Opening Statments

[Probst]

Please make them here

[JP Calderon]

Honestly, it was a whirl wind of event that got me here to where I’m at in the final 2. I’ll start from the very beginning… back when I was on the Manihiki tribe with Jonathan, Cristina, Sekou, and Jenny. We were a pretty strong team, and we continued to win the immunity challenges which got us all the way to week… well… week 2, but that was when Jenny lost a Pop Challenge, and she was never active anyway. Then one week I received some information about a particular strong competitor, and I decided to not stand back and let the chips fall as they may, I took action for what I thought would be the best game move on my part and tried to get them eliminated, by agreeing with Flicka/Sundra. Originally I succeeded and regretted it, and it failed. Then I knew I had to go all out, and I ended up making it this far, so I guess I did something right, lol. Well after I lost Sundra the week or two before merge once we merged, I knew I had the minority going into merge. I had put too much of a target on my back, and I had to come up with something fast. I couldn’t do much for a while until the week Flicka was voted out. We all received our hidden luxury prizes, and mine happened to be the Hidden Immunity Idol, and Candice’s was the Change the votes around thing. I managed to not be the target for a few weeks, but I knew my time was coming, so I was going to use my HII on Becky in Week 10, however I was just moments late and I think that’s probably my biggest mistake, because if Becky had stayed that week, that would have given my side the majority. Then in Week 11, Candice used her power to get Jonathan voted out, and originally in Week 12 after I won the IC, I was going to give my individual immunity to Candice, and keep my HII to myself so we could vote out Parvati. But then Parvati quit, re-entered, and Ozzy won the IC instead. Adam had become inactive at this point, and since Parvati already quit, we just voted her out. Then at final 4, I knew Ozzy didn’t want to vote Adam out at all, but his inactivity is what solidified Ozzy’s vote I think, making the final 3: Myself, Candice, and Ozzy. I knew Ozzy and Candice had their little alliance deal going on, so I would be next if I didn’t win the final 3 immunity. But instead, it was a Pop Challenge and Candice had immunity, making it Ozzy VS Myself, and I overtook Ozzy in the 2 mini games, finalizing my position in the final 2 against Candice.

I will hope you can see how much I've had to overcome and understand how difficult it was for me to make it all the way to the end. If I lose, hey I gave a darn good try and lost to a very worthy competitor, but if I win I'd be ecstatic.

Good luck to you, Candice. And thanks for your time, jury... that took forever to type... and probably forever to read, too. :-P haha.

[Candice Woodcock]

Hey everyone! Thanks for the game, it was an interesting experience. I am aware I didn't speak to most of the early jurors but that's because we weren't really on the same tribe. Communication works both ways so I think your decision shouldn't be based on who you talked to more but more so who overall played the better game. JP and I had both had prealliances. I had a soild alliance from the get go and we dominated every TC. After making merge, a few TCs later that is when my relationship with them basically ended. I chose to save Flicka over Yul which backfired due to his immunity idol. I was pretty much demoted and excluded from that alliance. My relationship with Ozzy is what got me through that mess and that is why I'm sitting here. Ozzy would tell me everything they were saying so I was always one step ahead. I believe I am the reason both JP and I made final 2. With Ozzy's help I made many moves that protected JP and helped carry him to the final 3.

I am looking forward to your questions. Thank you again

Goodluck JP tehe