One of the reasons I love these kinds of shows is because it’s not a personality contest so this new trend is really worrying and depressing to me.

Even at the start of this episode I was amazed at how well Russell played it, he told all three of his Foa Foa team mates lies but none of them questioned it even for a second and all three were willing and able to go along with whatever he said – his name was never even considered. And although I see people saying he didn’t play a good social game I really think he did – he had most of them eating out of his hands at one point or another, all trusted him, all went to him to ask where the vote was going and even though he masterminded getting rid of almost all of them there seemed to be very little actual bitterness from the jury!

As she proved by winning it she was clearly extremely competitive, one of the most competitive there – yet whenever anyone else made a move to further themselves and not her she’d throw her toys out of the pram about it. I thought she had an awful attitude.

Still can’t take away from what she achieved, sans the haircut that ages her 20 years she is looking smoooookin’

Another surprise was Shay basically being handed $100k for no reason, I didn’t dislike Shay in any way, I just don’t see why the fact she was the heaviest ever should entitle her to this special treatment.

Now, let’s see who wins it – I think I am rooting for Rudy.

Going into the final with Rudy, Amanda, Liz and Danny I really don’t mind (or indeed care) who wins. I have not looked at the stats like I usually would, but assume Rudy pretty much already has it in the bag. He seems like a nice enough guy so good for him, but meh, he’s not the most interesting of dudes.

Now, to watch ‘Where are they now’, I have been looking forward to this specal for weeks, I have always criticised the show for brushing under the carpet the fact a lot of the losers gain the weight back within a few years – yes it’s great that they have all lost a total of 4396841 pounds between them, but how many are still off them? So it will be interesting to see how they present it!

For me any of the four really could have won it and I wanted to watch it without knowing.

Bob was the obvious winner in that he had the highest % and was a weight loss machine, but I did think there was a high chance he would throw it in order to let Tiffany win — the parents this season never made any bones about the fact they were there for their kids and wanted to get them far, and Tiffany had the double bracelet and the producers would have loved to have the gorgeous and sweet young mum as their first female biggest loser for sure.

Sharif was only a little behind in % and still had the weight to lose and although Sammy was the underdog she did still have the weight to lose — had this been a USA season where they get months at home rather than weeks, I think she really could have done it.

As it turned out, my favourite (along with Sherif and Teresa) won the at home prize, go Sean! Ben looked awesome, he was the only one that had really changed since the last time we saw him when he was still quite big. All the girls looked amazing, especially Meaghan and Holly and Mel….and…..big bad Bob won the title having lost a staggering 86.7kgs, that’s 193lbs for heavens sake, I am going to find out if that’s the biggest ever on any show throughout the world, it has to be surely?

Overall it was a great finale and I shall post my feeling on the series in general and the gap it has now left in my life in a few days time when I have had the chance to digest.

PS. Like a total nerd, I just added a bunch of them on Facebook hehe

I think there has been a certain element of predictability about it, Ray and Jess were always going to be in the finale as they are clearly on a different level to all other contestants this year — the only battle was who was going to be the third person to make it there with them?

Turns out it’s Donal and that’s fine by me, he comes across as a really nice guy.

But I didn’t fall madly in love with any one this series, I didn’t find myself rooting for any one to improve, I didn’t strongly dislike any one (though was getting there with whingebag Colleen!) and frankly I don’t care who goes on to win it.

Still loving Phillip Schofield though, he’s the only thing this series that has floated my boat..the silver haired fox that he is.

Half way through the season I already decided I love it and made a start on getting my hands on the first 4 seasons. I am going to have fun catching up on them for sure now that this season is over.

I was disappointed with the winner though — Stefan was an arrogant ass, but he dominated the whole season and so clearly should have won. Hosea did nothing for me and barely won any thing, he didn’t make a mark at all.

Maybe I just went off him after he cheated on his girlfriend on national TV, that hardly makes you want to root for a guy does it?

Roll on the reunion show. I can’t wait to see if Hosea rightly got kicked to the curb by his missus and how Stefan feels seeing Fabio throw him under the bus (So much for ‘Team Europe’, Fabio!) at the finale meal!

I know it aired in 2005, but I am a little slow OK?

I was rooting for David to win for quite some time, as he seemed to be the only one really playing the game and he skillfully avoided disaster several times. Now that he is out I am rooting for Imogen, a because she is from Neighbours and b because I don’t think it’s right a previously voted out member should win it.

I only have the finale left to watch now, so it won’t be long before I find out who the Sole Survivor will be

For 14 weeks I have watched these celebrities dance their little hearts out week after week.

The finale has been on for what already seems like forever, Lisa and Brendan have been voted out and the final two couples have performed their show stopping free style dances.

Tess and Bruce have the results, the finalists are gathered.

Oh the excitement.

So who won?

I don’t bloody know because that was the point my PVR recording stopped — the earlier show overran so the results show was on for an extra 6 minutes meaning that myself and all the other 1000s of people up and down the land that recorded the show to enjoy later missed the result.

Nice work BBC, nice bloomin’ work!

I never thought I’d hear myself say this, but I wish there were longer between seasons. I was shocked when at the end of the Survivor Gabon finale it was announced that the next season would begin in early February, a mere two months away — Survivor is my all time favourite reality show but a two month break is overkill even for me — I remember when seasons used to end and I’d be distraught for days, weeks even and already be looking forward to the next season which would be several months away.

That anticipation was part of the enjoyment.

And if I thought that was overkill, I about fell off my chair when during The Biggest Loser Families finale it flashed up on my screen that season seven would be starting in just two weeks! Two weeks, come on now. I had to rewind and pause just to make sure I wasn’t seeing things.

I am still strictly in the hating it camp, although I did enjoy the last episode a lot — there were so many ways that tribal council could have gone and finally it went the way I wanted it to. I’ve been waiting for the tables to turn on Crystal for a long time :p

Sugar imho definitely and absolutely is not a good game player, this episode just highlighted it even more for me — she’s got balls, big big balls, she has not tried to fly under the radar and has been willing to make some pretty bold moves when she’s felt the urge to. But not one of them was the ‘right’ decision or based on strategy…they’ve all been personal or because someone got into her ear and told her to do it. She even said this episode she knew she couldn’t beat Bob but she didn’t care because she liked him :rolleyes:

Sugar is the puppet, not the master.

And what’s all this nonsense about the good guys, and listing herself as one of them? Firstly it’s survivor…there’s no such thing as good guys. Secondly she’s known full well how Ken and Crystal are and have been throughout the game and thirdly she’s taken part in just as many manipulations, blindsides and sneaky plans as they have — I hate it when they get all moral and hypocritical about it.

As for the finale…I didn’t realise it was that time already! I am going away for a few days tomorrow so won’t get to see it until the end of the week…hope I can avoid spoilers.

I think Susie is a cert for the final 3, who’s going to try and get rid of Susie? and if Susie, Sugar and Kenny are even remotely decent players they’ll be making darn sure they get rid of Bob and Matty beforehand!