As much as Shinji's honestly the only likeable person left in the competition, his problem is that he's way too committed to his strategy of blending in, and dragging it out far too long. It may have seemingly worked on the others, as Tay chose to zero out TJ rather than him, but what about production? In yesterday's confessional, he's already said he wants to save it for the end, and that even four days left might be too early; dude's not going to last that long if he stretches it out that far. Ironically enough, didn't Vance get booted out at around four days left specifically because he couldn't pull off the meanness?