Sept 30th, 2008 - betED.com Press Release - betED.com offers prop odds for Survivor: Gabon

Survivor, one of the most popular TV shows for Prop Betting, is back and betED.com has odds on who will win the 17th season of the CBS reality series.

The season opener of Survivor: Gabon, Earth's Last Eden premiered Sept 25, with 18 players sent to Africa to compete for the $1 million first prize.

While it's early in the season, four favorites have already emerged: Ace Gordon, Crystal Cox, Danny Brown, and Matty Whitmore are all +400 to win Survivor in betED.com Prop Betting odds. Dan Kay and Marcus Lehman are +450.

In the first episode, the first immunity challenge had the two tribes - Fang and Kota - racing across a plain and up a hill. The first castaway from each tribe to the top of the hill won an individual Immunity Idol, while the first entire tribe to the top received extra food consisting of a bag of corn and beans.

In the next challenge, six tribe members were belted together and raced through a swamp, over a net wall, and under and over a series of hitching posts. The six had to dig up three bags of puzzle pieces and deliver them to the three remaining tribe members. The three then had to assemble the puzzle pieces to win the challenge, with the winning tribe winning Tribal Immunity and flint.

The final challenge had the tribes rolling a large ball through a series of gates. At two points along the course, a tribe member would have to climb atop the ball to retrieve of set of keys. At the final gate, the keys would unlock three chains that blocked the gate. The first tribe to go through all the gates and roll their boulder atop a short pedestal won Tribal Immunity and fishing gear.

Kota got off to a good start, winning all three challenges.

At Tribal Council, Fang's Gillian was seen as the weakest link during physical challenges and was voted out 7-1. And Michelle's negativity outweighed concerns over age and she was voted out 8-1.

More than 800 applicants were selected for an interview for the new season, with 48 semi-finalists were selected to go to Los Angeles in April 2008. From the semi-finalists, 18 contestants were selected to participate in the show between late June and mid-July.

This is the second season of the series filmed in Africa, after Survivor: Africa was filmed in Kenya in 2001.

The next episode airs Oct. 2.

Check out betED.com for all Prop Betting odds.