# Survivor finale tonight Who wins? Speculation and Spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000 "2011-05-15T16:09:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/21 "2011-05-16T00:38:44Z")
That immunity challenge would have so much better if they had used Roman Numerals. and Cruel. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/22 "2011-05-16T00:40:54Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > That immunity challenge would have so much better if they had used Roman Numerals. and Cruel. Oh, yes, that would have been awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/23 "2011-05-16T01:06:23Z")
Rob! Yes! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/24 "2011-05-16T01:07:11Z")
Okay, if Rob doesn’t win now I’m going to find everyone who didn’t vote for him and punch them in the face. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/25 "2011-05-16T01:09:41Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Okay, if Rob doesn’t win now I’m going to find everyone who didn’t vote for him and punch them in the face. He’s clearly played the best. He takes Natalie and Phil and they can only defeat him by having a spiteful jury. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/26 "2011-05-16T01:42:22Z")
So Phil’s strategy is “I’m here because of Rob. Vote for him.” Uh, oops. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/27 "2011-05-16T01:50:33Z")
The fuck. Why is Phillip insulting the people who are going to vote on whether or not to give him a million dollars? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/28 "2011-05-16T01:54:47Z")
Thank you David for being psychically connected to the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/29 "2011-05-16T01:55:31Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > The fuck. Why is Phillip insulting the people who are going to vote on whether or not to give him a million dollars? He knows he lost. On the other hand, I would not want someone to tell the jury to vote for me, like that last guy did for Rob. I’d be there thinking, “Don’t tell them what to do! They’ll do the opposite if you do that!” Anyway, I still think Rob will win. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/30 "2011-05-16T01:57:11Z")
Has there been two worst jury performances ever. I will be astounded if anyone votes for Secret Agent Man and Natalie. Even Amanda didn’t perform this badly. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/31 "2011-05-16T01:58:46Z")
Estimated time to each contestant in the Reunion special: 40% Rob 30% Russell 20% Phillip 10% everyone else Gawd, why am I going to watch it? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/32 "2011-05-16T02:05:14Z")
Rob wins! Eat it, Russel! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/33 "2011-05-16T02:06:16Z")
So who voted for Phil? ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/34 "2011-05-16T02:06:25Z")
Hah! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/35 "2011-05-16T02:07:16Z")
I guess now I get why they interviewed Rob for so long at the reunion for the previous Survivor. They knew he played and did well. Remember, that interview was filmed post-filming of this season. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/36 "2011-05-16T02:08:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > So who voted for Phil? Here’s and hint, Phil’s name was spelled “Phile” and heres the answer: RAWLF ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/37 "2011-05-16T02:09:09Z")
Wow, look at Natalie. That IS Natalie, isn’t it? What a difference from her island appearance. Even after watching her every week for the whole season, I wouldn’t have recognized her now. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/38 "2011-05-16T02:17:14Z")
Natalie: > [@](#): > > I think I am stronger than I think I am WTF? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/39 "2011-05-16T02:19:47Z")
I first said to myself that Rob couldn’t have hand-picked a better two people to be sitting beside at that FTC. And then I realized…oh, he did! I’m slightly ashamed of this, but when Matt’s urn fell, all that was going through my head was Bill Cosby’s riff on the Ten Commandments, with Edward G. Robinson’s voice yelling, “WHERE’S YER MESSIAH NOW?!” ---
**Author:** ![Kaboodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kaboodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaboodle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000/40 "2011-05-16T02:30:36Z")
I was thinking Phil was going to get up in front of the Jury and tell them it was all an act. He purposefully played the unlikable survivor and be the person everyone wanted sitting beside them at final tribal. Phil could have pointed out that he didn’t win a single challenge. He was never in the ‘core’ of an alliance he was always the odd man out, yet here he was in the endgame. I thought maybe that was his ‘secret strategy’. What do you think? Could anyone win with that argument? Not that it surprises me but I not sure I understand Phil’s speech at final tribal. Did he basically say ‘When I saw Rob step off the chopper I had to revamp my entire strategy. I decided to ride Rob’s coattails and be his lapdog as my strategy to win.’? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale-tonight-who-wins-speculation-and-spoilers/582000.md?page=3)