DANG!  I really thought Amanda was going to win this.  But no.  She played a dumb game of protecting a snake cuz she thought she could beat him.  But the snake again ate the rat.

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They kicked off the finale w/ a Reward Challenge.  They had to climb over their version of the Great Wall & then complete a puzzle.  The prize was an "advantage" for Final Immunity, comfort food.  Pizza, beer, pop & brownies.  Amanda won.  She got to eat her food alone, could pick 1 or 2 others.  She said she was torn.  Denise did choose her for a past Reward but not the last one.  She picked Todd & I groan out loud.  I would have said that since I would have to leave someone out no matter what the fair thing to do was not to pick anyone.  The 3 of them just ate while Amanda just got bitched at for eating too much rice.  Amanda tells us she doesn't trust Todd at all & knows he wouldn't have picked her.  She flat out tells Todd she doesn't trust him when they are alone & that she thinks he would backstab her.  Todd swears on his Mama's life that he is loyal to her [I think he forgets that he was just on a Reward w/ the other 2 talking about voting Amanda out if PG won Immunity.] & wouldn't be cool if he lost to Denise or Courtney.

Denise tells Courtney she wants to vote Todd out.  Courtney said he is a snake.  The other 2 return to camp & Todd talks to Denise while Courtney eavesdrops.  Courtney then tells Amanda about it & while they are talking Todd walks up cuz he is paranoid if they talk w/o him.

They do the whole walking while remembering the fallen & I always hate that part & just fast forwarded through that 10-minutes.  Then they get to Final Immunity.  They have to balance dishes on a balancing arm.  Todd went out first after 9 dishes.  Courtney out at 10.  Denise tries to make a deal w/ Amanda who doesn't bite.  Amanda tried a different tactic too & stacked a bowl upside down & it seemed to really help her.  I felt so bad for Denise seeing the Mean Girls on the sidelines holding hands hoping she loses, which she does.  Denise's dishes fall so Amanda won Immunity. 

Amanda tells Denise she hasn't decided how she is going to vote.  But I was just aggravated this whole time cuz the editing always made it out like there was a chance & yet Amanda always falls in line for Todd.  So annoying.  Denise plays the poor me card & says this is all she has while Amanda has a clothing line & Todd is in L.A. trying to be a star & so on.  She has nothing to go back to but her family & a $7 per hour job.  I know she has to try everything but I was rolling my eyes here.  Some people don't have a husband & kids to go back to & isn't that a good thing?  & I always hate when people think a reality show should be Queen for a Day.  I don't care if you make $7 per hour or are Donald Trump.  If you play the best game you should win.  Denise didn't play the best game & instead let everyone else play her game for her.  She had a golden opportunity to take out the Mean Girls & chose to be their puppet so she has to take her punishment.  Amanda tells us she wants to help Denise but thinks she would be more competition for her to win.

Todd tells Courtney he would be proud to lose to Amanda.  Courtney laughs about Denise & said it isn't welfare & she doesn't deserve the win cuz she sucks at life.  I know many people didn't like that statement but it is so true.  Courtney just put it meaner than I did but it is true either way.

Amanda tells Denise that she has been aligned w/ Todd since Day 1 but would rather have Denise in the Final 3.  I rewound this part a couple times but maybe I heard it wrong but Amanda then tells Denise she can guarantee she won't write her name down.  So what the hell does that mean?  So I thought then if I was Denise I should vote for Courtney if she doesn't say she was voting Todd out cuz then I could at least bring it to a tie.  That was just odd to me unless she didn't say that & I heard it wrong.  Denise said that Amanda has told her she has her back, Amanda says she does, & Denise said she has to prove that.  Amanda then goes to Courtney & suggests voting Todd out cuz he made relationships w/ the jury & they all like him.  Courtney would rather keep him cuz he is a snake but will vote however Amanda wants.

At Tribal Council Denise said she is sympathetic to the jury so is a threat to the Mean Girls.  Courtney made jokes about her "winning personality" being a pro for her w/ the jury.  Denise said that Amanda told her she has her back.  Amanda interrupts saying she said that awhile ago.  Todd makes one of those smug faces he usually makes that makes me want to punch him & he mouths the word "burn".  Probst points that out to everyone.  & it goes down as always & Amanda falls in line w/ Todd & everyone votes Denise out while Denise voted for Todd.

Amanda is upset back at camp that Todd called her out in front of the jury w/ the whole having Denise's back thing.  She is disappointed to have to be in the Final 3 w/ him.  Um, honey?  You so could have changed that so many fricking times.  This is your bed honey.  Todd tells us he wasn't trying to sell her out & it was an accident.  They get food to celebrate F3 & burn their camp/

At Final Tribal Council Amanda said she feels very blessed to be there.  She aligned w/ Todd on Day 1 & they have made it to the end together.  She is not proud of voting out JR, James or Frosti & tells them she is sorry.

