By Survivor Guest Correspondent Cho
Another season has quickly come to a close, but before we head into the finale, let’s go over the remaining castaways and discuss what each of them are bringing to the table! It’s always fun looking back at our earlier opinions and comparing them to how each Survivor actually turned out. Check out my initial impressions as well as my post-merge predictions before reading!
Davie: This player has been an absolute joy to watch this season! He is smart, nerdy and downright fun-loving. This is encapsulated by the merge scene where he dances in front of the Goliaths to serve as a distraction while his David allies find the hidden immunity idol. Nothing seems off to the Goliaths, because that’s genuinely who Davie is: a goofy kid, and he uses this to his advantage. The fact that he has been able to have so much fun while playing such a serious game is a testament to his popularity going into the finale.
Davie’s Chances: Unfortunately, when I think about his chances, they don’t look too good. He recently put his trust into Kara like so many before him, and it ended in a 3-2-2 vote with him being blindsided. This leaves him not only as an outsider, but someone who is a physical, strategic and jury threat to those remaining in the game. His last move burnt bridges with both Nick and Angelina, and we know Kara will go with whoever she thinks is majority at this point, so I don’t see him lasting much longer. The key will be if he can get his relationship back on track with Nick. ORIGINAL DAVID
Alison: The Laurel of David vs Goliath. Both players tormented themselves on whether to “make a move” or not. Both are obviously physical threats. Both are super intelligent in the real world. The only difference is that Alison has actually attempted to make moves. She just hasn’t been very successful at them. She seems to always get roped into plans and used as a vote, but I don’t think Alison has engineered much of anything post-merge.
Alison’s Chances: Despite Alison not having much of a resume, she is deemed as a threat to those remaining in the game. She is physically threatening in the challenges and probably deemed [incorrectly imo] as a jury threat due to her friendships on the jury. Suffice to say, I think perception will trump reality, and she’ll be dispatched right before the finale. ORIGINAL GOLIATH
Angelina: Oh where to start with this one. Let me get my bias out of the way: I LOVE ANGELINA! I think she has brought a lot of great things to the show this season! She brought us a secret showmance. She brought us #JacketGate. She brought us jury management. She brought us negotiations. And most recently, she brought us revenge rice. Think what you want about her, but she has definitely been one of the main reasons why I have enjoyed this season of Survivor, and I hope you can at least recognize the value she brought to this season. ORIGINAL GOLIATH
Angelina’s Chances: There is 0 chance of Angelina winning, and for good reason. Go back and watch the way her tribe treated her after the merge tribal council, and you’ll understand why. We all love a good villain, especially if they make it to the end and get blasted by the jury which is exactly what I think will happen.
Mike: I’ve had an up and down relationship with Mike this season, but as it stands right now, it’s mostly up. Similarly to Alison, I thought he was never going to make a move. Well, if you are to blame anyone for how the end game of this season is shaping it, it should be Mike. He was the mastermind behind Gabby leaving and recently Christian leaving. His gameplay may be understated, but he has always been placed in power positions throughout it all. He also is pretty hilarious in the confessionals!
Mike’s Chances: He’s currently in the power position and arguably the one making all the most important decisions in the game. I very well could see him making the final 3 and having a chance at winning, but it needs to be against Angelina and Alison as I don’t think he can beat Kara’s popularity or Davie/Nick’s more flashy gameplay. ORIGINAL GOLIATH
Kara: Let’s call it what it is. Kara has been under-edited throughout the game. It’s not her fault, but I do see the value she’s brought. I always appreciated her wariness of Dan’s obsession with her as well as her displeasure with Dan’s disgusting attitude. It’s also crazy to me (and Kara too) how many players have told her secrets they shouldn’t have. It’s a testament to Kara’s excellent social game. Everyone loves her. Everyone feels they can trust her. Her “anybody but me” no-nonsense attitude about the game has been refreshing, but unlike Angelina, she is getting away with playing a stealthy game. She’s perfectly positioned as not the biggest threat while also not being seen as a jury goat.
