Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:

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Absolutely. He completely called the last tribal and then he wins immunity. He HAS to win the next one or the strong women vote him out because they know they lose against him.

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Next tribal is the fire making thing they implemented a couple seasons ago. So Tony will have to lose at fire to go out.

All the strong women got me confused.

You watch, won't surprise me at all if Tony goes to final 3 with Sarah and Natalie and loses because of some strong woman bull***** The jury is going to value Sarah's risk free vote of Ben who laid over for her as some big move. It's a joke.

Edit: well it'll probably be Tony v Sarah for firemaking so we'll either have all women final or Tony vs Natalie and Michelle

No, Natalie is a guarantee against Michelle. Pit tony vs Sarah and try to beat the fire winner.

Yeah you gotta think she takes Michelle. Although the real alpha move would be to take Tony. Could probably blow up in her face though

Sarah made two dumb moves at the end. The best that she, Ben, and Tony could do was to force a tie and make fire.

Natalie will win this and its total horse*****

Edit: didnt think Tony would win fire. Gotta give it to him

Natalie's one good move was getting 8 of her 14 tokens from Tony. But Tony's overall game should be enough to win.

aggietony2010 said:

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Honestly, Michelle's story is more appealing to me than Natalie's. Stuck on the bottom, scrapped along as long as she could, won 2 challenges when she absolutely had to, and used the asset that came back from Extinction to her advantage.

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Yeah she's got a good story too.

Natalie bffs voted for her.

You'd think former winners would be smarter than that.

Natalie and Tony/Michelle were not even playing the same game.

Foxymophandlemama said:

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So a couple of things.

Remaining:
Tony HII
Sara
Ben HII
Michelle
Denise
(Natalie, Tyson, Rob) HII
(Other)

So if NTR get back in the game, the only ones that can be voted out are Sara, Michelle, and Denise. The other 3 are guaranteed to get to Final 5.

So let's look at the final 5.
NTR: Have been with the jury and everyone likes them. Natalie busted her tail and got the 3 advantages, food, and a HII. Tyson won himself back into the game twice and everyone likes him. Rob is Rob. He has the least likely chance to win of the 3 in my opinion. I don't think he wins.
It would be crazy not to vote out N or T as soon as you can.

Ben: Ben seems to have been riding the coattails of Tony and Sara. I don't know if he has done enough, and there are many who really don't like him.

Michelle: She won a III and gave Jeremy her 50/50. She's not going to win. Everyone likes her, but she's just a goat they're bringing along. And i think the editing made it look like Michelle, but I think it was Nick the whole time. They fear him more.

Denise: Denise has won 2 III and took out the queen with a ballsy move. Everyone likes her and they enjoy her at camp. She can beat Ben and Michelle. Maybe Sara. Maybe NT.

Sara: Has held Tony in check and has stayed loyal to Tony. I think she can beat Ben and Michelle. Maybe Denise. Wont beat NT.

Tony: Will beat everyone with the exception of Natalie. Should he win at this point, absolutely. Now, everyone knows this. Can survive with everyone knowing that?

If I'm Tony, It doesn't matter but taking Ben and Sara is the survivor move, he was loyal to them the whole time.
If I'm Sara, I want Ben and Michelle. She has to turn on Tony.
If I'm Ben, I want Michelle and Sara.
If I'm Denise, I want Michelle and Ben/Sara.
If I'm NTR, I want Michelle and Ben.
If I'm other, I'm out my first vote back at camp that I don't have III.

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Tony just played so dang hard. I think had Natalie done the fire making challenge to defeat Sarah/Michelle, she could've swayed enough of the jury. Tony winning the fire making was the final straw in what should have been a much easier vote.

EOE with the late addition just screws up the dynamics too much, especially when they come back with an idol or guaranteed immunity.

Bobcat06 said:

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https://www.purplerockpodcast.com/survivor-game-changers-hype-man-preview-tony-vlachos/

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Witness

Saint Pablo said:

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So happy Tony won. He played an incredible game. Honestly think Michele was more deserving than Natalie. EOE needs to die.

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This x infinity.

Man I was fuming when Natalie found the hii and then won final immunity. Knew it was over when she didn't even consider taking on Tony. And Im breaking up with Parv since she voted for nat!

A little worried about Jeff recruiting teenagers... I hope they aren't going to do a season of all teenagers...

So here's where we stood heading into the final, which I've finally sat down to watch at 11:49 p.m.


Southlake 101
Tony Franklin 100
Bobcat06 94
gravy97 85
tx1c 84
LHIOB 82
txaggiefarmer05 67
Bulldog73 62
Quinn 56
Tallgrant 55
Muckraker96 53
Triumphforks 49
AgSquirrel97 33


Jeff Probst has old neck without the makeup crew working on him for the finale, FYI.


I honestly couldn't believe Natalie won the EoE thing, it looked like the layoff from a real competition had dulled her senses. Not to mention nobody got any points for her returning since we didn't make our picks until after she was already voted off. That sucks and I'm sorry we didn't pick earlier.


188 days of Survivor for Rob. Holy hell, 6 months of Survivor island time.


