‘Survivor: Kaoh Rong’ video: A merge scramble and a Jeff Probst surprise

Survivor -We know that there are some out there who are extremely hesitant to take anything in “Survivor” promos as gospel, and that’s the right strategy. They can often be misleading and send you down the wrong path entirely.

Now that we’ve said that, we do find discussing them to be a fun exercise for the most part, except on the odd occasion they actually spoil something important. Luckily, the latest one as released by CBS (see below) really doesn’t do that, and instead to us leads more to the fun sort of speculation.

Let’s start with the notion that seemingly, the Beauty tribe is stuck in the middle at the merge, with the Brains on one side and the Brawn on the other. This isn’t too big of a shock, given that Scot voted against Joe at the last Gondol tribal council, and that Debbie mentioned to Michele on Chan Loh that she wanted to target Jason. The groundwork has been set, and it’s interesting for a couple of different reasons.

1. Nick told Michele in this past episode that he wants to work with the Brawn.

2. Julia and Michele were at one point extremely close, and given that the former was only on Gondol for three days, she may not be too beholden to any of them. Also, we don’t get the sense that she and Tai were super-close on the original Beauty tribe.

3. Tai is now close to Scot, and if the information is shared about Jason’s idol, you may as well consider Tai a de-facto member of the Brawn tribe.

Ultimately, we could easily see a situation where Tai and Nick go with the Brawn, but if Michele and Julia go with the Brains, it really doesn’t matter. This could all be a function of playing idols … provided that the arrival of Jeff Probst at the end of the preview isn’t giving us some sort of game-changing twist.

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