Jessica " Figgy" Figueroa Interview

Hello everyone welcome to White Rice Wednesday. It is the premiere day of Survivor Game Changers!! I don't know about you guys but I am so excited !! Today's Survivor interview will be with Millennials Vs GenX castaway Figgy. We chatted about her experience on the show and all things Survivor.

1. What have you been up to since Millennials Vs GenX?
   Figgy- I've been waiting patiently by my phone for Jeff's call about my second chance :p

2. What was the pitch to get rid of Mari the first time Vanua went to tribal?
   Figgy- There had been rumors that possibly  Adam or Zeke had found an idol early on ( at this time, Adam had not found it yet). I for one knew if they did have one, they would not play it for Mari. I needed to cover my butt in case one was played that night so all the votes casted toward me would not get me out, but someone else. No matter what it was between those three... and as much I would have loved to align with Mari, it had to be her.

3. You were part of the dominant alliance after that vote. How close were you guys?
   Figgy- We were super close... even Michaela and I were bonding more. We had the numbers and were in the best shape possible.

4. What did you gather from the Takali tribe when you got to play spy?
   Figgy- I liked all 4 of the Gen-X'ers that joined us on the summit. I gathered that Paul felt like he was in charge and that David was ready to flip come a merge. Cece and I would have worked together long term.

5. Let's talk about Taylor did you have a serious crush on Taylor or was it just an island flirtation?
   Figgy- At first it was my strategy to get in with the boys. It just evolved into something more.

6. Do you believe your alliance with Taylor led to your downfall
   Figgy- 100% I came out guns blazing and Taylor wasn't playing the game at all. He was wanting the experience and I was there to win the title. I thought for our alliance and people saw that I was the brains behind the operation.

7. Why do you think you were voted out over Taylor?
   Figgy- I was 100% voted out over Taylor because I was much more of a threat long term

8. What did you think of Taylor stealing food?
   Figgy- I think what we all thought and that's all I need to say on that matter.

9. What was your favorite moment on the island?
   Figgy- First immunity challenge, solving the puzzle at the end to beat the Gen-X'ers... solving the word puzzle with Michelle and Michaela... and off camera I speared fish on the new Takali tribe and it was AMAZING:)

10. Who would you have took to the end had you have made it to the final three?
   Figgy- Honestly, the best final 3 for me would have been Michelle and Sunday. I told Jay I would have taken him to the end... my word is my bond so it would have been hard to vote him out but I honestly think he would have slit my neck at the end as well.

11. Would you have gone to rocks this season?
   Figgy- HELL NO! I may sound a little insincere saying that... but is my life in the game worth another player's NO. If you choose to do rocks, that's on you. But I would have never have given up my life for another person in my alliance, especially if it were between Zeke or Hannah.

https://youtu.be/M4f0wbLvpc4

12. Who's story was the most inspirational?
   Figgy- Adam's hands down. As soon as I found out what happened after the game I reached out to him. Even though he voted me out, he is family. And he needed to know his mother was there with him on that island and helped get him to the end. I am getting chills even typing this...

13. Would you ever play again. Is there anything you would do differently?
   Figgy- IN A HEARTBEAT. I'd play my game and fix a thing or two up.

14. Are you still close to anyone from your season?
   Figgy- I keep in touch with a lot of my cast! We are all a bunch of weirdos and I love it

15. Are you excited for Survivor Game Changer?
   Figgy- SO EXCITED! I wonder why some people were chosen but overall, it should be a great one to watch.



Thank you Figgy for the interview . I hope you get a second chance. I hope you all tune in for the 2 hour premiere of Survior Game Changers 8pm on CBS.

Survivor: Justin " Jay" Starrett

Hello everyone its officially one week until the premiere of Survivor Game Changers!! how exciting is that! it also marks the shows 500th episode . That is such a big accomplishment. My post about Adam Klein last week was so popular I decided to write about another Survivor castaway Jay Starrett.

Jay was on the Vanua tribe " Millennial" during his time on Survivor Millennials vs GenX.

When I first read Jay's bio

http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/215469/

I was annoyed. Survivor is known for putting on the show these pretty boys who are challenge beasts and sport man buns. You all remember Ozzy Lusth, Malcolm Freberg and Joe Anglim. They are all like Survivor gods to people just because of there looks. They are cocky, self riotous and bullies. I thought Jay would be the same ....... but I was wrong.

