Survivor season 35 power rankings after episode 10 and 11

#2. Lauren Rimmer

Lauren has done a lot to establish herself as the player to beat. She’s won repeated challenges in a row, she laid out the cards on the table for a new alliance to take over, she’s made huge inroads with her social game and she picks to maintain relationships with the kinds of players who will further her and their games in order to maintain safety.

She’s liked well by Devon, Ben, Ashley and even Mike, to a certain extent, putting her in a position to win the game if all things go right. However, by establishing her strategy and forming the alliance, she poses the possibility of dropping her guard and feeling comfortable in her position in the game.

With Ryan suggesting that the players she chose to go on the reward with her were not strategic whatsoever, we’ve been shown that she’s been overlooked by Ryan (later, Chrissy). While they may not plot to get her out, what happens when the numbers dwindle closer to the Final 3? That’s a problem for future Lauren, as she looks fairly safe right now.