Survivor Why _____ Lost RHAPup

Why ___ Lost Season Premiere | Survivor 46 The Why ___ Lost team of David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are back to start off Survivor 46, and for Episode 1 they have special guest Lindsay Carmine from Survivor 43! Jeff Probst and Jelinsky both mentioned possible kryptonite for him before the game. Were either of them right in the actual reasons? Was it all the quitting? As usual, it’s more complica...

Survivor 46 is coming so it’s time for the Why ___ Lost team of David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis to take a look at all the new players – including a David and Jessica on the same tribe! This preview is a focused review of how they predict each person will do in terms of David’s rules for winning Survivor and in the game overall. Who do they think will do well? Who do they believe may be voted out...

Why ___ Won (and the Others Lost) Survivor 45 | Ep 13 Congratulations to Dee for winning Survivor 45! But how did she do it and where did the others in the Final 5 go wrong? Jeff Probst said this season was about relationships and secrets within them, and the fact that Dee and Austin made it to the end together shows one aspect of that – but it certainly doesn’t tell anywhere near the whole tale....

Drew confounded Survivor viewers and commentators – including David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis – early by being far more honest and open than players should be, and being rewarded for it! It led him into several solid alliances and he seemed to be in a great position to make it to the end. So what happened? How did he go from planning what was supposed to be a blindside to being the target in a s...

Emily did everything possible to get herself voted out first but was saved by Hannah quitting. Then she learned. She changed. She adapted. She grew. David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis examine how all of that impacted the way she played the game. Her story arc was amazing to watch, but did it end up dooming her? She said she made mistakes, but so did other people in this episode – why did hers resul...

As David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis discuss Bruce’s Survivor 45 game, some scheduling luck brought them one of his original Survivor 44 tribemates as Carson Garrett is their guest! Plus Carolyn pops in for a few minutes as a special surprise! When the opportunity came around for people to vote out Bruce, everyone jumped on it. How did he become such a prime target? Was it emotional, strategic, or...

Kendra didn’t come in as someone who was going to be super-strategic, and the way she played reinforced that. Did making friends instead of allies finally catch up with her? Or did she somehow end up with a mirror image of scheming too much? In a Tribal Council where only seven of the nine players could vote, how did they all end up focused on her? David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis answer all thes...

Kellie seemed to be in a great position, so it’s surprising that David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis have to talk about her so soon. She had an ally with an idol who was willing to play it for her if needed. Plus he was a big shield who would distract from her. And she had relationships with a variety of players because everyone wanted to work with her. This is what Survivor dreams are made of! But...

Going into the Big Brother 25 Finale, many people expected Matt to beat Jag if they faced off in the end but we ended up with the opposite result! David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are back one more time to look at how it happened and what led to that final result. Where did each of the final four do the right thing or go wrong to end up where they were? What should they have each changed? After 100 d...

With two players eliminated in one episode, David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis called in special guest Cassidy Clark, Survivor 43 runner-up, as reinforcement! Both Sifu and Kaleb came close to having their torches snuffed before. But luck ran out for both this time. What made them targets to begin with? Why couldn’t they pull themselves up from the bottom? How did the split Tribal Councils impact t...

Cirie should’ve been voted out in Week 2 if the other players were smart. But this is what she does. She makes it to the end and then something goes wrong. The question is whether the same sorts of things happened this time as before. David Bloomberg has interviewed Cirie three times, and written/podcasted about why she lost Survivor four times. Ovi Kabir joins him, as always, to discuss how perti...

J.Maya wasn’t supposed to get voted out in this Tribal Council. In fact, there was an 83% chance this would be the “Why Kaleb Lost” podcast! But luck was on Kaleb’s side. However, J didn’t get voted out just because of luck. She’d been on the bottom of her original tribe for almost the whole game while viewers were left with a lot of questions. David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are here to make se...

Looking at the Blue and America in a vacuum would not necessarily lead someone to believe they were the biggest targets who needed to be taken out. But by studying the overall situation, it may turn out that looks can be deceiving. David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are back to examine where those two stood in relation to everyone else in the house. Could Blue and America really be seen as threats? If...

Brando had put himself in a great position in his original tribe and was in no danger there. But on his new tribe, Emily held the power. Brando thought he could guide that power to keep himself safe once again, but something clearly went wrong. David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are back to determine what that was. Did Brando go too far in some areas while trying to ensure he had control? How much...

As Cory was being evicted, the show told us it was all America’s fault. Jag told us it was America’s fault. America herself told us it was America’s fault. But was it really all her fault? David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are back to evaluate the full situation. For his part, Cory refused to blame America and said he’d been a target for weeks. Was he just protecting her or does he have a good point?...

Sean came into Survivor with plans on how he would play but also thoughts going beyond the game. Everything changed when he announced he wanted to quit. Survivor 43’s Lindsay Carmine joins David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis to figure out what happened, how Sean got to that breaking point, and their own thoughts on Sean quitting. Plus they look at Survivor being an “experience” compared to a game, a...

How bad is it to get voted out unanimously a second time, when your supposed ally Bowie Jane is HOH? To come back into the house only to be sent packing again right away? For players who can’t agree on anything to come together with one goal in mind – getting rid of you? Cameron faced all of these, so David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are here to explain how he ended up in that situation. Felicia rant...

Sabiyah put herself in a good position within a bad tribe from the start. She had close relationships and/or alliances with just about everyone, and she worked to figure out her best path to the end. So what happened? David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are back to go through everything from the show to interviews to social media to secret scenes in order to find out. Did Sabiyah worry about the fut...

After Mecole left Big Brother 25, she told Julie, “I tried to play as hard as I could.” Given what we saw of her, or rather didn’t see of her, it’s a bit difficult to reconcile that statement. But David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are back to examine her whole game and figure out what she was talking about. Mecole seemed to have all the potential in the world and she saw a lot of what was happening ar...

Brandon has wanted to play Survivor for years and he finally he got his wish. Despite being voted out second, he enjoyed it all and is incredibly upbeat. But David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis still have a job to do when it comes to his loss. It may initially seem like a straightforward situation of him not being good in challenges, but there was a lot more to the decision because Survivor is about...

David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are back for a new season of Why ___ Lost, and they begin with special guest Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt, Survivor 44 runner-up and longtime listener of the podcast! Even though Hannah quit the game, they all have plenty to talk about! Hannah was excited to play in the pregame, but she didn’t anticipate how she would react. In that way, she’s similar to other players...

Cameron and Jared may have a chance to officially return to Big Brother 25, but they were still evicted so David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are here to evaluate – and mostly critique – their games. It’s appropriate that these two were knocked out in the same night because they had a lot of gameplay mistakes in common, with the question often being who was worse rather than who was better. Did either...

Survivor 45 is coming so it’s time for the Why ___ Lost team of David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis to take a look at all the new players! This preview is a focused review of how they predict each person will do in terms of David’s rules for winning Survivor and in the game overall. Who do they think will do well? Who do they believe may be voted out early and why? Who does each choose as the most l...

Since being evicted, Izzy has mostly blamed Cory for what happened. But is there perhaps someone she should be blaming? Some people have said she threw away her game for Cirie. Others have said maybe she could have saved herself by revealing the secret. David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are here to determine if any of these are indeed the reasons she was voted out. And if the answer to all of these qu...

After Red was voted out, he told Julie in his extended interview that someone could go back and “pick apart little bits” about things he should’ve done differently. Given some of his other interview responses, it’s not clear he will even be able to do that when watching it back. Lucky for him, David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are here to pick apart those little bits for him, or really, some pretty bi...