Alex's Q & A

[Alex Coladonato]

Alex's Q & A



Hey you two, congrats on making it the finals. You have made it to a place where 14 others have tried to get to - so kudos to the both of you and don't let anyone tell you that you played badly because you have made it here.

Anyways - I'm posting this now because this game has slowed down lately.

Now contrary to popular belief my vote is NOT locked. Regardless of what I have told you over the past week Natalie, I feel like I need to give a fair shot to both finalists. Therefore my vote will be on how you answer my question and the other Juror's questions. In games that I take seriously I always base my vote on who I think played the BEST games, not friendships.


First I'll give a statement:

Natalie, I <3 you inside and outside this game. At first I hated you in the game at the beginning. You made a mistake with video DR's and it got out and ultimately that was the reason of your eviction. Miraculously you got another chance at this game thanks to some friends in the Fan section. Regardless of how you got back, you got back and we have to judge you on that. From the moment you came back we bonded and aligned instantly. You eventually became my final 2. After I was evicted I was rooting for you and I did want to see you here. I think you have some people who are not particularly fond of you and they are basing their vote on personal feelings. I think you have played a very social game and I was pretty surprised to see you get here after I left as you were the number 1 target. You pretty much had a target on your back the moment you came back because Allison wanted you out. And as everyone knows, Allison was controlling most of the game- but she couldn't get you out. I'm happy to have got what I wanted by you making it here. However I need to vote fairly and if it is Sheila whose answers I like better I hope you don't hate me for my vote.

Sheila, we have been friends outside this game. In the game we were always on opposite sides and I can't fault you for that. We have wanted both of each other out. I have criticized you on personal game play but because you got here it did after all work out for you so I can see it being strategical. You took a lot of risks at the end game and it was mostly left up to chance but in the end you got here - and you definitely surprised me by getting here. At the beginning I had you pegged a Pre-Juror or early Juror. A) Because you were attached to Adam, a former winner, there was a shot you could be evicted. B) An early Juror because I didn't think you had the strong ties to keep you around. That definitely surprised me when I soon found out it was impossible to get you out because of all your alliances. If in the end I vote Natalie, it's completely a strategical and non personal vote. Like I have stated I need to wait for questions.


My Questions:

Both: I want you to list your top 3 biggest moves in the game. I don't want winning a competition as a move - I'd like to hear three things you have done to make you safe at a particular moment in the game. I know this is a very basic question lol but I'm looking for some good moves.

Natalie: Out of curiosity would you have evicted me or Sharon if we were the final 3? Thats just curiosity that will not effect my vote, as for an individual question: the week Ryan won HoH and you were up against Joshuah - did you get the votes yourself that week to stay or were you surprised that 3/4 people kept you?

Sheila: Aside from evicting me because you thought I was a threat - what else did you bank on for the following week to stay safe? Did you gamble by leaving it a 50/50 chance you would stay?

I'm mostly going to be judging the question I asked both of you but the individual questions are just my curiosity.


Thanks and good luck!

[Sheila Kennedy]

Well this is a very difficult question for me to answer because I feel like I made quite a few big moves, and I don't say that to be cocky but it's the simple fact that I was constantly thrown into the position of being the swing vote from week to week, from my point of view I would say at least 6 evictions I was the swing vote or the sole vote. So it is hard to pick out a particular three that really helped me out.

1) I do know for a fact though that my biggest move in the game was saving Natalie with the power of veto at the final 5. Despite Allison making me promise not to use it I knew that if I didn't save Natalie I would need to win HOH or POV the following week. Alex I know afterwards u told me that u wanted to align with who ever was against Allison and Ryan at the final 4 but I was not aware of this till after I did POV and everything so in my mind at that time I felt as if I was a sitting duck. I will explain this whole situation more thouroughly in your individual question because it kinda of ties in with that.

2) My second biggest move in the game is most likely.... evicting James at the final 11. I knew that he was very popular with a lot of the cast and if I didn't get rid of him when I had the chance I would regret it. I had planned on trying to get rid of him in the final 11 ever since week 2, and I believe Josh and Sharon can vouge for me on that because we discussed it quite a few times. I had no idea however that Adam was on the same page as me at that point so I started talking to Amanda a lot more because I knew that she wasn't exactly Ms. Popular with everyone and I was hoping that I could gain her vote. I also thought I had Josh/Sharon so I figured that was the 4 we needed. But then Josh kind of got cold feet and the plan was pushed into the back of my mind until randomly Adam ims me asking if I would want to get rid of James. I knew it would be a huge blindside an totally change the face of the game. I also knew it could help me regain some trust with Adam since I evicted Jen/Matty 2 weeks before. Despite losing trust with the whole JAR alliance (Josh, Allison, Ryan) I know I had enough of a foundation with them where I could spare some trust in order to gain some with Adam.

