As you might have already guessed, this entry is about Survivor Guatemala (episode 13, to be exact). Reality tv has never been this interesting - superstitions now play a major role in determining the winner.

When Cindy won the reward (a spanking new Pontiac Torrent) challenge, she was presented with a dilemma. Quoting Jeff Probst, "In ten seasons of SURVIVOR, the person who has won the car reward has never, ever won the game." Jeff then gave her two choices: She could give up taking the car herself and instead give a new Pontiac Torrent to each of her tribemates.

Choose the latter, you generous souls might say. That was my instinctive reaction too, but given a few seconds to deliberate, I now beg otherwise.

Clearly, as Cindy had said in defending herself, people are not going to give you a million dollars because you gave them a car. If she did sacrifice her car to make the other 4 happy, she might be left with nothing should she be voted out in the coming tribal council, because not everyone is as selfless as how Rafe claimed he is. This was what he said:

"I never would have taken the car for myself."

Hello? Is this Survivor or Miss Universe? Give up a car and get booted out because you are such a pushover? No chance!

The way Rafe yammered on about how he would have granted everyone else the reward really made me question his intellect. If he was the one who had emerged victorious in the challenge (which I presume is 100% of what all others wanted), he would not have received the reward anyway. (Refer to the above line in bold for explanation.) So why did he still kick up a ruckus when he had got what he wanted? He claimed Cindy was a bigger threat than Danni and thus coaxed everone to vote her out. Let's assume that Cindy did give up her car. Would that have made her less of a threat then? I think not. Rather than explaining how big a threat Cindy was, maybe he should have simply said, "I hate Cindy for being such a selfish bitch. Let's kick her ass back to the zoo where she belongs."

Warning: Spoilers ahead
Therefore, it seems pretty apparent that Cindy's departure was inevitable. No doubt it was partly attributed to the jealousy from the other tribemates, and I think it's perfectly justified. Looking on the bright side though, she didn't lose it all. Maybe on the day when the results are revealed, she could drive her Pontiac Torrent and ram it into those who had trespassed upon her. What a way to end the season, eh?

This entry was posted by Kelvin, on Friday, December 9, 2005.