Not Going Down Without a Fight
So here we are down to the final four:
Michele: Original Beauty tribe, been under the radar, annoying voice but didn't really make any enemies.
Cydney: Original Brawn tribe, quietly orchestrated some blindsides, great physical strength but never quite lived up to that potential.
Aubry: Original Brains tribe, started out shaky but really took charge at the end, lost both her closest allies but never gave up. (The Tai Whisperer.)
Tai: Original Beauty tribe, the zen master that went to the dark side and back, he had an idol, an advantage, and a chicken but can he win it all?
Dara - Day 36
As dawn is breaking, we see the real winner I think - Mark the Rooster - he crows in the new day and it pisses Cydney off - Tai quickly has to quiet him down because he has no immunity since his idol was only good until five people remained and with Joe being medically evac'd last episode, that took away his last chance to use his idol. Tai's afraid even being associated with the chicken could turn them against him.
-Aubry & Tai talk and confirm that they are going to stick together. Tai says they need to try to get close to Cydney. Aubry agrees, Michele is the only one who hasn't pissed anyone off on the jury, they want to go to the end with Cydney not Michele.
-Michele & Cydney think their best bet is to have the three girls as the final three. Cydney tells the camera she's in a good spot, now that Joe's gone, everyone wants to take her to the end. Michele thinks if Tai wins immunity she's screwed.
REWARD CHALLENGE
They will race under a net crawl to a shuffle board type table where they will have to slide tiles through a slot at the end. Once they have all their tiles through the slot, they will have to balance a stack of the tiles on a machete and transport them through a series of obstacles to a finish table. Once they have all the tiles at the finish table, they have to group them in matching pairs which will leave three unmatched tiles - on the back of those tiles are three numbers that will be the
combination to unlock the stick from a box which will raise their flag and win them the Reward - a great big juicy steak meal back at camp.
-This was a hard fought battle, Aubry got way ahead because she has killer balance but then she mismatched two of the tiles and had the wrong combination for a while which allowed the rest to catch up... but in the end AUBRY figured out her mistake and won the Reward.
-Jeff tells her she can double her Reward and choose to share with another person. She chooses Cydney. (She and Tai agreed she had to get close to Cydney, this is a good chance, and Aubry hopes this will increase their chance of beating Michele at the next immunity challenge.)
Reward
They have to eat it right there in camp - these two are already pretty close, it just solidified their bond - they both are hoping the food will allow them to beat the other two for immunity.
-Meanwhile, Michele is trying to convince Tai that he should vote with her - that way if either of them don't get immunity, they'll have the others back. Tai shakes on it, sure he'll do that - but he tells the camera that he is not turning on Aubry or his alliance with her... unless he has to because he's there to win the million dollars. (Uh, so we're not quite sure what Tai is doing.)
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
It's another multi-level, back and forth, crazy challenge. On Jeff's go they will have to race out to a platform in the water and retrieve key #1 - then they have to run back to the beach and unlock a set of stairs, at the top of the stairs they will retrieve key #2, then run back out to the water and using that key unlock a ball attached to a rope. Running back to land, they have to throw the ball into a Y shaped bracket and pull it down to release a ladder - at the top of the ladder they will retrieve key #3 - racing back out to the water they have to unlock a pole then use the pole to knock a bag of puzzle pieces off the top of the platform - then run back to the beach, up the stairs, up the ladder and then use the puzzle pieces to complete a three level puzzle. First person done the puzzle wins immunity! (Yeah, it was a long one.)
-Aubry led most of the way through the first three phases of the challenge, she and Cydney had quite the head start on the puzzle but apparently the steak dinner helped the body perform but not so much
the brain - they both stalled out on the puzzle and it was MICHELE who came from behind and won immunity!
Dara - Day 37
They return to camp and now Michele is facing the decision of who she wants to go to the end with - if she chooses wrong, it could cost her a million dollars (honey, you ain't winnin'.)
-Tai & Aubry go for water and it's the worse case scenario for them, but they agree to stick together and they have no choice but to vote out Cydney. The figure this could result in a tie and then people will be making fire.
-Aubry's still a little worried that Tai could turn on her - but she is thinking about how to build fire as well.
