Warning: This post is full of bitterness. bwahaha.
Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown announced in the Final Encounter with the Jury that the Jury and the Final Four will be voting for the 7th member of the Jury. That was ONE BIG JOKE! Isang malaking kalokohan! The Jury is supposed to be voting for the winner not vote out another castaway. Why? Because it is very natural for the jury members to feel “bitter” “hurt” or whatever drama there is towards the remaining castaways who sealed their fates in the game. Therefore, no matter what the explanation is, the votes of the jury will be tainted. They were once voted out by the remaining castaways so now they have the chance to get back at them and vote out one of the remaining four. This is why Survivor designed the game wherein jury will just vote for the winner. The phase of voting out is already over once the castaway was voted off of the game, that simple. However, for some illogical reasons, Survivor Philippines came up with another twist in the game. Now, the Jury and the Final Four will vote out one of the Top 4 to be the 7th person in the jury. That twist, twisted the game in a very disappointing, annoying and illogical way.
Well, when we heard that twist, we think that’s the most disappointing twist EVER but hey Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown didn’t fail to disappoint us. They had so many disappointing twists prepared for us and now Richard Gutierrez announced that there will be a LIVE VOTING. Jury will vote for the winner LIVE after 3 months!!!! To say that this twist is disappointing is an understatement.
Now, after three months of watching this season  Survivor Finale, the Judgment Day arrived. Final Four Akihiro Sato, Aubrey Miles, Ervic Vijandre and Solenn Heussaff faced again the Jury but they had to know first who’s the 7th member of the Jury based from the voting procedure they did in their last day in the island.
Total of 10 votes, 6 from the Jury and 4 from the remaining castaways. 9 votes has been read, 3 votes for Aubrey Miles, 2 for Ervic Vijandre, 2 for Solenn Heussaff and 2 for Akihiro Sato. Then Richard read the last vote and it was a vote against Akihiro. So there was a tie between Aki and Aubrey. Based on the VTR, the three votes for Aubrey came from Ahron, Elma and Akihiro while the three votes for Akihiro were from Aubrey, Ervic and Solenn (3 out of the Top 4). This is where we see that the twist of having the Jury vote out is definitely unfair. Okay. People now know for sure that Akihiro Sato is the First Celebrity Sole Survivor, I have nothing against him BUT don’t you think his victory became tainted because of the “twist” made by Survivor Philippines? If we will stick with the original rule of the game, Akihiro was actually not part of the Top 3. 3 out of 4 remaining castaways voted against him and with the “real” scenario in Survivor wherein remaining castaways are the ones voting out Akihiro Sato is OUT OF THE GAME. Sensible right? Why did Survivor allow the Jury to vote out? It is not their job. They are bitter and that’s the truth that is why they voted out Aubrey Miles, Solenn Heussaff and Ervic Vijandre while the “Mr.Nice Guy” who “didn’t” do anything wrong to them had no single vote from the jury.
Survivor Philippines Celebrity Showdown ended with Akihiro Sato the “Mr.Nice Guy” emerging as the winner. Yes he played the game well, he was the strongest in physical challenges, he made the Jury believed he is the nicest guy in the game. BUT without the freaking twist in the game. He is DEFINITELY NOT THE WINNER. Aubrey Miles said it right when she said “I feel like I deserve to win” because she is definitely the winner without that twist. That made me conclude that this season of Survivor Philippines is NOTHING BUT A TWIST a TWISTED SEASON OF SURVIVOR!!
Hopefully, we will see the real Survivor game, back next season.
