2008 May 12 « Truth Is Pagan Media That Bites

Survivor Micronesia Winner- James Clements Wins Fan Vote!

The last two weeks of Survivor was a whirlwind of more dumb results. First, how could Eric trust what the girls were saying? Where was Eric when these women blindsided Survivor guru’s like Ozzie and newer survivors like Jason and Alexis. Was Eric sleeping or was he just hoping that the girls found him so irresistible that they would keep him in the game? Eric knew Amanda was pissed off at him and Parvati was attached to Amanda. Eric knew that Cerie not Parvati pulled the biggest blindside over Ozzie. (More about that later) Eric knew that the girls wanted it to women ONLY! Did Eric not realize that he was one-step away from having a chance at a million dollars? It was a wasted valiant effort on Eric’s part to give up his immunity, since Natalie was voted out at the next tribal council after him.

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First I have to give Cerie Fields all the credit in the world, she played this game well and if anyone was the mastermind behind those blindsides it was Cerie. I do not agree for a moment that Parvati was behind the blindsides it was Cerie that really MASTERMINDED those blindsides. I thought that Cerie made a decisive and critical move when it looked like Amanda and Parvati were going to vote her out instead of Natalie. Cerie made sure she said in front of the Jury that both Amanda and Parvati said they would not vote her out. Amanda and Parvati had no choice but to vote out their friend Natalie who they said they did not want to leave. Cerie is intelligent and was smart enough to know by putting it out in front of the Jury, that Parvati and Amanda would not want the jury to feel any worse about them as some of them did.

Parvati and Amanda also knew that if they voted Cerie out instead of Natalie that they would be handing Natalie one million dollars. The jury would have seen fit to give the fan survivor the million and not one of them. It was another brilliant move by Cerie. I am pissed off that it was not a final three. I really think that Cerie would have won the million dollars and what is more, she DESERVED to win the million dollars. I really was dissatisfied with survivors own blindside and Cerie being voted out. I really do not think that Amanda or Parvati was deserving of being in the final two. It is what it is and Parvati won but not to my or other viewers satisfaction

The jury questions were more emotional then they needed to be. If it is a game then the questions needed to be based on gameplay not on emotions.

Eliza’s emotions were overdone- Eliza is responsible for outing Ozzie, what is her beef, her expression all through jury was that she enjoyed the blindsides and she was quite gleeful. When it came down to jury, her concern was that she was being talked about behind her back. Excuse me, was Eliza not doing the same thing to everyone else? Yes, she was! Eliza did not respect Parvati. Funny I didn’t’ respect Eliza for outing Ozzie about the immunity idol when she knew she was being voted out.

Jason’s questions were reasonable, he simply asked Amanda would she have told Ozzie had she known that they were going to try to blindside him, she responded yes. He asked Parvati about her redeeming qualities. Parvati lied and said she was true to her alliance to the end. No, she was not, she did have a first alliance and she was not true to them. That was an out and out lie. She was true to her alliance of the ladies and to Amanda.

Alexis had questions that were toned to make Parvati look good and Amanda looked bad. She works with young girls and how Parvati thought she was a role model. I have to cynically chuckle at another lie that Parvati told. She said she was independent and more outspoken. No she is a flirt who uses her body and empty words to get her way. Alexis then set out to make Amanda look bad and talked about her phoney tears. Although I think that Amanda is a bit of a phoney. I do believe that it was difficult to send Cerie home. Amanda was not expecting it to be a final two. I also, think that had Parvati not warned Amanda that they were planning to blindside her, that Amanda may have sent Parvati home. Parvati was not true to her first alliance. Alexis said in a mean spirited way that she could not help but laugh at Amanda crying, I could not help but laugh at Alexis when she was blindsided, the look on her face was priceless.

Natalie was the one I liked the least on survivor, again her questions were geared like Alexis’ to make Parvati look good and Amanda look bad. She asked Parvati the sick question on flirting and let it be known that Parvati also flirts with women, because she flirted with Natalie. I think Natalie has a thing for Parvati. Parvarti sat right up there and let us know how shallow she was, she responded that she flirts with men and women to get her way. Just based on this one response the jury should have seen her empty words never mean anything, on the other hand some of the jury are just as shallow as Parvati. Then Natalie needed to be insulting and tells Amanda that she had a glazed over look in her eyes, really, I have always thought that Natalie had the look in her eyes of someone possessed! Natalie’s eyes are dark and cold. The only light that came in them during the show was when she was screwing someone over. I guess she was jealous of Amanda’s warm, sensitive eyes.

I personally was glad to see her arse voted out; I personally never liked her character on the show. Natalie’s character or at least the character that she displayed left much to be desired. She may be a missionary; she certainly did not display a compassionate, caring person on the show but rather a cold, manipulative, and it is all about me personality.

Eric’s question was also based on emotion. He told Amanda he would have voted one hundred percent for her to win, but he was hurt that she ripped him apart in front of the jury. He was upset, annoyed and pissed off. Please Eric needs to stop being self- deceptive. Amanda was telling the truth, Eric knew it, Amanda knew it and the viewers knew it. Amanda did save Eric’s arse from being voted out when his back was up against the wall. It is true! That when she asked for Eric’s help, he turned his back on her and was going to stick with Natalie’s plan of voting Amanda out. What did Eric expect Amanda to do, say nothing! Amanda was rightfully pissed off at Eric at that time. For Eric to try to take the highroad was comical. Amanda pegged Eric right; he would use people and move on to greener pastures when those people who helped him were no longer useful to him. That is what the truth is! Further Eric was dumb, because Natalie and Alexis were plotting all along to get rid of him, when it was his time to go. He should have made better alliances.

