The cast was officially announced last week and the Survivor community was ecstatic about this cast and I have to say I don't blame them. I think this might be the best cast there has ever been on Survivor. The season is so close but yet so far away. I orginally planned on doing about two of these a week but school got in the way and adjustments had to be made. Back in the grind though so lets take a look at our first Returnee of the day.
Andrea Boehlke from Survivor: Redemption Island and Survivor: Caramoan
Andrea is one of the people in this cast that is a huge threat this season and has extreme winners upside. The first season she played with Boston Rob and was seen a big threat to his game. She was taken out, but was able to fight her way back in to only be voted out once again. She then returned for Fans vs Favorites II where she always was accused of scheming and plotting too much. She made it to the jury in both seasons. For this season, with the all stars that she is playing with, she needs to find a happy medium in between these two styles of game play. She needs to make alliances with everyone, but also be under the radar. She has an excellent social game and that will be easy for her to slide by. With big targets on her tribe such as JT, Cirie, and Ozzy, I think she will be able to do this easy. She will really start playing hard when the merge hits and I fully believe she could be in it right to Final Tribal Council. In fact, I will go as far to say that I think she will be the winner of the season.
Prediction: Merge
Caleb Reynolds from Big Brother 16 and Survivor: Kaoh Rong
Caleb is another interesting person to have on this season. The only real reason is that he almost died on his previous season and he was on Big Brother. For some reason, CBS really likes him. In Kaoh Rong, we never really saw much of his game play because he was only there for a few episodes. However, he had great working relationship with Tai, who is on the opposite tribe this time. He was an absolute challenge beast as well. However, he gives me a very merge boot vibe just like Ozzy does. The other thing that he has working against him is that he is a part of the Kaoh Rong 4. They may not have an alliance, but stil that is something to look out for. Plus, I would think that people would be way more worried about Sandra and Tony on his tribe than anyone else. Caleb should make it to the merge and he could be the merge boot or a possible GOAT.
Prediction: Merge
Ciera Eastin from Survivor: Blood vs Water and Survivor: Cambodia
If anyone is known as a Game Changer, it has to be Ciera. Not only did she vote out her Mom, but she was one of the only people in Survivor history to be willing to go to drawing rocks. Ciera is one of my favorites to ever play because she is so willing to risk it all to advance herself further. In Cambodia, she did try to be a little to aggressive and she is going to have to tone that down, especially if you are sharing a beach with Tony Vlachos. Ciera is a smart girl though and she can make these adjustments. She should align with people that are bigger threats than her and then see if she cant make it look like they are the ones calling the shots. Her challenge performance scares me a little, but she will fight through. She could benefit greatly from an Idol. If she can figure out how to play in the middle, than I like her chances of getting to the merge.
Prediction: Merge
