Survivor Philippines: CONGRATS JC! Finale Recap

ANG FIRST PINOY SOLE SURVIVOR! JC TIUSECO!

waaah!!! ang sarap manood ng LIVE! partida lahat na-meet ko na.

7PM nagsimula magpapasok ng GMA ng audience sa kanilang new building. and before it all started, i met with the Dotcomers at the gate. thanks deeply for the ticket. Gigit and Patani acknowledged the presence of everyone who will be witnessing the greatest event of the night.

taping the first segments of the show. (oo, tape na muna, pero hintayin nyo ang details ng announcement of winner) scenes from the last Tribal Council was shown until the votes were cast. Kiko and Vern's votes were revealed. Kiko's vote for JC included a big exclamation point for his big support to the basketball player. Vern's vote for Rob may malaking ♥ at smiley face kasi... alam nyo na. the final 2 and the jury were on stage with their outfits from the last Tribal Council para mag-assume tayo na parang tinuloy lang scene. Paolo explained why they needed another vote from the Philippine viewers. para tie-braker incase maging 4-4 ang lumabas. justified! then Paolo tells the jury and the final 2 to meet him when they get back to the Philippines.

ang pagbabalik sa Pilipinas ay ok naman. kala ko maga-ala-Jeff Probst at malaking time ang ginugol pa sa pagshoot nito. pero ok naman na nakapag-helicopter sya going down to GMA. next time sana mas kaabang-abang ito. pressure! hehehe...

special moments from the show are shown before every commercial break. one is Patani's moment while acting with Marlon at Jarakay days. ininterview din ang jury regarding each account with the final 2. napanood nyo naman yun kaya dko na iisa-isahin. hahaha.. (tinamad lang ako.) supporters of the final 2 had live streaming too at their respective places: Rob gathered Mandaluyong citizens at the municipal hall and JC brought all Baste students to the campus. special messages were given by the mayor (?) of Mandaluyong and JC's HS teacher from San Sebastian.

then the votes were revealed. the Boto ng Bayan was a landslide given to JC earning him one vote. it's 93% over Rob's 7%. well, during breaks naman while we were cheering at the GMA studio, Rob is already raising JC's hand bidding his congratulations to the co-survivor. then Rob's name was opened, it was Vern's parchment. then JC, from Kiko. then Rob (secret muna) then JC, another JC, another JC and Paolo announced "ang kauna-unahang Pinoy Sole Survivor: JC TIUSECO!"

here is what JC got from the show: a gold pearl (auction for a replica, anyone?), Php 3M cheque, and the brand new Honda red car. Rob gets Php 300k.

the reunion show reveals more. abangan bukas after Ful Haus. BIG BIG BIG surprises!

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Survivor Philippines: The Final 2!

will it be the Loverboy or the Basketball Heartthrob?

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Survivor Philippines: Dibdiban!

Rob and JC returns from the reward they had at another island. they sure had a nice time and Rob almost felt it was a date unless JC is a girl. LOL

the castaways are taken back in time as the previous challenges are tied up for the next immunity challenge. the huge wooden ball, exotic food and Thai calendar tested again the 4's physical and mental strengths. this challenge was the biggest of them all because it also gives a brand new car.

when they are all digging on the sand to find the cubes of the Thai calendar, Cris destracted Rob and on a negative tone asked Rob how sure he is safe on the next TC.

JC overcome all obstacles outplaying the others. the twist is, between immunity and the car, JC only has to get one and give the other prize for another castaway. thinking that he is safe already, he gave immunity to Rob and got the car instead. Rob poked on Cris' chest as if saying "kainin mo sinabi mo" and Cris just grinned.

magyayabang na naman si Rob mamaya sa TC.

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Survivor Philippines: Emotional Immunity

this is the most emotional and worth-fighting immunity challenge so far. the objective is to race to the finish line after doing the math in the SP questionnaires -- choosing the right answer to raise their flag -- the first three gets to second round -- walk on ropes -- doing the math again -- then flag -- race the buckets of rocks to the finish line by pulling them on bamboo planks then raise the final flag. it was almost head-to-head between Kaye and JC but Marlon still tried to catch up. if not for Kaye's falling rocks and buckets, she could have won the immunity. JC delivered his smoothly to the finish line and eventually winning immunity.

the rewards, immunity and a 5-minute call to a loved one at home. everyone had a chance to see a short clip of the video messages from their close friends and relatives. before the challenge, Charisse volunteered and saw her mom and brother, Cris got some from her mom, JC and Marlon from their girlfriends, Rob from his brother, Zita from her bestfriend, and Kaye from her mom. of all the castaways, Marlon showed the most emotion on cam. and when Paolo said to JC that he could choose 2 castaways to see the full message from their loved one, Marlon is the most thankful for JC for choosing him to experience the same reward. Marlon didn't imagine but somehow felt that JC realized how dreadful Marlon was in the island since the merging. and Zita was convinced of Marlon's cry. JC had sweet words with gf but almost said nothing because of the strong emotion and missing each other.

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Survivor Philippines: Pagkain na, Nanakaw pa!

JC grabs back reward from this "sponsored" reward challenge.

Paolo gives them a survey quiz on the personalities of the castaways. and whose name appears most on each question will be the right answer for that query. a person who gets the right answer will be able to cut down the effigy of a fellow tribe member and will soon be out of the game. the winner gets a secret scroll.

Some of the questions and answers were:

Kaninong castaway ang may sama ka ng loob? Answers: Marlon and JC.

Sinong castaway ang nasa loob ang kulo? Rob

Sinong castaway(s) ang nagkukunwari na walang alam sa larong Survivor? Zita and Cris

Sinong castaway(s) ang walang silbi? Kaye

Sinong castaway(s) ang pinakamabaho? Marlon and Vern (ouch)

Sinong castaway(s) ang walang kapag-pag-asang manalo sa Survivor? Marlon (hehe)

Marlon gets burned first, followed by Charisse and for the deciding question between the last two standing (JC and Zita)

Sinong castaway(s) ang pinakapinagkakatiwalaan mo?

Zita answered Kaye, while JC answered Zita - and the correct answer was: Zita

JC wins another secret scroll.

the reward, yet to be revealed until Paolo says to open it. however, he gave them a bunch of food with the secret recipe, MAGGI MAGIC SARAP. yun ang tinatawag na plugging!

heading back to camp, they are all excited to prepare but they didn't eat nor tasted what they had prepared. because Paolo instructed them so. then Paolo arrived and told JC to open the secret scroll to relay to others what it says: bring all food and 3 other tribemates to a resort.

nanlumo ang lahat. sina Kaye, Cris at Rob lang ang sinama ni JC.

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