-Michele tells Cydney she is not going to write her name down and Cydney tells her she will vote however she wants to vote - they want to keep Aubry but they're worried that she will be able to work the jury and win votes so Tai who is not able to speak as well, would be better for both of them in the end.
-Michele assures Cydney that Tai will vote with them and even tells her not to work on her fire making skills, because she won't need them.
-Tai asks Michele & Cydney if the girls are sticking together and voting him out and then he's shocked when Michele tells him they are voting Aubry (Umm, it's like he wasn't even there when they discussed voting together - I would say something about men and their listening skills but you all know it.) Tai's really glad they're not targeting him, now is he going to turn on Aubry?
TRIBAL COUNCIL #1
Do we care what they said? Not really - it is a tie vote, 2 Aubry and 2 Cydney. If they revote only Tai & Michele will be voting and they say they are not changing their votes so it comes down to fire making and wouldn't you know it, Cydney should have practiced because Aubry was able to burn through her rope and raise her flag - sending Cydney to the jury. Cydney makes a crying declaration that she just wanted to pay off her mom's mortgage and go to school... (but I have no sympathy, didn't she tell us she went to a pretty prestigious college?)
Dara - Night 37
They all feel pretty crappy coming back to camp without Cydney but Aubry is really proud that she was able to pull it off when it really mattered.
-Michele isn't too happy that Tai didn't vote with them - she thinks Tai just handed Aubry a million dollars. (I think so too.)
-They are all talking about being the final three when Tai asks, Are you sure there isn't another challenge? Jeff never said they were the final three... (it could be a final two - which I would much prefer.)
Dara - Day 38
Mark crows the start of the day and Michele comes to camp with tree mail - there is a final challenge that will decide who can stay and who will go... oooohhh!
Challenge: Jeff tells them this is not an immunity challenge, they ARE the final three. However, they will be voting someone out tonight, just not each other. The winner of the challenge will get to vote out a jury member (What?? That's a cool twist.) They will be doing the dexterity challenge that no one chose in their first ever challenge. Standing on a wobbly beam they will have to stack balls and bases using a pronged stick. If the stack falls, they have to start over. First person to get all the balls and bases stacked so they stay for more than a 2 count will win the first Vote off the Jury advantage.
-They all have a few start overs but in the end Michele has become the challenge beast when it really counts and she got the advantage.
Dara - Day 38
They get back to camp and Michele is asking for their input on who to vote off the jury - Michele thinks Joe because he's an obvious vote for Aubry - Tai agrees but thinks Neal might be an even better advocate for Aubry and the better choice to take out.
-Aubry's not too happy to hear that Michele is contemplating her two biggest supporters so she tries to steer her more towards people that may be voting for Tai, like maybe Scot (though I don't think Scot's going to vote for Tai, they are no longer buds.) Aubry thinks Scot will be more likely to maul them with his questions (ah, I could see that.)
Pseudo Tribal
Jury comes in: Neal, Nick, Debbie, Scot, Julia, Jason, Joe and Cydney
They notice that no one is wearing an immunity necklace and wonder what's going on. Jeff congratulates the contestants on making it to the final three and says they will be facing the jury tomorrow night but tonight, Michele won this advantage and he gets her to read out that she gets to vote out a jury member - and they are all shocked.
Blah, blah, blah - running numbers, who is the best choice....
Michele votes off NEAL! And proves she made the correct decision when he gets the Sue Hawk award on his parting shot - he saunters over to Michele and spews vitriol: "You came to this game thinking you were a bad @ss b!tch but you're more like a cute little puppy suckling at the teet and I don't think you have a chance." (Whoa! Where the heck did that come from?)
Dara - Day 39
They brought in a scale and mirror for them to check out what 39 days had wrought and both the girls were thinking they looked good - Tai, "I look like a refugee." (Ha, isn't that typical male/female reactions to dramatic weight loss.)
Final Tribal Council
The final four show up to Tribal Council - yes, Four - Tai brought along the chicken, Mark is the biggest winner out there I think.
Jason even whispers to Debbie, "Mark's here." (see everyone loves the chicken.) Tai held him in his lap the whole time.
Nick starts off being the smarmy condescending guy he's always been giving them the advice he thinks they need:
Michele: display intelligence (what?)
Tai: display awareness
Aubry: display confidence
And most importantly, be honest. (Who does this guy think he is? He asks no questions, but he's going to be listening - Argh!)
