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Ryan Gorneault
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brb, plating up some spagoot

Profile Picture: "Black and White Sunrise (Study)" (1964) by Roy Lichtenstein. Banner: "Sunrise" (1965) by Roy Lichtenstein.
Vote Reveal:

I'm sorry, but the LA live vote vibes are just so much better than the Fiji vote reveals. You know you have something special when time and time again you could feel the LA studio audience through the TV. And the reunions are just so much more fun in LA rather than on location.
February 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Final Four Firemaking Challenge:

I don't actually mind the firemaking challenge? Undoubtedly, it has screwed over some awesome players while still making for excellent TV, but I'm feeling the change of pace that a return to a pre-season 35 final four would bring about.
February 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Rice:

I get the vibe that production usually goes above and beyond for returning casts (I almost remember the WaW cast getting hella tools and eating pretty well—except for on EoE), but I chose rice to be nice lol.
February 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Tribe colors:

Truthfully, I don't usually really care about the tribe colors, but for whatever reason, the blue–orange–green dynamic worked for me. They're bright and bold enough that the colors will pop but not too much that they'll be distracting.
February 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The Mike Bloom interviews changed my mind about a number of them, but I'm still pretty confident that Thomas can win as a social butterfly. Not to say that he won't be strategic, but I predict that Shauhin and Bianca will do the strategic heavy lifting and he'll slip right past them to the end.
February 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM