With the help of random.org, I will be pitting Survivor winners against each other, for each post-merge round, I will be assigning a point to whoever played a better game. If there is a different amount of people who made the merge, I will go with whoever has less. I don't know if that makes sense or not, but away we go.
NEXT MATCH-UP: Sandra Diaz-Twine, Winner of Survivor: Pearl Islands VS. Denise Stapley, Winner of Survivor: Philippines
FINAL 10 - Sandra voted Savage out, while Denise voted incorrectly. POINT: Sandra (1-0)
FINAL 9 - Sandra voted for Ryan Opray, and Denise voted Artis. Since Denise formed the plan to get rid of Artis, she gets this point. POINT: Denise (1-1)
FINAL 8 - Denise was in on the plan to split the vote between Abi and Pete, while Sandra was blindsided by Rupert leaving. POINT: Denise (2-1)
FINAL 7 - Sandra voted for Tijuana to go, while Denise voted Penner out. Since Denise was in more danger at this tribal, I'll give the point to Sandra. POINT: Sandra (2-2)
FINAL 6 - Denise voted Carter out, while Sandra voted incorrectly. POINT: Denise (3-2)
FINAL 5 - Sandra and the other women were able to blindside Burton, and Denise voted Abi out. Since Denise was in more danger, Sandra gets this point. POINT: Sandra (3-3)
FINAL 4 - Denise voted Malcolm out, while Sandra voted Darrah out. This is a tough point to give out, since both got rid of their biggest threats. Since Denise was in more danger, I guess I will give the point to Sandra. POINT: Sandra (4-3)
FINAL 3 - Sandra was brought to the end, Denise won. POINT: Denise (4-4)
FINAL 2 - Sandra won. POINT: Sandra (5-4)
A very close match, but ultimately Sandra's Pearl Islands game doesn't suffer the same fate as her Heroes vs. Villains game, and it advances, knocking Denise out of the game.
I'd argue that Denise getting rid of Malcolm was ultimately a better move than Darrah getting voted out. I think Darrah would've still lost the final immunity to Lillian and lost Pearl Islands, while it was Denise's last chance to get Malcolm out.
