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I have to hand it to Kenny. Reading up on the cast before this season of Survivor started, I didn’t give him a chance for lasting in the game. Never did I think he might even make it to the merge. He seemed too innocent, and I didn’t give enough credit to his gaming experience, being that it’s with video games and not outwitting, outplaying, and outlasting. I also thought Randy was going to be out quick with that attitude he had of not getting along with anyone except his recently deceased dog. Yet, here he is, surviving not just one but two tribes, and getting in well with the members of each.

I thought for sure after Kenny was convincing Michelle on day one to eat termites that he just didn’t know this game and was going to be an easy out. But what I was missing was that what that snippet did was show how well Kenny can convince people. He convinced her to eat termites on day one, he convinced Sugar to get her immunity idol back from Ace last week, and this week after planting the seeds the previous week was able to follow it up and make Sugar so unsure that Ace had her back to the point she wouldn’t give him the idol again and felt she had to backstab him before he did it to her.

Kenny knew Matt had already stabbed him and Cheryl in the back and that he was willing to vote with Ace to get rid of Cheryl. Kenny needed to hold onto Cheryl, or else he would be the next to go. He knew he couldn’t tell Matt, and hence didn’t tell him anything. Now with Sugar aligning with Kenny and Cheryl, Matt ought to be really, really worried. If you’re the guy left out of the loop, it’s never a good sign.

As for Randy, it looks like it’s all going good for him. Then again, in the previews for next week, we see him sitting around drinking a glass of wine, talking about how great his life is and how he runs both the tribes right now. That is also never a good sign. Whenever you relax too much, and think you’re running things, you get punched in the gut, and they vote you out, wanting to blindside you while you’re in your euphoric state.

There’s also the possibility there will be a merge next week. We only have ten people left after a person from each tribe was voted out tonight, and why else would Randy be drinking wine in a wine glass gloating over how well he gets along with both tribes, while others are frolicking in the nude in the water? His tribe has the edge leading into the merge, but all Kenny is going to need is Fang, along with a few of the others, such as Suzy who knows she’s in trouble, to align with him to vote out Randy.

I’m not sure why that would behoove Kenny, though, other than he needs to get out the threats, before they catch onto his game and take him out. After a few more days being merged, everyone is going to start talking, and they’ll realize he organized Ace’s whole ouster, meaning he could organize their ouster as well. So far Kenny’s staying on top of it all, though, so I’m not going to worry about him anymore. Randy, though, is a different story.

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