Since I'm obsessed with this show and quite liking this cast, here are my thoughts/predictions:
Brawn will probably not lose a challenge pre-swap, only to implode on themselves once they swap. A bunch of hotheads.
Cydney is cute! Kind of like the casting type of Alicia Calaway but thankfully mixed with the hyperactive charm of J’Tia. She definitely seems quite young and immature, though. The alter ego mess combined with the “Tony, because his loyalty to those who really mattered was unwavering” self-comparison is worrying. Tony was loyal to nobody! All over the place, potential trainwreck, but if she can refrain from self-destructing, she could go far. Probably a mid-season boot, though.
Darnell is charismatic and will probably give no one to a reason to vote him off pre-merge. I’m hoping he’ll be the funny black dude Will never was, but I doubt he has the strategic acumen needed to go deep and win. Major potential to be a blindside victim.
Alecia will either be a Lindsey-like (Worlds Apart) pre-merge princess of confrontation and snark, or be that underedited bikini babe who goes late-merge and should probably be better at challenges than she actually is (Sierra Worlds Apart). Her saying she’s most like Kass definitely intrigues me, even if it’s probably not true.
We’ll probably be suffering through
Jason for a while. He thinks Russell played the game how it should be played. I can’t.
Scot is a former professional athlete like Rocker and Brad, but I think he’ll be more like the boring gentle giant of Cliff. Late pre-merge/early merge. I hope he goes pre-merge to continue to pro-athlete floppage. Maybe then casting will get the message.
Jennifer is a Kelly (Worlds Apart) tea, except more rough around the edges. Early to mid-season boot. Probably going to rub people the wrong way.
Beauty should be able to win challenges, but is looking highly dysfunctional.
Anna could win. But the odds are going to be stacked against her, being that she’s clearly competent and gorgeous. If she doesn’t subdue her positive qualities, people are going to be threatened. But I’m rooting for her!
I don’t watch Big Brother, but why is
Caleb here? He doesn’t seem overtly handsome or charming. If anything, he should be on Brawn. Whatever. Funny how he called Hayden “athletic”, though!
Nick is definitely
gay and definitely a douche. Early boot.
Quote:
Personal Claim to Fame: I’ll always be a better listener than you. Meaning, I listen to people better than you do, I’m more interested in people than you are, and I accept people more than you do. And yes, sometimes I pretend to do these things, but at least I pretend, whereas you just check out and are narcissistic.
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Tai is adorable, and interesting, and sweet. The problem is that he sticks out like a sore thumb and is on a tribe with heavy trainwreck potential. Hoping for the best!
Julia is another odd casting choice. I really don’t know where to place her. Could be an early boot, or go far, likely as a goat, but hopefully not. Major underdog.
Michele strikes me as somewhat basic for Survivor but inoffensive enough to last. I don’t know, the most interesting about her to me is that she’s from Jersey.
Brains will probably struggle early on, similarly to the original Brains tribe, but the ones that last will likely go deep.
Debbie is so amazing and inspirational! I just love her whole attitude. I love her spunk but worry she's not self-aware and socially in-the-loop enough.
Neal is so California yet nerdy and adorkable. I don’t know if he’ll have the necessary social skills, but then again this entire tribe seems like oddballs, so?
Oh my god another astrology buff! I love
Aubry, but she’s another big question mark because I don’t know if she’ll be able to fit in. A major Shirin tea. Her overzealous demeanor might do her in.
Peter is hot, but seems very self-involved. I love his hatred of “bros”. May be too smug to fit in with people.
Liz is cute, but a goner. People are not going to connect with the fact that she’s a woman yet so cold and cerebral. It may have been fine for Spencer, but I don’t see it for her. Also, apparently she was recruited by Fishbach. Makes sense.
They haven’t casted somebody as old as
Joe in forever! Seems like a nice guy, but I’m tired of the Captain America archetype he fills. They'll never let him get to the end because he'll have too much of a "story".