therealljidol | Entries tagged with sole survivor

Several months ago, 19 Idol writers began the adventure of a lifetime.

Tonight, that journey is about to come to an end, with one of them being crowned Sole Survivor.

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You've said your peace and the Jury has had the time to ask you any questions they had to help them make this important and solemn decision...
the power is in their hands.

*turns to the Jury*
This game now rests in your capable hands.

One by one, you will go up to the voting confessional and write down the name of the person you WANT TO WIN this game. Hold it up for the camera, say a few words if you like, and then place the vote in the urn.

OK - let's get started...

*one by one the voters go up and vote*

(NOTE: On the TV show, this would be the point where we would most likely see a vote or two. But we don't reveal Idol voters... so this is my compromise - a couple quotes, just imagine that the faces and voices are distorted...)

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"This is hard for me because when it came down to the final three, I was rooting for gunwithoutmusic

So, choosing from a dead tie, I’m voting for... " *cuts away before the vote is revealed*

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"...a promise is a promise. Great job at the Final Tribal and good luck!"

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"Wish I could vote for both. Literally, I am flipping a coin.........(drum roll)........." (camera cuts to someone taking a coin out of their pocket and flipping it. The coin tumbles through the air, end over end, before landing with a dramatic thud*

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*Final Juror finishes casting their vote and sits down*

I'll go get the votes.

*Gary goes to urn, retrieves it and goes back to production area to discuss for an hour or so before returning*

Thank you to all of you. This was a crazy idea, a social experiment that combined the game of Survivor into the world of LJ Idol. I didn't know if it would work. But I think that, overall, it really did. I hope you had fun. I know that I - for the most part :D - did, and a part of that was having such a great cast of characters.

Normally, this would be the time of the finale when Jeff Probst would put his hand on the urn and say that he would love to reveal the votes, but it would have to wait until they got back to the States. Then they would wait 6 months to almost a year (depending on when the season was filmed) and all get back together in either New York or Los Angeles for a live reading of the votes....

Which is why that's exactly what we're doing.... see you in Los Angeles in Feb 2022... ;)

Oh wait... no we're not. I'm reading the votes, right here. Right now.

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There were 16 members of the Jury. Unfortunately due to Real Life, 3 of them were not able to cast a vote. (they let me know they couldn't) Which means there are 13 votes in this urn. It takes 7 to win.

Remember you WANT to see your name on this parchment.

Good luck to you both.

I'll read the votes.

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First vote

1 vote halfshellvenus

Second vote (slowly turns it over)

2 votes halfshellvenus

Next vote

3 votes halfshellvenus

Next vote

4 votes halfshellvenus

Next vote, takes it out, looks at it, slowly turns it over

4 votes halfshellvenus 1 vote flipflop_diva

*pulls another vote out of the urn*

4 votes halfshellvenus 2 votes flipflop_diva

*pulls another vote out*

4 votes halfshellvenus 3 votes flipflop_diva

*and another vote is revealed*

We are tied. 4 votes halfshellvenus 4 votes flipflop_diva.

*after a dramatic pause, pulls out another vote*

4 votes halfshellvenus 5 votes flipflop_diva

*reaches in and pulls out another vote*

We are tied again. 5 votes halfshellvenus 5 votes flipflop_diva

3 more votes remain.
*puts hand in urn, and slowly pulls out a parchment, looks at it and turns it over*

6 votes halfshellvenus 5 votes flipflop_diva
2 votes remaining

*pulls out another parchment*

6 votes halfshellvenus 6 votes flipflop_diva
1 vote remaining

*replay of the voting confessional ""Wish I could vote for both. Literally, I am flipping a coin"