For me,

Kate USA 1-2 — HUMOR, PERSONALITY, CONFESSIONALS!

Carolyn USA 3 — Genuinely honest, says what she feels to your face, and doesn’t tolerate any dishonesty

Rob USA 4 — The person people will remember the season for. The overalls, the smirk, and the personality of a nonchalant charmer and a casual genius strategy.

Harry UK 2 — Basically the Rob of UK seasons, except the overalls, he had his earring as his signature accessory. He had the grin that just told you he knew exactly what he was doing. Very smart.

Fiona UK 4 — She calls out people as she sees them, like Carolyn. It’s great to see people stand their ground, and also show they respect people, regardless of the game itself.

Camille AU 2 — The alpha. She shows up, sees how things are and makes power moves throughout the game. Sometimes the biggest power move is revealing, only when the time is right, what you have been aware and planning for all along.

Treat it like a Yearbook, a Burn Book, an Appreciation Comment, or a Burning Question.

Assume their eyes will actually, literally, read your comment.

Name of Cast: Message Here.

For example:

Yearbook:

CT: Hope Summer treats you well! See you in the Fall for Senior Year Season 42!

Burn Book:

Aneesa: This one time, I heard her tell everyone she thinks she can win… it was the only time she was in the gym the entire season.

Appreciation Comment:

Mark Long: You literally made All Stars happen! Thank you for supporting the OGs, and keeping the show alive man!

Burning Question:

Ashley M.: How did it feel to do House of Villains compared to The Challenge, and will you be back next season for House of Villains?

Are you Team Rachel, Team Steven, Team Both, or Team Neither?

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With the Recruitment oftentimes causing Faithful to not want to banish the Traitors too soon, it causes many Faithful to turn on each other because they feel that a Traitor would just end up being recruited to replace a banished Traitor.

At other times, Faithful want to be recruited so they try to banish actual Traitors to make space for themselves to join the Traitors.

This is an interesting dynamic where Faithful are either always trying to become a Traitor, or if they plan to stay Faithful, they try to time going after a Traitor at the right moment.

What are your thoughts on how Recruitment should be handled per season standards, barring any other twists?

Here is my Link for the 3-Traitors Final, which has historically had a Traitors’ Dilemma.

A Traitors Dilemma has only occurred when there are 3 Traitors left.

How would things play out if there are 4 Traitors though?

Instead of being able to end the game or vote out someone, they have to write down Share or Steal.

If all Share then they split it 4 ways.

If 3 Share and 1 Steals then the $ goes to the Stealer.

If 2 Share and 2 Steal then the $ goes to the Stealers.

If 1 Shares and 3 Steal then the $ goes to the Stealers.

If all Steal then no one gets the $ at all.

SCENARIO:

You are at Top 4, and realize you don’t completely trust your fellow Traitors, and are stuck in the Traitors Dilemma.

At this point, you are unable to throw in a Pouch at all. You can only Vote to SHARE OR STEAL.

SHARE:

If you SHARE at least someone is guaranteed to get the money because only when all 4 people STEAL does it end with $0.

STEAL:

Hope that at least someone else makes that sacrifice to SHARE so you can get a bigger prize.

Overall:

Ultimately, with now all 4 Traitors at the Final 4, and no pouches, you don’t get to see who would have Voted Red or Green at Final 4, like if there was at least 1 Faithful, to gauge anyone’s choices.

You also know two things are true: At least 1 more person is capable of Stealing even if 3 others would Share, and it also means at least 1 more person is capable of Sharing even if 3 others would Steal.

This adds an interesting dynamic:

Should you Steal if everyone else is more likely to panic and Steal too?

If not, then should you Share if everyone else is afraid to Steal because they assume everyone else will Steal?

Please share your thoughts and comments on this NEW, UNPRECEDENTED Final 4 dynamic.

Here is my Link for the 3-Traitors Final, which has historically had a Traitors’ Dilemma.

A Traitors Dilemma has only occurred when there are 3 Traitors left.

How would things play out if there are 4 Traitors though?

Instead of being able to end the game or vote out someone, they have to write down Share or Steal.

