Four contestants, a to-be-determined amount of tribal councils, one winner! It’s time to get down to brass tacks.

Predictions

Andy: We all agree that Aubry and Cydney are the most dangerous players out there, and that Tai is the most beatable. But I’m not sure they agree on the island (a year ago. I don’t know what tense to use. So confuse). I think the women decide to have that all female final 3 they were jazzed about at different times this season. Plus, Tai has been the plan for awhile now. Why mess with the plan? He becomes the last person voted out.

That’s right, final three. I’m sticking to my guns. I feel like Cydney would be a lot of people’s second choice, but she isn’t that many people’s first choice against Aubry. She finished third. Michele has a couple of friendly faces on the jury to get her to second. Aubry wins comfortably. (Bonus jury prediction: Debbie for Cydney, Julia and Tai for Michele, everyone else for Aubry).

John: 4th: Cydney– I have accepted the fact that my preferred outcome will not come to fruition, and Cydney will not win this season. Surely that’s because she doesn’t make it to final tribal council, where they would reward her greatness.
3rd: Tai– I never imagined a scenario where people would be hoping to take Tai to the end, but here we are. He seems likely to struggle to win votes a final tribal council.
2nd: Michele– I assume someone will vote for her.
1st: Aubry– From the first days where it seemed like she couldn’t cut it, Aubry has emerged from repeated setbacks (admittedly, some of her own making) to become the worthy winner of Survivor’s self-described “most brutal season ever”.

Emma: 4th place: Aubry will work with Tai to turn on Cydney. Michele goes with it because that’s what she does.
3rd place: Aubry wins the challenge when it counts, and decides to stick with Tai until the end, casting the single vote for Michele.
2nd place: Tai pulls an Amanda Kimmel and spends FTC crying and apologizing. It doesn’t work, leaving the jury with no other choice than to vote for…
1st place: Aubry, who the jury already liked and respected anyway.

Mark: Remember Cydney saying she’s not going to a final three with no damn Tai? I’m predicting a pun and there’s a F4 fire making tie between her and Tai. (Michelle/Cydney vs Tai/Aubry.) Tai wins sending Cydney home. When the final two twist is revealed, the girls panic, since they were supposed to beat him at Final Tribal, and whichever of them wins immunity votes Tai out. It’s a Michelle/Aubry final 2 and the fan community goes to blows for 20 minutes until the reunion. Despite a season-long troll campaign, it’s become harder to ignore Michele‘s lack of claims to the title beyond playing the BFF card. Aubry has more paths to victory, and deserves it more, so I’m hoping she comes out on top.

Also, Mark the Chicken gets to cast the tiebreaking peck. (If he isn’t eaten on Day 39 after Tai goes).

Matt: 4th Cydney goes home, this is the one I feel most confident about and I am not at all confident about it. I think Aubry and Tai will be together (maybe Tai is immune) and will target Cydney, I think Cydney and Michele will target Aubry, but Michele flips at the end rather than force a tie and Cydney goes home.
3rd I believe there is a final 2 so sure you want me to say that Aubry goes home here and then Michele beats Tai at FTC, BUT I’M NOT DOING IT DAMMIT. Instead I will say this is where Michele goes! That is right, she doesn’t even make it to the end, but instead Tai and Aubry do
2nd and 1st: At FTC Tai tries playing the sympathy card, but is surprised when people start coming at him hard for his “flip-flopping” and “betrayals.” This causes him to melt-down a bit and kills the low chance he had to win. Aubry meanwhile receives some criticism, but it is clear that she is going to win and she does fairly handily with something like a 7-2 vote. I do think Tai will get a vote or two, but it won’t really be close.

	Andy	John	Emma	Mark	Matt	Readers
Eighteenth Place	Alecia	Alecia	Alecia	Alecia	Darnell	Alecia
Seventeenth Place	Cydney	Cydney	Cydney	Alecia	Alecia	Alecia
Sixteenth Place	Debbie	Joe	Joe	Liz	Joe	Joe
Fifteenth Place	Caleb	Caleb	Neal	Caleb	Caleb	Caleb
Thirteenth Place	Neal	Joe	Nick	Nick	Neal	Nick
Twelfth Place	Peter	Joe	Julia	Peter	Peter	Peter
Eleventh Place	Aubry	Nick	Nick	Joe	Joe	Joe
Tenth Place	Cydney	Cydney	Nick	Debbie	Michele	Nick
Ninth Place	Julia	Michele	Scot	Tai	Michele	Scot
Eighth Place	Aubry	Julia	Cydney	Cydney	Julia	Cydney
Seventh Place	Julia	Julia	Julia	Julia	Julia	Julia
Sixth Place	Joe	Jason	Tai	Tai	Cydney	Tai
Fifth Place	Joe	Cydney	Joe	Joe	Michele	Joe
Fourth Place	Tai	Cydney	Cydney	Cydney	Cydney
Third Place	Cydney	Tai	Michele	Tai	Michele
Second Place	Michele	Michele	Tai	Michele	Tai
Winner	Aubry	Aubry	Aubry	Aubry	Aubry
Score
Preseason Winner Pick	Peter	Michele	Jennifer	Michele	Peter	Jennifer
Midseason Winner Pick	Tai	Michele	Aubry	Michele	Tai	Michele

Medevac Scenario Game

Final score: Andy 4 John 3