Survivor Panama – Exile Island Finale Episode
Welcome one and all to the final SOTS of the S12 Exile Island season. It really has been a pretty well spoiled season, but what do we know about the finale? Plenty, and here it is.
The show will begin with the nail biting tie-breaking fire building challenge between Cirie and Danielle. Who will win? Let's go to the vidcaps and take a look shall we?
Here we see Cirie is way out ahead:
But in the vidcaps from the CSI promo Danielle's flame is catching up:
There is speculation on the vidcap thread that questions how can Cirie lose this challenge if her flame is so far ahead of Danielle's? The answer is classic SeeBS misdirection. After 12 seasons of pouring over vidcaps many of the veteran spoilers believe that it is either the camera angle, or Cirie's flame has received some digital enhancements. Looks like the enhancements with the last laugh are Danielle's though as she has been spoiled to win this tie-breaker by Chillone from very early on.
Cirie has been a very popular survivor this season, but even her editing arc has come full circle as pointed out by Velcrohead. From a self-proclaimed couch potato to a satisfied fulfilled person, Cirie had fun and proved to herself that she could do more then she ever gave herself credit for. In the end what it really came down to can be summed up by this old classic:
Oh it don't mean a thing if you can't burn that string, doo wop doo wop...
The final Immunity Challenge
This challenge has predominantly been one of endurance and outlasting the others. We received a sneak peak at the challenge last episode in this thread started by vidcap analyst extraordinaire VolcanicGlass.
All we see here are Terry and Aras, no Danielle or Cirie. We do however have some not so clever SeeBS misdirection by them planting a reused vidcap from the episode 4 intro that looks like Cirie might take part in the challenge up against that same platform, nice try SeeBS, we aren't buying it. (Note that there isn't any pattern on the wall that Cirie is near)
To make matters worse, SeeBS has gone to new lengths to photochop out a full fledged person! The nerve of them! But again, it didn't fool TDT who pointed out that the clone tool was used to hide Danielle:
To see this in a moving videoclip (thanks again VG!) it becomes more obvious:
SeeBS making Danielle into the invisible woman is not so different from her character the entire season, oh well at least she still looked good in her enhancements even after losing all the weight. (Unlike Heidi who should sue her plastic surgeon...)
Who wins the final challenge? SeeBS is at it again with this vidcap:
Terry has been so dominant in immunity challenges (Sorry Chillone, not 7 in a row) but Aras cracked that last episode. I found that this shot of Terry is a recycled cap from episode 12 which was the only time since the individual challenges that he had worn that tan shirt. Note that he also has the same expression on his face.
Editing again points to an Aras victory at the F3 where the hidden idol can no longer be used. That coupled with more irony as Terry mentioned a couple of episodes ago "The last thing my wife told me as I was leaving was to bring her home a new car." The car curse continues as Aras wins the challenge and chooses to take Danielle the slam dunk to the finals to face the jury.
Going back to the original Chillone spoiler it was Aras and Terry in the F2, Wixchix has always said it was Aras and Danielle. Plausible cases can and have been made for either scenario. (Some folks are still clinging to the outside chance that Cirie is in that final mix too.) So how will the jury vote in each case? Emydi started the thread last episode but it is still a hot topic heading into the finale.
If a Terry vs Aras finale ala Chillone, most in the thread speculate that Aras would win 5-2.
If a Danielle vs Aras finale ala Wixchix, many think it could be 4-3 or 5-2.
But how could this be the closest finale in survivor history as proclamated by SeeBS asks Esquire? We have afterall had several 4-3 votes in the past. The speculation is that Shane throws a tantrum and votes: "none of the above" and so they have to have another fire building challenge. This time Aras and his yoga lungs beats Danielle for the million...(Just kidding, really I am 
)
The fact of the matter is, as per typical SeeBS fashion what they are probably referring to is the tie-breaker challenge and/or the final immunity challenge.
Another bit about editing can be found in comments that Scout posted on the Survivor website in her blog as brought to us by Survivornut. She thinks that Aras and Cirie have remained calm despite all of the turmoil about them and that their edit shows that one of them will be the winner of S12.
If the final 3 is indeed Aras (Libra), Terry (Libra), and Danielle (Gemini) then astrologically we would have the first Libran or Geminian to win a survivor as OFG points out. She also has predicted that a Tauran or whichever sign does not win S12 will win S13
As a recap, here is what the majority seem to feel heading into the finale:
F4- Cirie
F3- Terry (car curse continues)
F2- Danielle (despite the betting spoiler)
Winner: Aras (the first Libra to win!)
What about next season? S13 has been spoiled to take place on the Aitutaki Atoll as spoiled by Wezzie and brought to us by OFG. This is a beautiful set of islands not far from New Zealand and located in the Cook Islands. There is even speculation that the title may have something to do with mutiny island or something like that.
Thanks to SurvivorFever, TDT, and Phoenix for many of the vidcaps used throughout the season. Hats off to all of the spoilers who contributed to this site throughout the season, whether it was starting the thread and bringing over vidcaps, misdirection, or spoilers, or through contributing a voice in a thread, it was all valuable. Thanks to the blue peeps that keep this wonderful website up and running! See you all for S13.
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