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EP 16 (Finale) - I Remember Calling With Jess She Is Fun - Jess

Okay! Final 6 is here and in disbelief I made it this far haha.  The Last few rounds have been so rocky with Alex and Madison going but I'm still here to play and keep fighting.  I'm literally doing the Sandra method and as long as it ain't me I'm good.  Idc who I sit at the finale with as long as I can actually make it there.  Fingers crossed max or aj goes here and then the other next round 🥰

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EP 15 - IDK What An Out Of Pocket Twink Is - AJ

i am in f7 with 1 vote against and an idol. i will now preform winning 4 immunities in a row.

The way my story is shaping up in this game is scary good. I feel like if i make the end i have MORE than a legitimate shot to win the game. Not saying I guarantee win, but i have a shot.  Cause like i haven’t quite made anyone on the jury “mad” and i have friends there (Mark/Caitlin so far) and like… i have a story, and I know i can sell myself in this game. Secondarily, the position i am now in in this game is *chefs kiss* Zach mentioned to me he’s basically my vote to use next TM. That, coupled with Keaton’s proposal to me that he might wanna take out AJ or Jess. Could provide a unique opportunity for me. Here’s my final thoughts rn. If we can stay together one more vote and get out Madison (and granted i love her so much, but at this point I believe she is against me, and I dont believe i can trust her). Then at F6, me, Zach, Keaton, Austin can take a shot at Jess or AJ potentially. We’ll see. It’s a very fluid game. 

oh my GODDDDDD i dont think so honey MY ALLIANCE?? MY F3 FROM DAY 3??? BEING THIS WAY. they have no right. every single round i have tried so hard to keep them together even though aj and keaton are probably two of the most paranoid people ever. they keep telling me how nervous they are that they are going. they dont trust max. they dont trust austin. they dont trust each other. well YOU TRUST ME so can you just listen and please do what i am saying!!! i have targetted madison now like FOUR TIMES and she might not even go AGAIN and every time i do what other people want!! and don't vote madison!! and she is still here !! and she's gonna win bc she's an icon i love madison!!! but like LETS GET HER OUT !!! aj has never even been a serious target all merge and yet here they are leaking information!! and ruining the perfect f3!! good luck getting keaton to play his extra vote now!!!! this never would have happened if daisy was here.

Damn glad i had immunity. Cause like the chaos for 4 hours today was not my cup of tea. Guns are drawn, and i dont wanna be jn the crossfire. Just trying to get what i want to happen this vote and position the next is a tricky thing. Especially knowing there’s possibly an extra vote OR 2 at play. Scary shit. I wanna win immunity again LOL

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EP 13 - Damn Near Close - Max

You can have the literal best laid plan and it all falls off the rails from just one person. We were set to send Caitlin home. It would've worked and people would've been salty, but they'd have had no choice but to work with us. But no. Zach decides he doesn't want to. And I KNEW he was the squirrely little one that I couldn't trust. He's in Caitlin's pocket and has no desire to get out. Now, she's throwing out MY name. We could have gotten her out last time and I'd be in the clear right now, but no. My name is out there yet again and she's got the idol. If she'd played it last time, Justin's head would have been on the chopping block, but nope. Zach said here you go Alex, have a guillotine. Stick your head in. By switching that vote, he SUNK his game like a boat to the bottom of the ocean. I'm doing my best to get her tonight and stay here, and I guarantee that if I do, Zach better hopes he gets that immunity necklace, because, if not, he's gone. Everyone wants one of the Arena returnees out? Spare me tonight and I'll serve you one on a silver platter.

Something in my gut tells me that Alex is secretly loyal to AJ and Jess and I don't like it. I've felt this way most of merge and I truly think he will flip on me Austin and Madison when he feels it is right and I don't like that. I can't make too many waves though and I just have to sit back and let the ride happen sadly. I really hate Max and Caitlin leaving back-to-back though. I should have just voted Jess last round!

Hi been a hot minute. Currently screaming internally cause I'm virtually positive I'm getting votes tonight. But it's fine. An extra vote in my pocket and a good plan in place should hopefully lead to me surviving the night. But you truly never know in this game. I could very well hit the Jury in 15 minuets time. Let's see hopefully here to slay another day!

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EP 8 - Bitches Should Suffer In Peace - Daisy

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I AM SO MAD AT MYSELF FOR FUCKING UP THE SLIDE PUZZLE? I USED TO BE SO GOOD AT COMPS. SO GOOD. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME? That slide puzzle was some bull shit though.... 3 WHITE SPOTS???????????? WTF???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? I HOPE EVERYONE ELSE HAS TROUBLE WITH IT. I didn't want this team to lose so I am kind of irritated about it. God I hate it here

So the plan right now is to vote off Alex…. I really like him as a person. But, the reality is someone has to go and I definitely trust Justin and AJ way more than I trust Alex. It’s kind of a shame because out of everyone in this game I would say I trust Alex more than about half of them, so I wish there was honestly anyone else that could go besides him. I also managed to snag a Steal a vote from the advantagemenu, and after I bought it, the steal a vote option said sold out which means that they are all gone! That is wild. So that’s all that’s really happening this game right now, I’m gonna be honest and tell Alex I’m voting for him because I have immunity, and the Steel a vote, so even if he plays an idol I still have options next time. 

To say I'm mad right now is an understatement. The fact that my name is on the chopping block when I've done nothing but show up for my team and show allegiance to these people is ridiculous. Andry lost us this challenge and has immunity anyway. So now my name is on the block when I put up the best time for us. Granted, I had the easiest puzzle, but still. If I survive this vote, or even if I go into the Arena and come back, Andry and AJ are done. Even the fact that they're this strongly considering voting me out means I can't trust them moving forward. If Justin's still around, I'm not mad. He'd just be saving himself if he votes me. They wanna run around here and decide who between me and David and then now between me and Justin like I'm Boo Boo the Fool gonna let someone decide what happens to me. The fact is, y'all don't know who you're messing with and even the idea of this is going to be your undoing. You can believe that. Be nice to my face all you want, but it's what happens when the pressure is on that really counts. And y'all ain't looking too good right now.

