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Survivor Cagayan: Unpacking the finale

Written by Tashi from the blog Tashi's TV on 09 Jan 2017
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Thanks Woo!! I. Love. You. Stacks.

Go Tony!!!

Woo definitely made the right move by taking him to the final two in Monday's Cagayan finale, which was so disrespectfully ripped into two by SABC3. Someone give the channel's scheduler a pay decrease!!

Ultimately Woo made the decision for everyone, including himself - for the reasons he explained. Yes, it cost him a million bucks but he has his honour intact and this was his strategy throughout. It doesn't mean that Tony's stabby-stabby strategy was wrong, it just means that they played differently.

The fact that Woo stayed true to his gameplay won him major plus points with me and I'll always remember him for the gracious way he accepted his defeat in his shiny-locked, reunion "do".

Speaking of... what did you think of the new finale format of mixing the reunion with the finale action? I enjoyed it as a once off - it was cool getting a behind-the-scenes perspective on what it's like to watch the finale as a live studio audience. It gave things a new vibe but I wouldn't want it to happen every season because I've always loved the finale as it is.

These were my five fave moments of the finale overall:

1. Spencer's realisation that it was going to be a final two based on his deciphering of Jeff's words at the challenge.
2. Spencer turning into Tony's fanboy legal rep at the final Tribal. Ha! It was classic - we've never seen anything like it before. It obviously made a huge impact on everyone except Tasha.
3. The Horse and her meltdown when she confronted Tony about swearing on his dead father. She would have given him her vote no matter what he answered to her question about whether the million was worth the lie.
4. Kass losing out on a spot in the finale two. Such YAYdom! And the way the jury loathed her. The only problem was they didn't get to grill her. Still, it was worth her absolute defeat.
5. The awks animosity between Tony and Sarah during the Reunion Show.


Whatever happened between them on Twitter clearly pissed Sarah off a lot. What was intriguing was that Jeff was on Tony's side. I've been investigating to see if I can find out what happened between them but I can’t find Tony's original tweets because his Twitter account is basically empty - he must have deleted them.

I found a summary of some of his Tweets though which you'll find here: Tony and Sarah. It doesn't clarify exactly what happened but the overall fight is similar to their issue on the show and centres round swearing on a badge. It seems Tony argued that Sarah betrayed her badge by turning against him and things erupt into a screaming match of capital letters.

Despite this, Sarah still voted for him for the win and she's going to meet him again. Turns out the pair of them are returning in the very latest season of Survivor (Season 34) which starts in America in March so we'll see it by 2030 if we're lucky.

It's called Game Changers and features 20 returning castaways who had a major impact on their seasons. Sarah didn't have such a major impact so I imagine they cast her as an enemy to Tony because they start off in opposing tribes. They filmed it in June/July last year and Tony's woken up his Twitter account in the build-up:
 
 

What will his strategy be a second time round? He needs to stick with the same strategy that won him the million because it worked bigtime. I had a good chuckle when he first mentioned it to his tribe and it's stuck with me ever since. It was something along the lines of: "Don't trust anything you're told and only half of what you see."

Here's a link to Kass and Spencer's Ponderosa vid: What happened behind-the-scenes.
 

Shows in this post: Survivor

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3 Comments

deziclesthagawd
09 Jan 2017 23:29

Congrats to Tones! He played like a maniac. Let's see what next season has in store for us. I still wish to see Ozzy come back one day and win *shrugs*

wonderlad
10 Jan 2017 14:57

Thanks for another season of commentary Tashi! I'm still not sure how I feel about Tony's win. There were times I disliked him intensely - not sure if he can maneuver again in the next season - he has a huge target on his back. Also I think Kass comes back for another season - I didn't mind her as much as you. Regarding the behind the scenes bit - I don't think I spotted Tony or Woo in that big room with all those contestants - so that may have actually been a bit spoilery as to who the finalists were.

Tashi
12 Jan 2017 13:01

Pleja wonderlad! I didn't notice that but what a spoiler if they were missing. As per usual I hardly recognised any of them at the reunion.

It must be very blind to be one of those who Jeff doesn't question. They need to make the Reunion Show an hour instead so everyone gets a chance.

Re-Kass, yes I've investigated and both her and Tasha (YAY) are coming back - for Season 31. It's set in Cambodia and subtitled Second Chances.


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