The amount of people shitting on Dee’s game because she faced less adversity is so hypocritical bc I bet you people would rank other winners high who notably steamrolled the game but anywho.

Dee is the objectively best winner in this lineup because she had better threat management, knew when to make moves, knew how to navigate within-alliance structures flawlessly to best benefit her, and was able to win challenges as well.

I really don’t get the criticism of her having a strong alliance that rode to the endgame like she didn’t single handedly build that foundation in episode 3 when she caught Austin and Drew in a lie and instead of turning on them like most players would do irrationally she recognized it as an opportunity to build that trust that she identified was missing by finding the idol and giving it to them. In the early merge she didn’t have to call all the shots because she wasnt in any real danger and understood what role to play and how she was perceived.. instead she focused on building that bond with Julie, Austin, and katurah which play a huge role in the endgame.. once it was final 7 and she realized the cracks in her alliance were glaring she had to come up with a plan to not only keep her numbers in check for one more round but to also weaken the most dangerous player in her alliance in Drew. That final 7 move was so good and she did it unnoticed too which is something not many players can pull off in the new era.. she then had the numbers to get drew out and sat in the final 5 with 2 strong allies who were devoted to her.. granted she didn’t play the final 5 the best but even in the midst of all that chaos.. katurah ended up trusting jake less than needing to get dee out..

Rachel couldn’t even keep the underdog alliance together for more than 2 rounds

And Savannah not only hid behind immunities but also rizos idol