User blog comment:The Flaming Sword of Fury/TDI Analysis-The Good and The Bad/@comment-27329394-20141127050359/@comment-24152851-20141127054726

IKR, out of all of the contestants accused of floating, he has the most reason to be there because of the amount of friends he has. His friends literally carried him in the finale. Though I don't completely disagree with some people that for the same reason he probably should've left in Haute Campture rather than Leshawna.

The "nice thing" was the main argument, but it could have gone either way really. I was surprised Geoff made it that far as well. Though it seemed there was a twist of irony, as they got rid of Geoff due to his popularity being a threat, but that was what actually ended up happening with Owen.

Precisely, any player would want to face off against him in the finale. Same reason Lightning chose Cameron over Zoey. All the powerhouses went and took each other out, so he was the only one leftover.

I said a while back there's a number of ways to get far on the game. You can either excel at all the challenges and power through the season (like Gwen), you can backstab and manipulate so that you shove everyone else out of the way (Heather, Alejandro), or you can make friends with everyone so that popularity pushes you ahead (Owen, and arguably Lindsay as well)