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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: First things first.
I thought it looked good.
No look, this last episode was action packed.
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There were a lot of different ways this episode could have been played out on television.
For obvious reasons, keeping the audience guessing who the boot will be is always going to take precedence.
Heres where it got tricky.
At the immunity challenge, we had to sit one person out.
Everybody agreed that Chelsea should sit out because she wasnt our strongest swimmer.
I couldnt argue with the group for obvious reasons.
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I have seen the merge on television 100 times.
And now I am living this moment for myself.
The entire first half of the game, we are all thinking about making the merge.
Now you have options.
You also get to let your guard down for a few minutes while everybody enjoys a mega feast.
But only for a few moments because this is the inception of phase 2 of this game.
This is where true gamesmanship begins.
There was a Bradley/Kellyn dynamic.
This was the real showmance of the season.
And Bradley talkedSurvivora lot around camp.
His knowledge of the game was beyond comprehension.
He would spit out stats and openly discuss past strategies a lot.
It actually surprised me how much he knew and how openly he discussed it.
Another observation I made was that Bradley eliminated Brendan and Stephanie, both who are parents.
I felt so strongly about taking him out before the merge.
So long story short, Bradley was a huge strategic threat in this game.
I believe him and Kellyn would have run this game post-merge.
And this is the real reason he went home.
I could not let this opportunity slip through my fingers.
Lets get into your big war against Chris.
Obviously, you made the comment at the start of the season questioning his decision-making at that opening challenge.
Watching that challenge was not enough for me.
I needed to participate in something or I was going to explode.
It just took over me.
I couldnt have stopped it from happening if I tried.
But my argument was not that Chris should not have pulled the lever during the puzzle.
My actual argument was that Chris chose the wrong person to do the puzzle.
Now, of course, I didnt know anything about Dez at this point.
Nothing about Dez gave me an impression that she would be good or bad at puzzles.
There was one person who left an impression on me in the pregame and that person was Bradley.
I would watch Bradley and knew this guy was highly intelligent.
I observed the books he read and his mannerisms.
But I wasnt given an opportunity to really elaborate.
And so began the war between Dom and Chris.
We both have too much pride.
Chris comes from a very competitive background with all of the sports he has played in his life.
I could not figure him out.
For some reason, he has the ability to throw me off my game.
I absolutely agree with that statement.
But like I said, Chris really confused me.
I tried so many different tactics to win Chris over but nothing was working.
So, I went to work on making the fake idol.
Now everybody is asking, Why show him a fake idol with the real idol document?
And there was no way in hell I was handing over my real idol to him.
So was it worth it?
Would I ever do anything like that again?
Most likely, yes!
Speaking of Chris, Donathan seemed pretty torn whether to side with you or your arch nemesis.
I want to say that he would have sided with me.
But I had no idea about this big heartfelt conversation that he had with Chris in that episode.
I was blown away by that.
So, its really hard to say which way Donathan would have leaned.
We were back at camp getting ready to start munching down our reward.
But when we got back to camp, the tribe elected Wendell to make the sandwiches for everybody.
PB&J ratios were being compromised with each sandwich he made.
Of course I opened my mouth and tried to correct the situation.
A truly eye-opening moment in the game for me.
As far as regrets?
I would say my only regret at this point was raising my hand on day 1.
But if I didnt, we wouldnt have this huge clash that is about to go down.
So good for the show?
Good for my game?
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