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EP 7 - Slay Magenta - Mark

So the Arena didn't quite go as planned. I didn't come out with the gold medal or the advantage, but the one good thing is I did stop AJ from potentially getting the medal for himself. This way at least if we lose, I'll have better odds at sticking around than a 50/50 shot. Hopefully we manage to find a way to pull this out though. Not going back to a Team Meeting is definitely ideal at this point. However, if we do have to go, I wouldn't mind seeing Justin out before the merge. We don't have much of a connection, so seeing him go wouldn't be the worst thing. But if we do have a team meeting, I think there's a solid chance it ends up being a tie of me & Andry vs. AJ & Justin. I don't think Andry would turn on me. At least not yet, so I think he'll vote with me. And I think AJ likes me, but I don't know that he'll have my back when the time comes. He did save me from going home against David, but who knows what would happen if we go again. Rhon's advantage is probably giving them the win, so it's between us and Shuey for who's heading to a vote. Ideally, Max or Justin goes home next. We hit the last Arena before someone comes back, Austin takes out Zach and Max/Justin, comes back into the game and gives me another number. That would give me a solid connection with 7/12 people in the game: Andry, Daisy, Jessica, Madison, Mark and Austin. Now whether they all work together or not is a wildly different story. But I don't need them working together long. Just get a couple of those other 5 out and I could be in a pretty good spot in this game.

Well fuck me, fuck my life, and most importantly, fuck mazes. I have like a million thoughts and 99% of them are about how I'm going to be voted out at the team meeting tomorrow night which fucking sucks. I did talk to Max about last round though and what happened and honestly I do want to work with him but naturally it's still an uphill battle. With her time in the challenge in addition to a penalty, plus her being a social threat, I want Caitlin out really bad. It's going to be hard since those 3 are a hosting team but really we need to make a move this round because I'm pretty sure next round is merge based on the numbers left, and Max also thinks next round is merge so that's a starting point as well. I just hate this because I really am at the bottom and I could've stopped that by voting Pat but I still don't regret trying to keep him because if he stayed then I would be in a much better position than I currently am. And someone has the idol because I figured out the code so I would've been golden if I had found it and now I feel fucked. Will I give up, never. 

Oh my god why is it no matter WHAT team Im on we suck at challenges. This vote should be extremely easy as long as Caitlin pulls her shit together and stops it with the vote me out bullshit. I really need her as a number for merge.

so i think im sitting in a good spot rn. we just won immunity again and i have a gold medal so i think im sitting good. im so scared for timmy bc i think he's in trouble in this ROUND but maybe i'll snag some rings from him when he gets voted out? that would be cute 

i literally hate myself :D i feel like the absolute WORST after that …so yay

Thank God for small miracles. So for this round, Alex went to the arena. There was a little back and forth on who should go between Alex and AJ, but Andry and I just didn't say anything and AJ was absent when the time rolled around for a representative, so Alex just went. Didn't win a medal. Totally fine. Truth be told, had Alex won a medal, once the Immunity Challenge came around and I did my maze, I fucked up. So I thought the medal was gonna go to waste anyway. I went the fully wrong way in the maze, because it can be solved from either side, and I started from the wrong side because I don't read. I was doing maze 4, but I accidentally solved maze 3. And not all too quick either. So my time was 44+ minutes. I was 100% convinced we were absolutely fucked. I honest to God was already making plans to turn Alex and AJ against each other. But then... we weren't fucked. Somehow Dwen pulled out a wild first place finish. Man... imagine a world where I actually solved Maze 4, and didn't get a 30 minute penalty. What an absolute beasting that would've been. An absolutely unnecessary beasting.

Why am I such a snake… I’m lying to Timmy SOOOO hard right now telling him “Caitlin is desperate…” like no you’re going tonight ☠️

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EP 6 - Sorry I’m So Unhinged - Max

Okay wow I honestly am thinking and damn I really should not have chopped jess’ rope and then admitted to it bc honestly I do really trust her and I feel like that was an in the moment stupid decision that I made thinking about winning this comp and nothing else

I'm stoked to have made it past the last team meeting. I'm thinking there's probably only one or two more votes before the merge so that with someone coming back from the Arena, we'll be at 12 or 13 heading into the merge. I don't know that I'm in a fantastic position on my team or if we merge. I've got some connections, but I don't have tons of established alliances. I would LOVE to get Justin out before the merge, but I don't know that I'm in a position to do it. Perhaps if I got a gold medal, but we'll see what ends up happening. What I actually really want is for Shuey to head to a team meeting. Caitlin has had her gold medal since the very first round, so I'm eager to get that away from her. She and Keaton are still my top targets, I would love to get them both out in the first two merge votes. They're tough players and have both clocked me as a strong player in past games, which is not something I need moving forward.

i think ive been too focused on winning so far. winning is boring. i am going to start channeling louise from bobs burgers this will be me for the rest of the game. any time something happens i will ask myself WWLDASIDITATQIA (what would louise do and should i do it? these are the questions i ask) asya so real.... i want to bring back the energy we had on jarods birthday mini rocks 2 times in the first 3 votes. that's how i will be dying in beijing JESSICA — Today at 9:49 AM also an update: pancake told me to throw. i perhaps did not entirely throw. but whenever i had a guess i said "team, why don't we simply send this guess and see what happens". i think if we win anyways then that is very funny and silly JESSICA — Today at 9:56 AM which goal should i attempt to accomplish in tumblr survivor p!choose throw a vote for 2 councils in a row and see if anyone notices;give away immunity;win a third time i guess boring;send someone home with 0 votes again Pancake BOT — Today at 9:57 AM I choose... give away immunity JESSICA — Today at 9:57 AM ooh spicy i will do it i gave away immunity in the last game i played it was very fun and exhilarating one final question for today pancake if we lose who should i target p!choose daisy;madison;keaton;you aren't losing so no need to worry Pancake BOT — Today at 9:59 AM I choose... daisy JESSICA — Today at 9:59 AM pancake. what the heck. idk if i can follow pancake on this one. but we will see. goodbye viewers for now.

