User blog comment:TylerSurvivorFan/Contestants Who Made It Too Far/@comment-27329394-20141119202526

Really, I don't think anyone "floated" except for, like, Mike in TDAS from an objective standpoint and I personally think Zoey lasted too long in TDAS as well, but past that I really don't think that. Contestants are eliminated when they no longer have any value or plot or when they need to get comeuppance. For example, Cody wasn't there for himself, he was there for Sierra. And, fittingly, he didn't make the finale. Contestants who make it far also need to be looked at from a social standpoint, and if said contestant is friendly and/or nonthreatening, why would you even vote them off?

Honestly almost anyone who didn't make it to the merge wasn't important for that season anyway, so I will never believe that they last too long. If someone gets eliminated earlier than half the contestants I don't see what the big deal is. Topher is a prime example of this - the guy came only in 8th and people believe he should have gotten 9th or 10th, but in the grand scheme of things people like Ella would be doing less than he did in those episodes. When it comes down to the balance of genders, the three other males that were fodder, and the amount of time it took Topher to begin taking action, 8th seems pretty reasonable to me.

But overall I think this whole floating thing is going way too far. Literally everyone but a select few contestants nowadays are blamed for making it too far in some season, but if so many of them made it "too far," then it would balance out.