3) My third biggest move that I believe really helped out my gameplay was staging the whole fight situation between Joshuah and myself after the James eviction. We had those whole situation going on that I identified as the "leash" situation. After that week Joshuah was considered to be controlled by Allison and I was considered to be controlled by Adam. Joshuah and I knew that we were viewed as threatening due to our relationship and I myself knew that out of the two of us I would be the one targetted so I had to do something about it. We staged a whole argument about me evicting James and how he and JAR thought I had turned to Adams side. Low and behold this eventually got back to Adam through the wonderful telephone chain of URTV and I believe he put my eviction on hold because he felt my ties with them were weakend. To anyone in question of that I was shown a PS which kind of confirmed my whole theory on the situation. i41.tinypic.com/2sb1fk2.jpg (Look at the bottom post) This whole event was key to me being able to just kinda sit in the middle of the whole ongoing battle between JAR and NASA (Natalie, Alex, Sharon, Adam)


So the week I evicted Alex, I wasn't so much thinking about the final 4, but I was thinking about the final 3 and the final 2.

Scenario #1. Evicting Ryan

If I had evicted Ryan then that would have left Alex, Allison, Natalie Sheila in the final 4. And say u both kept ur deals of throwing me HOH, that would leave me in the final 3 with either Alex and Natalie or Allison and Alex because I felt as though you would have been 100% safe that week anyway. And in a final three with yourself and Natalie I know I would have needed to win final HOH in order to make it to the final two and I know that I would not have been able to do that. Now in a situation between you and Allison, yes I may have been able to make the final 2 because you both would have taken me. But there is no way in hell I would have beaten either of you. I knew at the final 5 that if I wanted any chance in hell at winning I would need to be against Natalie and Ryan.

Scenario #2 Evicting Alex

With u gone the final 4 would have been Ryan, Allison, Natalie and Sheila. I knew that final 4 would be extremely difficult and that the odds were bad but I also knew that if I made it through that the end road would be a lot smoother. I had a strong feeling that Natalie was going to win HOH simply because she knows everyone on the jury and things about this game so well. So in my mind I automatically position her in the final 3. And I had a strong feeling that if I were to make the final 3 against Natalie and Allison or Natalie and Ryan that I was almost guaranteed the final2 people Allison/Natalie never would have taken eachother and I am pretty sure Ryan would have chosen me over Natalie because of how threatening her being in the final 2 seemed to be. If Natalie won final HOH I felt as though she would keep me around because of me saving her ass at the final 5.

I admit evicting you was a HUGE risk at the final 4 but in the final 3 and the final 2 that risk really payed off for myself. I for sure took a gamble getting rid of you but in my eyes it was a risk I needed to take in order to have a shot at winning this game.




You also brought up a point that I have wanted to address lately because so many people talked to me about it and I don't know if there will be a better oppurtunity to discuss it and that is being partner with Adam. I had a few people come to me and be like ohhh man I am sorry you're with Adam because I know a lot of people are gunning for him and he can be quite difficult. In my oppinion, Adam was the perfect partner I could've had and I believe I was one of the best partners he could have had. We both had strong ties with people on opposite sides of the house. Yea we were nominated a few times but there was no one really in the game that I believe would have voted for either of us because he had people loyal to him on one side of the house and I had people loyal to myself on one side of the house. Yea with Cass around he was looked at as a huge threat but when she got evicted I think the amount of attention we recieved was cut in half and made the nest weeks of being partners a breeze.


Thank you for these questions because they were some that I was really hoping I would be able to answer, and best of luck voting!

[Alex Coladonato]

Very niceee I liked your reasing behind evicting me.

And lmao at "NASA" alliance. Why didn't we think of that name.


Ty for answering

[Natalie Cunial]

Hi Shadow

Awe, I <3 you in and out of the game as well, all the stuff that happened in the middle of the game is just stuff that strengthened our friendship in the end. I completely understand that you want to vote fairly, and that is what these questions are for.

My 3 biggest moves in this game were:

1. Approaching Sheila, and talking about getting Jen/Matt out of the game, and making the deal with her that if she disagreed with Adam, we would keep her safe next week, had Jacob and I won the HOH. While the rumours were flying that Cody was Adam
Normally, I would have teamed up with these two, as I <3 them both alot, but I was kind of hurt that Cody had told me he was in the game, and then basically made me believe that he dropped out, and then I heard he was in the game, and found that obviously for some reason he didn't trust me enough to want to play with me again. I took this as the fact that Jen and Adam were no longer on my side, so I went on my way to try and get them seperated. This would have went down a hell of a lot smoother had I not done the video confessionals. So, really this was one of my strongest moves, but it also led to my downfall, and eviction, but had Jen and Adam not been seperated early in the game, the end results of this game, could have been the same as URTV 3, and 5.