Kara’s Chances: If Kara is in the F3, I totally could see her taking it all, especially if it shapes up to be an all Goliath F3 like I think it will be. Despite her efforts, she hasn’t made ANY flashy moves, but you don’t HAVE to make flashy moves to win this game. You have to have a decent social game and make it to the F3. If Kara does both those things, she definitely deserves to win. ORIGINAL GOLIATH
Nick: We started this blog post with a David, and we’re going to end it with a David, because I know that’s how we all want this season to end. Our other hero is someone I wasn’t too sure about at first. He seemed a bit too eager to play the game but was still really charming. He’s also had the hardest time out there being on a sucky switch tribe and also constantly being down in numbers. If anyone is a true David, it’s Nick. Still, his overzealousness to play has put a target on his back recently.
Nick’s Chances: If Nick makes it to the end, he definitely will have the W unless he’s against Davie. Then, things would get a bit more complicated. The issue is that I’m not sure he can make it to the end. The pathway really comes down to his rockstar alliance with Mike, and if he can get Mike to keep him in the game long enough to win his way to the end. ORIGINAL DAVID
So those are my thoughts on the final 6 contestants! Who do you want to win? Who do you think has the best shot? Who has no shot? Let’s keep playing Brain Heart Gut in the comment section below! Lastly, I want to give my auntie Tamara a huge thank you for the immense generosity she has shown me and my beau, Eric. She recently sent us the nicest gift in the mail! You can watch our live reaction and unboxing here. As always, don’t forget to follow me on my social media platforms to stay in touch with me throughout the entire week: Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and Twitch!
I want to see a member of the David tribe win, although I don’t think that’s possible because it is 4-2 in favor of Goliath now.
I want to see it happen too, but we’ll see…
I try not to really edit or interfere with my writers work, so apologies to Cho for addiing in who is a Goliath and who is a David. I am not sure I got it right so if I didn’t please correct me and it was my mistake not my beloved, Cho’s.
And his exuberance with every nuance of my token gift made my day. I don’t have time to watch videos online but I watched every minute of that and it lifted my spirit. He receive gifts like I do. I recently got a gift where I was genuinely impressed with the quality of the bubble wrap. It was kind of fantasticI! lol. I sort of begged for a funcitonal present this year and got one and then my back went out and I haven’t quite been able to put it together yet. I is old and every damn day there is another physical issue where I am like, am I dying? Is this cancer? or is this just what getting old is like?
If I am right there are only two David’s left you you know production wants a david win. And who better than my Orangeburg homie David?
Oh no thank you for the extremely helpful edit! I think it’s good for a lot of readers who may not realize who is who after all the jumbling around! With only two Davids left, we have to hold out hope for Davie or Nick!
I am genuinely so happy you liked the video. Thank you again. I don’t take kindness for granted no matter how “small” it may seem to the person giving. And also, my man is really happy this week because of you and his supply of sweets. As you can imagine, I don’t keep many treats in the house. He won’t stop calling me a treat nazi though… I WONDER WHERE HE GOT THAT TERM FROM AUNTIE!
I hope your back feels better soon! There’s nothing worse than having physical ailments like that.
I want Davie to win also, he’s gotten his “black card” back many times over this season and he’s so proud.
Also if any of you watch Ponderosa don’t miss Christian’s. I just love his humor and his super blue eyes. ❤️
Thank you so much for commenting! I love Davie and hope he pulls it out. I haven’t had chance to watch podnerosa yet, but I love the quality of those videos. They are all really well done! Christian’s eyes are on par with my partner’s eyes!
Also if any of you watch Ponderosa don’t miss Christian’s. I just love his humor and his super blue eyes. ❤️
This season has flashed by.
I would want Davie to win, but it is unlikely.
Off to watch the unboxing!