Debbie - congratulates them and then asks Tai if he has multiple personalities flipping back and forth like he did (no that's you honey.) Tai starts giving this long answer about how he didn't flip back and forth but Debbie just wanted the no, I don't have multiple personalities.
-She tells Aubry she enjoyed watching her metamorphosis from a neurotic nerd to a geek warrior. Aubry tells her voting out Debbie was
her one regret in the game but their games moved in different directions and it had to be done, because Debbie was too big a threat.
Julia: She says that Michele was the weakest link on the Beauty tribe in the beginning, she was just dragged along until the end when she finally made a move voting Julia out - is that enough to win? Michele says it took her a while to find her footing, coming in on Beauty tribe you have to prove you have brains or strength and when she did figure it out she made good decisions including voting Julia out.
Tai, he started strong but then after the merge his game deteriorated, should he win a million dollars for that? Tai says he came in strong, got all the tools he needed, blindsided Scot and then after that he found an alliance he was comfortable with and it took him to the end. He thinks his accomplishments early on trumped what Michele did.
Joe: He asks Tai why he should win over Aubry? Tai said he accomplished more than her, found the idol, won the extra vote, won immunity, made the big move to get Scot out.
Aubry said she had to step to the plate with the information Tai provided and make the decisions. If Tai didn't have her, nothing would have happened. She was on the right side of the vote every time, he was on the wrong side. Tai had super-idols and advantages but he didn't have his finger on the pulse of this game, she did. She was the person people came to to make a decision at the end of the day she was able to rally people together to get things done.
Jason: Truth time - he doesn't know who he's voting for.
Michele - she had no idea about the blindside of Scot, yet she was in that alliance, what up with that (he didn't say that, but I'm getting tired.) She said she was left out of the Scot vote because of her relationship with Julia and they didn't trust Julia. Michele showed she could be trusted by voting out Julia and worked her way in so they trusted her more than Tai in voting out Jason instead of her.
Tai - why did you leave Scot & I for them? Tai said he got scared of the bond Jason & Scot had, scared they would vote him out (and they were talking about when they'd vote him out) and maybe he was a little jealous - but they were such guys and so savage and he's not like that... then the chicken started flapping... Jason says, "Calm down Mark." (Hahaha, that chicken was the star of this show, come on!)
Cydney: Aubry - was it always the plan to get me out in final tribal council? She said no, it was the plan to vote out Michele but she won immunity. Since Cydney was there with her on every vote, they were very even going to the jury - she had no choice but to vote Cydney out, because she knew that is what she would do. (I think that was supposed to be a compliment.)
Michele - Cydney thanked her for letting her build fire... Aubry interrupted by asking if Michele knew Tai & Aubry were voting for Cydney - she said no, but she could have easily have switched her vote on the re-vote and she didn't - she wanted to be in the final with Cydney and teary-eyed blew her a kiss (really?)
Scot: He's going to make this quick - Tai, you had an idol, you didn't use it, you had an advantage but you used it in a very dumb way - none of the advantages that you earned in this game did you any good because you didn't use them. (Uh, the idol allowed him to get you out - I call bs on that argument.)
Aubry - you started out this game pretty good, I had respect for you - but Survivor has this twist, now you have to make us vote for you - why would we vote for you Aubry?
-I think you are a competitor and you appreciate someone who competes even if it may be a different style than you. I played this game with my strengths which per personal, I think you can respect that.
Michele - you out-toughed those two, they got weaker, [clapping] well done Michele. (And he made her cry, happy tears, I think.)
Final words:
Aubry: Had a rough start, my game evolved, managed personalities to get her there - she may not have won immunities but damned if she didn't try hard - she won reward challenge on her own and at the end of the day she made fire in the ultimate Survivor moment. She loves this game, she played her heart out, she out-witted, she out-lasted and she would say she out-played.
Tai: This game is so hard, people back stabbing each other - we don't have to stab each other - I believe in goodness of humanity, it's what I am (keep in mind he has Mark standing in his lap the whole time) it was a kum-bai-ya speech, he tried to get out a Vietnamese proverb but he got chocked up... I don't think it helped him any.
