Final Tribal Council

[Jonathan]

Welcome to the final tribal council! Let's bring in our jury members... Mitchell... Colby... Elisabeth... Jerri... Rodger... Kel... and Jeff, voted out at the last tribal council.


Kimmi and Nick, the two of you are the final two of Survivor 2nd Chance: Australian Outback. At this tribal council, one of you will be crowned the winner.

But before that, the two of you must post your opening statements. Once that is done, the jury may start asking questions.

[Nick Brown]

Hey guys, I'm very proud of myself for making it to the Final 2, and I want to say you all were great players and competitors.

So, I talk about my gameplay. I'm pretty sure I talked to you all once, but some of you deffinately not enough for you to understand my game.

So, in the beginning I formed an alliance with Kimmi, and we agreed to stick together. It was the same Round where Kimmi and I also aligned ourselves with Jeff, and we had a plan to go to the Final 3. In that 1st Round we lost that Immunity Challenge, and we sent Michael home. During that time, I got Rodger to team up with the three of us, and he eventually, along with Elisabeth merged into the alliance of 5.

As we lost more Immunity Challenges then Ogakor, I felt we would not make the Final 5, and/or the Final 3. However, that Tribal Switch saved us as Kimmi, Elisabeth, and I picked off Amber and then Maralyn. This resulted in both Tribes being 5 and 5 just like in the show. Jeff organized the 5 of us to vote off Keith, and we expected a 5-5 tie, however, someone voted for Jerri that round, and the Kucha 5's plan to vote off Keith came to fruition.

After, we were split down into tribes again. Rodger, Kimmi, and I stuck together and took out Mitchell to keep the Kucha reign going. We were expecting to loose the next challenge, but Jerri cranked that number out and won the challenge for the New Ogakor. Over on Kucha, Colby was voted out.

The two tribes, merged again and then Jeff told me that Elisabeth had a hit list plan on Kucha. He told me about it, and said Rodger was first, however, I was also first on the list before him but she switched it. I planned on voting Elisabeth out as well, but I wasn't able to be here cause of my grandfathers death and I self-voted.

Next, Kel took the Immunity win, and after Jerri used her Idol last round thinking she was gone, she didn't have any protection and was voted out. It was then down to the Final 5, and I won the Immunity Challenge. I saw Kel as a huge threat and wanted him gone. However, Jeff and Kimmi explained to me that they believe Rodger has been wanting Kimmi out for some time and that they were scared because he was such a loose cannon. I told them Rodger would vote out Kel and that Kel would go home, however, I was lied to by Jeff as Rodger was voted out 3-2.

Final 4, I was nervous at this point, and was thinking Kimmi and Jeff might go to F3 with Kel because thats what Kel and I both seemed to want: Final 3 with Jeff & Kimmi. Kimmi won the Immunity Challenge, and Jeff told me he owed me from the last lie and Kel was voted out.

Making the Final 3 to be, Jeff, Kimmi, and I. I wanted this to happen, and was sure they wanted this too. My alliance has made it to the Final 3, and when I held that button for 11 hours to win the final immunity, I had a huge decision to make. It was very hard for, but I ended up casting my vote for Jeff as I formed my alliance with Kimmi before I did with him. And at the beginning I thought about who I'd go to Final 2 with if the 3 of us had made it, and I always figured it'd be Kimmi.

So, this season was exciting and thrilling. I never believed I'd make it this far, but I'm happy I did. Start asking questions Jury, once Kimmi speaks! =]

[Kimmi Kappenberg]

Hey Jury members

(I had a longer speech, but for some reason it didnt post, so I apologize for it not being that long)

First off I would like to mention that this is my first final 2, I have only been playing ORGs for a few months, so I am alittle nervous but excited aswell.

I came into this game with two goals in mind: First goal, is of course make it to the final 2. Second goal was to form a tight alliance/friendship with people to get us far in the game. I would like to thank Nick and Jeff, who are the best allies anyone could ask for. Out of all the games I have played, we were there for eachother from Day 1...through the stressful times when Kucha was loosing challenges...to the tribe switch....to the merge were we had to pull it together because we had even numbers. I have my word to both of you, and I am so happy we made it the final 3. We stayed true to eachother through bad and good times, and it has truely made this experience a blessing for me to have you both on my side throughout the game.

To the jury members, it had been a long road and a great game. All of you were competitors and strong players in my eyes. That the main reason why you are sitting in the jury, because each of you were a threat to me in different ways. It was an honor to play with each of you.

I'm fully prepared to explain any of my moves because all of them were thought out and made for a reason. Well, I guess that's about all I'm gonna say in the opener... I don't want to make it long. I'm ready to answer your questions and any comments you all have.

[Mitchell Olson]

You were two people that I didn't get a chance to talk to. So my question to both of you is. Please rank the Jury from 1-7, 1 being the most deserving. Also please provide short explanations saying why you ranked that person.