I hope you enjoyed the unboxing! They are some of my favorite videos to do. Who doesn’t like opening presents either that you were given or bought yourself!
TMZ is reporting that there will be a proposal on the finale. They did not say who it was. I imagine there are several young ladies out there getting their hopes up!
I agree that the finale came really fast! But to me it feels like FOREVER in between episodes. I want to try to watch all the Ponderosas today if I can. I hope they are on Demand so I can watch them on muh TeeVee and not online like you whippersnappers do.
I don’t think they are on demand, but should be on youtube.
As for the TMZ spoiler, that was reported by Jim Early at Whispers and TMZ have no credit.
Kind of like Jimmy Kimmel predicting Bachelor/ette results when he is just repeating Reality Steve’s spoilers.
I hate to have even more time at the reunion mucked up with attention getting proposaks.
I hope not. I can’t imagine who it would be. Maybe it’s Alec & Kara? That would just turn Dan’s stomach, which I wouldn’t mind either! lol
That would mean they would have to un-can Alec from the finale. Or it could be an existing couple getting engaged.
Ohhhh ok that’s right. Alec is so stupid.
You really should watch the ponderosas. They are HIGH quality and edited really nicely. I wish they publicized them more. They’re really insightful and each of them are nearly tear-jerkers!
Thank you Cho for your great recaps and insights. The UN wrapping videowas adorable. I want either David or Nick to win. Angelina is a big no tome. She is not a nice human, IMO. Tamara, girl, you just hush. Don’t be buying trouble where there ain’t none. I have a bad back, too,and my memory foam cool gel mattress is a life saver for my bones and the change. Go get one.
In January, Kohl’s has bedding on very good sales.
My mattress was a good one but when I added a memory foam topper (a thick one), that was just THE BEST THING EVER!
All the better for watching Survivors sleep on bamboo!
I don’t like to sleep in my bed. But I did just buy a mattress topper with two inches of foam so maybe I will try it soon. I always check to make sure Banjo is in his crate when I wake up because on very rare occasions he will wake me up in the middle of the night and I mostly sleep walk him to the door and just want to double check he is safely inside.
I just dashed out to buy a new area rug and I am going to try to change them out maybe now. Or I may wait til tomorrow.
Well I will step in and say that it’s hard to call Angelina a not nice human being. I think she’s been operating the way you should within the game: to win. I think she will have left with many friends, but people just don’t respect her game. The only person she wasn’t very nice to in the game was Lyrsa.
I’m glad you enjoyed the unboxing video! Thanks for much for watching! 🙂
She may be nice, but I find her unpleasant to watch, so of course she is still there… Angelina.
Omg I’m totally the opposite. I love watching people like her. I think they are so intriguing!! I hope she gets asked back for another season. Maybe in another Heroes vs Villains season she can be on the villains tribe!
CAN I HAVE YOUR JACKET?CAN I HAVE YOUR JACKET?CAN I HAVE YOUR JACKET?
You must give me your jacket, your reward, use your immunity idol on me! I sacrificed by eating during a comp, but I got rice for you.. Oh but then I took it back for revenge.
Yes, we are each different in what we enjoy.. And it it ok.
She is very entitled! I’m sure we’ll hear about the rice negotiations all throughout tonight’s episode!
Well, she WAS going to die from hypothermia at any second. From her perspective, it was a medical emergency! LOL
I actually didn’t watch the episode from last week until 9:00am this morning.
It was soooo difficult avoiding the recap, but I did it.
Shocked Christian got the boot.
Cho, thank you for your great posts, and I am surprised it’s finale this week.
Can’t wait and truly have no idea who will win. (Please not Angelina, lol)
Didn’t watch ONLY because On Demand didn’t update.
omg I was genuinely shocked to see Christian leave the way he did. Mike has been making MONEY MOVES these last few weeks. I’m just not sure he will be able to garner the respect he probably deserves.