Jay was in the main alliance with Michelle, Will, Taylor and Figgy. But was he really in a alliance with Taylor and Figgy?

It was Michelle who informed Jay and Will what a big threat these two were and that they should stick together . They decided to save Figgy and convinve Hannah to vote off Mari. Thinking Figgy would be an easy vote later.

Will was Jay's sidekick for awhile they even stuck together when the tribe switch happened and they were sent to the new Ika Bula tribe.

The Ika Bula tribe consisted of 4 Millennial and 2 Gex. Michaela, Jay, Will and Hannah had the upper hand being the 4 Millennial's. Sunday and Brett were on the outs...... or were they?

Jay had a lot of amazing moments during his season one of them being that he blindsided Michaela. Michaela was amazing in challenges nobody can question that, but she shot herself in the foot when she showed her alliance her strategic gameplay for now and the future in the game. Not to mention when Michaela caught Will and Jay red handed when Jay found the hidden immunity idol.

Which ultimately lead to this moment...

https://youtu.be/RTQSP7m9IFY

Jay convinced Sunday and Brett to vote along side Will and himself . He decided not to tell Hannah as she was proven in the past to be indescive when making a voting descion . He knew with a merge coming they had had to get rid of a challenge beast like Michaela when they did. This moment totally changed my opinion about Jay I was like wow he really has his head in the game. Michaela called this a stupid move but had he not made that move Michaela would be in charge calling the shots and they risk not being able to vote her off later in the game due to the fact she excels in challenges. Instead Jay made the big move and was brave enough to make that move and a lot wiser for coming up with and or carrying out the blindside.

Jay made it to the merge and was quite popular around camp . Jay won multiple immunity challenges .

He found an idol

He was a big threat at camp and everyone wanted him gone as they knew if Jay made it to the end the others wouldn't have a chance against him at final tribal.

One person who knew Jay was a threat and wanted him gone was Adam Klein.

In last weeks post about Adam I talked about his and Jay's relationship. As Jay put it they were the yin yang. They were definitely rivals not vicious rivals , but they both had a common goal ... to win. They both had mothers who had health problems which made the loved ones visit so touching.

https://youtu.be/-Dbn6ae6Sck

I saw a different side of Jay during this episode I learned a lot about him. Jay won the reward challenge and he was stuck with the hard task of choosing which tribemates what also get time with there loved ones.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/survivor-jay-makes-an-emotional-decision-during-the-loved-ones-visit/vp-BBxTKOU

Jay was able to put the differences he had with Adam aside and brought him on the love ones visit with Sunday , Will and himself.

Also we saw in this moment when Adam revealed to Jay that his mom has stage 4 lung cancer they have a heart to heart. Jay understands Adam because his mom has serious health problems as well. In any other season or any tribemate they might tell the others Adam's secret but not Jay he decided to keep that secret

https://youtu.be/FuP10W5HfaU

I learned a lot about his character and who he is as a human being.

The only  mistakes Jay made during his season was 1. playing his idol at the wrong time. Adam was able to convince Jay to play his idol when he would have been safe from the vote that night making his idol play useless. 2 during his last immunity challenge when all he had to do was cover the puzzle code he was working on and he forgot to cover it costing immunity and ultimately lead to this.

https://youtu.be/YOEpDiGUpM8

His final was  as you can see above was believeing he found a second idol. When in fact David made a fake idol in the hopes of Jay playing it. Which he in fact did. Jay thought he was safe whwen he thought found an idol only to find out the work of art was a fake and was sent home.


Jay was voted off sending him to the jury. He was not a bitter juror in fact he voted for his rival Adam to win sole survivor.



 I wish Jay was on Survivor Game changers because he truly changed the game for me. Jay was an awesome player and exceptional human being. I learned so much from him and I'd like to apologize to Jay because I was 100% wrong about you. I hope you all take a minute and get to know Jay because he's not a weasel he's a good dude he is a warrior.

#FandomFriday Cathy Interview

Hello everyone welcome to another Fandom Friday. I had so much fun asking questions about one of my favorite characters from Once Upon A Time, Cora Mills.  I interviewed Cathy about one of her favorite Once characters . The one and only Cora!!!

