We expect her to comfortable skate through to the merge. That’s not the best edit for a winning game, but he’s probably sticking around for a bit.Ħ) Liana Wallace (Last: 9) – Was Liana overly impressive in the first episode? No, but she didn’t do anything wrong. Instead of being the arrogant jerk he came off as in the preseason, he’s been edited as a brainy gamebot. It’s hard to see Deshawn being the first boot from the Luvu tribe.ħ) David Voce (Last: 14) – Voce makes a big jump up with a surprisingly great premiere episode. But they didn’t and other players have jumped him because of good gameplay. He probably wouldn’t have even dropped if his tribe had gone to tribal council. Though, it should be noted that her getting that Russell Swan edit when looking for an advantage probably isn’t a good sign.Ĩ) Deshawn Radden (Last: 6) – Deshawn is fine. That leaves either Tiffany or Xander, which means we can’t keep Tiff as high on our rankings even though we continue to love her. Yes, she wants to work with Tiffany, but we see her strategizing with other players first. Evvie seems untouchable at this point and her closest allies on-screen appear to be Voce and Liana. She’s not in severe danger just yet, but her spot isn’t one we’d want to be in.ĩ) Tiffany Seely (Last: 3) – Tiff has to drop because she’s potentially the next boot up on the Yase tribe. Granted, her tribe was the only one safe, so it’s not too surprising that she only got two confessionals. However, he needs to show us something in episode two if he wants to move up.ġ0) Erika Casupanan (Last: 15) – Like Xander, Erika didn’t show us much in the premiere. He does have that extra vote and doesn’t seem to be in any immediate danger. That tells us that he might not be one of the big players and could get voted out soon if things don’t go his way. She’s just not a threat to them and could ride that for a few votes depending on how the power dynamics shake out.ġ1) Xander Hastings (Last: 13) – Xander didn’t have a bad episode, but he was certainly less visible than most of the rest of his tribe. That’s far from a good thing, but it also means she likely won’t be targeted at this point. For now, he’s on boot watch.ġ2) Genie Chen (Last: 18) – Genie has settled into this slot in our rankings because she seems completely out of her tribe’s strategy. Maybe JD takes a second to slow down and turn himself into the Survivor player he has the tools to be. It’s hard to remember seeing someone play so hard, so fast, and not get voted out early on in the season. That could mean she’s going far, but it also tells us she probably isn’t going to be a major character in the season.ġ3) Jairus “JD” Robinson (Last: 11) – JD came into the game like he was shot out of a cannon. Much to our chagrin, things don’t look rosy for Naseer.ġ4) Heather Aldret (Last: 17) – Nothing against Heather, but we got almost nothing from her in the first episode. And, we heard on the preview for next week that the tribe is actively looking to get rid of him. That said, his spot was immediately blown up by Sydney last night after he tattled on Danny and Deshawn.
Plus, we saw him racing around the beach in the preview for next week, which has us worried for his future.ġ5) Naseer Muttalif (Last: 12) – Consider us firmly on the Naseer bandwagon.
However, he quickly demonstrated that he doesn’t really get Survivor strategy. That said, it really did feel like she didn’t actually do anything wrong outside of not being a “strong” guy on a small tribe.ġ6) Brad Reese (Last: 8) – Brad shot up our rankings in the preseason after not being too impressed with him when the cast was first leaked. That’s been a recipe for an early exit several times in the past and we weren’t too surprised to see that happen here. Out) Sara Wilson (Last: 10) – In the preseason we said Sara was a little too perfect for Survivor. Instead, it just came down to other players wanting to keep Tiffany in the game longer. However, we had him lower in the rankings because of his age, which turned out to be the correct placement even if his age didn’t really factor in. Out) Eric Abraham (Last: 16) – We said in our last assessment that Eric was tough to rank because his bio didn’t give too much away.