[Jeff Probst]

Congratulations, you have made the final 8!! You have outlasted 2/3 of this cast You started this game playing against players who had not made it as far as you have in their previous season, and here you are! You're entering the final week of the game, where legends are born, and games are destroyed. So let's get to it.

1. To move forward, we must look at the past. Reflecting on your season thus far, how has your experience been? What moves are you most proud of, are there any mistakes you've made? What are they? How would you like to be remembered when it's all said and done?

2. The dreaded slambook challenge. You know it well... I think the most can be learned from this challenge more than any other. Numbers was a pecking order, but this was the consensus... how you are perceived. Furthermore, you got to see what other people thought the most answers would be. You also saw who was the most out of touch and the most in tune with the tribe. The person who scored the least overall ended up going home... What did you learn about yourself in this challenge? What was the most surprising answer to you, and did you learn about where people stand based on their answers? Do you think the answers to this question will change the perceived threat level of others? IE: If someone was labeled the most threatening, does that label itself make it more true?

3. We spoke about threats vs. goats last week, and this week someone labeled a 'final 3 goat' in the challenge went home. The thing about goats is that everyone wants to sit with them in the final 3, but only 1 person can. The more threatening a player, generally, the more likely they are to go home. Which leaves all the "threats" sitting on the jury voting for the least threatening person sitting against two goats. Who do you see as a "goat" that might be taking up a final 3 spot that you could be sitting in? If you are the goat, what will you do between now and the final 3 to change that perception with the jury?

4. An explosive Tribal Council and also somewhat exposing Tribal Council. Did you learn anything new from the public fight and call-outs you didn't know going into Council? Talk me through your reactions as it happened. How did your reaction in-the-moment impact the jury's opinion of you, if at all? Is there a benefit to getting into public arguments at Council? A detriment?

5. One of the final opportunities to spend StrandedCoin arose in a Steal a Vote advantage, which Hope won. How does this impact your strategy as we advance? Are there new strategic options that could be gained from this advantage entering the game?

Finally, good luck!!! You are now in the end game and join a family of Stranded Alumni that are all watching and will look back on this season for years to come. Give it your all! The game started with 12 people looking for a second chance to right the wrongs they experienced last time. Don't leave with regrets; finish strong in your last week.

-Probst

[Hope]

1. To move forward, we must look at the past. Reflecting on your season thus far, how has your experience been? What moves are you most proud of, are there any mistakes you've made? What are they? How would you like to be remembered when it's all said and done?

Well when I reflect I can't help but just feel mad grateful I was recruited for this... over a reddit comment about Rudy Boesch LOL. this has been an amazing experience and im baffled how the hosts make this happen. definitely immersive for sure i mean im even losing weight from the stress. today i had two slices of frozen pizza thats it i cant eat yo..... no matter what i place basically im happy to have experienced this. but im not going to settle for less than the win. im fighting every single day and im fucking fucking hard even if people cant see it. i saw how a few people would say I'm a GOAT in that question tonight and i was grateful. i mean i feel terrible for alexis, this gives everyone including myself a huge valid reason to vote her out.

Id say tonight I'm definitely the most proud of, LOL. i wanted aurora gone for a while because of her wishy-washyness, and somehow I was able to pocket her 40 coins too? like cmon that was just sooo epic I loved it lol. i also appreciated the support from rocker and the love from reynold LOL. i felt like a very similiar thing happened tonight that happened on rocker's night. rocker approached me moments before the vote and asked me who and i assured him he was good. aurora approaches me telling me shes fucked, i try comforting her and i actually made her feel safe enough that she thought she could take a last chance on me. was a great night. As for mistakes, i know ive made a few. like for one, was it a good idea for me to go up to mike today and say we voted aurora because we knew mike planned to take her to the end? i dont know but as of now everyone wants to go with that story. its like 80% true....but this vote tonight truly felt like mine. i was able to use info that aurora and mike gave me and used it against them.

im sure my mistakes will become apparent once the season over, i find no ones mistakes are apparent to them until you get your grade back. that being said, im hoping it isnt a mistake to side with jess, knowing she may have spilt the beans on the plan. i really dont know how to feel about that. she easily could have; i know they tell each other things. and i felt she let it out of the bag a little when he said "mike wasnt loyal to me and he knows that important" bc him being disloyal would mean snitching on her, if he had just made that up she would have just said he was a bad person and a liar. IDK

as for how i want to be remembered. i want to be remembered as someone who came here to freaking win and play hard and to show up my bf, that ill beat his best placement in an org which is 2nd. but idc overall how people remember me but id love to hear it after this is over lol

