I love love love Rob. And I think he is so freaking funny and is wholey responsible for making this the best season. Heidi and Jenna together would not be so entertaining without his comments. I’d like Matt to win because he seems to be the best competitor, but I’m actually secretly hoping for a Rob/Jenna final two. That would be some good Q & A.
My first choice to win: Matteo. He deserves it, both for his physical strength and prowess and for the fact that he hasn’t been a jerk. I think he’s probably playing the game more than we see, but even if he’s not, I don’t mind if a “non-player” wins.
Second choice: Rob. He played the heck out of the game and made the season highly entertaining.
Third choice: Butch. I wouldn’t mind if he won, because he’s not been a jerk, but I’m not particularly rooting for him either, as I don’t think he’s done much to deserve it.
Fourth choice: Jenna. I really hope she doesn’t win. She doesn’t deserve a million bucks. She deserves a kick in the pants.
Just a parenthetical note (and apologies for being the bringer of disappointment), but she’s already getting at least a few hundred thousand dimes.
Everybody gets paid. The longer you stay, the more you get. I read that it ranges from around two thousand for the first person booted to 100K for second place.
Plus probably a few grand for Letterman and the Early Show. Then, depending on how popular you are, endorsements, guest hostings, and so on. And of course, if you’re a hot young babe, a Playboy shoot, if you’re so inclined, would probably get you more than you won on the show.
So even if Jenna leaves next (which I think she probably will), she gets something in the 30-40K range, even if she doesn’t do Playboy. Not as good as a million, but not bad for a five week campout.
#%@#%$**^%!!!
Seconded.
Wow.
I am in total shock…
congrats!!! they all look so nice cleaned up
Ok let’s do this. West Coasters beware…
Wow. I’m not terribly surprised by who won - but by the largest plurality in Survivor history? What the hell?!?
Great reunion show by the way. And they’ll pry my remote out of my cold dead hands before I believe that Heidi was the most intelligent one there.
May I just say that Jeff Probst is hot hot hot!
Ok more stuff:
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Rob, not surprisingly, had the best line of the night about his girlfriend not trusting him.
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I wish Dave hadn’t been satisfied with Jenna’s answer. She couldn’t pick a political figure she emulated. I hoped Dave would prod her to just name one political figure period.
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Heidi’s answers at the reunion show were rambling and nonsensical. Someone should tell her that the game is over and she can stop “acting dumb” now.
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Does Alex ever lose that shit-eating grin?
More coming as I think of 'em.
I laughed my ass off at the Ski-Do scene. It seems like it was almost * meant * to imply that the host drove the thing all the way across the Atlantic. (After all, he appeared in New York wearing the same clothing.)
I also thought the Dramatic Pause in front of the Statue of Liberty to be gratiutous.
It was funny that the finale changed it from the Best Survivor Ever to the Worst Survivor Ever.
It just reinforced my belief that there is no God or Karma and that the beautiful people get everything.
Maybe I misinterpreted what he was saying, but I thought Jenna gave Dave exactly the answer he was looking for. He said he didn’t want to hear any b.s., and I think Matt’s claim that he was emulating Colin Powell during Survivor qualifies as b.s. (which apparently to Dave is worse than being ignorant)
Spoiler space
Aw man, that sucked so bad. There were so many smart, strong, and deserving people, and the prize went to the most artificial, worthless waste of life I’ve ever seen. In the final four you had the kind and caring Butch, the absolutely brilliant Rob, the physically unstoppable Matt, and the person who wins is the bulimic whore.
What bothers me the most though is how the final vote was near unanimous. WTF? All of the jury members stood up there and said how much they respect honesty and hard work, and then they vote against the man who had just bared his soul, and who had worked non stop during the game. My mind still reels.
What I liked best of this series was that each episode seemed to end right, with a sense of closure. If someone was cocky or arrogant, it always came right back in their face at the last moment. It sorta felt like good was prevailing.
Well, to hell with that notion. Forget strength, intelligence, and playing a good game, and bring the whining and silicon cleavage.
I’m very disappointed.
WTF???
I don’t have anything else to add.
We have DirectTV. I couldn’t wait to see it so I watched the East Coast broadcast…
I should rephrase that. I thought I couldn’t wait.
:eek: :rolleyes: 
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Lissa:
I’m quite sure both that the producers meant to imply this, and that it was just a joke on their part. Jeff pausing at the Statue of Liberty, and then getting on the subway, were the piece de resistance of the gag. You could hear the audience in the theater laughing at that point.
I was laughing too. It was a brilliant, and rare, example of Survivor/Mark Burnett poking fun at itself/himself.
Heidi looks really, really good all cleaned up.
But I’m still in shock at Jenna’s landslide victory. I still hate her, despite her apparent contrition tonight.
Imagine you’re watching the end of a murder mystery. The detective announces “The murderer is X!” and then hauls X off to jail. The End. No explanation of how the detective knew the killer was X, no explanation of how X committed the crime, no explanation of anything.
That’s the finale of this Survivor. While it bugged me that I didn’t like the winner, what bugged me more was the fact that no one was able to explain why they voted for the winner in the first place.
How if the world did Jenna win? Talk about the most worthless waste of space on the show. I love the way Jeff badmouthed her. hehe
Part of me wonders how many Americans will be dumb enough to think that he really did ride the damn thing from the Amazon to New York. I wonder if there’ll be any * Jackass-*style deaths resulting from people deciding to save a little money on that trip to Europe by renting a Ski-Do instead of flying the friendly skies.
Hey, don’t laugh. I thought it was impossible that anyone would be dumb enough to lie in the middle of the street * a la * “The Program” but it happened.