The Fanur tribe went to the game's first tribal council, where Dave and Lima were targeted for being the only two winners in the cast and some of the least-connected players in the game.
Eli began this charge and created a six-person alliance with Anthony, Gavin, Julian, Raul and Sagar. Dave was the first casualty as the six stuck together to vote him out.
1️⃣9️⃣ Lima/LimaBean - Fanur - Day 2 (7-2)
1️⃣8️⃣ Ben/benp248 - Weriyeng - Day 2 (4-0(6))
Lima became the second casualty as both tribes were sent to tribal council and Fanur made the easy vote.
On Weriyeng, Cole, Hufus and Nick had an alliance from being close in the community. The rest of the tribe targeted them for it and were looking to target Cole for their first vote. However, Cole read the tribe correctly and played his hidden immunity idol, negating the six votes against him.
The three of them targeted Ben, who won an immunity idol during the reward challenge to begin the game. Ben tried playing the idol during tribal council but was unable to play it due to a rule barring live idol plays. This rule was amended following this tribal council for future seasons.
1️⃣7️⃣ Nick/BluJay112 - Weriyeng - Day 3 (5-3)
Realizing his back was against the wall, Hufus mutinied to the Fanur tribe after losing the immunity challenge. Therefore, Nick and Cole were on the outs.
Despite a valiant effort to try and push the vote onto Kyle, Nick and Cole were unsuccessful and Nick was voted out.
1️⃣6️⃣ Eli/EliOrtiz1234 - Fanur/Weriyeng - Day 4 (6-2)
Eli entered the numbers in the majority at the new Weriyeng, with Akshay and Brittany being the only members to remain on Weriyeng.
However, Brittany and Eli's feud from Phonsavan came to blows again and Brittany won the battle, getting all of the tribe except for Julian to vote Eli out.
1️⃣5️⃣ Brittany/LaFierceBrittany2 - Weriyeng/Weriyeng - Day 5 (4-1-1-1)
Everyone had their own agenda for the vote following Eli's departure. However, an alliance that stemmed from original Fanur grew closer as Julian was brought back into the fold by Anthony, Chandler and Hufus to take Brittany out of the game.
1️⃣4️⃣ Livingston/noobsmoke13 - Fanur/Weriyeng - Day 6 (4-1-1)
The alliance of four remained strong for the next vote as they prepared to kick out one of the outside members. The tribe decided to keep Akshay and vote Livingston out right before the merge.
1️⃣3️⃣ Cole/Coyle14 - Weriyeng/Fanur/Yalafar - Day 7 (8-3-1-1)
The newly formed tribe of thirteen were looking for easy votes to begin the merge before beginning to break up and play smaller alliances. Kyle developed an enemy out of Cole for targeting him early on in the game and playing an idol.
Enough free agents were able to latch on to the plan to eliminate Cole and make him the first member of the jury.
1️⃣2️⃣ Kyle/RedsKanto - Weriyeng/Fanur/Yalafar - Day 8 (9-2-1)
For targeting Cole in the last round, Kyle made himself a target. He thought it would be smart to engineer a split vote of Gavin and Raul, but it was all for naught.
Nearly the entire tribe saw the low-risk opportunity and sent Kyle to Ponderosa to join his buddy Cole.
1️⃣1️⃣ Zach/IceMakeRampart - Weriyeng/Fanur/Yalafar - Day 9 (9-1-1-1)
For the third round in a row, the tribe looked to create a singular target. While Zach was looking to target Raul and Yandere was looking to target Hufus, the rest of the tribe looked to go after free agent Zach to make another easy vote.
In a vote that was constructed very last minute, Zach was voted out with a near-unanimous vote.
1️⃣0️⃣ Hufus/Hufus - Weriyeng/Weriyeng/Yalafar - Day 9 (5-3)
In the second half of the first fast forward in Cutthroat Survivor history, the plan appeared to target Yandere, the final free agent. However, Anthony, Jabbar, Julian and Sagar saw this as an opportunity to eliminate Hufus as one of the bigger threats left in the game.
