One other comment that stuck out was Sophie calling Coach a little girl. Priceless. Maybe that comment would have lightened the night up for me and I would have voted for her to win. Who knows. I talk a lot tougher than I actually am, but maybe that’s something I need to learn about myself while on Redemption Island.
As for the Final vote, I’m sure by now you all know Sophie ended up winning it all. The best thing about the Survivor reunion is that they get right to the vote instead of making us wait until the end. I like that about this show and if I didn’t have to write a blog, I would have shut the show off after that point because I didn’t even care enough about any of these characters to hear about what they’ve been up to.
We got the typical Russell Hantz is in the crowd portion of the show. Brandon told us that his family hates him, which I really think that family is just playing it up so they can either get back on the show again or maybe have CBS give them some other show. I can’t see a family turning its back on someone because of Survivor. Get out of here. I don’t buy it for one second. Not even from the Hantz family. And, seriously, why would his wife NOT be there? Something is up with that. I am willing to believe CBS would have flown her out and given her a free hotel room for the night, so there has to be something we don’t know going on within that situation. But, now that the show is over, I couldn’t care any less than I never did before!
I was disappointed we didn’t get any Elyse or Mikalya quality time. At least a cleavage shot or something would have been better than nothing. They usually go around and reintroduce everyone, but they didn’t do that this time. They spent the entire show on Ozzy, Cochran, and Brandon. Them doing that was a microcosm of the entire season, though. Nobody (other than Coach) mattered than those three. Nobody else did anything worthy of being shown on TV for all of these episodes, so why bother giving them TV time on the Finale.
That’s about it, really. The reunion wasn’t even exciting. That is typically the best episode of the season and one we all look forward to, but it just seemed like a dud. Season 23 of Survivor fell flat on its face. I apologize for the negativity, but I think most people are in full agreement with me that this season was not one of Survivor’s best moments. Let’s hope next season will be better. And, from the “twist” they showed, I think it will be. Maybe. Next season is called “Survivor: One World.” They are going to have two tribes competing against each other, per usual, but the twist is that they are going to be living on the same island/beach. There will be no division between the two tribes and they will have to choose what information/resources to share since they will all be living together. That should make for an interesting search for the Immunity Idol on Day 1/2. I have seen “spoilers” of some of the people who are supposedly on the season and it’s just your typical bunch of Survivor’s. I haven’t heard anything about returning veterans, so I think they’re done with that gimmick. Let’s at least hope so. I don’t even think I want to see Boston Rob or Russell on the show again. Just new folks or a complete All-Stars cast. Maybe Season 25 can be an Ultimate All-Star cast. And, maybe it can be the final season. I think 25 sounds like enough.
I want to thank everyone for their continued support. I want to thank you for coming to the site and reading my blog every single week. I hope that I have entertained you and kept the season lively enough to continue watching, and then reading my blog even though I’m just rehashing the boredom we witnessed the night before. I will be back in February for the returning season of Survivor to continue my blogging adventure on RealitySteve.com. Just because I won’t be writing a blog doesn’t mean you have to keep out of touch. I’ll still be around to shoot the sh*t if anyone is interested, so feel free to email me, facebook me, tweet me, whatever.
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Thank you and I will talk to you next year!!
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At least they didn’t do that boring-as-hell “memory walk” (aka filler time) where they walk up a hill, looking back at their fallen comrades and burn their torches. That was excruciating! I HATE that Sophie won, but Coach really dug himself into a hole with all his “honor/man-of-God” crap–the jury really had no other choice. Boo.
Hahaha, you sound like my wife, because that “memory walk” is her worst part of Survivor, too! We always fast-forward that crap…
I still think people should have listened to Edna and not voted with bitter taste in their mouth. Coach “got” everyone, so they should have just gave it to him since all Sophie ever did was follow his every word. What can you do, though?!?
I agree with mpas, THANK GOODNESS they cut the memory walk!
No real comment about the actual episode/game. Stupid Final 3. I felt bad for the jury because I would have had ZERO idea who to vote for. And yes, if Ozzy were in the final, obviously he should have won, but I really can’t stand the guy as a person, not gonna lie. He seems like a real jerk.
Also, I sure as hell hope Survivor doesn’t end at Season 25!! I’m Canadian, so I still need enough time to marry an American, get citizenship and then apply for /get on the show before it’s cancelled. That’s my version of the “ticking time bomb” 😛
So how do we find out how the jury voted? I hate that Survivor never tells us how the votes went. What is up with that? We know how 2 people voted but that is all they showed us. Why do they think we don’t want to know how the rest of the jury voted? How can I find out how the vote went? Was really glad Coach did not win. Absolutely hated that he talked about what a good person he was and how he never lied!