2. Being social. I know this is not a move persay, but aside from Ryan and Allison, I had deals pretty much with everyone in the game when I came back. I had a 4 person alliance with Adam/Sharon/Alex and my self (NASA alliance, lmao I cant believe we never thought of that). Amanda approached me when she won the HOH following my re-arrival in the game, and suggested we work together, instead of against eachother like many people would think, and even though I knew he was going to be more loyal to Allison throughout the game, Joshuah had suggested an alliance of Sharon/Joshuah/Natalie, as the isurv1vor alliance, at the begining of the game.

3. I had a hand in each of the JAR evictions. Isn't this the alliance that people were saying were going to make it to the end of the game?
When Joshuah went up as the replacement against me, I thought I was a goner. Ryan replaced Sharon with Joshuah, and the people voting were Amanda, Sharon, Sheila, Alex, Allison. I was NOT sure at all what Amanda was doing with her vote, but from previous weeks, I had a feeling she was going to vote with Allison. I also was very unsure about what Sheila would be doing, because I know that in previous games, Joshuah and Sheila had been very close. I honestly felt like I was a goner, but I wasn't going to go out without a fight. I figured I would have my two closest allies votes (Alex and Sharon) and I only needed one more. Sheila had told me I would most likely have had her vote, but I couldn't rely on that, especially knowing how close she was to Joshuah. So when Amanda i-med me, to talk about how I was one of the people that was actually nice to her in my confessional in another game, I used this opportunity to bond more with her, and to talk about her options, if she were to keep me in the game. She told me she had already voted for me, and told Allison and Ryan and whoever else that they had voted for me, but she heard me out when I explained how it would benefit her to keep me in the game, because Allison and I would be after eachother regardless, and how if I were to leave eventually the target was going to turn, and how close the that Ryan and Allison were. I talked about how I hate to lie, in these games and in real life (because i am horrible at it), so I keep it to as much of a minimum as I can, and that if she voted to keep me, I wouldn't be targetting her anytime soon. I didn't pressure her, I told her regardless of whatever decision she made, I'd be fine either way. She spent a few hours thinking about it, and i-med me shortly before the deadline and told me she had decided to keep me, and there was the J gone from the JAR alliance.

As for Allison, it was so back and forth this game. We both knew we were after eachother, and she almost succeeded at getting me out, through Ryan, and her self, a few times. Thankfully Sheila saved my ass from what was sure to be last breath in this game, and I came back with a vengence. I won the HOH, and the final veto. I saved my ass, and returned the favour to Sheila by keeping her off the block, in hopes that she would be the sole vote to evict Allison, who was said to be the biggest threat in the game. As much as I <3 Sheila, the fact that she saved me from eviction the previous week, did not have me completely confident that she would do this. I know that she had been aligned with Allison and Ryan since the begining of the game, even if she and I had been working together since the begining as well, and that it would not be easy for him to evict Allison, but I relied heavily on hearing that she was the one they were calling to win the game (plus she won the final 5 hoh, and we all know that the previous winners of URTV had all won final 5 hoh ), and trusted that he would make the right move, as much as I could at that point in the game.

Ryan, this eviction was so so sooooo tough, because it was all on me, and Ryan and Sheila are both really great friends of mine outside of the game and I was going to have to take away someones chance at the game, and hurt them, and I really hate to hurt people. He had been so honest with me the entire game, even though he was against me. He stood up for me when I had never felt so alone, and he was a good friend all along, he kept the game seperate from our friendship, but in the end, I gave my word to Sheila. Also I knew he wasn't going to take me to final 2, and we had been against eachother the entire game, and his alliance tried to take me out numerous times, so I guess it just felt right to be able to put the final nail in the coffin, but I have to say, it was the toughest eviction, ever. I <3 aminal alot, and I really hated taking his shot at the game away, as I would have felt the same had I taken Jasons.


As for the individual questions, I think I answered the question about getting the votes my self against Joshuah, in my 3 biggest moves.

The other question, is probably one of the most tough questions ever. You and Andii were the two closest people to me in the game. I talked to each of you openly and honestly, and it would have killed me to have to choose between you. I don't think I could decide between you too. Both of youHonestly, I would have fought like mad for the first part of the hoh, gone to the third, and thrown it. I had been told by each of you we were going to final 2, and I would have been happy to be there with either of you. With you 2 in the final 3 with me, I feel like this is honestly the only situation I wouldn't have had to fight for a place in the finals. If I were to base it off of game play, and followed my head, like I did with my actual choice, I honestly would take you, because you made alot of moves in the game, and were a major contender to win the game, I'd probably get my ass handed to me in jury votes, but I would do it with a smile. I'm not saying that Sharon didn't play at this game, and that she doesnt deserve finals, it's just that strategically, and emotionally, I think that your heart was more into the game, other things effected Sharon that took her heart out of this game, which is completely understandable, due to some of the things she put up with, but she stuck with it.

Following my heart may have probably made the final 2 a little bit easier for me, in either case, but I prefer a little bit of a challenge. Either way I would have to hurt someone I <3, but neither of these choices are personal. Ryan, Alex, Sheila, Sharon, I <3 you to pieces, and would never set out to hurt any of you on purpose.