One of many greatest shockers in the course of the “Survivor 46” remaining tribal council got here courtesy of Maria Shrime Gonzalez, the second-to-last jury member who narrowly missed out on becoming a member of the season’s remaining 5 gamers. Maria and Charlie had a detailed alliance all season, with the 2 joking that he’d be “Uncle Charlie” to her youngsters after the sport ended — and after she misplaced the penultimate immunity problem in the course of the season finale, she instructed Charlie that he was assured to win her vote on the remaining tribal council. In the end, Maria flipped … and voted for Kenzie, making the vote 5 to three (Ben did not obtain any votes). Within the aftermath of the finale, Ben has overtly stated he would have damaged a tie — which might have occurred had Maria caught to her promise and voted for Charlie to win — in Charlie’s favor, which means that Maria’s flipped vote value Charlie 1,000,000 {dollars}.
Kenzie, to be clear, is additionally deserving of the prize and title, however to see Charlie shot down on this method was undoubtedly troublesome to observe. In one of many aftershow’s most painful moments, Maria addresses the elephant within the room, saying she flipped to Kenzie as a result of she noticed “hearth in her eyes” (in the course of the fire-making problem, which … okay, certain). This feels unbelievably fishy, and it actually looks like one thing occurred throughout Maria’s transient time at Ponderosa that modified her thoughts. With out cameras there, we’ll by no means know — so “Survivor” ought to steal a gimmick from “Massive Brother” and provides audiences some perception into what the jury is pondering earlier than remaining tribal council airs.
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