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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SWBaxter" data-source="post: 3463434" data-attributes="member: 27926">The way the hidden idols work, I think there's actually a lot of value to having people know you've got it, but only when the votes are fairly close. If nobody knows you have it, then you need a real good idea of whether you're a target since you have to play it before the votes are read. OTOH if they do know you have it, they're less likely to vote for you in the first place, and you've got a bargaining chip to insert yourself into the winning alliance. Now, I dunno if Mookie has thought that through completely, but it's at least possible that he has the idea that he can stay allied with Ed and Alex for now and yet also be relatively safe if Earl's alliance gets the upper hand.Yeah, I believe so. That gets easier as the game goes on, of course. From interviews I've read from past participants, it's safe to assume the players are filmed almost 24/7.This season was filmed last September; the next one (Survivor 15, apparently it'll be in China) will start filming before this one ends. So the producers have lots of time to pick what footage they want to show. I wouldn't necessarily call it jerking the audience around, but they do pick and choose which stories they want to tell based on what'll make good TV. Obviously they want to show any interesting scenes with a player before that player's voted off, and sometimes they hide successful game-long alliances. But they'll also toss in enough misdirection to keep people guessing, so you can't be certain that just because somebody like Yau Man has gotten a lot of screentime, he's going to get voted off soon.</blockquote>

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