Michele - People think I didn't play an intelligent game and (she starts choking up) I had to really fight my way in this game and I was up against a lot of roadblocks and I was the only one that had faith in myself when everyone was saying I was at the bottom but I believed in myself and I trusted myself and I remained happy and positive and I'm proud of how I played. I'm just proud of myself (she says as she's trying to wipe away the tears... Oh come on!! It looks like the jury is buying it. oy.)
Time to Vote:
Julia votes for Michele
Joe votes for Aubry
Final piece of business before Jeff brings it to a close, since Tai has no plan on how to take the chicken back to the States, it's time to say good-bye to Mark. Tai just has to release him and leave it up to fate.
My favourite moment: Everyone on the jury says, "Bye Mark." Even Jeff, when he's leaving the Tribal Council area says, "See ya, Mark." (It was awesome.) Mark was the real winner, I tell ya.
Reading of the votes:
Okay, I just have to say, everyone looks good like they do at the reunion show, except Jason, he looks exactly the same, greasy hair back in a pony tail and scraggly beard - except he was wearing a Don Cherry jacket. I said they didn't polish that turd, they just put a jacket on it. Way to make an effort my friend.
Votes:
Michele - 1
Aubry - 1
Aubry - 2
Michele - 2, 3, 4... and MICHELE is the winner of Survivor Brains vs Brawn vs Beauty (What the what??? I would have NEVER predicted that in a million years. Wow.)
And with Michele winning, that means Katie L., Brandon L., and Susan N. won the pool. Congratulations you guys.
The rest of the Reunion show was one of the worst I've ever seen - Jeff barely spoke to the players and when he did they just rambled boringly.
-We found out Caleb is now totally recovered.
-For some inexplicable reason Sia showed up hidden behind her ridiculous wig and said she was going to donate $50K to Tai because of his beautiful portrayal of someone who loves nature and animals - and she was giving $50K to an animal charity of his choosing. (I thought she was going to pull Mark out of her coat, but no such luck... I miss Mark.)
-Drew Carey was there talking about a Survivor Price is Right they did. (Who cares.)
And finally they told us about the next season starting in September: Millennials vs Gen X "Survivor is all about earning it, where Millennials think they deserve it." (Oh yeah, this one could be interesting.)
Have a great Summer!
Coleen
So here we are down to the final four:
Michele: Original Beauty tribe, been under the radar, annoying voice but didn't really make any enemies.
Cydney: Original Brawn tribe, quietly orchestrated some blindsides, great physical strength but never quite lived up to that potential.
Aubry: Original Brains tribe, started out shaky but really took charge at the end, lost both her closest allies but never gave up. (The Tai Whisperer.)
Tai: Original Beauty tribe, the zen master that went to the dark side and back, he had an idol, an advantage, and a chicken but can he win it all?
Dara - Day 36
As dawn is breaking, we see the real winner I think - Mark the Rooster - he crows in the new day and it pisses Cydney off - Tai quickly has to quiet him down because he has no immunity since his idol was only good until five people remained and with Joe being medically evac'd last episode, that took away his last chance to use his idol. Tai's afraid even being associated with the chicken could turn them against him.
-Aubry & Tai talk and confirm that they are going to stick together. Tai says they need to try to get close to Cydney. Aubry agrees, Michele is the only one who hasn't pissed anyone off on the jury, they want to go to the end with Cydney not Michele.
-Michele & Cydney think their best bet is to have the three girls as the final three. Cydney tells the camera she's in a good spot, now that Joe's gone, everyone wants to take her to the end. Michele thinks if Tai wins immunity she's screwed.
REWARD CHALLENGE
They will race under a net crawl to a shuffle board type table where they will have to slide tiles through a slot at the end. Once they have all their tiles through the slot, they will have to balance a stack of the tiles on a machete and transport them through a series of obstacles to a finish table. Once they have all the tiles at the finish table, they have to group them in matching pairs which will leave three unmatched tiles - on the back of those tiles are three numbers that will be the
combination to unlock the stick from a box which will raise their flag and win them the Reward - a great big juicy steak meal back at camp.
-This was a hard fought battle, Aubry got way ahead because she has killer balance but then she mismatched two of the tiles and had the wrong combination for a while which allowed the rest to catch up... but in the end AUBRY figured out her mistake and won the Reward.
