My dreams have come true!

That's right, folks. Russell vs Boston Rob. I didn't even watch the last season, but you can bet I'm gonna watch this one! There was even a FB page made asking for this last May. February 16th needs to hurry itself up.

If the winner has to be one of these two (and not one of the 16 new players), who would you pick?

Outwit, Outplay... Out-Jesus?

Based on the Jury's criteria for who should win, I think this would be a more appropriate slogan. It bothers me greatly that the game is played one way and then judged another. This isn't the "who gives the most hugs" competition.

This season of Survivor proved to me one thing: people are hypocrites. They all lie, back-stab, form alliances, deceive, etc. If they don't they align with someone who does or they leave the game early. That's how the game is played. Yet when jury time comes around they act like they don't. Take the hero fan favorite Rupert for example. He gets up at Tribal Council and talks about how Russell took the easy way out by lying, deceiving, manipulating, etc and that the real difficult thing is to remain honest. Yet then at the reunion show he gets up and says "I stole, I lied, I manipulated, and I was one of the heroes! The game is what the game is." Everyone does it and it's wrong to deny that.

Last season Jeff said "I think Russell was the victim of a jury of bitter people. If I were playing Survivor, no matter how much I despised someone, if they kicked my ass in the game I would give it to them. Period. Outwit. Outplay. Nobody outwitted or outplayed Russell. Not even close." and I think that holds up just as well now. It shouldn't be about making friends, that isn't one of the three terms used in the slogan.

Instead they are Outwit, Outplay, Outlast. That should be the criteria the jury uses to name the Sole Survivor. But what do they mean?

Well, to me Outwit is about strategy. Who is the one who was able to keep everyone on their toes? Who found the most hidden idols? Who was running the show and blindsiding people left and right? That person has Outwitted the others.

Outplay is about the physical elements of the game. Who has won the most challenges? Who has helped build shelters? Who can you count on to pull their weight? That person has Outplayed.

Outlast is kind of tricky. Technically all three of the finalists have outlasted. But which one was on the chopping block the most times and yet still lasted? Sandra said herself that she tried her hardest to get rid of Russell three times and yet he made it all the way. While they didn't really want Sandra there, she mostly flew under the radar. There was always someone else just a little bit higher up on the hit-list than her.

I agree with Russell that there is a flaw in the game. The jury gets to pick whoever they want, for whatever reason they want, and that isn't fair. Russell says to bring in America, let them vote. Turn this into Survivor Idol. That I don't agree with. I do think they should keep the jury because they see things we don't. But instead of just letting them pick randomly, they should score the finalists. Have them fill out a questionnaire about them. "On a scale of 1-10 how strategic was Pavarti", "On a scale of 1-10 how instrumental was Sandra in challenges", "On a scale of 1-10 how helpful was Russell around camp", "Rank the 3 finalists in order of who you would least like to go up against again (#1 gets 10 points, #2 gets 6 points, #3 gets 3 points)", etc. Then whoever has the most points in the end wins that persons vote.

What do you think?

Oh Russell, what have you done?

Russell is probably the best Survivor contestant ever. I haven't seen all twenty seasons, but I've seen enough to know that no one plays like Russell. Unfortunately, I think this has gone to his head a little.

Tonight was an episode of mistakes of historical proportions. First off the Heroes were/are mistakingly under the impression that there is an all girls alliance over in the Villains tribe. Russell is the only man left, after two strong male players being voted off consecutively ("Boston" Rob and Coach). In truth Russell is actually the leader of his own harem. :D

Not knowing this J.T. offers up his tribes Immunity Idol! Anyone who saw last season, Survivor: Samoa, would know that Russell is in fact the unofficial king of Immunity Idols. He has already used them to his advantage in this season, giving his Idol to Parvati in order to vote off Tyson. All he has to do is use this one to vote of Parvati and he automatically gains the trust of the Heroes, which will be important after next week's merge. But does he do it? No! He tells her that they gave him the idol! What an idiot. He is blinded by his trust for her and has lost site of the game. She is too strong. This was his one good chance to vote her off and gain the trust of five other people in one fell swoop and he blew it! It would have been so terribly easy for him to convince Courtney and Sandra (as they would be on the chopping block otherwise), and Jerry as well because she isn't terribly loyal to anyone. But he didn't and now he will have to explain to the Heroes next week why Parvati is still there.

Russell, you frustrate me greatly.