Survivor Island of the Idols episode 4 power rankings: Making the cut

13. Tom Laidlaw

Though he only received a vote from Vince, the fact that Missy, a leader on Lairo, was even throwing Tom’s name out there suggests that she has plans on voting him out in the very near future. Tom has a workmanlike quality to him that doesn’t bode well when a tribe swap is just around the corner.

12. Dan Spilo

Though Dan has the appearance of sitting in a good position within Vokai, both Jamal as an outsider and Janet as an insider get skeeved out when talking to Dan. There’s also the whole boundary-pushing contact business that I feel wouldn’t have been addressed as Dan’s character-defining introduction were it not relevant to his chances to win.

11. Aaron Meredith

Aaron has been crucial to keeping Lairo out of the only Survivor: Island of the Idols Tribal Council visit the tribe hasn’t attended, as he’s been leaned on for physical prowess. He’s also been leading a losing alliance and is the person who has been making moves to counter the women. He might coast through to the merge, but he shouldn’t have long after that.

10. Jack Nichting

Of the players who were blindsided on Vokai after their first Tribal Council, Jack handled it well. He and Tommy seem to be a tight duo going forward, and he seems to have recovered and is in the strategic conversations he needs to be involved in to regain his prior positioning on Vokai.