I can't help you with the flag as I don't even see the "ES", but as to the "larger audience", I simply think Jiffy is standing on the sidelines with a table full of temptations to get players off the beam. Standing front and center, his back would be to the camera. Not good for the star!

If you are thinking there could be an outcast tribe to the left of the picture, I seriously doubt it. Lets forget that the first outcast twist totally wrecked an otherwise good season and admit CBS could be stupid enough to try it again. Which of the bootees could return?

Dan's story concluded with a full episode dedicated to him. What started as a day in paradise ended with a musical score that finalized his story. Dan isn't returning.

Bobby, Melinda and Ruth weren't shown pre-merge. The editors would have done something for us to react to one of them returning. As it stands, it would be seen as a waste of time to see anyone of them again. We were aware of Burton's conflict with the hero Rupert. Lil openly opposed Savage's decisions regarding booting skinny Ryan. They still had a story to resolve. Bobby had a conflict with the 3 girls(!) Danielle, Courtney and Shane but that was resolved since the wine drinking episode showed us he wasn't a team player.

Misty's story was shown only because she was the first exiled player and she pretended to have the immunity idol. Nothing was invested in her relations to others except to show she gives good massages. Her story is complete.

That leaves Tina. If the outcasts vote on who returns, she could get Melinda's and Ruth's votes. I don't see anyone else getting more votes. How will it be done? We know it won't be a tribal competition as we see that the 10 remaining survivors have merged since they are randomly positioned. (as an example, Terry has 4 Casaya to his right and 2 to his left). Could Tina win an endurence challenge? It's possible. Can her story be expanded? She had a conflict with Cirie. However, Cirie doesn't control the votes in Casaya like she did when Tina was there. The edit we saw from Tina had a lot to do with her personal tragedy that prevented her from being in Guatemala. The rest of her story was more to establish Cirie as a player than anything else. I see her story has being complete

I know it doesn't prove it but those are the reasons why I doubt very much we'll see the booted players before the finale.