IDK, I just found Kate to be very boring and kinda annoying too. Like sure, she's pleasant and probably a decent enough person to enjoy getting to know in real life, but she was MOR and boring and not even memorable to me. Like, we could have done MUCH better with the first female winner through Anna or even bloody Helen or bloody Jade. And we could have done better within the series with Alex
Kate's close association with Alison and Spencer and Jonny is also Not A Good Look to me. And I remember ranking her, like, 9th or so in my cast ranking after she won, and then I watched the final episode and wanted to rank her even lower. Oops.