Hi guys, so I first want to start by saying that I have had so much fun playing this season and it was a pleasure playing with all of you. I would also like to thank the hosts for putting on an amazing season!! Now let’s get to my game, like any player who has made it far in this game there were aspects of luck that allowed me to get here. Looking at the pre-merge I was extremely lucky to not go to tribal but luck wasn’t all that saved me from tribal council pre-merge. I was an integral part of my tribes success but it was a large group effort. During the merge I did what I usually do in games, I try and build relationships with people and for the most part I did, and that is my view in the game, the personal relationships are the ones that tend to focus on and although I didn’t do that with all the people I was on tribes with I feel like I did that with most people. Coming into this season I didn’t know a lot of people, in fact I knew of 4 people, Ry, Hunter, Nathan and Aren. I had a strong relationship with Ry and that was one I wanted to keep secret because I didn’t want to be seen as a pair. I knew Nathan and Hunter and I have played with them before but I didn’t know where I stood with them and Aren and I played on a season where he was eliminated first so we never got to form a relationship back then. But other than that I knew nobody and nobody knew me, and that scared me! I was playing a game where everyone knew everyone so I was seen as an easy out and that is exactly why I was happy I never went to tribal until the merge. I was seen as an easy out as I knew people like Josephine were wanting me out at tribal. But thankfully I never had to go to tribal until the merge. At the merge I had been forging a strong relationship with Julia who had been giving me information about the other people in the game and I really was upset and shocked when Julia was voted out because I felt like she was what I needed to play my game successfully and she was honestly the only person I trusted. My vote for Joan at the next tribal came after Cali came to me and exposed the game Joan was playing. During this time Jenna, Charlie and I formed what I thought was an alliance and it was something that I was 100% loyal to, I never spoke to anyone about what was said in the group chat that we had. It then came to the Cali vote wherein I did vote for Cali, because I was assured that the alliance between myself, Jenna and Charlie was secure and then my loyalty was questioned and I realised that if they don’t trust me then I should take my game into my own hands. Jenna had to go, for my game it was the best decision for me. The next tribal is where Trent and myself really got together and along with George we sought to get out Aren who we thought was being being controlled by the Charlie/Zak contingent and unfortunately that didn’t go our way and George was voted out which really upset me because I didn’t want George gone and I felt like after Julia, George was one of the only people I trusted. Next came one of my biggest regrets in the Andy vote, I wish you an I stuck to our plan and voted for Zak! I was super upset when you left. Moving forward to the Nathan vote out, I struggled hard with that vote, I didn’t want to write your name down and that is why I took forever to send my vote in, from the merge I wanted to go to the end with Nathan, I genuinely didn’t want to write your name down. I was struggling with your vote off, I was essentially being forced to put your name down because for some reason Trent didn’t want you in the FTC. I was uncomfortable, I wasn’t being listened to and I, like most instances in the game I was shut down. Which led to me falling asleep before I could vote. People thought they could control me, I wasn’t controlled. I always voted in a way which benefitted me. I didn’t vote people out who were an asset to me. Once people show me they didn’t trust me or they showed me that I wasn’t a part of their plan I wasn’t working in their best interests. I knew that my best bet was to be that guy that people thought they could tell their plans to and just think that I would listen to them and be their little lapdog. People tried to control my vote throughout the game and I let them think that but nobody can say that I was someones puppet, I played my own game and sure I might have turned my back on people but I only turned my back on people after they did the same. I started this game on the back foot, I came in knowing next to nobody, I was seen as expendable and I was seen as wishywashy. I admit I didn’t play the best game and I didn’t play the flashiest game but I did play the game, my game was quiet and calculated, I focused on relationships as I knew those would get me far in the game and regardless of how I feel about some of the thing that have been said about me in game I do genuinely like all of you.
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Thanks George! <3
I'm super glad I got to meet you too! I had to "Keep the Faith" after you left and it was so hard!
Julia!!!!
Hi!
So first off, Trent consistently using that self vote as one of his main points in his argument is insulting not only to me but to the jury, I have explained thoroughly the reason behind that. It wasn’t strategic, it wasn’t me saying that I didn’t care about this game, it wasn’t me not making a decision. It was me having a life and with the deadline at 6:30 am I obviously wasn’t awake when the hosts reminded me. And furthermore his answers have consistently tried to shade me in not trying in challenges and speaking to everyone. I did try in every single challenge except one. I didn’t do that lip-synching one because I was studying for an exam. Other than that I tried my hardest in everything. I spoke to everyone and tried to form relationships so I just want you to know that.
As for your questions
1. I did realise early on that I would be better off playing an UTR game focussing more on relationships and tried to keep my name out of people’s mouths. I realised that this game had people with big egos that needed to be stroked, case in point Trent, so I guess what stopped me from controlling the vote was the fact that I didn’t see the need to “control” the vote. In saying that I was never a “lapdog” I voted the way I wanted to vote, when I voted I took all the situations into my decision. I had opportunities sent to me and I said the words “you are the first one to ask for my opinion” to various people.
After you were voted out I knew that playing this overtly strategic game would get me sent out.
2. I do admit that I did do things wrong in this game, I did lie to many people and that is seen with people perceiving me as a “flip flopper” so if I were to change something it would be the fact that I could have been a little more transparent but by saying that if I were more transparent I could have been targeted. I do also wish that I was more vocal, the jury seems to care more for a game that is flashy and big and if I was more vocal I could have shown that.
3. To make the case for Charlie, as someone who places an importance on the social side of the game Charlie showed his prowess in that aspect of the game. He was always nice even when you had recently voted against him. He also did amazing in challenges and when he was voted out he still kept a sense of decorum.
4. Let’s start with this, I genuinely did like Zak at the start. He seemed like a nice, funny person with a cute ass cat but then I had heard that he thought I was a bitch and a chore to talk to. So if I was gonna call him a bitch it would be because he exhibited bitchy behaviour towards me.
Hey! Okay so, first I want to clear a few things up. I am not Trent's follower, if I wanted to move around I had the brain capacity and the nerve to do it. Trent believing that he ever controlled my vote is insulting. Moving onto the self vote that everybody seems fixated on. I want you to understand that I have a life outside playing this game and I consider that life to be more important, it was my sisters birthday weekend and I was out and drinking so forgive me if my life got in the way. During that time I wanted to get rid of Zak mainly because I don't like Zak and also because I felt like Nathan deserved it over Zak. The fact that everyone else is so angry over this final 2 that it's not deserved well sure I didn't make any flashy moves but that doesn't equal undeserving.
I was proactive in this game by realising that this game is full of big characters who want to make a name for themselves by making these huge moves or by being cocky assholes who try to portray that they're "iconic young gays" who are rude just for the sake of being rude as we have seen.
Trent and I never discussed a vote until it was the vote where George got blindsided. So as much as he likes to claim he got me to vote for Jenna that's a lie. Like I've stated my vote for Jenna came about after she questioned me about leaking information, which btw i never did, once that was done I was no longer working with her and that's when I started talking to George and the opportunity came up to get rid of Jenna which I took. Trent had nothing to do with my vote that round and as much as he likes to think he never controlled how I was voting moving forward.
Why was I brought back? Well I was approached in February to play this game and initially I was unsure because I know how catty these games get and I didn't want to be a part of that. Jumping forward to April I got the application sent to me by two hosts and I thought about it and spoke to my friend about it and I decided to give it a go and apply. In IDS I played a social game with some okay performances in the challenge but eventually it was an old grudge that got me eliminated. I kept a rapport with the hosts and some Of the cast in IDS so I feel like that might have been the reason I was cast.
