Two immunities, a real idol in his pocket, and Jay Starrett still walked out of finale night holding it. The Fort Lauderdale realtor played MvGx loud and emotional, talking a mile a minute, finding his idol, and winning when he had to. He had the tools to win.
What he didn't have was a read on David Wright. With the season on the line, David handed him a fake idol he'd whittled himself and sold Jay on the threat of a vote against him. Jay swallowed it whole, stood up at Tribal and played the dud, and the table folded him 5-1 — his actual idol never leaving his bag. He went out sixth, the eighth juror, conned by the most anxious guy on the beach. One of the great 'play the wrong idol' faces the show's ever put on camera — and the bluff that turned David Wright from underdog into the guy running the back half of the season.
