Survivor China 2007 Finale!

Denise was bounced out of the line, taking Jean and Lisa with her.

Some Survivor Finale thoughts:

What I learned from Survivor China:

Don't trust bitchy airline stewards
Never put real money on the old hick
Lunch ladies don't like yucky food
Never assume that there is a limit to stupidity
Whenever someone says "I haven't decided who to vote for", it's you

My ten-year-old daughter had the following revelation as the show started: "I have the rest of my money on a flight attendant!"

Courtney shares with us that her strategy is to "slip through the cracks". Well, if anyone can slip through something, it's Courtney.

The rewards challenge is a complicated puzzle challenge for pizza, beer, soda and brownies. I think the winner will have a bit of regret that Peih-Gee isn't around to screw.

I like how in the beginning of the season when Jeff asks whether they are ready for a rewards challenge and they all yell and whoop it up. Now near the end they just sort of smile and nod.

Part of the challenge was to build a kind of bridge to run across. Somewhere Dave is saying "Man! If only I coulda held out eight more weeks!"

Todd moans that he wants the brownies sooooo bad! Must be fudge brownies.

Amanda wins the reward, and after much deliberation, chooses Todd to share the feast. Courtney has the audacity to act indignant.

I couldn't help thinking that Amanda should have made the one she chose swear not to vote her off. Didn't work for Yao-Man, but maybe one of them has an actual shred of dignity.

She shares with Todd that she doesn't trust him. Todd has the audacity to be appalled.

I figure it must be late in the season...I can now understand Denise when she talks.

Ah, the old remembrance walk...I can't wait to get to one where someone says "now, who was that guy again?"

Ashley reminisces about her time at Survivor "I can't wait to tell crazy stories about Survivor to my grandchildren". I would think that her time as a professional wrestler might be more interesting.

Todd, about Jaime: "you were like always havin' your favorite piece of gum in your mouth." Say, what?

The immunity challenge is a balancing/endurance event. After 30 minutes in the heat, I suspect Todd is wishing he had his Elmer Fudd hat.

I suspect it would be a bad time for an earthquake.

Courtney struggle mightily. I was pretty sure she was going to puke or pass out.

Amanda wins! Denise makes a smart play to try to cut a deal with her, but Amanda wouldn't fall for it. I think that was her only shot.

Back at camp the producers do their best to try to make us think that Denise might not be voted off. Fat chance.

Courtney weighs in with a Survivor hall of fame quote: "She shouldn't win just because she sucks at life...this isn't welfare!" and follows up, quite unnecessarily with "I'm the biggest bitch on the planet". She certainly has my vote.

Amanda worries that "everyone likes Todd". Really? Seriously?

Denise adds her last Survivor quote "It's hard to break in even when you're in". That's more like it.

Amanda tries to weasel out of previous commitments with Denise "when I said I had your back, I did...just not TODAY."

In what shouldn't have been a surprising vote, Denise was put down.

Amanda also weighed in afterward "I think I have a 33% chance of winning". Yup.

The individual monologues to the jury are always enjoyable. Mostly it's to people you screwed telling them it was part of the game.

It's absolutely killing Jean-Robert that Courtney has made it this far.

James makes a late entrance to the Survivor Hall of Fame quote: "I'm not a bitter Betty."

Courtney takes Jean-Robert's question as an opportunity to rip him "I've won a challenge...have you?" Ouch.

J-R rails at Todd that his strategy was all bad and he should have voted off James instead of him. Um. Who's in the final three, J-R?

Erik still doesn't understand why the strategy of trying to vote off James (with his two hidden immunity idols) was risky. Good thing he's nice to look at.

Frosti, wearing a belt buckle the size of Courtney, refers to himself in the third person. Interesting.

Denise eschews the opportunity to ask a question and belly aches about how the three weren't fair or honest. I wonder what Peih-Gee thinks of that.

Todd wins the whole enchilada over Amanda and Courtney!

Congratulations to Louisa and Glenda for their big win!

It's always funny to see the survivors after they fatten up and put on makeup. Amanda looks like Peg Bundy.

Courtney looks a bit like a Courtney Love. That's probably not a good thing.

Todd kinda has an Elvis thing going on.

Jeff gives a shout out to Courtney for the most one-liners for the season. Looking over the blog entries for the season I think James gave her a run for her money.

The winnings have been posted on http://www.woltermanns.com/misc/survivor_2007.htm and I'll have checks out ASAP.

Thanks all for playing! I hope you had a great time and that you'll be back for another round.

Send on your suggestions for the next season!

See you next season on....Survivor!