Alright so I feel like I’m in a decent spot in this game? After tonight I’m the only person with a gold medal in the game which is nice to have that security! I also feel like I have some strong relationships with some folks which is good. My one concern rn is getting heat for knowing some of the ppl from BB Venue (max, mark, Caitlin) bc I did play in that game 😂😂. AJ has figured everything for the idol out until the checkpoint (1 more page) and told me which is great! Of course I ran and told Justin as any good ally does. Right now I don’t want this team to lose because I feel great about everyone. I think I’m in a decent spot if we merge tbh. 

This round is a mess and I’m certainly glad that I’m immune at this vote. What sucks is I think Pat might get the boot here and that’s the last thing I want. I’m trying to see where Caitlin is at and I’m either giving her too much credit in my head with her answers or she really is dumb. But like I asked her about it and she’s just like “what if they all vote each other” and I know they’re not and I know she knows they’re not since Max told me that she told him that she is down to vote Pat and Max is telling people that Mark is too. Pat is telling me mark is voting Max so I’ve messaged mark and I’m waiting for a reply. But like that was a stupid answer from Caitlin and it limits how much I think I can trust her, which I don’t think I can anyways. If Pat goes I hope he wills me his rings bc then I can get a steal a vote and if we go to another team meeting then I can have a bit more wiggle room. This round just sucks because I am the odd man out on this team and I think im truly only safe because of the gold medal which im still so thankful for. I just hope for Pat to stay and im voting Max and that’s not changing so if im in the minority at least I can confirm where I stand.

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EP 5 (Swap) - I Panic With Power - Keaton

i would (and will) die for daisy

I love this new team! I was really in need of a team swap so Im glad it happened. Im gonna be trusting caitlin 100% and with the way she plays i do feel like its reciprocal, I feel good with Pat also. Max and I obviously have beef but if we do go to team meeting and timmy doesnt have immunity I do feel that we will all be on the same page. Obviously Caitlin, Max, Pat, and I all know each other from a separate ORG.

on my new team i def think this comp has really separated things bc there's a group of us (me, aj, justin) who worked on the challenge and some people who didn't.... those being alex and david. alex and david stated reasons why but im pms they said they were going out and seeing movies, going to brunchs, etc........ so idk how i feel about that. either way makes me feel a little comfy rn bc aj, justin, and I have formed an alliance which is good. 

My storyline this episode is fantastic. Starting off the swap I was nervous bc I was the only one from my original team but then they just all let me go to the arena when I said I would do it. The second I got to the arena and we found out the challenge everyone there said they wanted me to win the gold medal. I truly don’t know how that happened but I was rolling with it. My thought was wow this is good but can I trust that, especially after the previous arena where I was lied to. The answer was yes, I could trust those people and they stuck to their word and I won. I had to lie to Joey again but I want Austin to come back into the game. Austin ended up giving me 2 rings when I asked for some of his rings so now I’m up to 5 which is kinda hot tbh. The gold naturally gave us an advantage in the challenge that in the end we didn’t even need because we won anyways…but I guess we did need it since if another team had it we would’ve lost since all the scores were so close. But going into the video, I tend to sit out of this challenge since it brings me such high anxiety, so this time actually doing it and then being on the winning team is amazing and I feel accomplished and I just let myself be okay with looking dumb. Like i know it sounds stupid but that was a big accomplishment for me and I feel like I’m actually doing okay in this game. I need to talk to people more on this team but now I have more time for that and I had already started a bit. No matter what happens, I feel happy.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P0afXz0q62YViK3zA76ko5Xd3qNdzQDm/view?usp=sharing

Well we may have swapped teams, keeping me from dropping down to a team of two, but it's not keeping me away from the team meeting. We're still going and I'm in trouble. David and I didn't contribute to the challenge, so it's our necks on the line. I'd like to have to kept David around a little longer, but tonight's vote is all self-preservation. Cutting him gives me a better chance to stick around. But it does worry me about what happens if we lose again. I'd rather Justin go home today, but that's the name of the game I guess. I just have to survive tonight. I did volunteer for the Arena because I wanted to give myself a shot at the gold medal in case we lost again. But Andry came right in behind me and I was like well I'd like to go if y'all are up for it. And how am I supposed to get them to let me go over Andry when he participated in the challenge. Plus, if we do lose again, Andry is my only shot at survival at another team meeting, so I can't piss him off. Prayer circle tonight, friends.

It looks like it’s between Alex and myself and I feel like it’ll be me. My heart hasn’t been in this game as much as I wanted it to be, and life has just gotten super busy. I’ve been trying to stay in there but I didn’t realise how busy my life would get, so if I do end up being the one voted out, I’m totally fine with that. Of course, if I do stay, I will try and win this game. I would also like to preface this that I advised Alex to choose someone from my OG Dwen tribe but he picked … I forgot, and it looks like it’s biting both of us in the ass 😭 if he ends up being the one voted out, it’s on him 🤷🏾‍♂️

