re: Survivor season 36 Ghost Island

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Dom knew it was over for him when Jeff announced that Laurel would cast the deciding vote.

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Agree. So did I

Why do you think that? She voted Wendell but you think she would’ve switched it up if she was the tie breaker?

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I also think Dom's best move once he won immunity and the power to save someone would have been to save Wendell. I think that would have played well with the jury,

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I honestly thing once it got down to 4, the Juries mind was made up who they would vote for. I dont think Dom could have done anything to change everyones mind at that point. I was not surprised it was split and I was certainly not surprised that Laurel voted Wendall. Yea, he gave her the idol but it didnt save her. Dom on the other hand gift wrapped her in the final where she would not have made it otherwise.

I’m going to miss seeing Jenna is a bathing suit. That girl is the definition of a PAWG.

Libby is much better looking according to objective standards of beauty, but personally I’d take Jenna. I just couldn’t pass up dat arse.

On stage for the live show, right after reading votes....with no warning. Would have been awesome!

Called it almost 3 months ago Donathan was going to make the final 4. Was almost right, and he probably would have without those emotional outbursts at the end.

Final thoughts:

Boring season overall that ends with a pretty boring tiebreaker, which is a shame considering this is the first time its ever happened.

This season basically consisted of two segments. The first being Malalo losing every challenge and getting picked off one by one with no surprises. The second being Dom and Wendell's loyal sheep doing everything they say with no surprises. Arguably the least strategic and least interesting group of players assembled.

They try to build up the Dom and Chris's rivalry and it lasts 1 tribal. Deseriee tries to make a move, yeah Laurel runs to big brother. Stoned surfer gets an advantage that he can use to maybe blindside Dom, yeah not happening. And after Dom figures it out at tribal, Stoned surfer just sits there. He even admits it after Dom presses him. No last minute scramble to maybe get one of the two girls to vote Donathan and use your advantage so you can tie Dom & Wendell's vote. Nothing. This is the final 6??

A considerable amount of shitty players on a tribe that never lost an immunity challenge decided to pick off the Malolo tribe one by one without a second thought. Then when that was done, Dom and Wendell played them like puppets.

And the icing on the cake, Dom (easily the most deserving to win it) ends up losing because Donathan, Stoned surfer, and the blond annoying bitch (forgot her name) basically just got their feelings hurt and voted Wendell out of spite. Brilliant. I can't imagine what's going through Doms mind right now knowing he did everything but Wendall won because he was nicer.

Oh well. I'm curious how D vs G is going to work. Are they really going to start as two diff tribes and hope the Davids can still win?

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The only chance Dom had to win was go heads up and beat Wendell in the fire challenge.

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Honestly it should have been a fire challenge anyway.

The third place casting the tie breaking vote sounded good in theory, but it honestly gives them too much power because they know at the time they cast the vote that it is their decision 100% who wins a million dollars. Its just dumb when you think about it. They aren’t part of a blind jury vote just CBS saying ok tell us who wins.


Seeing Dom and Wendell go head to head in a winner take all challenge would have been epic. The biggest power couple in the history of the game fighting it out.

Survivor really blew it imo.

Made a pretty boring season completely boring when that final showdown could have catapulted it to greatness status.

I liked them both but yeah seems like Dom overcame more than Wendell as he seemed to always be the one people were going after but they could never get him.

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On stage for the live show, right after reading votes....with no warning. Would have been awesome!

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This would have been so awesome. It was ridiculous for them to let one person have all the power. When it was between Dom & Wendell, I felt fine with either winning. They both played well. As soon as they said Laurel got to decide the winner, I was pissed for Dom.

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And the icing on the cake, Dom (easily the most deserving to win it)

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I really don't get this. I can see thinking Dom played a better game, but I don't think the separation between him and Wendell was that wide. Dom was just more demonstrative and brash with his game, while Wendell was more subdued. Both were deserving of the win, evidenced by the tie vote. What got Wendell the win were his attempts to connect more genuinely with people than Dom. The social aspect has shown time and time again to be the most important once you reach the final 2 or 3. Wendell beat Dom at that aspect.