Best of Maryanne Oketch - Survivor 42

[@nickelstream5013]

I don’t think anyone winning Survivor will feel as good as this. I mean, look at all those jurors when she is announced as the winner. What a story, what a rollercoaster.

[@goatmode7317]

That jury speech still gives me chills. Took over the game right there

[@adleranderson6797]

You could tell she had it the SECOND she pulled out that Idol!! 🤣

[@upvotecomment2110]

​@@adleranderson6797 what she did was incredibly structured of answering objections. I am a freelance copywriter (me knowing how to structure that kind of argument, It was a pleasure watching it, especially in real-time high-paced conversation like that) The structure 1. Objection = Dismantling the Objection without being seen as aggressive or defensive by the person asking (Repeat the words of the question + Acknowledge + don't answer directly and then redirect it to her claim) 2. Claim = Her Argument (A Mini story that lowers the guards of the listeners) 3. Proof 1 = Show Idol 4. Proof 2 = Demonstration of the situations 5. Proof 3 = Pointing Romeo and Mike that agrees with her claim (at that point they are like the authority/3rd party perspective that acts as checks and balances of her argument. They could have disputed her claim, but not doing so amplifies her argument even more.) She did all of it within seconds after getting asked the question and did it to every question she got. Truly amazing, and I'd argue it was a perfect tribal performance. Mike almost did ALL the survivor checklist. She wouldn't have won it if she didn't do it perfectly.

[@miguelquintero3055]

She used race to win tho 😢

[@kimkeiko2725]

@@miguelquintero3055That’s a load of BS Mike was a black man too and Julio was a minority too as a Hispanic gay man as well! She won due to her incredible jury speech and her hidden strategy.

[@lennykravitz4107]

It was mids compared to earlier season FTC’s

[@hkazu63]

One of the things I think is sorely missed is those little bits of strategic play in Maryanne’s play style. I think a lot of viewers expect big moves at multiple turns because they don’t fully understand strategic gameplay. I mean, for an example; when Maryanne gained advantages, she was quick to tell people, making her appear trustworthy and useful in vote offs; but when she gained the merge idol, she kept it entirely secret, making it highly unlikely that the others would ever even anticipate her having an idol in her pocket. She was able to use that small example as a means of controlling her threat level, getting to the end without being truly in danger, blindside Omar to show her gameplay, engineer herself to be in the finale no matter what happened next. She made herself useful to her tribe in a minor survivalist way by showing useful skills like weaving and food preparation, which mitigated her mediocre challenge performances pre merge, and helped her build her relationships, as well as joining Drea’s point about the social dynamics (which since she was in minimal danger, looked like a bad play but would help endear her to Rocksroy, Chanelle and Drea for the jury phase) building her jury relationships to a point of locking votes. While I think this was a jury open to voting for just about anyone going in, Maryanne had laid strong groundwork to get those jury votes in the end and all she needed was to be confident in the FTC to win. And she did that brilliantly.

[@UnscrupulousAgitator]

VERY well said! Your comment tied up her skills into a beautiful, colorful package

[@amberb6637]

I needed this today. What a ray of light she is. One of my favorite winners of all time, honestly!

[@szasbaddest1]

@@Beachteach610 you suck at being unbiased...

[@kylen9721]

yes same... such an unlikely winner but she played it perfectly

[@belle1109]

What a turn....SHE CAME....SHE CONQUERED. Just looking at the faces of the jury, there was stunned respect for her game. They never saw it coming. Man, she is awesome.

[@hkazu63]

I really think her jury performance clinched it. I would’ve expected them to gravitate towards Mike for the game, but the way she pulled the jury to her side in the final TC, she fully grasped that win in her hands and stole the votes for herself. An excellent job from a true underdog winner.

[@petern326]

this combined with an all-time bad showing from Mike in FTC

[@MamaMia22292]

Still gives me chills to hear her name announced as the sole survivor

[@itzzmefoxy]

I remembered I was crying with her and the other juries when she won

[@merlinho0t]

One of the most wholesome, adorable people to ever bless Survivor. I loved her from start to finish and I am so glad she ended up winning. She’s good TV, she’s an amazing person, and she played a great game.