(Another late confessional) SWAP! So, immediately after we voted out Joey, we all got flung back into the Arena for another Party Time Day. We had the school yard pick for new teams. During that time, when Caitlin's turn came up, she was having a hard time picking, because there were just so many factors. She has a lot of pre-game friends/acquaintances, and her team hadn't voted anyone out yet, so she was trying to think how to keep as many of her people safe as possible. I kinda tried to help ease her decision, but also direct it a little bit to my benefit. She didn't do exactly what I hoped/expected, but it ended up well in the end. When it was just her and Mark on the team, I thought it'd be a nice place to end up, but now there's just too many people there that know each other. It's a death trap (more on that later). Then I thought Jess was gonna pick me, which I really want to play with Jess this game. But she picked Madison, which was super out of the blue, because she doesn't actually know Madison I don't think. But she said she wanted all the women, which is fair. Honestly, after the first few rounds, even though Andry was on Dwen, I wasn't sure I wanted to end up there, because I didn't know anything about David or Alex, or even AJ for that matter. But it might work out. Jess I think told AJ to work with Andry and I. And he has been, so yay. Then I went to the arena. And Timmy was there. And Austin and Joey were there because they'd been voted out. So there were 4 ex-Bings in a 5-person arena. So even though Austin and Joey both knew one of them would be eliminated, we made it happen to where we could get Timmy a Gold Medal, and therefore Immunity at his first team meeting. Because like I said, that new Shuey team is a death trap. 4 of those peeps over there all know each other from hosting (or playing in) a Big Brother org (that Andry and I both played in also... and Jess was in both of our host chats). So basically, a lot of people know that that's a whole-ass group. So honestly, it was a little shortsighted that they all clumped up onto one team, because like Caitlin feared, if they go to a meeting, one of them might have to go. And honestly, I kinda want that. Specifically, I want Pat to go, because for one, he's won a Survivor season, and he's doing well in that Big Brother org... he's just a good player. But also, I have no relationship with him. He's going to prioritize other people over me, most likely, and I don't know if that means they would prioritize him over me in return. And my one true fear is that he's probably the biggest threat to make Andry turn on me. I'm not sure if anyone could truly make that happen, but Pat's the one I think has the highest likelihood. But anyway, back to my time in the arena. Us four Bings pulled together (and apparently even Keaton was in on it) to throw Timmy the win. Because if - big if - Timmy gets through to merge, I would hope he'd come back to Andry and I. So now if new Shuey (NewyShuey? ShueyTwoey?) lose an Immunity Challenge, both Caitlin and Timmy are immune at their fist Meeting - so that only leaves Mark, Max, or Pat to go first. So that's a 1 in 3 chance my Red Alert High Priority Target Pat goes home. It probably won't happen. It'd probably be Max. But I can hope. Anyway, after that we had our stupid, dumb, terrible, no good, very bad challenge, the music video. Andry and I put everything we had into it, as did AJ, and AJ edited the hell out of it. It was a cinematic masterpiece. And we lost. We came in last. Because there was only one judge with any taste. There were two whole judges who did not give us perfect scores, so I can only assume they've been stripped of their rank and banished to the Shadow Realm. And because they didn't help at all, the three of us who actually tried to win banded together and decided to vote out David. There was a lot of subterfuge and obfuscation that went on to make sure no idols were played, and it all worked out. So now David's in the arena, and hopefully Andry can knock him out of the game for good.

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EP 4 - I’ve Actually Scooted Down a Mountain - Alex

Yayyyyyy I won another arena duel thing and it's my bday so just good juju all around really.  Madison, max?, Timmy, and pat came from the teams to compete.  I played nice with all but I honestly was trying hard to help out Madison.  She was great to chat with and was worried worried was next if her team lost again.  We both agreed to lie to the rest and get ourselves these perfect scores haha. It worked out and I'm still here. I have found 4 rings so far and am gonna keep looking while here.  Maybe I'll be lucky and get a advantage if I make it back.  TS gods be in my favor 

It absolutely sucks to watch all of us suffer on Bing cause the others are either 1. Jealous of our success or 2. We really underestimated how the other teams can be in terms of challenges also hahahaahahahahaha seattle traded Russell Wilson LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I’m NOT HAPPY that madison won the gold medal, now we basically CANNOT lose any team immunity challenges until some team swap or I’m going home as it’s likely madison will side with Alex. I really have to pull out the win for mastermind.

no swap yet! I wonder if we'll go into 3 teams of 5 next. For safety reasons I dont want to (I don't feel in danger here at all) but it could be interesting! Keaton has sadly kinda gone inactive. I hope he is okay! Trust rankings: AJ PAT KEATON

I genuinely feel like if we ever go to a team meeting, I’ll be targeted cause of my inactivity, but I mean, life has just become so busy so I try and touch base with the other team members! Idk if that’ll be enough to stay but who knows, I just hope I kill this next arena challenge

Yesterday I asked Timmy if he had told Joey about the Spotify playlist clue and he said no which I thought was strange, but took it to mean that they aren’t as close as they are making out to be. So I knew there was potential for Justin to stay there despite the TAJ alliance getting on VC and agreeing to vote Justin. So I told Justin he needed to plea to Timmy and toss out Joey as that was his only option. Justin did that and Timmy messaged me and said Justin did that. I played dumb and asked Timmy how he felt and Timmy was so down for voting Joey! Apparently he has bad vibes about Joey so I jumped on that opportunity to save Justin! Justin is safe tonight wooo

Honestly I’m glad that we’ve continued to win immunities, especially in ways that show me as like fairly strong but not like super strong, like I feel like all of our wins have been a team effort which takes that spotlight away from me a bit… besides the fact I have literally been yellow all season, but that’s besides the point. I feel like the (mostly) unspoken consensus if we were to have to vote one of each other out, it would likely be David bc he’s been a lil MIA lately and hasn’t contributed to any of the challenges much (even tho that would mean RIP David’s representation 😪). In a way sometimes I wonder if losing and evening out our numbers wouldn’t be the worst thing, but honestly the last thing I want to do is throw a challenge and then lose another challenge we’re actually trying in, and then have to vote someone out while actually vulnerable and actually existing as an option. Besides, David honestly seems pretty loyal and I think he could be a great number come swap/merge, so why get rid of that if we don’t have to? I feel so gamebotty writing this out… so time to stop

Unfortunately, in the Arrow Game arena, Timmy did not medal. Then we totally flopped the Mastermind challenge. So now we *are* going back to a meeting. The thing was, I read it as being an individual challenge where we'd each get our own rounds of mastermind. Because that's kinda been how things have been going so far. But that was not the case... it was our first truly team-oriented challenge. And unfortunately, I could only be there on the first night. Fortunately, I was there at all. Not to be arrogant, but I feel like I salvaged our 6-space Mastermind. We were at 9 guesses, Joey and Timmy went to bed without it being solved, and I just sat there for another 20 minutes, running through everything before making another guess, and it was right. Which is really something, 'cause our guesses were all over the board. They weren't taking the time to fully absorb the info. So the next day, when I couldn't be around, that problem persisted. They spent a long time on the 7 before that round got thrown out. And by that time, they were up against the clock on the 8, so that didn't go well. They were just throwing stuff at the wall over and over. I feel like if it had been Timmy and Andry, they could've used logic to work their way through it, but Joey said he was solid at Mastermind, and so we didn't even question letting him compete. But he ended up being our biggest detriment (in my mind). So afterward, I floated this idea, and a few other things to Timmy, to try to get Joey out. Because Joey, Timmy and Andry have an alliance that Andry's been keeping me informed of.  So I knew I needed to pick either Joey and Timmy and target them, and I picked Joey. He's more chaotic, which I made sure to point out, and Timmy is more logical, so probably easier to sway. So I made the absolute best case I could, and he seemed agreeable, but I couldn't be sure. Especially because he and I haven't connected personally really. So to try to get him with me in the game seemed like it might be a challenge. Until Andry told me that Timmy was indeed on board to vote Joey. And apparently had wanted him out anyway, because Joey himself has said multiple times that he plays a little chaotically. Am I 100% convinced I'm safe? Never. I've definitely played some Towers of Hanoi today. But I feel more optimistic than I did immediately after Immunity (which'll make it hurt more when I'm voted out tonight).

