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 Bob:
At the beginning of the season, a lot of viewers
suspected that he would make his way out
shortly. However, he lucked out by being on a
physically fit tribe, something that several of
the challenges required. Even so, if Kota had
lost any of the early challenges, he was not in
immediate danger. Bob has presented himself as
very reliable, one of the reasons that the Onion
alliance pulled him in as the 5th member. Not
only that, but most of what we have seen has
been "look at what Bob built" or "look at what
Bob caught." Still, we believe it will be hard
for Bob to make it far in a game that requires a
lot of adaptability. Now that his only ally has
just left the game, we don't see him
strategizing to save himself another day.
WINNER POTENTIAL:
1 out
of 5
 Charlie:
Much of Charlie's story this season so far
has been being Marcus' right hand man. At this
point, he is either poised as cannon fodder or
will make it further if he finds the right
alliance to slip into. It will be interesting to
see if he will be featured differently since the
person stealing his spotlight has been in the
way. One of the things he has up above the other
Onions is that Susie does not have a real reason
to dislike the guy (Whereas Randy and Corinne
have been accused of disliking her). He doesn't
seem to be playing the game too emotionally so
he should be able to regroup after he finds out
Marcus is gone.
WINNER POTENTIAL:
3 out of 5
 Crystal:
To me, it's been awhile since they have such
a strong female presence in the game. Now, when
I mean strong, I don't mean the physical aspects
of the game but her personality. I am sure most
viewers have had some sort of reaction to
Crystal, whether positive or negative, and that
makes for really good TV. In the scope of the
game, she has probably made a few enemies which
will make it hard for her to get to the top.
However, as highlighted in the last episode,
Crystal is not a real physical threat which
makes her more appealing to keep around. Her
game has been heavily relying on Ken, but this
past episode, it looks like they are just equals
working out the situations they get into.
WINNER POTENTIAL:
1 out of 5
 Corinne:
She is playing the game hard, always
thinking far down the road. She is in a similar
position as Charlie but probably lower on the
totem pole socially. She probably has not made
friends with the remaining women in the game (we
have yet to see her interaction with Crystal)
but overall, she isn't poised to take it far. I
would like to say she is likeable only in that
she
has very vindictive and conniving things to say
about the other players. Still, she better
remain collected over the Marcus boot or she
will join him.
WINNER POTENTIAL:
2 out of 5
 Ken:
We should give him a bit more credit than
his edit is showing. When we first saw Ken, I'm
sure like many of you, you thought, early boot
of the season. However, he has been able to
craft alliances (notice how I didn't say strong
ones) to avoid the boot each Tribal Council he
has attended. He will have to do some damage
control once he reunites with old Fang members
Sugar and Matty but I am sure he will weasel his
way out of that. Again, his physical nature is
not a huge threat to the others, but people
(editors including) are starting to see him as a
power player. If he keeps at this rate, he
should make it far, but hopefully, he doesn't
let all the power get to his head because once
it does, he's a goner.
WINNER POTENTIAL:
3 out
of 5
 Matty:
As Jeff Probst has mentioned, too honest to
win the game. And based on who is left in the
game, they are all playing Survivor 101
style--lying, cheating, backstabbing. We are
supposed to warm up to his style of gameplay as
"good" but we have no way to see it other than
boring. His social skills seem to be adequate,
although we've seen him get into a spat with
Crystal and in the future with Randy. Fang is
ready to send the physical threat home and we
don't see anyone letting him squeak by in the
Final 2 or Final 3 because he will be taking
votes away simply because the guy has heart.
WINNER POTENTIAL:
3 out
of 5
 Randy:
Love him or hate him, the guy is out there
to win. Sure his confessionals can be obnoxious,
sure he can do a few rude things to the other
players left in the game, but he is able to
stick around because everyone just knows this is
how Randy is. We see Randy splitting from the
Onions if it means he'll be able to get further.
He is the self-proclaimed King of Gabon and we
see where he could pronounce himself that. And
while he grates on people's nerves, this only
translates to a potential F2 or F3 goat, but as
we know in the past, the jury may respect him
more for being able to make it that far with his
personality.
WINNER POTENTIAL:
4 out
of 5
 Sugar:
She is playing the game in a different way
than we are used to. The other players have
viewed her as stupid, but when needed, she does
things otherwise to make us think she knows a
lot more than we are led to believe. However,
last episode, she went back to stupid after she
openly regrets voting out Ace. She seems to be
easy to manipulate but doesn't come across like
Susie, whose vote could be bought. With the idol
on her, if she continues to pose a non-threat to
the others, she should stick around and
eventually use it to her advantage. Overall,
she's been the emotional driving force of this
season.
WINNER POTENTIAL:
1 out
of 5
 Susie:
Finally she has emerged over the last two
episodes. The previous episode, she shot herself
in the foot without realizing it by saying that
she was planning to vote out Corinne. It was
refreshing for her to say she had no real reason
to stay with the Kota 6 if she was the 6th
person. Still, with a huge betrayal like that of
Marcus' boot, we have to say she will not have a
chance at winning- a) because she is a
backstabber in the worst sense b) she is already
disliked by her own alliance c) this jury could
be all about revenge so they will make sure she
doesn't get a dime more than she deserves. She
is going to have to crawl her way up in the
Crystal and Ken alliance if she wants to get
better than 6th.
WINNER POTENTIAL:
1 out
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