[@amymifsud7864]

Even though Maryanne didn’t win a single individual immunity challenge, she completely changed all the hearts of Americans, Canadian, and most importantly her fellow players. That’s why she won

[@hunterwolfe669]

Going into final tribal mike had it, but maryanne slaughtered that final tribal, one of the best final performances of the show. She turned that ENTIRE jury on her side

[@gengarcrobat1576]

Very impressed by her final tribal performance

[@cesarrguedezz]

2:33 the cut from Maryanne crying for Jackson to the "here's Maryanne" is KILLING ME

[@queenkatara7861]

I have never related more to another survivor in my life. I really did mean a lot to me to see a fellow weird kid win.

[@michaelbuell3711]

I loved her from day 1, great winner who really came into her own at the end!

[@gengarcrobat1576]

I was very impressed by her final tribal performance

[@anjunxis]

i still can’t believe she won. i fully expected her to be a lovable, rootable player that was voted out late in the game like christian or davie or cirie. but she defied all my expectations by pulling off one of the best blindsides in YEARS and having a top 5 ftc performance. it’s so rare that the fan favorite comic-relief-esque player actually wins and i’m so glad she was the one to do it :)

[@SurvivorZiii]

definitely one of the best final tribal performances

[@rezoannur2333]

can't wait for her to return in an all star season

[@mec5627]

« You see, I’m arrogant and I know that I’m the best so I play as my Mii » LMAO

[@Austinc5904]

Lol

[@cindyaudy2307]

Haha she reminds me of me, sometimes I feel like I need to change to be accepted... this reminded me to keep being the best version of myself..... stay happy, stay bubbly, be kind 😁😁 The world is too serious anyway, more of us are needed 😁😁

[@Leticia75751]

She is the BEST survivor player and WINNER 🏆 plus her answers on how she set herself up and position herself to win, yeup toshay!

[@chasemartinson9420]

She is far from the best, but okay

[@kharihammon9784]

You’re attributing too much of her as a player. Best player? Are you fucking joking? I love her but no.

[@purpouse1807]

@@chasemartinson9420 Not the best winner but one of the best ftc performances 100%

[@drquack1217]

@@purpouse1807 yes that’s far more accurate

[@fights1397]

She was so thirsty for a white man on the show. A lot of black/brown women do seem to prize white men. Not sure how that gels with BLM but kudos.

[@gengarcrobat1576]

It's so cool that she's the second ever black woman to win Survivor since the last time that happened was season 4

[@takeemeawayy]

she was born in Germany and lives/raised in Canada

[@vjbowe242]

@@takeemeawayy yeah should have just said black woman

[@petermcgill3405]

African Canadian

[@gengarcrobat1576]

@@takeemeawayy ok

[@gapgaming2871]

What about Natalie Anderson and Erika?

[@AlPostrado]

Best FTC performance in the New Era, bar none!

[@TOY2SHO]

a character that nobody will ever take seriously and a social and stategic gameplay that will equal the best of the best.

[@uncleschallenge2924]

Oh my god Maryanne how can you play like this it was tremendous and the final tribal council speech makes you the winner of Survivor 42 wowowowowowow I never seen anything like this

[@lr3902]

OMFG THANK YOU!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!

[@mylifefornick]

Maryanne ❤ one of my favorite winners

[@sindysus5865]

YES FINALLY BEST OF MARYANNE

[@gorejizzd]

I literally called it first episode, Maryann was going to win this season and if she went home I would’ve stopped watching this season. I loved her so much and rooted for her the first day she was there, asides Hai

[@robtheservantof6257]

Wtf

[@gorejizzd]

@@robtheservantof6257 i said what i said

[@robtheservantof6257]

You'd Stop watching The Whole Season Just for ONE person? 😭What. I mean ig that's Fair. Bc if Russell was to be voted out in Samoa I'd probably stop watching that season too.

