So I’ve been watching season 3, and honestly I’ve realized that the secret six barely affected anything. The only person who maybe has an argument for being screwed over by inter-team strategy is Jacob (which let’s be honest, team SMASH had nothing to do with him being put into the nerd off. Raychelle and Lily decided on their own to put him into the nerd off because they wanted a guy to go)
Episode 2, Thomas and Kaitlin were going into the nerd off with or without the secret six
Episode 3, Todd and Kaitlin were going into the nerd off with out without the secret six
Episode 4, Ori and Colby were going into the nerd off with or without the secret six
And after that Colby or Kaitlin (depending on which team won the nerd war) were going in the nerd off anyway because everyone saw them as the strongest players.
If anything, the secret six actually indirectly got Heather eliminated because she allowed herself to get emotionally attached to her alliance members, which allowed herself to be okay with going into the nerd off against Colby.