THE RAVEN’S EYE



THE RAVEN’S EYE

Issue 4 – JUly 2008

INSIDE:

Join the competition for the chance to win a signed picture of Erina!

The true personalities of the Secret Temple warriors are revealed…

WELCOME!

Hello and welcome to the fourth feature-packed edition of the Raven’s Eye, the only magazine celebrating the fantastic fantasy CBBC kid’s show – Raven. Let’s see what I’ve got in store for you this month:

In Warrior Feature, we will be reviewing Kenra from Series 2. She just missed out on getting to the final week, and she was just beaten by Grema and Varna, two very strong warriors. What did she lose? What did she win? You’ll have to read to find out…

Jake Collins gives us the second of his Challenge Features, this time he returns with Thrall Demons.

Gemma and Alexander have both sent me poems about their favourite warriors; Dejan and Versad, both of these will be in the issue.

There is also a new Top Trumps feature, in which you can print off the cards to play yourself!

We have our third Warrior Links puzzle. Can you get the link this time? Also, I have supplied an extremely difficult ‘Warrior Dingbats’ puzzle. Only the best will get them right!

The tension is really hotting up in Alaunus. Raven and Erina have set off on their mission to find the leaf. Will they succeed?

We have some small debates for you to vote over and Sohar will reveal the true personalities of the Secret Temple warriors! Find Part 1 of the fantastic exposé in this issue!

Find out if boys or girls are better at Raven and there will be the usual Warrior Vote, find out which 6 warriors have made the final week.

And there is now a big competition that you can join, with the prize of a signed picture of Lindsay McKenzie, who of course plays Princess Erina! You can join up for it now! Read the article in the magazine for details.

Here is the usual acknowledgement to Jake Collins and his ‘The Eye Shield’ fanzine, which is based around the kids’ game show Knightmare. A lot of ideas for The Raven’s Eye come from him. The Eye Shield can be viewed at tes.

If you haven’t seen the great Raven RP already, check out the website at and the thread on the forum at ravencbbc. in the Creative Zone.

So get reading, and enjoy!

Ross Thompson

TV UPDATE

At this point in the magazine I update you with the Raven that will be on TV this month. Episode 4 of Series 4 was missed out for an unknown reason, so the episodes in Series 4 seem to be wrong, but they are actually right. I also apologise for the dates in last month’s TV Update – they were all a day out! I will try and provide you with correct dates in the future!

|Series |Episode |Date |Time |Channel |

|4 |9 |Wed 2 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|4 |10 |Thu 3 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|4 |11 |Fri 4 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|Sec. Temple |14 |Sun 6 July |8:30am |BBC2 |

|4 |12 |Mon 7 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|4 |13 |Tue 8 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|4 |14 |Wed 9 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|4 |15 |Thu 10 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|4 |16 |Fri 11 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|Sec. Temple |15 |Sun 13 July |8:30am |BBC2 |

|4 |17 |Mon 14 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|4 |18 |Tue 15 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|4 |19 |Wed 16 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|4 |20 |Thu 17 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|5 |1 |Fri 18 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|Sec. Temple |16 |Sun 20 July |8:30am |BBC2 |

|5 |2 |Mon 21 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|5 |3 |Tue 22 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|5 |4 |Wed 23 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|5 |5 |Thu 24 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|5 |6 |Fri 25 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|Sec. Temple |17 |Sun 27 July |8:30am |BBC2 |

|5 |7 |Mon 28 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|5 |8 |Tue 29 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|5 |9 |Wed 30 July |11:30am |CBBC |

|5 |10 |Thu 31 July |11:30am |CBBC |

I am assuming that Series 5 will repeat after Series 4, as Series 1-4 have been shown in succession. Also, Series 5 may wait until Monday 21 July to begin showing.

There may be extra episodes scheduled by the time that you are reading this. The information I use only ranges the next two weeks, the further two weeks are just assumptions.

