Survivor: Tocantins

[summer_gphib]

I think it was the 2nd unanimous vote. Earl was the first! :-)

[GPhiBLtColonel]

Yes, Jeff said it was only the second time there had been a unanimous vote.

I am waiting right now for him to come on & get his check on the CBS' Early Show (which I never watch - I am a Fox News junkie!) JT seemed like a really nice guy and I was rooting for him from day one!

[SydneyK]

So glad JT won. I was surprised he and Stephen took Erinn to the final three instead of Taj, though.

I felt like Stephen really botched the question/answer part... makes me wonder how many votes he had going into that final TC.

[GPhiBLtColonel]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

So glad JT won. I was surprised he and Stephen took Erinn to the final three instead of Taj, though.

I felt like Stephen really botched the question/answer part... makes me wonder how many votes he had going into that final TC.

I was too....but I think they thought she might have had a better chance of winning enough jury votes in the end....I am not so sure about that. I think when the jury voted they would have not been able to forget how nice JT was and how much he really needed the money (which Taj probably did not)...I mean even Taj who was shown saying her vote would go to Stephen at the end because of her blindside ouster ended up voting for JT...

BTW, that final challenge was interesting I thought...when I saw it, I was thinking oh no, JT might not win this one!

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by GPhiBLtColonel

BTW, that final challenge was interesting

You thought so? I was kinda disappointed by it.

I prefer the "old-school" final survivor challenges. You know, the ones that had the competitors standing on one foot, balancing on a 1-inch diameter pole, baking in the sun/getting soaked by the rain, standing there for hours and hours, etc... This challenge didn't allow for bartering ("JT, I promise I'll take you to the final two if you jump off"), and I always enjoyed those exchanges.

[GPhiBLtColonel]

Yeah, you're right...I do enjoy those endurance challenges! Maybe they figured JT would have won it for sure so they wanted to do something where his victory was no so certain?

JT getting his check on Early Show was neat...he sure was happy! And it was touching last night to see him crying....awwww!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by GPhiBLtColonel

Yes, Jeff said it was only the second time there had been a unanimous vote.

But was it the first time that it was a unanimous vote and no votes for him at any Tribal Councils? Not sure.

Originally Posted by SydneyK

I felt like Stephen really botched the question/answer part... makes me wonder how many votes he had going into that final TC.

I'm not sure that it was a lot. I was watching the faces of the jury during the TC where Erinn left -- most everyone of the jury seemed to be responding positively to JT and negatively to Stephen.

[srmom]

Yay for JT! I was kind of worried, but I think that Stephen shot himself in the foot when he admitted that he would have taken Erin with him to the final 2. Good for Debby for getting him to fess up.

Glad to see that the grillilng session didn't ruin JT and Stephen's friendship- it was kind of ugly and contentious, so I wasn't sure.

[AGDee]

I wanted Taj to win, personally. I don't like the way JT and Stephen played the game by getting someone to trust them and then blindsiding them. They did it over and over. I didn't like the way Stephen bailed on the "exile island" alliance because I thought that was a brilliant plan and I believe it would have worked if Stephen had stayed on board with it.

That said, if I had to pick between JT and Stephen, it would have been JT. He won so many individual immunity challenges and that was impressive. He was also the mastermind behind every move that he and Stephen made. Stephen just kept riding on the coat tails.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I wanted Taj to win, personally. I don't like the way JT and Stephen played the game by getting someone to trust them and then blindsiding them.They did it over and over.

But that's how the game is played, it seems to me.

I didn't like the way Stephen bailed on the "exile island" alliance because I thought that was a brilliant plan and I believe it would have worked if Stephen had stayed on board with it.

I agree it was a brilliant plan, and I would like to have seen it work. But Stephen's not the one who tanked the plan -- that was Brendan. He failed to tell Sierra about the plan before she went to exile island, which understandably threw Stephen for a loop. Then he played things so close to the vest after the merge that Taj and Stephen didn't know whether to trust him anymore.

The fact is, whether the exile alliance plan might have worked, Stephen and JT's plan did work.

[madmax]

Originally Posted by GPhiBLtColonel

I was too....but I think they thought she might have had a better chance of winning enough jury votes in the end....I am not so sure about that. I think when the jury voted they would have not been able to forget how nice JT was and how much he really needed the money (which Taj probably did not)...I mean even Taj who was shown saying her vote would go to Stephen at the end because of her blindside ouster ended up voting for JT...

BTW, that final challenge was interesting I thought...when I saw it, I was thinking oh no, JT might not win this one!

Taj said her vote was going to go to Erin.

Stephen was a weasel. I am glad JT won.