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Question of the Week (Week 1): Is Jeff Probst looking for another date?: Everyone's abuzz about how Jeff actually started dating one of the Most Loathed Survivor Contestants Of All Time, Jerri, soon after Survivor Australia. Is he looking for another date, or what...? Every step of the way, it was all "Come on, ladies, you can DO this!" while the men were totally put down by the guy. At tribal council, it was all "they kicked your butts" without mentioning how FAR ahead the guys were if not for that stupid BALANCE BEAM. What; did Jeff have his eyes on one of the ladies, and wanted her to stay longer than the guys...? Looks that way. Let's wait and see...

Question of the Week #2 : Who smuggled in that granola bar...? My "gut feeling" tells me it was Jeanne. She was awfully quick to point a finger at someone and make the "case closed" without any basis in her decision. My guess is she was trying to hide her own guilt in the matter. What do you think?

Question of the Week #3 : Were these "equal" strength ropes and machetes...? The truth is, the guys came to the immunity challenge this week looking very inept. Be that as it may, it struck me as odd that the ladies cut through their rope like warm butter, while the men were sawing at the rope for all it was worth, with very slow results. I'm not a conspiracy theorist by trade, though it would be very easy to make one machete sharper than the other, with one rope made of stronger material, as well. I'm just saying; from now on, this season looks very suspect to this Survivor fan. Stay tuned.

Question of the Week #4 : How trapped is "trapped"...? Trapped is the title of this fourth episode this season, and the implication is, Shawna made an alliance, and her alliance is keeping her in the game no matter how sick she is. However, let's be fair: if she were in serious medical uncertainty, there is indeed a medical team standing by that would be in at a moment's notice. They don't like to publicize this, though every "things you don't know about Survivor" list mentions this as being the case. So if she was really really sick she'd be helicopter-lifted home. I'm just saying...

Question of the Week #5 : Is Heidi a game player, or a "traitor"...? Women are apparently livid (well, some of them, anyway) that Heidi allied with the men in her now half-and-half tribe of merged sexes, to help boot off Jeanne and save her skin. However, so what...? Jeanne was next to go even when the tribes were gender-specific. Allying with the men to do what you were going to do anyway is hardly a traitorous act, I think, though indeed, to some female couch potatoes it's oddly of major importance that a woman win, even though the "battle of the sexes" is now no longer an issue. Whatever.

Question of the Week #6 : Do the girls know that...? ...they are helping the men reduce the women's numbers, now that the tribes are merged? As of this episode, the men outnumber the women 6 to 4. Stay tuned to see if this "strategy" of the ladies works in the long run. To me, it seems like a whole lot of arrogance on their part, though in typical editing fashion (consider: for any 72 hour period, we only see one whole hour), maybe we aren't seeing the big picture, and a co-ed alliance is in the shadows. What do you think of all this?

Question of the Week #7 : Rob: traitor, or game player...? Good question, seeing as how the exact same women who claimed Heidi was some sort of back-stabber in week #5, now see Rob as some valiant crusader devoted to the highest ideals of justice, for doing the exact same scheming with the women this week. Why is this "less" traitorous? Beats me.

Question of the Week #8 : Did Dave see it coming...? Rocket scientist or not, I'd say Dave saw his departure coming from a quantum mile away. This is based on the fact that, indeed, he was the biggest threat upon the game becoming one-on-one. He was also shown this when the immunity challenge came down to simple "pecking order." While such pecking order helped an earlier Survivor tribe see the alliance before it was too late, in this case Dave would be the one to know of an alliance, when it WAS too late to do anything about it.

Question of the Week #9 : How "deceived" was Deana...? Once again, we have a farewell speech from the bootee that sounds as if they're sure the people still in the game are going to regret having booted them. This whole argument of deceit implies, obviously, that they were deceived somehow...though were they? More to the point: I don't think that Deana --who was out for booting one of her OWN alliance members, for no reason other than he was a MAN-- had any reason to believe she was deceived, when it was she who was about to deceive someone. Someone has to go, you thought you had it "in the bag" that someone else was to go, only to have you go instead. Deceit? No way. Accept it.

