Right. So JT won Survivor. Really? Hard to see that one coming.
Well, at least we're all pretty happy he won, right? Better him than Erinn (unless you had Erinn in the pool... then probably not so good.) The votes were unanimous. Poor Stephen didn't even register. But we knew that was going to be the case, didn't we? I mean, they make it seem like it's pretty risky to go up against Stephen in the final. Ummmm... no. It wasn't. Let's go back a ways and remember how everyone LOVED JT. No one EVER voted for him. Brendan wanted to give up his own million bucks so that JT could have it. And even in the reunion show, Taj fully admitted that it never even crossed their minds to take out JT. The guy deserves a million for playing so well and never being viewed as a threat. What's the moral of the story? Hillbillies are cute. If Stephen had a southern accent, things might've been a tougher call. Come on, you know I'm right.
OK, so a quick run-down of the show if you missed it. Taj got betrayed and voted out first. She really thought she was going to be in the final three. (I thought so too.) And honestly, they should have taken her instead of Erinn. JT was going to win anyways.
So then the final three - JT, Stephen & Erinn - have to do that ridiculous walk where they remember all their fallen teammates. I like it in a way - you get to hear a clip on that Survivor's take on their time in the game... plus it's a good time to get up and go to the bathroom. On the other hand... why do they feel the need to be so nice? Some of the sentiments seem pretty forced. Like Sierra.... "Oh, she was a really great girl." Really? 'Cause you hated her like, two minutes ago. Please. Let's have one season where they get to tell the truth... I mean, those people aren't DEAD. They're fat & comfy at Ponderosa having maple syrup fights.
The final immunity challenge is pretty cool. You put the ball in the thing & it goes round & round and spits out the other end. You have to catch it. Then Jeff makes you add another & another until there are lots of balls spinning around at once. JT won. No surprise there. And he chose Stephen to go to the final two, even though a lot was made of the fact that it would be easier to take Erinn. He made the right choice. He still got all the votes AND he didn't look like a backstabber of his best friend.
Stephen talked himself out of the million at the last Tribal. He should have shut up on a number of occasions. Like in the second last tribal where he was asked why JT should keep him over Erinn & he said, well.... we promised we'd have breakfast together on the last day... Jeff, always cheeky, called him on it and said, "Yeah, 'cause a breakfast or a million dollars....that's a tough choice..." Hee. Then, with everyone's questions, he just didn't handle them as well as JT. JT made everything sound OK. (Insert southern accent here...) "Well, I had to vote y'all off." "I'm really sorry Taj. That was really hard." "Sometimes you have to lie." "Coach, I never wrote your name down." He didn't over-talk it. He didn't sound desperate. And, best of all... when Stephen was asked by Debbie if he would have taken JT or Erinn had the shoe been on the other foot... Stephen honestly said he'd probably have taken Erinn. Then, JT played the kicked puppy and seemed super hurt by his good friend Stephen. (Later in the reunion show, he admitted it was all an act - he knew Stephen would have taken Erinn & he was going for sympathy votes.) Well played.
So JT won.
I just got to watch the reunion show on YouTube. Missed it on Sunday night. It was pretty good. It came out that Coach was feeding Stephen & JT all the Timbira information, making it easier for them to vote the Timbira folks off. Also, Coach apparently was asked to take a lie-detector test & refused. Then, to blindside his "worthy adversary" Jeff Probst, he went and took one anyways, revealing that he was indeed telling the truth about the story with the pygmy natives and the stake and the clubbing, etc. Do you believe him? Discuss.
Coach also showed up with a "Lady friend". Seriously. That's what it said under her name... "Coach's Lady Friend"... Jeff asked whether he brought the Dragonslayer into the bedroom & without batting an eyelash, she said, "No, I'm the dragonslayer." Snort. Was she paid to be there? Discuss.
Then JT won the extra $100,000 for being the fan favourite. I still say that the winner should not be allowed to win. I mean, come on. Throw someone else a bone. (For the record Taj came in 2nd and Sierra came in 3rd.)
OK, that's about it. I'm really sad it's over. In the fall, the next season will take place in Samoa. More sharks! Cool. If I can think of anything else to write about in the meantime, maybe I will. Suggestions?
Congrats to the winners, and to quote Tyson on his exit from Ponderosa, "It's about time we get out of this nerdhole."
I don't know what a nerdhole is... but I'm going to start using it in my vocabulary. You?
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