On 12/23/2025 8:28 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/18/2025 8:51 AM, Rick wrote:
On 12/18/2025 1:22 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/17/2025 10:44 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/17/2025 11:46 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/17/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is the finale of S49 and it's titled "A Fever >>>>>>> Dream."--I thought Sophi did great at FTC. I don't think she blew any of >>>>>> the questions asked of her. Kristina nailed Savannah on knowing
family members. We also found out Sage is ex-military and was(is?) >>>>>> an intelligence analyst.
I didn't think Sophi did that great at the final TC.-a I was
actually surprised she got two votes.-a My prediction at the end of >>>>> that final TC but before the vote was that Savannah would win 4-3-1 >>>>> with Soph getting the one vote probably from Alex.
How was Sophi bad at TC? I don't recall her stumbling like Savannah
did on Kristina's question. I was definitely not surprised that MC
and Kristina did not vote for Savannah. MC voting for Sophi made no
sense to me. Were they ever close?
It's not that Sophi was bad - it was that she had to do a lot more to
overcome the clear lead Savannah had with the jury.-a All she mostly
did was talk about her social skills and how she had survived through
so many tribal councils, but all that did was highlight that she was
never a threat to anyone.-a I like Sophi, but I just didn't find her
to be persuasive.
I just came across this clip from Sophi's exit interview with Rob.
Sounds like she did pretty good at FTC. Sophi: "Sav turned to me ...
and told me 'You just won this game.'" She also says that Nate, Alex,
and Steven told her they were 50/50.
https://youtube.com/shorts/h_IDGWPR8ic?si=PIKNVEirfOGzbr6T
They might have told her they were 50-50, but it could be they were just uncomfortable telling her they preferred Savannah.-a The fact remains
that Savannah won the jury by a convincing 5-2-1 margin and I don't
think it's fair to try to minimize or marginalize that.
I would also discount Sav's comment that you just won the game because I think she was trying to be nice and not too cocky. I think she knew she
had the game won.
There's no doubt Sophi played a decent social games, did a good job surviving more tribals than anyone else and had one key immunity win
near the end of the season.-a But that wasn't enough to overcome what was really a dominant performance by Savannah which included a record-tying number of immunity wins for a female, a convincing win in the fire
challenge and a tight alliance which overcame significant odds post-
merge to make it to final four
On 12/23/2025 8:16 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/23/2025 8:28 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/18/2025 8:51 AM, Rick wrote:
On 12/18/2025 1:22 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/17/2025 10:44 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/17/2025 11:46 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/17/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is the finale of S49 and it's titled "A Fever >>>>>>>> Dream."--I thought Sophi did great at FTC. I don't think she blew any of >>>>>>> the questions asked of her. Kristina nailed Savannah on knowing >>>>>>> family members. We also found out Sage is ex-military and
was(is?) an intelligence analyst.
I didn't think Sophi did that great at the final TC.-a I was
actually surprised she got two votes.-a My prediction at the end of >>>>>> that final TC but before the vote was that Savannah would win
4-3-1 with Soph getting the one vote probably from Alex.
How was Sophi bad at TC? I don't recall her stumbling like Savannah >>>>> did on Kristina's question. I was definitely not surprised that MC
and Kristina did not vote for Savannah. MC voting for Sophi made no >>>>> sense to me. Were they ever close?
It's not that Sophi was bad - it was that she had to do a lot more
to overcome the clear lead Savannah had with the jury.-a All she
mostly did was talk about her social skills and how she had survived
through so many tribal councils, but all that did was highlight that
she was never a threat to anyone.-a I like Sophi, but I just didn't
find her to be persuasive.
I just came across this clip from Sophi's exit interview with Rob.
Sounds like she did pretty good at FTC. Sophi: "Sav turned to me ...
and told me 'You just won this game.'" She also says that Nate, Alex,
and Steven told her they were 50/50.
https://youtube.com/shorts/h_IDGWPR8ic?si=PIKNVEirfOGzbr6T
They might have told her they were 50-50, but it could be they were
just uncomfortable telling her they preferred Savannah.-a The fact
remains that Savannah won the jury by a convincing 5-2-1 margin and I
don't think it's fair to try to minimize or marginalize that.
