LAST EDITED ON 04-14-11 AT 07:55 PM (EST)

Here's a thought for discussion:

The call sheets tell us that on Day 35 there are 5 Murlonia in camp, and 4 jurors coming to TC. What it doesn't tell us is how many people are on RI. The assumption has been one on RI (waiting for the voted off from Day 35 TC) because the CS said "duel."

Looking at TDT's calendar, it appears to me that if only ONE person goes to the jury for each duel from Ep 10 on, assuming one duel per episode, there will indeed be 4 jurors on Day 35 (Duels from Ep 10, 11, 12, 13).

Day 35 is the last day of the 13th Episode. "Duels" in Eps 10, 11, 12, 13 that had one bootee per duel could result in 4 jurors, with 5 people remaining in the game going into TC, plus 3 people on RI (having lost one on the first day of the cycle).

4 of the current 9 in camp will get voted off between now and Day 35 -- either Ep 11 or 12 needs to be a double tribal again. Therefore, RI would actually have FOUR people on it for the Day 33 duel in Ep 13 if I count correctly. One loser booted to become the fourth juror at the Ep 13 TC.

I'm not too sure how they fit in a duel for the double boot episode. They might not. In that case they would need to lose two to the jury in Ep 13. (Or Ep 12, if Ep 11 is the double TC.)

After the TC on Day 35, there would be 4 in the game, 4 jurors, plus 4 people on RI.
Say the RI "duel" for Ep 14 (to be shot Day 36 per CS) sends one person back in the game, there will be 5 in the game again. 4 are already jurors. That leaves 3 losers of the RI duel, who will all become jurors, unless there is one more duel. This seems unlikely with three days remaining, all fitting into the Finale.

It appears we could have a jury of 9 and a F3, and where we went astray in the count is by assuming that a duel involves two people? We now know it can involve at least three.

There is nothing that strange about only booting one from a multi-player contest, as essentially that is how Survivor works -- boot one at a time. However, Survivor challenges are traditionally designed to have a winner, not a loser, but it can be done. The challenge only needs to have a goal at the end, similar to the heats in the F!! challenge, and those who complete it first stay in the game, while the last one is eliminated.

Then for the last challenge, with four competitors and one winner, it would most likely be an endurance challenge or some other kind of challenge where you fall out of it and you are done.