I had seen up through Sherea's boot episode, so not very far in the season at all, but thankfully I had spoilers so I pretty much knew what happened for the rest of the season.

I think there would have been a revote and then if it was still a tie, they had something for a tiebreaker. It would not have been done on the live show it would have been done on the island, for sure. They told us it could be a long night if there was a tie.

Jeff or someone certainly looked at the votes to make sure it was not a tie because there's no way they would've done it live.

I have nothing against Amanda but I just felt Parvati had far outperformed her in the final tribal council and deserved to win, which is why I hesitated to force a tie.

Cirie was correct. Up through final 4, there would have been purple rock picking. Crazy, huh?

I think being a "brainiac" can be a liability on Survivor because people are suspicious of you. Remember when Scout knocked me out of that reward challenge because I was "too smart?" It made me mad, but it was true. I would've won if they'd let me stay in. Jonathan and Yau Man are both certainly very smart. So is Chad from Vanuatu.