Episode 11

[Spencer Bledsoe]

Rudy is gone, Carter survived, and it looks like Carter made a very public deal with Ashley which complicates things. I definitely need to talk to Carter and see what's up - obviously it was a good move as it secured him a Final Four spot, but I want to know what he will do at the next Tribal, especially if I don't have Immunity.

So I decided to try to recruit Nadiya by playing up the fact that Carter and Ashley are looking out for each other and that she and I should do the same too just to give ourselves a fighting chance and to at least force a tie if that is what happens. Nadiya seems mad at Ashley for lying about the last vote, and so I think there's a legitimate possibility that Nadiya would work with me at the next Tribal.

I would like Ashley out because she is arguably the biggest jury threat for me, but it seems as though that is going to be very difficult to orchestrate if Carter doesn't vote for her and if he would give Immunity to her.

Again my plan is Immunity. Even if I don't get Ashley out, I could have a reasonable shot at Final Tribal Council, but you never really know. I am going to go all out and hope this challenge plays to my strengths, otherwise my fate will be placed in the hands of people who could very easily decide to take me out.

[Spencer Bledsoe]

Pretty sure I royally screwed up that challenge, in large part thanks to my laptop... I didn't post anything wrong, but my times were so far off the minimum 10 second limit. I'm gonna punch something out if I see "Not Responding" one more time...

Guess I'm going to have to hope someone votes with me, ugh. Fourth place would majorly suck.

[Spencer Bledsoe]

I am so happy right now, and kinda shocked. As expected, my speed wasn't good enough, but apparently my Accuracy won me the challenge, which is incredible!



So I'm definitely in the Final Three, but now it's all about determining what to do with the vote. My immediate thought is to vote out Ashley with Nadiya. Carter and Ashley are voting together and we could make a 2-2 tie. That way, if Nadiya loses, I could possibly get her jury vote, and if Nadiya wins, then I get rid of who I consider to be the biggest social threat in the game. Having said that, Nadiya could quite possibly secure the votes of Erica and Rudy with ease and I don't know too much about Nadiya's relationships with some of the other girls like Kathy, Natalie, Allie and Gina, so I don't know if she's got some of their votes wrapped up already with very little effort, or if it's in fact the exact opposite. I think Ashley played the best social game, but she also betrayed a lot of people, so I don't know whether or not they will be inclined to vote for her.



Carter and Ashley are pushing really hard for me to vote Nadiya, but I'm 99% sure that I will be voting for Ashley at this point. Stalemates are kinda fun! It could be a million dollar mistake one way or the other, but I have to make the play that I think is most advantageous for me heading into Final Tribal Council, and hope that it will turn out to be the right call when the dust settles.

[Spencer Bledsoe]

Final Tribal Council is interesting. I think I at least have some chance to get votes from Natalie, Kathy, Richard, Allie, Gina and Jefra, so I'm hoping to secure as many of those as possible.

I think Ashley would probably vote for Carter. I don't know what Erica's train of thought would be at all. And Rudy is acting really hostile towards me, which is... weird? I don't get it.



Not gonna lie, I find it kinda funny that some people ask me about pre-game alliances and things like that in one sentence and then reveal people that they knew and recognised throughout the game - it seems extremely hypocritical to me, but whatever, that would be a really illogical and pathetic reason not to vote for someone, but whatever, I will hope that doesn't cloud the perception of the rest of the jury.

I'm not throwing Carter or Nadiya under the bus with my responses. I don't like doing that in a Final Tribal, but I am trying to sell my own game as best I can, and hopefully it pays off with 5+ votes.