If all Share then they split it 4 ways.

If 3 Share and 1 Steals then the $ goes to the Stealer.

If 2 Share and 2 Steal then the $ goes to the Stealers.

If 1 Shares and 3 Steal then the $ goes to the Stealers.

If all Steal then no one gets the $ at all.

SCENARIO:

You are at Top 4, and realize you don’t completely trust your fellow Traitors, and are stuck in the Traitors Dilemma.

At this point, you are unable to throw in a Pouch at all. You can only Vote to SHARE OR STEAL.

SHARE:

If you SHARE at least someone is guaranteed to get the money because only when all 4 people STEAL does it end with $0.

STEAL:

Hope that at least someone else makes that sacrifice to SHARE so you can get a bigger prize.

Overall:

Ultimately, with now all 4 Traitors at the Final 4, and no pouches, you don’t get to see who would have Voted Red or Green at Final 4, like if there was at least 1 Faithful, to gauge anyone’s choices.

You also know two things are true: At least 1 more person is capable of Stealing even if 3 others would Share, and it also means at least 1 more person is capable of Sharing even if 3 others would Steal.

This adds an interesting dynamic:

Should you Steal if everyone else is more likely to panic and Steal too?

If not, then should you Share if everyone else is afraid to Steal because they assume everyone else will Steal?

Please share your thoughts and comments on this NEW, UNPRECEDENTED Final 4 dynamic.

Let me know your thoughts.

A good example would have been Landon on RIVALS 1-2.

He would be paired on a team with someone like Brad, or Kenny, to pull off a win.

Landon also could potentially win on Free Agents.

With no Carley, or others to be an anchor, he would be able to show his individual abilities (like on The Duel 2).

Evelyn won The Inferno 3, The Island, Rivals 1, and lost The Gauntlet 3, The Ruins, FM 1 and FM 2.

Since Evelyn was only on teams seasons, it would be nice to see her do well on a solo season.

I think she would have been able to compete well on Free Agents, and I assume she would do well on Invasion of Champs (especially as she gets to come in later in the season).

For Free Agents, Devyn would be replaced by Evelyn, and I think she would have given Laurel a run for her $, but likely only due to Zach’s performance.

On Invasion, I think she could make the final if she doesn’t have to face Camilla in the eliminations (Champs face Champs in the eliminations, so she won’t have to face Nicole or Ashley).

It is a toss up, as Camilla even beat Laurel in Laurel’s first ever loss in an elimination.

So, if Evelyn went in vs Camilla, she would either win and replace her in the final, or lose and go home just before the final.

I think a wildcard season is — Battle of the Seasons.

I could see her replacing Cara Maria as the defacto female who went home day 1 of their Fresh Meat season.

With Her, Camilla, and Brandon, their performance would bode well as long as Big Easy doesn’t anchor them. The goal would be to win Dailies and I think by this point in her career, she would have learned to focus on politics more as she won’t have Paula for that like she did on Rivals 1.

Next, I don’t know how well she would do on D30, but I feel like she could have done another Rivals season, with Bananas as her Rival on Rivals 3.

She has way more history with him than Sarah ever did, and I actually think they may have shared the $ with each other bc they didn’t hate each other by the end of Rivals 1, but they still had enough storyline to warrant that casting.

Johnny, if anything, would “owe” her for The Island, and she wouldn’t forget the sending her in on The Ruins against KellyAnne.

Evelyn would definitely have still won, since Johnny won with Sarah, and Sarah’s only greater skills than Evelyn are politics and puzzles, which Johnny more than makes up for her as his partner.

Landon won The Inferno 2, The Gauntlet 2, Fresh Meat 2, and lost The Duel 2.

Since 2’s seem to be his seasons, I would assume he would have made the casting on Rivals 2 and Exes 2.

I think if he was paired with Brad on Rivals 2, he would have made the final. I don’t know if he would have beaten CT & Wes, but he would have made the final over Jordan & Marlon.

On Exes 2, he would be paired with Shauvonda (his ex from RW Philadelphia).