Question of the Week #10 : How many more times will Rob jump the fence? Rob had flippity-floppitied from alliance to alliance so many times, he may quickly become part of a college drinking game (albeit a very slow one). However, it does deserve mentioning that, clearly, his biggest reason for doing so was Alex confessing that, sorry, Rob would only make it to the final four if he kept his alliance with Alex, Heidi and Jenna. However, this was based on information from Alex, that Jenna and Heidi's was the stronger alliance and there was no stopping it. GUH?!? Of course there was: boot off Jenna or Heidi, duh! Maybe they were too dehydrated to think this out. Oops. So sorry Alex.

Question of the Week #11 : Is there anyone left to root for...? Actually, yes, though he's the dark horse in this race: Butch. Mind you; at this point (though there's still two more episodes to go) there's no reason to not root for Matthew, either, who's stayed in the shadows admirably. In addition he helped his whole tribe see their families when he could've just selfishly kept that reward for himself: more than worth the million dollar vote. So, yes, out of five remaining tribe members, there's a 40% chance the winner won't suck. At least that's something, right? Maybe.

Question of the Week #12 : Playboy, anyone? We all know Heidi is a tease when it comes to taking her clothes off (all of them!) for a mere plate of food. However, this was under closed-set conditions, with the netwoek TV staff ready to digitally cover her up. It also deserves mentioning that she didn't flirt with the boys beyond merely teasing them a bit. So, will Playboy be knocking on her door (or at least her mailbox) for a pictorial? You bet. Will she accept? I doubt it. Such is not a tease, see, and I don't think it would be Heidi's style. On the other hand, I edit this weekly question to add the fact that her best friend in the game won the million: if Playboy offered seven figures, would Heidi do it? Stay tuned...if you care.

Question of the Week #13 : Who's left to root for now? Again, I must say that I was impressed with Matthew allowing all tribe members in a reward challenge to see all their relatives instead of keeping that reward only for himself. So, again,  must say that he's be a good candidate for the million. However, as we slowly approach the last hour of this two-hour finale, one must ask how likely is it that the only deserved winner left standing will win? Oh, let's say it's a 33% chance, or one out of three. At least that's something, kinda.

Question of the Week #14 : Did Jenna Deserve to win? NO.

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Survivor (6): Amazon

Once Again: The Winners, The Cheaters, and (when it airs), The Finale...

A Review by Techtite

The sixth Survivor season looks to be the crappiest. Seriously, how stupid is a battle of the sexes? One week the women win, and the male demographics start losing interest; the next week, the men win, and the female demographics lose interest. Either way, it's lose-lose for ratings, for at least half your audience. Did the series producers think this through, or have they really run out of all alternative ideas for this "leave 16 nitwits on a deserted beach until they all smell" series...?

However, I'm still watching. For now, anyway. Time to review the most important thing to any reality series: the contestants.

The Techtite.com ratings system (icon version):

Burnout  Near Miss  Small Crater  Large Crater  Deep Impact

Ryan. Best One-Line Summary : Chain of Command victim. My Comments: The first mistake of Ryan's is to have been chained to Daniel in the immunity challenge. Even though it was clearly Daniel who was the one who kept falling off, Ryan was chained to him, so Ryan was held back as well. In truth, he could've stayed in the game easy, if he just stayed in the shadows and let the team figure out for themselves that Daniel was the one who had to go. Instead, Ryan was all "we have to act now" and trying to vote off Roger, for no reason other than he felt intimidated by Roger's strength in the game. This was a good call, though on merely day #3, it was too early in the game to make such a call. However, with a vote of 4-3 between Roger and Ryan, it was still close. Meanwhile, the real reason they lost the immunity challenge, Daniel, gets one single vote. Go figure. Booted Off: 1st High Point : At least he can return home knowing Daniel should've gone first. Low Point: On the other hand, going after Roger, instead of Daniel, was a tactic that had little chance of working...yet. Rating : Near Miss

Janet. Best One-Line Summary : If you could smuggle anything into camp, would it be a granola bar ? My Comments: Who is the first woman to leave the woman's tribe? Is it little miss holier-than-thou Joanna, or trouble-maker Jeanne...? Nope; they vote off Janet, for no other reason than they "knew" she smuggled a granola bar into camp. Bad memories surface, of how Kel Gleason was booted off of Survivor Australia, at around the same time (!), for alleged beef jerky smuggling which, in that case, was never even seen to begin with! In this case, they did find a granola bar, though did they dust for prints? No; apparently, Jeanne is a Jedi, who felt a disturbance in The Force in Janet's direction, "knowing" it was Janet. What-ever, Jeanne.  Booted Off: 2nd High Point : Janet had the class to not lock horns with Jeanne about her finger-pointing, even if she had every right to do so. Low Point: Even without "granola-gate," Janet's first days were not her best, as she struggled with health concerns for a while. She would have gone sooner or later...though for much fairer reasons. Rating: Large Crater