I would also discount Sav's comment that you just won the game because
I think she was trying to be nice and not too cocky. I think she knew
she had the game won.
There's no doubt Sophi played a decent social games, did a good job
surviving more tribals than anyone else and had one key immunity win
near the end of the season.-a But that wasn't enough to overcome what
was really a dominant performance by Savannah which included a
record-tying number of immunity wins for a female, a convincing win in
the fire challenge and a tight alliance which overcame significant
odds post- merge to make it to final four
Sophi's not trying to minimize Savannah's win. She even said that
Savannah had an amazing resume. I also don't think the three guys told
Sophi they were 50-50 to make her feel good. They could have said
nothing if they didn't mean it. Alex had a bond with Sophi that he did
not have with Savannah. Nate really liked Sophi, and Steven might have wanted Savannah not to win.
I'm pretty sure Savannah knew she played the best game of the three, but
I'm not convinced she knew she was going to win. A number of the jury members had issues with her and bitter juries can be a thing. Who knows
what Kristina said at Pondy to try and get people not to vote for her.
Also, it seemed like everyone loved Sophi. Based on what a number of the players have said postgame, it sounds like we got a horrible edit of the FTC. Maybe Jeff was trying to cover up controversial things said and/or
they were too focused on S50 to care. Savannah clearly deserved to win.
I don't think anyone's disputing that. It just would have been nice if
they had given us a more complete edit of what happened this season.
On 12/23/2025 10:47 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/23/2025 8:16 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/23/2025 8:28 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/18/2025 8:51 AM, Rick wrote:
On 12/18/2025 1:22 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/17/2025 10:44 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/17/2025 11:46 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/17/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is the finale of S49 and it's titled "A Fever >>>>>>>>> Dream."--I thought Sophi did great at FTC. I don't think she blew any >>>>>>>> of the questions asked of her. Kristina nailed Savannah on
knowing family members. We also found out Sage is ex-military >>>>>>>> and was(is?) an intelligence analyst.
I didn't think Sophi did that great at the final TC.-a I was
actually surprised she got two votes.-a My prediction at the end >>>>>>> of that final TC but before the vote was that Savannah would win >>>>>>> 4-3-1 with Soph getting the one vote probably from Alex.
How was Sophi bad at TC? I don't recall her stumbling like
Savannah did on Kristina's question. I was definitely not
surprised that MC and Kristina did not vote for Savannah. MC
voting for Sophi made no sense to me. Were they ever close?
It's not that Sophi was bad - it was that she had to do a lot more
to overcome the clear lead Savannah had with the jury.-a All she
mostly did was talk about her social skills and how she had
survived through so many tribal councils, but all that did was
highlight that she was never a threat to anyone.-a I like Sophi, but >>>>> I just didn't find her to be persuasive.
I just came across this clip from Sophi's exit interview with Rob.
Sounds like she did pretty good at FTC. Sophi: "Sav turned to me ...
and told me 'You just won this game.'" She also says that Nate,
Alex, and Steven told her they were 50/50.
https://youtube.com/shorts/h_IDGWPR8ic?si=PIKNVEirfOGzbr6T
They might have told her they were 50-50, but it could be they were
just uncomfortable telling her they preferred Savannah.-a The fact
remains that Savannah won the jury by a convincing 5-2-1 margin and I
don't think it's fair to try to minimize or marginalize that.
I would also discount Sav's comment that you just won the game
because I think she was trying to be nice and not too cocky. I think
she knew she had the game won.
There's no doubt Sophi played a decent social games, did a good job
surviving more tribals than anyone else and had one key immunity win
near the end of the season.-a But that wasn't enough to overcome what
was really a dominant performance by Savannah which included a
record-tying number of immunity wins for a female, a convincing win
in the fire challenge and a tight alliance which overcame significant
odds post- merge to make it to final four
Sophi's not trying to minimize Savannah's win. She even said that
Savannah had an amazing resume. I also don't think the three guys told
Sophi they were 50-50 to make her feel good. They could have said
nothing if they didn't mean it. Alex had a bond with Sophi that he did
not have with Savannah. Nate really liked Sophi, and Steven might have
wanted Savannah not to win.
