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Making a prediction about Survivor this season is much like predicting which actress under 30 years old will be the next to embarrass herself, and how.  It’s quite simply anybody’s guess.  Being someone who is used to being wrong (I am a married man, after all), however, I’ll give it a shot.  This week, a woman will be voted off of the show.   

There are really no bad predictions on this season of Survivor, which changes more often than Van Halen’s lead singer.  That being said, I can understand your scepticism.  There are two all-girl alliances.  The guys are outnumbered and look to be on their way out (and not a moment too soon for man-hater Natalie).  Even if James or Erik find the immunity idol, they won’t actually play it.  All good points, but any good blogger can back up his/her predictions.  With a little help from CBS.com, so can I. 

The preview for next week’s show says that on Thursday someone will go from a power player to being the most desperate player.  There is no such thing as a male power player, so it’s got to be one of the women.  My money is on Parvati, especially if James has anything to say about it.  Would Cirie and Amanda break up their final-three alliance, though? 

Two more Survivors’ games are threatened because of injuries.  Boy, it’s about time we had an injury force someone out of Survivor.  It’s been what—4 whole weeks since the last time it happened?  If people aren’t getting stabbed in the back in this game they’re getting stabbed in the knee, or the finger, or somewhere else on their body.  One of the injuries has got to be James’ finger.  Odds are that the other injury is to a female, as Erik is the only male other than James left in the game.  Maybe Natalie chokes on one of the guy’s jugular veins she said she uses to floss her teeth. 

The preview also says that there are more shocks to come.  To me, a shocker would be a guy finding the immunity idol and actually playing it.  The way it looks, the guys are just sitting ducks.  If there’s a shocker coming, I would think it’s a female being voted out first.  Perhaps Natalie or Cirie? 

The constant mayhem, back stabbing and unpredictability makes predictions almost impossible.  It also makes for arguably the best season of Survivor ever.  Tune in later this week and read my recap, to find out how wrong my prediction is!  May the tribe speak clearly to you!