Let's go to the F2 comparisons. I first like to point out that Trent calling me crabby is the funniest thing I've ever heard. I'm not crabby, I never showed my frustration to anyone. Trent is trying to paint a picture of him being an angel and myself being a devil or something and that's pathetic. I wanted to cuss out Trent countless times but decided against it. Moving on, Guatemala is one that sticks out to me. Trent, like Stephanie, is loud, rude, believes that everything has to go her way and shuts people down if they go against her. Dannii played more along the lines of my game. I was quiet in this game, I tried to keep a low profile because I knew I was surrounded by people like Zak and Trent who were all for big moves. If I wanted to make big moves I would have, I felt it was necessary for me to make subtle decisions as to not turn the attention my way. I, despite what Zak and Trent think, think I did have a social game and that's where I kept my stock. I wanted to know more about you and your life because that's what I was interested in.
I hope I answered your questions!
Hey so first I want to clear a few things up. Up to that point where you were voted out I wasn't used by multiple alliances. I voted for Aren and Joan in the first two tribals. Why? Well with the Aren vote I voted that way because myself and Julia were talking and I thought we were close so we decided together that voting Aren would be the best idea for us. She was gone and at that point she was the only person I really trusted. Next the Joan vote came through Cali and the fact that everyone voted for Joan you can't say that I was being used. The next vote I voted out Cali, in fact mine was the first Cali vote posted. This was when I decided to go with Jenna and Charlie and I stuck with them again with your vote off. So up to this point I hadn't been constantly flip flopping. In fact this was the first flip I ever did. I "flipped" on Cali because she had shown me that she wasn't looking out for me. And again this self vote that everyone brings up. You do all realise that wasn't intentional? The deadline was at 6:30am my time. I don't wake up at 6:30.
Now to the questions, When I flipped, and this is the only flip that I think counts, on Jenna and voted her out I think that was my biggest move. Trent thinks he is the one who made this move and essentially made me vote for Jenna but yet again he tries to take credit for my brain. My biggest mistake is something that I can own. I own that I wasn't vocal and aggressive to the point I was voted out like many people in this game. In a game where people are so fixated on big moves I lack in that area. Trent believes that I follow his every word and he's wrong. It pisses me off that people like Trent, who consistently shut down ideas that weren't his believes that I followed him. I didn't. And I should mention again because I don't think people like Trent can comprehend. I. DIDNT. SELF. VOTE. INTENTIONALLY. Jesus fucking Christ. If Trent was so secure in his game he should have taken Zak or Nathan to the end. But he didn't. He took me, someone who he thinks is a sheep. He also thinks that I wasn't nice or spoke to people and yet again he's wrong. Trent is the kind of person who bully's people into doing things and that's what he tried to do to me all game.
Julia - She's Lil from PI in the sense that she was written off by the stronger players that felt like she was annoying
Joan - you're bitter, like Jerri was in all stars. But you're more like Abi, when things don't go your way you get pissed.
Cali - Lydia, you are smart and you focus on relationships.
Miguel - I could kiss your ass and everyone else's ass by saying nice things about you and everyone else by comparing you to Ciera, but you're not. You tried to make solid relationships and it worked for a bit but it didn't work long enough. You're Margaret from Guatemala.
Jenna - You are actually Tasha but because after questioning my loyalty you still tried to get me to vote one way. Kinda like she did in the merge in Cagayan. Your distrust is essentially your downfall.
George - Brian Corridan. You were targeted because you were smart and sociable. You scared the other people on the tribe and they voted you out.
Andy - You were like Tyson becAUSE in that vote you made a decision wherein you could have changed your fate
Aren - You were like the mentality of Sandra 2.0 but the game play of Shii-Ann
Charlie - the best strategic player and the best physical in the game and for that you're like Parvati who is strong in both areas
Nathan is Cirie, there's not doubt about it. Your strategic game and your focus on relationships coupled with your intelligence.
Zak is Russell. You're abrasiveness and high sense of self importance really let's that comparison speak for itself.
Hey Nathan,
So my biggest regret in this game? Well I have a lot of regrets one of them being the fact that I wasn't vocal and aggressive enough. I tried to be vocal, I tried to be aggressive in my gameplay but was shut down at every opportunity. So I turned to pleasing the egos of the people I worked with. People see me as someone who followed Trent and Trent himself thinks that he essentially "owned" my vote which is untrue. The only vote I regret was the vote in which you were voted out. I wish I sent my vote before I fell asleep. But other than that I don't regret the votes I made.
