Parvati headlining the greatest episode in Survivor history the one where the Heroes and Villains merged. Brilliant way to save himself, and I'm surprised that no one ever thought of that before. Russell spearheading the unexpected self-destruction of the Villains alliance.
The final three actually coming down to the best three players. Other items worth noting: I generally tend to favor seasons where players innovate great ideas. I never penalize seasons for how many times a player has returned. If a player is entertaining, they can return every season as far as I'm concerned. Survivor: Island of the Idols season 39 An icky season forever disgraced by an inappropriate touching scandal. It started in the very first episode and lasted all the way to the reunion show, which had to be pre-taped as a consequence.
I also felt that the scandal exposed a noxious moral decay in the game of Survivor, showing just how low reality TV players are willing to stoop to avoid elimination. Specifically, the two women who shamelessly milked the scandal for votes.
First they inflated their own stories about it to get "me too" comradery, then denounced the lady who stood up for them, then completely pandered to the man doing the touching. I do give the producers credit for eventually ejecting a player for the first time in Survivor history, airing a well-spoken segment about the issue on the reunion show, and constructing new guidlines to prevent future seasons from being ruined in this manner.
Survivor: Thailand season 5 A painfully boring season that best exemplified why I almost stopped watching the show. This season also featured the lamest twist ever: rival tribes cohabitating instead of merging.
Survivor: Nicaragua season 21 For me, this season took the cake for annoying castaways and inane gameplay.
Although some of the more colorful characters, e. Also found that Medallion of Power twist pretty lame. Survivor: One World season 24 An embarrassing, mind-numbing season of quite possibly the dumbest and most delusional crop of players in Survivor history.
It still pains me to think that a juvenile twerp like Colton could run the game and convince an entire tribe to forfeit team immunity the dumbest tribal move I've ever seen until I see one worse! I actually rooted for the women to vote out all of the men. Plus I'm sick of that tiresome "impulsively ally with four other strangers" strategy. Survivor: Panama - Exile Island season 12 I considered this season one of the flukiest in that the most annoying people seemed to dominate the game instead of getting voted out at the beginning admittedly, Cirie Fields eventually impressed me in a later Survivor season.
The only player that I liked Terry made it pretty far only to get betrayed and eliminated after the final challenge. That reinforced my disdain for the unpredictability of the final challenge--and unfortunately, the expansion of a final two into a final three didn't start until next season. I lamented how she tarnished that "America's sweetheart" image from "Survivor: Palau", but still rooted for her to win.
To my chagrin, she blew it on the very last immunity challenge. Highlights: Can't remember any. Survivor: China season 15 A season highlighted by the bizarre coincidence of one castaway James ending up with both hidden immunity idols.
I honestly cannot remember very much else about this season. Survivor 41 season 41 This season felt more like that "Let's Make a Deal" game show than actual Survivor, the most heinous examples being a that "do or die" tribal council wherein random Monty Hall boxes decided whether Deshawn got eliminated, and b that hourglass Erika shattered to unfairly reverse a crucial team immunity victory.
What's next, a random lottery to determine the Survivor winner? The one redeeming outcome I saw from this season's overabundance of advantages: the players' strategic countermeasures to take them out of play, from blindsiding the players with advantages and immunity idols to Xander baiting another player into wasting her "steal an idol" advantage on him. Production-wise, I felt like this season of Survivor improved its editing of the players' backstories--but I also gagged at the sappy musical scores.
Highlights: Shan leaving her extra vote advantage with Ricard when her inactive three-way immunity idol kept her vote suppressed, then getting mad when he kept stalling on giving it back. Incidentally, I was confused that the rules allowed Shan to activate the three-way immunity idol even though Genie was the one who found it.
Xander lying about his plan to play an immunity idol on Evvie to bait Liana into wasting her "steal an idol" advantage on him; then Sydney unintentionally eliminating herself by giving up her tiebreaking vote on a failed "shot in the dark" immunity attempt. The back-and-forth firemaking challenge between Deshawn and Heather coming down to a dramatic photofinish for that last spot in the final three.
Survivor: Marquesas season 4 A dull season except for the pivotal power shift and the infamous "purple rock" tiebreaker. Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers season 35 A slow season until the merged players suddenly woke up and began scrambling. Unfortunately, production twists once again decided the game when the winner saved himself three consecutive times with hidden immunity idols, then only made the final three because of a BS fire challenge twist!
Basically, all of this season's "next tribal council only" advantages bugged me, and felt like random board game gimmicks rather than Survivor.
Other annoyances: three different players alienating their tribesmates and calling that "strategy"; players misusing or in Lauren's case, inexplicably dismantling their immunity idol; players incorrectly splitting votes; and players seemingly spilling secrets to anyone who would listen. Cue the chirping crickets. I did get excited for the merge due to my high hopes for that Trojan Horse ploy--but alas, nothing much came of that.
Survivor: Ghost Island season 36 Convoluted crapshoot of a season that shuffled the tribes and "cursed" relics so thoroughly that I kept losing track of people's allegiances Naviti?
At least the two best players rose to the top and punctuated the season with a climactic photofinish. Though personally, part of me feels like Survivor winners should have an asterisk next to their name if they owe their survival to the new fire challenge rule.
