Exclusive Interview with 'Survivor: Samoa' Contestant John Fincher

Last night on Survivor: Samoa, John Fincher, the 25 year old rocket scientist from Los Angeles, California, got a nasty surprise when his platinum Russell Alliance card was declined. Before the season, Jeff Probst speculated that John was a poser, just talking a big game. Indeed, David entered Survivor: Samoa relatively unfamiliar with the series but armed with plenty of self-confidence, a stylish shirt and a keen knowledge of physics.
As it turned out, John won an individual immunity challenge and many team immunities, and seemed to play an instrumental role in ousting several power players. Yet, after watching the episodes I wonder how many readers still have an idea of what Jeff was getting at. Or perhaps he truly has shaken the label.
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challenge and how he managed to spend quite so much of the first challenge on his bac.
Q. Great plaid shirt. Where'd you get it?
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did successfully work to change the perception back at camp though and built one of my strongest alliances with Erik, someone who was initially quite annoyed with my performance.
Q. You hit a great shot in the tee ball challenge. Was it luck or experience?
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with high loft so it would stick when it landed as opposed to rolling/bouncing off the target area into a zone with fewer points.
Q. Why did you pick the day of the Survivor Lost dvd box set
auction to kill the chickens? Isn't that the one day almost all of you would have been full?
Not sure when we killed the chicken actually....

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for immunity, and now auction away all of their money for an advantage in a challenge.
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giant cheeseburger, fries and beer! After the immunity challenge, see who's available this week and make your choice then.
One person who wasn't duped this week was John. Sure, Disney dvd collection
he kept that giant hunk of apple pie at the expense of his tribemates only to be voted off later in the episode. But you'd have a hard time convincing me his selfishness had anything to do with his downfall.
We've seen people give up food, rewards and Prison break dvd
even immunity as a gesture of good will to their tribemates only to be voted out later in the episode. Come time to vote, people are going to go for whoever they want gone. You might as well enjoy your apple pie while you can.
Monica may had the most short livedThat 70's show dvd
success in the auction, though. She won an entire rotisserie chicken, which probably sounded great until the tribe decided to kill both of its chickens that same night. People rarely enjoy a meal as much the second time.
I can't wait to ask John why the tribeThe unite dvd box set
chose that night to binge on chickens. Monica, Natalie, Mick and John had all enjoyed big meals just earlier in the day. Wouldn't they have had a greater need almost any day of the game?
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the chickens go during the clip show last week? How come they were still around? Were they too stupid to leave the pen? If so, I don't think Shambo has reason to feel too guilty about dropping the axe this week. They chose this life.
Perhaps you could say the same about John. ILost dvd box set
always wanted to like the rocket scientist with his brilliant purple and red plaid shirt and Colgate smile. He had all the promise on paper of someone clever, warm and competitive. But he was as much a part of Galu's collapse as anyone, staking the tribe's future on Russell's promise to vote out one of his own guys. Come on, John! Really?
With only a few weeks left until Christmas there are still eight people left in the game. Are two people going to go home next week? Or are we going to run Samoa right through the holiday season?