Hey guys, it’s time for this week’s Next Time on Survivor. Before I jump into looking at the previews for Episode 6, I wanted to check out the outcome of the predictions I made for the previous episode.
Previously on Survivor…
Okay, I can’t be on top of things every week. My predictions last time were just as bad as Cole’s social game with keeping secrets.
My first mistake was thinking that CBS wouldn’t continue to be so obvious with their previews and basically show who was going to tribal, so I guessed Levu was going to lose, and everything went downhill from there. I predicted Levu would go to rocks, (if Soko went to tribal) Roark would be safe because Ryan would be smart enough not to make it a 2v2 split, and Mike would find the idol because he found a clue. A solid grade F effort.
This is why you play Survivor
Coming into this next episode, the 20-second preview focuses solely on Yawa. Ben talks about how Cole does nothing but eat and doesn’t share with anyone else. Cole is a big guy and obviously is the most physical player to want on your tribe to win challenges. In the preview we see Cole collapse, and this is after talking about how there isn’t enough food to eat, so I think Cole didn’t prepare to play Survivor when it came to his diet.
I’m going to refer to Malcolm’s article on why he chose to eat junk food instead of packing on meat and building muscle. If you check out Malcolm’s article and scroll down a bit to where he talks about another contestant he played with, Carter, he says Carter was used to eating and running on 4,000 calories a day. The deeper he got into the game, the more his body began to shut down; this is probably happening to Cole as well. But luckily Cole couldn’t have broken down on a better tribe, he has the sex doctor and nurse practitioner to help him.
This preview literally only focused on Yawa, so I’m led to believe that Cole, Jessica, and Mike finally attend their first tribal of the season.
Betrayal
Returning to camp after last weeks tribal, it’s known that Ali got blindsided by the #1 guy she trusted on Soko beach. I was led to believe that Ryan would keep Roark because I couldn’t understand why he would want to betray someone like Ali, who also has a good relationship to all past Hustlers. In the short ‘Next Time’ preview shown after the episode on Wednesday, Ali and Ryan get heated after tribal. Ali basically says Ryan screwed her voting Roark, but Ryan says she screwed him by voting Chrissy.
There’s a short confessional with Ali crying because she probably assumes she is on the bottom, but I don’t think Ryan would vote her out if they went back to tribal.
Predictions: ‘Never being right about anything’ – Jacob Derwin
I think after last week, my predictions can’t get any worse, so we can only go up from here!
Who’s going to tribal?
I think by the fact that this week’s preview is 100% Yawa, I’m led to believe they are going to tribal. Also, CBS has had a reputation with revealing who’s going to tribal in the previews, and the only tribe shown is Yawa, so there isn’t a lot of room open to speculations beyond that.
Who’s in trouble?
Every week I’ve brought up Lauren’s name, and I’m not done yet! I think Lauren is in trouble this week. If Yawa goes to tribal, Mike, Cole, and Jessica are definitely voting together, and I think they would definitely keep Ben over Lauren. Especially after last week with Ben revealing about his PTSD, I think people like Jessica have a lot of respect for him. Lauren still just doesn’t fit in either.
In case things take a turn in my predictions, if Soko manages to go back to tribal again this week, I think JP is in trouble. Ali thinks she is on the bottom, but I don’t think Ryan would let a former Hustler go. Chrissy didn’t have a great relationship with JP to begin with, so Ryan shouldn’t have too hard of a time to get her vote.
If Levu goes to tribal, I still think they will go to rocks. So speculations are up in the air to who goes home. It could go multiple ways. In my opinion, the biggest threat over there is Joe, so if rocks were going to happen, it would be smart for Ashley and Devon to vote Desi to try and get Joe rocked out.
Winner prediction After Episode 5
Still riding the Ben train! Before this season began, he was towards the bottom on my list of contestants who would possibly win, so I’m pretty excited to see something different happening.
Ending this off, I read all of the comments from last weeks Next Time and I liked seeing everyone disagree with me and tell me why they thought I was wrong. Keep throwing them at me!
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I don’t think Yawa will go to tribal. But if they do I think Lauren will go
I think the blue tribe will go to tribal and Some how desi will go just because I think of everyone left she has smallest edit. Probably due to rocks or maybe Joe flipping on her.
If Soko goes to tribal I don’t know who would go. The only person I think is safe on that tribe is Ryan. It might be 2-2 and Chrissy or Ali draw the bad rock. it Might be everyone voting JP. I think it would be the most interesting tribal.
And cause I am stubborn Cole is still my pick. I don’t think he is being medevaced.
Cole will never win. Time to start getting over it now. He’s gone from a Joe edit to a Taylor edit.
Chrissy’s and Ryan’s edits are both too good to leave now. JP could be the Lucy of the season. We’ll know when we see how much content he has this episode. Ali could be a shocker, especially if Chrissy wants to keep a solid vote in JP and convinces Ryan that Ali would flip at the merge.
However, I think the seeds were planted last week for a Levu tribal council. The question is whether or not Ashley and Devon will convince Desi, or whether Joe/Desi remain steadfast and it backfires, most likely on Ashley.
In the slim chance Yawa goes to tribal, I’m guessing it would be Cole vs. Lauren, and we might potentially be in for a shocker. Cole being OTTN5 last week might’ve been a signal….I think he’s more likely first or second merge boot, but whatever.
I just don’t give up on my OG winner picks. I know it is a slim to none chance but i’m stubborn. I was surprised that Ali went. I thought it would be JP cause of his edit. But Ali was the token big edit exit. And I don’t think Cole was OTTN5 His visibility wasn’t that high was it?
maybe if the preview wouldve included another tribe, I would guess anyone but yawa goes to tribal but cole is all we see lol.
Yawa was just the most interesting one so they showed that. They probably wanted us to expect a Medevac
Having read this, something just occurred to me. We heard Jessica say something like “I’m not ready to lose Cole”, and the assumption is that it relates to his fainting. But what if it doesn’t – what if it relates to Mike wanting to vote Cole out, ad Jessica having to wrestle with whether she goes along with that? That would make for an interesting pre-tribal.
OOooh….That’s a very interesting interpretation. It could be a clever misdirect. (Sometimes, they actually do put effort into throwing us off in the previews! Haha.) That would be a shocker, if Cole really went full OTTNN5 and turned everyone off. It allows Jessica and Mike to become a new duo fighting for power in the game.
I didn’t think of it that way. I would have no problem with Cole going home tonight either. While I don’t mind the view being on my tv every week… he is probably the worst player we’ve seen in awhile (strategic wise)
Thanks Tillie
Agree with your calls for this week
JP for a Soko eviction
Joe or rocks for Levu
And with Yawa Lauren is the most vulnerable
With Cole following close behind
The players personalities are becoming
Clearer yeah !
Except for JP and Cole all the players seem
To be motivated and planning ahead so
That promises to give us a good game
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