I just think it is unlikely that three separate jurors would all tell
Sophi (and apparently only Sophi, since no one else has reported hearing this) that they were 50-50 before the vote, and then all three would
come around and vote for Sav. I think this is especially true for Nate,
who always seemed closely aligned with Savannah, who didn't spend that
much time with Sophi and who clearly isn't the type to be swayed by
others on the jury.-a I will wait until the inevitable deep dive
discussions Rob has with each juror to see if each really said that and
if they meant it.
I'm pretty sure Savannah knew she played the best game of the three,
but I'm not convinced she knew she was going to win. A number of the
jury members had issues with her and bitter juries can be a thing. Who
knows what Kristina said at Pondy to try and get people not to vote
for her. Also, it seemed like everyone loved Sophi. Based on what a
number of the players have said postgame, it sounds like we got a
horrible edit of the FTC. Maybe Jeff was trying to cover up
controversial things said and/or they were too focused on S50 to care.
Savannah clearly deserved to win. I don't think anyone's disputing
that. It just would have been nice if they had given us a more
complete edit of what happened this season.
I don't know that we got a "horrible edit" of FTC or the season.-a The season itself made very clear that Savannah was the dominant player and
the edit clearly suggested she would win.-a The final TC was much less clear, but that's normal, I think.-a The actual TC lasts at least a
couple of hours so we are always seeing a greatly shortened version. The show has often, maybe usually, tried to edit the final TC in a way that makes you uncertain of who will win.-a I can't tell you the number of
times I have thought one person made a much stronger case at TC and then
the other person won.-a It is, after all, a TV show and they are trying
to make good drama.
That said, I am still very confused about the Sage drama, and I agree
the show could have/should have done a better job of clarifying what
that was all about.-a Her mini-meltdown at the after show, her strange, almost trance-like state at the final tribal, her vague comments about
how she's not sure she can talk about certain things, and even her
delaying her final exit interviews with the press by a full day make me really curious about what really happened with her at that final tribal
and, by extension, the season at as a whole.-a For me, that's the one outstanding unanswered question about the season, and I wonder if we
will ever get the full story.
On 12/24/2025 7:42 AM, Rick wrote:
On 12/23/2025 10:47 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/23/2025 8:16 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/23/2025 8:28 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/18/2025 8:51 AM, Rick wrote:
On 12/18/2025 1:22 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/17/2025 10:44 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/17/2025 11:46 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/17/2025 5:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
Tonight's episode is the finale of S49 and it's titled "A >>>>>>>>>> Fever Dream."--I thought Sophi did great at FTC. I don't think she blew any >>>>>>>>> of the questions asked of her. Kristina nailed Savannah on
knowing family members. We also found out Sage is ex-military >>>>>>>>> and was(is?) an intelligence analyst.
I didn't think Sophi did that great at the final TC.-a I was
actually surprised she got two votes.-a My prediction at the end >>>>>>>> of that final TC but before the vote was that Savannah would win >>>>>>>> 4-3-1 with Soph getting the one vote probably from Alex.
How was Sophi bad at TC? I don't recall her stumbling like
Savannah did on Kristina's question. I was definitely not
surprised that MC and Kristina did not vote for Savannah. MC
voting for Sophi made no sense to me. Were they ever close?
It's not that Sophi was bad - it was that she had to do a lot more >>>>>> to overcome the clear lead Savannah had with the jury.-a All she
mostly did was talk about her social skills and how she had
survived through so many tribal councils, but all that did was
highlight that she was never a threat to anyone.-a I like Sophi,
but I just didn't find her to be persuasive.
I just came across this clip from Sophi's exit interview with Rob.
Sounds like she did pretty good at FTC. Sophi: "Sav turned to me
... and told me 'You just won this game.'" She also says that Nate, >>>>> Alex, and Steven told her they were 50/50.
https://youtube.com/shorts/h_IDGWPR8ic?si=PIKNVEirfOGzbr6T
They might have told her they were 50-50, but it could be they were
just uncomfortable telling her they preferred Savannah.-a The fact
remains that Savannah won the jury by a convincing 5-2-1 margin and
I don't think it's fair to try to minimize or marginalize that.
I would also discount Sav's comment that you just won the game
because I think she was trying to be nice and not too cocky. I think
she knew she had the game won.
