[Susie Smith]

Ancha won the challenge, your tribe sent the lunch lady home, and you made it past the first week! Please share your thoughts with your fans.

1.    Did the right person go home tonight? Should someone else have been sent packing? What impact will it have on the dynamics of the game moving forward?

2.    The HetDensa challenge scrambled more than just letters and tested your teamwork. Did each of your tribe members contribute equally? Any major gaffes? How well did your tribe perform as a unit?

3.    Surviving week one in Stranded requires social finesse, strategic prowess, and strong competition skills. Which of these skills was your strongest this week? How did you wield it to protect your spot in the game? Which area is your weakest? What will you do to overcome it?

4.    In the wild world of Stranded, emotions can run high. How have your own emotions influenced your strategic moves in the game?

5.    Please share an update (visually or in words) on your alliance situation or lack thereof.

Several of you have been making some pretty fantastic confessional videos. If you haven’t already, we welcome you to record at least one (reasonably brief) video on YouTube, mark it as 'unlisted,' and share the link here as your confessional response. You can express your thoughts about the game, share insights from your personal life, and discuss your answers to these confessional questions.

[Leslie]

1.    Did the right person go home tonight? Should someone else have been sent packing? What impact will it have on the dynamics of the game moving forward?

- I think that the right person was sent. Denise was for sure closer with Aaron and Frosti. She also didn't help with challenges at all. We needed someone who was close with them to go. However, Jaime is super nervous that Erik is close with them, so I am doing a bit of a test to see. The thing is, if they aren't close with Erik, we could use Erik to get one of them out. However, if she really saw three people in one of the chats, it is probably that they are a three. So I think so, but maybe Jaime and I could have used her one more vote. idk.

2.    The HetDensa challenge scrambled more than just letters and tested your teamwork. Did each of your tribe members contribute equally? Any major gaffes? How well did your tribe perform as a unit?
I feel like everyone did a pretty equal amount of work. Other than Denise and she is gone. I feel like for the most part we all worked well together. I am really hopeful we can take that into the next challenge. 

3.    Surviving week one in Stranded requires social finesse, strategic prowess, and strong competition skills. Which of these skills was your strongest this week? How did you wield it to protect your spot in the game? Which area is your weakest? What will you do to overcome it?
I was CLEARLY strong competition skills  HAHA JK. I think it was a mix of social and strategic. I am just a bit nervous that I may have helped Aaron and Frosti or they were really so set that it still might not allow us to take them over. UGH. I think we really need to get one of them out next. I am hoping either we can get Erik out and get Aaron or Frosti out after, or if they seem really sus of Erik, maybe we have JR go and see if Erik is down to vote Aaron or Frosti... Maybe Frosti first? That could allow Erik to think he will be the new closest to Aaron. That could be another idea to help get one of them out. I don't care as long as it isn't Jaime or me. 

4.    In the wild world of Stranded, emotions can run high. How have your own emotions influenced your strategic moves in the game?
LOL,  I don't think so. I am trying to play that I look very emotional, but I feel like usually I am able to separate things. Other than Jaime. I really like her so I don't want her to go. Even if we are super similar players.

5.    Please share an update (visually or in words) on your alliance situation or lack thereof.
IDK I think Jaime, JR and I are a three, but I am a bit worried that Erik, Aaron, and Frosti are as well. UGH

Several of you have been making some pretty fantastic confessional videos. If you haven’t already, we welcome you to record at least one (reasonably brief) video on YouTube, mark it as 'unlisted,' and share the link here as your confessional response. You can express your thoughts about the game, share insights from your personal life, and discuss your answers to these confessional questions.

I will definitely consider it. Maybe next time.

[Leslie]

Okay, I think Aaron and Frosti fell for my freak out. I definitely think Aaron is WAY more paranoid than Frosti, or Frosti is better at hiding it and neither of them seem think I am actually playing which is AWESOME! It seems like they don't trust Erik anymore and hopefully we can get him out. If we somehow get all the boys on board with this, that would mean that we have the following after the next tribal. Which., by the way, I hope we never have to go to stupid tribal again before the merge. But, I want to be ready. 

Hopefully if we go to tribal, Erik will go home which leaves Frosti and Aaron on one side and JR on the other. Jaime and I would be able to pick where we want to go. Hopefully we start winning, but it is good to know that there are options if we do lose. I feel so bad for taking advantage of Aaron's paranoia, but also I haven't actually lied about anything in regards to the information other than the fact I am working closest with Jaime. So I guess that part is good. Now just to figure out what is best for Jaime and I. We definitely should be good to get one of the guys out. It was crazy when Jaime said there were only five people on including her and it was her, Evvie, Erik, Aaron, and Frosti and there were three people in the 1987 group chat. Can't believe they had a group chat for Erik, Frosti, and Aaron. Absolutely wild. Final statement for the night: can we please just win on Sunday?

[Leslie]

I might not be Shan, but I have that "dun, dun, dun... dun, dun, dun..." going on in my head lol. It's great because we Aaron and Frosti are also obsessed with unanimous votes so we can tell JR what is happening and he can talk with the boys and hopefully hear the plan as Erik. This could work really well for us so we aren't scrambling on Sunday if we do lose. Which hopefully we don't.

[Leslie]

We might be super screwed if we lose and can't talk JR into voting Erik. We will probably need to show our cards. This is the first time that Jaime and I might not agreed. I think if we can't talk JR we need to go to Aaron and Frosti and say that it's actually JR throwing out Frosti's name and we might want to take him out first. UGH. This is going to suck if we lose. That way JR can't point out us playing the middle and trying to do what is best for us. 

[Leslie]

IM DEAD. I CANNOT believe JR gave me the password to 1987 chat. That is INSANE. I cannot believe I was right at first with the all-guys alliance. Denise totally shot it down when I mentioned it. And all the guys said Jaime's name. I really wish that it would have worked out that we could have gone to Erik and used JR to get Aaron out next time, especially because clearly Frosti and Aaron felt better with me than Jaime, but I NEED JAIME IN THIS GAME. I could have not told her about the chat and her name being thrown out there, but I need her to know that I have her back and that she can trust me... It would have been ideal if we could get all the boys on Erik and just use JR next time, but we NEED to figure this out now if they are throwing Jaime out.

[Leslie]

I followed up by typing "bump" about a million times in our group chat because I didn't want anyone to be able to see the actual discussion. These freaking boys. I think Aaron and Frosti are voting Erik, but idk. UGH this sucks. I hope we get Aaron out.

[Leslie]

OMGOSH I CANNOT BELIEVE JAIME AND I KNEW WHERE EVERY VOTE WOULD BE!