Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is the last
time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will Sophi steal Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play his "Block a Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think either Rizo or Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both to advance, but who knows with this bunch.
More later.
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is the
last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will Sophi
steal Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play his "Block
a Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think either Rizo or
Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both to advance, but who
knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best blindside
we've seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing everyone that
his idol was only good until F6, which directed attention away from him
and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC.-a That clued the
viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
The three big questions going into TC were: would Sophi use her KIP on
Rizo to steal his idol (she didn't), would Rizo play his idol on Sophi
or himself in this TC (he didn't), and finally, would Sage and Christina vote out Steven (they did).-a-a I had no idea what the answer would be to any of those questions.
On 12/10/2025 9:57 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is the
last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will Sophi
steal Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play his
"Block a Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think either
Rizo or Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both to advance,
but who knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best blindside
we've seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing everyone
that his idol was only good until F6, which directed attention away
from him and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
I can't believe he got away with that. I'm pretty sure HIIs, regardless
of when and where they're found, have always been good to F5. Rizo's
amazing at the outwit part of the game.
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in
confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC.-a That clued the
viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
We actually knew that from Jeff's clarification to Dalton last week. I
think that was a preemptive move on Jeff's part because a number of
people online are not happy with that rule.
The three big questions going into TC were: would Sophi use her KIP on
Rizo to steal his idol (she didn't), would Rizo play his idol on Sophi
or himself in this TC (he didn't), and finally, would Sage and
Christina vote out Steven (they did).-a-a I had no idea what the answer
would be to any of those questions.
Either did I. The editing was great tonight.The part about Sophi's
grandma made me think there was a good chance that she would steal
Rizo's HII knowing there was a good chance that they had fooled the
others about how log the HII was good for.
I think Rizo's idol play fakeout was pure theater. I expect so was
Sophi's reaction. I think we're going to find out that they and Savannah knew that Sage and Kristina were flipping for sure. Hopefully at the
start of the finale we find out if it was just Rizo who caused the flip
or did Sage flip Kristina. Sage is being called an idiot on X tonight
for handing the win to Rizo or Savannah (assuming that's true), but if
you look at the makeup of the jury thus far, Steven would have a great
shot at winning.
Some more comments from me.
--Rizo sucked at the challenges once again. If he wins, will he go down
as the winner with the worst challenge performance record?
--Savannah's win in the Immunity Challenge was impressive. The way the
first four were out so quickly, I thought it was going to be a short challenge. She and Sage lasting 35+ minutes and smashing Dee's 24 minute record was unexpected.
--Savannah's decision to choose Sophi to go to The Sanctuary along with
Rizo was a huge strategic move. Not only did that make Sophi drop the
idea of going after her, it also made Sophi feel so comfortable with her
and Rizo that Sophi told them about the KIP. Rizo also appeared to have
told them that his HII is good until F5. Is this the latest in the game they've gone to The Sanctuary?
--Rizo sure is emotional. Savannah and Sophi really didn't cry when they read their letters. Was Sophi's letter just from her mom?
--Sophie Segretti will vote based on game. Did you see her smile and
mouth "Hi" to the players when the jury walked in? That will be good for Savannah.
On 12/10/2025 9:57 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is the
last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will Sophi
steal Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play his
"Block a Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think either
Rizo or Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both to advance,
but who knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best blindside
we've seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing everyone
that his idol was only good until F6, which directed attention away
from him and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
I can't believe he got away with that. I'm pretty sure HIIs, regardless
of when and where they're found, have always been good to F5. Rizo's
amazing at the outwit part of the game.
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in
confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC.-a That clued the
viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
We actually knew that from Jeff's clarification to Dalton last week. I
think that was a preemptive move on Jeff's part because a number of
people online are not happy with that rule.
The three big questions going into TC were: would Sophi use her KIP on
Rizo to steal his idol (she didn't), would Rizo play his idol on Sophi
or himself in this TC (he didn't), and finally, would Sage and
Christina vote out Steven (they did).-a-a I had no idea what the answer
would be to any of those questions.
Either did I. The editing was great tonight.The part about Sophi's
grandma made me think there was a good chance that she would steal
Rizo's HII knowing there was a good chance that they had fooled the
others about how log the HII was good for.
I think Rizo's idol play fakeout was pure theater. I expect so was
Sophi's reaction. I think we're going to find out that they and Savannah knew that Sage and Kristina were flipping for sure. Hopefully at the
start of the finale we find out if it was just Rizo who caused the flip
or did Sage flip Kristina. Sage is being called an idiot on X tonight
for handing the win to Rizo or Savannah (assuming that's true), but if
you look at the makeup of the jury thus far, Steven would have a great
shot at winning.
Some more comments from me.
--Rizo sucked at the challenges once again. If he wins, will he go down
as the winner with the worst challenge performance record?
--Savannah's win in the Immunity Challenge was impressive. The way the
first four were out so quickly, I thought it was going to be a short challenge. She and Sage lasting 35+ minutes and smashing Dee's 24 minute record was unexpected.
--Savannah's decision to choose Sophi to go to The Sanctuary along with
Rizo was a huge strategic move. Not only did that make Sophi drop the
idea of going after her, it also made Sophi feel so comfortable with her
and Rizo that Sophi told them about the KIP. Rizo also appeared to have
told them that his HII is good until F5. Is this the latest in the game they've gone to The Sanctuary?
--Rizo sure is emotional. Savannah and Sophi really didn't cry when they read their letters. Was Sophi's letter just from her mom?
--Sophie Segretti will vote based on game. Did you see her smile and
mouth "Hi" to the players when the jury walked in? That will be good for Savannah.
