survivor philippines: why cris lost

cris cartagenas has been a survivor all his life. he has been separated with his wife and has been racing his child. he has worked as a company driver and also has been driving a taxi to provide for his family. he has been thinking that he had failed his father and he has kept this as an inspiration and motivation so he can keep his focus in survivor. but despite all of this, cris became the 15th person out of the show.

so why did cris lose?

first, he was a physical strength. he is strong and has proven himself that he can keep up with jc in all of the challenges. he has won a reward challenge (spear throwing challenge) and an individual immunity challenge (the balancing challenge). being a physical threat is a ticket to elimination in survivor. of course, if someone can beat you in a challenge, you would want him out the first time he can be eliminated.

second, he lost the trust of his alliance. having stabbed kiko rustia in the back previously, cris (together with kaye) has lost the trust of rob and jc. he made things worst when he voted for charisse in the 12th tribal council instead of kaye, who he said he was voting. jc and rob's trust never came back after that and they decided to let him go.

third, he made a strategic move too late in the game and did not followed it up with another. yes, he was able to eliminate kiko with the help of the ex-jarakays but he did not followed it up with another strategic play. he then went back to the naak alliance, voting out vern and marlon in the next 2 tribal council, not sensing that rob & jc are still watching his every move. he simply played the game too late.

fourth, he was not a strategic player at all. he went to the game without a game plan and failed to adapt to the complexities of the game. going against strategic players like charisse, rob and jc; he was really not on their league and he was simply outplayed by the three.

if i had to pick the main reason why he was voted off, maybe it would be lack of strategy and lost of trust. he played the game too late and he was not able to bring back the trust of his tribemates. he was not able to adapt to the complexity of the game but he really played it up until the end.