[Jonathan LaPaglia]

Congrats! You have made the Merge!

1. How does it feel making it to the merge and the halfway point of the season?
2. What are your initial impressions of the merge and where you slot in?
3. Who would you like to get to know more that you haven't already?
4. Were you expecting to merge tonight and who would you ideally like to go first?

[Shane]

Dude, this is where i start to deteriorate. The MERGE! IT'S HUGE, IT'S GREAT, I'M OVERWHELMED! And there has been just SO much shit slung about me and my abilities because I think I've made myself visible. Thus, I'm sorry, I gotta retreat in strategy a little bit. This is not to say I am not gonna socialize, but this merge round has got to be an anyone but me thing. Apparently people thought I had the djaru premerge idol until zach played it and that i was the Shonee avenger and that I am too close to Zach and Pete. Lovely. Perhaps I can swing my dick around a bit if my Djaru peeps wanna work together, but otherwise, it's "old shane don't even know the word strategy."