2. The dreaded slambook challenge. You know it well... I think the most can be learned from this challenge more than any other. Numbers was a pecking order, but this was the consensus... how you are perceived. Furthermore, you got to see what other people thought the most answers would be. You also saw who was the most out of touch and the most in tune with the tribe. The person who scored the least overall ended up going home... What did you learn about yourself in this challenge? What was the most surprising answer to you, and did you learn about where people stand based on their answers? Do you think the answers to this question will change the perceived threat level of others? IE: If someone was labeled the most threatening, does that label itself make it more true?

Lol well shamar being out of touch didn't surprise me. i knew i should have trusted him tonight btw but i freaked out. i think thats my second strike with him LOL rip. Alexis getting the title of most likely to win is a bit scary though, shes got to be cut and im gonna have to tell some people at some point. i know matt has my back on this, i think he's gonna nut on sight when itell him i want her out at some point.

3. We spoke about threats vs. goats last week, and this week someone labeled a 'final 3 goat' in the challenge went home. The thing about goats is that everyone wants to sit with them in the final 3, but only 1 person can. The more threatening a player, generally, the more likely they are to go home. Which leaves all the "threats" sitting on the jury voting for the least threatening person sitting against two goats. Who do you see as a "goat" that might be taking up a final 3 spot that you could be sitting in? If you are the goat, what will you do between now and the final 3 to change that perception with the jury?

I could be a goat to many people who knows. I know some people assumed I was a goat in the final three goat question. I loved that though, yasss dont put a target on my back. but i see shamar easily taking up a spot. tbh also maybe steph. idk how much of the jury would actually vote for her tbh, maybe tai. and right now i plan on going as hard as possible not that i wasnt already, in the challenges and strategizing extra hard. i know having the steal a vote advantage puts a target on my back but im hoping to make my play as transparent as possible to my allies.

4. An explosive Tribal Council and also somewhat exposing Tribal Council. Did you learn anything new from the public fight and call-outs you didn't know going into Council? Talk me through your reactions as it happened. How did your reaction in-the-moment impact the jury's opinion of you, if at all? Is there a benefit to getting into public arguments at Council? A detriment?

hahaha tbh i have nooo clue what that fight was about. i actually thought aurora faked it because she wanted to stir something up with mike, probably as a last ditch effort to get us to keep her, demonstrating her willingness to vote him out. well girl if you wanted to vote him out you shouldnt have jerked me around all day! and yes jeff i know you were looking for my input. i really should have said something since my name was thrown out there but i didnt wanna get involved, id rather they duke it out.

5. One of the final opportunities to spend StrandedCoin arose in a Steal a Vote advantage, which Hope won. How does this impact your strategy as we advance? Are there new strategic options that could be gained from this advantage entering the game?

Ahh see Jeff but you saying "one of the" scares me.... good thing I got rich today too. It feels like I basically got a free advantage! Or discounted at least lol. EPIC. im hoping my alliance doesnt get threatened by it, truthfully i fumble with things like this but i had to say something so sherri didnt get again like she someone magically got the clue yesterday lol. there are for sure new options!!!! i cant wait to dive into them this week mwhahahahahahha.

Finally, good luck!!! You are now in the end game and join a family of Stranded Alumni that are all watching and will look back on this season for years to come. Give it your all! The game started with 12 people looking for a second chance to right the wrongs they experienced last time. Don't leave with regrets; finish strong in your last week.[/b]
Thank you Jeff! I want to leave everything on the field, and leave knowing i did EVERYTHING in my power to make things work for myself. i trust my own instincts.

