Survivor: Contadora

"temple" where the voting-off ceremonies are performed.

 While visiting the island of Contadora, my friend Julia and I stumbled upon the compound for "Survivor: Panama."  We thought we were just looking at the housing for the crew, but turns out, half of Survivor is a FAKE!  including the temple where they do the voting.  These are pictures of the "temple" which is actually inside a building, and shares a wall with the crew bar.  And everything is made of foam; spray-painted foam.

"tribal" table to perform a challenge?

fire pit for the voting ceremony, complete with foam skull.

 I feel like this pictures shows it best.  What is very good artwork which would look realistic on tv is just foam art, as seen by the pieces that have come off to reveal wood planking.








So we think that the contestants actually lived on a deserted island, but were ferried to the compound for the voting ceremony and challenges.  And we are 96% certain that this is the ferry that was used.  It was graffitied by the crew and left as the demarcation point between normal beach and nude beach.

upclose drawing- red tribe vs blue.

 Ever wonder how they come up with Tribal Challenges?  We found all kinds of engineering plans still tacked up for the construction crew.








TV lost a lot it's magic with me today, but that's okay.  We all know that reality shows aren't real, and that Santa exists only in our minds, but still, I'm a bit sad to see the fake foam walls.

Now, of course I am going to look up Survivor: Panama on youtube to see if I can spot the forgeries.