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Survivor: Winners - Contestant Placing, The Game & Voting History Sep 7, 2015
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wX9307wSkzNuWnDieqAPssCEB3sYy2OG7M0FsLlG9N4/edit?usp=sharing

I finished these charts before I even wrote the season but have just now found the time to share them. Lol, they are set up like you'd see them on Wikipedia. I'll also link all the "episodes" after.

Final Placing:
22nd - Sophie - STOKES2009 (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
21st - Kim - bamold1999 (Voted Out Day 3/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
20th - Tom - Phenomanimal (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 2, Day 7)
19th - Aras - VoLcOmVaNs (Voted Out Day 8/Lost Duel 3, Day 9)
18th - Tony - finklestein123 (Voted Out Day 6/Lost Duel 4, Day 11)
17th - Natalie W - Thumper91 (Voted Out Day 3/Lost Duel 5, Day 14)
16th - Vecepia - Diva1 (Voted Out Day 10/Lost Duel 6, Day 16)
15th - JT - BbDamian (Voted Out Day 17/Lost Duel 7, Day 18)
14th - Ethan - sprtsgy1989 (Voted Out Day 19/Lost Duel 8, Day 20)
13th - Richard - smuguy2012 (Voted Out Day 13/Lost Duel 8, Day 20)
12th - Tina - sjsoccer88 (Voted Out Day 22/Juror 1)
11th - Todd - JesseM (Voted Out Day 25/Juror 2)
10th - Denise - Jenna2010 (Voted Out Day 27/Juror 3)
9th - Danni - SexyTex (Voted Out Day 30/Juror 4)
8th - Boston Rob - unkown (Voted Out Day 30/Juror 5)
7th - Fabio - nickgqc (Voted Out Day 33/Juror 6)
6th - Parvati - Elvira (Voted Out Day 36/Juror 7)
5th - Natalie A - BBlover96 (Voted Out Day 37/Juror 8)
4th - Yul - suzycroatia (Voted Out Day 38/Juror 9)
3rd/2nd - Sandra - BrendonByrne
3rd/2nd - Earl - brandonpinzu
1st - Jenna - Aquamarine

http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6429353/survivor-winners-episode-1
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6430007/survivor-winners-episode-2
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6433390/survivor-winners-episode-3
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6438679/survivor-winners-episode-4
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6440851/survivor-winners-episode-5
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6452863/survivor-winners-episode-6
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6453054/survivor-winners-episode-7
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6454371/survivor-winners-episode-8
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6455376/survivor-winners-episode-9
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6464297/survivor-winners-episode-10
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6465399/survivor-winners-episode-11
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6540614/survivor-winners-episode-12-part-1
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6543574/survivor-winners-episode-12-part-2
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6553278/coming-survivor-winners
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6558342/survivor-winners-episode-13
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6565378/survivor-winners-episode-14
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6678816/survivor-winners-finale-recap
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6679809/survivor-winners-finale-part-1
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6688732/survivor-winners-finale-part-2
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/writerzblock10/6691175/survivor-winners-finale-part-3

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Survivor: Winners - Finale Part 3 Aug 26, 2015
Rattana (blue merged tribe)
Earl - brandonpinzu
Jenna - Aquamarine
Sandra - BrendonByrne

