Well I only have one pick left - Ryan - so I would favor the former! ;)

Week 10: Ryan My last available pick... Looks like I went with too many of the alpha males at the beginning. Played it too safe. :/

Week 10: JP

Only have one left for next week (Devon).

I vote for one pick surviving both eliminations...

Week 1 JP

Week 2 Devon Pinto

Week 3 Joe Mena

Week 4 Ali Elliott

Week 5 Cole Medders

Week 6 Jessica Johnson

Week 7 Mike Zahalsky

Week 8 Ashley Nolan

Week 9 Lauren Rimmer.

Week 10 Ryan Ulrich

Good episodes... Glad that Joe is gone. Looks like we lost JMac650c this round.

Good game play and good editing. Thought Ben was going home last night.

Yes...crap I'm out. But I was out of picks in any case. I'm really not good at this game.

Finally, they are actually playing with some strategy...it was a good tribal.

Week 1 JP

Week 2 Devon Pinto

Week 3 Joe Mena

Week 4 Ali Elliott

Week 5 Cole Medders

Week 6 Jessica Johnson

Week 7 Mike Zahalsky

Week 8 Ashley Nolan

Week 9 Lauren Rimmer.

Week 10 Ryan Ulrich

Week 11 Chrissy Hofbeck

I'm out too. Ran out of picks...

I got Chrissy and Ben left... so if she doesn't get voted out I'll make it through this episode and if Ben doesn't get voted off also I will be able to play him next week.

WTF?

Don’t use the vote advantage, give away part of an idol. What the hell is going on?

Good episode.

Does anyone have any picks left? Did NormM win again?

Some are playing the game extremely well at this point, and some are not. Knowledge is power. The more you know that others don't (like having an idol), the easier it is to stay in the game. Sharing knowledge can build trust, but I don't think trust is as valuable as information is.

It will be interesting to see how much longer Dr. Mike can stay in the game. I like how he is playing lately, he is very likeable, and if he can survive until the end, I could see him winning it all.

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Starting from scratch...

No use making the double vote since they were all voting for Ben. Giving away half of her idol made no sense at all. And they never considered whether Ben had an idol. I thought the one guy knew when he was making the fake one.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

Yes... good episode. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the game unfolds. Worked out good for my game too. I picked Crissy and have Ben left. So I survive one more week and will be done next week either with Ben getting voted out or if he survives I will be out of picks for the episode after that.

I think Ben said something along the lines of don't reveal you have idols and advantages. Sage words.

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Week 1 JP

Week 2 Devon Pinto

Week 3 Joe Mena

Week 4 Ali Elliott

Week 5 Cole Medders

Week 6 Jessica Johnson

Week 7 Mike Zahalsky

Week 8 Ashley Nolan

Week 9 Lauren Rimmer.

Week 10 Ryan Ulrich

Week 11 Chrissy Hofbeck

Week 12 Ben Driebergen

Good episode... had me on the edge of my seat. I didn't know if they were throwing in the idol hunting footage and possibility as a red herring because it was pretty obvious Ben was going to go home otherwise. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the game plays out.

Congratulations. You won again.

Ben must be part cat. How many lives does he have?

If Devon makes the final he has lost Ashley’s vote.

Thanks... It always makes Survivor more fun to watch when we play our game. : )

Didn't realize tonight is the season finale...

Congrats again NormM. You are a master.

Ghost Island for next season looks kind of interesting....

Thanks, Great season finale. Glad Ben won. When he lost that final challenge it looked like that was it.... they even made it seem like Devon was the "fire making" guy and would win the challenge. After he got through all that I still thought Crissy had a good chance of taking it. I'm sure she would have won if Devon was there and not Ben.

Congrats on the win. If we can get 30+ more seasons I am sure I will nail down an effective strategy to get at least a second place finish.
Glad Ben won, when There was 9 or 10 left I was cheering against him, I could not believe people were working with him as there was no way I thought anyone would beat him in the finale. But when everyone woke up to this I was definitely cheering for him.

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