LAST EDITED ON 04-05-08 AT 02:47 AM (EST)

What a disappointment! One week after passing up the chance to pull off the most courageous coup d'etat since Tom and Ian decided to force a tie to oust Gregg or since Colby decided to do the same to oust Mitchell and break Jerri and Amber's control of the game, Ami got the boot. I was not surprised nor disappointed in the boot, which was preordained after Ami missed her chance last week. Listen, you get Tracy and Erik to vote for Cirie, the other 3 faves vote for Tracy, you force the 3 to 3 tie, and now you have a tie-breaker between Cirie and Tracy, in which I would take Tracy 7 times out of 10. And BAM, you are now in control of the game, both pre-merge and beyond. There are 2 equally poignant reasons for taking this risk-
1- you are already #6 in the pecking order
2- this is All-Stars! Your 2nd chance at this! Go for a home run!
Instead, Ami plays it safe, only to be booted the following week anyway, which was the worst-case scenario if she would have taken the risk the week before.
So, anyway, that was more deserving than disappointing, but what WAS disappointing was Ami leaving in tears. Here is a woman that I have constantly touted as one of the strongest women to ever play Survivor, and she's in tears because Ozzy said he doesn't trust her. Come on. What happened to that attitude you showed in Vanuatu? Stick up for yourself. Here are 3 people who never included you in their plans, never planned on doing anything other than dumping you as soon as they no longer needed your vote, and you're pleading with them? To ell with that. You should have either just admitted to playing the game or called Erik a liar. One or the other. The emotional breakdown instead was really a disappointment.
Loved Ami's exit interview though. Based off her comments about Ozzy, apparently she does like men after all. I guess she just likes women better, and we have that in common so I understand completely.

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