Make allys & trade your top 3 spots with strong players or people who are always towards the top. I've never made a final and gotten 5th 3 times. These were my mistakes:
-I had an alliance with 4 people and we all made the top 5, there was one odd person out. I never talked to him the whole game. I expected him to probably call me in since he never talked to me, but I wasn't thinking. Instead of putting him at my top just for that round to prevent him from being on the bottom, I kept him at my bottom, he calls me in, its my worst challenge & im out after being SO CLOSE to the final and going unominated.. So basically, at some point you NEED to change your list. In this case it was keep your friend's close but your enemy's closer. Because if you know the person that is going to call you in can beat you when they are at the bottom of the list everytime.. put them at your top so it will prevent them from calling you in and your allys will end up going in & calling someone else in but not you since you traded spots. :)
Make allys & trade your top 3 spots with strong players or people who are always towards the top. I've never made a final and gotten 5th 3 times. These were my mistakes: