Does JnJ know something that we 2016'ers don't know?

Both episodes had Needle survive against another contestant by a close margin (1,631 less than Pencil, 1,130 against Nickel), but Needle emerged victorious and finds herself in the Final 2

Assuming the UFE contestants remain the same, here is how I think the order would have gone:

BFDIA 17

• 8: - Needle gets out over Pencil. Coiny and Pin still win immunity
• 7: - Pencil is eliminated, with Nickel being last safe (I feel like Pencil's actions would be considered more egregious than Nickel's, especially with the former being eliminated with significantly more votes than the latter)
• 6: - Fries, as I can't imagine Nickel getting a dislike boost ala Fries this episode
• 5: - Pin (Tennis Ball wins immunity in BFDIA 19, so does Book somehow, and Nickel has to beg TB to not put him UFE)
• 4: - Nickel (I think Coiny could survive over Nickel here)
• 3: - Tennis Ball (TB vs Coiny showdown)
• 2: - Coiny
• 1: - Book

For BFDIA 18, the sole difference would be Needle and Pencil swapping places. I think everything with Nickel would go as per the above

BFDIA 3 had all but 3 of the contestants UFE, so I thought it would be interesting to see how things would change if for every Cake at Stake, the safety order remained the same, regardless of who was UFE and what they did. Coiny, Pin, and TD weren't UFE here, so they will keep the ranks they got in canon

• 22: - Donut (First boot remains first boot)
• 21: - Dora (Team No-Name's first time being UFE)
• 20: - Teardrop (WOAH Bunch's second time being UFE, but TD's first time)
• 19: - Fries (replaced by Match) (The first big change - as Fries was in the bottom two the last time Team No-Name was UFE, he gets eliminated here. This means that Match is able to swap over to Freesmart in official capacity)
• 18: - Golf Ball (replaced by Puffball) (Yellow Face got more dislikes in BFDIA 3, but because he swapped over to WOAH Bunch, GB gets the boot instead despite Puffball betraying the team)
• 17: - Yellow Face (replaced by Rocky) (WOAH Bunch consists of Coiny, Pin, Bomby, Needle, Rocky, Nickel, Spongy, and Yellow Face. Of the latter 6, Yellow Face got the most dislikes in BFDIA 3 so he is out)
• 16: - Match (replaced by Firey) (Firey and Gelatin still switch over, but even if they didn't and Freesmart still lost, it wouldn't matter because both of them got fewer dislikes than Match)
• 15: - Spongy (replaced by Rocky) (Technically, Spongy would be replaced by Yellow Face, but Yellow Face already got out and was replaced with Rocky, so looks like he'll be pulling a Needle and playing for two)
• 14: - Firey (replaced by Gelatin) (Team No-Name consists of Tennis Ball, Puffball, Gelatin, and Firey, and of those 4, Firey got the most dislikes so he's out)
• 13: - Pencil (replaced by Rocky) (Everyone but Fries was UFE, but because Fries got out in 19th place, everyone is UFE. Pencil had the most dislikes out of everyone left and replaces Spongy, who was replaced by Rocky)
• 12: - Ruby (replaced by Ice Cube) (Freesmart - now consisting of just Ice Cube, Book, and Ruby - was put UFE here. It wouldn't matter if Needle was forced onto Freesmart this episode or the next one, because she, Icy, and Book all got fewer dislikes than Ruby... and just like that, Freesmart is down to two members and up by one)
• 11: - Nickel (replaced by Puffball) (Golf Ball got out here initially, but she was eliminated in the episode where Puffball initially got out)
• 10: - Book (replaced by Ice Cube) (The 5 teams were Tennis Ball / Puffball, Coiny/Pin, Needle/Rocky, Bomby/Gelatin, and Book/Icy. Book/Icy lost and the latter got more dislikes than the former, so the one who was supposed to win Dream Island gets out the same episode in which Ruby canonically got out.
• 9: - Ice Cube (replaced by Bomby) (The Hearts in this timeline consist of Coiny, Rocky, and Gelatin. Of the remaining contestants, Ice Cube got the most dislikes, resulting in her elimination and Freesmart's decimation. Had Rocky or Gelatin been UFE, she might have survived)
• 8: - Gelatin (replaced by Rocky) (Nickel initially won immunity here, but he's out and replaced by Puffball, so everyone but her is UFE, and Gelatin is out as he got the most dislikes)
• 7: - Rocky (replaced by Puffball) (Coiny and Pin won immunity, and Rocky gets out for having the most dislikes out of everyone)
• 6: - Needle (replaced by Puffball) (Pin won immunity, and Needle had the most dislikes out of everyone left)
• 5: - Pin (Same as canon)
• 4: - Coiny (Same as canon)
• 3: - Puffball (Bomby would have gotten out here, but he replaced Ice Cube, who replaced Book, who won immunity in canon, so Puffball goes away)
• Our final 2 is Tennis Ball and Bomby - both boys (ironic given how the current final 2 are both girls). As the winner is determined by overall votes rather than likes / dislikes, we will do the same here... and our runner up is... ... ...
• 2: - Tennis Ball (with 229 dislikes and 55 likes, Tennis Ball racked up 284 votes in BFDIA 3. And the winner? Well,)
• 1: - Bomby (237 likes and 60 dislikes, Bomby wins BFDIA with 297 votes)
• Best Improvements: - Puffball (15 spots), Rocky (10 spots), Bomby (8 spots)
• Worst Drop-offs: - Fries (13 spots), Book (8-9 spots), Golf Ball (7 spots)

