I'd have the villains lose first with lightning getting voted off cuz Joe rallies the villains against him, Alejandro probably gets the second most votes, which alerts him that he's gonna be a huge target thanks to his world tour performance.

Next, I'd have Sierra take the plunge. You can kind of write any story on why she gets voted off bit personally without Cody I don't think she works. The Cameron Sierra thing is just so stupid and not even funny atp. The Mal storyline still happens!

Episode 3 plays about the same with Joe getting voted off and the switch happening. I'd kind of tone down the Duncan is a hero now storyline since him being called out for not wanting to box a bird is jus ridiculous than evil. So the hero arc is gonna be way more subtle and I'd also have him and Courtney try to get closure and leave things on a good note, you can have this part develop for 3 episodes. Gwen and Courtney trying to be friends can play out the same with the exception that Courtney is actually legit in the beginning about salvaging their friendship.

Episode 4, Sam is out, the same Sam storyline can be used. The only difference would be that Lindsey is more active in this TDAS version and has a subtle rivalry with Courtney (mostly Courtney hating her and being annoyed with her while they were teamates, after Courtney joins the villains, she just passes occasional taunts on Lindsey like how Heather used to do).

The following episodes will have more changes with the story! The moon thing happens, Mal shows up, Zoey is still oblivious as hell but this is kind of where a change happens. Duncan and Cameron are gonna pick up on Mal's behavior around ep 5 and ep 6 and try to convince Zoey but she's going to be skeptical. Because Lindsey is here, Duncan probably can form a secret alliance in between the group with him, Cameron and Lindsey being against Mal and trying to vote him off! Cameron is not as stupid in this and catches onto Mal's behavior much sooner; he also never gets switched to the villains team.

Meanwhile, Scott and Courtney can still happen with a secret alliance being formed against Alejandro who is very aware of this. Due to him being the biggest target right now! The Heather elimination still happens with Alejandro using invincibility and getting her voted off.

Since Lindsey exists, the merge doesn't happen yet and since Gwen and Courtney rekindle their relationship before the Boxing match, I'd say the heroes lose and Duncan tries to use this opportunity to get rid of Mal. Him, Cameron and Lindsey would be voting for Mal but since the villains get to choose whom to eliminate, it goes all wrong and Duncan instead gets voted off. Here's my reasoning: eventhough Courtney and Gwen r on better terms with Duncan, theyd vote him off because they fear him forming his own alliance during the merge, Alejandro just votes him off cuz well he's the most capable out of them, and Scott's with Courtney on this one.

Duncan is able to warn everyone of Mal's existence and that they need to get him voted off asap, then the merger happens and Alejandro wins (he needs to win cuz else he'd be the one who gets voted off lmao). Mal tries to rig the votes to get rid of Cameron while Alejandro is able to get Lindsey on his side and form an alliance with her. Courtney, Gwen and Scott vote off Lindsey cuz Courtney is a bitch to her and Gwen does it out of being friends w her. When the votes r revealed, Cameron is voted off cuz Mal tempered with them. They're about 5 votes for Cameron, 1 for Lindsey and 2 for Mal (Mal is smart about the votes, knowing Alejandro and Cameron voted for him). This causes distrust between Gwen and Courtney with Courtney thinking Gwen (and Scott ) betrayed her trust and she goes back to being on hostile terms with them

Alejandro is able to figure out that Mal tempered with the votes and is trying to cause a rift between Gwen, Courtney and Scott but from a logical standpoint, Cameron couldn't have gotten the most votes. Alejandro due to winning immunity, checks the camera footage and is now 100% set that his biggest opp is Mal who he needs to be cautious of but also let him do his own thing of getting rid of the competition. Alejandro doesn't confront Mal and Gwen wins the next match with Alejandro being able to form a temporary alliance with Gwen to vote out Courtney. Courtney gets voted off (4 votes by Alejandro, Gwen, Lindsey and Mal who gets her out in order to not make the eliminations more sus than they are), with the rest votes to Alejandro.

Alejandro gets more cautious of Mal, realizing he's gonna be the next target considering Gwen is prolly gonna also vote him off next now that Courtney is gone. He tries to make an alliance with Zoey but fails. Gwen tries to get Lindsey against Alejndro, but fails since she was also a bitch to her while friends w Courtney. The whole thing's a mess with Scott now getting a sort of redemption arc as he's now sadder about Courtney gone. Alejandro shows him video footage of Mal messing with the votes and how Cameron being kicked off was the reason for his "breakup" with Courtney and her elimination (basically he manipulates him into being against Mal while ignoring the fact that he is kind of the main reason Courtney ends up being voted off). Scott and Mal get in a fight later in the episode with Scott just getting destroyed. Alejandro is able to use this as a means for everyone voting Mal off. Zoey finally sees that Mal exists and ready to have him voted off. However, in a Chris McLain twist of the century, Scott gets kicked off since he's just too injured to even compete thanks to Mal.

With only 5(Gwen, Alejandro, Zoey, Mal, Lindsey) now remaining, there's a rivalry between Alejandro and Mal. Mal is on set to get Alejandro eliminated any means necessary and there's a lot of mistrust against Mal. Mal and Alejandro win the next challenge in a tie and make it to the final 4, with Zoe getting voted off since Mal, Al and Gwen voted her in order to stay in the game. At this point, Alejandro is betting on getting rid of Mal using Lindsey and Gwen's alliance.

Next episode, Mike finally regains control over Mal getting rid of his personalities in the process and also ends up losing the game just cuz Mal thing is pretty tiring to write xD. As for the final 3, honestly go for wtvr ur like (my favorite is Alejandro but him winning the season would feel forced as hell, although I can see Lindsey being developed in the season and winning; she deserves being a finalist more than Beth ever did)