It’s a story worthy of a Hollywood movie. The neglected Survivor Quebec contestant, underestimated by his teammates and rejected by all alliances, was voted Noovo Reality TV’s ultimate survivor on Sunday night, cashing a hefty $100,000 check that would allow him to do something else than to buy white rice for dinner.
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And minutes before his overwhelming victory, loner Nicolas Brunette, 25, passed out inches from a large fire. So this last tribal council will have been dramatic to the end, Medic, Medic!
Nicolas, a communications and marketing agent from Gatineau, sold his salad very well to the eight judges. Much more than poor Christophe who struggled and missed a chance to praise his career, more impressive than Nico’s, it must be said.
Yes, Nicolas excelled at Redemption Island where he won all four encounters before returning to Pag-Asa. it was brilliant But before the merger of Tiyaga and Kalooban, the King of Salvation, as Patrice Bélanger called him, was obliterated, ineffective and handcuffed. His atypical resume didn’t shine that much.
On the other hand, the jury swallowed it all and believed the way Nicolas says he pulled the strings of the Kalooban duos, turning them against each other. It was, as they say, too subtle and hidden to be true. He played Nico well, but not to this extent.
The capital of sympathy he has accumulated through maneuvers at the bottom of the pyramid has tipped the scales in his favour.
On paper it was Christophe Tiffet, Boisbriand’s worker, who deserved the win. First, he couldn’t rest on Redemption Island for two weeks. Then, on day one of the adventure, Chris Tie Dye, 40, formed a strong alliance with podiatrist Kimberly Fortin, 25, and aluminum smelter operator Jean-Junior Morin, 41, an alliance that lasted 44 days. Quite an achievement.
In addition to his tough social struggle, Christophe won physical trials and had a knack for protecting his accomplice Kimberly, even if it meant sacrificing his cosmic twin JJ to get through to the finals.
Chris’ problem? In the negotiations behind the scenes, he often seemed lost, he understood nothing.
As for the discreet Kimberly, who lives in Mascouche, it was she who orchestrated the spectacular fall of JJ, the most menacing and formidable contestant of this first season.
However, it wasn’t until the 41st day – out of 44 – that Kim revealed his strategic side. It was too little, too late.
We also saw on Sunday that Karine Lavigne-Fortin, the 37-year-old karate instructor, was shaken by her departure at the beginning of the episode. She refused to question the three finalists and did not speak again for the rest of the evening.
Kim, Nico and Chris did well to exclude Karine because she would have been crowned by the jury if she had taken the final step. Focused and fierce, Karine was the strongest of Survivor Quebec’s 20 competitors. Not only did she triumph in the challenges and put on the chains of immunity, but she also encouraged and trained the most vulnerable, including Justine, the 25-year-old Gatineau officer.
After the merger, the athletic Karine managed to gain the trust of the two dominant players, JJ and Chris from the Chris & JJ Show, to form the Three Musketeers, which controlled the second half of the season. Her “big shot” in front of the jury, in which she revealed her expired immunity, ended fatally for her.
Nobody understood the meaning of the maneuver and Karine, very, very tense, sank to the ground at that moment.
For several weeks, JJ was criticized for his role as guru in the tribe. It’s true that his crushing reign has ended any chance of a turnaround. When a guru like JJ imposes his vision on an island at the same time, it is because indoctrinated people follow him blindly. JJ would not have used his hypnotic power.
Here’s an unpopular opinion: For a competitor so quickly eliminated, 30-year-old Joël Dandurand took up far too much space at the last tribal council. He could have taken a few logs out of the stove from his fiery speech.
This first season of Survivor Quebec did not peak compared to the American version. It sparkled on our televisions. The animator Patrice Bélanger was also particularly adept, particularly during the hilarious tribal councils where he fired small darts at the tribal members trying to put him to sleep.
In anticipation of the second season, it’s imperative that the production stops its self-disclosure, it’s not serious. Working that hard to self-sabotage your own secrets is worth two slaps and a pow.