User blog comment:Tanglefrost/GRENADA PREDICTION GAME/@comment-26485526-20180819183034

Uke's Shots in the Dark:

11th: Topher Daniels 

Jamie & Ashanda are initially left out of a potential super alliance that formed, and are targeted at the suggestion of Topher, who didn't want to pick a side between Kendra or Brooklyn/Samantha. However, Topher's inability to make a final choice ultimately results in the split vote failing, and him getting blindsided after an idol play due to being unreliable/untrustworthy.

10th: Trinity Lewis 

Kendra has a meltdown after the vote, going off on the people she believed turned their backs on her, finding comfort in only Meiling & Shivani. Trinity has enough and paints Kendra/Meiling/Shivani as an inseparable trio, getting the votes turned against her. However, for playing way too hard, it is actually Trinity that gets blindsided.

9th: Eddiot Brantley 

Despite Trinity’s blindside, Kendra/Shivani/Meiling are still looked at as too tight of a trio and are targeted yet again, although Shivani & Meiling manage to make Jamie/Ashanda/Stanley realize that Eddiot’s Angels are just as inseparable, though they make no promises about who they are going to vote for. Not wanting to waste idols, and not knowing who in their trio is receiving votes, someone in the trio manages to goad Eddiot into telling them who they are voting for as he is a terrible actor who can’t hide his emotions. The trio then relay the plan back to Ashanda/Jamie/Stanley, who realize that Eddiot just blew everything up. For exposing the plan, and for being too tight with Samantha/Brooklyn, Eddiot is seen as a scapegoat and an unreliable ally, and is subsequently blindsided.

8th: Ashanda-Jane Washington 

Samantha goes ballistic after being betrayed and having her alliance left in shambles, which Ashanda does not take kindly to. During Ashanda’s ranting, she reveals that she still wants Kendra out and “can’t stand her,” which is relayed back to Kendra, who also flips out on Ashanda. Tired of Ashanda’s pot-stirring ways, in addition to constantly causing drama, the two alliances come together, and Ashanda is subsequently voted out.

7th: Stanley Moriarty 

With the Shivani/Kendra/Meiling trio still fully intact, the other four decide it is time to act and target them. Fearing that they are in the minority again, Stanley is firmly put in the swing-vote position as Kendra tries to use their relationship to guilt him into keeping her around. As a result of this, while Stanley does not vote with the trio, he does manage to keep the votes off of Kendra, saying that her previous meltdowns make her no threat to win, while Meiling & Shivani are bigger strategic threats. Shivani ends up playing the Idol of Burden, and guesses correctly who in her alliance is receiving votes, putting her vote on Stanley, and transferring the other alliance’s votes to Samantha, who plays the merge idol. Although Kendra & Meiling were both meant to vote for Brooklyn, pissed that Stanley won’t commit to voting with her, and believing their friendship meant nothing to him, Kendra flips her vote to Stanley, blindsiding him.

6th: Brooklyn Ventura 

Not wanting a rock draw, the trio of Brooklyn/Samantha/Jamie try to convince Kendra to flip on Shivani/Meiling, insisting that she has no chance of beating them in the finals, especially not Shivani. Proving that loyalty is number one to her however, Kendra plays her idol to save Shivani, with Brooklyn getting the votes from Meiling/Shivani/Kendra due to being the biggest social/strategic threat remaining from the other alliance.

5th: Jamie Forrester 

Due to being outside the numbers, Jamie is voted out for being the overall biggest threat to win the game, having consistently played very well physically, socially, and strategically.

4th: Shivani Chandra 

Samantha wins immunity, forcing the majority trio to turn on each other. Kendra is distraught, not wanting to choose between her two closest allies, to the point of implying that she’d rather go home than vote either of them out. However, both Meiling and Shivani tell her they won’t hold it against her for voting against them. In the end, it is Shivani that is eliminated 3-1 due to her strategic dominance throughout the game.

I also think the final temptation will be removing a juror, but sacrificing their spot in the Final Immunity Challenge, though I think it is won by Samantha, who chooses not to use it.

3rd: Samantha Langrick 

Kendra ends up winning final immunity, and ends up choosing to vote out Samantha, both due to her loyalty to Meiling, as well as Samantha’s extremely hard-fought game from start to finish, which she believes makes Samantha a jury threat.

Runner-Up: Kendra Valentine 

Kendra’s unwavering loyalty, and the way she fought to stay in the game at points earns her respect among some jurors. However, her multiple meltdowns and extreme mood swings, on top of having more enemies on the jury ends up turning some jurors off. Kendra earns 3 votes from the jury (Topher, Trinity, and Samantha), but it is not enough to win the game.

Sole Survivor: Meiling Gao 

Although blasted by some jurors for riding the coat-tails of Kendra, and especially Shivani throughout the game, Meiling is overall well respected by the jury for her amazing social game. Meiling also handles the jury very well, giving very well thought out answers, and owning her game, while also proving that she did have more strategic game than initially perceived. This is enough to earn her the respect of the majority of the jury, and taking the remaining 6 votes (Eddiot, Ashanda, Stanley, Brooklyn, Jamie, Shivani), winning her the game.