User blog comment:VeryUnknownFan/Jayden-G's review of Lies, Cries, and One Big Prize/@comment-25224891-20140721063341/@comment-24152851-20140722084058

There's a difference between how likable a character is because of their many faults, and whether they actually earned the win. Alejandro singlehandedly upstaged 3/4 of the cast. In reality he is much more likely of winning then some dumb cheerleader who can't remember her boyfriend's name, or some wise-guy smart alleck who sits on the sidelines and does nothing.

With Owen they went with a different approach. He was fairly useless for a lot of challenges. However he made so many friends along they way that they all supported him. He wouldn't have made it past the first challenge in the finale if it wasn't for them.