Final Placing:
22nd - Sophie - STOKES2009 (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
21st - Kim - bamold1999 (Voted Out Day 3/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
20th - Tom - Phenomanimal (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 2, Day 7)
19th - Aras - VoLcOmVaNs (Voted Out Day 8/Lost Duel 3, Day 9)
18th - Tony - finklestein123 (Voted Out Day 6/Lost Duel 4, Day 11)
17th - Natalie W - Thumper91 (Voted Out Day 3/Lost Duel 5, Day 14)
16th - Vecepia - Diva1 (Voted Out Day 10/Lost Duel 6, Day 16)
15th - JT - BbDamian (Voted Out Day 17/Lost Duel 7, Day 18)
14th - Ethan - sprtsgy1989 (Voted Out Day 19/Lost Duel 8, Day 20)
13th - Richard - smuguy2012 (Voted Out Day 13/Lost Duel 8, Day 20)
12th - Tina - sjsoccer88 (Voted Out Day 22/Juror 1)
11th - Todd - JesseM (Voted Out Day 25/Juror 2)
10th - Denise - Jenna2010 (Voted Out Day 27/Juror 3)
9th - Danni - SexyTex (Voted Out Day 30/Juror 4)
8th - Boston Rob - unkown (Voted Out Day 30/Juror 5)
7th - Fabio - nickgqc (Voted Out Day 33/Juror 6)
6th - Parvati - Elvira (Voted Out Day 36/Juror 7)
5th - Natalie A - BBlover96 (Voted Out Day 37/Juror 8)
4th - Yul - suzycroatia (Voted Out Day 38/Juror 9)

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Day 39

The final three (Earl, Jenna, Sandra) wake up to their last day in Borneo. They find their final three celebration breakfast in the tree mail. The three of them enjoy the feast while discussing the season and how they were excited to compete against past winners.

After the feast, they each go off alone to work out their speeches. All feel confident in their games enough that they think they can win it all. Afterwards, the gather up their belongings and set fire to their shelter. Before they head out to tribal council, Sandra laments that she couldn't burn a hat this time. They all laugh and head out.

The final three enter the tribal council set with Jeff waiting for them. He signals to let to the full jury enter: Tina, Todd, Denise, Danni, Boston Rob, Fabio, Parvati, Natalie A, and Yul. Once everyone is ready the final three begin their speeches. The jury looks unimpressed by what the finalists have to say. The jury goes one by one to say how the feel about the finalists' games and ask some questions. Todd, Denise, Boston Rob, Parvati, and Natalie A give the jurors a hard time and make them work for their votes. Tina, Boston Rob, and Danni admit that their votes have yet to be decided. The jury applauds Earl for being able to play both alliances and still not be targeted until the end, but Denise, Todd, and Parvati question him about not really playing the game until the final 7. They see him more as a follower this time around, at least for majority of the game. Boston Rob and Parvati applaud Sandra's ability to make it to the end a third time while still maintaining her under the radar status from earlier seasons. They both, though, feel that this style of game play isn't worthy of a third win. Natalie A, Fabio, Danni, and Tina applaud Jenna for lasting as long as she did against all odds. But feel she needed hidden immunity idols to survive. She would have been out at F9 without them. They're not sure if that was good game play or poor strategy that she needed them to make it here. Earl says his biggest game move was making a final three deal with Natalie A and Yul. This allowed him to take over the game at the final 7. He does cite aligning with Sandra/Natalie/Parvati at the tribe swap allowed him to make the merge and thrive during it. Sandra cites her biggest move was helping Jenna take out Natalie. She knew that was crucial in making it to the final three and ruining Earl's final three plans. She also says aligning with Parvati was a risky move because she was target since Day 1. Jenna says her biggest move was the idol play that took out Danni. It was a domino effect that led to Boston Rob's immediate vote out. It allowed her and Fabio another three days to discover the cracks in the majority alliance. She also says voting out Natalie A and Yul was her avenging her allies (Tina, Todd, Denise, Fabio) because they were the two swing votes that resulted in the decimation of her alliance. The jury thanks the final three and Jeff sends them off to vote.

Parvati holds up her vote for SANDRA to win saying, "I feel honored to have played a second time with and to be voting for the Survivor QUEEN to win. Great game, girl."

Fabio holds up his vote for JENNA to win saying, "Who else would I be voting for? We were friends from Day 1 and you're the only other person I'd want to win besides myself. Congrats!"

Yul holds up his vote for EARL to win saying, "It would have been great to go to the end with you, but I'm still honored and proud to vote for a great friend to win."

Once all the jurors have voted and returned, Jeff retrieves the voting urn. He thanks the cast for a great season and heads out with the votes.

