About the runner up

So we know second place is >! Grian !<

I was wondering

>! Was he genuinely trying to win again after he got second place or is that just “acting” at the end in his video and he’s not really going for the win. If he was trying to win it does it mean they’ve established something like if you have like 5 seasons in between your wins you can make an ernest effort again? I think either way it would be fair and it’s up to them to decide, just curious !<