User blog comment:TheDipDap1234/Some Important new about RR/We have the first confirmed duo! SPOILERS!/@comment-1037137-20141207183530/@comment-25285054-20141207195301

Owen does not really need to have anything to offer when he is being put along a bunch of newcomers, and since he won't have much to do he'll only last so long. That is a bit overreacting to what the returnees will actually be; most of them will probbly be fodders and the ones who do last decently probably won't do much either way due to the lack of original contestants. You could have someone the writers hate like Ezekiel and it wouldn't change much; Owen being a creator's pet means nothing in this context.