Probably Amanda as she dominated from final six to final TC. Also I liked her, and her style of play, better than Parvati and her way of playing.

Of course, I only saw what was shown on television. I wasn't there.

If I was on the Jury I would have voted for Amanda. She won the last two ICs and fought to make the Finals. From the F4, Parvati backed into the Finals only because Natalie is a head case and Cirie was perceived a bigger threat.

I also would tend to lean toward someone who was less deceiving and backstabbing.

I would have voted for Amanda. I wanted her to win. But she should have stood up for herself better at the FTC and taken credit for what she had done, and the immunities, etc. that she had won. She really did get passive and emotional at the end - and she just needed to suck it up and stand up for herself for ONE MORE DAY! I remember her crying out "how much is someone supposed to take!" or something like that - and she was on day 38. Just keep going silly!!! She was almost there.. .! Maybe it was an exhustion thing. But she had earned it, and she needed to tell the jury that.

- an aside - Eliza was mad because Perverty always treated her terribly, and said nasty things about her and to her face. I'm really surprised that she wound up voting for her!

Not that I have an opinion one way or another ;)
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I would have voted for Amanda. She earned her F2 spot by finding the hidden immunity idol, winning immunity and staying true to her alliance. She did it back to back survivors.

Parvati earned nothing on her own. Her entire game involved manipulating others by being sweet to their faces while plotting their demise. I'm not a fan of that type of player or that type of individual. Sure, sure, I know it is just a game but I don't care. I like to like the winner and I don't like Parvati.

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Amanda, of course... comically, Amanda won the vote on Survivor.com with 74% of the vote.
She is now probably my favorite female Survivor. She is beautiful, smart, strong, kind-hearted and loyal. What more could you want? I'm glad her and Ozzy hooked up.
I think you can make a case, even without the win that she is the best female player ever: 4 ICs, ties the record for women, 2 Finals appearances, the only Survivor ever to do that, and to do it in consecutive seasons makes it even that more impressive. I would consider that feat greater than the single feat of winning once. Parvati, in her exit interview, called her "the amazing Amanda, the fabulous manipulator."
And lastly, this great answer from Amanda's last interview-

Q: Amanda you played a game of alliance and Parvati played more of a cut-throat control game. Do you wish that you were more cut-throat?

A: (Amanda) Honestly I’m proud of the game I played. I’m not that person. If it takes that to win Survivor, then I will never win Survivor.

Here, here, girl. Props to you!!

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Still think her best trait as a player is her ability to make (whether through her own initiative or through recognition by others) alliances with other smart players. In two successive seasons she has been at, or near, the center of alliances that controlled the game. Not bad for someone who describes herself as reserved. Might be my favorite player period. Liked Tracy as a player too, thought she deserved better.

We can't be the jury but I would have voted the way they did.

Amanda didn't play the game until the Ozzy boot. To be consistent, some who would vote for her today should be saying she rode coat-tails! Amanda followed Ozzy in all his decisions, most notably booting Ami even if she wanted Erik gone for throwing her on her "friggin' head". Even at F6, she wanted Nat gone but let Parvati decide! Once Amanda started playing, she became an instant target, saved only because Burnett suffers from Hidden Immunity Idol Fixation. Sure, she won 2 ICs but it's just as bad that she needed to win those 2 ICs in judging someone in this social game.

Parvati played her own game from day #1, forced to do so by Jonathan's antagonism. She made the alliances and formed the Black Widow Brigade that was key to the season. Yes, Cirie proposed the Ozzy boot and Cirie would have made a great winner but Parvati was the one at risk in that move. Parvati was also the one that positioned herself so well that she didn't need the Final IC wins. Her position was so good that, even if Burnett had decided that 2 idols were more than enough, or if Amanda hadn't found the 3rd, Parvati was still favored to go to the end with Alexis and Natalie. That's a pretty amazing game.

For those who said that she was lazy at Exile Island, Eliza reported this little gem: "Parvati did find the HII at Exile but did not bring it back to camp because she had promised Natalie she would give it to her if she found it and she knew if Erik won immunity, she wouldn't want to give Nat the HII. It was smart of her to not bring it back."

PS: I hope they find a cure for Hidden Immunity Idol Fixation before going to Gabon because it's ridiculous at times.

PS: I hope they find a cure for Hidden Immunity Idol Fixation before going to Gabon because it's ridiculous at times.

Look -- they stole the color scheme, some of the names, and about a dozen direct winks at the camera. I can't help it if they didn't steal that part too.

Parvati actually said herself in her last interview that she found the HII. Eliza probably got the info from the FTC. If Parvati said that at FTC, that makes it even more likely that it is a lie, which would be funny because everyone said Parvati said she was so honest during FTC.
I'm not trying to rip any more on Parvati. Frankly, I'm growing tired of it. But I suspect it is a lie because 1) she has proven capable of doing so and 2) if it is the truth it makes no sense. If she had promised Natalie she was going to give it to her if she found it, and yet she had no intention of giving it to Natalie, then why look for it? Just doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? Maybe Parv was just bored. I guess that could be it.

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No, that had to come out only at the party, after the votes were read.

As a viewer, I wanted Amanda to win; but now that the dust has settled, if I were on the jury, I'd probably vote for Parvati. For me, the highlight of her game was taking out Ozzy and I would have appreciated that if I was already on the jury and would have benefited from it if I wasn't.

Amanda would have gotten my vote if I was in a tight alliance with her. As a viewer though, Parvati deserved to win.

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