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Angelina is still going on about Davie not picking her for the reward. She seems to be taking credit for Davie winning the last IC because she sat the challenge out and got rice for them.

My ideal final 3 (from the 6 that we have left) would have been Davie, Nick, and Kara, with Davie winning. But any outcome of that 3 wouldn't send me into a rage. Nick has played a good game, and I've actually been impressed with Kara. There are many I hope to see back from this season, and I hope she is one of them (though considering she was caught up in the trouble Alec got into, not sure if that'll happen or not). Angelina not winning is fantastic. Nick should have this, but there is a part of me that is terrified Mike might somehow, god knows how, that the Survivor universe will go off its rails and he actually pulls it off. But that won't happen....right? Nick should have Carl, Davie, Kara, and probably Christian and Gabby at least (maybe Alec too). I'm guessing Alison might vote for Mike, unless he royally screws her over.

Maybe Jeff can just call it a night and say we'll try again next season. This season has been great and a final 3 like that would tank it. I really hope Nick or Davie win. Kara has at least tried to make moves, so I'll give her that, but Nick or Davie please.

I don't get this girl! Every week it's "I'm going to make a big move" which results in her just going with the majority and doing nothing. Or squealing. I wish she had been voted off already. She's perfect F3 goat fodder, though.

So next week's preview, we see Alison in tears thinking she's the next to go (have all the votes at the previous TC not been enough of a clue for her?) and all we see if Angelina saying "yep" with a smirk. Clever editing or is she going to be that unsympathetic? Maybe she'll think it's jury management if she's upfront with Alison about her being voted off. Might not bode well for her when the next clip had Mike and Kara saying she was a psychopath. And Nick is good and steamed. I honestly hope the Goliaths don't band together and pick off Davie and Nick. And if that does happen, please let Kara win. Mike and Angelina both think they are better at this game than they are, and Alison is just useless. I had such high hopes for her.

Same. I have been so excited every week to watch but tonight I almost forgot it was on and didn't care. I knew something was up lol I want Nick or Davie to win. Kara would be a distant third but I can not stomach the thought of an Angelina win (and I know Mike and Alison have no shot).

I am basing my hopes on those two seconds of preview next week that Angelina will not win this game. I still have a hard time believing it based on her edit. ETA: thank you Jesus! I hope that is true, because this has been such a great season. I want to see Angelina get hammered at the FTC and that smirk wiped off her face. I'd love it if Mike actually got a vote because they didn't want Angelina to get second, like what happened during SJDS. So I'm wondering if it's Davie next (because Mike/Alison are close and he might try and save her) and Nick immunity wins his way to the end, picks Mike to go to the F3 because he knows he's beatable, and sends Angelina/Kara to fire.

Noooooo. And that shot of Christian’s snuffed torch *sigh* At least he was looking on the bright side in his final words. And Nick went and wasted his idol. I really wanted to punch Mike this episode. Angelina was more annoying this episode if that’s possible. Seriously that girl needs to take herself down about a hundred notches.

I do not want Angelina or Mike to win. I'd be fine with a Nick win. I do like the guy, and he's had good game play. I just don't know if that will reflect with the jury, and while he's been very good at making social bonds with some, the people on the jury are the ones he didn't have bonds with or perhaps not the best bonds compared to others. The edits are rather perplexing. In any other season, a Christian win could be seen coming in episode 1. This season? The editing has been very surprising, but in a good way, imo. And Christian, while I don't think he's gotten a bad edit by any stretch, clearly he took a hit voting off Carl because of Gabby, and being left up a creek without a paddle. So still a good edit, but may have hurt his chances winning. Angelina's edit is interesting if she wins, because I don't believe she's come off all that great, but I suppose with the way this season has gone there's still time for redemption. And Kara kind of came out of nowhere, though I don't believe she has a chance of winning unless something miraculous happens for her. Really, the only three I'd be disappointed to see win are Angelina, Mike, and Alison. I've found Alison to just be too wishy washy and talk big but then not follow through. I can't say I'd be jumping out of my chair at a Kara win, but she at least seems to be trying. Christian would still be my #1, but I'd love a Davey or Nick win, too.

Yeah, I kind of don't want them to run it, but if they make it through this week in tact that's probably going to happen. It should make for an interesting F3 TC, but I'm kind of bummed if that's the F3 we have. Wait, what? I hadn't heard that. Supposedly there was a rumor (from the same person that had spoiled everything else thus far) who said someone else wouldn't be at the reunion show for leaving Ponderosa early. It's believed to be Jeremy, but whether that is true or not or TPTB change their minds I don't know. Other contestants have left pre-jury Ponderosa before and went home, and the only one who got in trouble was Vytas for lying, so not sure if that's what happened in Jeremy's case. I didn't see anything on Nick's IG about this. So if that's the case clearly Nick ain't winning :( Maybe he does get blindsided this week.

