i may be in the minority but i have kind of enjoyed the redemption island. it is kind of a neat twist imo, but i can understand why others don't like it. part of it is because it takes up so much time of the show and we don't get to see as much of the camp life as had in the past.
with this new format i kind of wish they had 2 eps at week or so, kind of like big brother. would be cool if 1 week focused on redemption island and tribe life, then the next one was the elimination challenge, more tribe life, and the vote off.
i definitely felt bad for grant being voted off, but i didn't really want to see anyone go off. i honestly don't see rob winning even if he does make it to the end, because he has kind of played the russel game this go around when it came down to the final tribe members of his original tribe. he flat out lied to andrea and grant, as well as matt. that will not go over well in the jury vote. and on top of that, all of zapatera knows that rob is the leader of omatepe, and was the leader of them getting voted out.
and we all know how people take this game personal so i see them not wanting rob to win since he had the greatest hand in voting the other people out. although in reality, he outwitted and outplayed them, since he is still in the game.
also after watching some ponderosa clips, it seems liek everyone already on the jury really has it out for rob.
personally, i'm shocked they haven't tried to get rob out in general. he has way too much power in this game, and even he knows it haha.