Survivor Nicaragua - finale review...

It was a season that could have been great, but wasn't.

There was such potential for the final episodes with Brenda's conniving, NaOnka's crazy playing, Jane (all that needs to be said there), and Jud / Fabio's insane moments.

But Brenda was booted too soon, NaOnka kind of gave up (even before she quit), Jane was voted off and didn't go completely berserk, and Fabio became normal (and no longer had the love / hate relationship with NaOnka). Add to that the fact that the only big twist (young vs. old) was done away with too soon (and was boring anyways), and this definitely wasn't even close to being one of the best Survivor seasons.

I was very happy with how it ended though. Fabio deserved the win as it seems he was playing throughout the entire game by taking a backseat and making sure he wasn't the one getting voted off. The three consecutive final immunity wins just backed up that he knew what he was doing all along.

I was sad that I took this week off from the station, because I would have loved to interview the winner. But after seeing Fabio talk during the reunion show, maybe it all worked out for the best.

It was nice to see the right person win though! Chase was just too confused and seemed to bumble his way to the end by chance and Sash was too annoying to win. I didn't want Holly to win either had she gone beyond the final four because of how close she came to quitting the game early in the season.

For future seasons, I hope the producers screen the contestants better so they don't get so many people quitting the game. And it would be nice to see less of the usual type of contestants and more characters. The contestants in the early seasons were a lot more memorable. And no more celebrities! Maybe football fans loved seeing Jimmy Johnson on Survivor, but he was an unbelievably boring contestant.

It's rumored that two past Survivor contestants might return for Survivor: Redemption Island. That sounds fun, as long as it's not an entire cast of returning players.

We'll find out soon. For now, a break from reality TV for me until Survivor, Amazing Race, and The Apprentice returns. In the meantime, enjoy the holidays! Instead of reality show posts, I guess it'll be more about music and other random (and probably weird) things the next few weeks.