If it's not Christian, then I think it could be Alison or Kara, both for the reasons you mentioned. I put a preview in another thread, but there's a clip of Kara in it saying "can't let everybody in on it" after we hear the announcer say something about keeping secrets. So maybe she recruits a small army to oust Nick (she would only need 3 additional votes to get Nick, and would likely have Alison and Christian onboard) and it gets back to him. Or it could be she's targeting someone else like Angelina and they find out, and end up blindsiding her in the vote.

Here's a preview for this week. ETA: I'm intrigued with Kara saying 'can't let everybody in on it.' As usual, it could be nothing, but my first thought was did she find an idol-or did someone find one and confide in her. More than likely though she's talking about the vote, so maybe she's in the 'pretend it's Christian but we're blindsiding someone else' camp.

Maybe Christian Mike Holloway's his way to the end-he was in a decent position, then suddenly found himself on the outs because of one vote, now he needs immunity wins and/or HII to make it to the final 3. That quote from Jeff leads me to think it'll be Christian (big character with a big target on his back finally getting voted off, thus making no one else feel safe after the fact). Or something more interesting happens, like Christian doesn't have immunity or an idol, but someone else gets blindsided thinking the obvious vote if for Christian.

What was that spoiler again? I know some people on other sites were having way too much fun finding 80's songs to try and fit the spoiler. I did see Karma Chameleon mentioned as potentially pointing to Kara, but not sure if ties into the rest of the spoiler with the song. I still think it is Angelina/Mike/Nick. Kara's edit is kind of interesting, in that she was a non entity for awhile that was known for just being with Dan. Then suddenly she wanted his ouster for reasons no one can seem to understand, and now her edit is kind of more gamer. But still not a huge, significant edit. If that really were the final 3 then I don't see how Nick loses. However, with the way the story is shifting, Nick/Mike re-aligning, and Nick being aligned with Angelina, I can see those 3 sticking together. Christian or Alison will probably finally be next, unless both of them find an idol and win immunity, then I'll lean towards Davey going.

Looking at our current jurors alone I think Angelina would win. Elizabeth, Dan, Alec, and Carl are toss ups-Elizabeth does seem to like Angelina and felt bad throwing her under the bus, and she may not care for Nick; I know Dan didn't care for Angelina, but he's someone I could see voting based on tribal lines, and he never bonded with Nick. They were at the merge together but still separated by tribal lines. I believe John would be an Angelina vote. Alec and Carl are big toss ups to me, Carl more so. He had an alliance with Nick and Angelina, and seemed to like and respect them both. Alec didn't seem to care for the Goliaths and he did form Strike Force that included Nick, so he could be a Nick vote. Gabby, another toss up, but she may not like that Nick essentially turn on her, even if they never had a real alliance except for just being part of the Davids. And Nick was in Carl's alliance that was lying to her about the Alison vote. Now what Nick really knew and didn't who knows, but she can't really talk much about betraying an ally. If the final 3 is true, and the remaining jurors are Davie, Kara, Alison, and Christian, that might make it interesting. I see Davie being a Nick vote, Christian would probably go Nick, Alison didn't seem to like Angelina or have much of a bond with her that we've seen besides being former Goliaths. I don't know where Kara's head is at. So I can see it being a close vote, but I won't be entirely surprised if it's not.

I don't recall hearing that rumor. I know there was speculation there might be an all female alliance because Angelina had a photo of her, Kara, and Alison, and tagged Gabby in it. The only spoiler I know is that the final 3 consists of a David and 2 Goliaths, and speculation is that it's Nick/Angelina/Mike (judging by the direction of the show I'd believe it). I don't see how Mike can win, but I don't know about Angelina or Nick.

They go to Ponderosa, and usually they all leave the next day. However, they don't do a Ponderosa video for the final 3 anymore :(

I was a little nervous the fun, festive vibe at Ponderosa would change with Gabby and any bitterness with Carl, but it was just as fun as the other ones. I loved the welcome she got; I hadn't even though about Elizabeth being the only woman there (but in a Ponderosa with Dan, Alec, and John? Yeah, I wouldn't complain. Even Carl is nice to look at). I wish we could have seen this side of Gabby in the game, and this is why I hope she gets another shot.