James’s question was inquiring, he let Parvati know that she screwed her original alliance when she helped to blindside Ozzie. Parvati did not care, she responded with such maturity (not) ha, ha, gotcha, now what! I guess Parvati does not care about starting a relationship with someone, not just flirting with them sleeping with them, then driving knives in their back! That is the kind of girl Survivor winner Micronesia Parvoti is, she was willing to do anything to win that million. Yes, she won but now with the price of how viewers think of her.

Cerie’s questions were reasonable she asked Amanda to tell her and the jury why Parvati deserved the million over her. Amanda should have been honest, she should have said, Parvati and I are friends that is why I choose her over you. Cerie asked Parvati to tell her and the jury why she should be sitting there instead of Parvati. Of course, Parvati flattered Cerie and told her what she wanted to hear. Not necessarily, what Parvati believed herself.

They left Ozzie for last and it was bursting with emotion. Ozzie just flailed on Parvati, and then declared his love for Amanda. Ozzie told Parvati not to talk to him, I guess he did not want to hear Parvati responses, this was his moment dammit! He told her that she threw away their friendship for money. How could she do that? I do not know even though I do not like Parvati and do not think she is deserving of winning the whole thing. It still remains that nobody was there to champion Ozzie to the million-dollar win. Ozzie was eliminated because he made himself believe that his alliance or in his case one of his alliance would not turn on him. He had the immunity idol; he should have brought it and played it. Ozzie’s ego and arrogance stood in his way. It is as simple as that. It was very touching that Ozzie declared his love for Amanda, but really, I could have lived without hearing it. I think that may have made some people jealous and may have added why Amanda did not win. After all, she has Ozzie she did not need the million dollars as well.

This was a season of the ultimate beautifully played blindsides ( except for Eric) I think that Eric should have known better at that point of the game and for him to give up his million dollar chance was just plain stupid! I also think that Eric’s question to Amanda was sullied since he was just as down and dirty as she was in the game. The indignation of Eric was at best laughable. Eric was plotting and was willing to vote Amanda out, until she blindsided them with her idol. What was his problem and beef that she got the best of him? Hey, if you play by the sword you are voted out by the sword.

I do agree that Amanda was not any better then the rest of the ladies, she played just as dirty, just as offensive and decisive and she did because she wanted her chance at a million dollars. That was fair enough, but she needed to be honest about her game play. Amanda lost her million dollars because she refused to be honest with her critique and her opinion of her own gameplay. Which was she was just as cutthroat as the rest of the ladies.

I am not pleased that Parvati won the million dollars. If there is not more of a fake person, Parvati is fake and phoney. As a mater of fact both Parvati and Amanda were fake with their little giggles and laughter. I thought that Parvati’s responses to the jury were not well thought out and even childish. However, five of the jury members decided that they would make a mad vote and let Parvati win who I think was not as deserving to win it all.

My favourites to win were James, Ozzie, Cerie, Eric and if Yau man and Kathy would have stayed, I would have been happy to see them win. I would have been happy with any one of them winning. When it came down to the final two, and I saw it was a choice between Amanda and Parvati. At the very least and even though she was not my favourite to win, I would have preferred to see Amanda win it and not Parvati.

In my opinion, a flirt is not brilliant gameplay, using ones body and empty shallow words is not gameplay. The truth is Parvati won by default and not her gameplay. Cerie really turned the game upside down. The only thing Cerie did wrong is not changing her alliance and allowing the men to be in that alliance. Again, it is what it is, but I was not happy with the fact that their was a final two and not a final three. I was not happy that Parvati Shallow (somehow, her last name is very fitting and suits her) won the million dollars and once more it is what it is.

I was happy that James for the second season in a row won the fan vote and one hundred thousand dollars. Congratulations James. James is humorous. When Jeff asked him what he thought of Eric giving up immunity, his expression was hysterical. It seemed that James still could not believe that Eric did this. James’s father was in the audience; James let us know his father is enjoying his celeb with the bloggers. Well once again, I am one of the bloggers that enjoyed Mr. James Clements Sr. It would be nice to see a survivor that would be paired with family. I would love nothing better then to see the survivors come back with family members. It would be fun to see James and his father back on the show, Ozzie and his loved one, Cerie with her loved one, Eric with his loved one, Amanda with her loved one, Yau man with his loved one and so on and so forth.

The only positive thing with Parvati winning is that we do not have to see her anymore, unless they hold a survivor of all the winners. On the other hand, that would be interesting to watch as well.

I must mention that Jeff Probst really started to annoy me with the last immunity challenge. Jeff did his best to unnerve the final three. Remember this is for a million dollars, if you drop it your fate is out of your hands. Jeff in the future SHUT-UP! Really, it is annoying and I personally felt you needed to be smacked. You sound more like a nag then a host.

One correction, Ozzie said Amanda wrestled a four foot shark by herself. Is ozzie blind, it was more like a four inch shark. I know he is in love, but the exagerration has to be stopped.

This was a season that there were many brilliant plays and many outrageously stupid plays. I understand that a man usually wins survivor and why the ladies played it the way they did, however, I do not understand how some of those blindsides happened. At any rate, it is what it is and Parvati Shallow wins Survivor Micronesia. Congratulations Parvati, I do hope you do good things with the money in your future. Parvati should use some of her winnings to buy herself some self-respect and dignity.

Survivor 17, will be hosted in Africa in Gabon. Earth’s last Eden. Gabon is unsullied in nature. It should be interesting to watch. Science says that humans originated from Africa, it is no wonder that it would be Africa that would have Earth’s last Eden. Survivot Gabon will be back in the fall.