--

Jeff enters the stage set of tribal council months later with the finalists and the jury waiting for him. The live studio audience cheers. Once they quiet down, Jeff reveals the votes:

First vote is for: SANDRA (more audience cheering)

Next vote: JENNA (cheering continues)

Next vote: EARL (more cheering)

......JENNA.....

......

EARL.........

......

..........SANDRA

"We have a tie. Two votes Earl. Two votes Jenna. And two votes Sandra. There are three votes left...."

JENNA.......

......

The winner of Survivor: Winners is ..... JENNA!"

The audience cheers and the pre-jurors (Sophie, Kim, Tom, Aras, Tony, Natalie W, Vecepia, JT, Ethan, and Richard) come out to join the jurors and other finalists in congratulating Jenna on her win.

Voting Results:

Tina - EARL
Todd - JENNA
Denise - JENNA
Danni - JENNA
Boston Rob - JENNA
Fabio - JENNA
Parvati - SANDRA
Natalie A - SANDRA
Yul - EARL

Jenna wins 5-2-2!!!

--

Next season: I will be doing another Random.org Survivor. This time it will be a Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty season. The season is completed I just have to randomly assign Tengagers to the characters. (These are randomly named contestants and no returning Survivors) If you want to join the season again let me know! I'll randomly assign you a character.

Thank you to everyone who supported this season, whether by liking, commenting, or just stopping by to read an episode here and there. Thank you so much. I'll be posting the voting history soon.

#survivor
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Survivor: Winners - Finale Part 2 Aug 25, 2015
Rattana (blue merged tribe)
Earl - brandonpinzu
Jenna - Aquamarine
Sandra - BrendonByrne
Yul - suzycroatia

Night 37

The final four return to camp. Earl and Yul applaud Jenna and Sandra for the move to idol out Natalie. With their final three plans ruined Earl and Yul are unsure of who to bring to the final three.  Jenna has at least three built in votes from her alliance and with Sandra's amazing track record with jurors and jury speeches, neither option seems like a great one.

Jenna makes a deal with Sandra to go with her to final three and vote out one of the guys next. Jenna says she's not scared of the fire-making tie breaker. Sandra, in confessional, reveals that she has no intentions of taking Jenna to the final three.

Day 38

The final four wake up to a tree mail for the Rites of Passage for the winners who were voted out before them. At the end their final immunity challenge begins.

They begin their hike which leads them to Sophie and Kim's torches. They say how the feel about each one.

Final Placing:
22nd - Sophie - STOKES2009 (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
21st - Kim - bamold1999 (Voted Out Day 3/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
20th - Tom - Phenomanimal (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 2, Day 7)
19th - Aras - VoLcOmVaNs (Voted Out Day 8/Lost Duel 3, Day 9)
18th - Tony - finklestein123 (Voted Out Day 6/Lost Duel 4, Day 11)
17th - Natalie W - Thumper91 (Voted Out Day 3/Lost Duel 5, Day 14)
16th - Vecepia - Diva1 (Voted Out Day 10/Lost Duel 6, Day 16)
15th - JT - BbDamian (Voted Out Day 17/Lost Duel 7, Day 18)
14th - Ethan - sprtsgy1989 (Voted Out Day 19/Lost Duel 8, Day 20)
13th - Richard - smuguy2012 (Voted Out Day 13/Lost Duel 8, Day 20)
12th - Tina - sjsoccer88 (Voted Out Day 22/Juror 1)
11th - Todd - JesseM (Voted Out Day 25/Juror 2)
10th - Denise - Jenna2010 (Voted Out Day 27/Juror 3)
9th - Danni - SexyTex (Voted Out Day 30/Juror 4)
8th - Boston Rob - unkown (Voted Out Day 30/Juror 5)
7th - Fabio - nickgqc (Voted Out Day 33/Juror 6)
6th - Parvati - Elvira (Voted Out Day 36/Juror 7)
5th - Natalie A - BBlover96 (Voted Out Day 37/Juror 8)

Once they have put the 18 torches into the fire pit, they set them ablaze. The path ahead leads them to their the final immunity challenge.

