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Some initial thoughts at reading the bios of the characters.

-Ace will probably be a villain who goes kind of far. I don't know why but he kind of gives me a late early boot (like episode 5ish) to right before the merge boot.

-Corinne comes off as someone with a story that can't last for very long just from reading her bio

-Bob doesn't leave me with the impression that he'll be a very big character in yoru fanfic

-Crystal sounds like someone who goes very far in the game in something of a Sherea role in this season, though part of me wonders if you have Jeff talk about her like an end gamer because she's super visible the first few episodes, then goes home early and unexpectedly (kind of like Romber in allstars TAR).

Ace - 6
Bob - 5
Charlie - 5
Corinne - 6
Crystal - 6
Dan - 5
G.C. - 5
Gillian - 5
Jacquie - 4
Kelly - 5
Ken - 5
Marcus - 4
Matty - 5
Michelle - 5
Paloma - 5
Randy - 6
Sugar - 5
Susie - 4

I've got a prediction on the winner's edit to I'll say right now. Looking back at the winners you've had so far I'd describe the last few's edits like this.

-Tracy: Extremely charsmatic you could say with how she got others to change sides and help her win, for a lot of the game you could say she dominated, except early on, overall she'd be remembered as a dominator.
-Dave: Despite all of his constant constant conflict and fighting with others, he simply was a dominator who controlled a lot of the people in his tribe well, despite them worrying about his relationship with Leslie and Denise.
-Candice: Wasn't as much of a dominator, kind of middle of the roadish, knowing when to switch and when not to switch.
-Stacy: Was no dominator at all, it was about how her opponent lost.

So my point about the last four winners? I think we're about due for a story of why second place lost, and for someone who didn't dominate so much, but probably comes from behind after looking totally screwed for several episodes in a row in the merge.

So just who has the right stuff to be an underdog winner, and who has the right stuff to be in control of the game and then self destruct at the last minute? Well here's two lists I've made

Potential dominators
-Ace
-Charlie
-Ken
-Crystal
-Marcus

Potential Underdogs
-Randy
-GC
-Jacquie
-Sugar
-Kelly
-Bob

As for the people not in the lists I'll go over them briefly.

-Corinne: WAY too much like Stacy to be an underdog winner. Much as I'd kind of like the thought of a woman who causes lots of conflict dominating, I doubt we'll see it from her. Like I mentioned above I don't think she'll last long.

-Dan & Matty: Both of them give me the feeling that they have the potential to self destruct in the end game, and because of that I doubt they could be an underdog winner. Yet both of them also seem to lack the ability to dominate for most of the game.

-Gilligan: No way can she be a dominator. I also don't think she has what it takes to be an underdog winner.

-Michelle: I don't think she has what it takes to be a dominator, as an underdog... she seems to be kind of... lacking shall we say, the ability to do it differently then Stacy.

-Paloma: She doesn't sound very important to me based on Jeff's words.

-Susie: On one had she'd be a little bit different from Stacy, but she still seems too similar to Stacy to me, and also gives me a feeling of not being as important for some reason.

Now I'll get onto my dominators who could blow it at the end.

-Crystal: My #1 choice for the dominator who blows it is Crystal, her bio just screams "I'm important", and sounds like she'll dominate at something. Her description from Jeff reminds me a lot of Dave, and leaves me wondering if she'll be like a Dave who actually does blow it, or an obvious F2 loser from early on who really does lose.

-Ace: Being a villain who's willing to backstab would be a decent role for a realistic F2 loser who dominates but blows it.

-Charlie: He's described like such a dominator by Jeff, that it makes me put him here. The only problem I have with him is he reminds me a bit too much of Earl, a likeable guy who loses in the end.

-Ken: The mentions about manipulation and being a strategist by Jeff lead me to put him here.

-Marcus: Maybe it's from the show, but more then anyone he reminds me of Earl, he seems too much like Earl in fact, but still since he's similar to Earl I'll put him in my list.

If you asked me to rate the chances of each being the dominator I'd give Crystal the highest chances. Ken, Charlie, and Ace I'd give somewhat likely odds to, and Marcus the smallest odds simply because he's too similar to Earl.

As for the underdog who unseats the dominator in the end, here's my reasons for each pick.

-Randy: He's kind of a long shot to be the underdog in a way, but here's my logic for him. Randy is someone with the potential to create the suspense that they could be an underdog who might lose a jury vote simply because of his personality. He's such a lonely guy in real life that maybe he'll end up being alone in the merge, and everyone will ignore him for a while thinking they can always take him out later, or no one would want to save an obnoxious jerk like him and screw over their majority alliance. A Randy underdog would likely be taken far, possibly to the end, because they're viewed as a weak jury opponent.

-GC: Even more so then Randy, Jeff talks about him as being a loner, which means he could be viewed as friendless and therefore not a threat at being able to turn the game around due to lack of social skills, and therefore kept around longer in a merge while in the minority despite being a strong guy. The way a GC underdog would win is either by going on an immunity run to the end, and/or by others deciding that a certain round, like the F5, is when they'll flip alliances, and GC surviving by immunity runs would be who they'd go to for an alliance, despite GC's lack of social connections. In order to win a jury vote he'd probably go for the 'respect me for winning all these immunities and being the last of my group here despite being the strongest'.

-Jacquie: I just get a feeling from Jeff's description of her that she'll have some kind of an important strategic role in the game. And she sounds like she may have the skills for a comeback near the end.

-Sugar: At first I thought she would be too similar to Stacy, but then reading Jeff's thoughts I realized she actually wasn't. Despite being emotional, she has the potential to use her overly emotional personality, and crying, to gain sympathy and possibly make others screw up their game from feeling bad for her.

-Bob: Unfortunately a Bob win would be very similar to what we saw on the real season of Gabon, so I pray it's not him.

-Kelly: Jeff sure talks about her as if she'll get herself in a good situation for making an underdog comeback from behind.

Out of the underdog choices I'm much more divided on who it could be. Really I don't have too strong a feeling on any of them being it. The ones who I'd give better odds of it being however would be GC, Randy, and Sugar.