[WhiteTiger]

With Erika winning it all, that means transplant99 and myself split the imaginary million CP bucks!

This was an odd season from start to finish, and frankly...pretty damn boring overall. While I am shocked that DeShawn got a vote, that Xander didn't was quite surprising. It looked like he really lost the jury at the Final Four Tribal, as everyone there seemed very unimpressed with everything he was saying when he was talking about his read on them. He botched that hardcore, and just needed to shut up. I also have to wonder a bit if a lot of them were choked at getting played by a younger player. I also kind of wonder if Liana had any effect on the jury.

Kind of a shame overall. I liked Xander's game right up to the end, but he just seemed to botch the landing. I'm not unhappy that Erika won, and I'm glad that DeShawn didn't. But...eh, this whole season leaves a "who cares" kind of taste in the mouth.

Going into tonight's show, I was hoping that the Final 3 would end up being Ricard, Xander and Erika, with Ricard getting 4, Xander 3 and Erika 1 (based on my read of their gameplay). I agree with Mile in that the edit didn't do Erika much favor, either.

Additionally, and I can't quite put my finger on it, but Shan just seems like a really nasty person hiding under a very, very thin 'good' veneer.

The preview for next season didn't look all that interesting/impressive, either. I hope that we have a better cast than this time around, but...who knows.

Oh! I did actually like the 'reunion' show this time around. Much better than the last...10 years or so? Kind of a shame that they didn't have the entire cast though.