# Survivor Finale/Reunion: 5/14/06 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-reunion-5-14-06/356754 "2006-05-14T21:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-reunion-5-14-06/356754/81 "2006-05-17T04:25:30Z")
> [@adhemar](#): > > not to mention, if Terry had given the Hidden Immunity idol to one of the other players to make an alliance with him, what would stop that person from double crossing him? From what I could see, he couldn’t have just said he was giving it to Danielle after she was voted out (or voted into the tie) he would have had to give it to her before. There could have been a plot to get him to give it up and then vote him out. I thnk giving it up befor the final four wouldn’t have been too smart wither since he never knew when he would need it. If he gave it away, y’all would be saying he made a stupid move then too. I agree. With Terry being the odd-one out for so long, I’m sure he thought that if he gave D the idol that he’d be voted off 3-1 By the way, the crap D gave Terry about “If you gave me the idol . . .” was total BS. Did she forget that he taught he how to make fire so she could beat Cirie? It wasn’t the idol but it was enough to get her to the final 3. ---
**Author:** ![Lockseer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@Lockseer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockseer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-reunion-5-14-06/356754/82 "2006-05-17T04:30:30Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > I never imagined that Terry wouldn’t be in the final two. I figured the old alliance against him might still hold and not give him the million (unlikely) but I never thought that he would lose the final challenge, and then not get picked by the person who did win. > > It all makes sense now. They gave Terry a very bad edit. He was one of the more honorable players the show has ever seen. He wasn’t annoying, and he rarely mis-stepped. However, the shows producers knew that if they had him being too popular people would be pissed that he didn’t win it. They needed to try and paint him as arrogant to ween people off of him so to speak. > > It sucks that anybody from the other tribe ended up winning. They were by far the most useless and annoying survivor tribe ever. Aras sucks. Dannielle sucks. They were picked randomly, but were a perfectly horrible team that was great to root against. Foul. As I mentioned several weeks ago, I had a chat with one of the editors of the show, and he said that Terry was an even bigger asshat than he came off on the show…arrogant and a total prick…and that he and his fellow editors were all rooting for Aras to go all the way. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-reunion-5-14-06/356754/83 "2006-05-17T11:30:50Z")
Yeah, I gotta agree with **Lockseer** on that. Editing can only do so much, and it was obvious to Mr. singular and I that the guy was a jerk. In fact, Mr. singular only strolls in the room occasionally when Survivor is on, and his standard comment for the last half of the season was “Did that asshole win again?” For that to be so obvious to a casual viewer is telling. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-reunion-5-14-06/356754/84 "2006-05-17T12:44:19Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Danielle is dumber than a box of hair. When Aras threatened her with losing his and Cirie’s votes if she took Terry to the final two, she obviously let that sway her decision (you could tell from the reaction in her face and body language). How stupid does one have to be not to realize that no matter which of the guys she took to the final two, she wasn’t getting either Aras’ or Cirie’s votes _anyway_. With Aras in the final 2 alongside her, she doesn’t get his vote because he _can’t_ vote, and she doesn’t get Cirie’s because she votes for Aras. Mostly correct, but with Aras alongside her, she could get Terry’s vote. Maybe she thought she had a chance of that. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-reunion-5-14-06/356754/85 "2006-05-17T13:44:49Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Mostly correct, but with Aras alongside her, she could get Terry’s vote. Maybe she thought she had a chance of that. After shafting him twice? To Terry, Danielle was a means to an end, nothing more. ISTM that Terry at least respected Aras even if he did think that he acted like a sniveling whiny butt. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-reunion-5-14-06/356754/86 "2006-05-17T13:47:27Z")
> [@KRM](#): > > After shafting him twice? To Terry, Danielle was a means to an end, nothing more. ISTM that Terry at least respected Aras even if he did think that he acted like a sniveling whiny butt. I was referring to her thought processes. We all know that she was a loser against either of the men. But given a position where Aras gurantees her that he will vote against her, she may have thought she had at least _some_ chance of Terry’s vote. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-reunion-5-14-06/356754/87 "2006-05-17T14:09:29Z")
The only way Danielle could have won was to throw the final challenge. Terry falling off first was the best thing that could have happened for her. She should have immediately “slipped” and given Aras the win. She could then apologize to Terry saying how much she hoped they’d be the final two. Aras would almost certainly have taken her to the final two over Terry. At that point Danielle would be in a decent position to talk her way into a win with her stellar salesperson skills. 😉 She’d likely have Terry’s vote. And with that could come Austin and Sally, especially Austin whom she bonded with on Janu Island. With Bruce’s vote, that’s enough to win it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-reunion-5-14-06/356754.md?page=4)