It is a massive staircase and slide with four different obstacle courses out in front. Starting at the top of the stairs where puzzle stands are, they must go down the slide or poles and go through each obstacle course to retrieve a bag of puzzle pieces, climbing the stairs in between each to take one bag at a time up to the puzzle board at the top. Once all four bags are retrieved they may begin their puzzle. They must complete the puzzle to win the challenge.

Jeff sends them off down the slide/poles to begin the challenge. They each go to a different course. Sandra and Jenna struggle through their first obstacle while Earl and Yul fly through their first to retrieve their puzzle bag. They begin to make the climb as Sandra and Jenna retrieve their first puzzle bag. Earl and Yul are neck and neck near the top when Sandra and Jenna begin their climb up the stairs. Earl and Yul drop their puzzle bags showing signs of fatigue. Sandra and Jenna reach the top of the stairs as Earl and Yul reach their second obstacle course. Jenna reaches her second obstacle course before Sandra. Earl and Yul struggle with their second. Jenna catches up to them both. Earl retrieves his bag first, with Jenna and Yul getting their second just moments after. Earl heads up the stairs first just as Sandra retrieves her second bag. On the way up the stairs Yul bypasses both Earl and Jenna. He drops off his second puzzle bag first. Sandra begins her climb up the stairs just as Yul reaches the bottom of the slide. Jenna drops off her second bag just seconds before Earl does. Yul begins his third obstacle course. Earl and Jenna are right behind. Sandra makes her way down to the obstacle course. Yul retrieves his third bag and heads back. Earl and Jenna retrieve their third bags not long after. As the others head up the stairs, Sandra retrieves her third bag. Yul drops off his third bag first and heads down with Jenna and Earl right behind him. Sandra makes her way up the stairs. Yul, Earl, and Jenna begin their fourth obstacle at the same time. They get their fourth bag at the same time. As they head up the stairs, Sandra begins her fourth obstacle. When they reach the top of the stairs and drop off their puzzle pieces, Sandra heads up the stairs with her fourth bag. Earl/Jenna/Yul begin their puzzles. Everyone struggles at first. Earl gets an early lead finishing nearly half of his puzzle, but Yul comes out of nowhere with a string of pieces placed. Jenna begins to panic a bit. Sandra arrives at the top with her fourth bag of puzzle pieces and begins her puzzle. Jenna gets a few pieces placed. Yul passes by Earl, having placed more pieces. Sandra places a few, getting back in the challenge. Jenna places a few more pieces as Earl and Yul begin to stall. Sandra completely catches up. Suddenly, Jenna and Yul are on a roll and place several pieces, both nearly finished. But Jenna places her final piece before Yul, winning the final immunity challenge and guaranteeing her spot in the final three. Jeff hands her the immunity necklace and the final three applaud her win.

Back at camp, Jenna barely contains her glee over making it to the final tribal council for the second time. She's confident going in because she's played a hard fought under dog game from Day 1. Sandra goes to talk to her and they both agree to vote for Yul this vote. He's played a pretty aggressive, open game and made enough moves to sway the jury. They don't want him there.

Earl and Yul discuss the vote too. They both decide to vote out Sandra, their only option. She's too much of a threat to take to the finals. She's won the game twice and knows how to sway a jury her way. Earl goes off to talk with Sandra while Yul goes off to talk with Jenna.

Yul talks with Jenna about voting against Sandra to avoid a fire-making challenge. There's no telling who would win that. Plus, Sandra is a huge threat. Jenna agrees with his points. This is potentially a million dollar vote. She know Sandra is a threat but so is Yul.