On 12/10/2025 10:51 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:57 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is the
last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will Sophi
steal Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play his
"Block a Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think either
Rizo or Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both to
advance, but who knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best blindside
we've seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing everyone
that his idol was only good until F6, which directed attention away
from him and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
I can't believe he got away with that. I'm pretty sure HIIs,
regardless of when and where they're found, have always been good to
F5. Rizo's amazing at the outwit part of the game.
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in
confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC.-a That clued the
viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
We actually knew that from Jeff's clarification to Dalton last week. I
think that was a preemptive move on Jeff's part because a number of
people online are not happy with that rule.
The three big questions going into TC were: would Sophi use her KIP
on Rizo to steal his idol (she didn't), would Rizo play his idol on
Sophi or himself in this TC (he didn't), and finally, would Sage and
Christina vote out Steven (they did).-a-a I had no idea what the answer >>> would be to any of those questions.
Either did I. The editing was great tonight.The part about Sophi's
grandma made me think there was a good chance that she would steal
Rizo's HII knowing there was a good chance that they had fooled the
others about how log the HII was good for.
I think Rizo's idol play fakeout was pure theater. I expect so was
Sophi's reaction. I think we're going to find out that they and
Savannah knew that Sage and Kristina were flipping for sure. Hopefully
at the start of the finale we find out if it was just Rizo who caused
the flip or did Sage flip Kristina. Sage is being called an idiot on X
tonight for handing the win to Rizo or Savannah (assuming that's
true), but if you look at the makeup of the jury thus far, Steven
would have a great shot at winning.
Some more comments from me.
--Rizo sucked at the challenges once again. If he wins, will he go
down as the winner with the worst challenge performance record?
--Savannah's win in the Immunity Challenge was impressive. The way the
first four were out so quickly, I thought it was going to be a short
challenge. She and Sage lasting 35+ minutes and smashing Dee's 24
minute record was unexpected.
--Savannah's decision to choose Sophi to go to The Sanctuary along
with Rizo was a huge strategic move. Not only did that make Sophi drop
the idea of going after her, it also made Sophi feel so comfortable
with her and Rizo that Sophi told them about the KIP. Rizo also
appeared to have told them that his HII is good until F5. Is this the
latest in the game they've gone to The Sanctuary?
--Rizo sure is emotional. Savannah and Sophi really didn't cry when
they read their letters. Was Sophi's letter just from her mom?
--Sophie Segretti will vote based on game. Did you see her smile and
mouth "Hi" to the players when the jury walked in? That will be good
for Savannah.
Tweet from Sophi with some key details about last night's TC.
It was a planned unan vote. Before tribal, Kristina told me about
StevenrCOs Block a Vote but she didnrCOt know the specifics of it. Had I felt unsafe before tribal, I wouldrCOve taken the idol. Had Sav not won immunity, I wouldrCOve taken the idol. Only threat option left was Steven.
https://x.com/sophibalerdi/status/1999121758075466063
Here's another huge piece of info from Sophi in response to a comment.
Did you have an idea that the idol expires at F5?
It was my idea hahahahaha
https://x.com/sophibalerdi/status/1999124604342649230
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is the
last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will Sophi steal
Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play his "Block a
Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think either Rizo or
Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both to advance, but who
knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best blindside we've
seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing everyone that
his idol was only good until F6, which directed attention away from him
and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in >confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC. That clued the
viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
The three big questions going into TC were: would Sophi use her KIP on
Rizo to steal his idol (she didn't), would Rizo play his idol on Sophi
or himself in this TC (he didn't), and finally, would Sage and Christina >vote out Steven (they did). I had no idea what the answer would be to
any of those questions.
On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:57:47 -0500, Rick <Rick@nospam.net> wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is the
last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will Sophi steal >>>> Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play his "Block a
Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think either Rizo or
Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both to advance, but who
knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best blindside we've >>> seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing everyone that
his idol was only good until F6, which directed attention away from him
and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
That was great.
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in
confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC. That clued the
viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
That I hated and almost turned off the show because of how they
clearly played Sophi. Allowing the advantage to be played and thus
nullifying her advantage felt like the producers playing with the
rules to get a good TV moment. It also seems like she couldn't play
her advantage until the TC so she had no way to get his advantage
other than playing her advantage at the last TC. Something I'm sure
none of them would have considered even if they all knew about her
advantage.
The three big questions going into TC were: would Sophi use her KIP on
Rizo to steal his idol (she didn't), would Rizo play his idol on Sophi
or himself in this TC (he didn't), and finally, would Sage and Christina
vote out Steven (they did). I had no idea what the answer would be to
any of those questions.
When they didn't raise the issue of their votes towards the end I felt
like he could go but nothing was settled. After all Sophi isn't seen
as a challenge to win the money. She's likely well liked but that
alone isn't going to win her a million dollars where as Steven is a
clear threat. As said, Rizzo has done a great job of selling his idol
as having to be used at this TC so the three weren't likely to go for
Rizzo.
On 12/11/2025 12:51 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:57 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is the
last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will Sophi
steal Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play his
"Block a Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think either
Rizo or Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both to
advance, but who knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best blindside
we've seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing everyone
that his idol was only good until F6, which directed attention away
from him and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
I can't believe he got away with that. I'm pretty sure HIIs,
regardless of when and where they're found, have always been good to
F5. Rizo's amazing at the outwit part of the game.
They haven't always been good to F5 (there was a period where they did expire at F6), but I'm pretty sure it's been F5 throughout the New Era
and earlier. Surely one of Steven, Sage or Kristina should have realized that, especially Kristina who had her own idol.-a Maybe they got fooled because the KIP and some other advantages are only good to F6 and SITD expires at F7.-a And sometimes the show does switch things up, so maybe that's what they thought was the case here.-a Either way I agree Rizo did
a good con job on this.
I wonder if it was actually a long con - if he said it expired at F6 the first time he ever revealed it and they just never showed that.-a I
thought for a moment that Jeff might correct him when he said it was
only good through F6, but Jeff wisely said nothing.