-Jeff tells her she can double her Reward and choose to share with another person. She chooses Cydney. (She and Tai agreed she had to get close to Cydney, this is a good chance, and Aubry hopes this will increase their chance of beating Michele at the next immunity challenge.)
Reward
They have to eat it right there in camp - these two are already pretty close, it just solidified their bond - they both are hoping the food will allow them to beat the other two for immunity.
-Meanwhile, Michele is trying to convince Tai that he should vote with her - that way if either of them don't get immunity, they'll have the others back. Tai shakes on it, sure he'll do that - but he tells the camera that he is not turning on Aubry or his alliance with her... unless he has to because he's there to win the million dollars. (Uh, so we're not quite sure what Tai is doing.)
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
It's another multi-level, back and forth, crazy challenge. On Jeff's go they will have to race out to a platform in the water and retrieve key #1 - then they have to run back to the beach and unlock a set of stairs, at the top of the stairs they will retrieve key #2, then run back out to the water and using that key unlock a ball attached to a rope. Running back to land, they have to throw the ball into a Y shaped bracket and pull it down to release a ladder - at the top of the ladder they will retrieve key #3 - racing back out to the water they have to unlock a pole then use the pole to knock a bag of puzzle pieces off the top of the platform - then run back to the beach, up the stairs, up the ladder and then use the puzzle pieces to complete a three level puzzle. First person done the puzzle wins immunity! (Yeah, it was a long one.)
-Aubry led most of the way through the first three phases of the challenge, she and Cydney had quite the head start on the puzzle but apparently the steak dinner helped the body perform but not so much
the brain - they both stalled out on the puzzle and it was MICHELE who came from behind and won immunity!
Dara - Day 37
They return to camp and now Michele is facing the decision of who she wants to go to the end with - if she chooses wrong, it could cost her a million dollars (honey, you ain't winnin'.)
-Tai & Aubry go for water and it's the worse case scenario for them, but they agree to stick together and they have no choice but to vote out Cydney. The figure this could result in a tie and then people will be making fire.
-Aubry's still a little worried that Tai could turn on her - but she is thinking about how to build fire as well.
-Michele tells Cydney she is not going to write her name down and Cydney tells her she will vote however she wants to vote - they want to keep Aubry but they're worried that she will be able to work the jury and win votes so Tai who is not able to speak as well, would be better for both of them in the end.
-Michele assures Cydney that Tai will vote with them and even tells her not to work on her fire making skills, because she won't need them.
-Tai asks Michele & Cydney if the girls are sticking together and voting him out and then he's shocked when Michele tells him they are voting Aubry (Umm, it's like he wasn't even there when they discussed voting together - I would say something about men and their listening skills but you all know it.) Tai's really glad they're not targeting him, now is he going to turn on Aubry?
TRIBAL COUNCIL #1
Do we care what they said? Not really - it is a tie vote, 2 Aubry and 2 Cydney. If they revote only Tai & Michele will be voting and they say they are not changing their votes so it comes down to fire making and wouldn't you know it, Cydney should have practiced because Aubry was able to burn through her rope and raise her flag - sending Cydney to the jury. Cydney makes a crying declaration that she just wanted to pay off her mom's mortgage and go to school... (but I have no sympathy, didn't she tell us she went to a pretty prestigious college?)
Dara - Night 37
They all feel pretty crappy coming back to camp without Cydney but Aubry is really proud that she was able to pull it off when it really mattered.
-Michele isn't too happy that Tai didn't vote with them - she thinks Tai just handed Aubry a million dollars. (I think so too.)
-They are all talking about being the final three when Tai asks, Are you sure there isn't another challenge? Jeff never said they were the final three... (it could be a final two - which I would much prefer.)
Dara - Day 38
Mark crows the start of the day and Michele comes to camp with tree mail - there is a final challenge that will decide who can stay and who will go... oooohhh!
Challenge: Jeff tells them this is not an immunity challenge, they ARE the final three. However, they will be voting someone out tonight, just not each other. The winner of the challenge will get to vote out a jury member (What?? That's a cool twist.) They will be doing the dexterity challenge that no one chose in their first ever challenge. Standing on a wobbly beam they will have to stack balls and bases using a pronged stick. If the stack falls, they have to start over. First person to get all the balls and bases stacked so they stay for more than a 2 count will win the first Vote off the Jury advantage.