WARRIOR FEATURE

KEnra

Fact File

Series: 2

Week: 1

Days: 1-5

Position: 3rd

Gender: Female

Emblem: Sun

Real Name (according to Wikipedia): Millie Karpenter

Challenges won: Deep Loch, The Eyeless Demons, Ring Climb, Spider Tunnel, Burning Battlements, Dark Path, Leap of Faith, Thrall Demons, Fire Demon, High Walk

Challenges lost: Fire Demon, Treasure Ring, Riddle Bridge, Long Staff, Demon Square, Thrall Demons, Dragon’s Roost, Blasted Mountain, The Last Stand

About Kenra

Kenra was a warrior from Series 2 Week 1. She seemed nothing special as the week began but she grew in confidence to become a very capable warrior. One of her best moments was when she helped Grema to win Thrall Demons, after failing the first time. By the end of the week, people thought that Kenra could have gone further with more confidence. She was a great sport in defeat, saying that the best warriors went through. This is how she did:

|Number |Challenge |- Lives |+ Rings |Notes |Lives |Rings |

|1.1 |Fire Demon |1 |0 | |6 |0 |

|1.2 |Treasure Ring |1 |0 |Against Seacy |5 |0 |

|1.3 |Deep Loch |0 |0 |Came 5th |5 |0 |

|1.4 |The Eyeless Demons |0 |1 |Against Seacy |5 |1 |

|2.1 |Ring Climb |0 |1 |Against Venso |5 |2 |

|2.2 |Riddle Bridge |1 |0 |With Dialed |4 |2 |

|2.3 |Spider Tunnel |0 |2 |With Dialed |4 |4 |

|2.4 |Dragon’s Blood |- |- |Didn’t do |4 |4 |

|2.5 |Way of the Warrior |- |- |At this point Seacy left the |4 | 4 |

| | | | |competition | | |

|3.1 |Long Staff |1 |0 |Lost to Grema |3 |4 |

|3.2 |Demon Square |1 |0 | |2 |4 |

|3.3 |Burning Battlements |0 |2 | |2 |6 |

|3.4 |Thrall Demons |0 |0 |Kenra guided Grema |2 |6 |

|3.5 |Way of the Warrior |- |- |At this point Venso left the |2 |6 |

| | | | |competition | | |

|4.1 |Dark Path |0 |2 |Against Varna |3 |1 |

|4.2 |Leap of Faith |0 |0 |Made the leap but grabbed no |3 |1 |

| | | | |rings | | |

|4.3 |Thrall Demons |0 |3 |Kenra guided Grema again |3 |4 |

|4.4 |Dragon’s Roost |1 |2 |Against Varna |2 |6 |

|4.5 |Way of the Warrior |- |- |At this point Dialed left the|2 |6 |

| | | | |competition | | |

|5.1 |Fire Demon |0 |1 | |3 |0 |

|5.2 |High Walk |0 |3 | |3 |3 |

|5.3 |Blasted Mountain |1 |0 |Grema won |2 |3 |

|5.4 |The Last Stand |- |- |Lost the second race to Grema|2 |3 |

Next issue: Taylan from Raven: The Secret Temple

CHALLENGE feature – thrall demons

Jake Collins once again supplies challenge Feature this month. Enjoy his recount of one of his favourite challenges, Thrall Demons from Series 1-6!

 

As their name suggests, Thrall Demons are one of several types of demon that are "under a magic spell", which means that they will only attack a warrior under certain circumstances, i.e. if the spell is broken. In this case, the challenge is for the warrior to make their way through a maze of threads, which is hung with lots of small bells, collecting treasure rings along the way. If the warrior touches a thread and a bell rings, the spell is broken and the demons awaken, causing the unlucky warrior to be taken by the nearest demon, and therefore lose a life.

