So what did you think of the finale?
Todd the schemer pulled it off. He survived all the tribal councils, but still earned enough respect from the jurors to get enough votes. 1 Millions bucks for you.
I was rooting for Amanda who I thought was the best all around player of the three, but she was so mealy during her last speech and the questioning period that she didn't demand the respect she deserved. She got 150K, IIRC.
All I can say is I'm glad Courtney didn't win. The Gwen Stephani wannabe was a grade A jerk. But like so many jerks, she got paid well - 250K. When Jeff asked her about the mean things she said about Denise, she pretended to scratch her lip with her middle finger --- classy.
James, the grave digger, got the 100K fan favorite prize. No surprise there.
One of the surprises is that was the producers gave Denise 50K because she told a sad story of how the school wouldn't let her keep her cafeteria job because she was too much of a distractions to the children. So the school made her a janitor. I felt bad for her. It turns out Denise was playing the fame to the end. The story was not so true.
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2007/12/school-superint.htmlSchool superintendent says 'Survivor' "lunch lady" lied
Dec 17, 2007, 06:57 PM | by Mike Bruno
Millions sat with their jaws agape waiting to hear who would win $100,000 as Survivor China's most popular contestant on the series' reunion show Sunday night (it was James) -- but perhaps none was more agape than Nancy T. Lane's. Lane is the superintendent of the Douglas Public Schools in Douglas, Mass., and she says that her employee, "lunch lady" contestant Denise Martin, lied on Sunday's live broadcast when she stated that she was not given her job back as a cafeteria worker upon her return from taping the reality show and instead was made to "clean the toilets" as a janitor working night shifts. At the end of the show, host Jeff Probst gave Martin $50,000 on behalf of producer Mark Burnett to help get her life back on track.
"Yeah, I watched my own jaw drop when she said that, because it's absolutely not true," Lane told Hollywood Insider. Lane released a statement on Monday, on the Douglas Public School District website, explaining that Martin was actually promoted to the position as custodian –- a promotion Lane claims Martin asked for herself. Reached for comment, CBS responded: "The comments made by Ms. Martin on the program were compelling and sympathetic. If these statements were misleading or false, we hope that she will take immediate and public steps to clarify her remarks."
Lane's statement says that "Martin held a full-time position as a custodian prior to her participation in the series, and she returned to this same position upon her return from China." The statement continues, "Although Mrs. Martin was a cafeteria employee prior to her selection as a contestant, she asked to be considered for a promotion to full-time custodian, and was promoted to this position on March 30, 2007. This promotion came with additional benefits and a higher salary. Following her leave, she then returned to this same position." Martin has held the new position since August, when she returned from taping the show, up until last week, when she traveled to California for the live Survivor broadcast, according to Lane.
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