‘Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance’: Our full predictions for season 31!

We are at that time of year again: It’s “Survivor” season! The premiere of “Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance” is airing on CBS Wednesday night, and we are back to continue our tradition of trying to predict where all of the contestants are going to finish on the season.

As for whether or not we have a great track record on this … well, remember that the last time we were right was with Kim Spradlin on “Survivor: One World.” It’s going to be hard for us to be worse at this than last season “Survivor: Worlds Apart,” where we thought Vince Sly was going to win. Think of it as a swing and a big miss. Some other recent picks include Josh for “San Juan del Sur,” Tasha for “Cagayan,” and Aras for “Blood vs. Water.”

We’ve been spotlighting these castaways throughout the past few weeks to go along with this predictions. Want to see something more in-depth on each player? Then just click on their name!

20. Shirin Oskooi (Ta Keo) – We like Shirin a lot and relate to her passion and desire to play this game. That is what makes this hard. In between being so recent and being a known gamer and also possible jealousy towards the amount of popularity she has, she’s got so many targets on her. Early on, we feel like people are just hunting for a reason to get rid you, and if nothing else, they may just blame it on her having money already.

19. Keith Nale (Bayon) – Keith almost won the game last time, when he really had almost no strategy at all. Unfortunately for him, we see almost a Sugar sort of phenomenon happening here where he tries to be strategic this time and it completely backfires.

18. Ciera Eastin (Bayon) – Ciera gets a ton of praise as a player, and a lot of it is deserved (even though her voting out her mom, contrary to what the show may say, really had no impact on whether or not she went home). We just think that everyone knows how smart she is, and almost like Keith, she’s going to try too hard to show that she can play this game … even though she already did that the first time.

17. Andrew Savage (Bayon) – The issue with Andrew is mostly that we feel like he only one gear, and that is being the strong, commanding leader. If he figures something else out over the course of the game, we’d be somewhat shocked.

16. Terry Deitz (Ta Keo) – We think that Terry is a slightly better player than Andrew, but we think he’ll probably be the victim of some sort of twist; or, who knows? Maybe he’ll have a similar “leader” problem where returning players just don’t want to listen to what he has to say.

15. Abi-Maria Gomes (Ta Keo) – We’d love to see Abi make it much further than this, but we don’t see it since we think that like Ciera, she could be on a mission to prove herself since so much of her story last time was about her personality rather than who she was as a player.

14. Kimmi Kappenberg (Bayon) – Kimmi was abrasive to some in her first season, but we think this is going to be much more of a numbers thing. She’ll probably be on the wrong side of things following a tribe swap, while a merge is coming around this point, we’re not sure you get rid of a challenge threat just yet.

13. Joe Anglim (Bayon) – THIS is where you get rid of a challenge threat. Joe’s a super-nice guy and one of the best challenge performers we’ve ever seen. Neither of these things are attributes you want in a player that makes it past the merge in this game, and you have to remember / consider that.

12. Stephen Fishbach (Bayon) – As you probably did the math, we feel like Ta Keo will enter the merge with the numbers, and while we don’t see a straight Pagong situation happening here, Stephen is strategically one of the biggest threats in the field. You don’t want him near the end.

11. Jeff Varner (Ta Keo) – In some ways, Varner is also someone who will play the game hard strategically. You really get the sense that this guy is hungry, and he will do anything that he can to win. Part of his problem we feel like is that he talked to so many people pregame that eventually people are going to start talking.

10. Kass McQuillen (Bayon) – Most people have Kass going out super-early, so we’re taking a leap of faith here that she will surprise people by playing a slightly different game. Remember that nobody thought Kass would make it far in Cagayan, either.

9. Spencer Bledsoe (Ta Keo) – The young lad will have another strong showing despite being an early threat, but once again, we feel like his Achilles’ heel is that he is someone people are always going to be worried about. They know how much he loves this game.

8. Tasha Fox (Bayon) – People also know Tasha loves the game, and more than that they know she is a huge immunity threat. With a returning player season, we think that above all else, you really want to target people you know can win in the end. This is what will happen here.

7. Kelley Wentworth (Ta Keo) – Kelley will be able to prove herself as a good player without her dad, and as a matter of fact, we see her getting blindsided here mostly because people are worried about what she is going to do in the long-term.

6. Peih-Gee Law (Ta Keo) – As you can see, we feel like there will be some mingling between after the swap and the merge, and this is out a couple of Ta Keo people are going to be picked off here. Peih-Gee can win, and that is why we see her going here.

5. Jeremy Collins (Bayon) – Meanwhile, Jeremy probably gets this far thanks to an immunity challenge win or two. We love the guy and always have, but it is so hard to envision a situation where he makes it to the end given the target that will be on him.

4. Monica Padilla (Bayon) – We see Monica as someone who could go to the end. The only reason we have her in fourth is because with our final four, there’s a certain person we think will get the necklace.

3. Woo Hwang (Ta Keo) – We’re not going to blame Woo for this one. We do think he’ll play a better game, and would have cut Vytas at final four. He’s just not going to get a chance.

2. Kelly Wiglesworth (Ta Keo) – We think it is somewhat poetic that 15 years after the original snakes-and-rats speech, something very similar could happen again here.

1. Vytas Baskauskas (Ta Keo) – It’s risky to go all-in on a player like Vytas, mostly because he is probably either going to be a threat to win or taken out in some sort of terrible blindside. We just think that he’s set up pretty well with his tribe entering the game, he’s physical enough to win immunities when he needs to, and in having a player like Jeremy around for a while, he does guarantee in a way that there is someone just as threatening as he is physically. Either we’re gloriously right or gloriously wrong here, but we feel like we saw enough strategic prowess from Vytas in “Blood vs. Water” that we think Aras may not longer be the only winner in the family.

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