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A disappointing end to a good season for me. Again someone who sat on the sidelines walks away with the prize. As I have said countless times I know the way Sandra plays is valid, it’s won the game for her twice, it’s just not for me.

I found it quite bizarre that she highlighted at the final tribal council that her main strategy was to get Russell out, but she failed – why highlight that you had no power or sway in the game? I can only assume she was hoping to pick up anti Russell votes.

Russell blew the final tribal council no doubt (having said that does anyone really believe he’d have won if he’d pandered to the ‘oh I’m sorry, I regret everything I did’ nonsense that Danielle seemed to be trying to push him into? I’m kinda glad he stuck to his guns!) and I don’t feel like he was robbed this season as he was last one but I definitely think he and Parvati deserved it a lot more than Sandra as they both had control over the game for a large part of it where she had zero.

I don’t begrudge her the win this season but it pains me to think people are now considering her the best player of all time – we’ve had some real duds win the show over the years, winning doesn’t automatically mean you played the best game – she wouldn’t even make my personal top 10 list.

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Some other thoughts I had while watching the episode…

What was with the long pause in the Colby confessional? It almost looked like the producers forgot to cut it – maybe they were trying to build up the ‘..but I’m not giving up yet’ but it seemed a little odd.

Are Jerri and Coach not engaged/an item then? I was looking forward to that announcement at reunion.

Boston Rob refusing to shake Russell’s hand was lame. Although they all apparently hate Russell they all seemed to be getting along and playing nice at the reunion. I think once the game is over it should be the end to any nastiness (unless something really major goes down).

Does anyone know who Amanda voted for to win?

Even I was surprised that Russell won fan fave again, thought his popularity had waned somewhat and that Rupert had it in the bag.

I was bemused when he said he knew he didn’t win Samoa I am still bemused. It was interesting to hear he did change tactics because of that though and took people he perceived as unlikable to the final with him.

I have not read the other replies yet but I can bet it will be brought up that Russell was dumb to underestimate Sandra and be so cocky he could beat her – so I;d like to point out that they ALL apparently thought the same thing. Colby said as much in his final TC (We all want to be sat next to Sandra at the end because we can beat her), so it was obviously a pretty common opinion.

I was surprised Russell didn’t take out Parvati at the end, everything seemed to be pointing to him doing so and it definitely made sense to my mind. Would Jerri really have won if she’d been there? Hmm.

Biggest mistake in the game it turns out was not knocking out Sandra instead of Courtney before the merge – although as someone said upthread she’d have probably found herself in the final as well for the same reasons as Sandra, not being seen as a threat for the challenges and having coasted along not being seen as a threat to win the prize.

…have I told you recently that I love you?

Pretty amazing to think how popular and awesome this show still is after 20 seasons and over 10 years on air. Long live the next 20 seasons.

I’m a big Russell fan so glad to see him doing well this season. I actually thought he was going to get eliminated very early on because of how he was at the Samoa finale – all teary eyed and desperate to buy the title off Natalie – the only downside being I don’t like Parvati so each episode I find myself torn between rooting for him to do well and wanting her gone.

You know what’s annoying though? How hot those women look, I look like death if I go a few days without washing my hair, plucking my eyebrows and getting rid of blackheads – yet they all look like divine Goddesses after 30 days of basically living in crap. I just hold on to the hope that if we actually saw them in person they’d look (and smell) like death.

I’ve not seen this weeks episode yet, but will be watching it while I eat my favourite tea (Salmon and Pasta) of the week a little later on today

That episode was a total mindf**k!

I had no idea what was happening at any point really and went through so many emotions.

When Rob won immunity I was again a bit disappointed – they’ve been biggin’ up this damned Rob vs Russell thing for so long now that even though they are my two favourites even I am bored and ready for it to be over.

