User blog comment:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/Dawn - the queen of the dog act/@comment-5870534-20130509191756/@comment-5870534-20130510021034

@ Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd, Dawn asked Brenda to drop out because she wanted to win immunity. Dawn wanted to get rid of Eddie, all the time, it was Cochran who changed her mind, and it happened after the challenge.

@ Andola18 First of all, unlike your first post, your second one I respect.

And this is what I have to answer:

1. The decision at the reward challenge was a lose-lose situation. I can't agree with you more, as these were exactly my thoughts when I watched this moment. I think Brenda's decision was dumb because it is not better to piss off four people than one. Think about it, you make one person extremely happy, and then you take their reward away - this is cruel. Much more cruel than going on the reward with the person you chose and leaving the rest out of it. Plus, making more people happy isn't necessarily good, since you are putting a much bigger target on your back, and Brenda had a huge target on her back even before the challenge.

2. This makes Dawn and Cochran much better players. Don't postpone the big moves, or you may not be there to make them. Voting Eddie out is very unnecessary because a) he is incompetent in challenges, b) he is incompetent at strategy, c) he doesn't really stand a chance against the Jury (he can get perhaps 3 votes), d) Eddie can be used as a swing vote (what does he care? as long as it is not him).

3. How is she supposed to react to being blindsided by the people you trust? Maybe, like Andrea? Andrea didn't see the blindside coming either, but she didn't cry and try to make the contestants feel bad about themselves. Andrea understood that she was playing a game and was outsmarted, so she went out with her head up high. Brenda, however, reacted as if her place in the final 5 wasn't up for debate. This "how dare you to vote me out and hurt my feelings?!" attitude disgusts me. Especially when a contestant is voted out because there is so much respect for his/her game, and not because of something negative.