Survivor: Philippines Power Rankings

Episode 8

By Ben Willoughby

November 6, 2012

The man Barry Bonds is choking is doing quite well on Survivor.

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She’s both outside the Tandang alliance and the Jeff Kent / Carter alliance and in case it’s not clear from the inverted commas, I don’t believe her “secret” alliance with Malcolm is as secret as is being played up. But everyone has bigger fish to fry right now, and Malcolm being in with Tandang should clue her in on how Pete / Abi / Artis are voting. This is a good advantage to leverage, because she won’t stand out with any weird votes, and it gives her a chance to turn the tables later on in the game. She should hope that Jeff Kent / Carter and Pete / Abi / Artis do not get along.



6 Lisa

Post-merge prediction: 12 in 100


(original prediction: 1 in 36)


It’s difficult to understand how Lisa sees the game unfolding. We hardly see her with the Tandang people any more, she is not fully on board with the Malcolm / Denise alliance and she is building bonds with Jonathan – even throwing him a hint last Tribal Council that he may be targeted.

With most castaways paired up, there’s not much need for an extra vote right now, but she's also in no danger of getting booted right now. If Lisa can lay low for a couple of weeks until her vote is needed by someone, she will have options.



7 Carter

Post-merge prediction: 8 in 100


(original prediction: 1 in 72)


I’ve continued to rank Carter pretty low because so far he’s a non-entity without any real power of his own in the game. His one alliance is with Jeff Kent, who is playing him really well. You can tell this because we see Carter in strategy discussions with Jeff Kent all the time, but Carter's opinions don't seem to have any influence on what actually happens. This could just be the editing, though. Anyway, the only way Carter can win is to go to Tribal Council without Jeff Kent being there. Keep winning immunity challenges, Carter.



8 Artis

Post-merge prediction: 5 in 100


(original prediction: 1 in 18)


I’ve ranked Artis very low because so far he’s just been there. We haven’t seen him shake up the game, or seen him try and play the nice guy who just happens to be aligned to these jerks. I just don’t know what his strategy is. He’s done a better job of holding in his competitive side than I would have thought possible, but I’m predicting that we see it break out more now we are at the individual immunity stage.




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9 Jonathan

Post-merge prediction: 8 in 100


(original prediction: 1 in 9)


With the end of his alliance with Jeff Kent last week and the flushing of his immunity idol, things are looking a lot worse for Jonathan. If he can avoid elimination next episode, he might be able to hang on and put something together, but it would still be very chancy. From the previews, it looks like he’s going to try as many Hail Marys as he can. Desperation is his only asset right now.



10 Michael

Post-merge prediction: 2 in 100


(original prediction: 1 in 18)


I’ve kept Michael in last place because the Tandang group really doesn’t like him and Michael doesn’t seem inclined to do anything about it beyond keeping quiet and hoping he stays longer than Jonathan. That's not a strategy that can see him win.



Eliminees:

I don't think there have been any huge voting surprises this season, beyond how much Matsing sucked. We would have a very different list of eliminees if some of the other tribes had lost challenges early on - remember how Lisa was always off in the jungle feeling sad? Anyway, from my original predictions, Abi, Carter and Lisa get the awards for most-improved from their pre-game interview. Russell was the biggest disappointment.


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