I don't really feel like Stephenie was controlling me. You were the host though, so you probably had a better observation. However, I feel like I talked her out of some dumb decisions.
The only time that I wasn't in time to keep her from doing something truely idiotic was when she told Sarge that she found two idols. We had been talking and she told me about them and then asked me if she should tell Sarge. I think I was writing a confessional or another PM when I received that message so I didn't respond immediately, then as I was replying to tell her that was a terrible idea, she sent me another PM saying that she had told him.
Had she not told him that, I don't think that I get booted 7th or that Sarge makes it to the finals.