Sandra tries to bring Earl on board to vote out Yul. Earl does not seem interested. She cites that loyalty is a huge thing for juries. Voting together would mean that they have stayed loyal since the beginning. They were on the Samburu tribe Day 1 and then the New Pagong tribe Day 11. Yul's Survivor resume is too good to let him go to the final tribal council. Earl turns her down and says he made a deal with Yul and he has got to stick with it. That would show the jury that loyalty played a big part in his game. He's been working with Yul since the merge. They agree to disagree and wish each other good luck in the tie-breaker challenge.

Jenna tells Yul that she'll vote with him. Sandra is a dangerous competitor in Survivor. They shake on it, but Jenna says in confessional that she's not so certain about the vote still.

The final four head into tribal council. Jeff brings in the jury: Tina, Todd, Denise, Danni, Boston Rob, Fabio, Parvati, and Natalie A. Jeff talks to Jenna first, asking her how it feels to have gone from being the perpetual underdog to having an official spot in the final three. She says it's weird after being an outsider for so long and now everyone asking for her vote. She went from being a target to be an important swing vote. She hasn't really decide which side she will go to. Jeff asks Sandra about the possibility of being in the finals for a third time. She says it's great always being underestimated and the maneuvering her way to the end. She's ready to give her speech again. Jeff turns to Earl, asking how it feels to be this close once again. Earl can't wait to give a speech either. He came out her a second time to win not get voted out. Jeff asks Yul the same question. He says that he wanted to play a riskier game. He had a special idol the first time to sway people to vote along side him. Now he can say he's made it to the end with much less help this time around. Jeff asks about the vote. Jenna reply's that the major alliance of the merge has turned against each other and the vote is still up in the air. Jeff send them off to vote. The four of them go to vote:

Sandra, holding up her vote for YUL, whispers that he's gone too far and played too good of a game to go any farther.

Yul, holds up his vote for SANDRA, and whispers I've made enough risks this game, taking you to the end would be way too risky.

Earl pauses a second before voting, unsure. He places his vote into the urn.

Jenna writes down a name holds it up and whispers: "This is for Tina, Todd, Denise, and Fabio." She puts her vote into the urn.

Jeff retrieves the urn and reveals the votes:

YUL......

.....SANDRA

Jeff pulls the next vote....

YUL....

"2 votes Yul, 1 vote Sandra. If the next vote is for Sandra we'll have our first tie of the season and head into a re-vote."

Last vote....

.....

"Ninteenth person voted out and the ninth and final member of our jury is YUL."

Yul is surprised, compliments the game move, says "thanks for that" to Earl, says his goodbyes, and hands Jeff his torch. Jeff snuffs the torch and Yul heads out to jury.

Jeff congratulates the final three on making it this far. He tells them to prepare for the final tribal council and the final three heads out.

--

Voting Results:

Earl - YUL
Jenna - YUL
Sandra - YUL
Yul - SANDRA

--

Who will win?
Earl? Jenna? Sandra?

The final three will face the jury and the winner will be revealed in Part 3 of the finale!

#survivor
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Survivor: Winners - Finale Part 1 Aug 22, 2015
Night 36

The final five return to camp. Sandra arrives furious that Parvati had been voted out. She goes to talk to Natalie A and about what happened, and in turn they ask her why she and Parvati had voted for Earl. She says she was worried about Earl's game and they cite their worry over Parvati's game. They agree that they need to refocus on getting Jenna out next. When they part ways, Sandra says in confessional that she'd rather team up with Jenna than work with them.

--Survivor Intro--

Day 37

Sandra and Jenna discuss the next vote. Sandra tells Jenna that she's on her side. Jenna thanks her  but worries about the vote because Earl/Natalie A/Yul are not going to budge. Sandra says she think she can get Yul on their side. She just has to talk up Earl and Natalie's games to reiterate how much of a threat they both are.

At the shelter, Natalie A, Yul, and Earl discuss the next vote as well. Jenna is first to go, but if she wins immunity then Sandra goes first. They are excited that they've got a clear path to the final three as long as Sandra or Jenna don't win immunity.

