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Egbok

Sunday, May 11, 2003 - 11:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hubba-hubba...what a hottie!! Go for it Squared!!

Beruthiel

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 04:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Regarding Matthew, all I can say is - he wuz robbed! He deserved the crown, and Jenna didn't, but what the hey, he's a winner anyway, and I wish him the best of luck. I hope I never ever have to see Jenna's face again, nor hear Heidi's voice. I enjoyed the series, but what a bummer ending :-((((

Seamonkey

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 05:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
He deserved more, but I suspect after seeing him last night, there will be agents lining up to get at him. And he has nothing stupid like stripping for peanut butter to follow him.

Dang, he did look GOOD.. I expect to see Squared stalking him for sure :)

Marameko

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 05:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
From the time I read abut Matt in a USA Today articale prior to the show airing, I knew he would be a formidable opponent. To me he seemed classy, well read,and well traveled. Truly an ecelectic background.

I was surprised at the editing of the show and the way he came across a goofy or out of the loop. It is good to know that part of that act was involved in his strategy. I am very disappointed that he did not win, there is no way I would have predicted that Jenna would actually win. It seems that Butch, Rob and Matt did Jenna a huge favor by not voting her out when they had the chance.

He looked so hot last night, good ole Jenna was holding on to him wasn't she? !

Jeep

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 05:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Matt really did look great last night. I hardly recognized him at first. I thought it was Dave sitting next to Jenna when they first showed them. But there was no mistaking the voice. He sould have won just for being the one that changed the most......for the better.

I'm still PO'd that he didn't win! I just turned the TV off and didn't even watch the reunion show. It's taped, but I don't know when I'll watch it. I can't believe JP said we would love the winner! Obviously he's out of touch with the viewing audience!

Alaginger

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 06:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm giving Matt the crown. crown

I can't give him the money because I already gave that to Seamonkey last night, plus CBS gave theirs to Jenna this morning. but I can still give Matt this crown. I think Hollywood would do good to try and zap this guy up because he can sure look like the good guy, the bad guy, or the scary gay at any given time.......He was my favorite Survivor this year!!!

Jeep

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 06:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Here! Here! Alaginger. I'll second that crowing!

Hermione69

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 06:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good luck, Matt. I wish you had won. You were a fascinating character, a hard worker, and played the game much better than anyone on the jury is giving you credit for.

Pamy

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 08:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought Matt looked great last nite also, and I agree with Hermie. He is a winner!
I also thought JP was especially hot last nite, Ikept picturing him in that towel, wahoooo!!!

Jedisan

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 11:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
can someone post a vid-clip from the reunion.
I couldn't get over how GREAT Matt looked.
I just kept saying WOW!

Tabbyking

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 11:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
alaginger, did you mean to type 'the scary gay' on your matt post?! LOL

i, too, turned off the tv as soon as jenna won. that was enough for me!

Maryk

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 11:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
matt1matt2matt3matt4

To me, Matt is the true sole survivor! Plus he is HOT! Good luck Matt!

Jedisan

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 11:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Maryk - THANKS!!!!
Whooooo-hooooo.

Bob2112

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 12:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think the 4th picture must be the "Scary Gay" look, but he does clean up well and I am not gay, not that there's anything wrong with that!

Tabbyking

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 02:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
bob, LOL

Maris

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 02:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
He looks like the terminator.

Alaginger

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 04:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG...........no, I definitely did do a typo. I do not now, nor have I ever thought at any time in this show, that Matthew is gay. I was typing guy and it just came out gay, and I didn't catch it! So you guys got a couple of good laughs off of that one anyway........so I guess it was worth it (LOL)...........G

Alaginger

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 04:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here are two pictures from the show that I think are absolutely adorable of Matt and Jenna together. mj mj2

Csnog

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 05:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Von Ertfelda was close, but not final 'Survivor'
By JON COUTURE, Standard-Times staff writer

You needed no further proof that Matthew Von Ertfelda was not the average contestant on CBS's "Survivor" than what he did as he and swimsuit model Jenna Morasca left the Jacare camp for the last time.
Retrieving the canoe that he'd caught so many fish in, he retrieved artifacts from the camp where he'd spent 39 days -- palm fronds, twigs, tools, an idol. Setting them ablaze as one would a funeral pyre, he pushed it out into the river, helping bring closure to a man who has studied cuisine in France and Mandarin Chinese in Taipei, who has gone to New Guinea to pursue cannibals, who was the captain of his football team at Middlesex School and who just last year was listed as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Eligible Bachelors.
Given the things he has done in his 33 years, Mr. Von Ertfelda may truly be unlike any of the other 95 people to have competed on CBS's top reality show. However, he now does share one characteristic with 89 of them.
He didn't win the million dollar first prize.
The Dartmouth-raised Von Ertfelda was able to reach the show's final two, but lost the final jury's vote 6-1 to Ms. Morasca, who, at 21, was already the youngest castaway ever to compete in the show's six-season run. For his second-place finish, Mr. Von Ertfelda wins $100,000, in addition to the 2003 Saturn Ion he won in an earlier reward challenge.
In the end, it's hard to say just what was Mr. Von Ertfelda's undoing. Deena Bennett said she'd sensed sexism in Matthew's earlier call that "may the best man win." When prompted by the jury -- made up of the last seven castaways to be voted off -- to list her opponent's flaws, Ms. Morasca said she felt Mr. Von Ertfelda was distant, that he didn't have any real connection to others on the show and that this was just "another adventure on his list of things to do."
But in the end, the general consensus seemed to be that Ms. Morasca had held to the game's credo better -- to outwit, outplay and outlast. Even if Mr. Von Ertfelda had convinced all his tribemates of the biggest ruse of all: that he was truly crazy.
"That was all an act," Mr. Von Ertfelda said. "I felt like, in this game, I needed people to dismiss me. Physically, I had a lot of bullets coming at me, and I needed something to keep people from perceiving me as a threat."
In the end, the show's final act proved to be more than "pretty straightforward," as Mr. Von Ertfelda had predicted when the night's show began with three men and Ms. Morasca the only contestants left.
Knowing that she needed to secure immunity to remain in the game, as Mr. Von Ertfelda, Rob Cesternino and Butch Lockley had formed a strong voting block to be the final three, Ms. Morasca did just that. By being the first to collect four necklaces while blindfolded in a maze, she threw the men's collusion plans into chaos, leading to the expulsion of Mr. Lockley.
With just three players left and already in a secure alliance with Mr. Cesternino, Mr. Von Ertfelda sought to cut a deal with Ms. Morasca, helping secure his place in the show's final pair. Her agreement led Mr. Von Ertfelda to throw the show's final immunity challenge, a test of will requiring a person to stay atop a narrow platform without falling.
When Ms. Morasca won that challenge as well, she alone had the power to choose who would advance, Mr. Von Ertfelda or Mr. Cesternino. Although her choice seemed to be little more than honoring her agreement with Mr. Von Ertfelda, she later admitted that she felt having Mr. Von Ertfelda as an opponent gave her a better chance at winning.
"I felt like if I went to the final with Rob," Ms. Morasca said, "a lot of the jury votes would have been different. But I had to make them think I believed I'd taken the person who I felt was most deserving."
Before the final vote was revealed, Mr. Von Ertfelda admitted he felt he'd been beaten, predicting the jury vote would come out 5-2 against him. Despite the defeat, he expressed no regrets or sadness about the way he'd played the game, or how the final result had turned out.
"Above all, I had to keep my morality and my integrity," Mr. Von Ertfelda said. "I'm a bit sad to see it all come to an end. It's been an amazing and incredible experience."

Tabbyking

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 05:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
well, i certainly hope there is no 'romance' between matt and jenna. he is a pretty grown up 33 and she is a pretty young 21. way too many years difference. friends would be great, but i hope there is no romance there ;>)

Spygirl

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 05:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Besides that, he's mine...

Egbok

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 06:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Spy, I like your thinking!

Spygirl

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 06:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

Snee

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 06:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i missed the goatee last night.

Alaginger

Monday, May 12, 2003 - 06:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
In Matthew's chat today he said he is seeing a girl in D.C. Said she is quite a girl, but they don't get to see each other often because they both have busy schedules........so that was the first I had heard that he had a girl.

I meant to post this here today...and accidentally posted it in the thread about Alex.