I was so pleased with this season's Survivor show, and very happy about the winner. When it was down to the last 4, I thought either one of them was deserving, in various ways. I think Steven's character did show at the time when he lost and was just glad he no longer had to worry about who to pick for the final two. He no longer had to pick it, but JT had that tough decision to make. The hard part of this game is near the end when you need to vote off people that you have really gotten to know and even depend on. It was almost like a Cinderella ending, with the "Happily ever after!" Now we can imagine the rest becoming a big sucess with a happy fulfilling family........

I'm happy with the outcome also. Although, Keith was my first choice all the way. I say stay out of the audience. Talk to the finalists and the jury. I also think Missy should have been pulled, absolutely, totally unfair for someone to stay who can't even compete. That was total BS. Raven, I said the same thing to DH, Alec looks like he just smoked a fattie and is higher than a kite. But, he looked like that the entire time, at all the tribals, at ponderosa and at the finale. Dude needs to concentrate hard on closing his mouth. Absolutely LOVED Reed's speech. He was spot on. I choked when Missy sat there and said I had all my alliance people in line and told them all what to do and how to vote.....puh-lease! haha Can't wait til Feb! Thank goodness no returning players.

Here's what Alison had to say in her interview afterwards. https://ew.com/tv/2018/12/20/survivor-david-vs-goliath-alison-raybould-finale/ "Wow. What happened to you up on that perch in the water? You couldn’t get your balance. What was going on? Well, first of all, I’m deathly afraid of heights. And so standing on a 15-foot-high whatever it was was just terrifying to me. But secondly, the last time I had eaten anything truly substantial was the wrap, which I vomited up. So I had reason to believe I had severe electrolyte abnormalities, including low magnesium. Which leads to muscle twitching. Which leads to me not being able to stand on a balance beam or all the endurance games that we had this season or the stand on a tiny perch in the middle above the water."

I don't know what Erika did that Xander didn't to win Survivor except that she went to Exile Island and broke an hourglass. Big whoop! They both won two challenges and survived being on the bottom, but Xander found an idol that caused him to lose his vote and he still survived. I think the rest of them may have had a personal dislike for Xander but I don't see why. And poor Xander, even at the final tribal he thought Ricard was looking out for him when he whispered "Play your idol." Ricard was irrationally upset with Xander for not playing his idol for him and assuring him a spot in the final three and therefore the million dollars. Ricard would have never played his idol for Xander. I hope Xander sees him in a true light now after watching the show.