Now that the premerge is done everyone will be ranked together.

Merge Tribe

1. Sophie – Sophie is playing the best and despite losing Yul she is in the best position. She has the trust of Yara, Kim and maybe Wendell and Nick. She needs to make sure that she can still work with Wendell and Nick since they betrayed Yul but they might still be good with her. Sophie can win immunity challenges if she needs it. Finally, she has an idol. Overall, Sophie is playing the best game.

2. Kim – Kim has had an uphill battle from the beginning but now she has options. She can go with the Dakal majority or go with her tight trio of her, Jeremy and Denise. Kim is also a huge physical threat and she has an idol. Overall, Kim is finally in a position to go deep.

3. Denise – Denise has connections in many places. She has her trio plus she can connect with the old Sele members. Plus the one person who was coming for her on the edge left the game. Denise is a major player in this game and I can see her winning. Overall, Denise is doing excellent.

4. Michele- Michele made the correct move by getting rid of Yul. She is now solidly with Nick and Wendell plus she is close to Jeremy and Denise and she can use the boys from her swap tribe to connect to Sophie. Michele in theory could be connected to everyone but Tony. Michele is also good at the balance challenges that dominate the early merge. Also, Michele has the most fire tokens of the people in the game currently. Overall, Michele could win.

5. Jeremy – Jeremy is doing great with his solid trio plus he could get Natalie back soon. Jeremy has his advantage still which could be useful in the foreseeable future. The early merge is always nuts and he could need it. Jeremy is the male winner I could see winning the game. Overall, Jeremy is playing a good game.

6. Sarah – Sarah is in a better spot than expected at the beginning. She has her partner in crime Sophie and Sophie is a great person to partner up with in this game. Plus she has Tony as a shield for at least the first round of the merge. Sarah also has her vote steal and we know that she can use it well. Overall, Sarah is doing well going into the merge.

7. Nick – Nick gained a solid ally this week in Michele. In addition to Michele, he has Wendell and maybe Sophie if the Yul vote does not turn her off from their alliance. Nick can win immunity if needed. I see Nick fading into the background for the next couple of round until he is booted at final 9. Overall, Nick is doing solid.

8. Ben – Ben is doing a good job of earning Sophie and Sarah’s trust. He has value to them and that could save him. Overall, I don’t think he will win but he could be safe for a couple rounds.

9. Wendell- Wendell is this low because he made his alliance question if he is worth keeping. Wendell could have easily went to the Edge last time. Now that we are in the merge, Wendell’s abrasiveness could help him be dragged as a goat. I think Wendell is this season’s zero vote finalist so he is ranking low but he is not in much danger. He has Michele and Nick and he is good at immunity challenges. Overall, Wendell is doing ok game wise but his chances of winning are low.

10. Adam – Adam is a hot mess. He is frustrating to his swap tribe and burned everyone but Tony, Kim, Wendell and Nick and that is only due to him not being on a tribe with them. Adam could be that easy merge boot that people vote for to delay the line being drawn between alliances. Even if Adam making it through a couple of votes I don’t see him winning. Overall, Adam is in danger at the merge.

11. Tony – Tony is a huge treat on reputation alone. Also, his only true ally is Sarah and she has Sophie now as her number 1. Tony could be a consensus boot for being Tony. Tony is not great at individual challenge and he is seen as unpredictable by everyone. Overall, Tony could easily be the next to go.

This merge is going be intense and the EoE returnee could easily change these rankings.

Edge

1. Tyson – Tyson is the best challenge performer on the Edge and he has a fire token for an advantage. Tyson is the favorite to come back at this point.

2. Natalie- Natalie has enough tokens to buy 3 advantages for the challenge and that could make a difference. Also, Natalie is a strong physical player and is the most likely to come back of the women.

3. Rob – Rob getting three tokens was a huge win and he is no slouch in challenges.

4. Parvati – Parv is naturally good a challenges and could pull an upset.

5. Ethan – I just have a feeling that Ethan’s story is not over yet.

6. Yul – Yul has the advantage of only being on the Edge for a day and he is good at challenges.

7. Danni – Danni is not coming back

8. Amber – Amber is more invested in getting Rob back in at this point and she is not great at challenges.

Its between Natalie and Tyson at this point with an outside chance of Ethan or Rob.

I am looking forward to this episode and hope that the merge is as entertaining as the premerge. Survivor has been struggling with that recently so I hope that Winners at War solves that problem.

Grab your stuff and head back to camp!