Sam Say Hi

[Sam Wallace]

So congrats to both of you for making it to the end! I think you both played a really similar game.. Both of you were very under the radar pre-jury while the major players during pre-jury ended up evicted so once again proving this game is a marathon not a sprint. Also you both won critical comps when needed to, Dominic in your case I think you won 150 vetos and had immunity 30 times so, impressive. Makes it hard to decide who to vote for though..


DOMINIC, let's start with you. I really wanted you out since day one cause I thought you had a great chance of making it to the end, never actually thought you would so congrats on that! You really did play a great game and I would love to see you win and make me look really smart for calling it! However, we never spoke until you won HOH (some of that was my fault as well and I'm sure you're lovely too. Everyone knows I was a big fan of everyone from S2 this season so I'm sure we would have gotten along great ) but the matter is I did have a relationship with Estelle, I didn't have one with you. So why should I vote for you?


ESTELLE, hey girl hey! So happy you made it to the end. You already know how I feel about you so I'll skip the lame zomg I love you, you played great part and cut right into... The week Dominic won HOH.. I'm going to need a little insight into that week. It was clear you wanted Kristen or myself out that week and instead of trying to win HOH yourself from where I stood it seemed you and Dixie helped Dom win that HOH so he could do your dirty work.. Which he did.. So my question is why should I vote for you instead of Dom when Dominic pulled off what you wanted but seemed unwilling to do yourself?

Again great job you guys and best of luck to both of you! May the odds be ever in your fucking favor

[Estelle Landy]

Hi Sam! OMG sorry this took to long lol. YouTube was being a bitch, and my webcam stopped working among other things. >___< Anywho, without further adieu:



Basically, thank you for the happiness of me making it to the end and I love you so much! The round Dominic won HOH, it was not thrown to him whatsoever. I get into the first HOH in my spiel above, but basically I wasn't trying to give him information or throw it to him, I was just using what was given to me as a sense of time to know how far I had to count to get a piece, not necessarily to use to my advantage and take at face value. I wasn't really considering what Dixie or Dominic were doing because I was focused on my own strategy. Anyway, in the second HOH he won (the redo), he won because he had a lot of friends on Pre-Jury, so he best knew what they were thinking and how they would phrase things. It definitely wasn't thrown to him, nor did I help him out haha.

However, while Dominic did something I would have wanted him to, I actually feel as though my HOH reign at this point would have been different. I wouldn't have wanted you to go that round, partially because I had the best relationship with you out of your side, and partially because I felt that Kristen/Ryan duoship was more threatening. I likely would have nominated Kristen & Ryan, while targeting Kristen, who I felt was the link between you and Ryan. I wanted to avoid Ryan winning the POV and saving Kristen, so I would have put them up together. I didn't want to force Talla up in any situation that round, which unfortunately happened.

Anyway, at the same time - I wasn't unwilling to nominate you and Kristen either. This is evident by the fact that for hours after my first HOH win, it was my plan to do so, but I thought us reconciling was a better plan, which ultimately didn't pan out for a number of reasons we probably don't need to get into. I wouldn't have been afraid to make the move of putting you and Kristen up together if I had honestly felt it was in my best interest at any point in the game that I had the opportunity to do so.

I hope that answers your question(s). If you have any follow-up ones, let me know. Thank you for the opportunity to answer your questions and good luck with your decision. <3

[Dominic Briones]

Everyone knows I was a big fan of everyone from S2 this season so I'm sure we would have gotten along great ) but the matter is I did have a relationship with Estelle, I didn't have one with you. So why should I vote for you?

Sam, thanks for the kind words! I really am sad we didn't get more of a chance to get to know one another. Something that's important to me is being a flexible, reasonable person, and judging by your comments and your address to myself and Stella here, I can see that you are. But let me get to your question...

Basically, I can only ask you to vote for me if you're basing your vote on who played a better game, and if you truly feel that was me. If you want to vote based on friendship, then I have no right to ask for your vote. However, if you can unbiasedly compare my game to Estelles, and you can find merit in the game I played, then I definitely think that I am deserving of votes to win this game. Can I whole-heartedly argue that my game was, without a doubt, better than Estelle? No. I can merely tell you what I did well, and let you make that decision for yourself. But I do think I played a great game, given the hand I was dealt, so here are a few things to help you make that decision, if you so choose to base your vote on an analysis of our games and not an analysis on whose friendship is more apparent.

1. I came in with a huge target, and was forced from week 1 to stand up and save myself. I suceeded.
2. Having to win an early challenge only increased my target. Working hard on challenges and having the fortune of being on the side of the house with strong competitors kept me safe a few more rounds.
3. During pairs, once again, I was targeted (with Helen), and would have went home (most likely), had it not been for another close victory to keep myself safe.
4. At that point, I strategically used my Britney Box, choosing to save safety for a future week and relying on my social game to keep me safe. It did, if not barely.
5. Then, I worked on making alliances that could get me from the half way point to the end. During this time, I avoided nomination until the final 4 (which, let's be honest, came down to my fate being reliant on Dixie, whom I'd reconciled with and made a deal with about 5 rounds earlier).
6. The final 4 was the only time I was a final nominee (compared to Estelle being a final nominee only in week 1).
6. I received 0 eviction votes against me in the game (nor did Estelle, so once again, kind of even there).  
7. A lot of my "moves" in the game came through chsoing when to lay low and when to speak up. For instance, the week Roddy was nominated, I chose not to save him with my PoV, despite him being a very good friend and ally. He stayed that week, but left the next week, when I could have probably campainged to save him, I recognize that it would have just made me a bigger target, and I probably wouldn't have been successful. Similarly, when allies would win HoH, rather than trying to be the puppeteer, I demonstrated my loyalty and didn't try to get them to make my nominations. I let them do their thing. This helped me remain close to them, while also preventing people from being able to have proof that I was targetting them. (Helen, Estelle, Rhian are some main examples of allies who I let make their own decisions, rather than trying to force their hand and perhaps compromise their loyalty to me).
8. It's kind of hard to make solid moves without power, and unfortunately, I only had that power one week, which ended up being the week you left. During that week, I did reach out to you and Kristen to at least open the lines of communication. My allies wanted Ryan up, but I stuck to my guns, despite Ryan being a bit of a trainwreck that week. In the end, you left, and while I didn't think you might have been the biggest threat overall, I definitely knew you were a threat to me, so I feel that was an adequate use of my power, even if getting you out helped others as well.

So yeah, that's a snapshot of my game. If you think it's worthy of a win, then please vote for me. If you think Estelle did better, then vote for her. That's basically the best I can say. I'm proud of lasting through 18 evictions, when I know I was a target from day 1. If that earns me the win, then awesome. If not, I tried my best and will have to be proud of that.