after four seasons of survivor (marquesas, all stars, heroes vs villains and redemption island), one of the show's most popular player rob mariano is finally declared the sole survivor. rob won via a 8-1-0 jury vote over phillip and natalie, respectively, of the strong ometepe alliance.the finale started with the last duel in redemption island. it was a balancing challenge, with one castaway going back to the game and the other three being the next members of the jury. grant was the first one to be eliminated, followed by matt and then mike. surprisingly, it was andrea who came back to the game.
in the next immunity challenge, which involves balancing on the beam, getting bags of puzzle pieces and arranging 100 tiles in order, ashley won the challenge. in a bold move, andrea attempted to get the girls together for the all girl alliance and vote rob off, which stirred camp a bit. in tribal council, rob played the immunity idol and andrea was voted off, 4-1.
the last immunity challenge was a maze and puzzle challenge. it was a close fight between rob and ashley since ashley's strategy in the maze was to follow rob. but in the end, rob and ashley decided to work together but only one can win. and it was boston rob who wins immunity. in the tribal council, they decided to vote out ashley; making rob, natalie and phillip the final three.
at the last tribal council, both natalie and phillip admitted that they owe their spots in the final 3 to boston rob. it was basically a show of how weird phillip is, how natalie showed his loyalty to rob and how magnificent rob is. it was no surprise that rob won via a landslide, 8-1-0; with ralph's vote going to phillip.
i think rob also holds the record of having played the game the most number of days with 117 days. he also joins his wife, amber in the winner's circle after amber won in the all star season with rob being the runner up that season where their romance started.
in my personal opinion, i think the jury got this one right. rob really played the best this season, even his best game in his four seasons. i already said this in an earlier post that rob deserves to win this season.
in the reunion special, the sprint fan favorite was announced who will win USD100,000. this season's fan favorite is still rob mariano. it was a close fight between him and matt, with 40% and 36% of the votes respectively. david also proposed to another survivor alumae, carolina who was voted out first in survivor tocantins.
it was also announce that season 23 will be in samoa or the south pacific. same format as this season, with the redemption island and 2 returning survivors getting another shot at the title.
