Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20160428081722/@comment-27391152-20160429065622

UltraBubbles wrote: Still don't subscribe the supposed supposed Michele winner's edit. Honestly I think she's booted next episode due to an out-of-place unnecessary visibility spike. I can understand why people may think she has winner's upside, but in the context of the game, she doesn't really have anyone's true respect other than maybe Julia's. She would have to be there with Joe or possibly Jason in order to pull it out, and I just don't see that happening.

On the other hand, I personally feel the Aubry winner's edit to be more plausible and see it as a more cohesive story from start to finish. Could be wrong, but just looking at how the dynamics seem to stand at the Final 6, I have a hard time seeing a situation play out where she doesn't end up there on finale day. Assuming she has Joe (which by her fellow castaways' description seem extremely true), all she needs to do is keep Tai with her and she suvives due to Ta's extra vote advantage. Even f, in theory, Michele AND Cydney flip to go with Jason and force a 3-3 tie, Tai's advantage would leave the votes at 4-3 in favor of Aubry, Joe, and Tai's side. This is personally why I see Michele going next week, due to her recent immunity win (shout-out to Michele for a great performance in this week's challenge btw!) and seeming lack of enemies and blood on her hands, in addition to the fact that Jason is already seen as a good final tribal goat and Cydney being closer to Aubry that Tai, Jason, or Joe. Would love to hear some others' thoughts! In my opinion, I think Michele WON'T go home due to her CONSISTENT visibility. She's at 29 confessionals so far (which is more than Cydney), and she's received at least 2 for the past seven episodes. There would be no reason to give Michele this consistent edit if she were to go next week. The fact of the matter is, the editors have probably been building Michele up to be a player in this game, and I think she's tries to make a move. Whether it be next episode, or the one after, I'm not sure, but I feel her pre-merge/ early merge edit was similar to Ciera's. Early, nobody really knew why Ciera received so many confessionals, (when someone like Katie didn't receive as many). This was because the editors were building her up for her two "big moves" in voting out her mom, and forcing a rock-draw. Plus, let's not forget that Michele DIDN'T EVEN GO TO TRIBAL COUNCIL until the Nick boot, yet she still received 16 confessionals, which is the same amount that Julia received for her entire game! So, I doubt that Michele will leave next episode, but hey, I could be wrong.

By the way, I don't understand why people are confused as to why Michele received so many confessionals this episode. She voted out her closest ally from the very beginning, AND she was a swing vote.