So I guess tonight's episode, and next week's preview of Mike warning Nick about the vote being against him (possibly), means that the final 3 likely is going to be Nick/Angelina/Mike. At least now it is making more sense. Christian's idol will get re-buried, and there's 2 (3?) more TC to use idols, so we'll see who finds it. Christian basically knows his game is screwed at this point, and he has no one so he needs that protection. But Davie and Nick are early risers when it comes to idol hunts. We'll see if someone else beats them all to it. If Christian doesn't go next week, I'm leaning towards Alison or Davey.

So next week's preview didn't give us much to go on. Wonder if it'll be a predictable boot (Christian, Alison, or Angelina, since those three had their names come up more than anyone else), or a true blindside.

I’d say they got greedy and cocky just like the Goliaths. Hopefully this doesn’t backfire. This season has been so good but an all Goliath final 4? No thanks. I did have to laugh when she said “sorry Alison” and it was her that ended up getting booted. I don’t get why she went so hard after Christian after everything he did for her. Like, she could have waited. Good on Davie for foiling her plan.

My heart can’t take much more of this season. Thank the Survivor Gods Christian is safe. Gabby took that better than I thought. I would love to see her play again, as I think gaining some perspective would help her the second time.

I don't follow any of the Survivors this season that closely on SM, except Christian, but in Angelina's case, I'm not surprised. Seeing her on the show and what little I've seen of her SM accounts, I think that's just her personality. She is Tracy Flick, after all ;) So I don't know if she's giving anything away or not. SM isn't for everyone, and I know there have been Survivors who were very active on SnapChat and Instagram, less so on Twitter, or vice versa. There have been Survivors through the years that signed up for a SM account just during their Survivor season and deleted it after. Looking at the potential jury make up, Angelina's odds aren't bad, because she's going to have a lot of former Goliaths on the jury, plus some Davids that she bonded with. The only Goliaths Nick had a chance to really bond with before the merge are sitting next to him in the final 3, if that rumor is true. In addition, he might be seen as someone who did the dirty work or not get recognized for the moves he made. And Mike is just there for fodder. I can see Angelina taking a page out of her pal Adam Klein's playbook and constantly interrupt any of the other finalists when they try and make a point to the jury about what they did in the game and either turn it into something bad or try and take the credit away. I find it humorous that Angelina could win with a not so flattering edit, but I'm starting to lean in that direction. I think some Survivors have been resigned to losing before the votes are cast just based on the FTC. I don't know if they are let in on who voted for them but they might just be able to figure it out based on what the jury is saying.

I know with as much thought as I'm putting into that one second of preview, the whole 'get Christian out' moment is going to be much ado about nothing. But maybe Gabby isn't stupid to do it after all. While it would definitely expose her and get rid of her shield and biggest champion, maybe, in a weird way, it would also take the focus off of her. Gabby gets rid of Christian, loses a crucial alliance member, but can then be a free agent, so to speak. The girl who voted off her biggest ally that kept her in the game this whole time, the emotional wreck, the non challenge threat. It probably wouldn't work with the likes of Nick or Davie, but maybe the others.

I'm so nervous for tomorrow, for this very reason :( The way the editing has gone this season, I don't know what to expect. So many people are saying no way Christian is going because of the preview, that TPTB wouldn't openly put in the preview the person who is voted off. Yet, because everyone believes that, maybe they would for that very reason. If a former Goliath goes, I'm thinking maybe Kara because she seemed to come out of nowhere with her edit and wanting to play the game. Alison, I'm not entirely sure why she's seems to be a target, but she does have a relationship with Gabby and has proven to be a physical threat. I just feel like there's more going on with her than we've seen. Angelina, I know I won't get that lucky, but her 9 lives might finally be up. She could over play her hand or try too hard to take control. Mike's the only one I feel might be safe; he doesn't seem to be a threat to anyone. The only argument I can make is he does flip flop, but being in a situation where there's 8 people left, his vote might be crucial. If a David goes, I'm more up in the air because I think there's a case to be made for all of them as to why they'd be safe or in danger. If Gabby does try to blindside Christian, that could cause him to play his idol, and the vote turn on her. Davie has proven to be a physical threat and has played a decent strategic/social game. Plus, he isn't someone that I feel would necessarily see the vote coming at this point so he might be deemed a safe pick to go after. Nick has played a good strategic and social game, but if he goes after Christian hard core that could turn it around on him; he also might feel too overconfident. And Christian is likable and with my luck he would go. Hopefully the IC is another endurance so he can literally talk people into dropping out. I find this cast pretty enjoyable so I'm probably going to miss whoever does get their torch snuffed. Right now I'd lean towards Kara, Gabby, or Christian.