LAST EDITED ON 10-23-23 AT 10:43 PM (EST)

While searching for this episode's clues, I found this list of spoilers on Survivor Sucks. It seems much more credible than that early bootlist. I'll let you judge it's reliability.

Auction is back with a twist.
- "One of the tribes i'm told is just terrible." =­ True
- There is a swap. = True
- There are no medevacs.
- There are two quits, one of them happening in the premiere. = True
- Brandon gets ousted second ("if not second, then at least early"). = True

Now the interesting ones:
-Sifu, Brando, and J. Maya are booted before the merger with J Maya just missing out.
- Kaleb does fine, merge".
- Bruce makes merge.
- Austin makes finale.
- Julie makes finale, but not F3.
- Kellie does not make F3.
- Jake gets third place.
- Winner is one of Dee, Emily, Katurah or Kendra.

Another spoiler has more details:

The F5 is supposedly Julie, Katurah, Dee, Austin, and Jake.
-Of them, the F3 is Dee, Jake, and Katurah.
-Jake is the zero-vote goat.
-Win supposedly comes down to Dee and Katurah.

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LAST EDITED ON 11-01-23 AT 11:04 AM (EST)

Nov 1: Updated Brando Booted!

Thanks!

Interesting no mention of Drew at all!

In the Ep1 Opening there were EIGHT Confessionals during the boat ride with only Sean booted so far.

Boat Confessionals

1. Drew
   
2. Katurah
   
3. Emily
   
4. Jake
   
5. SIFU
   
6. Sean(booted)
   
7. Kellie
   
8. Dee

When they got to the boat Three Players got Confessionals as Jeff pointed to them to their mat (Note: Jeff did NOT address these 3 by Name)

1. Austin
2. Sabiyah(booted)
   
3. Kendra

Only TWO Players got Mat Chat with Jeff who asked what their name is.

1. Brandon(booted)
   
2. Bruce

(Also, Jeff reacted to Emily taking Bruce to task but did not speak Emily's name)

If it is significant who Jeff interacted with then that leaves only Austin and Kendra (confessionals only) and Bruce (addressed by name).

Not Heard from in the Opening

1. Brando(booted)
   
2. Hannah(booted)
   
3. J. Maya
   
4. Julie
   
5. Kaleb

Wowsa, michel! Interesting. I do think Sifu and J. Maya aren't long for the show. At nuRed, I feel like Brando is in the worst spot. Drew and Austin I think have Emily, and I think Kendra is a force. Interesting, indeed!

From the NTOS we kow that Sifu anmd J Maya make the merger but maybe the spoiler messed up and confused merger with Jury.

Emily is tied to Austin and Drew who will probably want to bring in Dee and Julie. Emily will want Kaleb. Needing one more for majority, Kaleb would probably mention Kelly.

If that is the majority alliance, it would benefit Drew and Austin to cut ties with Sifu and J Maya who were on the outs anyway.

"From the NTOS we kow that Sifu anmd J Maya make the merger but maybe the spoiler messed up and confused merger with Jury. "

Well from NTOS we know the players say MERGE but we do NOT hear Jeff say Merge.

Only Twice in the New Era have 13 players joined up on the same beach. Season 43 and this Season 45.

On Season 43 Episode 6 "Mergatory"

Coco and Vesi's treemail instructed them to gather their belongings and venture to Baka's camp.
• Immunity/Reward Challenge: Divided into two teams of six by random draw, team members raced to clear a sled off of sandbags and debris, before dragging it across a course collecting six large boxes, which they used to create a staircase and collect a key. Once retrieved, teams scaled up a ramp, where two members used the key to unlock puzzle pieces and solve a honeycomb word puzzle. The first team to finish won immunity at the upcoming tribal council, the merged tribe buffs and merge feast, while the losers would be vulnerable at the last pre-merge Tribal Council.

  Noelle drew the odd rock and chose to back the blue team of Dwight, Gabler, Karla, Jeanine, Jesse, and Ryan. That team came back and won, granting Noelle additional immunity.

  Elie was blindsided before the other 12 officially made the merge.

So most likely one of the 13 players will NOT make the Merge.

Also, Elie was the 6th player Eliminated and did NOT make the Merge

However, Dwight was the 7th player Eliminated, MADE the Merge but did NOT make the Jury!

