Commentary:
- LMAO this season was kinda funny to me, and honestly a little bit of a flop. The format is just kinda meh after doing it.
- Everything was pretty equal in terms of pieces for most of the season, but then it just seemed every time someone got some they would be next out of the door. Then going into the finale with a 12 vs 2 distribution is almost criminal, and kinda the bad predictable ending with the team with 12 winning.
- Poor Salmaan & Sosyomomma... this cast really through them into the temple 4x in a row until they finally lost. Kinda the icons of the season.
- BBDonny & Melinda truly set the tone at the start by winning the purge challenge, and then coming full circle to win at the end after floating the majority of the game.
- BBlover & Parvati were definitely this seasons villains, 3 temple visits & 2 samadhis thrown their way.
- J2 & Finesee were definitely the fan favorite, and fallen angels is a true title for them to have I think.
- Looking at the chart, I'm definitely seeing a mob mentality/vote with the house vibe in the first half of the season, and just kinda boring gameplay until the majority alliance had to turn on each other.
Is in Karaoke Revolution: Glee (volume 1) they had a yearbook section where you the songs were sorted by character.
Bad Romance was featured in the game, and despite Quinn having a 2ish line solo, that song was not in her section.
She actually only had 2 songs: I Say A Little Prayer & Papa Don't Preach. Both icons- but Papa Don't Preach was basically just the chorus. Like where was Keep Me Hanging On? This Is A Mans World?
Maybe I wanted to reenact her entire monolouge she has in the latter option that is missing???
I completely blame Ryan Murphy. I just know in whatever contract he signed he didn't look at anything but demand they minimize Quinns song selection as much as possible because he always hated Diana for giving the character depth and becoming a fan favorite.
Some Formatting Details:
- Every blood pair was given 1 opportunity to switch with their loved ones, after that the decision was final.
- Switch chance was 30%.
- Idols had a % chance of however many were on the tribe.
Season Commentary:
- This was kind of a mess, LMAO.... sorry if the season progress is hard to read <3.
- Tyler & Turkey very much so deserved their finale seats, and were an interesting duo to watch because on any given episode you could see them be #1 allies or just out to get the other out... it was very on or off and to see them battle it out in the finale after dominating together was fun.
- Snails had such a tragic run... rocked out pre-merge for his partner to switch and given him a second shot. To then get voted out again pre-merge, and then return to the game at the merge. To then ONCE again get voted out, and once again return to the game, make it to the finals, and get 0 votes to win. Kinda tragic.
- Delete was definitely fallen angel status. A successful pre-merge idol play, being the 2nd merge vote out, for her blood to switch and give her another shot, and then make it all the way to final 4 where she tragically lost firemaking in tears as were the shows viewers. Very very sad.
- Christians chart is very funny too, kinda flopped episode 2 getting the boot, and then his partner switching and him having a successful pre-merge run after. The multiple season rivalry between him and Kindred came into play once again, with him having a role in her boot and coming out on top for the 2nd season in a row. But at the start of the finale, he was just in over his head and it was a bit of a predictable boot.
- Most iconic redemption run goes to iCristian, winning every single premerge duel, to lose the final one was tragic to see... especially knowing he did not get voted out ever.
- Of the nine potential times a blood partner could give up their spot in the game to give their loved one another shot by taking their place in redemption... FIVE times it was taken (despite there only being a 30% chance a switch would occur). Kind of insane, and definitely played a role in this seasons messy gameplay.
- Quick shoutout to the switchers who lost the game w/o ever being voted out: Oswordo3, Demgirl6, Hamburgerbunzz, iCristian, and Batya.
- All in all, redemption made this season hell to do + chart... kinda a poor choice on my end, but kind of works better with the challenge series focus this franchise has.
This will be the final saga of my work blog series besties.
At the start of the finale (final 5) we had a SHOCK quit this morning bringing us down to the final 4 of the season.
I was wearing the immunity necklace with my PTO being used today, and apparently while I was out the companys director fired the entire on shore office. Like, everyone including our boss got fired in a meeting.
Since I technically wasn't there, I guess that means I am the only one unofficially fired as I wait for a phone call from HR.
Notable Events/Commentary:
- Successful yet different winner game summaries: One made it to finale without ever seeing an elimination, yet winning the most amount of dailies... while the other couldn't win a daily, but won multiple eliminations.
- UseAMint was so funny this season, truly did nothing chart wise until end game where he won a challenge, took out the person with the most stars in his set, dominated day 1 of the finale, and then flopped day 2.
- CarolinaSteel was highkey robbed... literally placed in the top all throughout phase 1 guaranteeing her safety, continued to win another challenge, to get called down into the arena back to back where she wasn't able to pull out the second arena win.
- The OTTP5 edit Christian_ got when he should have gotten OTTN5 in episode 4 where the sabotage got him last place in the challenge, which sent him straight to the arena, and then he had to take out his #1 ally in J2999. The protection he got that episode with his multiple mental breakdowns due to being the seasons winner was insane, and GamerVev spilt all the tea.
- There were some early outs of series heavy hitters in J2999, Kindred7 & Hunty, the cast was so pressed they got the call to be on the season. All they did was breathe.
- Other than 2 rookies getting the boot in episode 1 (RIP Salmaan & Tyleror) overall the rookies did pretty well this season, and kinda had iconic runs.
- Miss Demgirl6 worked her social game this season, knowing going into an elimination has never been her strong suit, and managed to make the finals without seeing one... and then winning the instant elimination against Seongwoo in the instant elim was so good to see. (As a side note to anyone who hasn't seen All Stars 3, after day 1 the 3rd & 4th place in each set points wise went into an instant elim).
- There were a lot of WINS/ELIMS -> OUT on the chart this season, always interesting to see.
- All in all, a fun season but fuck I always forget how time consuming they are :(.
Notable Events/Commentary:
- Successful yet different winner game summaries: One made it to finale without ever seeing an elimination, yet winning the most amount of dailies... while the other couldn't win a daily, but won multiple eliminations.
- UseAMint was so funny this season, truly did nothing chart wise until end game where he won a challenge, took out the person with the most stars in his set, dominated day 1 of the finale, and then flopped day 2.
- CarolinaSteel was highkey robbed... literally placed in the top all throughout phase 1 guaranteeing her safety, continued to win another challenge, to get called down into the arena back to back where she wasn't able to pull out the second arena win.
- The OTTP5 edit Christian_ got when he should have gotten OTTN5 in episode 4 where the sabotage got him last place in the challenge, which sent him straight to the arena, and then he had to take out his #1 ally in J2999. The protection he got that episode with his multiple mental breakdowns due to being the seasons winner was insane, and GamerVev spilt all the tea.
- There were some early outs of series heavy hitters in J2999, Kindred7 & Hunty, the cast was so pressed they got the call to be on the season. All they did was breathe.
- Other than 2 rookies getting the boot in episode 1 (RIP Salmaan & Tyleror) overall the rookies did pretty well this season, and kinda had iconic runs.
- Miss Demgirl6 worked her social game this season, knowing going into an elimination has never been her strong suit, and managed to make the finals without seeing one... and then winning the instant elimination against Seongwoo in the instant elim was so good to see. (As a side note to anyone who hasn't seen All Stars 3, after day 1 the 3rd & 4th place in each set points wise went into an instant elim).
- There were a lot of WINS/ELIMS -> OUT on the chart this season, always interesting to see.
- All in all, a fun season but fuck I always forget how time consuming they are :(.