Funny how Sage called Rizo a turd when he admitted it was really good to F5.-a Of course she would call him that.
And speaking of SITD, it's interesting how no one has used it or even
talked about it this season.-a I guess players are starting to realize
that the chances of success are pretty slim, and even if you get lucky
there is a good chance you'll just get voted out next TC.
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in
confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC.-a That clued the
viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
We actually knew that from Jeff's clarification to Dalton last week. I
think that was a preemptive move on Jeff's part because a number of
people online are not happy with that rule.
I'm certainly not happy with it, especially when the show knows there is also a KIP in the game.-a My view is that it is a technicality and an obscure one to say that the Vote Block is actually played before TC
because producers have to be alerted to get the special parchment ready
for the player who is blocked.-a They could clearly do that on-the-fly at
TC once he announces he wants to block the vote.-a More better - just
have the player publicly announce whose vote is being blocked and that person just doesn't get to vote.-a However they fix it, the current
method is definitely confusing, and I'm glad Jeff recognizes that and
will likely fix it for future seasons.
The three big questions going into TC were: would Sophi use her KIP
on Rizo to steal his idol (she didn't), would Rizo play his idol on
Sophi or himself in this TC (he didn't), and finally, would Sage and
Christina vote out Steven (they did).-a-a I had no idea what the answer >>> would be to any of those questions.
Either did I. The editing was great tonight.The part about Sophi's
grandma made me think there was a good chance that she would steal
Rizo's HII knowing there was a good chance that they had fooled the
others about how log the HII was good for.
I think Rizo's idol play fakeout was pure theater. I expect so was
Sophi's reaction. I think we're going to find out that they and
Savannah knew that Sage and Kristina were flipping for sure. Hopefully
at the start of the finale we find out if it was just Rizo who caused
the flip or did Sage flip Kristina. Sage is being called an idiot on X
tonight for handing the win to Rizo or Savannah (assuming that's
true), but if you look at the makeup of the jury thus far, Steven
would have a great shot at winning.
That's definitely true, but I still thought Sage's hatred of Savannah
and, by extension, Savannah's alliance, would have caused her to keep
Steven around to vote out Sophi after they stole Savannah's vote.-a I
really thought Sophi was going tonight.
Some more comments from me.
--Rizo sucked at the challenges once again. If he wins, will he go
down as the winner with the worst challenge performance record?
Well I think that honor might go to Sandra, who I don't believe won an
IC during either of her two wins.-a In the New Era, I think the only
winner who never actually won an IC was Maryanne.
I don't know how many previous winners never won an IC, but I believe
the first example was Tina. Todd and Denise are other winners who I
don't think ever won an IC.-a Don't know how many others there might be.
--Savannah's win in the Immunity Challenge was impressive. The way the
first four were out so quickly, I thought it was going to be a short
challenge. She and Sage lasting 35+ minutes and smashing Dee's 24
minute record was unexpected.
It looked to me like Savannah was in great shape and could have gone a
lot longer.-a No way to really know how long she could have lasted.-a For that matter, the same could be said for Dee.-a Dee's 24-minute total just means whoever finished second dropped out at 24 min.-a It would be interesting if they repeat this challenge in S50 and Dee and Savannah
can actually compete against one another.
--Savannah's decision to choose Sophi to go to The Sanctuary along
with Rizo was a huge strategic move. Not only did that make Sophi drop
the idea of going after her, it also made Sophi feel so comfortable
with her and Rizo that Sophi told them about the KIP. Rizo also
appeared to have told them that his HII is good until F5. Is this the
latest in the game they've gone to The Sanctuary?
No idea.-a I've never been a fan of The Sanctuary, probably because of Jeff's annoying "where good things happen" mantra.-a I was really
surprised that Sophi turned so quickly from her plan to try to shanghai Savannah and Rizo.
--Rizo sure is emotional. Savannah and Sophi really didn't cry when
they read their letters. Was Sophi's letter just from her mom?
Not sure.-a It sounded like there could have been multiple letters from multiple relatives, but they didn't really go into detail with Soph.
Maybe there's a secret scene where they expand on the rewards.-a This is another part of the show I don't care for and frequently skim past.
--Sophie Segretti will vote based on game. Did you see her smile and
mouth "Hi" to the players when the jury walked in? That will be good
for Savannah.
Yup, another case of Game recognizes Game.
On 12/11/2025 12:40 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 10:51 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:57 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is the >>>>>> last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will Sophi
steal Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play his
"Block a Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think either >>>>>> Rizo or Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both to
advance, but who knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best blindside
we've seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing everyone
that his idol was only good until F6, which directed attention away
from him and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
I can't believe he got away with that. I'm pretty sure HIIs,
regardless of when and where they're found, have always been good to
F5. Rizo's amazing at the outwit part of the game.
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in
confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC.-a That clued the
viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
We actually knew that from Jeff's clarification to Dalton last week.
I think that was a preemptive move on Jeff's part because a number of
people online are not happy with that rule.
The three big questions going into TC were: would Sophi use her KIP
on Rizo to steal his idol (she didn't), would Rizo play his idol on
Sophi or himself in this TC (he didn't), and finally, would Sage and
Christina vote out Steven (they did).-a-a I had no idea what the
answer would be to any of those questions.
Either did I. The editing was great tonight.The part about Sophi's
grandma made me think there was a good chance that she would steal
Rizo's HII knowing there was a good chance that they had fooled the
others about how log the HII was good for.
I think Rizo's idol play fakeout was pure theater. I expect so was
Sophi's reaction. I think we're going to find out that they and
Savannah knew that Sage and Kristina were flipping for sure.
