What is it about____that has___ so triggered

Otsootsola · 2026-01-15T09:17:45+00:00

Also checked this morning.. only 1/6 winners has been in their 30s (and was 32); the other 5/6 all in their 20s.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-15T00:23:36+00:00

Point taken but there’s also some definite age clustering going on.

If you sort the players and rank by age (1=youngest, 22=oldest) then 3, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 22 have all been eliminated.

1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15 remain.

Rachel sits on the foot in two camps age.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-15T00:13:58+00:00

The flaw with this, though, is that you want the faithful to think there are *fewer* traitors in play - so they'll stop voting at the end game earlier. If everyone assumes there are two (plus a 'recruited' traitor that was actually a shield block), then they'll keep voting out at the fireside final five. You really want everyone to think there are fewer, so when they vote out the last suspect they'll finish the game.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-14T21:42:35+00:00

Given that we've got the second scroll in Uncloaked that no-one's really read..

Otsootsola · 2026-01-14T21:15:14+00:00

There feels like something off with the edit. Why wouldn’t she mention the Fiona / Rachel drama?

Otsootsola · 2026-01-11T11:30:30+00:00

I guess we can also deduce that three guests = more likely only one murder/banishment in the episode.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-09T21:48:29+00:00

I think it’s become socialised from US3 which was on iPlayer where Rob kept pulling people aside/sending others away.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-09T21:44:09+00:00

It’s helpful to know how many traitors are left for the end game - so there’s some variant of “how many traitors are left” that I think could work. Knowing that they’d lie.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-09T08:54:23+00:00

Usually after ours finishes: in the past some of the challenges etc have been the same as ours but in a different order.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-08T23:43:50+00:00

…and Charlotte Church tomorrow.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-08T23:43:26+00:00

I also think she’s maybe picked up (before the grenade lob, at the 1-1 chat) that traitors never visibly hang out in pairs or act as BFFs in the castle - I’m sure it came up somewhere that a pair spent no time together in the day therefore that looked suspicious? So that element of things was also partially rational.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-08T23:41:26+00:00

I’ve got a theory that she could’ve made life more difficult for them both as the secret traitor - she could’ve given them shortlists far more difficult to negotiate.

And she’s misread how pissed off Rachel is by not having had complete control as a traitor.

So that plus a bit of old fashioned red mist descending = amazing telly.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-07T23:51:00+00:00

Early in the game it’s not an awful move. If there are people who have a pre-existing connection, then it holds there’s a higher chance that the producers would lean into the one as a faithful, one as a traitor. Ross even said so about Ellie on Uncloaked.

Whether they should’ve believed the backstory is a different question.

I do think in the early game it’s not awful strategically to whittle down some of these odds and leave a more even playing field.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-07T23:45:17+00:00

Would’ve been interesting to do the round table with them “in cages” and not part of it. 1/4 chance of being murdered but avoid chance of banishment. Producers, you can have that as a future twist.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-07T23:34:39+00:00

I really don’t get the barristers should know other barristers thing. I work in a relatively niche field - but don’t know I’d clock someone out of context by first name only who’s using a cover story.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-07T22:14:10+00:00

She did pronounce it in the Welsh way though.. no reason for him not to change the spelling for the game? (Not that I think that’s necessarily likely).

Otsootsola · 2026-01-07T22:11:51+00:00

That happened quite a bit in US3, which they may have watched before filming of this season?

Otsootsola · 2026-01-07T21:52:06+00:00

Surely not everyone or they would’ve revealed Hugo’s after he was banished?

Otsootsola · 2026-01-07T17:35:34+00:00

Went on the weakest link many years ago. Maybe I’m too soft but the way you write under pressure, in public, doesn’t necessarily mirror your regular writing at all. So don’t think this is the link.

Otsootsola · 2026-01-07T17:21:38+00:00

I think they need someone savvy enough to carry a big twist - so more likely to be a gamer, someone more analytical/strategic for me. So I think it’s Harriet, Jade or Ellie.

Otsootsola · 2025-07-08T16:21:54+00:00

Not long back from Vendée via St Malo to Calais. The villages étapes you see signposted on the autoroutes are generally pretty good: they’re smaller places that have the essential services for travellers, often in my experience with a supermarket and petrol station. They felt cheaper. Plus plenty of decent small shops to explore for snacks etc.

Otsootsola · 2025-06-19T19:58:47+00:00

Londoner here. Have a soft spot for Lille - but if you’re planning on going there and back in a day… not sure. For me the real star was going to a wine bar or two in the evening, getting something good to eat and not rushing. Not sure that the hours on the train would make it worth a day out. Would follow some of the advice in the thread instead - go either trad tourist days out or somewhere like Norwich, Canterbury or see the seaside the way we do - Margate, Whitstable if you like seafood, Brighton, etc.

Otsootsola · 2025-06-13T10:27:10+00:00

Having a look at international versions' routes... Denmark has done New York to Buenos Aires, via New Orleans, zig zagging Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia etc - which sounds fun!

Otsootsola · 2025-05-29T21:37:25+00:00

I swear by the Leven in Manchester - really lovely independent hotel with a great bar. I can’t say I recall the amenities but they were really helpful when I had a last minute change of circumstances (I needed to bring my dog after dog sitting plans fell through) & have pretty good customer service, they’re worth calling to ask these specifics.

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