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On tonight's season finale of "The Bachelorette" Deanna Pappas chose Colorado snowboarder Jesse, accepting his proposal to "spend forever" with him, even announcing that a wedding date was set!

Both Deanna and Jesse described the other as their "soul mate" in the finale, and before Jesse arrived with the ring, Deanna told the camera, "My connection with Jesse is so strong. I feel like I cannot live without him."

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After 39 days of outwitting, outplaying and outlasting the competition, 25-year-old boxer and charity organizer PARVATI SHALLOW was named the winner of CBS' hit reality series, "Survivor: Fans Vs. Favorites."

The "Survivor: Cook Islands" alum and self-described "flirt" relied on her social skills to win the game, building the "black widow brigade," a coalition of five women who methodically vanquished their opponents in a series of blindsides.

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JASON, the fan who admired favorite OZZY, got the chance to follow in his hero's footsteps on Thursday night's "Survivor," as he become the second consecutive contestant holding the immunity idol to get eliminated by duplicitous competitors.

The episode opened with the tribemates reeling from the effects of Ozzy's surprising exit. AMANDA was upset that PARVATI went behind her back to vote off her main squeeze, while JAMES was offended that Parvati had not only broken their alliance, but had seemingly dashed any future romantic hopes between the pair.

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Thursday night's "Survivor" tribal council will go down in history, as the tribe backdoored a favorite to win the whole game -- OZZY.

The 26-year-old world traveler, who was born in Mexico and raised in the U.S. and Central America, excelled at challenges and took the reins as the natural leader of the game, even possessing the Immunity Idol. In the end, the confidence that propelled him to victories was his downfall, as his tribemates turned against him and secretly voted him out.

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In an eventful episode of "Survivor Micronesia," ELIZA made a last ditch effort to stay on the show, attempting to play a fake Immunity Idol, but the New York law school student was sent home regardless.

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It was bye-bye for favorite AMI as the favorites stopped picking off the fans one-by-one long enough to get rid of one of their own.

In the end, the Malakal tribe, down to four members, decided that earnest fan ERIK was more trustworthy than the 35-year-old from Colorado who had been systematically going behind their backs to try to form new alliances.

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