• Some honorable mentions - Grassy under overhated, Pie under underrated

• I feel like they're going to get 10 votes each
• Some contestants could go either way, like Firey, Dora, Fries, TB, Pencil, and Nickel

• * EDIT - Title should was BFDIA but...

BFDIA 3 had all but 3 of the contestants UFE, so I thought it would be interesting to see how things would change if for every Cake at Stake, the safety order remained the same, regardless of who was UFE and what they did. Coiny, Pin, and TD weren't UFE here, so they will keep the ranks they got in canon

• 22: - Donut (First boot remains first boot)
• 21: - Dora (Team No-Name's first time being UFE)
• 20: - Teardrop (WOAH Bunch's second time being UFE, but TD's first time)
• 19: - Fries (replaced by Match) (The first big change - as Fries was in the bottom two the last time Team No-Name was UFE, he gets eliminated here. This means that Match is able to swap over to Freesmart in official capacity)
• 18: - Golf Ball (replaced by Puffball) (Yellow Face got more dislikes in BFDIA 3, but because he swapped over to WOAH Bunch, GB gets the boot instead despite Puffball betraying the team)
• 17: - Yellow Face (replaced by Rocky) (WOAH Bunch consists of Coiny, Pin, Bomby, Needle, Rocky, Nickel, Spongy, and Yellow Face. Of the latter 6, Yellow Face got the most dislikes in BFDIA 3 so he is out)
• 16: - Match (replaced by Firey) (Firey and Gelatin still switch over, but even if they didn't and Freesmart still lost, it wouldn't matter because both of them got fewer dislikes than Match)
• 15: - Spongy (replaced by Rocky) (Technically, Spongy would be replaced by Yellow Face, but Yellow Face already got out and was replaced with Rocky, so looks like he'll be pulling a Needle and playing for two)
• 14: - Firey (replaced by Gelatin) (Team No-Name consists of Tennis Ball, Puffball, Gelatin, and Firey, and of those 4, Firey got the most dislikes so he's out)
• 13: - Pencil (replaced by Rocky) (Everyone but Fries was UFE, but because Fries got out in 19th place, everyone is UFE. Pencil had the most dislikes out of everyone left and replaces Spongy, who was replaced by Rocky)
• 12: - Ruby (replaced by Ice Cube) (Freesmart - now consisting of just Ice Cube, Book, and Ruby - was put UFE here. It wouldn't matter if Needle was forced onto Freesmart this episode or the next one, because she, Icy, and Book all got fewer dislikes than Ruby... and just like that, Freesmart is down to two members and up by one)
• 11: - Nickel (replaced by Puffball) (Golf Ball got out here initially, but she was eliminated in the episode where Puffball initially got out)

We have now passed the halfway point. The final 10 consists of Coiny, Pin, Tennis Ball, Bomby, Needle, Book, Puffball, Ice Cube, Rocky, and Gelatin. The last 4 replace Nickel, Ruby, Pencil, and Fries respectively. See you in part 2.

• Two things that support my theory - the Evil Leafy cliffhanger and the fact that Pin is still red and limbless. We know that Pin gets her limbs in March 2026, but it would be weird to end BFDIA 24 with a cliffhanger, only to ignore it the following episode and act like nothing happened.
• What I think will happen is that Evil Leafy consumes the WTF'ers and its up to Book and Needle to save them. They do that and two months later, they pay a visit to Jack to obtain the results... or at least they try to.

• They were all first put UFE in the 8th episodes of Deluxe, Seriously, and Resort respectively. Beach Ball was the only one of the three to survive.
• Birdie was first put UFE in episode 9 of Resort, but she skipped the first half of the game, so she doesn't count