Hopefully at the start of the finale we find out if it was just Rizo
who caused the flip or did Sage flip Kristina. Sage is being called
an idiot on X tonight for handing the win to Rizo or Savannah
(assuming that's true), but if you look at the makeup of the jury
thus far, Steven would have a great shot at winning.
Some more comments from me.
--Rizo sucked at the challenges once again. If he wins, will he go
down as the winner with the worst challenge performance record?
--Savannah's win in the Immunity Challenge was impressive. The way
the first four were out so quickly, I thought it was going to be a
short challenge. She and Sage lasting 35+ minutes and smashing Dee's
24 minute record was unexpected.
--Savannah's decision to choose Sophi to go to The Sanctuary along
with Rizo was a huge strategic move. Not only did that make Sophi
drop the idea of going after her, it also made Sophi feel so
comfortable with her and Rizo that Sophi told them about the KIP.
Rizo also appeared to have told them that his HII is good until F5.
Is this the latest in the game they've gone to The Sanctuary?
--Rizo sure is emotional. Savannah and Sophi really didn't cry when
they read their letters. Was Sophi's letter just from her mom?
--Sophie Segretti will vote based on game. Did you see her smile and
mouth "Hi" to the players when the jury walked in? That will be good
for Savannah.
Tweet from Sophi with some key details about last night's TC.
It was a planned unan vote. Before tribal, Kristina told me about
StevenrCOs Block a Vote but she didnrCOt know the specifics of it. Had I
felt unsafe before tribal, I wouldrCOve taken the idol. Had Sav not won
immunity, I wouldrCOve taken the idol. Only threat option left was Steven. >>
https://x.com/sophibalerdi/status/1999121758075466063
Here's another huge piece of info from Sophi in response to a comment.
Did you have an idea that the idol expires at F5?
It was my idea hahahahaha
https://x.com/sophibalerdi/status/1999124604342649230
So Sophi knew the votes were going to be unanimously against Steven, she knew that Rizo wasn't going to have to use his idol, and all her
mopiness when RIzo said he couldn't use his idol on her was all just theater.-a She knew all along that she and her teammates were all going
to be safe.
But the one thing that did surprise her was when Steven said no, he
didn't have an advantage.-a That clearly surprised Soph and her friends,
and she admitted while voting that it was "embarrassing".-a That was obviously intended as a moment where she would distinguish herself and
be on the same level as Savannah and RIzo, with each having an advantage
-a- but it fell completely flat.
Next episode Rizo finally uses his idol and I presume Savannah is likely
to win immunity.-a That means the power 3 will likely vote out Sage and carry Kristina to F4.-a That's the likely scenario considering the
spoilers about Savannah making it to S50.-a In the event Savannah somehow loses immunity, it would give Sophi an opportunity to make up for the embarrassment from this episode and team-up with Kristina and Sage to
take out Savannah, which could be her last chance to make a big move.
But at this point, that seems really unlikely.
On 12/11/2025 11:37 AM, Rick wrote:
On 12/11/2025 12:51 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:57 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is the >>>>>> last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will Sophi
steal Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play his
"Block a Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think either >>>>>> Rizo or Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both to
advance, but who knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best blindside
we've seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing everyone
that his idol was only good until F6, which directed attention away
from him and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
I can't believe he got away with that. I'm pretty sure HIIs,
regardless of when and where they're found, have always been good to
F5. Rizo's amazing at the outwit part of the game.
They haven't always been good to F5 (there was a period where they did
expire at F6), but I'm pretty sure it's been F5 throughout the New Era
and earlier. Surely one of Steven, Sage or Kristina should have
realized that, especially Kristina who had her own idol.-a Maybe they
got fooled because the KIP and some other advantages are only good to
F6 and SITD expires at F7.-a And sometimes the show does switch things
up, so maybe that's what they thought was the case here.-a Either way I
agree Rizo did a good con job on this.
I wonder if it was actually a long con - if he said it expired at F6
the first time he ever revealed it and they just never showed that.-a I
thought for a moment that Jeff might correct him when he said it was
only good through F6, but Jeff wisely said nothing.
Funny how Sage called Rizo a turd when he admitted it was really good
to F5.-a Of course she would call him that.
And speaking of SITD, it's interesting how no one has used it or even
talked about it this season.-a I guess players are starting to realize
that the chances of success are pretty slim, and even if you get lucky
there is a good chance you'll just get voted out next TC.
Interesting tweet from Rob's Fact Checker on SITD plays.
#Survivor 49 is the first New Era season that had no Shot in the Dark
plays. I compiled stats for all 15 plays:
https://x.com/RobsFactChecker/status/1997375185474003040
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in
confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC.-a That clued the
viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
We actually knew that from Jeff's clarification to Dalton last week.
I think that was a preemptive move on Jeff's part because a number of
people online are not happy with that rule.
I'm certainly not happy with it, especially when the show knows there
is also a KIP in the game.-a My view is that it is a technicality and
an obscure one to say that the Vote Block is actually played before TC
because producers have to be alerted to get the special parchment
ready for the player who is blocked.-a They could clearly do that
on-the-fly at TC once he announces he wants to block the vote.-a More
better - just have the player publicly announce whose vote is being
blocked and that person just doesn't get to vote.-a However they fix
it, the current method is definitely confusing, and I'm glad Jeff
recognizes that and will likely fix it for future seasons.
They should definitely have the holder announce publicly whose vote they want to block or steal. Why should those advantages allow the holder to remain anonymous? And it's crazy that they're more powerful than the KIP.
The three big questions going into TC were: would Sophi use her KIP
on Rizo to steal his idol (she didn't), would Rizo play his idol on
Sophi or himself in this TC (he didn't), and finally, would Sage and
Christina vote out Steven (they did).-a-a I had no idea what the
answer would be to any of those questions.