[Colby]

yawn, that was boring

neways, i never talked to u guys so i can't say i'm happy to see u guys there, but looking at the glass half full, i'm not sad that u guys r there like i would wit some ppl, so i want u to tell me how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

[Nick Brown]

Aight.

Mitchell

1 - Jeff

He was one of my two greatest allies. He played an awesome game, and I think he deserves F2 the most out of the Jury of 7. Jeff organized Kucha at the first Merge, he played the game the way its suppose to be played.

2 - Kel

He was a huge threat in my eyes, and I knew he and I were against each other. He wanted that Final 3 spot with Kimmi and Jeff badly. I placed him at 2nd most deserving because I feel he was the strongest of the Ogakor 5, and stronger than the other 2 Kucha members.

3 - Mitchell

Mitch, I placed you 3rd most because I've heard you were a good competitor from some people. You fought hard to stay in the game, but you're downfall as every other Ogakor was the Kucha dominance.

4 - Elisabeth

Liis, I placed her 4th because she was a fierce competitor. She tried to make a plan and pitched it to Jeff, but it backfired on her. She was an ally of mine because of the Kucha 5, even though her and I never really talked.

5 - Colby

Colby, I really didn't know him either, but I've also heard he was a great competitor and thats why I placed him 5th.

6 - Jerri

Jerri, she wasn't around much at the beginning and was MIA a lot. She got the Idol though, and stepped up her game late in the game proving how big of a threat she was. However, I don't think she's more deserving then those before her.

7 - Rodger

He was part of the Kucha 5 alliance, but he really didn't do a lot to make him more deserving than the rest of the Jury. He stuck with Jeff, Kimmi, and I. Personally, I think thats what got him as far as he did, but that was probably his plan. He was a competitor though.


Colby

Rofl. Love the question Colby. xD

I'll say....123. Haha

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Was it that boring? xP

[Kimmi Kappenberg]

MITCHELL'S QUESTION

1. Jeff - You were my rock in this game, and you completly rocked out alot of the challenges. If myself or Nick were not siting here, you def, deserve this spot. <3

2. Kel - Like me, you have overcome alot of the odds. You kicked but in alot of the challenges, and was the last original Ogakor member. You were also smart to align with Jeff when there was a tribal switch.

3. Elisabeth - You were a fierce player, who was very social. However you hitlist made us question where you head was at, and that ulimatley got you voted out.

4. Mitchell - Even though I didnt speak with you, I heard that you were an excellemt compitetor. Thats probably why you were perceived as such as threat and had to get voted off so early in the merge.

5. Colby - Again, another powerful player from Ogakor. Like Mitchell, I dont know you that well to fairly judge you on how you played the game.

6. Rodger - You did ride along alot of tails in the game, which is why you got so far in the game. It was not smart to try and target me, because once I found out, you had to go.

7. Jerri - I put you last because sometimes you were MIA. And if it wasnt for Ogakor winning the first challenges, you may have gone home. But you did step up your game when merge came however.



COLBY'S QUESTION

It takes 3 licks to get to the center of a tootsie-pop.

[Kel Gleason]

This question is for both of you.

When we went to the first merge, what effort did you personaly make to break that tie in your favor before the vote?

[roger]

I have two different questions:

Nick: Why did you ever think we were in an alliance when you only talked to me once in this entire game? I honestly learned of my alliance with the kucha just now, i thought i was out the entire game and was just waiting to be voted out...

Kimmi: If i was riding coat tails i didnt know it, i made every decision because of how i felt, I expected to go during the second tribal and was content with not leaving but figured I'd be gone soon enough. Anyway, my question for you is why did you choose to allign with jeff and nick in the first week?

[Jeff Varner]

Congrats to you both. If it couldn't be me, at least it's the two people I carried to the end of the game.

Kimmi, I'd like you to explain why you deserve to win when every decision that was made to get our alliance to the end of the game was made by me? And I want to know what your score was for the final immunity challenge.

Nick, you told me that you don't deserve to win the game and that at the Final 3, you would just bow out.

Nick: "I want you and Kimmi in the Final 2, because I feel I dont deserve Final 2."
Nick: "I don't think I've done enough to deserve F2."
Nick: "I'd guess I'd just choose to opt out or have one of you vote me out before I'd have to choose in a way...=\\"

That was obviously a complete lie since you supposedly put your finger on the button for, what was it, 11 hours? How did you do that? Prop something against the mouse so it stayed pressed down?

So yeah, I'd like you to explain to me why you lied, what you hoped to gain from lying, and why you think you deserve it?

[Kimmi Kappenberg]

KEL'S QUESTION

My alliance (including myself) was talking to Jerri because she felt like she was an outcast and we got her to vote out Keith because she thought that he was controlling the game. So her voting for Keith really helped the vote from being a tiebreaker. And I assured her she would be safe for awhile and not be the target.




