[Susie Smith]

Hello Survivor!! Paul won immunity, Carolyn was sent packing and you survived your first tribal council of Season 41, well done. Please share your thoughts with your avid fans who are excited to watch how this season plays out.

1. Boom! First tribal and you’re already in the jury. Congratulations!! Was that news confidence- or terror-inducing?

2. The vote was 9-1 tonight, any surprises there?

3. What do you believe your position in the game is at this moment? Are you in a good position or on shaky ground?

4. Who do you want to bring with you to the end and who do you feel is more expendable?

5. Who do you think won the first bounty? What do you think the prize was?

6. Compared to last season, how is your overall stress level so far?

[Hali]

1. Boom! First tribal and you’re already in the jury. Congratulations!! Was that news confidence- or terror-inducing?

• It feels great to know I’ve made the jury, but for sure a wake up call that there now people are probably thinking about a “resume” and it just really shows how fast this game is going to be. 

2. The vote was 9-1 tonight, any surprises there?

• Oh damn it was 10 votes I kept saying it was 9 lmao, okay that makes total sense. The voce vote was a little bit of a surprise, but honestly I was thinking about throwing out a rouge vote so it’s not THAT surprising. My head immediately goes to James or paul throwing the vote out there. Just seems like something they’d do, I just wonder why voce?! 

3. What do you believe your position in the game is at this moment? Are you in a good position or on shaky ground?

• I think I’m very much in the middle, and I’m trying to stay undercover for a bit. I think it’s a decent position to be in, I’m in the 6 person alliance with mike, james, paul, michelle, and morgan which is good for now. But I’m def trying to build more with Stephanie and Voce. I’m even trying to get Rodney on my side. Sydney just posted why she wasn’t around last night which makes total sense, I would also like to have a relationship with her. I do like naseer a lot I just don’t know if I can trust him, I feel like he’s only looking out for himself. Which of course everyone is only looking out for themselves but he gives really big floater vibes to me. 

4. Who do you want to bring with you to the end and who do you feel is more expendable?

• I would truly love to go the end with Mike, not sure if I should feel that way but I feel really comfortable playing this game with him and would love the redemption story for us. I’m not sure that’s my best winning possibility but it’s also a little too soon to tell, there’s a whole lot of game to be played. For the 3rd person is up in the air, maybe Stephanie. Expendable would for sure be James and Paul first. I think james thinks he’s sneaky and running things, and I hear from a lot of people they like Paul a lot and I’m not that in with him I feel.

5. Who do you think won the first bounty? What do you think the prize was?

• I have no idea who could be the lucky person to have gotten the first bounty. I think the prize could be some kind of advantage, like maybe a clue to the idol, or possibly one of the new age advantages such as steal a vote and/or knowledge is power, something along those lines. 

6. Compared to last season, how is your overall stress level so far?

• it’s a little higher for sure, I think I was naive the first couple days last season. Now I’m trying to figure out what moves to make and what moves to not make. It’s extremely stressful!!

Some other thoughts

1. I would like to see James go ASAP, I think he fully sees himself running the game and he’s trying to downplay that him and Morgan are close.. UMM you guys sent in a picture not even a month ago hanging out calling each other king and queen lol you really don’t think people remember that!?
2. Morgan isn’t that much of a threat in the duo because James is the one also kinda running the alliance. 
3. I’m happy that I’m working with steph now, because I do really like her so I think the weird tension was just a one sided thing with myself. 
4. I think currently there’s me, mike, steph, and voce ready to take a shot at James, which means to be safe we need 2 more. As long as syd is ready to play I think we could get her and maybe naseer? Maybe rodney? Mike wants to get paul and michelle on board so they don’t feel left out and I’m going with it, I just think paul and James are close so this could get turned upside down which is obviously worst case scenario. This move has to be done on the DL and letting that many people in is going to be tricky. 
5. Mike is super anxious about going out second again, totally understandable but he’s the one wanting to tell michelle and paul, I think that could possibly come back and get him. That’s why I’m out here just planting seeds maybe that’s why Will gave me that emoji last season.