Either did I. The editing was great tonight.The part about Sophi's
grandma made me think there was a good chance that she would steal
Rizo's HII knowing there was a good chance that they had fooled the
others about how log the HII was good for.
I think Rizo's idol play fakeout was pure theater. I expect so was
Sophi's reaction. I think we're going to find out that they and
Savannah knew that Sage and Kristina were flipping for sure.
Hopefully at the start of the finale we find out if it was just Rizo
who caused the flip or did Sage flip Kristina. Sage is being called
an idiot on X tonight for handing the win to Rizo or Savannah
(assuming that's true), but if you look at the makeup of the jury
thus far, Steven would have a great shot at winning.
That's definitely true, but I still thought Sage's hatred of Savannah
and, by extension, Savannah's alliance, would have caused her to keep
Steven around to vote out Sophi after they stole Savannah's vote.-a I
really thought Sophi was going tonight.
There were several times during the episode I thought Sophi was gone.
Sage and Kristina's logic for voting out Steven makes no sense to me
unless they were very confident that Steven staying would mean Savannah would be gone.
Some more comments from me.
--Rizo sucked at the challenges once again. If he wins, will he go
down as the winner with the worst challenge performance record?
Well I think that honor might go to Sandra, who I don't believe won an
IC during either of her two wins.-a In the New Era, I think the only
winner who never actually won an IC was Maryanne.
Was Sandra worse than Rizo at challenges? He's horrible at them.
I don't know how many previous winners never won an IC, but I believe
the first example was Tina. Todd and Denise are other winners who I
don't think ever won an IC.-a Don't know how many others there might be.
Interesting.
--Savannah's win in the Immunity Challenge was impressive. The way
the first four were out so quickly, I thought it was going to be a
short challenge. She and Sage lasting 35+ minutes and smashing Dee's
24 minute record was unexpected.
It looked to me like Savannah was in great shape and could have gone a
lot longer.-a No way to really know how long she could have lasted.
For that matter, the same could be said for Dee.-a Dee's 24-minute
total just means whoever finished second dropped out at 24 min.-a It
would be interesting if they repeat this challenge in S50 and Dee and
Savannah can actually compete against one another.
I'm sure they would have loved that. The problem is that the challenges
are built in advance. It would be nice to know how long it takes to
build them and how much testing they need to do.
--Savannah's decision to choose Sophi to go to The Sanctuary along
with Rizo was a huge strategic move. Not only did that make Sophi
drop the idea of going after her, it also made Sophi feel so
comfortable with her and Rizo that Sophi told them about the KIP.
Rizo also appeared to have told them that his HII is good until F5.
Is this the latest in the game they've gone to The Sanctuary?
No idea.-a I've never been a fan of The Sanctuary, probably because of
Jeff's annoying "where good things happen" mantra.-a I was really
surprised that Sophi turned so quickly from her plan to try to
shanghai Savannah and Rizo.
I've mentioned this before, Sophi seems to really like Savannah. Knowing that Savannah kept a promise to her probably meant a lot to Sophi.
Rizo's also been loyal to her. She probably also factored in Kristina's horrible game logic.
--Rizo sure is emotional. Savannah and Sophi really didn't cry when
they read their letters. Was Sophi's letter just from her mom?
Not sure.-a It sounded like there could have been multiple letters from
multiple relatives, but they didn't really go into detail with Soph.
Maybe there's a secret scene where they expand on the rewards.-a This
is another part of the show I don't care for and frequently skim past.
There's a secret scene where Kristina says what would have been said in
her letters. She was upset because Savannah didn't choose her. She
basically said moms should always be chosen for the letters and that
kids trump boyfriends and girlfriends.
--Sophie Segretti will vote based on game. Did you see her smile and
mouth "Hi" to the players when the jury walked in? That will be good
for Savannah.
Yup, another case of Game recognizes Game.
I can see Sophie making a case for Savannah with the other jury members. Hopefully Nate does the same. If Kristina ends up on the jury Savannah
will need both of them to fight for her. Kristina will be a bitter juror
and likely a hateful one.
It would be something if Rizo finally won II and used his HII to ensure Savannah's safety. If Savannah's vulnerable at TC it would be crazy not
to take her out. I think you'll end up being right about Sage going next.
On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:57:47 -0500, Rick <Rick@nospam.net> wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is the
last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will Sophi steal >>>> Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play his "Block a
Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think either Rizo or
Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both to advance, but who
knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best blindside we've >>> seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing everyone that
his idol was only good until F6, which directed attention away from him
and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
That was great.
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in
confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC. That clued the
viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
That I hated and almost turned off the show because of how they
clearly played Sophi. Allowing the advantage to be played and thus
nullifying her advantage felt like the producers playing with the
rules to get a good TV moment. It also seems like she couldn't play
her advantage until the TC so she had no way to get his advantage
other than playing her advantage at the last TC. Something I'm sure
none of them would have considered even if they all knew about her
advantage.
It would be something if Rizo finally won II and used his HII to
ensure Savannah's safety. If Savannah's vulnerable at TC it would be
crazy not to take her out. I think you'll end up being right about
Sage going next.
Wow, I hadn't thought about the possibility of Riz winning IC and then giving his idol to Savannah.-a That would certainly be a major big move
and would solidify his selection for S50.
Another possibility is that Sage wins immunity, making Savannah
vulnerable, and Sophi decides to side with Kristina and Sage and vote
out Savannah - but Rizo becomes aware of what's happening, saves the day
by giving his idol to Savannah, and he and Savannah vote out Sophi. That would also be a major big move that would solidify his legacy.-a But I
don't really expect that because I do think Sophi values her
relationship with Savannah and will remain loyal to Savannah and Riz.
Sage winning the next IC is definitely a possibility, but I think the
gang of three would probably just vote out Kristina in that case.
