Thailandsurvivor wrote:
The honor of being the worst twist in Survivor history goes to...
65. Final 3
Seasons: Cook Islands, Fiji, China
Memorable Quote: "Mmhmm." (Cassandra's reaction upon finding out about the final three twist.)
There are a lot of twists that the producer's have thrown in to deliberately fuck up the integrity of the game. This is a point blank example. For season after season, Survivor had been running great. Even in a mediocre season, the end game scramble to reach the finals was always exciting to watch. No one could just make an alliance early in the game and just sit down enjoying the ride. Everybody was on their toes because only two people would be able to sit in front of the jury. It worked well because no winner was like any others. Unfortunately, casual fans were complaining about their favorites not winning, and all this "best player always finishes third" bullshit started. So Burnett and co. decided to implement a final three, because they no longer wanted the "best player" to finish third.
When it was first announced, I was pissed off, and the showing on TV didn't help. Becky was completely ignored, and we still didn't even get to see all of the questions towards the other two. Sure it was a close vote, so what? It only took one season for Earl to kill two goats in the end. Exciting stuff right. I had already hated those two seasons due to other circumstances, but it really killed China for me. I thought it helped revive it until the finale where the editors were smart enough to only have four people left and one boot. That meant we had to listen to Denise try and save herself for almost half of the damn episode.
This is the worst twist of all time mainly for almost killing the integrity of the game and for making three boring final tribal councils since so many questions had to be cut.
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Could this season represent the failure of the "Final 3" twist
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Posts: 9220 (12/22/09 01:24 PM) |
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zeev14 |
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Posts: 106 (12/22/09 01:25 PM) Registered User |
Thailandsurvivor wrote:I doubt they'd make so many postmerge nonjurors. I think production puts total stock into their merged tribe, and they'd want to see most of it on the jury each week. I think they would have either let it play out like Ulong or mixed it up like Cook Islands, but no way could I imagine a final 12 merge with 7 jurors. The most interesting people usually get voted off at the beginning of the merge, production would want them on the jury, lol |
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BagosJeff |
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Posts: 28 (12/22/09 01:25 PM) |
My bad, I meant Cook Island instead of Exile, where Becky got shut out (so did Dreamz and Cassandra, Sugar and Mick)
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Kirblar |
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Posts: 8624 (12/22/09 03:02 PM) Registered user |
The shut-outs are actually proof that it's working, imo.
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SleepTight |
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Posts: 467 (12/22/09 03:11 PM) |
When will there be a F4?
Brett FTW! |
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morlockx15 |
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Posts: 1254 (12/22/09 03:34 PM) I need a hobby |
The problem this year was that you had five women on the jury, and the dominant contestant made some sexist remarks during the competition. So most of the
women voted for the mouse-like blond, and convinced some of the guys to vote for her, too.
If the situation was reversed, I don't think male jury members would have given a whit if the female finalist had made sexist remarks about men. |
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A Dying Clown |
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Posts: 11699 (12/22/09 03:39 PM) Registered User |
This season only represented the failure of Russell
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SkyDreamer |
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Posts: 608 (12/22/09 03:49 PM) |
Russell would have taken Natalie because he believed she was worthless. There's absolutely no chance Russell could have won.
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Fart Party |
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Posts: 365 (12/22/09 03:58 PM) |
Everything about this season is just a fluke so why analyze it. You couldn't get another season with this much of a floater winning if you tried. It's
a perfect storm of wtf.
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burberrylad |
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Posts: 1057 (12/22/09 04:24 PM) Registered user |
morlockx15 wrote: Kelly, Laura and Monica? Who are the other 2? |
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Katy Carney |
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Posts: 9741 (12/22/09 05:24 PM) |
F3 hatred. Natalie is the first F3 winner that i don't DESPISE.
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B DeBrun |
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Posts: 22812 (12/22/09 06:08 PM) |
burberrylad wrote: Danger Dave Ball and Erik. |
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Sshaaz |
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Posts: 605 (12/22/09 06:11 PM) |
"Russell would have taken Natalie because he believed she was worthless."
She was worthless. Everyone loves her for it. Cheer on |
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cateiz |
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Posts: 458 (12/22/09 06:51 PM) |
Katy Carney wrote:X The F3 has always been anticlimactic to me. |
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Lux Lux Redux |
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Posts: 1996 (12/22/09 06:56 PM) Registered User |
final 3 is absurd
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watchinuall |
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Posts: 1329 (12/22/09 07:22 PM) Registered user |
I actually prefer a F3 because it means fewer chances of a Brian/Clay type of choice. I hate it when an asshole takes a goat with them to the end, because it
usually means that a much more palatable choice was cut out at 3rd place by the person who won the final immunity competition.
But I was wondering, with a 9-member jury, what would have happened had there been a 3-3-3 split. Would they have re-voted, or what? I know the producers count the votes as soon as they're cast, contrary to what they've formerly stated, because otherwise, how would they handle such an outcome, especially after the jury has seen the season on TV? |
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xena321 |
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Posts: 86 (12/23/09 05:17 AM) Registered User |
I think they read the votes before returning to the states, surely they'd read the votes then and there, and not wait months, dealing with it live on tv.
Dont you think?
But I do wonder how they would handle a 3-3-3, you think they'd do a revote, or perhaps they bring the person voted off before the merge, to vote as a tie-breaker. |
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Axie.rsfd |
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Posts: 105 (12/23/09 05:43 AM) |
watchinuall wrote:PURPLE ROCK Ahem. I agree with your post; an F3 can potentially save the jury from a "lesser of two evils" kind of F2. On the other hand, we can always have a "some guy with two non-entities", which was Fiji's case, and what Russell perceived to be his own case (and got beautifully pwned because of that <3). It all depends on the season. Some seasons are fine as they are (S1 with a F2, S15 with a F3), and some seasons would make good use of the other style (S4 with a F3, S14 with a F2). |
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liskd |
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Posts: 99 (12/23/09 06:49 PM) Registered user |
Thailandsurvivor wrote: These are excellent examples. |
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Dr Will Hatch two point oh |
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