-They all have a few start overs but in the end Michele has become the challenge beast when it really counts and she got the advantage.
Dara - Day 38
They get back to camp and Michele is asking for their input on who to vote off the jury - Michele thinks Joe because he's an obvious vote for Aubry - Tai agrees but thinks Neal might be an even better advocate for Aubry and the better choice to take out.
-Aubry's not too happy to hear that Michele is contemplating her two biggest supporters so she tries to steer her more towards people that may be voting for Tai, like maybe Scot (though I don't think Scot's going to vote for Tai, they are no longer buds.) Aubry thinks Scot will be more likely to maul them with his questions (ah, I could see that.)
Pseudo Tribal
Jury comes in: Neal, Nick, Debbie, Scot, Julia, Jason, Joe and Cydney
They notice that no one is wearing an immunity necklace and wonder what's going on. Jeff congratulates the contestants on making it to the final three and says they will be facing the jury tomorrow night but tonight, Michele won this advantage and he gets her to read out that she gets to vote out a jury member - and they are all shocked.
Blah, blah, blah - running numbers, who is the best choice....
Michele votes off NEAL! And proves she made the correct decision when he gets the Sue Hawk award on his parting shot - he saunters over to Michele and spews vitriol: "You came to this game thinking you were a bad @ss b!tch but you're more like a cute little puppy suckling at the teet and I don't think you have a chance." (Whoa! Where the heck did that come from?)
Dara - Day 39
They brought in a scale and mirror for them to check out what 39 days had wrought and both the girls were thinking they looked good - Tai, "I look like a refugee." (Ha, isn't that typical male/female reactions to dramatic weight loss.)
Final Tribal Council
The final four show up to Tribal Council - yes, Four - Tai brought along the chicken, Mark is the biggest winner out there I think.
Jason even whispers to Debbie, "Mark's here." (see everyone loves the chicken.) Tai held him in his lap the whole time.
Nick starts off being the smarmy condescending guy he's always been giving them the advice he thinks they need:
Michele: display intelligence (what?)
Tai: display awareness
Aubry: display confidence
And most importantly, be honest. (Who does this guy think he is? He asks no questions, but he's going to be listening - Argh!)
Debbie - congratulates them and then asks Tai if he has multiple personalities flipping back and forth like he did (no that's you honey.) Tai starts giving this long answer about how he didn't flip back and forth but Debbie just wanted the no, I don't have multiple personalities.
-She tells Aubry she enjoyed watching her metamorphosis from a neurotic nerd to a geek warrior. Aubry tells her voting out Debbie was
her one regret in the game but their games moved in different directions and it had to be done, because Debbie was too big a threat.
Julia: She says that Michele was the weakest link on the Beauty tribe in the beginning, she was just dragged along until the end when she finally made a move voting Julia out - is that enough to win? Michele says it took her a while to find her footing, coming in on Beauty tribe you have to prove you have brains or strength and when she did figure it out she made good decisions including voting Julia out.
Tai, he started strong but then after the merge his game deteriorated, should he win a million dollars for that? Tai says he came in strong, got all the tools he needed, blindsided Scot and then after that he found an alliance he was comfortable with and it took him to the end. He thinks his accomplishments early on trumped what Michele did.
Joe: He asks Tai why he should win over Aubry? Tai said he accomplished more than her, found the idol, won the extra vote, won immunity, made the big move to get Scot out.
Aubry said she had to step to the plate with the information Tai provided and make the decisions. If Tai didn't have her, nothing would have happened. She was on the right side of the vote every time, he was on the wrong side. Tai had super-idols and advantages but he didn't have his finger on the pulse of this game, she did. She was the person people came to to make a decision at the end of the day she was able to rally people together to get things done.
Jason: Truth time - he doesn't know who he's voting for.
Michele - she had no idea about the blindside of Scot, yet she was in that alliance, what up with that (he didn't say that, but I'm getting tired.) She said she was left out of the Scot vote because of her relationship with Julia and they didn't trust Julia. Michele showed she could be trusted by voting out Julia and worked her way in so they trusted her more than Tai in voting out Jason instead of her.
Tai - why did you leave Scot & I for them? Tai said he got scared of the bond Jason & Scot had, scared they would vote him out (and they were talking about when they'd vote him out) and maybe he was a little jealous - but they were such guys and so savage and he's not like that... then the chicken started flapping... Jason says, "Calm down Mark." (Hahaha, that chicken was the star of this show, come on!)