 

As if this were not tricky enough, the warrior is blindfolded as they make their way through the threads. All the ducking, sidestepping and taking huge steps over threads on the floor is made doubly harder by the fact that the warrior cannot see what they are doing! To help them cope, they are always guided by the voice of another. This just goes to prove that the spell that enthrals the demons can only be broken by the particular clanging sound of the bells ringing, and not by human voices.

 

This challenge first appeared in the final episode of series 1. Intho, Lamar and Brhea faced the Thrall Demons in Raven's Lair, with Raven himself giving them a set of pre-arranged instructions to evade the demons successfully. To help the warriors cope, their legs were chained together to show them how big a step they needed to take when Raven told them to take a certain number of steps in a particular direction, and there was a series of flagstones on the floor that they had to follow with their feet. The reward for success was a single treasure ring at the end of the maze, and the return of a life. Lamar and Intho completed this challenge successfully, but Brhea hit a thread and woke the demons.

 

As with many Series 1 challenges, Thrall Demons was adapted and improved for series 2. It became one of the Wizard's Tower challenges (along with The Wizard's Maze and, in series 3, Gold Rush) and had to be faced twice each week, on Wednesday and Thursday, by the leading warrior. Very much like with the Riddle Path in series 1, the leader would choose one warrior to guide them safely through the threads. The leader would often choose a warrior who was very low on the leader board, and would not be able to catch up with an extra treasure ring or two. In fact, the guider was faced with more of a challenge than the warrior who was actually in there with the demons, as tricky instructions had to be worked out and relayed successfully. A lot of guiders found this too hard and caused the leader to wake the demons and lose a life, but I'm sure no one actually did this on purpose as a very dirty tactic, as it is sometimes tempting to suspect. On one or two occasions, the leader and the second-placed warrior were forced to face this challenge together, with lives on the line for both guider and demon-walker, which was perhaps a fairer way to do it.

 

The challenge was harder in the Wizard's Tower than in Raven's Lair, as there were three treasure rings to pick up and some very awkward manoeuvres along the way, the worst of which was a rectangular golden gate just before the final treasure ring. The warrior would have to duck down and step carefully over the metal bar at the bottom of the gate, otherwise the two bells that were attached to the top would ring and the challenge would be over at the last hurdle. Thrall Demons was so tricky, in fact, that Series 6 had confined it solely to the final week once more, for only the most skilful warriors to face.

 

I'm sure it would have been all too easy for a warrior who had lost a life on Thrall Demons to blame their guider, but in the first week of Series 2, eventual series champion Grema (who had an excellent mindset about the whole thing) showed us a sensible and eventually successful way to deal with the Thrall Demons. She chose Kenra to guide her on Wednesday, but Kenra made a small error of judgment that caused Grema to step on a thread. The next day, rather than holding this mistake against her, Grema chose Kenra again, and the pair worked and communicated together perfectly. They learned from their mistake of the previous day and put it right, going on to win the challenge. They even coped brilliantly with the golden gate, which could so easily have proved too much for Grema as she was so tall that she could easily have hit it with just one false move. Grema rewarded Kenra by giving her all three rings, which was a generous and fitting gesture, and just went to prove Grema's suitability as a champion, as she had grace as well as skill.

 

I've always liked Thrall Demons a lot, not least because it reminds me of Knightmare, what with all that "sidestep left" and so on. However, I think it is an excellent challenge in its own right, and is important to build teamwork and co-operation skills between the warriors, which a lot of them do need to work on sometimes, it has to be said. Thrall Demons have also turned up in some form in both The Island and The Secret Temple, so obviously the Raven production team likes them too. This leads me to ask the inevitable question, why were there no Thrall Demons in Series 7? Bring them back at once, please!

Thanks to Jake for his detailed recount of the challenge! He may return next month with Dark Path, or maybe I will wear the Challenge Feature shoes again! We’ll have to wait and see…

POETRY CORNER

dejan

Our first poem this month is written by Gemma, raven1990 from the Raven Forum. Here it is:

On the very first week of Series Four,

An unbeatable warrior began to soar,

Beating all he was against,

For he was the master of defence,

On the final day of Week One,

For he and Sarla, who was the sun,

Stepped through the portal to the next round,

Sending Melja homeward bound,

In Week Four he was unbeatable,

Even to Kinsa, Week 2's undefeatable,

Holding the record for lives and rings,

He'd become the Raven King,

But on the final day his dream,

Was shattered and, boy, did I scream!

