For the 29th season of San Juan Del Sur we will be once again bringing you our weekly POWER RANKINGS as Ben & Noah rank the contestants each week based on performance and strategy and where they are perceived to be in the game! This season we also welcome two special guest POWER RANKERS with two time winner Sandra Diaz-Twine from Pearl Islands & Heroes vs Villains as well as One World favourite Troy ‘Troyzan’ Robertson also joining in the fun and help rank the contestants! We continue our rankings for another week with our episode 8 rankings, which we are sure will cause speculation and debate as we get closer to next weeks episode!

HOW THE RANKINGS ARE CALCULATED

Each week Ben, Noah, Sandra & Troyzan will rank the remaining contestants based on their opinion of where they stand in the game, with the four totals being tallied to produce a total score . The lowest total score will be ranked at the top, with the second lowest in second, third lowest in third and so on and so forth. Each week the overall list will be published, separated into three tribes. It will combine into one list once the tribes merge (or two should there be a tribe dissolve).

LEADERBOARD

For the first time during San Juan Del Sur we will be scoring who gets the closest each week with the POWER RANKINGS LEADERBOARD! The ranker who gets their ranking for the previous weeks eliminated contestant will score a point. If they predict the exact finishing position then they will score 2 points. If there are two or more rankers on the same prediction/number, they will both get the said points amount. Here is the leaderboard after this weeks episode:

POS RANKER SCORE 1st Troyzan Robertson 6 2nd Ben Waterworth 6 (+1) 3rd Noah Groves 4 4th Sandra Diaz-Twine 1

Sandra’s has withdrawn from rankings and will not be featured throughout the rest of the season

HUYOPA RANKINGS

1st – Jeremy

OVERALL: 1st ( +4 )

SANDRA RANK: –

TROYZAN RANK: 2nd

BEN RANK: 1st

NOAH RANK: 1st

SANDRA: “n/a”

TROYZAN: “Huge victory to win immunity!!! Now he’s in the game to at least number 5. I also think it’s very good for his game that he’s tight with Missy.”

BEN: “Oh how happy it makes me to see my man wearing that immunity necklace! Jeremy survives, gets Jon & Jaclyn to side with his alliance and wins the Josh v Jeremy battle in style. Just like that. He is still to me in the box seat to win this game. Consistent edit, numbers on his side now and showing that he can win in challenges win needed. I have put him at number 1 at every single week with the exception of pre-game (number 2 behind his wife) so I think so far I’m on track for my best result when it comes for a pre-game prediction/favourite in a season. Still plenty of time for me to crash and burn, but let’s not jinx it! As always #TeamJeremy”

NOAH: “I wasn’t sure if I would put Jeremy at number 1 but I try to calculate the rankings based on the players performance in the latest episode, the short term outlook for the player, the long term outlook and the chance of winning the game and all round Jeremy fits this mould perfectly. He was in trouble but managed to end up on top with Julie’s quit ironically helping him. While I don’t think it was particularly his move that put him on top and he is probably still a huge target in the game, based on the edit and all we have seen so far Jeremy is the most likely candidate to win. I would assume someone would make a move to try and get him out but some of these players don’t really seem like they could think of that. I would say at this point there is an 80% chance that Jeremy will be the winner of San Juan Del Sur and if not, I can’t see him going anywhere soon.”

2nd – Jon

OVERALL: 2nd ( -1 )

SANDRA RANK: –

TROYZAN RANK: 1st

BEN RANK: 3rd

NOAH RANK: 2nd

SANDRA: “n/a”

TROYZAN: “Now that he has an idol and is in the Majority alliance…he’s at the top. It is a bit concerning though that he wants to play so honestly without blind siding people or being deceitful. At some point you need to lie to someone. Let’s wait and see.”

BEN: “Finds an idol, has his girlfriend get things on side, Jon is in a great position. And to me made the smart move to side with Jeremy over Josh. They now at least have a potential to gain control once they pick off the other members of the old Josh alliance. However he needs to be careful not to get blindsided himself, which could happen given the power both he and Jaclyn now hold.”

NOAH: “As I said in Jaclyn’s entry, I think both her and Jon are worthy of second place but I give it to Jon on the grounds that he could actually win based on his edit. He is currently tied with Keith for second most amount of confessionals (of people left in the game) and has received and increasingly larger and larger edit beginning with the tribe swap. Even in episode one confessionals about his father were placed in which gave off winner vibes. If Jeremy isn’t the winner of San Juan Del Sur then I would say Jon is the second choice. Missy said that he was one of the only gentlemen in the game and given that everyone talks to him over Jaclyn it suggests that he is on better social grounds even if it beyond Jaclyn’s control. I mean Keith, Wes and Alec would probably vote for him over Jaclyn. Finding the idol will also hugely benefit his and Jaclyn’s game as long as they manage to keep it a secret. Jon is in a good position in the game.”

