Enough said. Just with these three words, the avid followers of the show have been in a frenzy of sorts. Why shouldn't we? This was the David versus Goliath moment this season. Maey only dreamed of winning over Arnie who had been dominating most of the challenges. Besides, most people root for the underdog.
But in the past, Maey has already proven that she is one of the toughest competitors in endurance challenges. Yes for those who have just followed the show, Maey (to borrow another dotcomer's description) is the endurance queen. Maey recognized this and hoped that she gets endorsements with a tagline "pang matagalan". You know like one of those car batteries. What were we thinking? :))
For this challenge, a miniature wooden statue was placed on a disk with a stick attached to it. One holds on to the stick and makes sure the statue doesn't fall off. But in regular time intervals, the castaway has to attach additional sticks making it more difficult to balance the sitting statue.
The castaways' statues toppled one after the other thus setting up Maey and Arnold's epic stand off. Maey had shaky sticks but always found a way to balance. Arnie's was so still even a bird could have made a nest on top of it. If the challenge had lasted to the night, I would be expecting Arnold to shout, “All day, all night baby! All week, all month, all year!”
All the while, Stef was wishing ang hoping Arnold would tip his statue. No love lost since they were bickering back in camp before the challenge. Well, they are always on each others faces like siblings finding things to fight on.
More than just having total concentration, it also helped that Maey placed herself in the best position. She oriented herself in front of the table with the additional sticks making it easier for her to grab them when needed. Arnie had poised himself with the table on his side thus when his set of sticks were too tall, he had to reorient himself like Maey to get better access to the poles. But that move made his statue shake and fall. It fairness to Arnie, everyone had their tables on the side. They were positioned so the camera can view all the castaways.
I was happy at Maey's sort of "OMG" expression when Richard declared her the winner. Betong thought it was a "whale of a victory" by cheering "Mabuhay ang Butanding!" or whale shark. Mara gave a congratulatory hug and asked if she could have the immunity bracelet back. In Betong's solo interview he was dismayed asking if they were just like a pawn shop that were just keeping the bracelet till the owner wanted it back. By the way, Mara also hugged Stef saying she will be putting her name on the vote. Awww! Just kidding. This could be pure honesty or just a strategy.
Hopefully, next week's tribal council will be a short one since they will still be returning to camp and have at least the afternoon to scramble, backstab, and strategize. Some feel its between KC and Arnold. Maey and Betong will hopefully be the swing votes. Abangan.
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