Todd said he is stoked to be there.  He thanks them for helping him get there.  He had to lie, backstab & strategize to get there.  This is a game & isn't personal.  He knew he could be the most strategic & this was a dream come true.  Ugh.  Again he is so smug & ugly & I just want to punch him.

Courtney said she isn't a fan of the show & didn't have a strategy.  She was always surprised she wasn't voted out.  She is proud of herself & thinks they should give the little girl a little credit for still being there.

James said he is not a Bitter Betty so asked Courtney what was her best time here.  Courtney said the first challenge & when she realized she wasn't going to be the 1^st voted out.

JR said he has a dilemma cuz he told both Amanda & Todd if they backstabbed him he wouldn't vote for them but he also thinks Courtney isn't deserving.  He asked Courtney why he should vote for her & she said it is Outwit, Outplay & Outlast & she did that.  She also won Immunity, did he?  Oh snap!  He said Amanda told him she wouldn't put his name on a ballot so was she lying or did she go back on her word?  Amanda said she didn't want to vote him out but many others did.  Todd totally played to JR's ego & said JR was coming up w/ ideas & that is what he wanted to do so he had to blindside him cuz he was the biggest threat for him.  He claimed that JR was a great strategic player.  JR is quiet & James laughs that Todd shut him up & he has never seen anyone do that.

PG will vote for who she thinks deserves it the most & not the one who had slid by or brought cuz they were easy to beat.    Todd brags that he didn't slide by & he got Amanda, Courtney & Denise in an alliance & played w/ strategy & The Art of War.  PG told Amanda she is sick of her looking at her w/ doe eyes & sounding apologetic & wants to know her game moves.  Amanda said it was her idea to get rid of James.

Erik wanted to know Amanda's riskiest move.  Amanda said getting rid of James.  She said she thought Todd & James had something so she wanted to break that up.  Erik said that wasn't risky, it was a no-brainer to get rid of the guy w/ 2 HIIs.  Amanda said he could have played one & changed the whole game so it was risky.

Frosti said he loves Todd but doesn't know if he knows him.  Todd said Frosti is a great kid but this is a game & it wasn't personal.  Frosti said Courtney's gameplay interested him the most cuz he knew the other 2 were full of BS but she surprised him & voted him out.  Courtney said everyone was panicked she wouldn't vote him out.

Jaime wanted them all to air out their competitor's dirty laundry.  Courtney didn't want to say anything about Todd so she said he was deserving.  Jaime said more deserving than her?  Todd said Courtney is as much of a liar as he is & she didn't want to be there in the 1^st place.  Amanda said Courtney was ungrateful when she went on Rewards & would complain.  She didn't put her heart into the game.  Todd said he told more lies than anyone but did the dirty work so Amanda could be the nice girl but reap the rewards.  He said he played more strategic than her.

Denise said she is glad they can all look her in the eyes.  She believes the jury would have voted for her.  She said Amanda lied to her.  Todd has a deceptive side & thinks his conscious needs to be cleaned.  She likes that Courtney was honest & said what she meant.

We see Jaime vote for Todd saying he didn't have her vote going into this but he persuaded her tonight.  Erik voted for Amanda saying he can relate to her struggle & thinks she had the best well-rounded game.  Denise voted for Courtney cuz she always told her the truth.  We don't see JR's vote but hear him say that "you" just stole the million dollars & played a good game.  You knew that meant he voted for Todd.

Amanda only got Erik's vote.  I was surprised by that.  I really thought she was going to win.  Courtney got 2 votes & I was surprised she even got one vote.    As I type this I haven't heard yet who was her other vote.  The only votes unaccounted for are Frosti, James & PG.  1 of them voted for Courtney & the other 3 voted for Todd.  TODD WINS w/ 4 votes.  I feel like I did when Richard Hatch won.  Like I need to take a shower cuz he is so dirty.  I am disgusted he won.  Yeah I know, he played a strategic game & blah blah blah.  But dang.  He is such an asshole.  I don't see it as he won though as Amanda lost it.  You can never bring someone to the end thinking they are the most hated & a sure person to beat cuz you just never know.  Todd was an asshole & everyone knew it.  While Amanda acted like she was everyone's friend & then stab them in the back.  So it is more personal even though it's the same game.  Amanda acted like each person did have a chance to sway her & take Todd out & then took the rug out from beneath them.  They knew the Mean Girls were going to vote them out but thought they had a chance w/ her so that made it personal.