Yes, you detailed it more than I did but what I wanted to say is that we can't bury this spoiler yet even if it says that some players make the merger and it looks like a merger is next.

Very true regarding that it is ambiguous what the spoiler meant by "before the merger"

"Sifu, Brando, and J. Maya are booted before the merger with J Maya just missing out."

Spoiler may have meant...

Ep5 Brando voted out.
Ep6 Sifu voted out (i.e., didn't "Earn the Merge")
Ep7 J. Maya voted out ("just missing out" = Made the Merge but Not the Jury)

At least this part of the spoilers now has potential to be exact:

« The F5 is supposedly Julie, Katurah, Dee, Austin, and Jake.
-Of them, the F3 is Dee, Jake, and Katurah.
-Jake is the zero-vote goat.
-Win supposedly comes down to Dee and Katurah.»

Which means Drew would be next. Either Julie or Austin loses F4 fire challenge.

"Which means Drew would be next."

Yup! It seems like Julie would be voted out the next time she is NOT safe.

So I assume Julie must win F6 Immunity Challenge (or finds an Idol, or wins Safety, etc.)
Austin will play his Amulet Idol which expires at F6,
and that's how Drew gets targeted.

"Either Julie or Austin loses F4 fire challenge."

My guess is Austin wins the BIG (usually mix of previous challenges) F5 Immunity Challenge and Julie is voted out.

And Katurah or Jake wins F4 Immunity Challenge and takes Jake or Katurah to the end forcing Dee and Austin to make fire and Dee wins.

Update on Boat Confessionals and Mat Chat...

In the Ep1 Opening there were EIGHT Confessionals during the boat ride.

Boat Confessionals

1. Drew
   
2. Katurah
   
3. Emily(Boot #12)
   
4. Jake
   
5. Sifu(Boot #7)
   
6. Sean(Boot #4)
   
7. Kellie(Boot #9)
   
8. Dee

When they got to the boat Three Players got Confessionals as Jeff pointed to them to their mat
(Note: Jeff did NOT address these 3 by Name)

1. Austin
   
2. Sabiyah(Boot #3)
   
3. Kendra(Boot #10)

Only TWO Players got Mat Chat with Jeff who asked what their name is.

1. Brandon(Boot #2)
   
2. Bruce(Boot #11)

(Also, Jeff reacted to Emily taking Bruce to task but did not speak Emily's name)

If it is significant who Jeff interacted with then that leaves only Austin and Kendra (confessionals only) and Bruce (addressed by name).

Not Heard from in the Opening

1. Brando(Boot #5)
   
2. Hannah(Boot #1)
   
3. J. Maya(Boot #6)
   
4. Julie
   
5. Kaleb(Boot #8)

Does the video clip before Probst welcomes you to a new season of Survivor count? Dee is the last intro which is then followed by a quick clip of Katurah, Austin, Kendra, & Bruce. Could our winner be Katurah or Austin? I think Dee is a losing finalist.

In 43, Owen was the last intro before Probst welcomes you to a new season of Survivor. Gabler was in that quick clip immediately after it.

Well lots of people were talking about how the Winner had Mat Chat with Jeff for seasons 41-44

S41-Erika   :  9th of 11 Boat Confessionals; 2nd of 4 "Mat Chat" with Jeff
S42-Maryanne: 10th of 10 Boat Confessionals; 1st of 3 "Mat Chat" with Jeff
S43-Gabler  : NONE of 13 Boat Confessionals; 3rd of 4 "Mat Chat" with Jeff
S44-Yam Yam :  5th of 10 Boat Confessionals; 1st of 3 "Mat Chat" with Jeff

And yes, Dee was the Last Boat Confessional but Dee didn't have "Mat Chat" with Jeff on the big boat.

Only Two players were addressed by name by Jeff on the "Mat Chat" this season which were Bruce and Emily who have both been voted out already. So the "Mat Chat" streak is done!

Closest would be Austin climbing up onto the big boat but he wasn't on the Mat yet and Jeff didn't address Austin by name.

The quick clips for S43 were SUPER FAST! but they did include the Winner Gabler:
Jesse, Karla, Gabler, Ryan, Justine, Sami, Jeanine, Dwight, Cody

The quick clips for S44 were much slower but also included the Winner Yam Yam:
Kane, Matt G., Helen, Yam Yam, Sarah, Heidi, Carolyn, Danny, Carson, Bruce, Jaime