survivor philippines: why kiko lost

kiko rustia has been a very strong contender since the start of the first season of survivor philippines. he is strong both physically and mentally. he has a strong alliance with jc and rob and their former tribe, naak has the numbers adv antage going into the merge. looks like everything is going his way until day 24 where he was voted out with a 5 - 4 vote in the tribal council, the biggest blindside in the game so far.

so why did kiko lose the game?

first, kiko is a big physical threat. he is one of the strongest boys left in the competition. he definitely has an advantage if the next challenges would be physical. it would definitely be wise if you vote out a physical threat the first time you have an opportunity to do so. this is the same reason why jace was voted out last week, the remaining naak members sees him as the threat.

second, aside from being a physical threat, he leads naak in strategy. he is the one that dictates who they would vote next. if you were a jarakay member, you would definitely want the leader of the leading alliance to be eliminated to cause some chaos in camp. it would definitely lead to confusion on the alliance. kiko was viewed as naak's leader, and this was confirmed with what kaye and cris told the three remaining jarakay members.

third, jc made the wrong choices at the reward challenge. he chose rob, kiko and zita to the immersion. he left kaye and cris with ex-jarakays at camp, giving them an opportunity to talk about strategies. rob, cris, jc and zita has proven their loyalty to naak; and i think it is clear that kaye and cris has the greatest tendency to switch. leaving them with marlon, who is a great strategist would definitely pave the way for them to switch to the other side, which happened.

fourth, he trusted his alliance so much that he became too complacent. when the 4 ex-naak castaways returned from the immersion reward, they did not ask kaye nor cris about what happened when they were away. they just assumed that they are loyal based on the actions that they shown when they arrived. we all know that marlon is a game player, and he would do anything to stay; they should have checked with kaye and cris that they were really loyal to the alliance.

if i were to choose the main reason on why he was voted out, i think the main reason was jc's poor choice in the reward challenge. i think if he chose marlon to go with him, this would not have happened. and him being the leader of naak made him the best target to be the one to be voted off among the 6 naak members who made it to the merge.