crowds, etc. On a show that features ‘civilians’ rather than celebrities all you have is a flimsy bio to go on. And as much as I hate to quote myself (actually, I don’t) even these shows are getting more predictible and formulaic. Here’s what I wrote in my season preview about the cast of ‘Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers’:
Thankfully, the tribes won’t be called ‘Heroes’, ‘Hustlers’ and ‘Healers’–they’ll have properly Survivor-esque team names broken down accordingly: Levu Tribe (Heroes), Yawa Tribe (Hustlers) and Soko Tribe (Healers). Other than these arbitrary designations the cast looks like a typical ‘Survivor’ group–they’re primarily in their late 20’s and 30’s though the actual age range goes from a low of 23 to a high of 46. There’s the usual assortment of buff athletic dudes and chicks you’d like to see naked complete with multi-ethnic inclusions to break up what would otherwise be overbearing whiteness. There’s a couple of geeky guys and a couple of housewife looking women. And, of course, there’s a ‘Cowboy Hat Guy’. I don’t think it’s required for every reality show to have a ‘Cowboy Hat Guy’ but it sure seems like it. Since the infamous Richard Hatch aka ‘The Naked Guy’ won the first season of ‘Survivor’ there have been a total of 34 winners with 20 men and 14 women claiming the prize though the last six seasons have seen gender parity with a 3-3 tie in the ‘battle of the sexes’.
I’ll start adding more episode props within the next couple of weeks. It’s hard to do those until you get a better ‘feel’ for the contestants and their individual personalities. The trend has been to act like a lunatic in the first few shows but after that people start to show their real personas. I have taken a stab at my infamous ‘next to be pixelated due to nudity’ odds though you can expect these to move a lot over the next few weeks.
Here’s the official SPORTS BETTING EXPERTS odds for Episode 2 of ‘Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers’:
‘SURVIVOR: HEROES V. HEALERS V. HUSTLERS’ SEASON 35 BETTING ODDS
TO WIN ‘SURVIVOR: HEROES V. HEALERS V. HUSTLERS’
Cole Medders: +350
Ryan Ulrich: +700
Ben Driebergen: +700
John Hilsabeck: +700
Jessica Johnston: +700
Chrissy Hofbeck: +1200
Roark Luskin: +1500
Ali Elliott: +1750
Ashley Nolan: +2500
Alan Ball: +2500
Simone Nguyen: +2500
Lauren Rimmer: +2500
Joe Mena: +2500
Mike Zahalsky: +2500
Patrick Bolton: +2500
Desiree Williams: +2500
Devon Pinto: +2500
GENDER OF ‘SURVIVOR: HEROES V. HEALERS V. HUSTLERS’ WINNER
Male: -250
Female: +210
AGE OF ‘SURVIVOR: HEROES V. HEALERS V. HUSTLERS’ WINNER
Over 30.5: +130
Under 30.5: -150
‘SURVIVOR: HEROES V. HEALERS V. HUSTLERS’ EPISODE 2 BETTING ODDS
WHO WILL BE ELIMINATED IN EPISODE 2?
Lauren Rimmer: +350
Mike Zahalsky: +350
Desiree Williams: +600
Alan Ball: +1250
Patrick Bolton: +1250
Ali Elliott: +1250
Simone Nguyen: +1750
Roark Luskin: +1750
Ryan Ulrich: strong+1750
Joe Mena: +2500
Ben Driebergen: +2500
Chrissy Hofbeck: +2500
No One Eliminated in Episode 2: +2500
Devon Pinto: +5000
John Hilsabeck: +5000
Jessica Johnston: +5000
Ashley Nolan: +5000
Cole Medders: +5000
WHO WILL WIN REWARD IN EPISODE 2?
Levu Tribe (Heroes): -150
Soko Tribe (Healers): +250
Yawa Tribe (Hustlers): +300
No Reward Winner: +750
WHO WILL WIN IMMUNITY IN EPISODE 2?
Soko Tribe (Healers): +120
Levu Tribe (Heroes): +250
Yawa Tribe (Hustlers): +210
No Immunity Winner: +1150
WILL A HIDDEN IDOL BE PLAYED IN EPISODE 2?
Yes: +210
No: -250
WILL ANYONE QUIT/BE REMOVED FROM ISLAND DUE TO INJURY IN EPISODE 1?
Yes: +1250
No: -2500
WILL A CONTESTANT BE ‘PIXELATED’ DUE TO NUDITY IN EPISODE 2?
Yes: +180
No: -210
WILL A CONTESTANT BE ‘PIXELATED’ DUE TO NUDITY BEFORE THE END OF SEASON 35?
Yes: -750
No: +500
GENDER IDENTITY OF NEXT CONTESTANT TO BE ‘PIXELATED’ DUE TO NUDITY?
Female: -300
Male: +250
NEXT CONTESTANT TO BE ‘PIXELATED’ DUE TO NUDITY?
Jessica Johnston: +500
Simone Nguyen: +500
Devon Pinto: +500
Cole Medders: +650
Roark Luskin: +650
John Hilsabeck +950
Ashley Nolan: +950
Ali Elliott: +950
Patrick Bolton: +1750
Ben Driebergen: +2500
Joe Mena: +3500
Chrissy Hofbeck: +3500
Lauren Rimmer: +3500
Ryan Ulrich: +3500
Desiree Williams: +5000
Alan Ball: +5000
Mike Zahalsky: +5000
No One Pixelated Due To Nudity in Season 35: +7500
In the previous four propositions pixelation must be due to accidental or intentional nudity and not due to obscene gestures or any other reason.
EPISODE 2 KEY DEMO (18-49) RATINGS
Over 1.75: -170
Under 1.75: +150
EPISODE 2 KEY DEMO (18-49) SHARE
Over 6.5: -150
Under 6.5: +130
EPISODE 1 TOTAL VIEWERS
Over 8 million: -150
Under 8 million: +130
EPISODE 1 NIELSEN RANKING (10/2/17 through 10/8/17)
Over 9.5: -150
Under 9.5: +130