I think she would hold him back, but he would finally develop politics to survive after trying to do well on his own to win Dailies. (If he wins enough where people can’t throw him in, they are more likely to work with him since they can’t eliminate him).

I think a wildcard season is — Bloodlines.

It would be difficult to say how well he would do since his partner is based on his family back home.

But if he has a fit male cousin or brother I could see him winning against Cara & Jaime in the final.

I don’t know about other seasons like Dirty 30, but I would be more likely to say Free Agents or Invasion of Champions bc those seasons are not as grueling.

I would mention that by then he would likely be out of his prime, but then again, so was CT, and he won Invasion.

I think CT won Invasion bc Corey & Nelson were hotheaded fools who argued with their partners and made enough mistakes to do redos that cost them time.

CT kept his partners motivated and confident, but Landon (after seeing FM2) would have that mastered too, and so CT would actually have to face a fit and ready Landon at full speed, with basically no mistakes.

A Traitors Dilemma occurs when there are 3 Traitors left.

Instead of being able to end the game or vote out someone, they have to write down Share or Steal.

If all Share then they split it 3 ways.

If 2 Share and 1 Steals then the $ goes to the Stealer.

If 1 Shares and 2 Steal then the $ goes to the Stealers.

If all Steal then no one gets the $ at all.

SCENARIO:

You are at Top 4, and realize you don’t completely trust your fellow Traitors if you got to the Traitors Dilemma.

At this point, you are aware, it is NOT good to vote to banish out the Faithful.

Your 4 best options are:

End Game at Final 4 — to prevent the Traitors Dilemma and hope the rest vote Green too.

RISK: If you are the only Green pouch, it means the Faithful will assume you must be a Traitor. (This also means that if a Traitor was going to vote out the other Traitor \*not you\*, then they will end up voting you out instead bc the Faithful will vote for you).

End Game at Top 3: Vote Banish Again to eliminate the Traitor at Final 4 you trust least, and try to get the other Traitor and Faithful to vote that way as well. Then just end the Game at Top 3.

RISK: If you are the only Red pouch, it means you could have won, but gave up the guarantee. It also means both Traitors think you will turn on them, and will likely both vote for you. You would need the Faithful to vote with you to stalemate. But if you convince one Traitor to turn on the other, then you have the majority of 3vs1, if they trust you want to share with them.

End Game at Top 2: Vote out the other Traitor with the Faithful’s vote and your own.

RISK: If you are the only red pouch, then the Traitor who worked with you previously, will know you are going to eliminate them. You rely completely on the Faithful trusting you, which risks the other Traitor convincing the Faithful to vote for you.

OR

End the Game at Top 2: Work with the other Traitor to mutually vote out the Faithful and split the $ with your final remaining fellow Traitor.

RISK: You see the Faithful throws in the Red Pouch. There is a 50% chance that they are going to vote for you, or the other Traitor. So you have to convince that Traitor that the Faithful should be eliminated to secure both of you. If the Faithful says they are voting for you, then the other Traitor may vote for you too, and not want to share the $.

This is amplified if the other Traitor throws in the red pouch, with or without the Faithful. At that point, it’s clear they are voting for you, and you rely on the Faithful to win.

A Traitors Dilemma occurs when there are 3 Traitors left.

Instead of being able to end the game or vote out someone, they have to write down Share or Steal.

If all Share then they split it 3 ways.

If 2 Share and 1 Steals then the $ goes to the Stealer.

If 1 Shares and 2 Steal then the $ goes to the Stealers.

If all Steal then no one gets the $ at all.

SCENARIO:

You are at Top 4, and realize you don’t completely trust your fellow Traitors if you got to the Traitors Dilemma.

At this point, you are aware, it is NOT good to vote to banish out the Faithful.

Your 4 best options are:

End Game at Final 4 — to prevent the Traitors Dilemma and hope the rest vote Green too.

RISK: If you are the only Green pouch, it means the Faithful will assume you must be a Traitor. (This also means that if a Traitor was going to vote out the other Traitor *not you*, then they will end up voting you out instead bc the Faithful will vote for you).