BTW im thinking of uploading a video or voice message toexplain further but im not sure. maybe ill try it this week! i kept getting distracted writing my last confessional and i accidentally erased it three times no joke so i think im going to give up on writing it and maybe answer the questions via voice. WOOOOOOOO

[Jeff Probst]

YEEEET voice <3

[Hope]

i can’t sleep for the life of me.... can’t stop thinking... Im thinking about who has to go next especially knowing mike will most likely be playing his immunity on sunday. it could be shamar since i’m at strike 2 with him, idk how much more forgiving a person can be in this game especially at this point in final 8. I’m honestly considering a final three with Matt and Steph. While i know i’ve been pushing this argument that steph would win to everyone, I don’t think it’s all that true. I don’t think she had the chance to bond with many people on the jury like I did. Same with Matt. I think they’re my ticket to the win. I’ve got to get there somehow and it’s going to require a lot of navigation with Matt and Alexis. Alexis has got to go and I feel as though it’s dangerous to risk bringing her to final 5 because her threat level is so high. I don’t see much strategy behind her past votes though, it seemed a bit over emotional to vote sherri these past few votes besides tonight’s, and of course that kindness could get her jury votes. But, if i’m remembering correctly that was one of the questions that most people got points on, who is the biggest threat to win, everyone seems to agree she could win. I don’t know if she was the most neutral person or something? but she’s smart as hell and i’m sure she took note that i voted her as that.

I’m just happy I have alexis and matt. two people i trust, most importantly two people that i trust to not compare notes with each other. I think i built enough distrust in matt towards alexis that my plans could see the light of day. Maybe it’s time to do that more to alexis with matt.

I can’t wait to smoke tomorrow..... This bitch needs a relaxing day off getting high and paying attention to my sweet little rodney poo because he always sits on my keyboard and blocks all the DM windowsand yes i did name him after feminist icon rodney lavoie jr of survivor worlds apart<3 and i just recently watched that season and it slapped lol. supposedly someone from my college is a family friend of Dan’s and to this very day he claims the edit did him dirty....... me if i find out the specs hate me

[Tommy]

You earned it!

[Hope]

You earned it!

just sent this to matt lmfao <3333 im about to DIVVVVEEEE IN

[Hope]

[Hope]

https://ibb.co/djW5BVj ok ill just paste the link FML!

[Jeff Probst]

I thought that was gonna be the voice confessional

[Hope]

Three ranked options for final three I have been offered and am considering:

1. Shamar, Sherri, Me
2. Jess, Shamar, Me
3. Matt,, Shamar, Me

Right now from what I know, Shamar has offered me number one. Jess has hinted at number 2 because she was hinting we may need to cut Alexis because she may have the idol. Matt has discussed 3.

I know that both Sherri and Shamar put me as the answer to the f3 goat q yesterday in the challenge, its no surprise they want to work with me from this appearance.

I don't know what's going on with Jess, she offed Matt a final four after tribal last night but did not include him in a final four offer this afternoon to me. I will have to figure that out somehow but IDK what it means.

I have to decide what i want to do this weekend i feel like. I feel like me and matt could make some real, bold moves for ourselves that we can really cement a name for ourselves to the jury. Jess will want to play it safe all the time. And I do not want Shamar and Sherri thinking they are dragging me along. This is where I am at a crossroad.

I'm hoping to talk to Matt about this tomorrow. no one is online but yes im spending my friday night strategizing and getting high. i was watching kaoh rong for the queenspiration that my queen aubry radiates... I'm hoping to just freaking go with Matt and savagely blindside Jess and Alexis but I just don't want Matt thinking he made me do it, I just genuinely think they are just going a terrible route and going there is a potential Alexis win!

[Hope]

And right now I'm kind of seeing me and Matt as Adam and Hannah from MvGx, i just feel like we need to band together and take out the big threats that are in alexis, mike, sherri..... steph too....and maybe jess. jess could be leading me along. while shes got the demonstration aspect down she somehow still manages to alway talk like shes dodgey at times. like im pretty sure she told me she wouldnt vote alexis. she could be the type to "never bring herself to be able to do it" and im not trying to risk that.

