User blog comment:Sprinklemist/Survivor: One World Rankings/@comment-1153194-20120223024318/@comment-1153194-20120223234650

Crazy blindside nights are usually the best, but they are few and far between. Those are the unpredictable ones, mostly due to who it is, like someone in a secure alliance, or some tricky hidden idol business. But yeah, even before the vote it seems like show wants to explain what happened before it happened. Usually a contestant being eliminated has a story that is wrapped up by the time of their elimination. In reality shows in general, of course, if someone who is barely shown suddenly gets airtime/a chance to speak, things are not going to go well for them at the next elimination (of course, that's not a hard and fast rule, as it also applies if they do something worthy of being shown more).