The Pros and Cons of the New Final Tribal Council Format

Since it seems like the new final tribal council format, where more of an open forum happens instead of the traditional one on one format. While Survivor’s motto has always been outwit, outlast, outplay, this format is actually talked about and used some. But there are some downsides with the change too. I might as well get into the good and bad of this.

Pros: In this one, you don’t have to worry about forgetting anything if you are on the jury as you can always bring up more details the next time around. It can also benefit the finalists who then get more of a chance to respond and talk about their game and why they deserve to win. You don’t have to do more for one person than you would for all of the others should you be more worried about needing some player’s votes more than others. I have noticed that blowout votes have been less common in this new format than has been in others meaning that one is less likely to win in a landside in this format. We had the first ever jury tie this way, which might not be a bad thing.

Cons: People can hog up the conversation in this format regardless of it they are jury members or even if they are finalists. Whereas one is certain to be able to talk in the old format, you might not be able to talk this way. Even if you do, it could be edited out, unlike the old format where a jury member’s speech would never ever be on the cutting room floor. I guess that another flaw of this is that some finalists might be focused on more than others, but I seem to recall that happening in the other format as well. We seem less likely to get more iconic speeches and even questions this way.

Well, that’s all for this blog post. I hope that I have more time to write more of all that I want to in the future. I doubt that I would ever be gone from this or any other blog for a while, but I’ll never know for sure, especially with all that I have planned. I hope that no Wednesdays are missed, but it is possible that random ones will be. Sorry if I seem cryptic as I don’t know everything that will happen. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.