1. Did Cora love Henry or was it a marriage of convenience?
   Cathy- I can say that, it is a marriage of convenience cause she badly wants to be a queen or to rise higher in the kingdom. She wants to get out of poverty.

2. Was Cora jealous of the relationship Henry and Regina had?
   Cathy-  No, definitely not jealous. cause she has her own approach, her way on loving her daughter.

3. Do you think Cora wanted revenge on Regina for sending her to Wonderland or do you think she liked ruling her own kingdom?
   Cathy- Nope. On the contrary, I think she was pleased by it. She got challenged cause her daughter was getting stronger, Like the way she wanted

4. What do you think was going through Cora's mind when she saw young Zelena for the first time?
   Cathy- Ugh this is hard, I'd like to think that Cora finds Zelena, beautiful and strong but because Zelena was an unexpected child, she abandoned her. I really wanted to see the older Zelena and Cora more. I WISH THERE WAS MORE.

5.  Do you wish Cora got to properly meet her grandchildren like Henry met Henry Sr.?
   Cathy- Yes. I mean, she couldn't wait for Regina to have a child! She was actually excited to have a grandchild. Maybe little Henry can soften her heart if they had met.

6. Would Cora be proud of Regina and the Hero she's become or Zelena and all the wicked things she's done?
   Cathy-  She's definitely proud of them. No doubt about it

7. Do you think Cora knew Regina sacrificed her father for the curse?
   Cathy- I don't think so.

8. How do you feel that Snow's mother is the reason why Cora gave up Zelena?
   Cathy- I hate the fact that princess Eva ( that little brat) exposed Cora's secret before she even got a chance to tell Leopold about it. Things could've been different if Princess Eva left Cora alone. This is why Cora abandoned Zelena, She felt the baby was a burden to her when it comes to marriage. I kinda feel like sorry for the both of them really. Scratch that kinds, I feel sorry to Cora and Zelena.

https://youtu.be/o_-PalgODW4

9. Cora often said love is weakness what do you think her weakness is?
   Cathy-  Her weakness is her children, Regina and Zelena. Like " don't fucking touch my children!"

10. Cora was supposed to pretend to be dead and rip Regina's heart out why do you think she changed her mind?
   Cathy-  Because somehow even if she doesn't have a heart, she really loves Regina. And , again it excites her to see Regina getting really powerful like her. A proud mother, really but in a twisted dark way.

https://youtu.be/aVQkcOlaH5s



Thank you Cathy for the interview I hope you all have a great weekend!!

Survivor: Adam Klein

Hello everyone welcome to another white rice Wednesday. There will be no Survivor interviews today. Instead I want to discuss and talk about one of my favorite winners and one of my favorite people to ever play the game Adam Klein.

Before the season even started I knew that Adam was something special. As soon as I read his biography I knew he would be this season's winner.

http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/215461/

What stood out to me was the fact that he is a homeless shelter manager and volunteers for Relay For Life. Now I know regarding the jury many people have there own opinions and reasoning behind choosing a winner . For me personally it would come down to who would benefit more from the million dollars and who will give back to others in need. As soon as I read his bio I knew Adam would be the perfect winner.

Adam had another reason for playing Survivor he was playing for his mom Suzie who also happened to be a huge Survivor fan was battling stage 4 lung cancer. Many in Adam's position would stay home to be with there loved one, but it was his mother's wish that he go out there and play the game.

As you can see Adam had a lot on his plate.

Adam started on the Vanua tribe aka the Millennial tribe. At the second immunity challenge Vanua lost and was sent to tribal where Adam lost his main alliance member Mari. Now on the bottom Adam had to work his way to the top. He was the first to bring to everyones attention what a huge threat Figgy and Taylor were.

At one point one there was a tribe switch Adam was on the Takali tribe with both Figgy and Taylor. He convinced his tribe to vote out Figgy her being the bigger threat than Taylor. Knowing Taylor would be a lost puppy without her.

