[Susie Smith]

Well, hello Pachamama! You're looking so fresh!

The game has taken some thrilling twists and turns in the past couple days: Aaron was blindsided, Frosti melted, Deshawn and Jean-Robert emerged as tribe Ambassadors, and Abraham and Xander won immunity. But the best news is that you've made it to the merge!

Let's dive into the questions.

1.       Are you planning to stick with some or all of your OG tribe? Who do you hope sticks around?

2.       Or, now that the tribes have merged, are you considering a change in allegiance? Are you concerned that delaying your decision could result in being betrayed first?

3.       What is your perspective on the Xander screenshot situation? Has it influenced your inclination to align yourself with him, either positively or negatively?

4.       Abraham and Xander won the aMazing Race challenge. What are your thoughts about that? Were you hoping to vote either of them off?

5.       What do you want to tell your fans that we haven’t asked about yet?

We also have bonus questions from the lurkers!

Lurker Michael asks, “With the merge, how do you plan on using your new connections to your advantage?”

Aurora wants to know, “Do you think there will be a Pagonging?”

From John, “You will no longer be able to rely on tribal immunity, how do you plan to win the game?”

[John]

Let us know some of your thoughts before TC!

[Heather]

1. Since Loser JR blew up my game, I have no choice but to stick with the OG tribe. Trying to establish a relationship with him was supposed to better help me and my alliance in the future but it's looking like that option is completely obliterated. It sucks now cause I'm on the outs when I was literally in the inner circle. 

2. Xander and the screenshot hasn't influenced my relationship with him at all. If anything, that situation has benefitted me so much because it helped me to cover my own ass. And, like Xander said, JR was messaging all of us performing the same song and dance. I feel like Xander is backed into a corner now and really has to stick with OA because JR and the rest of the Bad Luck Club are probably gunning for him after me. 

3. Tbh, I'm unsure if I'd vote out Abe now. Initially, I was all ready to betray him the second I needed to since he is the best player at the competitions. However, I feel like he has been really loyal to me throughout this entire JR situation so I want to repay that loyalty. But, no matter how loyal I am, people are going to gun for Abraham the second he loses a competition because he's doing so well at them. I didn't even try to win the maze competition because there was no point in positioning myself as some sort of comp threat. I'm def gonna try and win now though since there's only one person I can trust. 

4. Okay so let me explain the JR situation: I was NOT going to start a plan to internally target Sara. My plan was to tell JR that Sara was the target to make him feel confident that no one from his former tribe was being targeted. Then, I was going to tell him ten minutes before tribal council that the target had switched to Jaime and I didn't want him to be on the wrong side of the vote. I was trying to gain his trust because I wanted to have someone outside of Ancha in case things went bad. Again, NEVER WAS TARGETTING SARA FOR THIS WEEK. 

Mike: Def plan on relying heavily on Abe for protection. Abe is in the inner circle and I think he wants me as a number. It's my best bet at survival at this point as well as my relationship with Shan who can be my eyes and ears. She already let me know I can't trust Evvie so I have to present Evvie as a bigger threat than myself to Abe. Idk how though at this point. 

Aurora: If I'm fucking lucky

John: Paint other people as bigger targets and, of course, lie, lie, and lie some more.