In summary, this is what I'm leaning towards:
F4 challenge - JT wins
F4 boot - Taj
F3 challenge - JT wins
F3 boot - Erinn
F2 finalists - Stephen and JT
Winner - JT by a 4-3 score.

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here what SurvivorBlows thinks
In summary, this is what I'm leaning towards: F4 challenge - JT wins F4 boot - Taj F3 challenge - JT wins F3 boot - Erinn F2 finalists - Stephen and JT Winner - JT by a 4-3 score. |
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Apple6666 |
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From SB
Note that JT is very gung-ho right off the bat in this challenge while Erinn is rather lackadaisal. JT looks like a heavy favourite to win this challenge as it's quite physical and there's a lot of running, so it would seem that the only question is whether he gets locked up long enough on the puzzle portion at the end to prevent him from winning immunity. I'll go with JT as the winner of this challenge. The F4 boot? With the "shock vote" term being tossed out, I'm leaning towards Taj as the boot. Stephen might be a real seismic shock vote, but I'm more apt to believe that Stephen and JT are the final two with the potential for long time alliance partners turning on each other as we've been hammered over and over with the storyline of JT/Stephen bonding together and planning the game. JT/Erinn, Erinn/Taj or JT/Taj wouldn't have the same kind of hype, in my opinion. Jeff is also promising a "betrayal" of some sort in the finale. Having JT/Stephen go on and boot Taj instead of Erinn would count as a betrayal, I'd say. Finally, are we going see a build-the-fire tiebreaker? We've been repeatedly shown Stephen successfully starting a fire so does this translate into a F4 tiebreaker fire-off between him and Taj? Next, we don't have any scenes of the F3 challenge. Historically, it's been an endurance or balancing sort of challenge so we'll go with that. JT has usually done well in endurance type of challenges so far this season, so we'll go with him as the winner - especially if you tie it in with what Sylvester mentioned earlier about the idea that JT says the title quote to Stephen while negotiating a deal after Erinn throws in the towel. With all the circumstantial evidence so far gathered heavily in favour of a Stephen-JT final two, Erinn is the obvious boot choice here in third place. |
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Apple6666 |
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From SB:
Goody, this is the type of clue that leads to a lot of excellent discussions and theories about what it means! Many people speculate that the "shocking vote" would mean that Erinn is safe because booting her in fourth place wouldn't be a shock in the eyes of most viewers. Booting Stephen or JT would qualify as a major shock, while Taj would also be a shock if Erinn doesn't win immunity. Another angle to consider - are we talking about a single vote ("shocking vote") where there is a tie and a burn-off, or are we talking about a shocking vote resulting in an unexpected boot? Or was the "shocking vote" actually the JT vote for Erinn in the previous episode when Coach got booted - i.e., did Stephen go against the plan to boot Erinn or did JT go against the plan to boot Coach? Is it all simply a matter of jury vote wrangling? Also, several good points have been made that "the final two turning on each other" sounds like JT and Stephen butting heads while trying to persuade the jury that one is more worthy than the other. If Erinn or Taj were in the final two, we might not be seeing the clue "strong alliances are questioned" as presented. Really, who knows with the way the CBS hype machine has been deluded for weeks after hearing Coach's proclamations? |
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TDB wrote:??? those two statements clearly contradict each other. nice! for erinn making f2: coach's statement might be able to sway taj and if the vote is 2-2, somehow win the tiebreaker might be able to sway both taj and stephen immunity run (lol unlikely still) against erinn making f2: good chance the taj-jt-stephen alliance will be sticking together for erinn winning: ...nothing against erinn winning: jeff probst's blog strongly implies it's a jt-stephen f2 has no friends in the jury stephen, jt, taj are more likeable then erinn |
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Apple6666 |
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Are we sure this final IC is the spider IC maybe it isnt untill final 3.
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Trixiego |
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Apple6666 wrote: Why I indulge but...
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erickman |
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Trixiego wrote: now we can bury the spider chalange we waited to do that for 2 months |
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Trixiego |
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erickman wrote: Ain't that the truth |
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iVrd0 |
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Maybe the spider challenge is at F8? Anybody think so?
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PeanutButterandChocolate |
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cindidindi76 wrote: Dayum and she had her own creepy, strategically challenged idiot in Coach. |
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TDB |
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those two statements clearly contradict each other. nice!What I was trying to say is that I think that either Erinn or Stephen will win. I also think that they will either be in the F2 together or it will be a JT/Stephen F2 with Stephen winning. |
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Apple6666 |
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on Stephen facebook he want everyone to vote for him to win the fan voting tonight.
If he was in the final two or won would he be asking you vote for him to win. |
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swim4life227 |
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I believe Matty & Ken did that last season. He could be doing it just in case he doesn't win? Hmmm something to think about.
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GrenadeJumper85 |
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Someone please kill Apple, for fucks sake.
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kooyah |
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Apple6666 wrote: Well, last I checked, $2 million > $1 million. If he wants to maximize his winnings, then it makes perfect sense to ask. |
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swim4life227 |
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GrenadeJumper85 wrote: I knew this day would come eventually, but X They don't get a 1 million for winning the fan fave. I think it's 100k. Still though, more money is always better. |
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survivorscanner |
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if jeff's been voting coach gets fan favorite.
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cindidindi76 |
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Until last season, I thought the winner wasn't even eligible for the $100,000. But, since Bob got it, I don't think Stephen wanting people to vote for
him really tells us anything about his placement.
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