[@gorejizzd]

@@robtheservantof6257 yeah lol, but i’d definitely still watch this season if maryann went home early and would’ve rooted for Hai instead

[@jekyllynch6168]

She annoyed me greatly at first and I was like I would be voting her first off. Then I was rooting for her at the end l

[@beloncekamz2821]

Wow! Maryanne is a ray of sunshine🌞🌻. She is so bubbly😄☺️full of personality💛 and top it all she is my fellow Kenyan😍🇰🇪 that's how we do baby💪🏾👏🏾💃🏿🤸🏿‍♀️.

[@viniciusrocha749]

She is perfect

[@lorrahamu3396]

She should just be in a movie I swear it would be the best movie ever 😂 💕

[@GreenBayPayton]

She was my favorite since minute one. She was my first favorite since I started watching the show live who actually won and I screamed for joy when it was official

[@donaldgilliam9718]

Damn, even on a rewatch I cried. She’s my favorite winner of the new era

[@Roscoethecat]

I remember watching Maryanne pull out the idol at the final tribal and thinking "She just won a million dollars. "

[@Waraba_]

12:06 I love how they pan out to the biggest threats that end up all being targeted for being the biggest threats after she said that

[@alpostrado18yahoo]

Most entertaining winner of the new era

[@kik7238]

Woman; you bring tears to my eyes! 'Brown-eyed' SISTER WOMAN; with an extraordinary brain. Damn you are good!

[@thejoeyjason]

I love an underdog winner. She is a bonafide underdog!!!!

[@robtheservantof6257]

She can't hang with any of the players Before season 40😭🤷🏾‍♂️Happy she won though, Mike folded Big-time and that's what he gets

[@popanga0994]

What an icon.

[@Itisthatdeepdives]

Thank you 🙏🏿

[@survivorfreak78]

I love Maryanne and she is one of my favroates

[@alvinsebetero]

I had a feeling that she would win when the clip at 1:52 seems like her WINNERS' EDIT!

[@andrewpratt8081]

Thank you!!!

[@kmaguire7161]

One of the most delightful people to win Survivor.

[@tavua]

maryanne easily has the number 1 best final tribal council performance of all time. i don't want to hear any debate over this.

[@robtheservantof6257]

Tony in WaW was great > Maryanne

[@tavua]

@@robtheservantof6257 nope

[@robtheservantof6257]

I said what I said

[@tavua]

@@robtheservantof6257 and what you said is a bunch of lies

[@ebbandflowph]

Todd had a great FTC too.

[@creativeuserneim]

YES THE QUEEN IS HERE!!!🤩🥳🥳🥳 *Adds video to my playlist of Black Survivor Winners 😌

[@kaspiller89]

Maryanne is my favorite winner of the New Era.

[@Shark-pj8in]

I wanted her to win from the 3rd episode. I was so happy.

[@midnalazuli793]

She reminds me so much of Big Wendy from Season 38. Just full of life and positive energy. So happy she won. :)

[@amymifsud7864]

Just, she didn’t let the chickens go free

[@JoeMama-yd1ve]

Awww big Wendy 😌 I forgot about her

[@Robrtttt.7]

She’s still the only winner pick I picked correctly so far in the new era

[@zottffss]

17:03 This was where she won the game.

[@maxxh5331]

It was actually 16:11

[@derrick8044]

THANK YOU 🥺

[@jacobharty7076]

Hot Take: Maryannes personality was her biggest advantage in the game but biggest detriment to public perception of her

[@robtheservantof6257]

💯

[@kharihammon9784]

I don’t see this as a hot take.

[@ashen_roses]

The public was never gonna perceive her well even if she played respectability politics

[@VondaInWonderland]

I love everything about her so much ♥

[@AM123-o6i]

Best jury speech ever!!!

[@sideeswipe]

One of the best seasons and one of the best winners

[@kharihammon9784]

One of the best winners? She undoubtedly deserved her win but she isn’t even close to being the best.

