Well, last night’s Survivor finale was interesting. Amanda did the WRONG thing by not taking Denise. It still wouldn’t have allowed Amanda to win, but at least a more deserving person would have won the $1M. And correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Amanda tell Denise on the beach that she would NOT write down Denise’s name? So she basically DID lie to Denise about who she was voting for.
Tribal council was kinda boring. Jean-Robert? Not boring at all. Man he has an ego, doesn’t he? And Todd so obviously stroked that ego by telling J-R he was the biggest threat, and Todd got the result he wanted – a cool $1M. I actually was afraid for a while that Courtney would win – people didn’t seem to have as much a problem with her as I figured they would. I was happy to see during the reunion show that she was looking VERY healthy having gained back the weight she lost. She looks much better at 100 pounds than she did at what was most likely 80 pounds by game end.
As for the viewer vote, when James won it, Mark Burnett came to the rescue, stepping up to the plate and giving Denise $50K to get her feet back under her after losing her job as the school lunch lady upon her return. That’s probably 1 1/2 – 2 years salary for her (she said on the show she makes $7/hr) and was a great thing to do since she didn’t win the viewer vote.
In my own online Survivor pool, it’s interesting how my game has absolutely mirrored the tv show in many ways – right down to power struggles and voting decisions. Let’s just say that in my game? I’m Todd. I noticed a few weeks ago that I’ve been playing my online game much the same was a Todd, and I’m hoping that ends up being to my favor, since he won the whole thing. Today we’ll vote out our fourth and get down to final three – I’ve already been told by the immunity winner that she’s taking me. And just like the show – we have our Courtney, our Todd, and our Amanda. And yes, the person getting booted today IS just as nice as Denise, and most definitely would have won if our Amanda (who DID have immunity in our game) had taken her with us. The finals for that online game is all this week – our jury tribal council begins in a couple days and the Sole Survivor choice is announced next Sunday. In years past I have barely cracked the top ten, so to make it to the Top Three is amazing and I’m thrilled to death to have made it this far.
Go Todd!! I found the cast list for Survivor Micronesia, check it out at coldleftovers.com, if you like.
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