Survivor: Edge of Extinction season 38 I liked the four returning castaways And in a testament to just how bad this "Edge of Extinction" premise was, the third person voted out returned for the last three days and stole the game from castaways who had played for all 39 days!
Side note: I did like how the interview clips started captioning which advantage or fake idol each player had, especially when the extra vote kept changing owners. Survivor: Pearl Islands season 7 I hated the twist in this season where eliminated castaways voted two outcasts in.
I also hated how two of my favorite castaways, Rubert and Andrew, got voted out while two of my least favorite castaways, Jonny Fairplay and Lillian, made it all the way to the final episode. Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire season 9 A female-dominated season where the last man managed to win against all odds.
I remember a lame controversy about whether a player crossed the line by swearing an oath on her son. Survivor: Africa season 3 I loved the generational clashes in this season. Didn't care much for the self-righteous winner though. Survivor: The Amazon season 6 The first season to divide tribes into all-male and all-female castaways. Made for some interesting social dynamics. Survivor: Gabon season 17 A veritable encyclopedia of the different Survivor strategems, including: a a player who voted tactifully and constantly lied, b a player who voted emotionally and felt that "the good guys should win in the end", and c a "paragon" player, good at challenges, who tricked voters with fake immunity idols.
Survivor: Tocantins season 18 An unpredictably cutthroat season wherein the last two castaways managed to betray all three of their alliances. This cast featured one of the haughtiest personalities I've ever seen, Coach the "Dragonslayer", and showed the importance of building character references.
For instance, I couldn't help but respect J. Survivor: Fiji season 14 This season reminded me of a counter-intelligence thriller because of that one episode where a rival alliance conspired to use a hidden immunity idol.
It also featured a castaway that I hated more than anyone in Survivor history, Dreamz, because of a deal with that he infamously reneged on. Granted, back stabs happen a lot on Survivor--but it make me sick how this guy boasted on and on about how he'd honor the deal and show his son a good example. Then he had the nerve to act all proud of the betrayal!
Stinking hypocrite. Survivor: Philippines season 25 A refreshingly unpredictable season thanks to the return of the three tribe formula breaking the five-person alliance tradition , shifts in alliances including one betrayal foreshadowed by the "four-fingered handshake" , and I enjoyed rooting for Jonathan Penner again as he narrowly escaped elimination multiple times.
I also legimitimately worried that Michael Skupin might require evacuation again. Survivor: Millennials vs.
Nothing much came from the twists either, from the Legacy and reward-stealing advantages to the misusage of hidden idols. I did find some of the gameplay interesting Survivor: David Vs. Goliath season 37 Shades of "Survivor: Worlds Apart" in how the show oversold its tribal labels even using injured Davids to reinforce the narrative , and spammed us with both a crier from the Davids and an aspiring narcissist enough with the rice deal already!
The main difference: my favorite player and his interesting vocabulary words didn't make it to the final episode. At least this time we have a legit winner, who got to the end on votes and immunity victories rather than on fire making or rock picking. Survivor: San Juan del Sur - Blood vs. Water season 29 Same tears, pangs of emotion, and double-edged swords as the first Blood vs. Water season as far as I'm concerned, the show can bring back this premise every season --but even more unpredictable this time around, mostly because of this one maddening lovey-dovey couple who seemed to play musical chairs with their loyalties every time a new tune played from Jaclyn not getting enough attention to Jon trusting someone different.
Side note: Never seemed to dawn on any of the players that relinquishing a reward to win someone over doesn't work! I once called Tom the best Survivor player of all time. He inspired such respect in fellow players that the jurors actually took his BS seriously.
He even inspired one player to forfeit the last immunity challenge for him! Now that's what I call charisma. Survivor: All-Stars season 8 This season pitted a lot of renowned Survivor players against each other, stirred some intense emotions, and sparked the romance between my favorite Survivor couple, Rob and "Ambuh" both of whom I later enjoyed watching in "The Amazing Race". Survivor: The Australian Outback season 2 This season had a good villain Jerri and a memorable tragedy where Michael Skupin passed out into the fire.
It also featured a young Elisabeth Filarski before she went on to co-host "The View" as a staunch Republican. Survivor: Kaoh Rong - Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty season 32 Big egos and knife-edged betrayals. Amusingly, the sensitive Buddhist gardener Tai Trang struck me as the most ruthless player of the season! Twist-wise, it might be time to retire that extra vote advantage as nothing interesting ever seems to come of it.
Though I did like that the players had to choose to compete for it rather than draw rocks at an auction. Generally I don't like luck-based twists subverting the game, so I hated how this season's random isolation twist predetermined the outcome of the next vote.
Survivor: Caramoan - Fans vs. Favorites season 26 Just as "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains" helped me proclaim the best player of all time, this season helped me crown the worst player of all time. I mean seriously, at first glance that "Favorites" tribe looked like a Survivor Hall of Shame. But admittedly to my admiration, some of them really stepped up their gameplay. I felt particularly proud of Cochran, who in my judgment delivered the best jury presentation in Survivor history.
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