The finale! Hoping for an awesome ending to a great season. Malcolm and Denise NEED to be in the final. They are the most deserving and would make for a very close vote, I think. How cool would that be for them to make it after their rough beginning, which saw their tribe lose every single challenge, leaving them as the last man and woman standing. And then to be split up and absorbed by the other 2 tribes.
Here we go! Skupin: "That's like having a tumor removed." Lol So funny! Yes, Abi was like a tumor. She brought nothing positive to the game. Good riddance!
Reward Challenge:
The reward? An advantage in the next immunity challenge. This is HUGE!!!! Skupin pulls ahead quickly in getting his puzzle bags. Lisa was behind for most of the challenge. Malcolm is always so steady...he doesn't let anything phase him. He's a lot like Ozzy in that way. Once everyone got all of their puzzle bags, Denise quickly pulled ahead, as Skupin was obviously very confused and flustered. His pieces even kept falling out! It came down to Denise and Malcolm. Denise led for quite awhile, but Malcolm put a bunch of pieces in, one right after another, and it was Denise now getting flustered, as Probst announced how close Malcolm was getting. And Malcolm pulled it off! This is awesome! It could have been devastating for anyone else to win this. He's just one step closer.
Scramble time back at camp. Malcolm knows he needs to go to the final 3 with Skupin and Lisa. Denise asks Malcolm for a commitment, but he's very hesitant. So she goes to Lisa and tells her she's willing to vote out Malcolm. Lisa and Skupin are now sitting pretty with a final 3 deal with both Malcolm and Denise. No matter what happens, they WILL be in the final 3 and the next to go WILL be either Malcolm or Denise. I'm freaking out right now! Malcolm has so much going for him right now and the stakes are life and death! He has to win or he's done. I hope that all this pressure doesn't cause him to make a fatal error. Even with an advantage, I'm still extremely worried.
Immunity Challenge
Balance a ball on 2 ever-growing set of sticks. Malcolm's advantage: he gets a 2nd chance. If his ball drops, he gets to keep going! These kinds of challenges really get my heart pounding!
2nd round and Malcolm's ball drops! Yikes! He would have been first one out! Oh dear heavens...this is not looking good! Malcolm's ball rolls back and forth as he recovers over and over. His hands start shaking like crazy and his pieces collapse. And he's out! Noooooooooooo!
And Denise is out next! Wow. Skupin and Lisa are rock solid. These 2 look like they could go for days. Finally, Lisa's ball drops, and Skupin wins.
Now it gets interesting. Who do Lisa and Skupin think they have a better shot against, Malcolm or Denise? They have a final 3 deal with both. Malcolm and Denise both state their cases and they consider the benefits and negatives of keeping each of them. Clearly, it's a tough decision, but I will be shocked if they take Malcolm.
The vote:
Malcolm makes a very good case at Tribal, and throws Denise under the bus by saying that she is the bigger threat. Lisa makes it pretty obvious that she is not keeping Malcolm. It looks like the end for him is near. And with a 3-1 vote, Malcolm is gone.
Ugh! I'm so disappointed! He got sooooo close! Let's just hope he wins America's Favorite Player, so he doesn't walk away completely empty-handed.
The Final Tribal Council:
Before the final pleas and questions from the jury, Denise is the obvious front-runner. I don't really see how either Lisa or Skupin can make a legitimate case for themselves that could sway the jury. With that said, crazier things have happened, and with her being such an obvious choice, I am sure there will be some surprises.
I was really hoping for some tough questions from this bitter jury. For the most part, everyone was pretty mild. They made it pretty easy on them. Until...Penner! Some tough words for all 3, and then...he threw Lisa under the bus by telling everyone who she was! Shocker!
The standings now seem a tad more evened out. I think all of them will get at least 1 vote.
The Final Vote:
The winner is....Denise! Of the votes that were read, Denise had 4, while Lisa and Skupin each received 1.
Reunion Revelations:
-If Malcolm goes to the finals with Denise, he still loses, according to the jury!! Wow!
-By not lying to Denise in the end, Malcolm says he was took a page out of Penner's book: "Ways to Get Voted Out of Survivor"
-Jeff wins the award of "Best Exit Speech Ever"
-Skupin is "Mr. Magoo"--in 25 seasons, no one has had so many injuries; Jeff then presents him with the shattered diving mask
-Malcolm knew before even beginning the final challenge that he was toast, because he has "the least steady hands on the planet"; he even told his mom that if that was a challenge, he knew he would lose
-Malcolm is single!
-It rained for 21 straight days!
-Abi admits that she has some growing to do and needs to, in her words "take a chill pill"...um...duh!
-RC is glad that Pete has such long arms to pat himself on the back, because she thinks what he did was the worst move ever; Pete thinks it was funny
-Player of the Season was the closest vote they ever had. It was between Malcolm and Lisa and ended up being within a couple hundred votes-.7% difference! And Lisa wins! Another crushing blow for Malcolm! I really, really thought Malcolm had that in the bag! Wow.
-Dawson has a very unhealthy obsession with Probst; out of nowhere, she flies out of her seat and throws herself at Probst and flat out grabs him and kisses him! Probst has the last laugh: "Luckily, she doesn't kiss nearly as good as my wife!
-Survivor Season 26 will be Fans vs Favorites again, in Caramoan; and the tease is that we will see the return of one of Survivor's greatest pairings...so who will it be??? I can't wait to find out!
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