Ep10 Evidence
Title:
Chaos is My Friend
Next time on Survivor... While everyone else's mind is on the auction, Spencer uses his brain to change the game.

Teases:
* One castaway’s bidding strategy at the Survivor auction could pay off for them.
* Meanwhile, castaways draw rocks for a huge advantage in the game,
* and another castaway decides to show off his idol in an attempt to ensure his safety.

JP hype:
OH MY — one of the greatest moments in an auction — ever. And it’s another Survivor first!!

So from these alone; It appears the RC/Auction is where most of our storyline is being grabbed from. That Spencer uses his "brain" to cause paranoia with Tony, and that Tony shows off his powerful idol.

RC:

Survivor Auctions have no winner. But more often than not they do tend to karmically 'pay-off' for everyone. My guess is that Kass does poorly, while Jefra, Woo and Trish pig out. Meanwhile, Spencer bides his time and a "bidding strategy" pays off for a castaway.

Onto the Individual IC:

Inside Track is the name of it.
Castaways will start by digging in the sand to retreive a ball on a rope.
By pulling on the rope it will lead the players to additional balls buried in the sand. Once all 5 balls have been dug up the survivors will run to a table maze. The first to adjust the angle of the table maze in order to get all 5 balls to the opposite end and resting in their little "cups", wins immunity.

Immediately I insert the tease about "castaways drawing rocks for an advantage".
Does 1 player start with a 1 ball advantage? Is that really an advantage?

TC Strategies:

The ladies are trashing the guys.

Spencer is throwing a girl under the bus.

Tony Counts 4-3...

but then he counts 4-2...

Intoto:
What Tony needs to do is scare people into NOT voting for him. Which is easily done with his TPI. Regardless of the "numbers" he uses on his fingers, Tony will be in the majority.

Rest assured neither Spencer nor Tasha are part of that majority. For that matter, neither is Jefra.

Survivors In Danger for Ep10:
For this week, my bootee predictions are...

Kass ~ Jefra ~ Spencer ~ Tasha

Kass: She's been on this short list for a loooong time now. Always seemingly close to being booted, but somehow stays UTR when it comes to actual vote-targeting. Her personal story has been extra lite lately so really any moment could be good to get rid of her. However... When taking into consideration the title for Ep11 "Havoc to Wreak" I harken back to an insider clip where Kass admitted that she "wreaked havoc" prior and will again "wreak havoc" some time around F5. (Or so she says). Long story short, Kass stays alive to potentially wreak havoc in Ep 11.

Jefra: Spencer is throwing one of the women under the bus. It could be Kass, it could be Tasha, but my money is on it being Jefra. Jefra had considered siding with the brains before the last TC but went back to the brawns claiming she didn't think it would be good for her game to switch at this time. Tony is already aware that Jefra would vote for him. Is he sure she won't actually do so this week?

Spencer: Definitely on the wrong end of the numbers. And now that everyone knows he no longer has an idol, he will be a target. Now... the storyline this week seems to be Spencer-centric. He's a smarty that could possibly get Tony to over-react this week. Simply by throwing one of the girls under the bus. If it works, then Spencer lasts at least one more episode. The one thing going for him is that he is playing very hard. And the supposed finale will be full of "rootable" players. He is certainly worth the praise.

Tasha: Also on the wrong side of the numbers. She's the one heard expressing the idea of an all woman's alliance. This could be a ploy to get one of the women to openly claim an interest in targetting Tony, but Trish, Kass and Jefra seem unresponsive. Also...what if Spencer is actually tossing Tasha's name out to Tony? I doubt it but I've been surprised before. The one thing going for her is that she has proven to be a major challenge threat. Could she win the necklace this week?

My Vote:

RC: Spencer (for the strategic bidding?)

IC: Spencer, Tasha or Tony (or moreso NOT Kass, Jefra or Trish)

Bootee:

I can't. I just can't. My brain hurts, my heart hurts, my gut hurts. I've made my predictions since the beginning and have been correct 2 out of 11 times.
However, I DO know that it WON'T be Tony or Trish.

nothing funny or interesting to add...
Oh wait...The finale blurb states that it'll begin with an F4.