Episode 15-Grand Finale Story Continues...

Sweet poetic justice! How awesome does it feel when everything falls so beautifully into place! When combustible elements erupt at the showing of ONE well-edited montage, when the intended purpose of a vote-in is met, when you pull off a task - extremely difficult to set up and near impossible to complete and at the end of it all - everything falls into place and the episode plays the perfect pre-cursor to the big finale. Tonight's episode was built around triumph - pure triumph minus manipulations and politics, and solely dependent on perseverance and dedication - holds true for both Kiri and the crew.

We had 13 Roadies return for the finale and the first 5 cuts continued to get the stepchild treatment. I really feel for Sonia, Neha, Vicky and whats their names. These five were all told at the end of their auditions - "Congratulations, you are a Roadie!" Then, they get tagged as 'undeserving' based on some logic that I still fail to comprehend. And all it took was a loss by a very narrow margin to have them completely banished of the show from that point on. Now, while bringing them as wildcards would have seemed the just thing to do - that didn't happen for some reason either (no character development maybe?) Because of which, they dont get called to the finale as well as none of the five have any conflict or agenda with any of the others. Bringing them back had no real purpose at this stage but they STILL should have - for once make the five feel that they were 'Roadies' at some point of time. Heck, they'd have even paid out of their pockets if conveyance was the issue but ah whatever!

Those who did return, did what they were brought back for. All it took was one VD appropriately edited to have everyone turn on Nauman and Palak. Everytime they do a finale and the ex-Roadies return and verbally bash the finalists, I can only scream in my head - "They played the game and they made it, you didn't so STFU!"

And when these very people throw the fake, open-ended maar-dunga-phaad-dunga-baja-dunga threats, it just looks so unbelievably retarded. You had the entire journey to prove yourselves and stand up to whoever and you didn't, you stupid ball-less cowards, you are not gonna do any different sitting on your asses! Maybe they are told to act retarded, that is the only explanation - but then again these idiots are thick-skulled nimwits, so I wonder they really need be told.

I'll not say much about Raghu's act in today's episode - it was just him being Raghu, screaming louder than everyone else to make his point. Thats what he came for, thats what he did - but the twist he brought (as later confirmed by Bumpy) was more effective in shutting up people, so as to say - those who say the show has stopped focussing on performance and more on the twists. Sufi and Natasha back in and Kiri rightly voted in by the others, all because the finale was shot after the journey episodes aired - pretty much bearing all the behind-the-back politics. No politics = Fair vote-in. Simple equation.

The task (which sounds pretty straightforward on paper) proved much more challenging than anyone expected, crew included. That heavy rig that you had to wear adding another layer of difficulty to it aside from the strobe light. Kiri and Natasha finished and Sufi made a mess of his THIRD chance. At this point, I was on the edge on my seat rooting for the humble underdog and when the announcement was made - I was so pumped, I swear! If ANYONE deserves a spot in the finale its Kiri (think back to the Roadies 5.0 auditions) and way to go, man! I would freak out if you do pull it off and win it all, warrior!

So there. Next week, we will know who the ultimate Roadie is and one final time I'll be.. To Hell and Back!