For Linma had just got ahead,

"No way!" I yelled, bashing my head,

Although he was robbed on that day,

He's still my champion anyway.

Versad

Alexander writes our second poem, about his favourite warrior Versad.

Versad was ready for this quest,

But it put him to the test,

He battled bravely and fought away,

Until he got to the final day,

He went through to the final week,

No one could think that he was a geek,

The final challenge now comes his way,

Will this now be his day?

When Versad got to the portal at the end,

Hanso went "round the bend".

Seriously raven!

Competition

I am starting a new big competition involving six warriors, entering poems, pictures, stories and more!

Prize: Signed picture of Lindsay McKenzie, who plays Princess Erina in Raven: The Island!

The winner also gets to pick the theme of Issue 12!

I need 6 contestants to enter the competition for a chance to win the signed picture!

You must enter by form submission at ravenseyemag/ravencompjoinhere.htm

There are six rounds in the competition -

Round 1 – Poetry

Round 2 – Captions to Pictures

Round 3 – Riddles

Round 4 – Story

Round 5 – Picture

Round 6 – Raven Knowledge

Warriors start with 7 lives. 7 rings can win back a life. In all of the creative rounds, the best entry will gain 3 rings, the second best 2 rings, and the third best 1 ring. Entries ranked 4th-6th will lose a life. If you fail to enter by the given deadline, you will lose two lives, so entrants must be dedicated.

I will also need 2 judges. I will be a judge, as will Jake, who has already signed up. For each round, I will email the judges the entries. They must then email back the entries in order of their preference by the given deadline. The individual judges’ opinions are not displayed in the magazine; so don’t be afraid of upsetting anyone! Judges sign up by emailing me with their first name at thompsons.mk@.

Warriors and judges are picked on a first come first serve basis.

Dates –

Key – Brief, Deadline for Contestants, Deadline for Judges, Results

|Issue 4 |Tue 1 July |Joining Up Brief |

| |Thu 31 July |Deadline for Joining - Entrants & Judges |

|Issue 5 |Fri 1 August |Final Contestants Revealed |

| | |Poem Round Brief |

| |Mon 25 August |Poem Entries Deadline |

| |Sun 31 August |Judges’ Results Deadline - Poems |

|Issue 6 |Mon 1 September |Poem Round Results |

| | |Captions to Pictures Round Brief |

| |Wed 24 September |Captions to Pictures Entries Deadline |

| |Tue 30 September |Judges’ Results Deadline - Captions |

|Issue 7 |Wed 1 October |Captions To Pictures Round Results |

| | |Riddle Round Brief |

| |Sat 25 October |Riddle Answers Deadline |

|Issue 8 |Sat 1 November |Riddle Answers & Results |

| | |Story Round Brief |

| |Mon 24 November |Story Entries Deadline |

| |Sun 30 November |Judges’ Results Deadline – Stories |

|Issue 9 |Mon 1 December |Story Round Results |

| | |Picture Round Brief |

|Christmas!! |Thu 25 December |Picture Entries Deadline |

| |Wed 31 December |Judges’ Results Deadline - Pictures |

|Issue 10 |Thu 1 January |Pictures Round Results |

| | |Raven Knowledge Round Brief |

| |Sun 25 January |Raven Knowledge Answers Deadline |

|Issue 11 |Sun 1 February |Raven Knowledge Answers & Results |

| | |Announcement of Winner! |

Raven top trumps

Raven the secret temple

As part of a new feature in the magazine, I am going to put some top trumps up that you can print and play. Each issue, I will publish a set of top trump cards for a different series. I hope you agree with the stats, and if you need help on how to play the game, email me at thompsons.mk@. Enjoy playing! Enlarge the cards if you wish to print them.

