Good evening guys, as you probably all remember, I am Grahame, and tonight I was plannin' on knockin' your socks off with one hell of a speech but instead I decided that I'm just goin' to make a modge-podge of words and hope things turn out well. Before I begin, I'd like to congratulate all three of you for makin' it this far in the game and I truly feel that the three of you played three of the best games this season and I can't wait to get stuck in tonight. I must warn you though, I'm probably not gonna be goin' easy on any of y'all tonight so watch out.
MELISSA
Melissa, I'm goin' to start with you since I feel you are the easiest. Throughout this game, I probably knew you the least of everybody (except maybe Timmy) but even so, I could tell that you were playin' a great strategic game. You were able to form a really tight connection with one person (Danielle) and through her, you were essentially able to completely dismantle the majority alliance and you should be proud of that. Not only that but it's hard to deny that you were the fiercest competitor this season in challenges. I mean, you stayed up 24/7 sometimes just to secure the win and the fact that you were able to do all that while havin' such a busy schedule makes it an even better accomplishment. However, where you start to lose marks is your social game. After you were voted out the first time, from what I can tell you simply blamed it all on people holdin' prejudice against you from your first ORG with many of us and that was that. Throughout my time in this game, you never ONCE reached out to me before I reached out to you and the times I was able to get a hold of you were not pleasant times, to say the least. I always felt as though I was in an interrogation room with you where all you would do was either question me about "lyin' to you" or complainin' about how nobody feels sorry for you because you're bein' left out of every vote. You tried to make me, and many others too, feel bad for you over the fact that you were apparently "at the bottom" when in reality, it's really your own fault some people wouldn't fill you in. Forming relationships is a two-way street and you closed yourself off from too many people, which is really where you let your game down.
My question for you is: Was playin' the sympathy card a part of your strategy and if not, why would you try to do it?
DANIELLE
Next up, Miss Danielle. Danielle, in this game, from my standpoint, you were by far my closest ally. You were really the only person that I truly connected with on a personal level and I will never forget some of the great, hilarious conversations we had. The thing is, not only did I feel you were my closest ally but you had me fooled that I was yours too, which was easily my biggest mistake in the game. I hate to say it Danielle, but I feel like you used me. I'm not sayin' our connection wasn't real but you cannot come out here and say you were upfront and honest with people when it comes to me. You led me on Danielle, you led me on really hard and it hurts. What really sucks is that I can't help but want to vote for you because you played such a phenomenal game! Almost every single person on the jury felt as though you were either their closest or second-closest ally before they were voted out which is quite an outstandin' feat. Not only that, but you were able to use all these connections so well in this game so that most people weren't even mad at you for votin' them out! People like Caleb were sayin' "I understand why you did it," which in my opinion really speaks to how impeccable of a social game you played. You truly had multiple options at every single vote and to top it all off, your name was rarely brought up for elimination! However, the one flaw I do see in your game is that you did play a little bit emotionally at times but since you've already talked about that with Sami, I'm not goin' to go into it.
My questions for you are: Why did you vote for me out when I showed you nothing but loyalty whereas you knew that Aishia had thrown your name under the bus before, and how genuine was your relationship with me because I'm beginnin' to question a lot about you.
AISHIA
Last and maybe least, Aishia. Oh Aishia, Aishia, Aishia, I thought I was the most delusional person in this game but after hearin' some of your answers tonight, I feel as though you might be takin' that title away from me. Before I get into that, though, let's look at some of the positive aspects of your game. You definitely had a lot of, if not, the most control over the majority of the game. You were able to get out the people you wanted to get out always which is hard to do (I know first hand with Dylan). Whenever somebody wanted to take you out, you were always able to find a way out of it which is impressive. Also, you excelled in many of the challenges, which like Melissa, shows that you were really dedicated to go far and win this game. Unfortunately, that's right about where I draw the line in terms of the positives. There are three huge flaws that I find in your gameplay, which are: makin' it too obvious that you were in control, not willin' to listen to people that weren't Danielle, and disregardin' the jury.
Firstly, makin' it too obvious you were in control. Even though you had a good grasp of the game, everybody knew that you had a good grasp on the game which was a mistake on your part. Tyler, Sami and even myself had all realised just how big of threat you were pretty early on and had you not have had Danielle to protect you, I don't think you would've made it past Top 7.
Next, you were so loyal to Danielle that you believed absolutely anythin' she said. Startin' at the Final 7 Tribal Council, Danielle wanted to take out Emilee, which was a smart move on her part. You seem to believe that this was a good move for you too since Emilee was apparently lyin' to you when in reality, she was nothin' but loyal to you. As soon as I told Emilee that your name was up for elimination, she ran straight to you to warn you, showin' her loyalty. Somehow, Danielle was able to trick you into thinkin' that this meant that Emilee was makin' up lies about you, causin' you turn on your most loyal ally. Then, after the vote, somebody (I assume Danielle) was able to convince you that I was the one that voted for you when in reality, I voted for SAMI (sorry Sami)! This allowed Danielle to get her way once again because you somehow thought that I was against you when I literally wanted to take you to the Final 3. This just furthered Danielle's chances and once again decreased your own.
Finally, and most importantly, your jury management (or in this case, lack thereof). Both you and Danielle had many connections with many people on the jury which speaks to your social games. The only difference is that when asked about Danielle, nobody was mad at her, but when it came to you, everyone seemed to be mad. Because you set yourself up as the leader of both alliances, it only makes sense for people to blame you for their departure! Plus, as Sami perfectly pointed out, you played extremely emotionally at times but when it came to the times where it would have been in your best interest to maybe treat people decently, you just voted them out without blinkin' an eye. In my case for example, you acted like a complete and utter bitch to me when I was eliminated. You made up this "master plan" to pretend you gave your idol to Danielle which had absolutely no strategic merit at all and makes me feel that you really wanted to rub some extra salt in the wound that you were able to vote me out! Now, I'm not lettin' that instance affect my decision at all but your overall poor management of the jury definitely will.
Despite everythin' I've said about you, this is just the opinion I have of you at this current moment in time. If you able to answer this next question well enough, I am more than open to change my opinion of you. So, my question to you is: Why am I wrong in my judgment of you? Plain and simple.
Thank you guys for such an amazing season and I wish all three of you the best tonight (and for the next day and a half). Once again, you three are all great players and I'll be waitin' patiently for your answers.