>true enough shakes, no votes are
>ever a shoe-in, but i
>think there is plenty of
>editing to call jenna the
>winner too. i do agree
>though that Amber (and maybe
>Tom) is the only one
>that really seems likeable enough
>at this point to be
>a winner MB would showcase
>for his All Star edition.
>
>
I'm just chiming in to say I find the argument for the Rob-F3, Jenna F-2 and Amber F-1 somewhat compelling but I think this editing has been so overtly over the top obvious (Shii's look-out for Amber speech), I find it suspect. Plus I have to admit I'm a conspiracy theorist who believs that MB and other production staff manipulate what the jury knows and sees and that will affect the jury vote. I think having either Rob or Amber as the sole survivor would be distasteful to MB & Co., because while they've loved exploiting the "showmance" for ratings to canabalize dating reality show fans, the appearance of collusion and impropriety if two romantic mates hook up and make decisions about who goes on the jury and who goes to final 2 is just plain unseemly. I mean these were the producers who were apoplectic about the mere possiblity that Tina was going to use some of her winnings to buy Colby a freaking motorcycle.

Also, in the event of the female final 2, never underestimate the power of the mother with young children, especially Jenna, maybe the first final 2 "single mother". This card has worked before and some of the recent editing of Jenna as a plaintain-hoarding control freak is reminiscent of Sandra's "she threw away the fish bucket and is doing other psycho-sabatoge" stuff that made us doubt her sanity and her likeability, and yet.....between her and Lil, both mom's, the jury went for Sandra arguably because she had young children (not to mention she didn't comeback after having been already voted out).

I also disagree that only Amber and Tom are the only ones likeable enough for MB to want to showcase as the ##### winner - I think they're editing almost everyone as potentially deserving, with the exception of Jenna's recent negative editing, which looks suspicious to me.

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