Hopefully Raven Top Trumps will return next week with Series 1. The statistics will be based on how the warriors do in certain challenges. For example, if a warrior wins at Stepping Stones, they go up a point in agility.

PUZZLe – warrior dingbats

See if you can guess the warriors that each of these, well things, suggest. There are pictures and words to help you find the warrior suggested by each picture. They are very hard, so only the best will get them!

Warrior 1[pic]

Warrior 2[pic]

Warrior 3[pic]

PUZZLe – warrior links

Our third Warrior Links puzzle of The Raven’s Eye (I’ve started a trend now!) comes from Lee, planehater/Ishalboy from the late Raven section of H2G2. See if you can get the link between each pair of warriors. The link is the same for each pair.

Lydav - Seacy, Sharka - Wenra, Ishal - Nosoo , Kenat - Versad, Melka - Anmah, Nisaq - Mygar, Napat – Cullin

Answer at back of issue

Alaunus – chapter 4 – unknown powers

We now return to Alaunus, the fable from Raven’s homeland. Here is an overview for you lot that haven’t been following the story so far:

Chapter 1 – The Quiet Days

Raven dares Erina to climb Mount Zoat with him. They come to a cave and find a blue spirit called Haryad.

“My name is Haryad, what are you doing visiting me?”

Chapter 2 – Haryad’s Cave

Haryad tells them that they have smudged his ‘wall drawings’. Erina asks if they can repay him in anyway. He says that there is:

“There is a leaf in the fortress that will return me to my former human self. Return the leaf to me and I will be human once more!”

He explains that he got into a row with demons, and they turned him into a spirit. As they leave, Raven is keen to investigate the cave drawings, whereas Erina is keen to get the leaf as soon as possible. As they walk back home, however, they come across demons…

‘They tripped backwards as the demon approached, getting closer, closer…’

Chapter 3 – Demon Attack

Raven pleas for Erina to run, but she will not desert him. Raven is surrounded by demons; he is powerless to stop them. One appears right behind Erina, making her climb the tree in fright. She refuses to jump out the tree and get Cyrus.

“I will not desert you Raven!”

The branch Erina is sitting on snaps clean in two, just as she grasps onto the branch above. This distracts the demons, and Raven has a chance to run for Cyrus. He brings Cyrus to Erina, and Cyrus used a spell to make the demons retreat.

They return to Cyrus’ tower for a cup of tea. Cyrus tells them that the cave drawings will not be important. They tell him about their mission to find the leaf. He tells them that he can’t accompany them on their mission, but he wishes them good luck…

We now continue the story with Chapter 4 – Unknown Powers:

Raven and Erina leave Cyrus’ tower, feeling nervous but determined. They, especially Erina, were resolute on their mission to find the leaf in the fortress. It would return Haryad to his former human form.

Raven and Erina, finally approached the fortress, after walking for a good three hours. It looked grim and dull now that it was rarely used.

“I wish this fortress could be returned to its former glory,” Erina told Raven, “when I lived in it, flags were flying of my father’s colour. It was a home to us. Then, an old hag from a distant land arrived on the island and got into a row with my father over the ownership of the island. She said she had discovered it years and years ago. My father retaliated and argued back that she should not have left the island if she wanted it as her own. The old hag grew angry and forced our family out of the fortress. We bought the cottage that we now live in. That hermit now owns the fortress, but her whereabouts are unknown. I just wish we could defeat her!”

“Finding the leaf could be the first step to defeating the old hag, Erina. You must be patient,” Raven told her.

Raven and Erina approached the fortress carefully, in case anyone was on guard. Erina peered round the corner of the fortress to check the entrance and quickly retreated back.

“There’s a demon standing by the doorway, Raven! How will we get in?”