3rd – Jaclyn

OVERALL: 3rd ( +1 )

SANDRA RANK: –

TROYZAN RANK: 5th

BEN RANK: 2nd

NOAH RANK: 3rd

SANDRA: “n/a”

TROYZAN: “Jaclyn is sitting pretty for now. Her idea to convince Jon to target the The sack pack was super smart. Jon can probably beat Missy, Baylor and Natalie when the tribe is down to 5 as opposed to beating Alec, Wes, Reed and Keith. You’re smart and can sport a bikini with a super Survivor bod!”

BEN: “Wow. Just wow. Where was this woman 5 weeks ago? Jaclyn was the star of this episode (not just her bikini) and she was the sole reason why Josh went home as she got Jon to side with Jeremy and the gang. Perfect. I think this puts her in a better position now than Jon too, and should Jeremy get blindsided or fall just short, she is my tip to win. Absolute beast and dare I use a dreaded word here at Survivor Oz (sorry Kate): GODDESS!”

NOAH: “I will preface this with saying that Jon and Jaclyn could be interchangeable in their rankings and just because Jaclyn is one spot lower it doesn’t mean she is necessarily less deserving. But there are some things that put Jon ahead though, mainly the edit. While Jaclyn is great and one of the few players in the game, she was almost completely neglected edit wise in the pre merge portion and while she is slowly rising over the past two weeks, realistically she hasn’t been seen much in the game. I commend her for not sitting around and just not doing anything about her situation like so many players would, she got out there and made the best move that she needed to do and convincing Jon to come along with her. I wish Jaclyn was edited better as she could have become a fan favourite, strong female player that is respected along the lines of your Andrea’s or Brenda’s but has kind of taken a backseat. One thing that could damage her game is perhaps Joshes alliance being mad at Jonclyn for flipping and not voting for them. I think Jaclyn is safe for the time being and while I don’t think she will win, I am thoroughly enjoying watching her game and her bathing suit!”

4th – Missy

OVERALL: 4th ( -2 )

SANDRA RANK: –

TROYZAN RANK: 3rd

BEN RANK: 4th

NOAH RANK: 4th

SANDRA: “n/a”

TROYZAN: “Missy could win the whole thing if she plays her cards right and takes out Jon at some point and perhaps Jeremy. If she sits in a final 3 with Baylor and Jac..she wins! She’s not a big threat in challenges which bodes well for her. After all she wasn’t chosen for the last reward challenge. hmmm..interesting. She probably was the one who made Jon change his mind and vote of Josh instead of Jeremy. Good move girl!”

BEN: “Missy is still getting enough airtime to really be a contender to win this game. She is with Jeremy, had a hand in getting Jon & Jaclyn to side with their alliance and seems to have enough influence and airtime to really suggest she is potentially the winner. Would be great to see her win too.”

NOAH: “I could see a scenario where Missy wins the game and edit wise she is probably the most likely out of the four females left. For the most part she seems cool and collected and hard working at camp. She might be discredited for babysitting Baylor though and would probably be much more successful with her daughter out of the game. If Baylor and Missy side with Jeremy and Natalie at the final 6 and take out Jonclyn then she can probably kiss her game goodbye but if they side with Jonclyn than Missy probably has a good shot at the win. Missy is a mix of fairly good gameplay with a fairly good edit.”

5th – Natalie

OVERALL: 5th ( +3 )

SANDRA RANK: –

TROYZAN RANK: 4th

BEN RANK: 5th

NOAH RANK: 5th

SANDRA: “n/a”

TROYZAN: “She’s probably in a final 2 with Jeremy. I’m not sure how much strategizing she’s doing as opposed to just following Jeremy.”

BEN: “I think really only four people are in with a shot right now to win, but Natalie has the slimmest of chances to pull off a real smokey victory. Not sure if her edit is giving her enough credit for it to happen, but stranger things and smaller edits have happened before with winners. Needs something big to really sway me back to her to put her up higher.”

NOAH: “I can’t see a scenario where Natalie will win this game. She is playing a good game but had had such a lack of edit in two of the most important episodes and even in the pre merge she wasn’t the biggest characters. I can see her being in the final tribal council and maybe getting a few votes but given Jeremy has been given all the screen time for a shared strategy rather than Natalie, it isn’t a good sign. I don’t see Natalie going home any time soon.”

6th – Baylor

OVERALL: 6th ( +1 )

SANDRA RANK: –

TROYZAN RANK: 6th

BEN RANK: 6th

NOAH RANK: 6th

SANDRA: “n/a”

TROYZAN: “Baylor is at the bottom of her majority. I think at some point she’ll say something stupid and get the boot. At this point she’s just riding Missy’s coat tail”

BEN: “Still love my Baylor, and she survives yet again. But I just don’t see her with enough respect from the jury to win this game. She needs to do something big, and very big to have any shot, but she will still go far as long as her mum is in the game. It once looked like they could turn against each other, but I doubt that will happen now.”