There's no doubt Sophi played a decent social games, did a good job
surviving more tribals than anyone else and had one key immunity win
near the end of the season.-a But that wasn't enough to overcome what >>>> was really a dominant performance by Savannah which included a
record-tying number of immunity wins for a female, a convincing win
in the fire challenge and a tight alliance which overcame
significant odds post- merge to make it to final four
Sophi's not trying to minimize Savannah's win. She even said that
Savannah had an amazing resume. I also don't think the three guys
told Sophi they were 50-50 to make her feel good. They could have
said nothing if they didn't mean it. Alex had a bond with Sophi that
he did not have with Savannah. Nate really liked Sophi, and Steven
might have wanted Savannah not to win.
I just think it is unlikely that three separate jurors would all tell
Sophi (and apparently only Sophi, since no one else has reported
hearing this) that they were 50-50 before the vote, and then all three
would come around and vote for Sav. I think this is especially true
for Nate, who always seemed closely aligned with Savannah, who didn't
spend that much time with Sophi and who clearly isn't the type to be
swayed by others on the jury.-a I will wait until the inevitable deep
dive discussions Rob has with each juror to see if each really said
that and if they meant it.
I don't see why Sophi would lie. What does she have to gain by lying?
I'm pretty sure Savannah knew she played the best game of the three,
but I'm not convinced she knew she was going to win. A number of the
jury members had issues with her and bitter juries can be a thing.
Who knows what Kristina said at Pondy to try and get people not to
vote for her. Also, it seemed like everyone loved Sophi. Based on
what a number of the players have said postgame, it sounds like we
got a horrible edit of the FTC. Maybe Jeff was trying to cover up
controversial things said and/or they were too focused on S50 to
care. Savannah clearly deserved to win. I don't think anyone's
disputing that. It just would have been nice if they had given us a
more complete edit of what happened this season.
I don't know that we got a "horrible edit" of FTC or the season.-a The
season itself made very clear that Savannah was the dominant player
and the edit clearly suggested she would win.-a The final TC was much
less clear, but that's normal, I think.-a The actual TC lasts at least
a couple of hours so we are always seeing a greatly shortened version.
The show has often, maybe usually, tried to edit the final TC in a way
that makes you uncertain of who will win.-a I can't tell you the number
of times I have thought one person made a much stronger case at TC and
then the other person won.-a It is, after all, a TV show and they are
trying to make good drama.
That said, I am still very confused about the Sage drama, and I agree
the show could have/should have done a better job of clarifying what
that was all about.-a Her mini-meltdown at the after show, her strange,
almost trance-like state at the final tribal, her vague comments about
how she's not sure she can talk about certain things, and even her
delaying her final exit interviews with the press by a full day make
me really curious about what really happened with her at that final
tribal and, by extension, the season at as a whole.-a For me, that's
the one outstanding unanswered question about the season, and I wonder
if we will ever get the full story.
I watched some of Sage's exit interviews.She delayed doing them by a day because she was sick. It was obvious during the interviews that she was
not feeling well. I'll give her a pass on the delays. If she was trying
to avoid the spotlight it would have been much better for her to have
done her interviews the same day as the rest of the F5. That one day
delay put a ton of focus on her including all of the speculation that
she was trying to back out so she wouldn't have to discuss what happened
at FTC. I think she wants to talk about things but isn't ready yet to
talk about everything. During her exit interview with Rob he brought up
a topic to which she replied, "I could talk about that all day!" Rob
then said something like, "We can make that happen." Sage then said "Hit
me up, dude." I think Sage is down to do a deep dive. If Rob can make
her feel comfortable he might be able to get her to discuss what
happened at FTC that caused her to start crying at the After Show.
As for FTC, we all know it's highly edited. That shouldn't mean taking
out key and controversial moments. Sophi's not the only one who has said they left out a lot of good stuff. Sage, Rizo, and Savannah have also
said we missed out on content that should have been included. For
example, why did Sage say FTC was so brutal for her? We're people being
mean to her? If Jeff wants drama he should have shown us how she was treated. Not showing Sophie Segreti calling out Kristina was a big
mistake. Too much protection this season. Sadly, I fear the edit for S50
is going to be even worse for different reasons. Are you ready for celeb confessionals?
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