kam and leroy should put their pride aside and do what it takes to become partners with ct and theresa respectively if they want the best chance to win

kam/ct and leroy/theresa teams would be the clear top two in a final

I have nam as better in a final than today's version of CT and leroy and lolo as better than kam and thersea in a final.

Id take Fessy. And maybe Darrell over CT.

Agree with this. I think Darrell is probably the top Final partner to have. The final CT won 2 years ago was the carrying heavy log final which is better suited for him. In a pure endurance race I'd have a few guys over CT.

I do wonder what happens if 2 guys go into the elimination. Say they band together and send Nam against CT, is it loser is eliminated and winner comes back but with no skull?

Good question. That seems like the right ruling.
Winner gets the benefit of switching partners I guess

And what if devin and josh go in this week. Where does the extra skull go

That also could have happened previously if someone with a skull won a second elimination

I think it is safe to assume if 2 with a skull go in the winner keeps his and the loser leaves and his skull is back up for grabs. If 2 with no skulls go in loser goes home and winner returns without a skull.

Anything besides the above taking place would be DIRTY!

The more I have thought about it the more I want Kam to lose. It is hard to imagine, but her inflated self-worth will get more out of control if she wins in the final.

I hope we never see Mechie again. He had no interest in competing, and when he was forced to, he sucked. Any player at this point that is still trying their hardest to stay out of eliminations is a waste of space on the show IMO.

Now that all the skulls are taken, the votes will be interesting. If the house votes a player without a skull, it'll be interesting what dynamics take place. We could see an elimination with no skull up for grabs, and we also could potentially see an elimination between two players that both already have a skull, which I assume would result in a vacant skull. Limiting the skulls is what should make this season much better than last season, when everyone played nice and everyone got their turn.

Maybe in that scenario you just steal a skull from a player who already has one who didn't win the daily challenge, that would be spicy.

I wish they'd throw in a couple of purge events. Last place goes home, winner goes into elimination and pick their opponent. players with skulls already get to sit out the purge or do some obstruction. Players who are just avoiding elimination to maximize TV time are annoying and not participating in the competition.

I think we are extremely like to see one or more of these. All the guys who don't have a skull are going to fight to be the house vote and if someone with a skull won the daily they should put in a stud non-skuller to weed each other.

example: if the house votes in nam, CT or darrell and you are fessy or kyle why would you give them josh unless you are trying to help the non-skuller. Having one of them in the final instead of josh would hurt your EV. The downside is that whoever comes back will be pissed because you made them go into an elimination with no chance of skull, but the fact that one of he stud non-skullers is gone will more than make up the heat that is on you from him.

Double elimination hall brawl tourney for all the non-skullers to get the secret 6th skull would bring pay-per-view type ratings.

Forgot to add, was really surprised to see Mechie lose in a puzzle, usually people with face tatts are elite decision makers.

I definitely assumed that if two non-skullers go in the winner gets to take a skull from anyone like how the Island worked.

I hope you are wrong. It doesn't seem right to take someone's skull without them losing in an elimination.

I assumed if the house votes in a non skull person they would
Force the double agents to pick someone with a skull

darrell was a monster earlier but he's never run a modern final and is terrible at puzzles

fessy is likely too big for the finals and will gas out - plus noone knows how he'll handle the eating portion and he's a literal moron

It provides maximum political drama though. Some DIRTY plays will be made.

What happens going into the final if one partner has a skull and the other partner doesn't? Lot of open questions about the format.

I'm expecting that at some point the pairs will end.

The power of winning the challenges right now is as big as I can remember it being in a long time.

I hope there's a bunch of players left at the end this season automatically eliminated having never gone into elimination.

This would help this season as well as future season that include skulls.

Kind of seems like that's the girl strat with Lolo.

I hope the skulls are here to stay. Players getting to the finals without ever facing elimination because of alliances was terrible entertainment.

I think Lolo and Name will eventually win a challenge, and if it's a girls week, Lolo is going in against anyone.

If Lolo wins a daily, the house should vote in Kam. They wont though

I find Kam very annoying but CT choosing ashley over her to start the game was 1 of the worst moves in challenge history