‘Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers’ Season 35 Episode 9 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 9 airs on Wednesday, November 22 at 8:00 PM Eastern.

Is this a real season of ‘Survivor’ or just a bit? Last week’s freak show was bad enough but this week was downright inexplicable. There’s no way that the entire gang of castaways failed to answer this math problem: 11 – 1. That’s ‘eleven minus one’. So everyone ‘froze’ under pressure? Here’s how Entertainment Weekly described the mathematical fiasco with a focus on Chrissy Hofbeck:

She’s a fraud. A total, absolute, and complete fraud. That can be the only takeaway from tonight’s Survivor. She was billed as a human calculator — able to compute large numbers in a single bound (and on little sleep or food). On her Survivor bio, she listed as one of her Personal Claims to Fame that she “graduated from Penn (as a math major!) and MIT.” She analyzed contestants like data when deciding early on which Hero to align with. But it was all a show — a dance, if you will.

Because here is one math equation that Chrissy — and seemingly every other person still in the game— was unable to solve on the spot at the latest Tribal Council: What is 11 minus 1?

Entertainment writers are usually much more tolerant of reality show nonsense but it sure sounds like this season is grating on the nerves of Entertainment Weekly’s Dalton Ross.

So here’s what happened–Desiree Williams was eliminated and while this was something of a surprise in some circles for me not so much. She was our fourth choice to be eliminated at +500 meaning that Joe Mena will remain the favorite to get the boot for yet another week. Ryan Ulrich remains our top choice at +225 followed by Chrissy Hofbeck and Ben Driebergen at +300. The biggest mover of the past week is Lauren Rimmer. Rimmer has been at our near the top of our ‘next to be eliminated’ market for most of the season but is now the fourth choice to win it all at +500. Rimmer has stayed out of everyone’s way which often can be the ticket for an early exit. On the other hand, if this is played correctly it can keep you in the game until the field gets cut down to a reasonable number at which point you can go to work.

THE ‘SAUSAGE FEST’ CRISIS WORSENS

Last week the elimination of Jessica Johnston forced me to sound the alarm that Season 35 is becoming a serious ‘sausage fest‘. The elimination of Desiree Williams makes it even worse with a 7 men/3 women disparity. The only mitigating factor in her dismissal was the fact that she was a longshot in the ‘pixelated due to nudity’ market.

The ratings for Episode 8 showed some decent bounceback from a disappointing Episode 7 viewership. The rating improved from 1.6 to 1.7 with the share remaining at 6. Even better, the show attracted over 1 million more viewers (8.85 million) than in the previous week (7.82 million). Hopefully for the sake of the ratings this group of 1 million additional viewers won’t tune out after discovering the dire ‘sausage fest’ situation.

Here’s the official SPORTS BETTING EXPERTS odds for Episode 9 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’

Ryan Ulrich: +225
Chrissy Hofbeck: +300
Ben Driebergen: +300
Lauren Rimmer: +500
Mike Zahalsky: +1000
Devon Pinto: +1750
Cole Medders: +2500
Ashley Nolan: +2500
Joe Mena: +2500
John Hilsabeck: +3500

GENDER OF ‘SURVIVOR: HEROES V. HEALERS V. HUSTLERS’ WINNER

Male: -170
Female: +150

AGE OF ‘SURVIVOR: HEROES V. HEALERS V. HUSTLERS’ WINNER

Over 30.5: +150
Under 30.5: -170

‘SURVIVOR: HEROES V. HEALERS V. HUSTLERS’ EPISODE 9 BETTING ODDS

WHO WILL BE ELIMINATED IN EPISODE 9?

Joe Mena: +150
Cole Medders: +300
Mike Zahalsky: +450
Ben Driebergen: +750
Ryan Ulrich: +1000
Lauren Rimmer: +1500
Ashley Nolan: +2500
John Hilsabeck: +2500
Chrissy Hofbeck: +3000
Devon Pinto: +3000
No One Eliminated in Episode 9: +7500

WHO WILL WIN REWARD IN EPISODE 9?

John Hilsabeck: +200
Devon Pinto: +300
Ashley Nolan: +600
Ben Driebergen: +750
No Reward Winner in Episode 9: +1200
Lauren Rimmer: +1200
Joe Mena: +1500
Ryan Ulrich: +2500
Chrissy Hofbeck: +2500
Cole Medders: +2500
Mike Zahalsky: +2500

WHO WILL WIN IMMUNITY IN EPISODE 9?

John Hilsabeck: +150
Devon Pinto: +210
Cole Medders: +750
Joe Mena: +900
Ryan Ulrich: +1000
Lauren Rimmer: +1000
Ben Driebergen: +2500
Chrissy Hofbeck: +2500
Ashley Nolan: +5000
Mike Zahalsky: +5000
No Immunity Winner in Episode 9: +7500

WILL A HIDDEN IDOL BE PLAYED IN EPISODE 9?

Yes: +750
No: -1500

WILL ANYONE QUIT/BE REMOVED FROM ISLAND DUE TO INJURY IN EPISODE 9?

Yes: +3500
No: -7500

WILL A CONTESTANT BE ‘PIXELATED’ DUE TO NUDITY IN EPISODE 9?

Yes: +300
No: -350

WILL A CONTESTANT BE ‘PIXELATED’ DUE TO NUDITY BETWEEN THE BEGINNING OF EPISODE 9 AND THE END OF SEASON 35?

Yes: -350
No: +300

GENDER IDENTITY OF NEXT CONTESTANT TO BE ‘PIXELATED’ DUE TO NUDITY?

Female: +150
Male: -170

NEXT CONTESTANT TO BE ‘PIXELATED’ DUE TO NUDITY?

Ashley Nolan: +250
John Hilsabeck +250
Cole Medders: +350
Devon Pinto: +350
Ben Driebergen: +1000
Joe Mena: +2100
Chrissy Hofbeck: +2500
Lauren Rimmer: +5000
Ryan Ulrich: +5000
Mike Zahalsky: +5000
No One Pixelated Due To Nudity in Season 35: +5000

In the previous four propositions pixelation must be due to accidental or intentional nudity and not due to obscene gestures or any other reason. Official information source for grading the previous for props is PickPete’s fantasy game recap.

EPISODE 9 KEY DEMO (18-49) RATINGS

Over 1.65: -130
Under 1.65: +110

EPISODE 9 KEY DEMO (18-49) SHARE

Over 6: +150
6 or Under: -170

EPISODE 9 TOTAL VIEWERS

Over 8.5 million: -120
Under 8.5 million: +100

EPISODE 9 NIELSEN RANKING (11/20/17 through 11/26/17)

Over 9.5: -120
Under 9.5: +100

PREVIOUS ELIMINATIONS

Katrina Radke finished 18th
Simone Nguyen finished 17th
Patrick Bolton finished 16th
Alan Ball finished 15th
Roark Luskin finished 14th
Ali Elliott finished 13th
Jessica Johnson finished 12th
Desiree Williams finished 11th

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