1️⃣6️⃣ Brian/justdontevictme - Osei Tutu - Day 1 (4-2-1-1)
Half the OSEI TUTU tribe failed to vote, resulting in four self-votes across the board. Therefore, the active part of the tribe decided the vote, and ANDY, ANTHONY and LION decided to be strategic and eliminate a potential threat in BRIAN.
1️⃣5️⃣ Aimee/Amnesia_ - Mensa Bonsu - Day 2 (6-1-1)
1️⃣4️⃣ Josh/joshbb17 - Osei Tutu - Day 2 (Medically Evacuated)
1️⃣3️⃣ Sarah/Sarahabramowitz724 - Osei Tutu - Day 2 (2-2-1-0(1)/3-1)
The next day, a double tribal took place and one of the more wild votes in Cutthroat Survivor history.
For MENSA BONSU, it was simple. The tribe nearly unanimously agreed to vote AIMEE out.
For OSEI TUTU, JOSH self-voted for the second time, medically evacuating him from the game.
However, the rest of the tribe was divided on who to eliminate. ANTHONY and JASOI wanted SARAH to go, while ANDY and LION were pushing for KOLBY. Those four were the only ones eligible for a rock.
Fearing a tie, all but ANTHONY flipped their vote and it ended up taking out SARAH in a 3-1 revote.
1️⃣2️⃣ Kolby/ThePug - Osei Tutu/Mensa Bonsu - Day 3 (3-1-1-1)
Despite a 3-3 split on the new Mensa Bonsu, KOLBY was insistent on voting out his rival JASOI. LION recognized this and flipped to the other tribe, all of whom put KOLBY's name down on the parchment.
1️⃣1️⃣ Jasoi/Jasoi - Osei Tutu/Mensa Bonsu - Day 4 (4-1)
With LION now working with old MENSA BONSU, the vote in the next round was unanimous to vote JASOI out.
The two tribes merged with seven original Mensa Bonsu and just three original Osei Tutu. ANDY, ANTHONY, LOGAN H and LOGAN M all created a four-person alliance and they wanted to target PAULA. The other side of the tribe saw LOGAN M as a threat given that he began targeting former Mensa Bonsu members before Osei Tutu. There was a tie after the initial vote between LOGAN M and PAULA with two votes set aside for ANDY and LION. However, on the revote, LION was hesitant to draw rocks and he changed his original LOGAN vote to PAULA, thus sending her home.
With the tribe divided right down the middle, the group of five who voted together at the last tribal council wanted to stick together and target TAST. However, the four outsiders banded together and proposed a unique offer to LION, who flipped at the last vote. They proposed a vote out of LOGAN H, who was a bigger threat for LION than TAST. Eventually, LION flipped back to his original alliance and sent LOGAN to the jury.
0️⃣8️⃣ Anthony/rawr121 - Osei Tutu/Osei Tutu/Asante - Day 7 (6-5)
With ANTHONY, LOGAN M and ANDY in the minority, the three of them pledged a plan to try and turn the ship around, and it was strong. The three decided to pool together the extra votes they purchased earlier in the game with their gold coins to win back the majority. ANTHONY and LOGAN M placed their extra votes on TAST, but DREW pulled out an extra vote of his own and it was just enough to send ANTHONY packing.
With the numbers clearly imbalanced, LOGAN M and ANDY were the clear targets. The alliance of five had a decision to make, and while they were not unanimous, they came to the conclusion that LOGAN M would be the next to join the jury.
0️⃣6️⃣ Tast/tast519 - Mensa Bonsu/Mensa Bonsu/Asante - Day 9 (4-3)
With ANDY the lone member outside of the Mensa 5, he was the next target and his coffin was nearly nailed when he lost immunity to WILL. However, KYLE and DREW were worried about the future and if they were on top of the Mensa 5, so KYLE pulled a fast one, sparing ANDY and eliminating TAST, who was believed to be WILL's closest ally.
0️⃣5️⃣ Kyle/RedsKanto - Mensa Bonsu/Mensa Bonsu/Asante - Day 10 (2-2(0)-1(0))
ANDY survived another vote by winning immunity, meaning the Mensa 5 would all have to turn on one of their own. Knowing that WILL had an idol, KYLE and DREW directed their votes at LION. However, unbeknownst to them, WILL had a second idol in which he played for LION. With LION and WILL safe, the vote turned to KYLE, who was voted out by LION and WILL.
WILL won final immunity and the writing was on the wall for ANDY. However, in a strange twist of fate, inactive DREW's bootlist had LION ahead of ANDY, which forced a tie between the two. ANDY won the fire making challenge, making LION the final member of the jury.
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0️⃣3️⃣ Drew/Tester - Mensa Bonsu/Osei Tutu/Asante (0 Votes to Win)
0️⃣2️⃣ Andy/amf7410 - Osei Tutu/Osei Tutu/Asante (3 Votes to Win)
0️⃣1️⃣ Will/IceBeast - Mensa Bonsu/Mensa Bonsu/Asante (4 Votes to Win)
ANDY received praise for surviving several votes on the outside and it warranted him votes from his allies ANTHONY, LOGAN H and LOGAN M. However, he was unable to get one more vote as the rest of the jury felt that WILL played a spectacular game, netting him the one vote victory.
It started off painfully inactive, but once the merge hit, the game really took off.
The merge vote to eliminate PAULA is one of the best merge votes I've ever witnessed -- inside and outside of my series.
The power shifts throughout the merge really kept everyone on their toes and there were no dull votes, apart from maybe the LOGAN M vote.
The ending was also very entertaining with KYLE's flip, WILL's idol plays and ANDY's miraculous underdog story to the end.
Ultimately, WILL deserved the win and I'm glad the season ended on that note. ANDY would not have been a bad winner but he got by on luck, where WILL got to the end based more on skill.
Rating: 7.25/10
Ranking: 8/20
Returnees: Will (Flops vs. Tops, VoV), Drew (Henan), Lion (Skeleton Coast), Kyle (All-Stars, Melanesia), Logan M (Edge of Glory), Anthony (All-Stars, VoV), Logan H (Edge of Glory), Jasoi (Flops vs. Tops), Kolby (Flops vs. Tops)