NOAH: “Baylor has received a fairly even and consistent edit and is now currently in the majority. Given that she has almost received more votes than any player in Survivor history and that everyone in the game (besides Missy) thinks she is lazy and wants her gone, I can’t see her winning the game. I mean can you really see Alec, Wes, Keith and even Josh voting for her to win at the end? In saying that, she has a better shot than Wes, Alec or Reed and is probably safe for the time being. I could see Baylor being in the final tribal council.”

7th – Keith

OVERALL: 7th ( -1 )

SANDRA RANK: –

TROYZAN RANK: 7th

BEN RANK: 7th

NOAH RANK: 7th

SANDRA: “n/a”

TROYZAN: “Keith is by far the most interesting person to watch this season! He’s hilarious!! His comments and spitting antics are a classic! He wasn’t to smart to tell missy about how bad Baylor is in camp. He’s a bit to honest for this game. Let’s hope he plays his idol at the right place at the right time. "Hell…I’d spit on a spark plug if I thought it would do any good.””

BEN: “Has no hope at winning the game now, but should go the furthest out of the remnants of Josh and his old alliance. Likeable and funny, at least he can keep bringing us some great one liners and fun along the way.”

NOAH: “Keith is the player I am rooting for to win this game but he certainly isn’t the smartest player. He is currently in the minority now with his son plus Alec and Reed. And it seems like Reed will be turning on him next episode as well, trying to out his idol. Unlike those other three players, Keith has actually received a substantial edit which makes me believe he could either pull something together to fix his game or will be the last survivor of his alliance. Keith still has his idol which could be a huge advantage if played right and is capable in the challenges. It was a mistake for him to tell Missy that he was voting for Baylor and he certainly needs to work on his game skills but Keith could still last this game!”

8th – Wes

OVERALL: 8th ( +1 )

SANDRA RANK: –

TROYZAN RANK: 9th

BEN RANK: 8th

NOAH RANK: 8th

SANDRA: “n/a”

TROYZAN: “Wes is starting to come off as not the brightest bulb on the tree. He’s in with the knucklehead alliance and now if Keith doesn’t’ do something tricky with his idol..he’ll be gone soon. He is pretty good at challenges…so that might be his only hope.”

BEN: “Well at least he got to ‘scarf’ down some tacos before farting them back up right? That will always be the legacy of Wes.”

NOAH: “#Tacooverload! Wes is a comical character who gets a few funny moments here and there but other than that he is ignored. He is now a part of the minority “sexist” men and will probably be targeted soon. Based on his edit there is a slim chance of him winning and compared to his Dad’s edit, Wes will probably leave this season without making a lasting impact. I see Reed and Alec going before Wes but given the two Nale guys are left in the game, the pair may be split up sooner rather than later.”

9th – Reed

OVERALL: 9th ( +1 )

SANDRA RANK: –

TROYZAN RANK: 8th

BEN RANK: 10th

NOAH RANK: 9th

SANDRA: “n/a”

TROYZAN: “Reed is not much of a threat now with Josh gone…but I think he’s smart enough to perhaps weasel his way into a final 5 if he can stir things up when it’s down to 6 or 7. He knows how to play Survivor …so that will help.”

BEN: “Poor Reed. Josh goes, he now finds himself alone. Next week looks like he will stir the pot a little, but will that really save him? Doubtful. Days are numbered.”

NOAH: “Reed is in trouble, lots and lots of trouble. Reed is the easy and probably most obvious vote for Jeremy’s alliance to go after. Reed was relevant while Josh was in the game but given his complete lack of edit and only having confessionals about food, Reed won’t last much longer in the game. If I had to place a bet I would say that Reed is the next one voted out. It looks like next episode he will be stirring up drama to stay in the game. While I commend his attitude of not going out with a fight, I think what he is planning to do will only lessen his chances of staying in the game. Reed’s days are numbered!”

10th – Alec

OVERALL: 10th ( +1 )

SANDRA RANK: –

TROYZAN RANK: 10th

BEN RANK: 9th

NOAH RANK: 10th

SANDRA: “n/a”

TROYZAN: “He thinks he knows what’s happening in this game but he doesn’t. He’s next on the chopping block because the majority alliance will target him first because of his athletic ability. His chauvinist comments to Baylor & Jac did not sit well. Bad move Broski!”

BEN: “Do yourself a favour Alec: DON’T HANG OUT WITH YOUR BROTHER AS MUCH. Thankyou.”

NOAH: “I thought Alec may have been different to his brother but have been proven completely wrong. When we aren’t seeing Alec playing a terrible social game of being rude to everyone and making trail mix jokes, we aren’t seeing any of him. Alec was lucky he survived the last tribal council but will probably be in huge danger in the next episode. There is no way at all that Alec will win this game, his only hope is winning immunity challenges and even then his terrible social game won’t help him. This collector of meat is the worst player currently in the game.”

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