“Don’t panic,” Raven told her, “I have heard from Cyrus how to defeat one demon. It was a spell of some sort, but I can’t remember what it is. Anyhow, he said never to use it because I am not strong enough yet.”

“Raven, this is important,” Erina pleaded, “please use the spell!”

“But I can’t remember what it is! We will have to settle for throwing a good, hard rock at the demon and seeing what happens.”

“Won’t that anger him?”

”It’s our only hope. We must be careful to retreat straight back as soon as we have thrown the rock. I will try first.”

Raven picked up a large, solid rock off the floor and prepared to throw it at the demon.

“Wish me luck…” He hurled it straight at the demon, hitting him squarely in the chest.

“Good one!” Erina complimented Raven, “let’s go… oh no!” The demon was walking straight to them.

“Go Erina, go!” Raven shouted, “go ahead into the fortress, I’ll catch up with you later!”

Erina was reluctant, but she knew from her previous experience that she must trust Raven’s every word. She ran straight into the fortress entrance while she had the chance, leaving the demon to approach Raven. She regretted her decision to desert him as soon as she entered the fortress. But now, she must sit and wait, or put them both in peril.

Raven tried to remain calm as the demon approached. What was the spell again? He could just not remember. Raven concentrated hard on escaping the demon, he put his entire mind to just seeing Erina again, being out of peril. As he focused on the task at hand, he felt himself shrink. He was decreasing in size! What was happening? Was this some trick of the demon? Raven looked down at his feet and saw that he was… a raven. So, this was where he got his name. He always assumed that he was called Raven because his parents liked the sound of it. Had he always had this power? How had he suddenly turned into a raven? Raven didn’t have long to ponder this and took his opportunity to fly straight over the demon and into the fortress. He transformed back into a man, right in front of Erina’s eyes.

“What the?” Erina gasped, “how…?”

“Quickly,” Raven panted, “let’s get deeper into the fortress before the demon returns!”

As they ran into an inner chamber of the fortress, Erina harassed Raven for answers.

“What happened back there in the entrance hall? Did you really transform from a raven?”

“I don’t quite believe it myself,” said Raven, thinking, “maybe Cyrus will know. However, we must continue on our quest for the leaf. We… what?”

Erina was looking at Raven in an odd way. “You look different…”

“Do I?”

“Yes, you look…

“What?”

“More raven-like…”

“Maybe transforming took its toll on me, maybe I will look more like a raven in human form every time I transform. I will have to limit my transformation from now on until I find out about it from Cyrus. Actually, I’m not quite sure how I did it… Anyway, let’s continue.”

Raven and Erina continued into the next chamber of the fortress in search of the precious leaf. The light was dimming as they passed through the fortress. There was now a roof above their head, and four walls around them. They seemed to have entered some kind of dungeon. They tried to open the next door, but found that it was locked.

Raven kicked the door in his anger, but the door would not open. He nursed his stubbed toe.

“I knew this was a bad idea!” he raged, “what if the spirit has led us into a trap?”

“Remain patient, Raven, the…” Erina began but her words were brought to a halt when the door slammed behind them.

They were trapped.

Will Raven and Erina escape the trapped room? Will they get the leaf for Haryad? Will the old hag spot them? And what of Raven’s special powers? Find out in Chapter 5 of Alaunus, only in The Raven’s Eye…

The small debates

This issue, we will be debating over some small matters in Raven. They are small details, but they might cause to have big debates. So, here is the first small debate:

Millstone Towers: Dragon eggs or Skulls?

|Dragon Eggs are better |Skulls are better |

|There are so many skulls on Raven, it’s good to have a change! |Skulls fit in with Raven better. |

|Dragon’s eggs will have fumes coming from them, they might |Why would eggs cause any damage? They’re only eggs! |

|cause harm but what would skulls do? | |

|It is more interesting when an egg falls because you get to see|Surely a dragon would be inside a dragon egg? |

|the contents spill out. | |

Hmm, that’s an interesting one. It might seem pointless to some of you, but it is a bit of fun!

Raven: First Personality or Second Personality?

|First Personality is better |Second Personality is better |

|His friendly nature adds a new element to the programme. |If Raven is more serious, the programme becomes tenser. |

|We can see him interact more with the warriors if he is |The Raven from Series 1 is just over the top, and not in |

|friendlier with them. |keeping with the rest of the programme. |

That’s another interesting one that I’m not sure of. But what do you think?

Last Stand: Original or New?

|Original is better |New one is better |

|It is more exciting if Nevar can actually hit them. |The new Last Stand tests a warrior’s worth better. It tests |

| |more virtues than the old one. |

|We see the warriors ‘interact’ on the same battlefield; for |It is more exciting, as all the warriors race together. |

|example, they can both hide behind the same thing. In the new | |

|one, they have separate lanes. | |

I personally think that the new Last Stand is better because it tests warriors better than the original one. However, I feel that the headstarts need to be bigger as they often don’t mean much. They need to be bigger, but not big enough so that it’s obvious who will win. It’s a tough balance to make.

What do you think? Vote in the debates at ravenseyemag/smalldebates.htm

The results will be revealed next issue, with some of your opinions.

SOHAR’S RAVEN Exposé PART 1

Sohar from The Secret Temple has sent me a Raven Exposé for your delight, revealing what the warriors were really like! Enjoy…

Going on Raven was something I had never really considered doing, I had never been much of a fan before flying out to India for over a month and generally messing around with a bunch of 15 other kids in front of cameras – but I’m glad I did, because to be honest it was amazing!

The thing is though, not everyone is quite who they seem on camera – some people are a little different off set… So since I’m killing some time as revision is not on priority list today here’s an exposé of India lot…

Eagles – everyone’s favourite team, bless their hearts

Yeada (Thea Day) – Thea is such a nice girl, she was one of the youngest on the trip. I met up with Thea before India because she didn’t go to Dunoon for the weekend audition, she was found by producer Donna through an organisation. I shared a room with Thea and she was there on my birthday at 5am as we ate the few English sweets we had. Thea took quite a liking to Bisleri as did I, we ended up hiding around 48 bottles around the room and held a ‘bisleri party’.

Secret: Thea was always the last one to everything – she took ages getting ready.

Taylan (Angus Taylor) – Angus, bless him, is really as nice as everyone thinks he is. He was really quiet at the start when we were all getting to know each other but opened up after a while. Gus was really good friends with Tom (Desot) and they spent a lot of time either ‘gossiping’ or trying to impress the chaperones in the pool.(

Secret: Gus did the three headed serpent thing at the end before we did and got through the whole thing!

Karja (Janhvi Devalekar) – Janhvi I must say had the LOUDEST laugh and was so distracting in tutoring – not that we paid any attention. She got on really well with Sanchia (Nebra) despite their ups and downs. At first Robyn (Yonra) and Janhvi shared a room but one of the mothballs had started to smell – and when those things go off they don’t half stink.

Secret: Janhvi also had her eye on someone – as in falling head over heels for someone…

Samra (Raghav) – I didn’t get to know Raghav really well as he wasn’t with us for a long period of time. He was so clever and an amazing drawer, he got on very well with Rob Whitmore (Tibor). Raghav probably dressed the smartest of all the people in India – always at dinner with a shirt.

Secret: Raghav on set used to sing the most annoying song consisting of two words, ‘Highest’ and ‘Lowest’.

Panthers – people said they were a dysfunctional team but they were HILARIOUS!

Sonro (Rob McPherson) – Rob was a really competitive person, constantly striving to do the best for his team. Off camera he was sometimes a little disturbing with his games of truth or dare – NOT pretty. He brought some DVDs, namely Borat – if you’ve seen it, the chaperones caught us watching it at just the wrong time.

Secret: Rob took a liking to many of the girls on Raven, and he was not shy about it.

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