CBS's Survivor: San Juan del Sur is down to the final five and while some players are more likely to win than others, it really could be anyone's game depending on how it concludes.

'Survivor: San Juan del Sur' A Bottom 10 Season, One Of The Best Or Somewhere In Between?

Wednesday night's penultimate episode of Survivor: San Juan del Sur featured the shocking blindside of one of the presumed frontrunners to win, Jon Misch, leaving Natalie Anderson, Keith Nale, Missy Payne, Jaclyn Schultz and Baylor Wilson as the final five competing for the $1 million.

This has been an unpredictable season and it's hard to assume that most people would have guessed that this would be the final five before the merge. Somebody has to win, though, and each of them has a plausible argument for why they should win the title of Sole Survivor.

Natalie has taken over as the mastermind of the game after Jon voted out her partner in crime, Jeremy Collins. She took control when she voted out Alec Christy and kept Keith, while successfully persuading Baylor, Missy and Keith to break up Jon and Jaclyn. She has also played a great social game as nobody has a bad word to say about her.

Keith has been an underdog since the beginning of the game. He has mostly played on his own, with an "anybody-but-me" style of voting. He started the post-merge aligned with his son Wes Nale, Josh Canfield, Reed Kelly and Alec and may have their votes if he makes it to the end. While he hasn't ever really been in control of the game, some may take to his underdog story.

Jaclyn has had one of the most unexpected transformations this game has seen. Before the tribe swap in the pre-merge, she lost all of her allies and seemed destined to get picked off. But when she teamed up with Jon, the two of them somehow managed to be in the middle of every single vote until the latest episode. She was the one who decided to side with Natalie, Missy, Baylor and Jeremy, which influenced the course of the game. She also has a compelling personal story about not being able to have children, which could garner sympathy from the jury as well.

Baylor has struggled to stay out of Missy's shadow through the post-merge, though she has been making moves without her as of late. She and Natalie teamed up in wanting to get out Jon and ultimately persuaded Missy to do the deed. If she votes out her mother and makes a big move, she could create a compelling case for herself to the jury.

Missy has been on a roller coaster through the game. She was consistently in control during the pre-merge and found herself tight with Baylor, Jon, Jaclyn, Natalie and Jeremy. She then decided to make a big move in voting out Jeremy. She has stayed the course until this latest episode, in which she was persuaded to break up Jon and Jaclyn, ultimately deciding to send Jon home, her closest person other than Baylor. Now with an injured ankle, if she makes it to the end and confidently voices how she persevered and was in control throughout the game, she could gain some votes.

While Natalie and Keith seem like the most likely winners at this point, anything could happen that could change the course of the game yet again. It is sure to be an exciting finale.

Survivor: San Juan del Sur airs its finale Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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