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Kayden - ​Kayden's game was more strategic than pre-merge. Whilst he still maintained his humor, he made sure he had solid relationships with everyone in the minority alliance that he KNEW would be on the jury (Mikey, Rachel, Jee, Dan, etc.), and also worked to make sure Brian was taking all the heat for the blindsides of Andrea, Brooke, and Geraldine. At the Final Tribal Council, Kayden won over Brian because Brian was 1) overly arrogant and 2) he would not admit to his wrongdoings.

Brooke - ​Brooke was pretty much in-the-middle until the Final 9 when Andrea wanted her to blindside Brian. She wouldn't do so, and believed that Brian would protect her and trust her (as she planned to use his controversial statement that he said at the fourth Tribal Council if she was on the jury, if he did vote her out). Brooke voted out Andrea at the Final 7, and when nobody expected it (aside from Mikey & Brian), Mikey played his immunity idol and blindsided Brooke.

​Geraldine - ​Geraldine was the mother hen figure, and she did not want to cause any waves. Kayden kind of took her under his wing after Albert got blindsided, and she was his goat. Despite this, Geraldine probably could've won over Kayden considering she was loved by everybody and had a better social game than Kayden, who oftentimes irritated people like Christine. Geraldine was targeted multiple times by Mikey, who saw her as a threat. Eventually in the Final 5, when Mikey lost the challenge, Christine and Mikey persuaded Kayden to blindside her instead of Mikey, as Geraldine was more likely to blindside Kayden than Mikey, who everyone was certain was loyal to whoever to keep him around.