[@aldenp880]

Maryanne was THE QUEEEN 👑👸

[@urabagofcells2228]

9:10 "im too weird to be part of the cool kids." the cool kids in question:

[@EVARGAS1EDISONEDU]

Im so glad she won! I love weird super sweet people

[@ewwitscullen9132]

I know nothing about this season but she's cool as hell

[@BobSmith-ic8bu]

Damm this whole season I thought mike was gonna win til FTC she nailed it and articulated her points so well

[@sorcerer455]

"HERE"S MARRYANNE" *whacks log with machete murderously

[@ellenhajie2421]

Maryanne 😍

[@Ravenhearst1334]

This how you play Survivor!

[@lexeiy1730]

Mary Anne 🔥🔥🔥👍🏿👏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💯💯

[@andrewkuliniasi6975]

Maryanne is top tier

[@jackmac9502]

One of the best final tribals imo, she definitely turned that jury with her confidence and answers. Mike definitely could’ve won had his answers been better

[@Z50nemesis]

I dont think he could've , i feel he genuinly didnt realize the game he was playing so the jury was always going to turn against him

[@sidhanttiwari8468]

​@@Z50nemesisI don't think so. I think Lindsey, Hai and Omar (even Rocks and Drea possibly) would have voted for him to win if he had better and true answers.

[@Z50nemesis]

@@sidhanttiwari8468 I agree , the problem is that he would've never given those answers because he genuinely thought he was playing an honest game

[@lukeweber2689]

That nod after Maryanne’s speech about her paths to the end was like “take that bitches” I love Maryanne she is such a great winner and such a great character to root for

[@here2thrive]

Maryanne ❤❤❤❤❤

[@machoman1016]

0:45 Her Canadian was showing lol.

[@Insulindependantfati]

Here’sssss Maryanne!

[@ashen_roses]

The funny thing about the phrase is that Maryanne is 100% the type of girl to say weird shit

[@ryanwatson1689]

Maryanne makes me proud to be Canadian 😢

[@survivorturnover]

maryanne belongs in the heroes tribe tho

[@GreenieTheGreat03]

I'd love her to come back in a return season or in a random season with 19 unknown survivors

[@James66662]

I wonder if Johnathan made to the end if he would win

[@klassicalmuzik]

If I had to give her a Patronus or a spirit animal, it would probably be a bunny OR maybe a dolphin

[@petermcgill3405]

She’d be the bunny eating dinner in the mailbox

[@MollyLiz621]

7:13 Am I the only one who wants a Mii of Maryanne? 😅

[@TheLeastExpected23]

I can see you making a “Best of Cassidy Clark” video if she wins Survivor 43!

[@chicago3149]

1:34 “Maryanne.”

[@crimzlucas]

not to brag but i predicted the winner before the season started 🥰

[@ashen_roses]

Yeah yeah we all got spoiled

[@lisalight55x]

Just started watching survivor 44 1st episode and am like these ppl are Fing annoying let me watch the GOAT. Feels so good seeing her again.

[@jaimeabaya6728]

Maryanne Oketch!!! She has the same name as my mom LOL but spelled differently

[@carlomendoza7211]

yas

[@theuize]

não lembro, mas acho que quem votou no mike só foi o jhonathan. kkk a aliança falida da dupla de macho. kk

[@michaelpamintuan7855]

JONATHAN is such a beefcake

[@maxxh5331]

Even Matthew Grinstead-Mayle from Survivor 44 said in one of his pre-game interviews that he would have voted for Maryanne to win.

[@Gotham1230]

Seems like a great human being but a little much for me. I think some of her fans either ignore or do not realize that luck was also very much on her side. We had the initial 3 tribes and then the swap before the merge - both times Maryanne was with Jonathan, who literally carried them all to the wins. I firmly believe that if it weren't for that, Maryanne was a sure goner.

[@kellydaunis]

Every winner has luck on their side, and there was no swap on this season.