The final five arrives at their next immunity challenge. Everyone excels at the challenge and after a surprisingly close race, Earl wins immunity. Sandra doesn't like the outcome as she wanted Earl to go next and says now she has to go after former ally, Natalie.

Sandra and Jenna discuss the next vote with Yul and attempt to sway him to their side. They discuss the great game that both Natalie and Earl have had. It would be difficult to go against them at the final tribal council. Yul seems to be on board but doesn't give them any guarantees. In confessional, Jenna feels that this might be the end of the road for her. She has the most difficult route to the end, but she's proud of the game she has played regardless.

Yul returns to Natalie and Earl and tells them Sandra and Jenna's plan. Yul admits in confessional that after the discussion he feels like he'd rather take Sandra to the finals instead of Natalie. Natalie has two immunity wins and Redemption Island to present to the jury. Sandra doesn't have that. When Yul leaves them, Natalie says to Earl that she feels like she can't trust Yul. He's been too back and forth the whole game. She says she regrets working with him to vote out Tina. She saved him right there and now he's considering screwing her over at F5.

The final five arrive at tribal council and Jeff brings in the jury: Tina, Todd, Denise, Danni, Boston Rob, Fabio, and Parvati. Jeff talks about the impeding Final Tribal Council and how the next two votes are about who you want to take. The final five all agree that it is difficult because everyone has played a great game. Everyone here is a threat to win. Jeff asks about the remaining hidden immunity and if anyone has found it. No one budges, of course. They do discuss how that could affect this vote because F5 is the last time it can be used. They say they are all worried about what would happen. With that, Jeff has the final five go vote and return. Jeff retrieves the urn and asks if anyone has the immunity idol and would like to play. The final five look at one another in suspicion, while the jury looks on in suspense. After a moment, Jenna stands up and reveals that she has the idol. She hands Jeff the idol and plays it on herself. Jeff says any votes for Jenna do not count. He reveals the votes:

First vote: JENNA......does not count

......JENNA.....does not count......

......JENNA.....does not count.......

.....two votes left.....

NATALIE A.........

.....the eighteenth person voted out and the eighth member of the jury is:

NATALIE A

Natalie stands up, says her goodbyes and acknowledges that that was a great move. She grabs her torch and heads over to Jeff. He snuffs the torch and Natalie heads out to Ponderosa. The jury looks completely stunned.

Jeff sends the final four back to camp.

Voting Results:

Earl - JENNA
Jenna - NATALIE A
Natalie A - JENNA
Sandra - NATALIE A
Yul - JENNA

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Rattana (blue merged tribe)
Earl - brandonpinzu
Jenna - Aquamarine
Sandra - BrendonByrne
Yul - suzycroatia

(Jenna found the last idol on Day 32)

Final Placing:
22nd - Sophie - STOKES2009 (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
21st - Kim - bamold1999 (Voted Out Day 3/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
20th - Tom - Phenomanimal (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 2, Day 7)
19th - Aras - VoLcOmVaNs (Voted Out Day 8/Lost Duel 3, Day 9)
18th - Tony - finklestein123 (Voted Out Day 6/Lost Duel 4, Day 11)
17th - Natalie W - Thumper91 (Voted Out Day 3/Lost Duel 5, Day 14)
16th - Vecepia - Diva1 (Voted Out Day 10/Lost Duel 6, Day 16)
15th - JT - BbDamian (Voted Out Day 17/Lost Duel 7, Day 18)
14th - Ethan - sprtsgy1989 (Voted Out Day 19/Lost Duel 8, Day 20)
13th - Richard - smuguy2012 (Voted Out Day 13/Lost Duel 8, Day 20)
12th - Tina - sjsoccer88 (Voted Out Day 22/Juror 1)
11th - Todd - JesseM (Voted Out Day 25/Juror 2)
10th - Denise - Jenna2010 (Voted Out Day 27/Juror 3)
9th - Danni - SexyTex (Voted Out Day 30/Juror 4)
8th - Boston Rob - unkown (Voted Out Day 30/Juror 5)
7th - Fabio - nickgqc (Voted Out Day 33/Juror 6)
6th - Parvati - Elvira (Voted Out Day 36/Juror 7)
5th - Natalie A - BBlover96 (Voted Out Day 37/Juror 8)

