Spoiler alert...Below are a few thoughts on last night's finale of Survivor: Nicaragua. So watch the ep and reunion show, toot your own horn for being smart, then read what I have to say.
Let's start with the first immunity challenge. Fabio won his second straight after starting way behind, but it was Probst's terrible running commentary that had me excited. T-time, who has never watched Survivor, immediately commented on how awful Probst was after only 45 minutes of action. I was never more proud of him. At the first tribal Jeffrey was up to his normal antics as he led the contestants with his prodding questions. Pretty soon we're going to get to a point where Probst is saying things like, "I've been following the cameraman around and this is what Sash has been saying about you behind your back."
So after Dan went home on a four to one vote, the finale four contestants did the old "rights of passage" deal. This is one of my favorite parts of Survivor because it is so darn awkward when they have to say something about each of the contestants that they previously voted out. Every time it is something like, "oh this person was a good competitor," or "this person was fun." Give me a break. How about when they got to Shannon, Sash speaks out and says, "this dude was a real a hole!" That would have been awesome.
We get to the next and final immunity challenge and it is Fabio's stack of coins that begins to wobble first. He gets his act together long enough to take down his third straight immunity challenge and guarantee himself a spot in the final tribal council. What I don't get is why he has all of the power. If he wanted to vote out Holly, and got Sash to go along with him, why couldn't Holly and Chase have voted for Sash and forced a tie? I mean maybe in the end, they all wanted Holly gone, but it doesn't explain why they make it seem like Fabio had absolutely all of the power. It's not whatever he says goes at that point. But what he said did go, and Holly left on a 3-1 vote.
So then we have the final tribal, where none of the three contestants embarrassed themselves by being God awful at explaining why they should win, but no one really did a good job at convincing anybody either. If I had gone into that final chat with an idea of who I wanted to vote for, there's no way it would have changed after their answers.
Although I hated Chase so much before this event, why on Earth would he ever chosen Marty for the question of who won the "dumber than a bag of hammers" award? You could easily pick one of the other two people you're fighting against, and instead you choose someone who could be voting for or against you? Chase had no chance of getting Marty's vote anyway, but still a really dumb move.
Between Jane, Dan, and maybe a couple others, I got really mad. You are there to ask questions so that you can make a better decision on who should win, not air your grievances. This isn't a Festivus dinner.
Did that crying gag win Fabio some votes? I'm not sure, but he definitely got some of the jury members in an emotional state just before it was time to cast their votes.
And in the end it was 5 votes for Fabio, 4 for Chase, and 0 for Sash. Once again, the best strategic player went down the tubes, and like Russell last season, got absolutely no votes. What is wrong with this game when you can't back stab your way to the final and still get a couple of votes. It wasn't like Sash was a jerk the whole time, he just broke a bunch of alliances and back stabbed. I will never get why Chase got four votes and Sash got zero. Who likes Chase?
Speaking of ridiculous popularity. How does anyone watching this show like Jane? When Probst referred to her as a popular contestant I got extremely angry that Jeff and CBS don't understand what people like. When I later found out that she not only won the fan vote for favorite player, but won it by the largest margin ever, I absolutely lost it. Jane was one of my least favorite Survivor players ever, and definitely the worst of this season. The lesson to be learned here is that people of America have terrible taste. I guess this is why I don't like most people.
Fantasy Scores
Sash- W14 (92), W15 (106), Votes (-4)= 194
Chase- W14 (92), Votes (-4), W15 (106)= 194
Dan- Votes (-16)= -16
Finale= 372 Total= 2028
Fabio- W14 (92), Im (40), W15 (106), Win (121)= 359
Finale= 359 Total= 1200
Holly- W14 (92), Votes (-12)= 80
Finale= 80 Total= 823
Total= 188
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