[@Doctorboster]

All because Jonathon couldn't make fire

[@coylio33ify]

Love MaryAnne's story of overcoming her own incredible annoyingness to win the game of Survivor.

[@coylio33ify]

Not being sarcastic, btw, about halfway through the season I went from "omg I'd have to kill this girl if I was on an island with her" to legit respecting her game and hoping she'd win. Dominant final tribal, as well. She had the million wrapped up after her first answer.

[@hkazu63]

No, it’s actually kind of accurate tbh 😂 I don’t find her annoying but I can see how her personality being so big and loud could annoy people, so her being able to survive the journey and then fully sway the jury at the end actually makes a great story for the show.

[@GeorgeEugeneBarrett]

Johnny Chimpo.

[@sniper8560]

Jonathan carried her

[@sniper8560]

But she seems fun

[@Gotham1230]

He absolutely did and that's the ONE THING her fans don't mention. Luck was also on her side because she was always on a tribe and had to go to Tribal (I think) once or twice pre-merge. Otherwise, she would've been a goner.

[@kyleroberts1276]

​@bigb860 every winner has luck, though. Even the best.

[@xXxKiNgGhOsTxXx]

I liked her until her and the other girl made the game about race at the one trible, was a fan of her until that point. It became clear as day they were gonna hand her the win solely based off that moment.

[@Gseyjcjdsthbcsdujcc]

Most obnoxious winner in Survivor history. What a terrible season.

[@reignBeaux4946]

I think the same thing

[@drk2227]

Worst winner in the history of the show

[@romeoechoindia]

-is gabler

[@ramen6024]

One of the worst winners ever

[@Cody-to9kn]

nope

[@kharihammon9784]

@@Cody-to9kn Where would you rank her?

[@Cody-to9kn]

@@kharihammon9784 she not the best winner but she’s not the worst either

[@BostonStrong-yv1bi]

Yup

[@the4throw28]

@@kharihammon9784 like,. bottom 10 for sure, probably like the 38 worst or something like that

[@yousufaijaz5125]

Unpopular opinion, but one of the most annoying entitled players especially at the start...

[@Ethang1103]

One of the most annoying winners

[@Forever-iz2dv]

She won though

[@the4throw28]

@@Forever-iz2dv ok?

[@survivorfandan_sa9]

She was 23 when she came out to play. Cut her some slack.

[@mrrvriezen]

Is she one of most likeable winners yes, but strategically bottom 10 of the winners, ahead of bob, Fabio, maybe Jenna or Chris because we barely saw him play

[@survivorfandan_sa9]

Wouldn't put her that low. Listen to her deep dive. A lot of what she did or didn't do was intentional and knew when and who she needed to damage-control if something went rough in any plan, and knew her place in early votes and used her position and Omar underestimating her(and believing that she would use extra vote to his benefit) to carry herself to the end, and as she said, everything after final 6 vote, she lined up to benefit herself to get to 3, even if Mike backed on his word.

[@christianfernandez91]

5.5 hour deep dive on rhap and you claim she's not strategic? She just wasn't in a power position for the majority of the game - doesn't mean she's not strategic.

[@robtheservantof6257]

@@christianfernandez91 compared to other winners yeah she's not that Stretegic. She only had 1 move at the end of the day

[@djkleb7645]

@@robtheservantof6257 like some players have already pointed out, you can have a big list of moves and a big "Survivor resume" and still not winning. You never know with precision what is the exact thing a jury member is going to respect to give you their vote, even staying true to the end with someone on the jury can earn you their vote. There is more than doing big moves.

[@a.jdeets5527]

Jenna will forever be the most underrated winner of Survivor. In a Final 2 with Rob, Jenna has a great shot at winning.

[@vladanlazic8802]

Next I to gabler one of the worst winners ever 😂

[@trevorthetherapist4200]

This is why you don't take people who are not good at challenges, but who do a lot of talking to the final 3. I watch her season as what not to do. She cried like my grandmother at a funeral for someone leaving who she barely knows. Dangerous.