On 12/11/2025 5:46 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/11/2025 11:37 AM, Rick wrote:
On 12/11/2025 12:51 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:57 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is
the last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will
Sophi steal Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play >>>>>>> his "Block a Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think >>>>>>> either Rizo or Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both >>>>>>> to advance, but who knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best blindside >>>>>> we've seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing everyone >>>>> that his idol was only good until F6, which directed attention away >>>>> from him and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
I can't believe he got away with that. I'm pretty sure HIIs,
regardless of when and where they're found, have always been good to
F5. Rizo's amazing at the outwit part of the game.
They haven't always been good to F5 (there was a period where they
did expire at F6), but I'm pretty sure it's been F5 throughout the
New Era and earlier. Surely one of Steven, Sage or Kristina should
have realized that, especially Kristina who had her own idol.-a Maybe
they got fooled because the KIP and some other advantages are only
good to F6 and SITD expires at F7.-a And sometimes the show does
switch things up, so maybe that's what they thought was the case
here.-a Either way I agree Rizo did a good con job on this.
I wonder if it was actually a long con - if he said it expired at F6
the first time he ever revealed it and they just never showed that.
I thought for a moment that Jeff might correct him when he said it
was only good through F6, but Jeff wisely said nothing.
Funny how Sage called Rizo a turd when he admitted it was really good
to F5.-a Of course she would call him that.
And speaking of SITD, it's interesting how no one has used it or even
talked about it this season.-a I guess players are starting to realize
that the chances of success are pretty slim, and even if you get
lucky there is a good chance you'll just get voted out next TC.
Interesting tweet from Rob's Fact Checker on SITD plays.
#Survivor 49 is the first New Era season that had no Shot in the Dark
plays. I compiled stats for all 15 plays:
https://x.com/RobsFactChecker/status/1997375185474003040
This is interesting, but what I think he should have added is on the
ones that were SAFE (and I guess they could do it on the NOT SAFEs who weren't booted that episode), how many more episodes did the player
remain in the game after that?
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in
confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC.-a That clued the
viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
We actually knew that from Jeff's clarification to Dalton last week.
I think that was a preemptive move on Jeff's part because a number
of people online are not happy with that rule.
I'm certainly not happy with it, especially when the show knows there
is also a KIP in the game.-a My view is that it is a technicality and
an obscure one to say that the Vote Block is actually played before
TC because producers have to be alerted to get the special parchment
ready for the player who is blocked.-a They could clearly do that on-
the-fly at TC once he announces he wants to block the vote.-a More
better - just have the player publicly announce whose vote is being
blocked and that person just doesn't get to vote.-a However they fix
it, the current method is definitely confusing, and I'm glad Jeff
recognizes that and will likely fix it for future seasons.
They should definitely have the holder announce publicly whose vote
they want to block or steal. Why should those advantages allow the
holder to remain anonymous? And it's crazy that they're more powerful
than the KIP.
The three big questions going into TC were: would Sophi use her KIP >>>>> on Rizo to steal his idol (she didn't), would Rizo play his idol on >>>>> Sophi or himself in this TC (he didn't), and finally, would Sage
and Christina vote out Steven (they did).-a-a I had no idea what the >>>>> answer would be to any of those questions.
Either did I. The editing was great tonight.The part about Sophi's
grandma made me think there was a good chance that she would steal
Rizo's HII knowing there was a good chance that they had fooled the
others about how log the HII was good for.
I think Rizo's idol play fakeout was pure theater. I expect so was
Sophi's reaction. I think we're going to find out that they and
Savannah knew that Sage and Kristina were flipping for sure.
Hopefully at the start of the finale we find out if it was just Rizo
who caused the flip or did Sage flip Kristina. Sage is being called
an idiot on X tonight for handing the win to Rizo or Savannah
(assuming that's true), but if you look at the makeup of the jury
thus far, Steven would have a great shot at winning.
That's definitely true, but I still thought Sage's hatred of Savannah
and, by extension, Savannah's alliance, would have caused her to keep
Steven around to vote out Sophi after they stole Savannah's vote.-a I
really thought Sophi was going tonight.
There were several times during the episode I thought Sophi was gone.
Sage and Kristina's logic for voting out Steven makes no sense to me
unless they were very confident that Steven staying would mean
Savannah would be gone.
Some more comments from me.
--Rizo sucked at the challenges once again. If he wins, will he go
down as the winner with the worst challenge performance record?
Well I think that honor might go to Sandra, who I don't believe won
an IC during either of her two wins.-a In the New Era, I think the
only winner who never actually won an IC was Maryanne.
Was Sandra worse than Rizo at challenges? He's horrible at them.
My recollection was she was pretty bad.-a But of course she was also
older and seemingly more out of shape than Rizo.-a It actually makes me
half wonder if a young, seemingly healthy guy like Rizo may be
deliberately dogging it in the challenges to lower his threat level.
I don't know how many previous winners never won an IC, but I believe
the first example was Tina. Todd and Denise are other winners who I
don't think ever won an IC.-a Don't know how many others there might be.
Interesting.
--Savannah's win in the Immunity Challenge was impressive. The way
the first four were out so quickly, I thought it was going to be a
short challenge. She and Sage lasting 35+ minutes and smashing Dee's
24 minute record was unexpected.
It looked to me like Savannah was in great shape and could have gone
a lot longer.-a No way to really know how long she could have lasted.
For that matter, the same could be said for Dee.-a Dee's 24-minute
total just means whoever finished second dropped out at 24 min.-a It
would be interesting if they repeat this challenge in S50 and Dee and
Savannah can actually compete against one another.
I'm sure they would have loved that. The problem is that the
challenges are built in advance. It would be nice to know how long it
takes to build them and how much testing they need to do.
