It's Day 39, the Last Day!  Amanda and Parvati are happy they made it to
the Final Two.  They go for tree mail and find a fabulous meal!  LOL!  Both
get retrospective and are proud of how they played The Game.  Amanda
feels worn out after spending 78 of the last 180 days playing "SURVIVOR".
She feels she was more true to her alliances.  Parvati thinks she played a
great game.  She knows she was aggressive.  They burn the shelter and
share one last 'stir' of their witches' pot.  Amanda is suspicious that Parvati
may try to throw her under the bus!

It's time for the Final Tribal Council.  Jeff makes his usual speech about
how the power has now shifted to The Jury.  Amanda goes first, telling
The Jury that she played a loyal game and fought hard when she had to. 
Parvati admits that she played a flirty game, but in the end was more agres-
sive and made bolder power moves.  The Jury then gets to speak.

Eliza begins telling them both they played a great strategic game and is
still undecided whom she'll vote for.  She then trashes Parvati for being
deceitful and mean spirited.  Eliza then tells Amanda she thinks she is too
superficial. 

Jason asks Amanda if she would have told Ozzy he was being booted had
she known of the plot?  Amanda answers that she would have.  Jason then
asks Parvati what are her redeeming qualities?  Parvati answers that she
was always loyal to Amanda and Cirie.  She adds that she was nice to
Gloria, the chicken, too!  LOL!

Alexis asks Parvati what would make her a better role model than Amanda?
Parvati explains that she was more independent and made bolder strategy
moves.  Alexis then tells Amanda she thinks her crying at the previous
Tribal Council was fake.  Amanda defends herself that she was genuinely
emotionally upset.

Natalie asks Parvati about her flirting with everyone, including with her!
How does this translate to her real life?  Parvati admits to being flirty in
her real life as well as during The Game.  Natalie then asks Amanda if her
confused dizziness was just an act?  Amanda argues back that she does
not consider herself dizzy.

Erik tells Amanda that up until a few days ago, he would have voted for her,
but now has doubts about their friendship.  She apologizes and says she
never intended to hurt his feelings.

James is first asked by Jeff how his finger is doing.  James says he's doing
well.  He then tells Amanda she has his vote in the bag.  James then attacks
Parvati and wants explanations.  Parvati answers, "Ha-ha, got you, sucker!"
She adds that she had no chance of winning unless she did betray him.
She wanted to be in control.

Cirie asks Amanda why does Parvati deserve a shot at the money more
than her?  Amanda answers that Parvati played a bolder, more powerful
game.  Cirie asks Parvati why she deserves to be in the Final Two instead
of her?  Parvati answers that Cirie flew too much under the radar and that
she couldn't compete against her with The Jury.

Finally, Ozzy has his say.  He begins trashing Parvati.  She ruined their
friendship for the sake of money.  He has no respect for her at all.  But
what he is most upset about is not the money, but losing 14 more days
with Amanda on the island.  He then tells Amanda that he has fallen in
love with her!  Awww!  Amanda smiles!

It's time for The Jury to vote.  We are shown Ozzy and Erik voting for
Amanda to win.  We also see Alexis and Natalie voting for Parvati to
win.  Eliza takes a long time deciding.  After she votes, Jeff collects
the ballots.  He heads off the set and we next see him enter the stage at
the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.  He counts the votes.  Amanda
gets three, probably James was the third.  The rest went with Parvati.  She
is the winner of "Survivor:  Micronesia"!!!

The post-season re-union show was better than most.  Parvati said that
her strategy was to fly under the radar as long as possible.  But once The
Switch happened, she began making moves and allied herself with Alexis
and Natalie.  After The Merge, she knew she was in good shape with Cirie
and Amanda as well.  Jeff asks Amanda how it feels finishing second again?
She said that she feels frustrated.  She even has a hard time trusting folks
back in the real world, now.  Amanda adds that it's impossible to guess
how The Jury votes.

As for the rest of the show, the more fun items are that Ozzy and Amanda
are still dating.  James has officially passed his crown as dumbest player
to Erik.  Jonathan's knee is getting better.  James is still on antibiotics.
The top three vote-getters for the Sprint Fan Favorite contest were
Amanda, Ozzy, and James, who won for the second time and earned him-
self an extra $100,000! 

The next season will return to Africa.  Eighteen Americans will struggle in
the equatorial country of Gabon along the Atlantic coast. 

This season was a fun one.  While I am disappointed that Amanda did not
win, I can understand The Jury's decision.  Parvati did play a sharp and
decisive game.  So kudos to her.  I also want to thank SirLinksalot.Net, again,
for their help.  For those of you who want to read my blog, please use the
link above and to the left.  I am following Bravo TV's "Top Chef", there, as
well as the greatest reality game show, the U.S. Presidential campaign.
Otherwise, I hope you all have a great summer and see you again in the
fall, when "Survivor: Gabon" begins.