The only thing I can think of as to how you can see the votes is to check on the CBS.com/survivor website. Maybe they have something up there. I don’t care to know, so I don’t care to look. I hope they have the answer for you, though…
I do have lots of comments about this season of Survivor so stayed tuned..
1) You didn’t comment about Edna being preggo. NO idea she was even married, too bad Coach can’t get in on that 🙂
2) Coach is so lame. I have to admit, I was actually starting to like him a bit more this time around until all of his lies and horrible game play the last 5 days or so. What was he thinking getting rid of Rick and not Sophie? Are ALL of these people SO stupid they don’t see these kinda things? He lost because he lied the MOST out of everyone out there, yet claims he’s honorable. Here’s a clue to anyone ever playing Survivor in the future: STOP SAYING YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO LIE. Because you will. What did they think was gonna happen when the 5 of them are left? You HAVE to vote someone out, so stop lying. And he was a fool for even talking to Ozzy about being in a final 3 with him. UGH!
3) I laughed so hard when Sophie demanded Albert go pick up her pieces. I kinda stopped liking Sophie this whole episode. Why are you crying because Ozzy called you a selfish brat? You acted like one the whole time, regardless of how “you have a hard shell.” She never made any time to get to know anyone else, and I think her social game sucked. Too bad she had to win because she was left with useless Albert and lying Coach.
4) I can’t believe Loco’s wife and kids weren’t there? That was strange to me….maybe they figured out he’s nuts too. The only thing I liked about him was when he screamed at Albert YES OR NO during the jury questions. At least he’s not totally stupid and knows Albert lied.
All in all, this season was blah, but it did have a couple of moments that made me laugh like Loco writing Dawn’s name wrong, Sophie demanding Albert write her name down, Loco giving away his immunity necklace, and Papa Bear jumping up and down ridiciously at the reunion. Did anyone else catch that?
That’s it. 🙂
Oops, meant when Sophie demanded Albert pick her pieces up, not write her name down. Too many thoughts in my head 🙂
Hahaha, Papa Bear jumping up and down was definitely hilarious!!
As for Edna being pregnant, I didn’t care much about the latter portion of the reunion, so I didn’t take notes and her being pregnant was definitely not something worthwhile for me to remember without taking notes, so that’s why I didn’t mention it.
As for Coach, he would have won if he brought Rick instead of Sophie, although Ozzy would have won that last Immunity if Sophie wasn’t there, so Coach was basically screwed once Ozzy won that first Immunity necklace and they had to send Rick packing instead of Ozzy. Oh well, Coach was an idiot the ENTIRE SEASON. From the get go, he played like a moron. Only kudos he gets is for having a tribe that had the “Boston Rob” syndrome where they just blindly followed the veteran around like a puppy. Only Coach isn’t Boston Rob and he played a TERRIBLE strategic game, so that’s why he lost. I have to believe Coach will play Survivor again.
Coach even says himself he has terrible strategies. I think he may have done better this time if he lied like he did and cut out the talk of honor/integrity. That is why Russell Hantz should have won his first season of Survivor and why jury votes piss me off. Russell was not a “honorable” player, but he never said he was! All in all, I think next season seems like it COULD a good one, as long as they cast someone good players!!!
I heard the next season will be men against women with both tribes staying in the same camp.
Yeah, the same camp twist was told to us on the finale night, but I think the men vs. women tribes makes the most sense since both tribes living on the same island would get confusing as to which person was on which tribe, at least in the beginning. I guess we will just have to wait and see, right?!?
I feel like they just seriously need to cast better people. Most of the players are SO lame! How do they beat out so many other auditioners??? Like how the heck does someone like Rick even get a chance to be on this show?
Maybe they should make it part of the show now that people HAVE to lie to each other about certain things. LOL. That way, no one will know who to trust, and they won’t whine like little babies when someone backstabs them. That’ll even out the playing field and would certainly make for better entertainment.
Thanks for a funny season by you!! The show was same old same old, but you did make it good! I think Rick probably did talk more and do more things than they showed in the one hour. On the recap show they showed a few interviews by him. I decided that it just sucks to be on a season when there is returning players because the producers are just going to focus on them. Oh well, I have high hopes for February! Thanks for the laughs!