But this one is already built and they film the seasons back-to-back.-a I don't know if the challenges are all in the same place and have to be reassembled fresh every time, but if they liked this challenge enough
and wanted to repeat it in the following season, perhaps they could just leave it up or move the components somewhere temporary..
--Savannah's decision to choose Sophi to go to The Sanctuary along
with Rizo was a huge strategic move. Not only did that make Sophi
drop the idea of going after her, it also made Sophi feel so
comfortable with her and Rizo that Sophi told them about the KIP.
Rizo also appeared to have told them that his HII is good until F5.
Is this the latest in the game they've gone to The Sanctuary?
No idea.-a I've never been a fan of The Sanctuary, probably because of
Jeff's annoying "where good things happen" mantra.-a I was really
surprised that Sophi turned so quickly from her plan to try to
shanghai Savannah and Rizo.
I've mentioned this before, Sophi seems to really like Savannah.
Knowing that Savannah kept a promise to her probably meant a lot to
Sophi. Rizo's also been loyal to her. She probably also factored in
Kristina's horrible game logic.
--Rizo sure is emotional. Savannah and Sophi really didn't cry when
they read their letters. Was Sophi's letter just from her mom?
Not sure.-a It sounded like there could have been multiple letters
from multiple relatives, but they didn't really go into detail with
Soph. Maybe there's a secret scene where they expand on the rewards.
This is another part of the show I don't care for and frequently skim
past.
There's a secret scene where Kristina says what would have been said
in her letters. She was upset because Savannah didn't choose her. She
basically said moms should always be chosen for the letters and that
kids trump boyfriends and girlfriends.
--Sophie Segretti will vote based on game. Did you see her smile and
mouth "Hi" to the players when the jury walked in? That will be good
for Savannah.
Yup, another case of Game recognizes Game.
I can see Sophie making a case for Savannah with the other jury
members. Hopefully Nate does the same. If Kristina ends up on the jury
Savannah will need both of them to fight for her. Kristina will be a
bitter juror and likely a hateful one.
I hate to say this, because I actually liked him, but I think Jawan may
also be a bit of a bitter juror. He's really been crossing the line a
lot with his overt cheering from the jury, such as when Sophie was eliminated.-a If the finale is Savannah, Rizo and Kristina, I wonder if Kristina will get a couple of stray votes from Jawan, MC and maybe even
a bitter Sage?
On 12/11/2025 4:42 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/11/2025 5:46 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/11/2025 11:37 AM, Rick wrote:
On 12/11/2025 12:51 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:57 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/10/2025 9:42 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/10/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is titled "The Die is Cast." I believe F6 is >>>>>>>> the last time Steven and Sophi can play their advantages. Will >>>>>>>> Sophi steal Rizo's HII? Will Steven be stupid enough not to play >>>>>>>> his "Block a Vote" and let Sophi steal it from him. You'd think >>>>>>>> either Rizo or Savannah has to win Individual Immunity for both >>>>>>>> to advance, but who knows with this bunch.
More later.
Just want to say for now that the end of TC was the best
blindside we've seen in ages. I did not see that coming at all!
Agree completely.
Rizo showed again what a brilliant player is by convincing
everyone that his idol was only good until F6, which directed
attention away from him and basically guaranteed him a spot in F4.
I can't believe he got away with that. I'm pretty sure HIIs,
regardless of when and where they're found, have always been good
to F5. Rizo's amazing at the outwit part of the game.
They haven't always been good to F5 (there was a period where they
did expire at F6), but I'm pretty sure it's been F5 throughout the
New Era and earlier. Surely one of Steven, Sage or Kristina should
have realized that, especially Kristina who had her own idol.-a Maybe >>>> they got fooled because the KIP and some other advantages are only
good to F6 and SITD expires at F7.-a And sometimes the show does
switch things up, so maybe that's what they thought was the case
here.-a Either way I agree Rizo did a good con job on this.
I wonder if it was actually a long con - if he said it expired at F6
the first time he ever revealed it and they just never showed that.
I thought for a moment that Jeff might correct him when he said it
was only good through F6, but Jeff wisely said nothing.
Funny how Sage called Rizo a turd when he admitted it was really
good to F5.-a Of course she would call him that.
And speaking of SITD, it's interesting how no one has used it or
even talked about it this season.-a I guess players are starting to
realize that the chances of success are pretty slim, and even if you
get lucky there is a good chance you'll just get voted out next TC.
Interesting tweet from Rob's Fact Checker on SITD plays.
#Survivor 49 is the first New Era season that had no Shot in the Dark
plays. I compiled stats for all 15 plays:
https://x.com/RobsFactChecker/status/1997375185474003040
This is interesting, but what I think he should have added is on the
ones that were SAFE (and I guess they could do it on the NOT SAFEs who
weren't booted that episode), how many more episodes did the player
remain in the game after that?
Rachel's probably the winner of that. She played her SITD on Day 15 and
won the game. Jake played his on Day 16, and IIRC, he made it to the
finale but not to the end.
I also liked how the show orchestrated it that Steven would say in >>>>>> confessional that he no longer had an advantage because he had
effectively had to play it before leaving for TC.-a That clued the >>>>>> viewers in that Sophi's advantage would not work on him.
We actually knew that from Jeff's clarification to Dalton last
week. I think that was a preemptive move on Jeff's part because a
number of people online are not happy with that rule.
I'm certainly not happy with it, especially when the show knows
there is also a KIP in the game.-a My view is that it is a
technicality and an obscure one to say that the Vote Block is
actually played before TC because producers have to be alerted to
get the special parchment ready for the player who is blocked.-a They >>>> could clearly do that on- the-fly at TC once he announces he wants
to block the vote.-a More better - just have the player publicly
announce whose vote is being blocked and that person just doesn't
get to vote.-a However they fix it, the current method is definitely
confusing, and I'm glad Jeff recognizes that and will likely fix it
for future seasons.