Todd said he knew he would do anything to get to F3 & can't believe it worked.  He said it is just a game.  JR said Todd changed his mind at TC cuz he recognized him as the biggest threat so he got his vote.  Todd said he knew he had to play his ego so told him that.  Todd said JR is a good game player but he is better.  Todd said he knew he had to have an alliance on Day 1 so got w/ Amanda.  Then he wanted someone smaller than him so got Courtney.  He wanted to secure his spot & that is why he gave James the Hidden Immunity Idol.

Amanda said she was shocked James didn't play it.  Probst said James has a lot of fan in spit of making the biggest blunder in the history of the game.  He pointed out that there were only 3 TCs left that the HIIs could be played & he had 2 yet didn't play them.  James said he trusted his alliance & it cost him a million dollars cuz he does think he would have made it to the F3 if he had.

Denise was asked why she didn't go w/ PG & Erik.  Denise rambled off some nonsense.  PG said she knew Denise would be out at 4 & thinks her mistake was she kept targeting Todd & maybe if she had suggested voting out Courtney she could have got her.  Denise said she did suggest to PG they vote out Courtney but PG was set on Todd & Denise wasn't going to vote him out.  Probst asked the jury who would have won if F3 had been PG, Erik & Denise & it would have been PG.  I wonder if that shocks Denise cuz she is so deluded to think she had the jury.

Courtney said she is recognized at the restaurant she works at in NYC mostly by kids & thinks it was cuz she wore pigtails & came off as a brat.  She said she hates kids.  She was 93 pounds going on the show & left at 86.  She says she doesn't have an eating disorder & just comes from a small family.  She is proud of herself how she did on the show cuz it isn't her element & she's a barfly.

JR said he loved the way he played & would do it the same way over again.  He left w/ his head held high & is now playing the best poker of his life.

James said people's reactions to him have been nice.  Mostly kids & older guys.  Probst probes & James admits some women too.  How can you not love that guy?  He is this big dude but has the sweetest oh gosh face.  James thinks people like him cuz he has no filter & is real.  Probst points out that James was in People Magazine for "Sexy man of the week".  Then they showed a picture of James as a little kid.  Probst asked James what has been his weirdest experience since doing the show & James said after he digs the graves & sets up the tents & chairs he waits after the service for everyone to leave to bury the casket & this time the Mother & Sister waited & said "It's him" & they shook his hand & he took pictures w/ him.  James told this story w/ a tear in his eye & said he was happy that he was able to make them forget their pain for a second.

Denise said after the show she wasn't able to get her job back as a lunch lady.  The school said she was a distraction cuz the kids would want to talk to her about the show.  So now she is a janitor working different hours so she is missing out on things she wouldn't have before like her kids' sporting events.  I know I made the comment earlier about this not being Queen for a Day but come on.  That is so fricking sad.  I know everyone takes the chance of losing their job doing this show but how can you not feel bad for her?  Probst asked Courtney about her comment saying Denise sucks at life & she does regret it & said she said a lot of stuff w/o thinking.  Denise said it is just a game.  Probst asked Denise about her mullet & she said she has to have short hair cuz of working in a kitchen [but you don't anymore yet you are still sporting the business in the front & the party in the back] but she still wants to be a woman for her husband.  I get what she is saying but how is that a turn on for her husband that she looks like a lesbian?  LoL.

Jaime & Erik did have an attraction on the island but Jaime didn't want it known so they would be seen as a Power of 2.  Their parents live 20 miles apart so they went out to eat w/ them & they are now dating.  Probst asked Erik if he is still a virgin & he said of course.

Probst asked Leslie if her religion was why she was voted out & she said no her mouth got her into trouble.

They had people vote online who should get the Rupert money but they only got $100,000 & not the million he got.  The top 3 were Denise, PG & James.  James won the Viewer's Choice.  Probst said this is live & was told in his ear that Mark Burnett feels bad for Denise so he is giving her $50,000.  I think that is such a nice way to end this season. 

The next one is called Micronesia: Fans Versus Favorites & begins February 7^th.  There will be a tribe of superfans & they will take on a tribe of fan favorites of the past seasons.  1 person from this season will be there.

So another season is done.  I have to say I was so disappointed Todd won.  I really dislike the jerkoff.  I know it shouldn't be about that but can't help it.  He now thinks he is this master game player but it is not his gameplay that won it.  It was the stupidity of Denise, James & Amanda that handed him the game.  Oh well.  I am looking forward to the next season but can't believe I am going to have Survivor, American Idol & Big Brother all on at the same time!

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