End Game at Top 3: Vote Banish Again to eliminate the Traitor at Final 4 you trust least, and try to get the other Traitor and Faithful to vote that way as well. Then just end the Game at Top 3.

RISK: If you are the only Red pouch, it means you could have won, but gave up the guarantee. It also means both Traitors think you will turn on them, and will likely both vote for you. You would need the Faithful to vote with you to stalemate. But if you convince one Traitor to turn on the other, then you have the majority of 3vs1, if they trust you want to share with them.

End Game at Top 2: Vote out the other Traitor with the Faithful’s vote and your own.

RISK: If you are the only red pouch, then the Traitor who worked with you previously, will know you are going to eliminate them. You rely completely on the Faithful trusting you, which risks the other Traitor convincing the Faithful to vote for you.

OR

End the Game at Top 2: Work with the other Traitor to mutually vote out the Faithful and split the $ with your final remaining fellow Traitor.

RISK: You see the Faithful throws in the Red Pouch. There is a 50% chance that they are going to vote for you, or the other Traitor. So you have to convince that Traitor that the Faithful should be eliminated to secure both of you. If the Faithful says they are voting for you, then the other Traitor may vote for you too, and not want to share the $.

This is amplified if the other Traitor throws in the red pouch, with or without the Faithful. At that point, it’s clear they are voting for you, and you rely on the Faithful to win.

I would call this “The Immaculate Conversion”.

Convert a Traitor into a Faithful.

But it’s before you meet them for the Day 1 in the Turret.

The Host would simply hint for the start of the first mission at the end of breakfast: “It will be especially important for everyone here to win a shield… even a Traitor.”

Just as they are being presented with the Hooded Cloak, the host says “I am sorry, but this Hooded Cloak is for Traitors only. And you have been converted by another Traitor back down to a Faithful, so you will not become a Traitor. However, there is still the possibility that you may be recruited in the future.

As for now, hurry back up to the castle… someone else will be taking your place.

Oh, and one more thing… because you are no longer a Traitor, that means you may be up for murder… just something to think about.”

This would occur if a Traitor / multiple Traitors wins a shield during the first mission, while at least 1 Traitor does not.

That Shield would be “converted” into a rejection for another recruited Traitor that at that point only the Host would know the Host had picked.

The Host would simply ask the Traitor(s) individually if they want to block a Traitor from being able to join them if they didn’t win a shield, and that it is a 1-time offer.

They don’t get to know who was the Traitor, just that it was a Traitor who didn’t have a shield (they would have to deduce that on their own).

If they accept, they turn in their shield later and then they get to block someone else. From here, that is the secret move.

Then, the person who takes their place is someone Faithful who did win a shield and is selected by the Host.

When they meet in the Turret, they wouldn’t know who was the replacement and who was the original…
And neither would the audience.

Only at the finale would it be revealed, as a flashback scene of who the Host selected and who was going to be the last original Traitor before the other Traitor(s) blocked them.

They would film the person getting rejected first… for maximum impact and film the rest without telling us who was their replacement… because this season would not show us who was tapped on the shoulder. We would only find out who is a Traitor at the recruitment Oath ceremony.

We wouldn’t know which Traitors had a shield and which Faithful had the shield to replace them.

The Traitors wouldn’t know about whether the Conversion even happened, they could assume all Traitors earned a shield, or that any one of them could have been the replacement.

The replacement will be informed of how they were recruited differently, but reminded it is up to them to divulge to the other Traitors when they meet at the Day 1 Turret… as they may prefer to keep that information to themselves.

A Queen rules a Kingdom, but it is an Empress who rules an entire Empire of Kingdoms…

Who is 100% That Female who just exudes what it means to be a Housewife?

For me, it’s always been Camille…

The proof? On seasons when she is just not even a Full-Time Housewife, she had more camera / screen time than actual Full-Time cast — case in point Season 9 of RHOBH.

She alone faced against pretty much everyone including at the reunion.

She called out Dorit, Teddy, and Denise, and the best part is, there was no real defense for Dorit, or Teddy because no one even bothered to defend them.

