Survivor David vs. Goliath power rankings: Episode 3 shifts the power

3. Elizabeth Olson

Elizabeth has shown game awareness and ability to leverage her social equity in a fun, engaging way for television. Not only that, but she stuck her neck out to help her closest alliance partner, helped whip the vote and make a huge blindside move while taking relatively little heat from it right now. She’s in such a great position in the game right now.

2. Gabby Pascuzzi

Though the edgic community might not like how Gabby came off in the edit, she was able to leverage her “nerdmance” closeness to convince Christian (who convinced Nick) to ditch the expected tribe target of Lyrsa and protect her interests as the probable next target behind. However, she’s needed by a large contingent of the tribe, no matter which way the vote flips.

1. Christian Hubicki

It’s weird to think of Christian as the most powerful player in Survivor: David vs. Goliath, but it’s emblematic of the underdog nature of the season. He’s such an enigmatic presence on his tribe, responsible for a huge blindside while also spitting eloquence and making astounding analogies at Tribal Council.

His partnership with both Gabby and Nick put him in a great position to make a deep run, and he’s not