Coming up: the finale continues and at the final immunity challenge it's everyone vs. Jenna

#survivor
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Survivor: Winners - Finale Recap Aug 22, 2015
Much of the pre-merge was dominated by Tina and Boston Rob's opposing alliances. Everyone else either fell victim to their schemes or voted to ensure Tina/Rob were weakened by the time the merge finally came around. Before the tribe swap, Tina led her alliance with her most loyal ally Richard and Boston Rob led his alliance with his most loyal ally, Danni. Kim and Tony were targeted early by Tina's alliance and subsequently voted out and eliminated at Redemption Island. Natalie W, Aras, and Vecepia became early targets of Boston Rob's alliance leading to their early exits from the game. When the tribe swap occurred, Tina and Boston Rob slowly lost their footing in the game. Two new alliances formed on the New Samburu tribe (Denise/Todd/Fabio/Jenna) and on the New Pagong tribe (Parvati/Sandra/Earl/Natalie A). These two new alliances worked to make sure Tina and Boston Rob would not also dominate the post-merge. Finally swapped onto the same tribe (New Timbira), Tina and Boston Rob were granted the chance to take the other out. In one of his major flips this season, Yul sided with Tina and Ethan to take out Boston Rob. Unfortunately for them, Boston Rob was able to utilize Redemption Island to make it to the merge. Even more grim for Tina's game, the New Pagong alliance took out her closest ally, Richard, and he later was unable to win the final Redemption Island duel. Tina also lost Ethan before the merge, leaving her with little to no allies. She sided with the New Samburu alliance at the merge, but it was all for not as pre-swap allies Parvati and Boston Rob realigned to take out Tina and the New Samburu alliance. But the ladies of the New Pagong alliance were not to be trusted and when they felt the moment was right, they voted Boston Rob off and sent him to jury. When it seemed that either Tina or Boston Rob would dominate the entire game, the New Pagong alliance and outsiders Yul and Jenna have outlasted them both.

Sandra - playing a similar game to her first two seasons, she has managed to stay under the radar for majority of the game. Briefly a target of Tina before the tribe swap, she was able to pass the target off to seemingly bigger threats. Joining the New Pagong alliance has been one of her best strategic decisions this season as well as deciding to take out Boston Rob at F8, someone she originally wanted to work with again. As the final tribal council draws nearer, everyone is wary to take her anything farther because of how well she does with the juries.

Yul - he had a more erratic, imperfect game this time around. He flipped from alliance to alliance to whichever suited his game needs at the time. He betrayed Boston Rob pre-merge and then later betrayed Tina at the merge, in effect ruining several other castaways' games. He has solidified a final three deal with Earl and Natalie A believing his more active game has a better chance to sway the jury in his favor over the other two.

Jenna - an underdog and outsider from Day 1, she and her closest ally Fabio were targets of Tina and Richard's alliance in the original Samburu tribe. Luck was in her favor when the tribe swap happened, separating her from those who wanted to vote her out. She was able to form a new alliance with Denise and Todd which helped her survive longer post-swap. At the merge, her alliance was decimated Tina/Todd/Denise were voted out in quick succession. She returned to underdog status once again as the last of her alliance. She had to rely on an idol and social game play to get this far. No one left wants her in the final three because of this.

Earl - he stayed under the radar before the swap and later joined the game's most dominant alliance (New Pagong) after. Once he made the merge, he made it a point to play all sides and be on good terms with those he knew would be joining the jury. He made deals and broke them along his way to the final five. Having solidified his final three deal with Yul and Natalie A, he's got his game figured out, ready to turn on former ally Sandra like he did with Parvati.