Daniel. Best One-Line Summary : Lean balance, Daniel-san! Learn balance! My Comments: It's hard to not quote Mister Miyagi from The Karate Kid, when seeing how many times Daniel fell off that balance beam (log?) in the first immunity challenge. No joke; he couldn't even straddle the balance beam to victory! His tribe was ridiculously ahead of the ladies until his feet kept touching the ground below that balance log, again...and again...and again. He was able to make his "partner" in that challenge, Ryan, into a scapegoat in the first tribal council, though by tribal council #3, Daniel had already used his "Get Out Of Jail Free" card, and not even an "I'm the only Asian and that is why I'm being voted out tonight" argument was going to keep him from leaving. Booted Off: 3rd High Point : For someone who screwed up the first challenge so brutally, to survive one more week is pretty impressive. Low Point : I don't care how much he liked or disliked Roger; trying to pick a fight with the alleged "leader" of the team was a sure road to being booted, by nearly the entire team. Rating : Near Miss

Joanna. Best One-Line Summary : "Holier than..." how? My Comments: You know, I have the deepest respect for people who are religious in such atheistic, apathetic times like these. However, I have the deepest apprehension towards people who use religion as a means to justify their actions, as if every single thing they do is "right" because, gosh, they have faith in their religion! Well, so do I, though that hardly makes me bulletproof from all scrutiny. No sooner does deaf Christy offer her two cents against Joanna's opinions (Joanna feels the immunity idol was blasphemy that should not be left in the camp...?), then Christy comments on it, only to have Joanna threaten to "shut her down" if she ever offers her own personal opinion again. Okay, fine, Jeanne; the First Commandment is to "not worship false gods." However, ever hear of the First Amendment? Just a thought; look it up. Booted Off: 4th High Point : Even in her parting speech she was singing a Gospel hymn which I suppose is proof of having faith right to the end. Low Point : It's pretty hypocritical to ask Christy to respect someone who has no respect for her. Plug your ears for five minutes, and get a tiny sample of the life Christy leads EVERY DAY. Respect her, and she'll have better reason to respect YOU. It's called the "Golden Rule." Learn it, know it, live it. Rating : Near Miss

Jeanne. Best One-Line Summary : Allied with the smart ladies...right after lowering their numbers! My Comments: In a logical world, Jeanne played the game almost perfectly. She did her share of the work, made friends with the strongest players, and allied with those strongest people in the tribe. However, she did this after helping to boot off Janet; one of the few women who was not a mere teenybopper string bean. The teenyboppers rewarded this maneuver by booting off yet another strong (yet admittedly annoying) tribemate, Joanna, just the prior week. By this point, even Deana had jumped ship to the teenybopper alliance, and Jeanne was the odd girl out. However, was this the teenybopper's fault? Nah; the real one at fault was Jeanne, for booting Janet way back in episode #2. Her strategy was doomed to failure from there. Booted Off: 5th High Point : To the best of my knowledge, she never said anything in confessionals that she'll regret upon returning home; a statement players like Heidi can't make. Low Point : As seen in a retrospective special, Jeanne rewarded her inevitable departure by making the other tribe members little rice cakes with bugs in them. Actually, after cooked, this was a good source of added protein, though strategically it was pretty juvenile. Rating : Near Miss

Shawna. Best One-Line Summary : Faker, or just a lady looking for her man...? My Comments: Contrary to feminist opinion, there's nothing wrong with a woman who needs a man by her side, exactly. After all, there are many men who need a woman to feel "complete" as well. However, is Shawna such a woman? All we know is how she was yammering about being ready to go when alone with the ladies in a girls-only tribe, then the tribes "mix" and she's perked up mere minutes after three young men enter camp. Girl-run message boards like "Television Without Pity" called her a "faker," though I'm not so sure. Maybe she'd be held accountable if she was placed in a team with some nice, friendly, honest, easygoing women, though few members of this motley crew fit any of the above criteria at all. If Shawna was desperate for some sort of release, so what if that release was in the form of a man in the tribe, who treated her as a human being, not a mere pawn on their strategic chess board? Whatever. All I know is I have little reason to give Shawna a low grade...so I didn't. Booted Off: 6th High Point : Her farewell speech wasn't hypocritical; she wanted to go days earlier, she had fun, C-ya later. Low Point : Her final vote was for Matthew, not Rob? Rating : Large Crater

