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.

survivor philippines: cris is the 7th member of the jury

cris cartagenas became the 7th member of the jury and the 14th person voted out of the show after another intense tribal council. cris was voted off with a 3 - 1 vote, with all of his tribemates voting against him and jc received his vote. cris was a member of the naak alliance but voted against kiko in a move to go further in the game. but he returned to the alliance in the next tribal council.

just before the immunity challenge, cris was talking with charisse of a possible alliance and vote off rob. charisse was the swing vote since jc and rob are voting together but charisse could side with cris to force a tie. unfortunately, jc won immunity but decided to take a brand new car as a reward. he gave immunity to rob. charisse decided to go with jc who earlier offered her an alliance with rob.

cris lasted 37 days in the island. he won an individual reward challenge in day 27 where he assigned each one a meal to it. he also won the previous individual immunity challenge where jc gave way for cris to win. he has his ups and downs in the show and was one of the more exciting castaways.

with cris gone, the final three was revealed, jc tiuseco, charisse yacapin and rob sy.

survivor philippines: rob wins individual reward challenge

in this week's reward challenge, the castaways would participate in an series of challenges. first, they need to cross a rope bridge using two planks. if the castaway falls, he would return to the starting point. after reaching the end, they would run to the second station where they would start a fire on a can. after successfully starting a fire big enough, the castaways would run to a water drum on the other end and get water and fill the other can on the other end of a lever. once enough water is on the can, the can with the fire would be lifted up. if the fire is large enough, the wich would ignite. first person to set off the gun powder at the end of the wick wins reward.


reward would be an overnight stay and massage treatment ina spa in krabi.


when the challenge started, jc put on an early lead, blazing through the rope bridge. rob and cris was pretty much even and not far behind and charisse was running last. jc got to the fire station first and had his fire going as rob & cris reached the station. he attempted to light up the wick but his fire was not enough. it was pretty much even at this point with all the survivors trying to get their fire going. rob tried lifting the fire, then cris but both failed to light the wick. jc tried again and was again unsuccessful. rob had an idea to put sticks on a vertical position, so when it burns, it would reach the wick. rob tried again and was able to light the wick.


paolo declared rob the winner. he also informed rob that he would be able to choose another castaway to share the reward with. without second thoughts, rob chose jc. charisse and cris was told to go back to camp while rob & jc was transported to krabi to enjoy their reward.

survivor philippines: cris wins individual immunity challenge

this week's immunity challenge will surely test the top 5 castaways endurance. in this challenge, the castaways will stand on a plank on top of springs. initially, all castaways will hold on to 2 ropes attached to a frame around the plank. they need to balance themselves and avoid falling off. after 30 minutes, one hand on the rope will be removed. after another 30 minutes, they will free both hands. after another 30 minutes, they need to lift one foot from the plank. the last person on the plank wins immunity.

all 5 castaways were pretty much even in the first hour of the competition. after one hour, fatigue from standing for an hour starts to set in. all boys decided to lean on the frame and both girls decided to sit on the plank. the boys are now fighting back aches and the girls are fighting numbness on their butt. after approximately one hour and 20 minutes, zita lost her concentration and fell off the plank.

after 1 hour and 30minutes, when it was time to release one foot from the plank, rob fell off and was eliminated. on his interview, he said that he threw the challenge since he observed that charisse was very comfortable with her position and jc and cris would definitely last long. it was a wise decision to just watch since he feels comfortable with his alliance.

no one of the three remaining survivors budged after 4 hours on the plank and it was already dark in the area. fatigue is really setting in. switching to a more comfortable position, charisse lost her balance and fell off the plank after staying for 4 hours and 10 minutes. it was a battle between the 2 former naak members. jc was offering something to cris through some hand signals. jc then stepped down from the plank and gave cris immunity.

this is the first individual immunity win for cris. of the 5 remining castaways, only rob has no individual immunity win. the immunity made cris's 2 votes due to the black pearl curse useless. all plans to vote him out will also be cancelled. who will be voted out next with all these developments and the surprise tribal council which was held on the same night of the challenge?

survivor philippines: cris wins individual reward challenge

male cast aways continue their dominance in the individual reward challenges. after 2 weeks of wins by jc tiuseco, it was cris who wins the third individual reward challenge in day 28 of survivor philippines. the reward challenge was a spear throwing challenge. the cast aways will each throw a spear into a big target in the sand. the survivor with the arrow nearest the bulls eye wins.

The reward was to choose which castaway eats which meal. seven meals were shown before the challenge. the meals were steak meal with bottomless mountain dew, teriyaki burger with fries and a glass of mountain dew, pizza and pasta plus a glass of mountain dew, dried fish and tomato plus a glass of pepsi, camote plus a glass of pepsi max, tamarind and a glass of 7up and a plate of salt and a glass of water.

cris won the spear throwing part, marlon was a close second place. when cris chose which person eats which meal, it was evident that chalam was still divided into naak and jarakay. cris chose the steak for himself. he gace zita the burger while kaye got pizza and pasta. jc was given the ddried fish and rob got the camote. as expected, the 2 ex-jarakay members got the least appetizing dishes. marlon got the tamarind and charisse got the salt.

survivor philippines: episode 32 - scheming and beer drinking

some observations on episode 32 of survivor philippines:

> marlon is making a move to impress naak and make them not vote for him. this is a good move for him. being in a new environment. you must first observe and adjust to the dynamics of the new group. but he is maintaining his alliance with the former jarakay members, which he also needs to stay in the game.

> marlon is not the only one slowing down. charisse was not shown strategizing at all. hmmm... good thinking... but she needs to go back to playing the game since they have the disadvantage in numbers and marlon can drop her any time.

> jace is definitely stepping up his game. he is the one planning for jarakay. he ultimately believes that jc is on his side. he trusts him too much. since naak is seeing him planning and scheming for jarakay, he puts himself very vulnerable to the vote. he is not only a physical threat but also a game threat.

> naak seems to be sticking together... all of them are telling each other what jarakay is telling them. but this game has only 1 winner, 6 persons cannot win the game. hope some of them realizes this. until when will they stick together?

> jc is pissed off that jace thinks that jarakay can get him. he must be flattered that jace is trusting him too much. he is also telling naak what jace has told him. hmmm... jc is blindsiding jace, he is now playing the game to his advantage. but he must remember that the ones he is dealing with right now are the same persons that would determine the sole survivor. his betrayal may lose his 4 votes, if all jarakay members will be voted off.

> jace's proposed vote order: kiko, rob, cris, zita, kaye... this would not happen for sure.

> marlon got drunk, he just screwed up all the things that he did the whole day to impress naak. back to square one.

> cris shown the emotional side of him. crying over the bonfire with beer in his hand. he misses his family. hmmm... zita is not the only one trying to win the sympathy votes.

> kaye is making some realization that jarakay needs someone to jump ship to their side... is she thinking of abandoning naak?

> jace wants the jarakay alliance to be a secret. huh? isn't it common sense that they have an alliance and hasn;'t he told jc so much about the alliance?