User blog comment:VeryUnknownFan/"Conveniences" that made players last a lot longer than usual (whether by writing, production, etc)./@comment-4726418-20170521212109

Well actually Courtney probably survived in Phobia Factor because someone being afraid of green jelly is just 10% more understandable than someone being afraid of chickens. She's also still close to Bridgette and got along with Duncan in this episode at the very least. All the Bass members also made fun of his fear after he was eliminated aside from Courtney and Harold. Duncan also is an established friend of DJ and Geoff so that explains why they'd make jokes against Tyler too.

Tbh Are We There Yeti never made it clear it was Chef's sole decision of who to eliminate. They never mention that in the episode, he just looks happy that Duncan is finally eliminated. I assume Gwen and Heather chose to vote him off because he'd be much more of a threat competition-wise than Owen is, at least at face value.

also yes leshawna's elimination is terrible