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I actually kind of get Therron's point and why some of the weaker people would vote out the strong. Because if Therron gets rid of Amy, at the next elimination its probably going to be between him and Jeannie (when it comes to strength). So in terms of strength wise he is already in the hot seat. And granted the summit they have 0 idea how many people are supposed to make it, and how many more "vote offs" there will be Therron would definitely get voted off soon. I kind of blame production, in that it seems like they have 0 idea what they want this show to be. Do they want this to be purely survival, or do they actually want Survivor? Like they claim that its "hypothetically" winners? earn a million dollars. But their format kind of contradicts that. So if they have a bunch of mandatory vote offs. Like if they did a "succeed a challenge, no one gets voted off", that would be different. But since they have a bunch of mandatory vote offs, it doesn't surprise me people like Becky will play the way they do. LIke if you are middle of the road person, and only the top 2/3 people make it to the end, why would you keep voting off the weak, noting that you are probably going to get the axe by all the strong people?

Also, I realize that Becky's idea of voting Geoff off is actually kind of dumb. Because she accurately ruled that there is a group of strong guys (including Dennis) that are just bro down, and probably have a big alliance. So if you were going to take a shot a strong guy, it should have been one of the guys in the dude alliance (and swung Geoff with you). Geoff was essentially on an island by himself, so there was kind of no point in taking him out.

If that's a reenactment that is such a dumb decision on the producers part. Because an open voting takes away the suspense from a dramatic/entertainment point of view. Like when you only have 3 people vote for Dennis, its like well obviously Geoff is getting voted off, the audience isn't dumb. Does the producers really expect us to suspend our disbelief that 10 people will just abstain altogether? lol

One of the things that annoy me the most about this show is the open voting. The host one does a terrible job, where he almost involuntarily nominates people. (Also you can't have more than two nominees?) But the other issue is that because its open voting, everyone can see who may or may not raise their hand. So someone like Robert who is on the fence, can easily have their vote manipulated at that moment, because he notices who hasn't have his hands raised. Not to mention people could wink/signal to others how to vote. It needs to be like Survivor or Traitors where everyone votes in a secret urn, or separately without the other contestants knowing.

Whoopi is such a shill. People like her are a detriment to progress, because they can't conceive of giving or abdicating any form of power.

I'm not sure if I was a contestant that I would have gone for the movie. I have a feeling that the mole new advance, and did a "pre-interview" to work around that twist.

Also don't play charades, 20 questions, hot/cold or any other type of game with Manny on your team. Michelle: Is there a protein? Dan: Is the protein a seafood? Manny: Is it a porridge? Everyone: "Manny WTF?!

Yeah, I had a feeling that Michelle was going to go halfway in the episode. She seems to be a very literal chef, and all the challenges that were more artful/abstract (chaos cuisine) she struggled with. It also seemed like Michelle, wasn't designing as she was going along. Danny was really smart, with the tape and measuring dimensions to make his food fit the dimensions. But Michelle, didn't realize her dimensions were off because she did 90% of her time on the cooking. Yeah it really sucks she went against her BBQ roots, because a BBQ tableside design could be pretty amazing if done properly (like a roasted meat/brisket in the center, and the sprinkle the sides around.). Still thought Manny should have went. Risotto on a table just sounded like a terrible idea from the start. Laura's was amazing. That table looked stunning. The chewy ice cream was smart, I was worried that the ice cream would melt. And the baklava rings really tied everything together. I'm actually surprised no one went the filipino route, of doing an inspired Kamayan. Tableside food on banana leafs. Although I guess Savannah's was kind of like that.

I was really concerned with the kerosene explosion, because one of the contestant's booth had a ton of smoke coming their way, which is probably not pleasant. I really thought Manny should have left. He's been playing safe for the past two weeks.

I was impressed with Amanda. When she took all the citrus fruits, I was thinking was she just going to make a giant lemonade?

I'm really shocked that Manny didn't hit the bottom 3. Thought he should have been in the bottom 3 and probably eliminated. -Protein cooked incorrectly -Doesn't seem to infuse the native ingredients. -His plating style has been virtually the same.

Right, but my point was that it really was not their fault (the Kentucky contestants), when the show made all three teams look incompetent. In reality was the fact that a lot of the "servers" weren't really servers. I think that was also the season (along others), where it was impossible for the chefs to clear tables. Because people wanted to see Tom/Padma, so they wouldn't actually leave, causing horrible bottlenecks in the service.

A lot of the "waiters" in recent RW are aspiring actors that don't have actual food experience. It kind of explains why a lot of the more recent seasons starting say S12 and on where you had a lot of these weird issues (not knowing which table the food goes too). Top chef Kentucky was really egregarious, when all three teams had trouble with the wait staff.

I've noticed over the years that Gail has always been overruled in split decisions. The most notable one was that Gail was pushing for Josie to get eliminated over Kristen. And we know how that went.