I'm warming to Ellie, she seems to have a set of balls and is telling it straight,,,to Alex's, to wes, to Sam. I think she does quite like alexs. She could have taken Sam if she wanted, let's be honest, and it wouldn't have been detrimental to her time in the island, she chose not to. So I think she's being honest, she likes alexs , she just doesn't like the pressure.
I think Sam went for the safe option with Samira, and as much as I can't stand Rosie, I felt a bit sad she had to go, she picked the silver back in there and he rejected her. She behaved ludicrously at times, but still, I think it was important to her to stay in for some reason, and I think this exit would have hurt her deeply.