Survivor Why _____ Lost RHAPup

David Bloomberg and BB21’s Ovi Kabir are here for the first week of Why ___ Lost! Even though Paloma wasn’t actually evicted, they still evaluate how she was doing in the game before the problems that eventually led to her leaving. They also discuss how Paloma and others treated Taylor and many of the related problems of the past week. Plus, Julie said that unless you’ve experienced the Big Brothe...

Big Brother 24 is about to begin and Why ___ Lost is back to cover this season with a new cohost for the season as BB21’s Ovi Kabir joins David Bloomberg! The cast was just announced but David and Ovi stayed up late for this preview podcast, including information about the new replacement contestant! How do they think each of these players will do in terms of David’s Big Brother Rules? Who do they...

Survivor 42 is over and it’s time for the Why ___ Lost season wrap-up! David and Jessica welcome back special guests Tiffany Seely and Dr. David Voce from Survivor 41 to answer listener questions and look back at these two seasons. The podcast moves around various topics, including why 42 was better than 41, what they thought while watching 42, the pros and cons of this “new era,” and more. While...

Maryanne knew she had a job to do as she approached the endgame, and it was something she’d been planning. The question was whether the other players or jury would realize it. Meanwhile, Lindsay’s fate was essentially set and then Jonathan lost to Mike’s blaze of glory. But at Final Tribal Council, the jury set a trap. Mike fell into it while Maryanne knew how to turn it to her advantage. Meanwhil...

Omar said in interviews that his loss stemmed from the idol nullifier that we never even saw on TV. But do David and Jessica agree, or was that just the straw that broke the pigeon’s back? Omar realized that the other players should be voting him out, but didn’t think they knew everything he was doing. Did he get a bit too comfortable on his perch? Or were there other factors that turned the preda...

Drea wanted to play Survivor hard, take every chance she could, and go against the best at the end. She had an arsenal of advantages, a strong reputation, and some allies she thought were tight. But at some point, did it all become too much for everyone else? Did she draw too much attention to herself? Did the others just not share her feelings about who should compete at the Final 3? David and Je...

Hai said in his final words that he played the game very well until the game outplayed him. He said in interviews that people were too aware of his aggressive game, “and that did me in.” He also said he was proud that he was going out blindsided as a big threat. That’s three different reasons he gave for being voted out! So which was it? Was it any of those? Was it something else entirely? David a...

Rocksroy and Tori were tribemates from Day 1 who never saw things the same way, and then their games ended the same night. Tori said in an interview that if she could play again, she would do so many things differently because “if you didn’t win, you should regret a lot.” Meanwhile Rocksroy said that he was still wondering what happened. As David and Jessica discuss, both of those statements speak...

Chanelle said she’s super logical in her perspective of the game. She expected others to behave similarly, being able to accept a game move and get past it. But not everybody thinks like that. Was that what got her pushed from a great position to being on the outs? Did it all come down to one turn of a shipwheel or did she have other opportunities to get her course corrected? Plus, David and Jessi...

Lydia described herself as a social player. But was she social in the ways that she needed to be for this game? In the premerge she used one form of strategy and then in the pseudomerge she used another. So Lydia presented some contradictions. It’s David and Jessica’s job to determine how all these complications played into the vote that suddenly turned against her when it seemed like she wasn’t o...

In his first Tribal Council, Daniel tried to take over this podcast and predict why he’d lose. Did he end up being right? In this episode, the show seemed to blame his spearfishing, so was that it? David and Jessica delve into things that happened early in the game, what happened later, and especially what happened in that Tribal Council where everything came apart at the seams for Daniel. What wa...

As David and Jessica were getting ready to explain what happened with Swati’s game, they saw that in an interview she practically channelled something they’ve both said in the past: “I don't really feel like there's anybody responsible for my downfall but me... in basically every situation, there are things you could have done differently.” There have been people more than twice Swati’s age who di...

After THAT episode and Tribal Council, many people were saying Jenny was just screwed by the twists. While that was certainly one element in play here, we can’t just put the blame there because it was up to the players to deal with them and then the other players, like Jenny, had to deal with those people. David and Jessica need to take apart all the different aspects and figure out what happened....