With the fast forward upon them, the four of them sided with Yandere and took their shot at Hufus, who left with an idol in his pocket.
0️⃣9️⃣ Gavin/greyconverse - Fanur/Fanur/Yalafar - Day 10 (Medically Evacuated)
0️⃣8️⃣ Yandere/Yandereboy12 - Weriyeng/Fanur/Yalafar - Day 11 (7-1-1)
For self-voting a third time, Gavin was medically evacuated.
The other seven remaining players agreed to eliminate Yandere, the final free agent left in the game.
0️⃣7️⃣ Julian/TheSexiestDude990 - Fanur/Weriyeng/Yalafar - Day 12 (4-2-1)
The Final 7 were looking to splinter, but it was clear that Julian and Sagar were going to stick together. Not happy with this, Anthony looked to target Julian to get closer to Sagar.
As Julian and Sagar targeted Akshay, Anthony and Jabbar saw the opportunity to oust Julian to work closer with Sagar.
0️⃣6️⃣ Sagar/obscurity - Fanur/Fanur/Yalafar - Day 13 (3-2)
With Julian out of the game and Raul exiled, it appeared that Anthony, Jabbar and Sagar would have the majority to take control of the game on their way to the Final 3.
However, Jabbar was caught in the middle of the tribe and chose to side with Akshay and Chandler to give him the best chance at winning the game, blinsiding Sagar.
0️⃣5️⃣ Akshay/galore - Weriyeng/Weriyeng/Yalafar - Day 14 (3-2)
With Anthony and Akshay on the chopping block following a Raul immunity win, Chandler and Akshay were hopeful that Jabbar would vote with them again. However, not wanting Anthony out of the game so he could make the end, Jabbar opted to keep Anthony over Akshay, increasing his chances at making the Final Tribal Council.
0️⃣4️⃣ Raul/MrBird - Fanur/Fanur/Yalafar - Day 14 (3-1)
With Anthony winning Final Immunity, Jabbar's plans to take Anthony out at the Final 4 backfired, so he settled for the next best thing -- a Raul boot.
--- Final Three ---
0️⃣3️⃣ Chandler/Chandelier - Fanur/Weriyeng/Yalafar (1 vote to win)
0️⃣2️⃣ Jabbar/rabbaj - Weriyeng/Fanur/Yalafar (2 votes to win)
0️⃣1️⃣ Anthony/rawr121 - Fanur/Weriyeng/Yalafar (5 votes to win)
In the end, the jury admired Jabbar for making moves when he had to and Anthony for being in a strong position for the majority of the game. In the end, the jury rewarded Anthony with the win due to his position of always remaining good despite often times being in the minority.
All-Stars is one of the best seasons in the franchise.
It featured one of, if not the most competitive Cutthroat casts on paper and the twenty of them delivered wholeheartedly.
There is constant shifting of alliances, close to the point where you might call it as "voting blocs."
The "advantage menu" reward challenge to begin the season definitely set a tone for the season and the theme of hard gameplay is seen throughout.
Anthony played one of the best games I've witnessed in Cutthroat. He was never a target and was seen as my winner pick from maybe Final 10 onwards.
He had control of the game for majority of the game even when he was not in the majority alliance. That's the sign of someone who is very in tune with the game and Anthony is a very deserving winner.
Rating: 8/10
Ranking: 5/20
Returnees: Anthony (Valley of Victors), Chandler (Flops vs. Tops, Edge of Glory), Raul (Flops vs. Tops), Akshay (Edge of Glory), Sagar (Henan, VoV), Julian (Melanesia, VoV), Hufus (Edge of Glory), Kyle (Melanesia), Livingston (Henan, Edge of Glory), Brittany (Melanesia), Nick (Melanesia)