Roger. Best One-Line Summary : Rudy, without the old codger sweetness. My Comments: True, in the first Survivor, Rudy was not beyond a Archie-Bunker style comment or two (his "I like Richard, but not in a homosexual way, that's for sure!" has become a quote of Survivor lore). However, regardless of prejudices, Rudy eventually did the right thing, allied with the right homosexual-led alliance, and got within a mere hair of the grand prize. Roger, on the other hand, spouted off not just homophobic rants, though sexist and egotistical ones as well, making him the person non grata...even his former tribe! When the tribes merged, Roger was correct in assuming that the men outnumbered the women 6-to-4, though he was incorrect in assuming that he had it made in the shade. In truth, he was as loved by his former tribe as, say, Jerri was in Survivor-2: The Australian Outback; i.e., they'd ally with their enemy if that meant voting him off. In the end, the men chopped off their numbers by one, just to see him go. Ouch. Booted Off: 7th High Point : Regardless of all his banter he stayed in the game this long, which I guess means he made friends with somebody. Low Point: His arrogance in not thinking that the women were using their feminine wilds to woo the younger and dumber members of his tribe, was his most major Achilles' heel, and his inevitable downfall. Rating : Near Miss

Dave. Best One-Line Summary : In a jungle, rocket science means very little. My Comments: Let's be fair to Dave: as a rocket scientist, I'd say he's a pretty smart guy in the real world. I'm sure if and when the Survivor contestants are asked to attend a celebrity edition of Jeopardy, Dave would be the top winner. However, this isn't a quiz show: it's a reality-TV survivor show. It involves alliances more than cunning, and strategy more than smarts. This would all lead to Dave being the first "jury member" of the game, since Rob, Alex, and Matthew jumped ship to the ladies' alliance, and are effectively helping the women to vote off the men. Dave would not find this out until it was too late, and in the end, the only non-alliance member besides himself was Butch...who, in typical stay-of-execution fashion, helped vote off his former alliance member, "unanimously." Ouch. Booted Off: 8th High Point : Probably one of the least annoying people this whole season of Survivor. Low Point: Clearly, his rhetoric needed some work, when his alliance crumbled so quickly. His "alliance" with Heidi, in particular (in week #5), was little more than a stay of execution for her; he made it clear that as soon as there weren't other women to vote off, she was next to go. Maybe if he gave Heidi more of a sense of camaraderie she would've helped him stay in the game. The same goes for his whole alliance, sad as it is to say that. Rating : Large Crater

Deana. Best One-Line Summary : Never underestimate the power of an alliance. My Comments: Deana comes off as a feminist in public, a "survivor" in private. She clearly wanted a woman to win no matter what --even if that woman would turn out to be JENNA!-- though I often wonder if she is as feminist as she'd like to think she is. The truth is, no sooner did the teams split up into two teams of six --three women, three men-- then suddenly she's allying with Rob, just to save her own skin. The other women...? Their names never came up. On the other hand, no sooner was her behind safe from dismissal (or so she felt) then she's suddenly on her all-men-must-go rampage again. The next one she wanted to go was Alex, regardless of being a member of her own alliance! Her alliance, quite obviously, did not look at this kindly, and promptly helped to boot her off, almost unanimously. In the end, the best man for the job was, well, not Deana. Booted Off: 9th High Point: Up to her dismissal, her strategy was nearly perfect; she had the weaker men eating from the palm of her hand! Low Point: Just because she was a woman, don't think that she wasn't sexist. I find it very ironic that she was the next "personal" (non-threat) elimination, right after Roger. Her own sexism was outmatched only by him. Think about it. Rating : Near Miss

