Survivor Why _____ Lost RHAPup

While the use of Matt’s special power meant nobody was evicted this week on Big Brother 25, David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are still here with a Why ___ Lost podcast, where the blank stays blank! Instead of talking about one specific person, they look at all of the players to determine who is doing the best and the worst in terms of each of David’s rules. Who do they agree and disagree on? Plus, th...

Hisam went from being King to getting thrown out by his own people, so David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are back to figure out what happened. He said in one interview, “they were looking for a reason to evict me,” but did they really have to look hard or did he provide the reasons easily? How did his emotional game play connect all of his game issues together? And do David and Ovi think it was the ri...

Reilly was the first HOH and should have been able to consolidate power and make positive relationships. Instead she went from the penthouse to out-of-the-house, so David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are here to talk about how that happened. All through the week, debates raged about whether the others should keep Reilly. The funny thing is that the vast majority of those debates had very little to do w...

David Bloomberg and Ovi Kabir are here once again to discuss the first two players to leave Big Brother 25! It was clear very early in the week that Kirsten was going to be unanimously evicted and we heard the primary reason from many other players. But was it as simple as just having overplayed? Was there more to it or a core reason that resulted in that outcome? And even though Luke was ejected...

David Bloomberg and BB21’s Ovi Kabir are back to cover Big Brother 25, starting with a preview podcast! The cast was just announced, so it’s time to hear what David and Ovi think about them, going beyond the basic information we have so far and trying to read into how they will play the game and who will do well – or not so well – in terms of David’s Big Brother Rules. Which players do they like,...

Survivor 44 is over and it’s time for the Why ___ Lost season wrap-up! David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis welcome back special guests Tiffany Seely and Dr. David Voce from Survivor 41 to look back at the season and answer listener questions. The four of them cover a wide variety of topics ranging from whether there can ever be another Carolyn to why the Tika 3 were so successful and how other playe...

Survivor 44 has come to an end and we have our winner! The Tika 3 secretly controlled almost the entire postmerge game and all of them managed to make it to the Finale, as did Heidi and Lauren. But only one could win while two were knocked out without a chance to present themselves to the jury, so David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are here to explain what happened. Why did Lauren immediately follo...

Jaime made us laugh through Survivor 44, sometimes with her and sometimes at what she was saying because while she believed it was true, we knew it wasn’t. But funny, contagiously-happy Jaime wasn’t her whole game. Throughout the season, there were hints that more was going on, even if it didn’t show up on TV. Now with additional information, David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis look back and put tog...

Danny said he didn’t want to be a coulda, woulda, shoulda kind of player. But as the old saying goes, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. And the best way to learn is to look back at what has happened previously to see what people coulda, woulda, and shoulda done differently. Indeed, it’s kind of the point of what David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis discuss each week on this...

Episode 10 had a lot of people running around just to end up with what was seemingly the obvious outcome. But David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis often note that just because the outcome was obvious doesn’t mean the reasons for arriving there were. Yes, everybody thought Frannie was a threat. But why was she a threat? How did she get to that point? Did everybody think that for the same reasons, beca...

Survivor 43’s Lindsay Carmine joins David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis this week as they delve into Kane’s game – and a number of other topics including underwear, sandwiches, and even a debate about something that happened on Lindsay’s season (stay to the very end for that one)! For Kane’s adventure, he thought he had a good group of warriors and wizards on his side so he could slay his enemies. B...

Last week there was a lot of discussion about how Brandon said there’s always a way out of a situation, even if you are put there by bad luck. This week he was idoled out of the game! So did he have a way out in in the lead-up to this situation? In short, yes! Which is why David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are here dig in to find out what he should and shouldn’t have done as they determine Why Bra...

Matt left Survivor without a million dollars, but with what hopefully turns into a great relationship worth more than that. But David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are here to focus on what happened inside the game. Yes, it was a game with a lot of twists that impacted Matt’s ability to play it, and those are of course discussed, but Matt was still the one making moves and trying to play around all...

Survivor 41's Dr. David Voce returned as a special guest to join David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis so he could discuss what happened with a fellow surgeon in the game! Josh has accomplished a lot in his life and seems to be a very nice guy outside the game. Inside the game, people had a lot of concerns about him. Josh said in his final words and then in his postgame interviews that he was seen as...

Survivor 43 Runner-Up Cassidy Clark joins David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis for this week’s Why ___ Lost episode! In this particular case, we already know Matthew had to leave due to medical reasons. Jessica could’ve warned him to stay away from rocks! But there is still plenty to talk about from his game so far and how it looked like he was set up if he’d stayed. Plus they cover other topics from...

It would be very easy to say that Sarah just got screwed because she was on a four-person tribe and two of them had idols. Indeed, David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis have some things to say about all of those. But there are other factors that explain why Sarah, specifically, was voted out. After all, only one person played an idol, meaning two others were vulnerable besides her. Even if Carolyn had...

Some people have claimed that Claire didn’t even play Survivor because she sat out of all three immunity challenges. But challenges are not Survivor and Claire certainly did play the game. It was also suggested that sitting was the reason she was voted out, but that doesn’t cover the situation either. David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis agree with what Frannie said on the show, that this vote was a...

Helen basically predicted her own blindside during Tribal Council, though of course she didn’t realize it at the time. Earlier, in her pregame interviews, Helen said she planned to hide her strategic side with her friendly and bubbly personality. She wasn’t quite as prophetic there. Now David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis are here to figure out what happened! Was she targeted because her strategic s...

We said an early goodbye to two people in very different ways in the first episode. While Jessica Lewis was unable to be here for this episode, David Bloomberg is joined by guest host Dr. Amanda Rabinowitz, who is not just a podcaster and Survivor fan, but does clinical research on concussion and brain injury – which was unfortunately of great importance in discussing Bruce. As for Maddy, she wasn...

In the third and final part of the Why ___ Lost Survivor 44 preview, David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis cover the Tika tribe! This group is filled with fun and exuberant people we’ve already seen glimpses of in promos, but many of them also say they’re going to hide a strategic side. How do David and Jessica think that will all work? Who do they believe will do well? Who may get voted out early and...

In Part 2 of the Why ___ Lost Survivor 44 preview, David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis discuss the changes & additions to David’s Survivor Rules for this season and the players on the Soka tribe. Who do they think will do well? Who may get themselves in trouble by overplaying and be voted out early? How will they get along when half of them know to avoid searching for idols/advantages while the othe...

Survivor 44 is coming, so it’s time for the Why ___ Lost team of David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis to take a look at the new players and the game itself. In this first part, they discuss those who will be on the Ratu tribe as well as their thoughts about what we might see in terms of twists and advantages and overall game play in the new season. Who do they think will follow David’s rules and do w...

Survivor 43 is over and it’s time for the Why ___ Lost season wrap-up! David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis welcome back special guests Tiffany Seely and Dr. David Voce from Survivor 41 to answer listener questions and look back at the season. As you’d expect from these guests, the podcast jumps from lighthearted to more serious discussions and moves around various topics, including how production ha...

The Survivor Finale is done and we have a winner! We know you have questions, but luckily David Bloomberg and Jessica Lewis have answers! They look at the winner and the rest of the final five to examine and compare how they played their games, looking over the entire season leading up to Final Tribal Council. What was the jury looking for and why? Were they right to consider factors like firemaki...

When Cody was voted out, the look on his face conveyed his devastation. He believed he was on top of the world with Jesse and going to the end. But did Cody put so much trust in a man who had backstabbed the entire rest of his original tribe? What made him believe their relationship was so different? What mistakes did he make because of this trust? And was any of his loss actually due to a sugar-...