Okay so first off, we will be in Melbourne. So it's a cold winters morning so we will start with drinking a hot chocolate with cinnamon because of the fact that you gave me that idea, I've had it and it's so amazing! So we will drink that to get our bodies all warm! We will then go to the Royal Botanical Gardens which is beautiful in winter and we can walk around talking about Drag RAce and all these fun things and take amazing photos where we look amazing! Lunch time we will go to my favourite Lygon St for some amazing Italian food! I'll have the pizza and you'll have some amazing pasta we will be drinking at least two bottles of white wine!! Next after a big lunch we will go shopping at Chadstone to burn off the food we just ate! We will go to Burberry, Chanel and all the luxury stores but we probably won't buy anything since it's so expensive! We will end up at Myer, Zara and H&M and pick out new outfits then we go to the cinema and watch Wonder Woman because it's such a good film. After the film we need to eat dinner so we head back into the city and head to one of my favourite restaurants El Gaucho for some amazing Argentinian food! After a massive meal of Argentinian food and alcohol we go for another walk around Melbourne so I can show you all the fun architecture and we will end up at The Peel and drink and dance the night away!
Comparisons
1. Julia - Dax ExclamationPoint because of the whole artistic cosplay thing that Dax was into links in with the quirkiness of Julia and her own artistic side 2. Joan - Jasmine Masters, Jasmine was bitter after the show which is seen in "Rupauls Drag Race has fucked up drag" and well it's pretty obvious why. 3. Cali - Latrice, if there was going to be a Miss Congeniality given out this season Cali would be it. Like Latrice, Cali was always nice and always looking out for you. 4. Miguel - Lineysha Sparx - Why? Well Lineysha Sparx was a nice, well meaning Latin queen and so are you. 5. Jenna - You actually are Detox but mainly because of the fact that in the group of three you were seen as the leader. 6. George - Cynthia Lee Fontaine - Another contender for Miss Congeniality. Like Cynthia you were continuously nice even despite going through shit. 7. Andy - Ivy Winters nice but basically UTR (to me at least) until when you got voted out. 8. Aren - You are Laganja, you you're constant disdain and hatred of one person eventually played a big part in you failing. 9. Charlie- You are Shea, you had the ability to win and if you were in the Final 2 I wouldn't hesitate to vote for you. You consistently played a good game and kept your decorum when people came after you. 10. Nathan - You were going to be Shea but in my eyes she wasn't the most deserving queen in S9 but that's neither here nor there. You are Raven, you, like Raven, should have won. You played the best game of everyone in the game and I feel like everyone has mentioned this by saying that I'm stupid to try and keep Nathan in the game but in the same paragraph they continue to complain that this Final 2 is the worst final two ever. So I don't get it. 11. Zak - You're Derrick Barry. You have an ego the size of the moon and feel like you should be praised for every single thing you do. You go and call people a bitch and say it's a chore to talk to them yet complain about them not talking to you. 12. Trent - I was tempted to compare you to Derrick but Zak stole that. You are Alexis, there's no denying it. You take claim of things that you didn't do and you, like above, think you should be rewarded for little things like stoning a corset. 13. Idk who I am like. I'd like to see myself as Courtney, I relied on my relationships in the game to see me forward like Courtney relied on runway. I never followed anyone and as much as Trent likes to think I followed him he's wrong.
Last tribal before I voted I wanted to double check what the plan was and with the deadline being at 6:30AM coupled with the fact that I had been out and drinking that didn't help with me staying up until that time. Will it affect my chances? Well no. Before that tribal my chances were at 0-1% at even getting a single vote. My chances now.....well they lie between 0-1%
Adrian's Rites of Passge
Ryan B - The 3rd Australian who was one person who I actually liked too bad you left so early.
Daulton - I don’t know you and I never spoke to you.
Ryan M - See Above
Kevin - You seemed like a nice guy but we never really got to know each other.