I lost two challenges this round. My mistake in the arena was believing that people were honest with me when that clearly was not the case. My first guess is to blame Madison since Shuey has been coming after Bing for a few rounds now so that just makes sense. I'm happy Austin stayed in the arena though, that is great. I got to talk to Pat which is good because he told me about the idol clue from Jabari (idk if i already did a confessional about that). And then this mastermind challenge was so difficult idk how the other teams finished and finished so fast, it felt virtually impossible at times. But now I'm going to a team meeting which is much less than fun. Right now the plan is to vote out Joey. Originally it was Justin to stick with the alliance of myself, Andry, and Joey but Justin made some good points about Joey. Andry and I called last night and talked about the vote and both said that we had been thinking about it already because of things that have occurred as well as Joey's challenge scores in previous rounds as well as this current one. Andry is currently my number 1 ally and he told me yesterday that I was his and I believe him because of what he said about it as well. Andry and I were then talking about sending him to the arena so that way if he wins a gold medal and we go to another team meeting that we will be okay and that way Justin won't have a gold medal because then if we go to another meeting then one of us goes no matter what. I'm having a lot of fun this game and look forward to what occurs in the upcoming rounds. 

Omg I forgot dont murder me! Ok! So like i did area! Yay! Found another ring! Yay! But only got silver medal! Boo! I was so close all i had to do was give madison one less arrow and i woulda been solid but alas here we are. Dwen again doesnt go to TM and we’re in tact. Heading into a potential swap i like that. At least i have good odds of having a dwen + someone i know with me for a majority. Might be smooth sailing till merge but i dont wanna be cocky. Theres threats that gotta be taken out sooner rather than later. I just wanna also say Emma and I’s lying was pretty on the money for the arena tho. Nobody lied to me and idk if anyone suspects i fudged my numbers. Who knows tho. 

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EP 3 - Get Your Shit Together Or I Will Be Mean - Jess

Dodged another early game bullet. As always, I was a first target candidate. Luckily, Andry talked Joey and Timmy down from voting for me. I might've helped too. Lowkey, this team is kinda lame. Like, all the quiet people were put together. And when nothing's happening in the game, it's like everyone's dead. Like, they're all chill, and seemingly smart, so long-term it might be good. But truth be told, outside of Andry, I have no strong feelings about anyone from this team. Joey, Timmy, and Austin who we just voted out, any of them could've gone home and it would've been all the same to me. And unless Joey or Timmy do something to show they want to work with me long term, that feeling will continue to hold true. Granted, I'm now in the arena and can't talk to anyone from my team. I'm supposedly working together with Mark and Jabari to improve our chances of medaling, or in Jabari's case surviving. Like, if Austin stays in the game, it's probably not too detrimental (although supposedly he knows a lot of people in the game), but I'd prefer to see Austin leave. Main concern though right now is doing decent in this arena. We don't want to have another meeting. Granted, pre-disadvantages, we had the second best challenge score. So we're a strong team (if dull), so hopefully even if I flop this Arena, we can pull together and grab an Immunity win the old fashioned way - by being the best.

This round I think went very smoothyl! I think I connect well with most of my team and if I did need to get rid of someone it would most likely be emmy, even though I really like her she did express she would want to be eliminated. I do think my team is awful at challenges so Im really gonna try my best to do well at this arena challenge!

Well, I just flopped Knight Moves which is one of my favorite and best competitions so I'm feeling pretty bummed out. I wanted to secure a win and show my team that I'm an asset to them but I couldn't get it done this time. I worry about my spot on the team and being gone for a day doesn't help to facilitate relationships necessarily! I tried to get Austin to help me out and cut off AJ so I could medal and he said he promised AJ he wouldn't cut him off if AJ gave him room to move on the board at the very end there when it was coming down to the wire. I am already seeing that AJ is a very big threat and that he is sneaky and calculated. He and I have never spoken before this Arena and he was messaging me and trying to talk game, asking if I had a preference between Austin and Jabari like.... uh who are you again? Jabari was also talking to me and was proposing I cut off Austin for my own benefit in the competition like... 1) The moves he was telling me to make I couldn't even do because the spaces were too far away... 2) I do not know you at all so why are you trying me right now... 3) Who are you? Overall, I'm a big flop and I need to run back to my team and ask for their pity so I don't find my head on the guillotine when we lose.

im traumatized from temple run 2

I think rather than doing confessionals I'm just gonna do trust rankings here! I'm not gonna summarize why but these were my rankings for past rounds: Round 1 AJ [very small gap] Keaton [very large gap] Jabari [very small gap] Pat Round 2 (shoutout to Alex and Daisy who I really bonded with but I won't include them here because we aren't on a team) AJ Keaton Pat Round 3 AJ Pat Keaton Pat has moved his way up!! Right now I have actually talked to Pat quite a bit more than Keaton. I know Keaton is busy and has been sick so it's understandable but at the same time, that has given Pat a chance to work his way into my heart <3 I kind of hope we swap next but who knows. I could honestly see us not even swapping until 14. At first that made me really nervous but now I actually think I'd be okay with it? it would mean surviving two more rounds and sorry to them but Keaton and Pat are not exactly tough sells to AJ. I trust AJ a lot right now and I am definitely not gonna be voting them any time soon! Obviously I'd rather we swap sooner though. If we lose next, don't swap, and Pat wins a gold medal, worst case it's 2-2 and Keaton and I do fire. I feel confident-ish that I could beat him so it's nerve wracking but not too scary. I'd rather risk that Pat win a gold medal and gamble that we win the next challenge. The medals have sort of determined who won immunity every time so it's crucial to get gold whenever we can. The obvious downside is if Pat wins gold, then it's me or Keaton going and I have to really try and push 3-1 but if Keaton's activity levels stay the same that won't be too challenging. But really I would rather we swap! I'm a high challenge performer get me out of here!!!

