Another beautiful girl was ousted in Gabon and unluckily, that girl was Kelly Czarnecki- the "hot chick" of the season. Seeing her go was like a dagger in my heart. I was in denial at first as Jeff Probst read the final vote. Fang was completely losing their mind when they voted out Kelly. Don't they realized it was one of the poorest and dull strategic moves in Survivor History?
Everything is clear to me now. The Fang Tribe was a disaster and if they're not the most losing tribe in Survivor History apart from Ulong Tribe back in Survivor Palau, they still got the second spot in the loser's circle whether they will win the next episode's immunity challenge or not.
Most of my I-favorites came out victorious but I failed this time around. Probably, I picked an I-favorite so early and that wasn't a good practice.
The early exit of Kelly Czrnecki is probably one of the earliest exits of my I-favorites since Gina Crews of Survivor Marquesas and Tanya Vance in Survivor Thailand (season 5). Parvati Shallow outlasted the rests in Micronesia (season 16) and was in the final six during the season 13 (Cook Islands). Amanda Kimmel did make it to the final three along with Todd and Courtney (Survivor China). Danielle DiLorenzo was a runner-up in Survivor Panama Exile Island, which is my favorite season of all time. Stephanie LaGrossa and Danni BoatWright made it in the final two in Guatemala. The outspoken, Eliza Orlins, was in the final four in Vanuatu. The competitive edge of Darrah Johnson guaranteed her a seat in the final four during the season seven. Heidi Strobel was in Top Five in Amazon while Kim Powers sailed through the final six back in season three. Lastly, Elisabeth Filaski stayed in the Final Four in Australian Outback. Like I said earlier, voting Czarnecki was one the poorest strategic decisions made by Fang Tribe. Fang was like having this multiple personality disorder in terms of making decisions. Matty was very spontaneous, Ken was doubtful, Crystal couldn't think straight probably due to extreme hunger. Sugar was going nowhere (she was sent to Exile Island for the fourth time) and she's an easy target without the hidden immunity idol in her bag. Lastly, Ace was the snake. He's the reason why Fang lose in this week's immunity challenge.
Ace was not a good team player. He's acting like a leader but nobody likes him. Yet, his cocky personality looks like an asset in the show. Like Shane in Survivor Panama Exile Islands, he's annoying but you can blindside him anytime.
This episode's immunity challenge was in the tightest and neck-in-neck jungle race in history.
"The tribes would divide into three pairs. Each pair would be tethered together by a rope. The first pair would crawl under a cargo net, race through the jungle, go through an obstacle, retrieve two sections of a flag pole, and return to the starting line. The next pair would run the same course with an additional obstacle to retrieve their two pieces of the flag pole. The final pair would have run the course with two additional obstacles. The first tribe who collects all of the flag pole pieces and assembles their flag would win. (Wikipedia) "
Kelly and Sugar vs Bob and Randy started the challenge with the two girls on a strong lead but were a little bit behind as they race to the starting line carrying the flag pole. Crystal and Ace vs Charlie and Corrine came in next but Crystal and Ace failed to catch up with their lead. Big thanks to Matty and Ken. They breeze through the obstacles like true athletes who were hunger for victory, closing the gap with Marcus and Dan. Fang and Kota were really in neck-in-neck during the flag assemble.
I didn't understand why these other Fang members give in to Ace self-centered urge to assemble the flag. Perhaps, the other members were annoyed by Ace's know-it-all personality. The fact Matty and Kenny was still in an extreme exhaustion; Sugar and Kelly couldn't get hold of Ace's aggression and Crystal was in complete disappointment devoured by her emotions, they lost the fire of success.
Fang could have won the immunity but their lack of teamwork during the final stretch of the game brought them to another level of despair and shame.
Kota was already a bit vulnerable during the last and final race. Matty and Ken did great in outplaying Marcus and Dan but Kota played as a TEAM during the final minutes of the game and still standing with a victory.
Kota solely won because of GREAT TEAMWORK, Fang was not consistent in what they should be doing. The victory was already there but evaporates in an instant due to one-man-show.
Honestly, Matty was better than Ace. He and Kenny were the HEROES of this week's immunity challenge. They did the hardwork in closing the gap and instead of uniting the tribe's spirit in assembling their flagpole, Ace totally screwed it. Perhaps, the pact and the "swearing over his girlfriend's name" was the reason why Matty didn't cut-throat Ace.
Ace performed better when he's still at Kota. and winning might not be his priority when he's at Fang.
What's really disappointing is Kelly got the boot instead of him (5-1) and I also couldn't understand why Kelly voted for Crystal instead of Ace.
Kelly might be evidently weaker than Ace but she's more strategic player than Ace. Ace stayed longer in the game because he was perceived as the "alpha male" and Fang might still need him in physical challenges. Sad to say, his stay at Fang only spells disaster and he was happy at seeing Fang's downfalls.
In next week's episode, the two tribes will be forced to vote out one of their tribemates and let's see if Fang will get rid of Ace or simply opted to hang on their irrational decision-making. Kota can lose something BIG if they vote out one of their tribe members and Marcus-Charlie-Corrine alliance was tight.
Kelly seems right in her RNO interview with David Bloomberg when she pointed out "You know what, Ace is so fake. It’s really sad actually. He had to reinvent himself from Kota to Fang. He was a leader in Kota and laid low in Fang. Everybody was so uptight and nobody had a sense of humor. I don’t think before I speak and I’m goofy and funny. Ace couldn’t get out of his fakeness and played his own game the slimy way. Good luck getting anywhere."
To read Kelly's full interview, click this LINK
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In their second consecutive visit in Tribal Council, the Jarakay Tribe sent home the cute and eyecandy call-center agent, Nikki Dacullo of Tacloban.
What I can't understand with Nikki, she didn't do anything that could save her from elimination. If she was smart enough, she could have convinced her alliance to vote off Jace. Jace was perceived as "the biggest threat" and Nikki had all the reasons to get rid of him and advance in the MERGE.
Unlike Amanda Kimmel whom she admires, Nikki behaves like a baby. She got an array of options to save her own skin but still choose not to fight her "homesickness."
Thanks for the editing anyway and they showed a little deeper side of Nikki before she was voted out.
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2 comments:
i was actually sad to see kelly go. matty made a fatal mistake in siding with ace, although they make a powerful alliance. however, matty seemed quite gullible, having to swear on his girlfriend's name and remaining true to it. i doubt if ace would be trustworthy enough to stick with that vow. as for matty, i think he's captivated me more than marcus has in the past couple of episodes. hehe:)
i'm loving matty by the day. he is so competitive although i don't like him being around with ace. that said, another clear and detailed survivor post you got here.
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