I'm with Mug Costanza, I am actually quite excited about this season. I understand the alliance bit, players with the same coach might make natural allies, but then you have four alliances and no one alliance controls the votes which always is always a struggle from week to week. So do the three players try to recruit other players to vote/ally with them? Do the coaches try to align with other coaches and as a result their players? I forget who said it in the show, but there are two games being played. There is definitely an added layer of strategy and I am looking forward to see how the coaches play. (Being a huge Janelle and Dan fan didn't hurt either.) I think it's going to make great television, might have to get the feeds too... hmm...