User blog comment:TDFan4Ever/If you could change 1 elimination/@comment-31556666-20141020183446/@comment-24152851-20141021014035

The only thing Duncan could have given post merge was so that he could get punched by Harold, but they didn't need to have him float for 6 episodes. Lindsay and Harold shouldve been the winners of that season, case closed.

Thing is Blaineley couldn't "return" if she was never in the show in the first place, which is precisely why she shouldnt have debuted. No one other than Sierra even knew her, so all these random conflict, and a friendship with Owen that doesnt make any sense, just sprouted out of nowhere. Beth had solid interactions with all of the remaining cast (other than maybe Sierra, but she did kiss Cody in TDI and couldve easily gone somewhere with her).

Lightning shouldve either: 1. contributed to more challenges, 2. interacted with more of the cast, 3. didn't have such a sudden transition to Jerk Jock just to replace Jo. Otherwise he was one of the dumbest choices for finalist as he was there only because he's a "brawn".

Jayden, Anne Maria may have sucked at challenges, but I would still take her floating to the finale than Lightning. She's had a stackload more interactions with the rest of the cast, and if she made it to the final 6, amongst Team Killer, Sue Sylvester, and SHA-moron she wouldn't have been hated or targeted. If she reached the final 3/4 she could finally realise that she had a chance and actually start trying. It's not that she doesnt have abilities, it's just that her hair and nails take precedence. Tell her the challenge has something to do with her hairspray and she will pwn everyone.

The Final 5 wasnt as terrible as the final 4 at least, as soon as Courtney left, all of the ties between the other characters were broken: Gwen and Courtney's friendship/conflict gone, Scottney ended, Courtney targeting Liss Miss Godplayer vamoose. Only Zoke had some kind of tie, but they were even more horrid than usual. Personally those final 3 episodes were so sucked so much, it's like they were intentionally trying to be bad.