I told you guys Craig is playing for himself! He doesn't want to go to the end with either of those girls and he's smart thinking that. I think that a Rachelle/Shilpa war would be infinitely more interesting than Ika sticking around, but the big risk is that I could easily see Rachelle winning the Final Five PoV and then both Rachelle and Shilpa are in the Final Four and BOTH are great at endurance so it's a really tough call. One of them would be guaranteed Final Three in that scenario, potentially both of them. I want Shilpa to stay so bad but I don't know what Craig's best game move would be.
i think that if craig manages to convince dan to keep shilpa, it would be better for him because i think that
1. shilpa will be very grateful. shilpa is playing an extremely loyal game to both craig and rachelle. if craig keeps her after this backdoor plan, she will want to take him to the end.
2. at F5, Shilpa or Craig will likely win HOH, which will be good for him.
3. at F4, if rachelle and shilpa are still around, they will come after each other.
at the same time though, im not entirely sure that keeping shilpa puts him in a much better position. its not like he's the target anyway.
On top of the whole comp thing too, I feel pretty sure that Craig would have a much bigger chance and list of people who he can beat at the F2 if he evicts Shilpa. I think in that case, Christine and Rachelle would be his biggest threats for that, and I can see them both going after each other before him.
She should've saved Ika then she would for sure have Ika and Dan's vote. Craig and Christine are possible for Shilpa to sway. Rachelle even knows that Christine is pretty close to Shilpa too. lol
Ika is easy to sway as well lol I think it is smarter to get rid of Shilpa because you can't keep a competition beast unless you intend to go to the finals with her. Rachelle will be in troubs but she is strong at competitions and could clutch up
Okay so if christine and Craig get together and start trusting each other, shilpa might actually be saved. But I think they're both counting on dan and not on each other. Dan is the least likely to change his mind imo. Seems loyal to Rachelle tbh.
Shilpa seems to think she has gotten through to Craig somehow. Hopefully she realizes that christine is the second vote she needs. It's hard pitching your game to someone over PM. Can't wait to see what happens!