I knowwwwww really late but later start with the beginning of the game.  I felt worried being on a team with Timmy and Joey. Me and Joey don't have a great past while Timmy and I don't really either.  I had calls with andry and enjoyed them so thought if anything we could vibe well.  Luckily we was safe for the first round of votes.  But the second challenge came and we got disadvantages stacked on us to make sure we was last.  I sat out which is never a good look.  I talked with everyone and it seemed Justin was the simple first vote.  Little did I know after prevoting and missing tribal I would wake up in the arena voted out 4-1. I'm gonna right hard and if not to win this to get some revenge.  TS gods be with me ����

Well, it’s been a very quiet round. We won immunity, I don’t have to vote anyone out. So all in all I can say I’m pretty pleased how things went this round. I’m also anticipating us to be put in some sort of tribe swap after this round, which shall be interesting.

Safe to slay another day. It's funny that with 3 immunity challenges we've won two and came in last for the other (although without the disadvantages given to us, and with only raw scores in general we would've gotten 2nd) which means we're a strong team and I'm happy to be with these people. I get to go to the arena next round and hopefully it's a challenge I'm good at so that way I can win myself a gold medal and be immune at the next meeting I go to since that would be ideal. I just feel quite happy right now and there is not much going on otherwise. I'm going to spend tomorrow talking to the people on my team since after the team meeting for Shuey I will be going to the arena and won't be able to talk to them for the next day so it's important to head off on a good note. Beyond that, not much going on in my head...but what else is new.

I worked 50 hours this week and scored 4 points on 2 flash games I spent a grand total of 5 minutes on. I beat fucking Keaton, who destroyed me in Valle, and that’s what you missed on Glee

I cannot believe how bad we are. ANOTHER team meeting? Like come on, y'all. I'm mad that I'm wasting my gold medal this early in the game. I wanted to save it until at least a swap, which we're now desperately going to need. We all suck at challenges and that's just a fact. But we do have to consider that if we vote out one of the girls, then we're sending the other to the Arena. And we've proven we can lose with an advantage, so we need to make sure that we get some sort of advantage. So here's what I'm thinking. Let's say hypothetically whoever we send to the Arena gets a gold medal and is safe. If we lose the immunity challenge anyway, that person will be the only one to vote. Emma would keep Mark over me. Madison will keep me over Mark. I feel like that's pretty obvious. Mark seems on board to vote Emma tonight and I think keeping Madison who's pretty loyal to me is in my best interest. I trust her more, I think she tries more and I think she'll protect me if given the chance.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19hAuAhQLuKL80wgkp_Pj8L4MH-KdfGbM/view?usp=sharing

Okay, pretty sure I missed an episode. (Sorry!) To recap: I went to the arena. Didn't get a ring. That's disappointing. We played Knight Moves. I was sorta working with AJ, sorta working with Mark, sorta working with Jabari. I told Mark and AJ I wouldn't go after them. And I actively tried to help Jabari stay. She and I were doing practice rounds on google sheets, lol. Unfortunately we were unable to predict the chaos that ensued in the real game and she went home, which I was kinda saddened by. I got on well with Jabari. Nothing against Austin, but he's a little bland. It's fine that he's still in the game, but working with him might be a challenge if he wins out. There was a point in Knight Moves where AJ had the chance to either knock out me or Mark, but then they decided to just go a third path, and we both stayed in. After that, it ended up being Zach going out first, so I dodged that bullet. Yay bronze! I think that bronze made all the difference too, between winning Immunity and going back to a second team meeting.

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EP 2 - In My Kerrigan Era - Joey

Even though I was eliminated by basically my entire tribe I don't blame then but I didn't like the way they carried it out. At the same time I'm not gonna sit on my ass and wallow. I'm taking these guys down and it's time they realize why I'm a winner

I formed a trio with Andry and Timmy, whether or not they’ll stick to it, that’s up to them, but right now in Round #2, I want to continue to reach out to Austin and Justin, ideally we go to zero team meetings before Monty turns on Wheeldecide.com and pings us with the “HEY BESTIESSSSSSSSSSS GET TO THE ARENA”(that, but in lowercase). Also, shoutout to Dennis for being amazing at what he does.

These players can throw anything they send at me. I'm not backing down and I'm going to fight for my position in the game.

OMG i forgot to do this ANYWAY. We started the game! Yay! So many twists! In game currency, redemption, Arena comps. Tea is I know like 8 people going into this game. Caitlin, Andry, Justin, Madison, Emmy, Adam, Mark, and Pat I all at least know. Some like Adam I have played with and have good blood between (Adam). Some i have bad blood between (Mark and Madison) and the rest i have either been hosted by, hosted with, or hosted myself but have never played with. YIKES. Lots of intertwined connections. I'm obvs most worried about Madison and Mark, even though Mark and I are cool outside of Venue, and Madison and I had a talk during Day 1 about working together and burying the hatchet from Odyssey, you truly never know. Mark might wanna get me out cause he thinks I'd want revenge from venue, and Madison might want her own revenge from me IDOLING HER OUT in Odyssey. Oy vey. I wanna use my connections to keep me safe in the game, even the rocky ones. But it can't be the only thing I rely on or else I'll end up with a MAJOR blindspot. So getting to know people on my team like Zach and Daisy is gonna be crucial to make sure i'm in with the most people possible. Gonna be interesting to see how this shakes out.

Ughhh it's been a long day personally so losing the arena comp just really sucked. I know I don't want to be seen as a comp threat, so losing is good. But this round has so many advantages and disadvantages tossed around that im kind of.......... ugh. I know I did everything I could and that's what sucks. I also think my team is the dry team.... literally loved talking to ppl at the arena but these folks are a snooze fest 

I got a gold medal!!! Even if they wanna take me out, they can’t! Imagine if I could go on some winning streak and keep this bad boy until the merge. One can hope. 

So happy 2 have won a medal. Wish I knew when I should be coming back to the blog....