RODGER'S QUESTION

I apologize Rodger if I offended you, but it looked like to me you were and I was basing that fact off of what other people were telling me.

The reason why I aligned myself with Nick and Jeff right off the bat was because I had a gut feeling that these two were trustworthy and ready to play this game. I wanted to align myself with people who were determined and wanted to make it to the end. They both shared the same veiws on the game as myself and thats why I saw them being powerful allies in the game.



JEFF'S QUESTION

Jeff, I am alittle hurt that you think that I was "carried" to the end of the game. I thought out of all these players, you would understand that.

To answer your question, I went along with alot of your decisions because we were ALLIES, and we shared the same veiws. Alot that you said, I was thinking the exact same thing. If I was going to disagree with you, would I do that to my alley and betray you? NO! If I had something that was one my mind and didnt agree with you, I told you and we worked it out. Thats why we were such powerful allies. At final 4 you wanted to get rid of Nick, but I knew that if Kel would have won the final immunity challenge, he would have took you instead of me, so I had to convince you to take Nick...because I knew (or hoped) that both of you would take me to the final 2. I knew that one of us could beat Nick easier because Kel proved to be a strong competitor...I just didnt think Nick could hold onto that dam button so long....

To answer your second question, I held the button for 35-40 minutes....it was between that I dont recall the exact time and Im trying not to because that was hell lol. It was the longest minutes of my LIFE, plus I was busy that day and had to do it between school...work...and it was voting day and had to get down to the courthouse. I held onto that button untill my sanity couldnt take it no more. I was actually trying to win it because I wanted to see you here next to me as we planned from the beginning. Its true that I had an alliance with you AND nick, but I had a final 2 deal with you.

I honestly thought that you and I would beat Nick in the final immunity challenge, because like you said in Nick's question, he told us he would rather see us in the finals than him because he was "Non-deserving" in his words. I dont know how any person could hold onto that CURSED BUTTON for 11 straight hours...Im sorry Nick, but thats unlikely. I thought I had a good score until I saw yours .

But anyways, Im sorry Jeff that you think that I rode your tail in this game, I thought we both did an equal job planning and talking to people (tho I do admit you talked to the Ogakors more, since I didnt know most of them.) I hope you understand that I did work my butt off in this game, and I am so grateful that I had you by my side throughout the game. It kills me that you are not sitting by me now. Thankyou for being a great friend and ally.

[Nick Brown]

Kel

Kel, I too talked to Jerri at merge, and so did the Kucha alliance, and in doing so it swayed her to vote out Keith with us.


Rodger

Rodger, I talked to you more than once, and you said we'd work together. So, that eventually made the alliance between the Kucha 5. I figured you knew that, but I'm sorry you weren't informed. I didn't want you to go the Round you went, but you did.


Jeff

Jeff, first off, I want to apologize. I know you wanted F2 badly, and I'm sorry I didn't take you. I stated before that I always seemed to see Kimmi and I in the end. However, I had no clue you 2 had an F2 deal, and that saddens me to hear, but I'm not suprised seeing as neither of you mentioned it to me. So, I was the figured 3rd wheel.

Also, when I Pmed you about what would happen at F3, and said I didn't deserve it, that was at F6. I decided to step up my game more, and try to show I did deserve it just as much. So, I did lie to you in a sense, but I don't think I lied because I didn't deserve it then but I deserve it more now. I'm sorry if it seems like a lie, but keep in mind you also lied to me when Rodger was voted out. However, that really has nothing to do with this situation. What I hoped to gain from "lying" to you, is possibly winning the game. You said Kimmi would win, and you're probably right, but I'm gonna state things I did to possibly beat her. Because, isn't that what Survivor is about really? Playing the game, lying, winning challenges to get yourself to the end? I believe it is, and the 3 of us really always stuck together, but you did most of the dirty work in this game.

About the 11 hours button holding. I didn't hold it down with something, except my finger. I didn't have school that day or the next so I was ready to hold it as long as I could. I really wanted to win the challenge to prove that I may deserve it more. So, I held it down on my own, and it was very difficult and a pain

I think I deserve to win this game because I played a good game, its not the best game, but I still played it and voted with you guys to get huge threats out, even if they were your ideas. I had my own ideas as well, and those idea seemed to always be similar threat wise, and trust wise.

So, I'm sorry I lied, but I played the game, and hope you understand. In my opinion, had you gone to F2, you would have won hands down, because you deserve it the most out of anyone in this game. You were an awesome ally, and a major competitor. I respect you greatly.

[Jeff Varner]

Thank you for your well thought out answers.

[Kel Gleason]

Hmm.. interesting that you are both so certain Jerri voted Kieth. I know I voted Kieth, so the 6,3,1 vote happend in a more intersting way.

[Jeff Varner]

And why did Kel jump ship? Because he and I had an alliance. Neither one of you made that happen. I'm just saying. :-)