They should definitely have the holder announce publicly whose vote
they want to block or steal. Why should those advantages allow the
holder to remain anonymous? And it's crazy that they're more powerful
than the KIP.
The three big questions going into TC were: would Sophi use her
KIP on Rizo to steal his idol (she didn't), would Rizo play his
idol on Sophi or himself in this TC (he didn't), and finally,
would Sage and Christina vote out Steven (they did).-a-a I had no >>>>>> idea what the answer would be to any of those questions.
Either did I. The editing was great tonight.The part about Sophi's
grandma made me think there was a good chance that she would steal
Rizo's HII knowing there was a good chance that they had fooled the >>>>> others about how log the HII was good for.
I think Rizo's idol play fakeout was pure theater. I expect so was
Sophi's reaction. I think we're going to find out that they and
Savannah knew that Sage and Kristina were flipping for sure.
Hopefully at the start of the finale we find out if it was just
Rizo who caused the flip or did Sage flip Kristina. Sage is being
called an idiot on X tonight for handing the win to Rizo or
Savannah (assuming that's true), but if you look at the makeup of
the jury thus far, Steven would have a great shot at winning.
That's definitely true, but I still thought Sage's hatred of
Savannah and, by extension, Savannah's alliance, would have caused
her to keep Steven around to vote out Sophi after they stole
Savannah's vote.-a I really thought Sophi was going tonight.
There were several times during the episode I thought Sophi was gone.
Sage and Kristina's logic for voting out Steven makes no sense to me
unless they were very confident that Steven staying would mean
Savannah would be gone.
Some more comments from me.
--Rizo sucked at the challenges once again. If he wins, will he go
down as the winner with the worst challenge performance record?
Well I think that honor might go to Sandra, who I don't believe won
an IC during either of her two wins.-a In the New Era, I think the
only winner who never actually won an IC was Maryanne.
Was Sandra worse than Rizo at challenges? He's horrible at them.
My recollection was she was pretty bad.-a But of course she was also
older and seemingly more out of shape than Rizo.-a It actually makes me
half wonder if a young, seemingly healthy guy like Rizo may be
deliberately dogging it in the challenges to lower his threat level.
I don't know how many previous winners never won an IC, but I
believe the first example was Tina. Todd and Denise are other
winners who I don't think ever won an IC.-a Don't know how many
others there might be.
Interesting.
--Savannah's win in the Immunity Challenge was impressive. The way
the first four were out so quickly, I thought it was going to be a
short challenge. She and Sage lasting 35+ minutes and smashing
Dee's 24 minute record was unexpected.
It looked to me like Savannah was in great shape and could have gone
a lot longer.-a No way to really know how long she could have lasted. >>>> For that matter, the same could be said for Dee.-a Dee's 24-minute
total just means whoever finished second dropped out at 24 min.-a It
would be interesting if they repeat this challenge in S50 and Dee
and Savannah can actually compete against one another.
I'm sure they would have loved that. The problem is that the
challenges are built in advance. It would be nice to know how long it
takes to build them and how much testing they need to do.
But this one is already built and they film the seasons back-to-back.
I don't know if the challenges are all in the same place and have to
be reassembled fresh every time, but if they liked this challenge
enough and wanted to repeat it in the following season, perhaps they
could just leave it up or move the components somewhere temporary..
I think they use different locations for the back-to-back seasons.
--Savannah's decision to choose Sophi to go to The Sanctuary along
with Rizo was a huge strategic move. Not only did that make Sophi
drop the idea of going after her, it also made Sophi feel so
comfortable with her and Rizo that Sophi told them about the KIP.
Rizo also appeared to have told them that his HII is good until F5. >>>>> Is this the latest in the game they've gone to The Sanctuary?
No idea.-a I've never been a fan of The Sanctuary, probably because
of Jeff's annoying "where good things happen" mantra.-a I was really
surprised that Sophi turned so quickly from her plan to try to
shanghai Savannah and Rizo.
I've mentioned this before, Sophi seems to really like Savannah.
Knowing that Savannah kept a promise to her probably meant a lot to
Sophi. Rizo's also been loyal to her. She probably also factored in
Kristina's horrible game logic.
--Rizo sure is emotional. Savannah and Sophi really didn't cry when >>>>> they read their letters. Was Sophi's letter just from her mom?
Not sure.-a It sounded like there could have been multiple letters
from multiple relatives, but they didn't really go into detail with
Soph. Maybe there's a secret scene where they expand on the rewards.
This is another part of the show I don't care for and frequently
skim past.
There's a secret scene where Kristina says what would have been said
in her letters. She was upset because Savannah didn't choose her. She
basically said moms should always be chosen for the letters and that
kids trump boyfriends and girlfriends.
--Sophie Segretti will vote based on game. Did you see her smile
and mouth "Hi" to the players when the jury walked in? That will be >>>>> good for Savannah.
Yup, another case of Game recognizes Game.
I can see Sophie making a case for Savannah with the other jury
members. Hopefully Nate does the same. If Kristina ends up on the
jury Savannah will need both of them to fight for her. Kristina will
be a bitter juror and likely a hateful one.
I hate to say this, because I actually liked him, but I think Jawan
may also be a bit of a bitter juror. He's really been crossing the
line a lot with his overt cheering from the jury, such as when Sophie
was eliminated.-a If the finale is Savannah, Rizo and Kristina, I
wonder if Kristina will get a couple of stray votes from Jawan, MC and
maybe even a bitter Sage?
You're right about Jawan. He's not even hiding who he likes and
dislikes. I totally forgot about MC. It would be wild if the final vote
ends up being 3rCo2rCo2. If they have Kristina cast the deciding vote that could be a win for Rizo.
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