Nick - Again I never got to know you but you did say that you wanted to go to Australia so you are good people.
Josephine - We were on Azorella for 9 days together and despite me thinking I made ground with you, you wanted me out if we went to tribal. So I’m secretly glad you left when you did.
Hunter - One of the four people I knew in the game, I was scared of you because I thought you would be coming for me so I am so glad you left early.
Felix - You were a threat, in the challenges you always slayed so even though I flopped in the challenges, in the end, I still was glad you were gone.
Snake Ry - The biggest fucking snake ever!!! You should not be trusted in a Survivor game at all!!!! (but actually, one of the other people I knew coming into this game and I was so fucking happy we were playing together!! Unfortunately, you got murdered in the end and I am so upset we never got to the merge together ily ry)
Marie - We were never on at the same time so we never got to speak a lot but you seemed like a nice person….terrible in challenges but a nice person
Nifty - The other IDS person, although I never spoke to you I am glad I outlasted you.
Ali - :( The second person that I was super upset that left before the merge!! I really really wanted to work with you and was looking forward to it but unfortunately, that never happened :( :(
Julia - Oh Julia, at the start of the game before we were separated into tribes we really formed a bond and I was watching, hoping and praying we would get to work together and we finally did! I was super excited that we were on Azorella #3 together and it was the first time I felt some sort of safety with someone on a tribe. We forged a bond and maybe that is just because we are both from Australia? I was so upset when you left. ily
Joan - I did trust you but then I was fed information by people that you were saying the same things to everyone else, I was upset because I actually liked you and it was like super hurtful that you were literally just using me. I did really want to work with you throughout the game but you came across as untrustworthy after what I was told by multiple people.
Cali - Someone I actually really did like, you were fun to talk to and genuinely seemed interested in getting to know me. I’m kinda upset we didn’t get to work together and your vote out was one of the hardest things to actually deal with in my mind. But you had to go because you were a huge threat.
Miguel - The Ciera Eastin #1 Fan! We bonded over our love for Ciera (who is amazing so shut up if you think otherwise) You being Chileno was one of the reasons I really wanted to work with you given my Peruvian background but circumstances didn’t let that happen.
Jenna - I was always loyal to you, I never spoke about you or Charlie to anyone in the game, I never spoke about what we spoke about. Whenever I heard your name come up I shut it down. I know you don’t think that is the case but it is true, I didn’t want to vote you out but it came to a point where I knew I had to. I actually really liked you in the game and I still do even though idk how you feel about me.
George - Ugh I’m so upset you were voted out! I really made a connection with you, we were always on the same tribe throughout the game and I really got to trust you as we went further ily
Andy - Again you were someone I started to trust late in the game I hate that you were taken out in that way
Aren - The 4th person I knew, I grew to trust you, I grew to like you and you were someone I want to take away from this game as a friend. Sure there were sometimes where I wanted to slap you but in the end, I really grew to like and trust you! ily so much
Charlie - You being from NZ was one of the things that endeared me to you. We got to know each other from your working in a Kebab Shop with crazy old white ladies that came into your shop to your phone that always told you I was typing I really grew to like you too. In the end, it didn’t work out like I hoped it would which sucks.
You know the feeling when you eat pizza and it's really hot and cheesy? Like you feel full, happy and perfect? Well, I feel like that but if I was thinking about my gameplay I feel the opposite of that.
So I am dishonest and NOBODY will ever vote for me? Will I ever change this perception of me? Probably not! I can tell that I'm not overly liked in this game and that has been apparent since the very beginning.
Joan & Adrian: Do you feel like George not being here will affect much?
I don't think it will affect much, technically he wasn't here last tribal either but I very much envy his time on exile.
- Adrian & George: This is your first tribal this season. Are you nervous at all, especially since it's a 13 person one?
Am I nervous? Am I NERVOUS? Last time I played I got voted out at the first tribal I went to, I really do not want that to happen again. I honestly don't think I am ever going to not be nervous, especially in a game like this. You can NEVER not be a little nervous.