I just realized what a missed opportunity it was not to secure Lady Gaga's "Edge of Glory" for all Edge of Extinction shots and challenges.


Sarah with the head-scratcher: "Women are just as equal as men."


Is Tony tall enough to do this puzzle? Holy ****, Michelle dominates the puzzle to win immunity. Is Ben a worse puzzle person than Tony? That's the challenge we need to see.


Michelle's win give a +5 to Tony Franklin and txaggiefarmer05. Tony Franklin takes the lead. Farmer moves up to 72, 10 points out of 5th place.


Tony Franklin 105
Southlake 101
Bobcat06 94
gravy97 85
tx1c 84
LHIOB 82
txaggiefarmer05 72
Bulldog73 62
Quinn 56
Tallgrant 55
Muckraker96 53
Triumphforks 49
AgSquirrel97 33


Sarah, you're on the wrong season for your PC baloney at tribal council. There's the tender/sad piano note. Did she just say she ran 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days? Is there a marathon on Antarctica? That's gotta be fake. By the way, dressed-up Parvati is making this tolerable.


Something that I've really missed this season is people badly misspelling other people's names at Tribal Council. Bring back more dummies next year!


Natalie saves herself with an idol no points for us
Ben saves himself with an idol +4, Ben survives Tribal +2: Ben +6
Tony survive Tribal +2
Michelle survives Tribal +2
Sarah survives Tribal +2
Denise finishes 6th +2


Tony Franklin opens up a 6-point lead. Tallgrant moves up a spot.


Tony Franklin 115
Southlake 109
Bobcat06 98
gravy97 93
tx1c 92
LHIOB 90
txaggiefarmer05 74
Bulldog73 66
Tallgrant 63
Quinn 58
Muckraker96 53
Triumphforks 49
AgSquirrel97 35


Jesus, Natalie finds an idol. But at least they got audio of her saying "I stuck my hand into a little crevice for the 50th time."
Tony wins immunity, god bless this guy. Bobcat06 is the only one who picked him. He's up to 103, 12 points off the lead, 6 points out of second and guaranteed at least 3rd.


Tony Franklin 115
Southlake 109
Bobcat06 103
gravy97 93
tx1c 92
LHIOB 90
txaggiefarmer05 74
Bulldog73 66
Tallgrant 63
Quinn 58
Muckraker96 53
Triumphforks 49
AgSquirrel97 35


Wow Natalie reveals it to Sarah. And Ben goes home because he wanted to ?? that was weird.
Sarah, Tony, Michelle all get a +2 bonus
Ben holders get +4 as he finishes 5th


Tony Franklin opens his lead to 10. Bobcat06 within 6 points of 2nd. Tallgrant moves up another spot.


Tony Franklin 123
Southlake 113
Bobcat06 107
gravy97 99
tx1c 98
LHIOB 96
txaggiefarmer05 76
Bulldog73 68
Tallgrant 69
Quinn 58
Muckraker96 53
Triumphforks 49
AgSquirrel97 37


The final challenge is that ****er with the balls. I'd be out in 15 seconds on this. Poor Tony, no Woo to bring you along to the end. Natalie wins. I'm starting to hate this.


If I was on social media right now, I'd be spreading the rumor that Sophie has COVID-19. Holy ****, Tony! You bad-ass mofo.


Michelle +2 for surviving Tribal
Tony +2 for surviving Tribal
Sarah +6 for finishing third


Tony Franklin opens up a commanding 16-point lead and clinches the title. Even if Tony wins and Michelle finishes third, Bobcat06 can't catch him. Bobcat06 passes Southlake for second. Tallgrant moves up another spot and bows out.


Tony Franklin 131
Bobcat06 115
Southlake 113
gravy97 105
tx1c 104
LHIOB 102
txaggiefarmer05 78
Tallgrant 75
Bulldog73 74
Quinn 58
Muckraker96 53
Triumphforks 49
AgSquirrel97 43




Tony wins the title! Congrats to Bobcat06 for being the only person to pick Tony at the beginning. Michelle with the straight whiff. Michelle gets +8 for finishing third. Tony gets +15 for finishing first. Thank God the jury didn't blow it and let Natalie win. Yikes. Final standings.


Tony Franklin 139
Bobcat06 130
Southlake 113
gravy97 105
tx1c 104
LHIOB 102
txaggiefarmer05 86
Tallgrant 75
Bulldog73 74
Quinn 58
Muckraker96 53
Triumphforks 49
AgSquirrel97 43

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Did she just say she ran 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days? Is there a marathon on Antarctica?

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It's real. The only people runn8ng each marathon are the people running 7 in 7.

Yeah Ben has a strong alliance and is close to the end, and then gives up?

MuckRaker96 said:

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Did she just say she ran 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days? Is there a marathon on Antarctica? That's gotta be fake.

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https://worldmarathonchallenge.com/

You can do it too for only 40,000 Euros.

Quinn said:

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Ben had zero chance of winning and he knew it. Good on him for giving his friend a shot.

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And if Sarah had beaten Tony, she had a good chance. At that point though, I think more of the jury buddies may have sided with Nat since Tony was far and away the best player.