Benry's Opening Statement

[Natalie White]

Where Benry will post his opening statement.

[Ben "Benry" Henry]

Hi Jury!

Making the finals in this game is pretty astonishing to me. From the first day of this game, and ever since the host announced "Benry" as part of the cast I felt a lot of people side-eyeing me and expecting me to be a huge force in the game who needed to gtfo. As soon as I stepped on the beach a bunch of people cocked their guns. o__o I wanted to lay low and sit back, but nobody would let me. So my strategy coming into this game completely changed. To a lot of people, I was suddenly leading a bunch of ~minions~ and I was the #1 target. A lot of people I never even got the chance to speak with were targeting me a few days into the game. My psuedo-alliances helped to strengthen my relationship with certain people I was dubbed aligned. I think the most important piece of the puzzle that my enemies didn't fit was that I was close with Parvati. Parvati and I wanted different things, but it never stopped us from working together. We told people otherwise, but in the end, we opted to stick with eachother. As for my relationship with the other final three member, I think it comes as no surprise that Ashley has been my number one ally since the beginning. My goal was to obviously get myself here, but with her as well.

My game was a bit similar to Capri, but different in the important ways. I was immune the entire pre-merge stage in both games. In Capri, I was the challenge threat who as some claimed.."relied on immunity." This time around I tied for most immunity wins (hi Boo bear), but I definitely didn't need them. I was plenty vulnerable after the merge. It wasn't shocking that I was targeted in the first couple of rounds. My relationship with Parvati was key to survival. A lot of people looked at her like a Queen, and there was a bunch of people who believed she wanted them in the end game. I was rightfully guarded in my allegiance to her. So I connected with the players she wasn't with. Eventually I went from a target to a power player. After eliminating people who wanted my head on a silder platter (Ozzy/Nate), I became a very important vote and was in a power position during the final stretch of this game.

Now to wrap this up before I ramble on . I feel like I played a pretty straight up game and loyal one, only truly betraying one person I feel. (Boo - which I can explain more in depth in any questions) Over the course of this game I collected 3 Hidden Immunity Idols, won a good portion of the challenges, and managed to make it to the final tribal council two games in a row - with a gigantic target on my back.


Thanks for reading
& Good luck girls