Okay but maybe Jabari just completely big brained that entire moment. Getting voted out while getting a 10% Arena advantage, AND lying to everyone about what you have for the emoji hunt, and getting to stay? Power moves only here in Beijing. But honestly, this challenge is all about one thing: agency. As long as we can do the puzzles fast and absorb the disadvantages, we'll be fine. It seems like we'll be fine for this round as long as the winners dont win, we'll be good. Caitlin is a threat in challenges and can't go home if Dwen goes to council, which again would be ideal. Cicero I hate to see you go, you seemed nice, but read next time.

i didn't think i would lose the arena comp, so that was honestly such a shook to me (but i did say my comp skills aren't what they used to be). anyways, i hope my team doesn't hold it against me right now. there's so many disadvantages being thrown around this round that i think that will be the deciding factor in this comp tbh

I would like to just point out that I hate jigsaw puzzles, especially online ones cause i suck at them most of the timeeeee anyways, the vibes here at Dwen have been incredibly chill, I genuinely get along with everyone so if we ever have to go to a team meeting, it'd be a little stressful, but I feel like ive made good and strong enough connections to keep me here. I do feel though that my timezone may be a detriment to the team, but I just have to make sure I build on these connections and MAKE them want to keep me, rather than me begging to stay. For now, my trust rankings are as follows: Daisy > Caitlin > Zach > Max, but this could all change by the next team meeting so we'll just have to wait and see! 

I'm happy that my old team won but it's very bittersweet and I'm sure I could have pulled through the comp a little more. In other news I didn't secure my second ring and now the next course is to prepare to take whoever was on Bing down.

Welp...we're going to a team meeting and that sucks ass. Had a call with joey and andry and we're set on voting Austin. It's bittersweet since Austin is my friend and personally I would rather have Justin out but like I'm fine either way. Apparently Justin is telling Austin that because Austin didn't give him a name yet (keep in mind it's currently less than 3 hours after results) that it's probably him (Justin) getting votes or that people are just scared to say names. I think that's because he is more of an older org player where people really did used to talk about the votes and plan stuff shortly after results when nowadays it's a lot of last minute plans. Although now we have already made a plan but like that is certainly not the norm. I am having a lot of fun already this season and I am looking forward to what is going to happen next round.

okay so last night I called with Timmy and Joey. Originally when we got on the call they said they were debating between voting either Austin or Justin, with a preference for Justin to go. We called for about an hour, and throughout the call I just kind of kept on bringing up the fact that we know where Justin’s head is at right now as he’s messaging us telling us how he thinks, Austin is not doing that. And by the end of the call Joey said OK well I think I want to vote for Austin. And then Timmy said yeah I think that’s the smarter play, and I went with it as well. I think I could’ve been a little bit smoother and trying to make sure Justin stayed, but ultimately I wasn’t gonna let Justin go and I think that voting off Austin was the easier move, then going against Joey and Timmy in this round. They could be playing me, and choosing to vote for me in this round. Obviously with the first round you never know how things are going to go. I hope things work out in my favour tonight, but I will not be surprised if they try to pull a fast one on me.

So I'm very happy that we're safe, but I don't know how we still almost lost. I realize that my time in the challenge wasn't incredible, but still. Lord help us the next time we don't have disadvantages to give to the other teams. I also feel bad tacking all those disadvantages onto Andry and Austin. I really like them both and wanna work with them. But I was worried that I was being seen too much as a leader on a four person tribe. So I said we should save the Rhon team since they're already at four like us. But what I really wanted was for Dwen to get the disadvantages. Caitlin and Keaton are my #1 targets at this point. And Caitlin has a gold medal and is safe at the first team meeting she goes to. So my hope was to wipe that out. Because I don't want to end up in a situation where someone else having a gold medal puts me in a situation where I'm in trouble. I mean I've got a gold medal now too, but ya know. The only problem with that would have been a 50/50 shot of Daisy and David going home, but high risk, high reward. I let Mark decide who we were giving them to because basically everything we've done up to that point was my decision, so I'm trying to take a step back moving forward. I just hope we can pull out the next challenge too.

Honestly there isn’t too much to say here. My trust was correct, we won a challenge, I’ve dipped for a bit. We chilling and I happy thank you for coming to my Ted talk

The vote will happen in about 45 minutes, and like always I am super paranoid with the first vote in a new group people. I think this is really where trust is built, so it’s important that that people stick with the plan. Everyone’s been a little quiet, which isn’t super on brand for this group. With that being said, can’t help but feel nervous when it is like that.

I thought I did way BETTER at the immunity two wow… And so that’s on tea. Not me getting 14 minutes and having the AUDACITY TO SAY “was i the fastest?” bye 

Something seems off I am not getting a good vibe 

Also I feel bad we took out Cicero it was a tough choice, obviously I didn’t want anyone to go home so soon. But I like my team a lot but I know it won’t like this forever!!! 

Week two was MUCH BETTA. I love Jessica forever. I really didn’t want to try and keep Jabari but it was up to her to throw out a name. There’s also a chance that I might try to team up with the guys if things stay the same moving forward. Yikes but like with never voting out Jessica. I hope if a swap comes in with Timmy or Andry 

not much to say been a chill round. Dwen hasnt had to vote anyone out so that's good. I like these folks so i hope we can stay away from TMs but if i do have to go then i have a plan. not sure if it'll fly but i think i can make my case at least on why it should happen. We'll see!

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Here is how the Closing Ceremonies will work.

THURSDAY: Finalists will write their opening statements in opening statement chats. DUE 8PM EST

FRIDAY & SATURDAY: Each juror will be added to an individual questioning chat. You will all be able to see all of them, but only you and the finalists will be able to talk in your personal question chats. You will have these two days to ask questions and respond. You can have as much or as little back and forth as you want. These will be done 8PM EST

SUNDAY: Jurors will cast a vote for who they want to win. At roughly 8PM EST, votes will be due and we will have a LIVE FINALE with awards, some post season, and the vote reveal. This is scheduled for 8PM EST but can change depending on the Finalsts' schedules.

If you have questions about the schedule, please ask!

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Zach, congratulations on your first win, couldn't have come at a better time! What are you thinking about when casting your vote tonight?

I'm thinking about the entire game thus far leading up to this moment. What has happened previously, what has been said, and who has been voted out and onto the jury!

