Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4190137-20140622152313/@comment-74.216.26.247-20140825171141

Sherea was not exactly screwed by production during the tribe switch. Sherea has said in an interview somewhere that if the switch didn't happen, she was likely to go home next assuming Zhan Hu lost immunity as there were no more "outsiders" and she had been previously called out for her work ethic at camp. So if you think about it, the tribe switch saved her as she got 3 extra days she wouldn't likely have had if the switch didn't happen.

I would agree however, that Aaron was screwed in China.

I would say though that Jenny in Cook Islands, as well as Michelle and Sylvia in Fiji were screwed by unfair twists.

Savage is an interesting one. Yes, in a way he was screwed when Burton and Lill came back; however, if Morgan would have been nicer to Lill when she returned and accepted her as one of their own again, she may not have jumped to the Drake tribe so quickly. So it is possible that Savage and Ryan O. could have avoided certain elimination if they (in addition to Tijuana and Darrah) had better social games.

In addition, if the twist didn't happen, Shawn and Osten would have made the merge. Let's assume that Osten still either quits or asks to be voted out, this would mean that Savage is still eliminated immediately as Morgan is still put at a disadvantage in numbers. Ryan O may not have been the first jury member though, that just depends on how long Fairplay would have wanted to stick with Drake and when he would have tried to eliminate Shawn or Rupert.