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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Maybe I'm being a bit cynical here, but the Ben win seemed like it was orchestrated. The reason being the military angle, and its a huge viewership. I've never seen a season where idols were so easy to come by. Ben didn't have to play a social game because he just stumbled into the things. Then the magical rule change that saves him for the final 3? Maybe it's all just luck, but I'm suspicous.
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Well anyone could have found the idols, so I don't know how orchestrated that could be, and while the fire challenge was suspect, he still didn't have it in the bag.
I think you have to look at Survivor from the perspective that they know who won long ago, they have thousands worth of footage. It's easy to make a narrative, to play up the military angle, the outsider, the loner, the family man, when they know he is going to win or at least go far.
As for the secret advantage, to make it an actual advantage, it would have been better to give her the option to use it. In this case she wouldn't have, Ben would have gone home and she likely takes home a million.