The rest of you, why should you not be the final jury member?

AUSTIN

They are reasons why everyone should and shouldn't be the final jury member.  I'm just hoping that the ppl left give me a chance to pled my case at the end.

JESSICA

I shouldn't be the final juror for all the reasons I've said to people one on one. I had multiple ppl vocally call me out on their way out and won the entire villain's gauntlet of touchy subjects, was told I had no chance to win for like 3 rounds in a row (even though now apparently that's no longer the case magically out of nowhere), and I literally didn't even know what was going on at the f5  like... not really the hallmarks of a winner i think. it's crucial people think about how to play this round because there's no idols or advantages or anything to help you out here. if people lie to me unnecessarily when I can't really do anything.... it's not going to leave a fantastic impression as I head on out to join the other nine jurors

wait aren't there 9 jurors...... caitlin is saying 8.... math

KEATON

Everyone has their story. I, at this point, think that the decision that was going to be made here was decided before the immunity challenge was finished. The only thing left is for the fate to be sealed.

Let's get to the votes!

Once the votes are read, the decision is final. Person voted out will be asked to leave the Team Meeting immediately. I'll read the votes

First vote: Jessica

Second vote: Austin

Third vote: Jessica

Fourth vote, 20th person voted out and the 10th member of our jury

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Will be decided in a fire making challenge. The last vote if for Austin

Here's how this will work. Because you have both told me your schedules and they do not line up and I'm sure you both want this over with tonight, we will be doing this semi live

When you're ready to compete, please type !fire in your PRESS CHAT (the viewers deserve to see this). The command will tell you how many rings to set the challenge to. When you complete it, please send the screenshot containing your score, the date, and the time back. The person who completes this in the fastest time will join Keaton and Zach in the Closing Ceremony. The loser will be the final member of our jury. This must be done tonight.

I have the results of the fire making challenge

The winner of the Fire Making Challenge and the person who has won their way into the Final Three is

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Jessica, congratulations! Your time of 8 minutes has won you a spot in the Closing Ceremony

Unfortunately this means you have been voted out and become the 10th and final member of our jury

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Final Immunity Challenge results !! Here were all the tasks

In last place with a time of 1 hour, 51 minutes, 53 seconds

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Austin you have not won

In 3rd place with a time of 1 hour, 16 minutes, 55 seconds

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Keaton, you have not won

It's down to Jess and Zach

With less than 8 minutes separating them, the person who has won the Final Immunity Challenge and a guaranteed spot in the Closing Ceremony is

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Congratulations! Your time of 28 minutes, 23 seconds has secured your spot in the Final Three

Jess, your time of 36 minutes, 6 seconds was just short and you along with Austin and Keaton, are vulnerable at tomorrow's Team Meeting

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Welcome to your FINAL IMMUNITY CHALLENGE! For today's challenge, you will be playing Sphere of Influence. This challenge will be completed on call and take ~45 minutes to an hour. You will be given a 5x5 grid with mini challenges inspired by the 25 previous challenges this season as shown below

When you complete a task, you cross off a square. In addition to that square, you cross off four others, either to make a cross or an X

Once a square has been crossed off, you cannot complete that task. However, squares can be crossed off more than once. Once all of your squares have been crossed off (either by completing the task or crossing them off with a Cross or an X), your time will stop. The person who completes this the fastest will win the Final Immunity Challenge, a guaranteed spot in the Closing Ceremony, and a 1 in 3 shot at winning this game. For the losers, someone will be voted out and become the final member of our jury.

Please schedule your time ASAP

You will need TAPE and a PILLOW for this challenge. Camera and the ability to move around your house are the only other things you will need

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AJ, you've received votes the past two Meetings. Are you worried this will continue and it could be you who leaves tonight?

Im always worried, i dont think there is a single council Ive went to where I wasnt horrified that something crazy was gonna happen to me. And getting votes the past few rounds make it that much worse. But all you can do is put faith in yourself and believe that you have what it takes to get the damn job done, and Im diving head first into that sentiment.

Austin, congrats on immunity! How are you using your safety this round to set yourself up for the last vote and Closing Ceremony?

Thanks ! I'm just trying to survive.  I know next round I will need immunity or I'm 4th place. I think everyone here sees the game differently and it's gonna be interesting to see how it all plays out. Jury management is a thing and I don't think these people having been doing a good job of it honestly.

Jessica, with one vote left after this, how are you making sure you make it to that final immunity challenge to fight for your spot in the Closing Ceremony?

I believe my relationships are strong enough to take me there. And if not... I just have a feeling I'll be safe! :~) I am a little more concerned with next round than this round if I'm being honest as I think that's where things will get tricky.

Keaton, besides surviving the round, what is the most important thing you are trying to accomplish with this vote?

Monty, I’m trying to see if there’s any way my case at the end can be bettered then I could try that but it’s very hard to see that could be the case given what my game has become. At this point hope is what I’ve got and I hope that’s enough.

Zach, with this being the final round to play any advantages, do you think we'll see some come out and how are they going to affect the outcome of this vote?

I’m beginning to question if Zach knows how to read these questions 😧

If anybody has a hidden immunity idol and would like to play it, now is the LAST time to do so

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Jess stands

https://open.spotify.com/track/5EQzuYfTZt7B2LqlvTF49l?si=e84c8af5c0ea42d3

me when i was making soup and thinking about the idol and then it just all came together

anyways... i would like to play the idol on myself please ❤️

This is a Hidden Immunity Idol, any votes cast for Jess will not count. I’ll read the votes.

First vote: AJ

Second vote: Zach

Third vote: Keaton

Fourth vote: AJ

Fifth vote, 19th person voted out and the 9th member of our jury:

AJ, the team has spoken. It’s time for you to go

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Let's get to the results !!!

Keaton has abstained from the challenge and did not win

Turning their snowmobeil on but not sliding anywhere

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Zach has not won

Sliding an hour and 10 minutes

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AJ has not won

It's down to Austin and Jess

Sliding an hour and 31 minutes

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Jess has not won

Meaning after sliding for 5 hours

You has won individual immunity and a 1 in 4 shot at winning this game!

Everyone else, one of you will become the 9th member of our jury. Votes are due 8PM EST