Natalie A - while a close ally of Tina pre-swap, she plotted Tina's vote out early on knowing the Survivor legend could play a dominant strategic and social game. Initially wanting to work with her at the merge, she got her wishes and convinced Yul to also turn against Tina, effectively having her voted out. Having already been voted out pre-merge by her New Pagong alliance and returned via Redemption Island, Natalie also has two immunity wins to her Survivor resume. She has the three major aspects of Survivor down (Outwit, Outplay, Outlast) and is excelling even in the final five with her final three deal with Earl and Yul.

No one has an easy path to victory as there a two more immunity challenges, two more tribal councils, and one final hidden immunity is still in play.

Who do you think will win? Find out today! (I'm currently writing the finale posts)

Here's where everything is at leading into the finale:

Rattana (blue merged tribe)
Earl - brandonpinzu
Jenna - Aquamarine
Natalie A - BBlover96
Sandra - BrendonByrne
Yul - suzycroatia

(One of the final five found the last idol on Day 32)

Final Placing:
22nd - Sophie - STOKES2009 (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
21st - Kim - bamold1999 (Voted Out Day 3/Lost Duel 1, Day 4)
20th - Tom - Phenomanimal (Eliminated Day 1/Lost Duel 2, Day 7)
19th - Aras - VoLcOmVaNs (Voted Out Day 8/Lost Duel 3, Day 9)
18th - Tony - finklestein123 (Voted Out Day 6/Lost Duel 4, Day 11)
17th - Natalie W - Thumper91 (Voted Out Day 3/Lost Duel 5, Day 14)
16th - Vecepia - Diva1 (Voted Out Day 10/Lost Duel 6, Day 16)
15th - JT - BbDamian (Voted Out Day 17/Lost Duel 7, Day 18)
14th - Ethan - sprtsgy1989 (Voted Out Day 19/Lost Duel 8, Day 20)
13th - Richard - smuguy2012 (Voted Out Day 13/Lost Duel 8, Day 20)
12th - Tina - sjsoccer88 (Voted Out Day 22/Juror 1)
11th - Todd - JesseM (Voted Out Day 25/Juror 2)
10th - Denise - Jenna2010 (Voted Out Day 27/Juror 3)
9th - Danni - SexyTex (Voted Out Day 30/Juror 4)
8th - Boston Rob - unkown (Voted Out Day 30/Juror 5)
7th - Fabio - nickgqc (Voted Out Day 33/Juror 6)
6th - Parvati - Elvira (Voted Out Day 36/Juror 7)

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Big Brother: Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty Voting History Aug 15, 2015
Here's how everyone voted. Several houseguests were betrayed/turned on each other once the team twist ended. I hope the link works, if not I'll edit the Google doc. The final five (not a five person alliance) dominated the game, including Cecilia and Isabel who both won five Vetoes each. The biggest turning point of the game would probably be Lars and Jamie turning on their old Brains teammates Chandra and Madison. Chandra probably would have went farther had Lars and Jamie not teamed up against her with Marko and Isabel. But Madison was able to avenge Chandra by taking out Lars and Jamie during two of her HoHs. The alliance that dominated the first three weeks of the game was the Brains/Brawn team up who were able to take out three of the Beauty team back to back to back. This Random.org season also had five tie votes and zero unanimous votes.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tq0ZcFGM3pQqnjlPi9a5MywWNPIsgPI56BT-4YSnl3I/edit?usp=sharing

Brains (green team)
Chandra - k4r4k
Jamie - maxi1234
Lars - thesexiestdude990
Madison - Halloween

Brawn (red team)
Cecilia - Kaseyhope101
Conor - Qooper
Hilary - Lucinda
Jaymes - Galaxies
Maryanne - Megan

Beauty (pink team)
Brian - gagaluv
Isabel - lemjam6
Jordan - babiicakes
Marko - go49ers
Verna - deathwish

#BBUS #BB17
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