[Hope]

And btw i have so many voice confessionals recorded. I’m afraid they’re too scatterbrained

[Hope]

no ones online

[Hope]

my smoke sesh was fucking lit tho i loved it and my rodney is so happy i’m spending time with him todayyyyyyyytgot sushi too and cake in a mug

[Hope]

so my boyfriend is specing an org and its the org he originally played in. theres a person who just got out at the final 6 because they apparently were removed from the game. they had accused someone of wanting to euthanize all cats, and they made a fake screenshot to show everyone that their target had said they really wanted to "euthanize all cats" word for word. the person got two strikes one for saying a reeally terrible (funny) thing and another for a screenshot.

me and my bf want to vote her best confessionals ,hero, fan favorite and some just iconic awards for the reunion LOL would be iconic. this whole story killed me

[Hope]

when you have this much time off you end up theorizing everything. tbh let’s just cut alexis now on sunday, me and matt have the numbers but i’d really be trusting him to stick to our final three. and hopefully to further his trust in me i’ll be telling him jess doesn’t want to bring him to the f3hopefully i will bring this up tomorrow if he’s around. i feel as if playing with matt is my only option to be bold. i think the jury will respect if i gathered the numbers to blindside alexis after she won that question about being the biggest threat to win. BRUHHH but it could potentially be cornering myself because she hasn’t been disloyal with me yet, she’s been true through and through. that’s what people love about her. but tbh no one has been disloyal to me yet except mike (from what i know) meanwhile i’ve probably thrown out everyones name to every person in this game so far except maybe i’ve never thrown a name out there to steph yet lol.

i could get matt, sherri,steph, and even shamar but i know he mentioned working with her today which was a little dangerous. This could be where my steal a vote could come into play. But i have no idea if this is smart, i do not want to risk pissing off shamar especially if our names are coming up together in so many final threes. I can’t do anything rn tho bc everyone is taking time off which is understandable i’m just a bit itchy to talk game asap but i gotta hold my horses idk if that’s the saying lol

[Hope]

ugh but alexis a shield.... could mike fit that role in the same way she can? he’s for sure seeming a little down in the dumps and i think most people really don’t trust him anymore after what i exposed. but he’s also a free agent right now which is threatening to many. i can’t say that about alexis. i for sure need a shield though. mike is definitely an incapacitated shield right now for sure, but who knows someone could feel just as desperate as him and work with him. Maybe steph because i have no idea where she is at, probably with sherri tbh.

[Hope]

and i think i could come out of a matt shamar f3 with a win if me and matt successfully navigate this in an impressive ass fucking way. my concern with matt in a f3 was that our moves could easily get muddled together, and he could get the credit for them. i’m going to have to stick up for myself and i plan on taking the emotional ass route of why women aren’t ever credited for their moves when the men are and use that against matt. LOL should work on a jury made up of a lot of women right now too.

[Hope]

i think the best thing that could happen is a shamar/matt/jess/me final four though, in which i left jess out of a vote or two like an alexis vote, so at that point so she can’t claim she had full control over me, she couldn’t even try to she would have to use her honor integrity loyalty argument to the jury and tbh i hope that rubs them the wrong way, it’s not right and she wouldn’t be owning her game, acting as if she NEVER lied to anyone in this game when her and liz for sure had a say in a few votes and that required lying to people. GAH well that is my most highly favorable final four now but i know shamar sees sherri in there not matt.

[Hope]

i think jess could be a scooby doo potentially. In which me and her sit at a final three and she would claim she dragged me to the end somehow (prepreprepremerge)or just claim HIT (honor integrity loyalty) which to me is the strategy that essentially consists of you not being able to own the fucking game you played *cough* coach LOL. but this is all what i intended from the start, i said in earlier confessionals i wanted liz out of the picture and become jess’s bestie for the restie. i knew jess needed people to bounce ideas off of and she had that in me mike and alexis and i’m trying to turn her away from them like Liz would do if she were in this position and im just hoping it’s working and she’s not dicking me around. because right now she loathes michael and possibly distrusts alexis, especially if i keep pushing that she could have the idol.

i also need to clarify something with alexis. the reynold vote alexis told me she wanted him out at 8:55, moments before tribal, i said yes and i gave the reason for him to go, i said he added me to this alliance chat and he was calling the shots. if that was the reason as to why everyone blindsided reynold and alexis didn’t actually get to liz and jess first then i consider that my move, something like as aubry would said was just a whisper in the wind that she made happen i felt i may have done that there but. I have to find that out. Alexis could have easily given them that information without me knowing :| so it could be hers.

And I want to use that to appeal to tai, telling him i really did do that because i knew it was going to be tai otherwise, and i gave him an extra night in the game but then from there on we could not do anything else to save him.

I’m going to need to write notes on every vote out