Lisa tried to deflect to protect Denise, but Camille wasn’t sorry, and in some ways that just proves “I don’t owe you anything, I just don’t like you.”

It was petty in the most professional way possible: as a REAL Housewife cast member.

Mind you, this was the season Vanderpump quit and didn’t even attend the reunion.

So it was Camille, the brave one, against the main cast solo!

What are your thoughts on how a Faithful has to navigate the game, and what happens if they decide to get recruited?

Let’s talk about all things Faithful and the sheer gameplay differences that separate them from a Traitor’s strategy and likelihood of winning.

I am talking absolutely QUEEN of Era 2:

Laurel
Tori Hall
Camilla
Cara
Sarah
Paula
Emily
Evelyn

Did I miss anyone relevant?

YOU TELL ME WHO TAKES THE CROWN!👑 👸

There are not as many champs from Era 3 as 1-2, bc many Era 1-2 women kept dominating in later Eras, BUT that just proves women of Era 3 simply had more competition, which makes their wins (when they do win) all the more impressive…

After all, Era 3 women had the same number of winners as Era 4 women champs (not including those random Era 4 National spinoff winners).

List of women (bc they are so few and far in between we don’t have them memorized):

Ashley K. (Battle of the Seasons 2012)

Sam (Battle of the Seasons 2012)

- Regardless of her reputation, making a final in both of her seasons (despite being considered “weak”, is nothing to dismiss).

Ashley M. (Invasion of Champs AND Final Reckoning)

- She won fastest overall person on Final Reckoning, AND that is both Without and With the Time Penalties (Joss & Sylvia used a bigger time penalty on Ashley & Hunter than Natalie & Paulie used on Joss & Sylvia).

Tori (Ride or Dies)

Jonna (All Stars 2 AND 3)

Jonna’s 2 All Stars wins combined > 1 Flagship 2nd place, which puts her in the conversation.

And that’s why even if someone got 2nd place in a harder final (think of Sylvia in Final Reckoning), that doesn’t change the fact Jonna won multiple times.

Comment from a competitor, commentary, and narrative (story arc) vantage point.

It doesn’t have to be able one thing or the other, it can be about it all!

Veronica:

3 wins, no Karma Points required.

RECORD: Most Dailies ever won by a Woman:

51 DAILIES WON! (Cara has more seasons but is only 2nd with 49)

2 / 7 ELIMINATIONS WON!

Veronica has more Daily wins than everyone else except for Johnny & CT who have had way more seasons.

Rachel:

3 wins, no “pre-elimination” seasons required.

RECORD: Biggest ever Gap from 1st & Last win for a Woman.

26 DAILIES WON

4 / 7 ELIMINATIONS WON!

33 SEASONS & 21 YEARS (2003-2004 thru 2024 - 2025) BETWEEN THE GAUNTLET (S7) 1 & ERAS (S40).

Veronica — “I invented Challenge Politics and Polidicking, don’t compare your wins to me Bitch! You are always second fiddle in our dynamic!”

Rachel — “I invented Females Can Compete with Men, don’t compare your wins to Me Bitch! You are always talking, I do the walking in our dynamic!”
***
Tina is the referee for having been friends with both.

You decide how the argument goes, and DON’T hold back.

What would Veronica have to say?

What would Rachel have to say?

Regina pulled up in her Jeep playing Milkshake by Kelis.

Janis Ian is blasting Complicated by Avril from her Pinto.

The referee is Cady because she is basically playing both sides so she has to be fair.

Regina steps out with her hands on her hips ready to spew venom at the former plastic Janice.

Janis Ian steps out of her car with her arms crossed eyes dead locked at the sight of Regina.

It’s about to begin…

You decide how it will go!

Who is at fault here?

Oh? And if your answer is “both” explain why.

I think my favorite cast member is Carolyn S3 USA.

She has the quirkiness of Kate, but she is more literal about it, and not just doing it to stand out.

She has the whole “Tell you how I actually feel” dynamic.

She doesn’t try to keep secrets, if she has a problem you will hear it from her directly.