Cydney: Aubry - was it always the plan to get me out in final tribal council? She said no, it was the plan to vote out Michele but she won immunity. Since Cydney was there with her on every vote, they were very even going to the jury - she had no choice but to vote Cydney out, because she knew that is what she would do. (I think that was supposed to be a compliment.)
Michele - Cydney thanked her for letting her build fire... Aubry interrupted by asking if Michele knew Tai & Aubry were voting for Cydney - she said no, but she could have easily have switched her vote on the re-vote and she didn't - she wanted to be in the final with Cydney and teary-eyed blew her a kiss (really?)
Scot: He's going to make this quick - Tai, you had an idol, you didn't use it, you had an advantage but you used it in a very dumb way - none of the advantages that you earned in this game did you any good because you didn't use them. (Uh, the idol allowed him to get you out - I call bs on that argument.)
Aubry - you started out this game pretty good, I had respect for you - but Survivor has this twist, now you have to make us vote for you - why would we vote for you Aubry?
-I think you are a competitor and you appreciate someone who competes even if it may be a different style than you. I played this game with my strengths which per personal, I think you can respect that.
Michele - you out-toughed those two, they got weaker, [clapping] well done Michele. (And he made her cry, happy tears, I think.)
Final words:
Aubry: Had a rough start, my game evolved, managed personalities to get her there - she may not have won immunities but damned if she didn't try hard - she won reward challenge on her own and at the end of the day she made fire in the ultimate Survivor moment. She loves this game, she played her heart out, she out-witted, she out-lasted and she would say she out-played.
Tai: This game is so hard, people back stabbing each other - we don't have to stab each other - I believe in goodness of humanity, it's what I am (keep in mind he has Mark standing in his lap the whole time) it was a kum-bai-ya speech, he tried to get out a Vietnamese proverb but he got chocked up... I don't think it helped him any.
Michele - People think I didn't play an intelligent game and (she starts choking up) I had to really fight my way in this game and I was up against a lot of roadblocks and I was the only one that had faith in myself when everyone was saying I was at the bottom but I believed in myself and I trusted myself and I remained happy and positive and I'm proud of how I played. I'm just proud of myself (she says as she's trying to wipe away the tears... Oh come on!! It looks like the jury is buying it. oy.)
Time to Vote:
Julia votes for Michele
Joe votes for Aubry
Final piece of business before Jeff brings it to a close, since Tai has no plan on how to take the chicken back to the States, it's time to say good-bye to Mark. Tai just has to release him and leave it up to fate.
My favourite moment: Everyone on the jury says, "Bye Mark." Even Jeff, when he's leaving the Tribal Council area says, "See ya, Mark." (It was awesome.) Mark was the real winner, I tell ya.
Reading of the votes:
Okay, I just have to say, everyone looks good like they do at the reunion show, except Jason, he looks exactly the same, greasy hair back in a pony tail and scraggly beard - except he was wearing a Don Cherry jacket. I said they didn't polish that turd, they just put a jacket on it. Way to make an effort my friend.
Votes:
Michele - 1
Aubry - 1
Aubry - 2
Michele - 2, 3, 4... and MICHELE is the winner of Survivor Brains vs Brawn vs Beauty (What the what??? I would have NEVER predicted that in a million years. Wow.)
And with Michele winning, that means Katie L., Brandon L., and Susan N. won the pool. Congratulations you guys.
The rest of the Reunion show was one of the worst I've ever seen - Jeff barely spoke to the players and when he did they just rambled boringly.
-We found out Caleb is now totally recovered.
-For some inexplicable reason Sia showed up hidden behind her ridiculous wig and said she was going to donate $50K to Tai because of his beautiful portrayal of someone who loves nature and animals - and she was giving $50K to an animal charity of his choosing. (I thought she was going to pull Mark out of her coat, but no such luck... I miss Mark.)
-Drew Carey was there talking about a Survivor Price is Right they did. (Who cares.)
And finally they told us about the next season starting in September: Millennials vs Gen X "Survivor is all about earning it, where Millennials think they deserve it." (Oh yeah, this one could be interesting.)
Have a great Summer!
Coleen
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