Alex. Best One-Line Summary : Would the last person Rob "allies" with please take the flag? My Comments: Well, that was fast; that's all I can say. I mean, Rob has been known to flip flop from a men's-only alliance to a women-savvy alliance, and back again, though can anyone trust him now...? Not that it was 100% Rob's fault, when Alex --mentioning his "pecking order" plans prematurely-- told Rob that he would be the first alliance member to go when he, Heidi, Jenna and Alex made it into the final four. Hey, he implied, nothing was going to split Heidi and Jenna so Alex was going to side with them though gosh, it was nice knowing you. Some would say this was being honest though there is such a thing as too much honesty. In the end, Rob was informed of the writing on the wall, flip-flopped yet again, and Alex would leave next. Booted Off: 10th High Point: Until that moment of gratingly blunt honesty, Alex kept under the radar extremely well. Low Point: On the other hand, yeah, telling Rob to his face that he was at best "fourth place" was a really wrong move. Rating : Small Crater

Christy. Best One-Line Summary : Deaf or not, she was the MVP, and most favorite of all viewers, until... My Comments: In truth, right up until the finale, I was ready to give Christy a thumbs-way-up Techtite.com rating of Deep Impact. Then she allied with the jury to (nearly) unanimously vote for Jenna to win the grand prize. Guh?!? WHY? This was asked many times by many people, and as of this review's final update, she has yet to give a suitable response. Call it melodramatic poppycock if you must, but I'd say she was so busy looking at people's mouths to read lips, she never took the time to look into their eyes, and see who was the true person to ally with, and who was not. If she did, she would've lasted a lot longer, I think...or, at least, she would've known who not to help get a million dollars!!! Upon her boot off, she would've appeared to have seen the writing on the wall, vowing that neither of her "evil stepsisters" --Jenna and Heidi-- would win the million dollars. Whatever happened in a mere week's time must've been major, because suddenly she votes for Jenna anyway. However, if this is all she did wrong (which, to me, it is), she still gets a solid thumbs-up...just not as high up as it was. Booted Off: 11th High Point: She did herself really proud, given that the reason for her dismissal wasn't being deaf, as much as petty politics and back-stabs. Good for her. Low Point: She voted for Jenna? WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Rating : Large Crater

Heidi. Best One-Line Summary : Yo-lay-he...ho. My Comments: I don't think I have to go into the many details of Heidi's shenanigans, which she'll have to have major answers for, upon her return to school as a gym teacher. What was up with her comments about the prettier young girls verses the (allegedly) uglier older women? More importantly, what was up with her stripping to nothing (and we mean "the full Minnie," here) just for a plate of food, knowing that she would've received the food anyway, even without the striptease? However, nudism aside, I will say a few good things for her. One, her alliance and friendship with Jenna lasted to the very end, which is more than I can say for back-stabs galore this season. Second, she used her wilds to keep her in the game longer than any other woman in the game next to alliance member Jenna; take that, Deana! In a typical case of sugar attracting more flies than vinegar, hers was the far more successful "feminist" strategy, over Deana's bull in a china shop approach. In the end, I was hardly shaking my first at Heidi's dismissal...though I wasn't exactly doing cartwheels, either. Booted Off: 12th High Point: While certainly teasing the boys at every turn, she was never a slut about it, and never tried to hit on any of the boys...not that many girls would want to. Low Point: Girl, you are going to get hounded by Playboy for a year and a half after that striptease stunt. Did your mailbox need filling? Whoopsie. Rating : Small Crater

Butch. Best One-Line Summary : So...did he take the flag? My Comments: Back when Alex was dismissed, I asked if the last person Rob allied with would be taking the flag. Let's presume Butch at least left with that much, shall we? However, as for his strategy personally, it was dead-on honest and well played. Simply put, Butch was a whale of a nice guy. This included making Christy feel like a teammate and not "the deaf girl," which was a quality none of her former girls-only tribe members seemed to have. His luxury item was a banner reading "Believe in Yourself"; another sign that this principal was playing as a team member, not necessarily for himself. It's this strategy that may not have kept him in the game as long as he deserved, and may not have kept his alliance in the game any longer than he (Roger and Dave were booted many days earlier), though it deserves mentioning that he was only booted when the final three feared competing with him in the final jury. They would've lost by a landslide against Butch. So, he had to go. That's life in Survivor, I guess. Booted Off: 13th High Point: Unlike some high school teachers in this game (past and present), I think he did his school very proud. Low Point: Helping to boot off Dave --even if only to stay in the game a bit longer-- was a bit harsh. Rating : Large Crater

