…if your name is Todd.

I suppose, since he’s a Big Fan, and has watched every season since he was, like, in diapers, we should all give him a cheer for realizing his dream.

Eh, not so much.

Sure, he was deserving. I guess. By the time Denise was knocked out, and we were left with Amanda, Todd, and Courtney (no, that last one was NOT a typo!) I was, sort of, rooting for Amanda. She was essentially the least offensive of the remaining crowd. But then she took on this “I’m sooooooo sorry I lied to you guys to win a million dollars and play a game where lying is pretty much necessary, soooooo sorry,” with this sad doe look…I knew she was doomed. (And hey, you really know you sucked at Final Tribal when Courtney ends up scoring more votes than you do.) Which left Todd the runaway victory, no big surprise. He ran Final Tribal like it was his own personal banquet. I will admit that I’d have given him the million just watching him shut down John Robert. That was almost worth every penny.

Unfortunately, with the power issues I had, plus Deadline Day, I never did get to see the reunion part of the show. I understand Denise scored some pity money after losing her lunch lady job (since I didn’t see the show, I can’t comment, but, on the one hand it was very nice they helped her out, and on the other hand, I wasn’t real happy with the Denise Pity Party plea to Amanda before she was booted…it’s a game, not social services, and no one should be made to feel bad for winning.) I also understand James snagged the Fan Fave for 100K. Nice work if you can get it! (I’d have picked him, too, so, what can I say?)

And, I hear that the next season, starting here in February, I think, will feature Fans versus Faves. If it’s going to be 7 Todd’s and Rob Cesternino’s, then I’m not sure I can stomach that (although pitting all the Survivor geeks against each other could be amusing.) And I’ll hold off judgment on the Faves part until we hear who is playing. I’m guessing it will be James from this most recent season, though there have been murmurs it will be PG. Really? Because she might be a good player, but I don’t think anyone liked her very much. At all. I don’t want to watch her be scrappy twice.

So…dish! Who would you like to see come back? My number one pick is Yau Man!

Time for the SHaQ Attack contest! Since the holiday season is upon us, and you only have a few short days to enter to play, I’m totally making it easy on you this week. Send an email to donna@donnakauffman.com with “Santa? Is that you?” in the subject line. One winner will be chosen from the stack o’ entries and announced on Friday.

** Past book winners - after several tries where I couldn’t even get into the parking lot, much less the building, I have officially given up trying to get anywhere near my post office until after the holidays. Lily, Nathalie, Deborah, and this week’s winner….Santa loves you, but your books will go out later next week.

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