When Russell first said he might give Parvarti the idol I slapped my hand to my head and pleaded that he’d see sense – she’s such a slippery damn thing – I know it turned out in Russells favour as his alliance has been kept in tact but I really can’t work out if it was all him and all strategy or if he’s actually a little bit in love with her and wrapped around his finger! I can’t imagine that he’d suddenly not care if he was eliminated and if it suited him to let Parvati go he’d do it in a second
I love that he’s such a wild card and you can’t deny that was some great tribal council he gave, but I think it was a crazy ass move – never give immunity away – how was he sooooo sure Tyson was going to flip his vote? That little conversation they had about it wouldn’t be any where near enough for me to feel secure that I knew what he was going to do!

Seems from the preview from next week Rob is now aware that Russell IS one of the ‘big boys’ and cause for concern…rather than just an annoying little rat that can be easily tossed away.

Glad that James has gone also, but was surprised – I thought Amanda would never turn on him no matter what, and why do it this week saving Colby who seems to have given up but not last week when they could have saved Tom who was much stronger?
I think Amanda and Rupert are screwed now, surely Candice, Colby and JT will club together and take them out next?

I am amused about the fact none of them will know where that extra Parvati vote came from, if Tyson really didn’t tell any one it’s definitely going to throw a cat among the pigeons and cause suspicion!

And speaking of Parvati, how is every one feeling about the way she’s playing the game this season? I am probably bias cos I have never liked her but she’s been pretty invisible to me, if we didn’t know what she’s like from other seasons you’d easily believe that she was just a bimbo following along with whatever Russell says – she’s been on the outer since day one but doesn’t seem to be doing much about it, just sticking with Russell and allowing him to get her out of holes. It doesn’t seem like she’s doing any thing for herself at the moment.

Another cracking episode for sure, loving this season.

I can’t get my head around the villains decision at all, maybe my view is clouded by the fact I detest Parvati/her game style and the fact I desperately don’t want this to be Micronesia v 2.0 but – really? really?

Vote her out for Christs sake, they are all aware of how she plays the game, they are all aware she already has a few people under her thumb and can be very persuasive and they are aware she’s going to hook back up with James/Amanda/Cirie who they are also aware are currently running the game over on the other tribe – complete 100% no brainer, surely?

Voting out Randy who has no friends on either tribe and isn’t known for being a great player because he’s weak? Well maybe he is but so are some of the others physically – Danielle, Courtney etc but it’s not like they have been losing – they’ve won 3 out of 4 (is it?) challenges.

Just makes no sense to me at all and I am even tempted to call producer shenanigans!

Thrilled at the first boot, Sugar was one of my least favourite players ever and I definitely felt she didn’t deserve to be there – I’d actually forgotten why I disliked her so much (curse this memory of mine) but it didn’t take too long for her to remind me – horrible simpering mess of a woman with no game at all.

Looks like I definitely prefer the villains to the heroes, there are people on both tribes I like and dislike but I actually like most of the people others seem to hate (Coach, Randy…also love Rob and Russell but I know I am not alone there!) and find most of the heroes dull as ditch water – I definitely found myself rooting for the villains!

I hope Rob is OK, looked pretty scary (but also kinda strange how calm Jerry seemed, I am almost expecting it to have been a bluff/misleading preview!). Will be gutted if my fave player has to leave so early!

Overall great episode, I hope it’s gonna be a great season!

Totally gutted at the outcome myself, this is the second time this year that a ‘southern belle’ has won on personality even though they really had no game (Jordan BB USA) – Natalie’s only move was convincing the girls to take out Erik, but ONE good move doesn’t make someone worthy in my eyes Under the radar is a valid strategy and probably the one I’d employ if I went on the show but as a viewer for obvious reasons it’s a crap strategy and I never find myself rooting for those that play that way. Either way Natalie didn’t win because of her under the radar skills – she won cos she’s nice. Big fat hairy YAWN!

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!

So I just found out who the cast will be for the upcoming all stars season of Survivor – here’s my reaction…

It’s times like this that make me hate my stupid brain and it’s inability to remember people. I have said before I don’t remember seasons by the name of their location so always struggle with talking about past seasons any way even though I have seen and loved every one of them!