Rob. Best One-Line Summary :  If I was Casey Kasem, I'd SUE. My Comments: By the time of his dismissal, Rob had passed the "Jerri Manthey" phase, passed the "John from Survivor Marquesas" phase, and was slowly approaching the "please tell me he didn't WIN" phase. Fortunately, Jenna booted him instead of Matthew in the final three (the sole good strategy she can be accredited for), so no Rob didn't win. Why the cold shoulder for Rob, you ask? For his double-crosses, triple-crosses, and even quadruple-crosses, that's why. He first back stabs the men so he can ally with the cutest girls. This initial back-stabbing --when voting against Roger-- included one of the worst Casey Kasem impersonations I ever heard. Rob would only go downhill from there. He later learned that Deana wanted to be with Jenna and Heidi in the final three more than Rob did (interpret that as you will) so of course, it's bye-bye Deana. Mind you, this was a decision made mostly to save his alleged friend, Alex. So, what does Rob do in the very next tribal council? Why, help boot Alex, of course. Admittedly, the diehard camaraderie between Heidi and Jenna had to be divided by episode 12, so that quadruple (quintuple...?) double-cross made sense. Regardless, his shenanigans made it hard to even wish him to win the 100,000 runner-up prize, let alone the million. As a result, he was the last jury member to be booted out. Booted Off: 14th High Point: With his machine-gun methodology of back stabbing, he was bound to hit a few worthy targets. So, yeah, Rob, thanks for helping to boot off Roger, Deana and Heidi... Low Point: ...though he also helped boot off Christy, and Butch, and Alex, and Dave, and Shawna, and... Rating : Burnout

Matthew. Best One-Line Summary : You'd think that he'd have been a shoo-in to win against Jenna, BUT... My Comments: For all of Matthew's sharpening of the machete, and for all of his quiet yet strong demeanor --making you wonder what his latest strategy was-- I really had a soft spot for Matthew. Maybe it's because my nephew is named Matthew, or maybe it's because he reminded me of one of my favorite high school buddies. I don't know. All I know is there is no reason that Matthew should've lost to Jenna. My opinion will always be that Deana convinced the wishy-washy jury to vote for the last remaining woman, even if that woman was Jenna. Why? To "prove" a woman won, that's why. That's also too bad. Against Rob he would've won by a landslide; against Jenna, well, let's just say her boobs are now each worth half a million dollars each, 'cause that's what she won with. Too bad, Matthew. High Point: Let's put it this way: even at the official web site, the last season-6 online poll clearly shows that the majority of America thought Matt played the game the best. Interpret that as you will. Low Point: Yeah, okay; what was up with the sharpening of that machete at the crack of dawn? Rating : Large Crater

Jenna. Best One-Line Summary : Once again, "Shemp" wins the grand prize! My Comments: I've got little bad to say about Jenna personally; just nothing terribly good. She's no Tina a la Survivor Australia, but given Matthew and Rob in the final three, you can't blame a cynic for asking which one's Larry, Curly, or Moe. Three Stooges comparisons notwithstanding, you wouldn't expect a swimsuit model to win the million dollar grand prize, for no reason other than total bias against Matthew. Why? Beats me. All I know is, Jenna is the sixth person to win a million dollars on Survivor. In addition, she's the fourth winner to get a thumbs-down rating at Techtite.com. It's not that we didn't like her, really. We're just tired of people flying under the radar to win, instead of playing to win. Booted Off: The million dollar winner. High Point: In the end, Jenna's a woman, and that's why she won, thanks most probably to Deana. It's quite clear to me that fast-talking Deana talked all the simpletons in the jury into voting for whomever was a female in the final two. Heck, she would've convinced them to vote for a rock formation if it had breasts. If that sounds bitter, well, maybe this season shouldn't have been such an unfair "battle of the sexes" then. I'm just saying. Low Point: Allying with Rob. Twice. No, make that...three times? Four...? Whatever. It's just so very wrong. Rating : Near Miss

So, final thoughts...? A mixed bag. Up until the finale, I'd have said this season was the best of them all. Then Jenna won, for no explicable reason. I'd have given the overall season a marginal thumbs up if just one jury member (even...Deana?) came clean and admitted that their sole reason for voting for Jenna was her cuteness. However, no jury member had the guts to confess this, so their reason for voting for her over Matthew simply made no sense at all. It also deserves mentioning that when it comes to ratings of the contestants this season, it's a down-the-middle tie of thumbs-up (8) and thumbs down (8). Where does the scale fall...? I'd have to say thumbs down, if just because I feel like the whole season was a waste. Sorry.

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