Hey jury! Before I start my speech, I would like to congratulate my friends, Brad and DJ, on their accomplishment of making finals. And, I would like to thank the jury for taking the time to read my whole speech lol. So here it is:
I came into this game as the guy who probably shouldn’t have qualified for All Stars, but did anyways… so like Kaysar from BB6. But, unlike Kaysar, I didn’t get evicted before jury again… I made it to finals. Along the way, I had to make a lot of bold moves to ensure that I had a shot at winning the entire game. From the very beginning, I decided that I would lay low and show up to challenges when I could. I never ignored this game, but I didn’t play it hard because it’s unwise to start off the game going all out. Off the bat, I was in danger as I aligned with Rab. Rab was a major target from his original season, but I knew I could trust him. Unfortunately, everyone else wanted him out. And after the only tie in the season, I switched my vote and voted him out. After that, I decided that I wouldn’t pose much of a threat by talking to people here and there voting people when necessary. Everyone wanted to use my vote. I used this to my advantage. When I reached the awkward duo stage, me/Robby made a connection and he created an alliance with me/Brad. I knew that Robby would become a target before I would, so I used the alliance to my advantage and road his coattails. Me/Brad got closer in the meantime. When Robby got blindsided, I knew it was time to play for myself so I constructed a plan of how to make the end. First step – get rid of Noah. Noah was a very powerful person in the game at the time and I knew that I had 0% chance of winning against him. You guys may ask why I didn’t target Sam first. But, #1 Sam returned and a lot of people in jury are hesitant to vote for returnees and #2 after talking with DJ, I was placed into an alliance with Sam/DJ/Brad. I knew that I could use this to my advantage if Sam won immunity. Fortunately, me/DJ won immunity and Noah got voted out. I contacted Bobby around this point and aligned with him hoping that me/him/Brad would make the end. However, I knew I couldn’t get him to stay during the next vote because it would have caused unnecessary waves in the f4 alliance since Sam won immunity that day. Still, I was planning to blindside Sam at the next elimination. I contacted Aydan soon after and he basically told me he did nothing all game and I had his vote to control. When Brad won immunity, I took the opportunity and me/Brad/Aydan voted Sam out. At final 4, I had no idea who I wanted in the end besides Brad. I liked both Aydan and DJ. Fortunately, I won immunity so at least me/Brad could definitely make the end. However, I had to make a tough decision with who the third person would be. With help from Brad, we decided that there was nothing to dislike about Aydan and we got him out. Now, I’m sitting here in the final 3. This season started off with 25 castaways and I managed to survive 19 tribal councils (22 eliminations). I didn’t play an amazing game, but I did what I had to do to make the end and have a shot at winning. You don’t have to like what I did, but what I did got me here and I’m proud of it. This is the first finals that I have made and I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished. May the best man win. :)