By Kim
After announcing Denise as the winner, Probst starts out with one of his beloved informal votes to discover that Denise would have even beat Malcolm if he'd gone to the final three.
Everyone is pretty genial and kind while answering questions. Penner and Jeff Kent joke about their rivalry. Probst misses an opportunity to ask people if they were surprised to learn Jeff Kent was a baseball player. He asks Skupin, "Why do you get hurt all the time?" because that's useful information to have.
Probst asks Lisa about how her religion was portrayed and she tries to explain how she doesn't think God has a favorite team, country, or religion (she had me) and he's happy that Denise won and she lost (she lost me). Lisa talks for a long time and I tune out after a while. Russell talks about how much it rained (a lot) and Dana talks about how much it sucked to get medically evacuated (a lot).
Probst compares Malcolm to Ozzy (of course, but please don't let him get Ozzy's ego) and Malcolm says he knew he could never win that challenge. Malcolm sounds really nervous and his voice is shaking, and he uses the word "swagger" which bugs me. But Probst looooooooooves him. Gross.
Abi comes off as really likable and nice, and says that she knows she was a jerk. RC, on the other hand, is really in love with herself and clearly preplanned some sound bites that fall flat. And Pete got hot?
Jeez, I totally forgot about Fan Favorite. Probst says it was the closest they've ever had, and it came down to Malcolm and Lisa. And the winner is Lisa! Probst gives a few seconds to all of the early bootees. Dawson gets the moment of the night when she runs down and kisses Probst full on the lips. That was kind of hilarious.
season is another Fans vs. Favorites with ten fans and ten returnees. And I guess Denise isn't going to be on the CBS morning show because Probst hands over the check and then we're out until February!