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Jonny Fairplay heavily based his strategy in Survivor: Pearl Islands on Cesternino’s. He can either go with Plan A: Christa, Rupert, Sandra, Burton, or Plan B: Burton, D, T and Lill.” – Johnny Fairplay, Survivor: Pearl Islands. “Once again Jonny Fairplay finds himself in a great position.
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Cesternino’s game also exemplifies for the first time that options are the fundamental currency in voting blocs. Cesternino credits his ability to maintain a working relationship with everyone in the game, giving him more options each week. He deviated again at the Final 5, working with Butch and Matthew to vote off Heidi.
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Cesternino continuously shifted between both alliances, as witnessed in the Final 6 vote when he pulled in Matthew to work with Jenna and Heidi, eliminating wild-card Christy. The foursome struck at the Final 7, to vote off Alex. While the group rested on the laurels of their alliance, Cesternino had already formed a side alliance with Matthew von Ertfelda, Butch Lockley, and to a lesser extent, Christy Smith. When the new Jacaré tribe was formed at the merge, Cesternino was solidly aligned with Jenna Morasca, Heidi Strobel, Alex Bell and Deena Bennett for the Final 10 and 9 votes of Roger Sexton and Dave Johnson. Rob Cesternino in Survivor: Amazon zig-zagged between and within alliances to control each post-merge vote. The most prominent characteristic of voting blocs is the inherent willingness of each player to work with anyone, which is certainly not a new phenomenon. Each vote in Cambodia witnessed such an occurrence, but while the coinage may be new, the notion of voting blocs is not. Fishbach describes voting blocs as temporary assemblages which are united for one vote with no declared loyalty beyond that vote. The legacy of Survivor: Cambodia will easily extend beyond the second chance it provided for twenty contestants, and that legacy rests firmly upon the voting blocs constructed by Stephen Fishbach. “I think there’s voting blocs that make sense for the moment, and the next day that could be completely out the window.” – Stephen Fishbach, Survivor: Cambodia.