If the TV show "survivor" is one of your guilty pleasures, then you may also enjoy watching the currently-airing season of Surviving Mindcrack Island.

Here's the format:

• A group of 12 competitors on a tropical island compete in challenges to see who can be the last remaining contestant
• Divided into two teams/camps of 6 people, competing in various daily challenges, each with either team or individual rewards
• At the end of each episode, a vote from the participants decides which one is voted off the island each episode

This series is interesting/different from most Minecraft stuff you see on YouTube:

• The entire competition was filmed over 22 consecutive hours, so that real-life fatigue factored in to people's Minecraft play and decision-making skills later in the competition
• A directional audio plugin was used, so that competitors could only hear/talk to players who were standing near them in Minecraft, both allowing for private conversations, and also making team communication difficult during many challenges
• There are lots of cameramen and angles, so the final produced video watches more like a produced TV show than most typical Minecraft videos

You can watch the first episode of the series here. New episodes appear each Friday afternoon at 4pm Eastern time here; episode two airs tomorrow (March 18).

You can watch a very brief preview of episode 2 here.

There is also a mid-week speculation/predictions thread for those who enjoy the water-cooler discussion after an episode.

Disclosure: I am one of the participants. I think a fair number of folks here might find this interesting/entertaining, so I wanted to share it.