The Purple Parrot wrote:
Erik had to go. He just had to.

Natalie may seem like the obvious choice to be the next one out... But I think Cirie is smarter than that. If Cirie goes to the final 3 with Amanda, Cirie loses. If Cirie gets Amanda out next, she wins.

It's simple as that.

And we all know that when talking about strategy, Cirie always gets what she wants.