Survivor 16 - Micronesia

And so ends what probably the best of Survivor season after sixteen long seasons through eight years of its history. As Jeff himself said during the Reunion, the season already has held several record for, among others 1). The most blind-sided vote. My personal blind-side moment: Mary (for it happened at the first tribal council for Fans), and Ozzy. 2). The most contestant removed due to reasons other than being voted-off and 3). The dumbest move in the history of Survivor. We're not talking about one, or two moves, but three and the obvious winner of "the dumbest move in the history of Survivor", by a land-slide if i should add, is of course Erik with "I give the Necklace to Natalie.. for redemption". James, who would be known as a Survivor with some of the show's best lines put it correctly by metaphoring Erik's deed with being in a sinking boat and decides to give up his already tucked and guaranteed safety life vest.

James, won the audiences' favorite Survivor. Back-to-back as he was also the contestant who won the same US$ 100,000 in Survivor 15: China. Well, who wouldn't love the big guy? He's competent around the camp, he's funny, he has an altruistic integrity with his words and his actions, i mean, you could easily see that unlike any other Survivors, he is already used to hard work and harsh condition. Therefore, seeing him had to quit earlier due to an infected finger instead of voted-off had almost averted my interest in the series. Heck, even his father delivers one of the most hilarious moment in the show.

In a way, even if the series had started and most of time, going with a certain level of enjoyment relatively higher than any reality show that i've ever seen, the finale sort of going anti-climaxed.

I hadn't really liked Amanda even if i had tried my best to gave her a fair judgement. I respected her a lot when she played the Hidden Immunity Idol backfiring the planned-but-obvious 'blind-side' aimed at her. But that is as far as i could like her. I hadn't liked her since China. I think that she's fake, i really hated her downcast eye that reminds me a lot to Antonio Banderas' Puss-In-the-Boots in the Shrek films. But the problem is of course, she's no cat, and she's not cute. Elizza put my contempt at her lips correctly when she addressed Amanda at the final tribal council (this resulted in Amanda gawking as if she doesn't believe. Tough luck, girl. Some of us indeed have different perspective. We're after all, human). What puzzled me though, from what i've read in various blog about Survivor Micronesia, i could say that i'm still the only one who thought that Parvati deserved her US$ 1,000,000 check and who is certain that she would win even before Jeff read the result. Sure, Amanda plays a good game, but like i (and Elizza) said, she's a fake and superficial. Yeah, yeah, i know, who am i to judge, i don't even know her. But, it's a goddamn reality show. The producers expect the viewers to judge the contestants. And really, unless Amanda is my friend, i would still believed that she was fake and superficial. I won't be convinced otherwise.