Marya said in some interviews that she doesn’t know why she was voted out this week. Luckily, David and Jessica are here to remedy that situation! But it also seems like she actually knows a lot more because she talked about a number of things that didn’t go right for her. Some of it was more obvious than others and certain parts were interlinked. It’s time to look at both what was in the episode...

The first episode of Survivor 42 saw two people leave but only one was voted out! David & Jessica welcome special guests Tiffany & Voce from Survivor 41 to discuss the vote against Zach and also the situation with Jackson. Plus, Tiffany & Voce themselves bring all sorts of revelations, insights, and hilarity. Was it really the puzzle that caused everyone to turn on Zach, or was that just an excuse...

The third and final part of the Why ___ Lost Survivor 42 preview brings David and Jessica covering the Vati tribe! Who do they like? Who will go far? Who might leave early? Most importantly, who are they cursing by predicting them as the winner? Hint: Both of them pick someone from this tribe! Listen in as they cover Chanelle, Daniel, Hai, Jenny, Lydia, and Mike! Learn more about your ad choices....

In Part 2 of the Why ___ Lost Survivor 42 preview, David and Jessica discuss the changes to David’s Survivor Rules for this season and the players on the Taku tribe. Who do they think will do well? Who do they believe will fall flat and be voted out early? And what does David learn about the alphabet? It’s time to find out as they cover Lindsay, Jackson, Jonathan, Marya, Maryanne, and Omar! Learn...

Survivor 42 is coming, so it’s time for the Why ___ Lost team of David and Jessica to take a look at the players and the game itself. In this first part, they discuss their thoughts heading into the new season and the players on the Ika tribe. Who do they think will follow David’s rules and do well? Who do they believe will fall flat and be voted out early? It’s time to find out as they cover Drea...

Sandra came into Australian Survivor having had two outcomes in the past – either she won or she was voted out on Day 16. And the Day 16 curse struck again. She was recognized as the Queen and in some ways it was a miracle that she wasn’t the first one voted out of her tribe, though she was the first voted out of her swap tribe. How important was that swap to her overall strategy and game play? Ho...

Dr. David Voce came into Survivor 41 as a huge fan of “Why ___ Lost” and now it’s time to come full circle as David Bloomberg (@DavidBloomberg) and Jessica Lewis (@jessicalewis89) talk to him about everything regarding his time in the game, how he got into Survivor and podcasts, and why he kept hearing David Bloomberg’s voice in his head as he was playing. Plus, he has extensive thoughts on his go...

Erika did not get the winner’s edit we’re used to seeing and she has wondered if she will have to forevermore defend why she wonSurvivor. But by the time David and Jessica are done, she’ll be able to point people to this podcast. Erika didn’t come into the finale as the biggest threat or the person seemingly most likely to win, but she had set herself up well even if it didn’t all make it to TV. M...

Danny knew he was in trouble. He was on the outside of the core alliance with only one other person; Xander had lied to him about the prior vote; and Ricard had the nerve to win immunity again. But how did he end up in this position? And why did the others boot him even after Deshawn truth kamikazi’d himself in Tribal Council? David and Jessica go through everything, including revelations from Dan...

Liana found herself in a bad spot. She was outside the newly-formed majority alliance. She didn’t want to be with her former allies who had turned on Shan and who also suddenly found themselves on the outs. And one of those people won immunity while the other would either be killed off in the game or safe. But how did she get into that unenviable position? What choices did she make to end up in wh...

Last week, David predicted that things would hit a boiling point in the core alliance this week and Shan would be blindsided. But exactly how and why did it happen right now? What were the key factors that caused most of Shan’s own alliance to turn on her? After she was voted out, Shan said she felt like she played a really strong game, and indeed she had been doing so much so right. Did it attrac...

Naseer and Evvie were two popular players voted out in the same night, but sometimes popularity can be a curse. Was that the case here? What other factors were involved? Who trusted too much and who was outschemed? Also, with battles raging between the core alliance and those outside it, as well as temperatures rising within that main group, did people make the right decisions? David and Jessica l...