I really don’t remember some of the names on the list at all, and a lot I remember vaguely but not enough to remember if I liked them or not.

Super happy to see Rob M and Rupert, two of my all time favourites.

Tom (Palau) – Liked him but can’t remember why!
Rupert (Pearl Islands/All Stars) – Loved him!
JT (Tocantins) – Very disappointed, he bored me to tears in his season and the fact everyone loved him made me barf. I complained that he was handed the win, so I suppose at least it will be interesting to see if he does have game!
James (China/Micronesia) – Seriously, again? Yawn.
Colby (Australia/All Stars) – Don’t remember.
Candice (Cook Islands) – Don’t remember (though the name def rings a bell, I get the feeling I didn’t like her)
Amanda (China/Micronesia) – Couldn’t stand her first time around. Couldn’t stand her second time around. Appalled she’s there for a third go – personality of a dish cloth and a crap player.
Sugar (Gabon) – HATED!! Ugh seriously…and she’s on the heroes team?
Stephenie (Palau/Guatemala) – Don’t remember.
Cirie (Panama/Micronesia) – Never liked her. Way overrated as a player.

Villains-
Randy (Gabon) – YAY! Liked him.
Coach (Tocantins) – Quite liked Coach as well but not sure I’d pick him for all stars if it were to be my personal dream team.
Tyson (Tocantins) – Didn’t like him because he was a ‘faux villain’, he was clearly acting up to the cameras and saying things to appear as a villain. I complained at the time it was obvious his goal was to make sure he was on the next all stars and it looked like it worked.
Russell (Samoa) – That’s…Russell from the current season? Cool…although it might be a bit overkill.
Rob (Marquesas/All Stars) – *Explodes* my all time love xx
Sandra (Pearl Islands) – Don’t remember.
Parvati (Cook Islands/Micronesia) – Like Amanda, disliked the first time, disliked a little less the second time. Way overrated and not happy she’s getting a 3rd chance!
Danielle (Panama) – Don’t remember.
Jerri (Australia/All Stars) – Vague recollection of her but not enough to decide if I like her being in it or not.
Courtney (China) – Didn’t like her but I can’t remember why.

Looks like I am alone but overall think it’s a very poor cast. Only 3 or 4 that really get me excited but as many who bore me and as many again who don’t deserve a 3rd chance.

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I was just reading about the charter ultra fast 60 service that is currently being rolled out across America – green with envy doesn’t even come close to explaining how I feel about it.

My fiance already gets his Internet at twice the speed I do even though we are on the same service and that drives me crazy, so the idea that others are getting it probably 100 times faster makes me almost lose the plot.

As you know by now I watch a lot of TV shows online, if it wasn’t for torrents and streaming sites I wouldn’t get to watch three of my favourite TV shows – Survivor, The Amazing Race and The Biggest Loser Australia. The thing is my upload speed especially is so shoddy that I can’t do two things at once, if I am uploading anything such as videos to youtube or seeding torrents I can’t stream at all – So I can’t just decide I want to stream something and do it there and then, I have to wait until I know my computer won’t be busy doing other things!

My Internet life would be a lot faster with 60mb speeds, therefore buying me extra ‘real life’ time – which I would then probably use to watch more TV hehe.

Yeah, I think so…I am calling it. Best Tribal Council ever!!

There were just so many great moments and the reactions were so expressive and fun to watch.

Russell is going to be on the villains tribe next season? He needs to be on the heroes tribe!

Classic moments. From when the smug Galu were spouting off about being in charge, to the moment Russell stood up. The Kelly’s face when she realised she was the target, to the stifled laughs of the Foa Foa Four. The rant from Laura about the merry hell Russell just raised, to the faux nod of agreement from Shambo who doesn’t want them to know she’s switched alliance. Brilliant! If you aren’t already watching it, get going, I command it.