if you are a dick to a jury and/or the jury simply likes the person you are against in a final more than you maybe just MAYBE the jury will vote for them to win a huge amount of money over you. and maybe just MAYBE knowing that is the literal only way to win one should factor that into their gameplay instead of making big moves for the sole sake of making big moves.
been the same way for the past damn near 20 years across various different shows and based on recent seasons looks like the #bigmewv#blindside narrative has FAILED to brainwash cuntestants othewise