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Cindy Hall interview transcript
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HI Guys, thanks for the great questions, and don't forget to give me some good ones for the winner AND runner up-- we'll talk with both of them Monday.
Thanks!
CINDY HALL/SURVIVOR #14 VOTED OUT
Q: You were faced with a tough choice... why did you decide to keep the car?
CH: I decided to keep the car because I knew that I already had a target on my back as far as being the next to go, and I wanted to make sure that if I had to leave the game, I left with something very memorable. I don't think giving cars to the rest of the contestants would have saved me at that point, because Danni already had an alliance with Rafe, and she had been pushing to get rid of me for a couple of weeks now, so I already had two forces working against me at that point, and I wasn't quite sure how it was gonna go with the rest of them, so I was just giving myself a little security.
Q: Rafe said if you had given everyone a car, he would never have been able to vote you out. Do you believe that?
CH: I don't believe it for a minute, because he had the alliance with Danni, and the plan of the four people, myself, Rafe, Lydia and Stephenie was to get rid of Danni next. Well, if he had an alliance with Danni, he wasn't going to vote her out, so I don't think that was the case. It wouldn't have happened.
Q: For Stephenie and Rafe, was it a bad decision strategically to vote you out, because it makes them look even more cut-throat to the jury?
CH: It's gonna really be hard on them facing the jury. I think every one of them is ridiculously silly for not realizing they needed to get rid of Rafe a long time ago, but you know, he's playing the game really well, and he's got them all convinced that it's safe to have him around, but I just don't know how they can't see it, but regardless, he's still there, so he's doing something right!
Q: Did you and Lydia and Danni ever talk about aligning together to vote out either Rafe or Stephenie?
CH: I tried to push the Stephemie thing early on, and I think Lydia was the only one who seemed starstruck by Stephenie, and Rafe and Danni just like seemed to kinda be on her side from the beginning. Definitely Rafe, because he was on her original tribe. And Danni is willing to be pals with her because she thinks she's a power player, and by aligning with a power player, you're allowing yourself to go further. So I just don't think they really see how necessary it is to eliminate that threat.
Q: Tell me how in the world Lydia got to the Final 4!
CH: I think she's made it because, number one, she's not a physical threat, you never have to worry about her beating you in any of the challenges, physically or mentally, even in the trivia challenges she was never a front-runner, so you don't have to worry about her getting immunity. She is very easily swayed in terms of where the vote is going, if you want her to vote with you and you say the right thing, it seems like it's a real simple deal to seal. And when it comes down to the final two, if you're in the final two with Lydia, she hasn't won any challenges, she hasn't been strong in stragey, so I don't think anyone's gonna want to give her a million dollars having not really played the game much. So there are a lot of reasons why people don't mind having Lydia around, not to mention that it's nice to have someone who has a smile on her face.
Q: What are your impressions of how Danni's playing the game right now?
CH: I'm surprised that Danni lasted this long, because she was targeted to be voted out long ago, and had she not won the immunity challenge where she changed places with Stephenie, she would have been the next to go. Really, it goes all the way back to the auction, where she purchased that secret clue, that really has saved her and allowed her to go as far as she has.
Q: Can we expect some fireworks at the finale?
CH: I really think the finale might have quite a bit of drama, simply because we haven't seen each other and talked to one another since it all went down, so you're kinda gonna get the fury from some of these people firsthand, their first initial reactions to one another, unloading everything that you wanted to unload in the game, but couldn't because you were afraid of getting voted out. Hey, the game's over, so everybody gets to say it!
Q: What criteria will you use to vote for the winner?
CH: It's hard to tell because there's still some game left, but I always thought if this were a situation I was put in, I would have to consider how they played the game. Depending on who the final two are, I would have to consider how much of the game did they really play, did they truly outwit, did they truly outplay, did they truly
outlast? Because it's not so much about getting along with people and not being annoying just to stay in the game, and when you get into the final two with the jury, you have to convince the jury that you should have the money and the other person shouldn't. That's where your wits come in, you really have to use your brain at this point, and I'll be watching to see who uses their brain to the highest potential.
Q: out of time, thanks!