Now when the merge hit Adam caught Taylor hiding food from the tribe. I have no respect for people who hide food from the tribe. Adam thinking he could possibly earn some trust from Taylor decided he would share with him an advantage he found. Adam's advantage said that he could steal a reward from somebody in the game. Taylor was only interested in revenge after Adam voted out Figgy. I don't think this was one of Adam's best moves. As a fan watching at home I become greatly concerned about his spot in the game. Taylor decided to tell Jay and try to use this information to convince the jury to vote out Adam for being dishonest to the tribe . Adam stood his ground and revealed while he did share that he does in fact have an advantage and saw Taylor hoard food from the tribe , he did not eat any of the food and in fact Taylor stole and hid food from the tribe. The tribe saw Taylor as the more dishonest and sneaky player and sent him home.

People find advantages and idols all the time in the game but you don't just go and tell your fellow tribe mates that. Stealing food is such  a despicable thing to do to your tribe and this guy showed no remorse for stealing food.

While telling Taylor about his Advantage may not have been one of Adam's best moves , Adam had some priceless moments.

Who can forget this moment when Adam Found the hidden immunity idol. While everyone else in his tribe was goat hunting Adam went to go search for the idol he found a clue eventually leading him to the idol. It was quite an emotional moment when Adam says mom this is for you as we are reminded of who Adam is out there playing for.

Adam also won immunity against challenge best Jay.

He also won immunity a second time

In doing so he was able to convince David's biggest ally Ken to vote David out of the game.


One of the things that fascinated me was the relationship between Adam and Jay. Jay once described there relationship in the game as the yin yang

They were rivals with the same goal to make it to the end. Though at times they were rivals they also shared common ground. We saw that especially at the loved ones visit.

Jay at the loved ones visit that he has two halves to his heart one being his sister the other one is at home . His mother was also dealing with health issues and it is in that moment we see that Jay and Adam are out there playing for the same person there mom.

At the loved ones visit it truly was a bittersweet moment as Adam is reunited with his brother.

This moment we also see that Adam tells his brother and the rest of his tribe that he cant use his reward to steal a loved ones visit from someone. This is what Taylor was saying Adam might potentially do if he made it that far. We learned a lot about Adam's character because any other season someone might just have stole someone's visit. Adam never used his advantage in fact he gave it to Jay to use. This really showed the kind of person Adam is.

At the loved ones visit we learn the heartbreaking news that the treatment Adam's mom was receiving has stopped working and stopped the treatment. I could not imagine being in the game and receiving the news Adam got. Many would quit to go be with there loved one . In fact Jenna Morasca quit in Survivor All Stars to be with her mom who eventually passed away, Adam like his mom kept fighting.

In a crucial moment in the game Adam decided to share this information with Jay.

https://youtu.be/FuP10W5HfaU

Adam and Jay have a serious conversation about why they are here. Jay wants to stay in the game and wants to take Adam to the end. Adam decides in that moment to reveal to Jay that his mom has stage 4 lung cancer. Jay could have easily used this information against Adam and tell the other tribe mates, but instead understood because his mom has brain aneurysms. They find common ground and have a heart to heart but at the same time realize they cannot take the other to the end. Adam won respect from Jay and in return Jay earned my respect. My first impressions of Jay were wrong. He and Adam are both exceptional human beings and I would have been proud to see either one of them win. 

But.... only one did...

https://youtu.be/opf00V7_LFQ

I don't know about you guys but I was screaming and crying as Jeff read the votes and that last vote that revealed Adam had one I cried tears of joy. Never in my years of watching Survivor did I see a more perfect winner. It was upsetting to me how many thought Adam won by the sympathy vote. Adam could not have told his tribe mates about his mom's health as that would have made him a huge threat and nobody would take him to the end had the learned Adam's secret. He used whatever means he had to win the game. Jeremy Collins withheld that he was going to have a son until the last tribal council. It shows the jury in my opinion that there is another side to you than the one others see in the game .

Adam in fact did give back and give 100,000 of his winnings to Stand Up To Cancer.

Its at the reunion we learn the tragic news that Adam's mom had lost her battle with cancer. She waited for Adam to return home and died an hour after he got home. My heart goes out to Adam and his family. His mom would definitely be proud of Adam and all he has accomplished.



Adam was one of my favorite contestants ever in the history of Survivor. His season Millennials Vs GenX was also one of my favorite seasons. In my mind the jury could not have picked a more deserving winner . Congrats to Adam and I hope you all tune in to the new season of Survivor Wed. March 8 on CBS 8pm.